Dr. Rajkumar Viral

Assistant Professor
Bhagwant Institute of Technology, India


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Distributed Generation from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India

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Biography

Rajkumar Viral (S’12) received M.Tech degree in Alternate Hydro Energy System from Indian Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand, India, in 2010. He completed his Ph.D. degree at Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, in Dec 2015. His research interests are distributed generation planning, Small Hydro Power development, Renewable Energy and applications in rural electrification.

Area of Interest:

Environmental Sciences
Renewable Energy Development
Distributed Generation Planning
Small Hydro Power Design
Power System Analysis

Selected Publications

  1. Viral, R. and D.K. Khatod, 2015. An analytical approach for sizing and siting of DGs in balanced radial distribution networks for loss minimization. Int. J. Electr. Power Energy Syst., 67: 191-201.
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  2. Rajkumar, V. and D.K. Khatod, 2015. Small hydro power and cdm: emerging practices in developing small hydro power projects for remote village electrification in india. Int. J. Energy Sustainable Dev., .

  3. Rajkumar, V. and D.K. Khatod, 2015. Analytical strategy for optimal allocation of dgs in radial distribution networks considering loss minimization. IET Gener. Transm. Distrib. .

  4. Bahar, T. and R. Viral, 2015. Rural electrification and role of renewable energy technologies in india: challenges and solutions. Int. J. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Rev., .

  5. Viral, R.K., T. Bahar and M. Bansal, 2013. Mini grid development for rural electrification in remote india. Int. J. Emerging Technol. Adv. Eng., 3: 356-361.
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  6. Viral, R. and D.K. Khatod, 2012. Optimal planning of distributed generation systems in distribution system: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Rev., 16: 5146-5165.
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