A webinar on “Application of Artificial Intelligence for Solving Power System Load Forecasting Problems” was organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, School of Technology, Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) on 12 September 2021.
Dr. Mayur Barman, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics, Aditya Engineering College and an alumnus of the EEE department of ADBU (2008-2012), who was the resource person of the webinar, discussed the Power System Load Forecasting (PSLF) schemes used by power companies to predict the power or energy requirement for balancing the supply and load demand at all the times. PSLF is mandatory for the proper functioning of the electrical industry. Dr. Mayur explained how PSLF enables the utility companies to plan well since they have an understanding of the future consumption or load demand. Statistical tools and AI-based tools (ANN, SVM, Fuzzy inference system) were discussed under PSLF. Furthermore, he also mentioned that SVM hybridized with the suitable evolutionary algorithm is the most efficient method of PSLF in the present scenario. The webinar concluded with a Q&A interactive session between the resource person and the participants.
A total of 50 participants, consisting of BTech 5th semester, BTech 7th semester, and MTech students along with the faculty members from the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, attended the webinar. A video recording of the webinar can be found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1go4T6Tg1uT368ynL33eEjYvowpBMqpgx/view?usp=sharing
