Biography

Basanta Raj Pokhrel is the Ph.D. Fellow from the Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. Currently, he is visiting Ph.D. research student in the Smart Grid and Renewable Energy Technology (SMART) Lab from September 2017 to December 2017 at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, under the supervision of Professor Tony C. Y. Chung. 

His research interest is in grid observability in active distribution grids, state estimation, smart meter data and measurement placement analysis and load forecasting.

Selected Publications

1. Pokhrel, Basanta Raj; Nainar, Karthikeyan; Bak-Jensen, Birgitte; Pillai, Jayakrishnan Radhakrishna, ‘Intelligent Architecture for Enhanced Observability for Active Distribution System’ IEEE PES (ISGT) Europe 2017, IEEE Press, 2017.
2. Pokhrel, Basanta Raj; Nainar, Karthikeyan; Bak-Jensen, Birgitte; Pillai, Jayakrishnan Radhakrishna, ‘Loss optimization in distribution networks with distributed generation’ IEEE UPEC 2017, Greece 2017
3. Nainar, Karthikeyan; Pokhrel, Basanta Raj; Pillai, Jayakrishnan Radhakrishna; Bak-Jensen, Birgitte, ‘Multi-level Control Framework for Enhanced Flexibility of Active Distribution Network’ IEEE PES (ISGT). IEEE Press, 2017.
4. Nainar, Karthikeyan; Pokhrel, Basanta Raj; Pillai, Jayakrishnan Radhakrishna; Bak-Jensen, Birgitte, ‘Coordinated Voltage Control of Distributed PV Inverters for Voltage Regulation in Low Voltage Distribution Networks’ IEEE PES (ISGT) Europe 2017, IEEE Press, 2017
5. Nainar, Karthikeyan; Pokhrel, Basanta Raj; Pillai, Jayakrishnan Radhakrishna; Bak-Jensen, Birgitte; Frederiksen, Kenn H. B. ‘Demand Response in Low Voltage Distribution Networks with High PV Penetration’ IEEE UPEC 2017, Greece.

Current Research Area

Basanta Raj Pokhrel

Visiting PhD Student

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Saskatchewan,
3C73, Engineering Building, 57 Campus Drive,
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A9, Canada
Email: bap492@mail.usask.ca