Pavani Ponnaganti

Pavani Ponnaganti

Assistant Professor
pavani.ponnaganti@mahindrauniversity.edu.in

Dr Pavani Ponnaganti is an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Mahindra University. Prior to joining MU, she has worked as an Assistant Professor at Aalborg university, Denmark.

2020

Postdoctoral fellow (2020), Aalborg University, Denmark.

2010

MTech (2010), IIT Kanpur, India.

2015

PhD(2015), IIT Kanpur, India.

2008

BTech (2008), NCET (Affiliated to JNTU HYD), JRG, West Godavari.

2004

Board of Intermediate (MPC, 2004), Smt. Chaluvadi Rathnavati Jr. and Degree college, Vijayawada, AP.

2002

SSC (2002), KCSR Eng Med School, Vijayawada, AP.

2016-2023

Worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Aalborg University, Denmark from 2016-2020, where she has also worked as Assistant Professor until April 2023. Actively took part in EU Horizon, Indo-Danish projects and also acted as CO-PI for a EUDP project that was successfully completed in 2019. This EUDP project demonstrated the intelligent operation of flexible assets in the electrical grid for the effective integration of renewable energy. One EU project dealt with smart energy islands, where the impact of domestic solar-PV installations on the local LV grid was studied and the voltage mitigation solutions are provided using centralized BESS control along with demand response mechanisms. Further, demonstrating dynamic modeling of energy systems including HIL simulations. Supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s projects.

Publications

2023

  • P. Pavani, Jayakrishnan R Pillai and Birgitte Bak-Jensen, “Short-term heat demand prediction using deep learning for decentralized power-to-heat solutions,” IEEE PES GT&D conference, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2023.
  • P. Pavani, Rakesh Sinha, Jayakrishnan R Pillai, and Birgitte Bak-Jensen, “Flexibility provisions through local energy communities: A review,” Next Energy, Elsevier journal, June 2023.
  • Rakesh Sinha, P. Pavani, Jayakrishnan R Pillai, Birgitte Bak-Jensen, “Modelling and validation of latent heat storage systems for demand response applications,” CIRED conference, Aug 2023.
  • Dawid Jozwiak, Jayakrishnan R Pillai, P. Pavani, Birgitte Bak-Jensen, Jan Jantzen, “Optimal charging and discharging strategies for electric cars in PV-BESS based marina energy systems,” Electronics, MDPI journal, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 1-21, 2023.
  • P. Pavani, Jayakrishnan R Pillai and Birgitte Bak-Jensen, “Deep learning assisted aggregated demand flexibility estimation for DR applications,” in progress to IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 2023.

    • 2022

  • P. Pavani, Birgitte Bak-Jensen and Jayakrishnan R Pillai, PierreVogler-Finck, “Intelligent operation of thermal storage systems-based heat pump pool for cost efficiency,” IEEE T&D Exposition, Apr 25-29, New Orleans, US, 2022.
  • Li, Z., Ponnaganti, P., Zhao, F., Wang, X., Bak-Jensen, B., Munk-Nielsen, S. & Blaabjerg, F., “Testing Requirements and Control Strategies of Next- Generation Grid Emulator: A Review,” IEEE International Power Electronics Conferen

    • 2021

  • P. Pavani, Birgitte Bak-Jensen, Brian Vejrum Wæhrens, Jesper Asmussen, “Assessment of energy arbitrage using energy storage systems: A wind park’s perspective,” Energies, 2021, 14, 4718.
  • Dawid Jozwiak, Jayakrishnan R Pillai, P. Pavani, Birgitte Bak-Jensen, Jan Jantzen, “Optimizing energy flexibility of boats in PV-BESS based marina energy systems,” Energies, 2021, 14, 3397.

    2020

  • P. Pavani, Birgitte Bak-Jensen and Jayakrishnan R Pillai, “Battery energy storage system-based voltage and frequency control of an island distribution network,” CIGRE e-session, Aug 24-28, Paris, CIGRE 2020.

    • 2019

  • P. Pavani, Birgitte Bak-Jensen and Jayakrishnan R Pillai, “Maximizing the self-consumption of Solar-PV using Battery Energy Storage System in Samso-Marina,” in ISGT conference, Bucharest, Sep 2019.

    • 2017

  • P. Pavani, Birgitte Bak-Jensen and Jayakrishnan R Pillai, “Impact of demand side management in active distribution networks,” in best papers’ session IEEE PES GM Conference, Chicago, USA, Jul 2017.
  • P. Pavani, Birgitte Bak-Jensen and Jayakrishnan R Pillai, “Opportunities and challenges of demand Response in active distribution grids,” Advanced review paper, WIREs Energy and Environment, 2017.

    • 2016

  • P. Pavani and S.N. Singh, “Support vector machine based transient stability identification in distribution system with distributed generation,” Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 60-71, 2016.

    • Her areas of interests include power distribution system operation and control, demand side management, integration of renewable energy sources for green energy transition and application of deep learning techniques for power system problems.