Browsing USN Open Archive by Author "Marahatta, Anup"

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    • Enhanced demand side management for solar-based isolated microgrid system: Load prioritisation and energy optimisation 

      Rajbhandari, Yaju; Marahatta, Anup; Shrestha, Ashish; Gachhadar, Anand; Thapa, Anup; Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco; Korba, Petr (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A novel control mechanism is presented for rural microgrids, standing out in the current literature with its advanced approach to load prioritisation and energy allocation. The system's main goal is to maximise energy ...

    • Evaluation of a LoRa Mesh Network for Smart Metering in Rural Locations 

      Marahatta, Anup; Rajbhandari, Yaju; Shrestha, Ashish; Singh, Ajay; Thapa, Anup; Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco; Korba, Petr; Shin, Seokjoo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Accompanying the advancement on the Internet of Things (IoT), the concept of remote monitoring and control using IoT devices is becoming popular. Digital smart meters hold many advantages over traditional analog meters, ...

    • Impact Study of Temperature on the Time Series Electricity Demand of Urban Nepal for Short-Term Load Forecasting 

      Rajbhandari, Yaju; Marahatta, Anup; Ghimire, Bishal; Shrestha, Ashish; Gachhadar, Anand; Thapa, Anup; Chapagain, Kamal; Korba, Petr (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Short-term electricity demand forecasting is one of the best ways to understand the changing characteristics of demand that helps to make important decisions regarding load flow analysis, preventing imbalance in generation ...

    • Load prioritization technique to guarantee the continuous electric supply for essential loads in rural microgrids 

      Rajbhandari, Yaju; Marahatta, Anup; Shrestha, Ashish; Gachhadar, Anand; Thapa, Anup; Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco; Guerrero, Josep M.; Korba, Petr (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Microgrid (MG) is one of the practical and best concepts to provide energy access to rural communities, where electric grid extension is not techno-economically feasible. Since the trend of load consumption is not uniform ...

    • Status of Micro/Mini-Grid Systems in a Himalayan Nation: A Comprehensive Review 

      Shrestha, Ashish; Rajbhandari, Yaju; Khadka, Nasib; Bista, Aayush; Marahatta, Anup; Dahal, Rojesh; Mallik, Jiwan Kumar; Thapa, Anup; Hayes, Barry P.; Korba, Petr; Gonzalez-Longatt, Francisco (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Nepal is a Himalayan country with its 83% of its geography being composed of hills and mountains. Around 22% of the Nepalese population is not receiving electricity through the national power utility and is forced to ...