Biography

Saket Adhikari completed BSc. in electrical engineering from IOE Central Campus, Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2014. He received College Fellowship Scholarship in all of eight semesters during his undergraduate study and was ranked in top 10% students in the undergraduate program. He is currently pursuing MSc. Degree in department of electrical and computer engineering at University of Saskatchewan under supervision of Dr. Rajesh Karki. Saket holds Devolved Scholarship from Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan since 2015. 

Academic Experience

1.Nov 2014 - Jan 2015: Teaching Assistant at Advanced College of Engineering and Management, Nepal 

2.Jan 2015 – Aug 2015: Asst. Lecturer at Advanced College of Engineering and Management, Nepal 

Current Research Area

Assessment of Reliability Contribution of Flywheel Energy Storage System in wind-integrated power system

With growing environmental concerns regarding fossil fuels consumption for power generation, Renewable Energy Source (RES) has proven to be one of the best options to meet a large share of energy / power needs in modern power systems. The recent advancement in associated technology and reduction in costs involved, the renewables have the potential to be a main-stream energy source in near future. However, with this global trend of rising renewable penetration, power system operators are being increasingly concerned about its impact on power system operating reliability due to intermittency and uncertainty of renewable’s output. It is therefore very important to quantitatively asses the risk that the system is exposed to, due to large-scale-operating penetration of RES such as Wind Power. Fast responding energy storage system such as Flywheel Energy Storage System (FESS) carries great potential to mitigate these issues arising from RES integration. An appropriate reliability model is essential to quantify the risk improvement in renewable-integrated power system operation with the use of FESS. In addition to modelling of storage system itself, reliability modelling of wind power is further necessary to include the disturbances due to uncertainty and intermittency inherent in wind power. ​

Saket Adhikari

M S Candidate

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan,
3C63, Engineering Building, 57 Campus Drive,
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada
Email: saket.adhikari@usask.ca