Dr Rahul Sharma
Senior Lecturer, Power Systems, Microgrid and Energy Management
School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering
+61 7 336 57240
Room 213, Axon Building (47)
UQ St Lucia Campus
UQ St Lucia Campus
Rahul received his PhD from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in The University of Melbourne. After completing his PhD he carried out his post-doctoral research in the Mechanical Engineering department of the same institution. He is currently a senior lecturer in Electrical Engineering with the School of Information Technology & Electrical Engineering at The University of Queensland.
Journal Articles
Sharma, Rahul and Das, Anandarup (2020). Postfault operation of cascaded H-bridge converter for equal power handling by the healthy cells. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67 (11) 8924917, 9174-9183. doi: 10.1109/TIE.2019.2956398
Alduraibi, Abdulrahman, Yaghoobi, Jalil, Solatialkaran, Davood, Zare, Firuz and Sharma, Rahul (2020). Harmonic mitigation technique using active three-phase converters utilised in commercial or industrial distribution networks. IET Power Electronics, 13 (13), 2794-2803. doi: 10.1049/iet-pel.2019.1069
Wu, Yanhong, Wei, Hanbing, Chen, Xing, Xu, Jin and Rahul, Sharma (2020). Adaptive authority allocation of human-automation shared control for autonomous vehicle. International Journal of Automotive Technology, 21 (3), 541-553. doi: 10.1007/s12239-020-0051-6
Dhoke, Amit , Sharma, Rahul and Saha, Tapan Kumar (2020). A technique for fault detection, identification and location in solar photovoltaic systems. Solar Energy, 206 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2020.06.019, 864-874. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2020.06.019
Dhoke, Amit, Sharma, Rahul and Saha, Tapan Kumar (2019). An approach for fault detection and location in solar PV systems. Solar Energy, 194, 197-208. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2019.10.052
Thomas, Ebby, Sharma, Rahul and Nazarathy, Yoni (2019). Towards demand side management control using household specific Markovian models. Automatica, 101, 450-457. doi: 10.1016/j.automatica.2018.11.057
Solatialkaran, Davood, Zare, Firuz, Saha, Tapan K. and Sharma, Rahul (2018). A novel approach in filter design for grid-connected inverters used in renewable energy systems. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 11 (1) 8579105, 1-11. doi: 10.1109/TSTE.2018.2887079
Deeba, S. R., Barooah, P., Sharma, R., Brooks, J. and Saha, T. (2018). A customer centric approach to the use of residential batteries for distribution network support. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 10 (5), 5449-5457. doi: 10.1109/TSG.2018.2883061
Dhoke, Amit, Sharma, Rahul and Saha, Tapan Kumar (2017). PV module degradation analysis and impact on settings of overcurrent protection devices. Solar Energy, 160, 360-367. doi: 10.1016/j.solener.2017.12.013
Atherton, J., Sharma, R. and Salgado, J. (2017). Techno-economic analysis of energy storage systems for application in wind farms. Energy, 135, 540-552. doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.06.151
Sharma, Rahul, Zare, Firuz, Nesic, Dragan and Ghosh, Arindam (2017). A hidden block in a grid connected active front end system: modelling, control and stability analysis. IEEE Access, 5 (99), 11852-11866. doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2719055
Blackman, Monika , Sharma, Rahul , Nadarajah, Mithulan and Athanasius, Germane (2017). Model-based control of utility-scale wind turbines. Control and Intelligent Systems, 45 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.2316/Journal.201.2017.1.201-2716
Deeba, Shohana Rahman, Sharma, Rahul, Saha, Tapan Kumar, Chakraborty, Debraj and Thomas, Andrew (2016). Evaluation of technical and financial benefits of battery-based energy storage systems in distribution networks. IET Renewable Power Generation, 10 (8), 1149-1160. doi: 10.1049/iet-rpg.2015.0440
Nicholls, A., Sharma, R. and Saha,T.K. (2015). Financial and environmental analysis of rooftop photovoltaic installations with battery storage in Australia. Applied Energy, 159, 252-264. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.052
Kim, Tae Soo, Manzie, Chris and Sharma, Rahul (2014). Optimal control of a parallel hybrid vehicle with a traffic preview. Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Proceedings. Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering, 228 (7), 719-733. doi: 10.1177/0954407013506567
Brear, Michael, Dennis, Peter, Manzie, Chris and Sharma, Rahul (2013). A technical and financial analysis of potentially near-zero greenhouse gas emission passenger vehicles. SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Mechanical Systems, 6 (1) 2013-01-0496, 61-77. doi: 10.4271/2013-01-0496
Sharma, Rahul, Nesic, Dragan and Manzie, Chris (2013). Sampled data model predictive idle speed control of ultra-lean burn hydrogen engines. IEEE Transactions On Control Systems Technology, 21 (2) 6148319, 538-545. doi: 10.1109/TCST.2012.2185238
Sharma, R., Manzie, C., Bessede, M., Crawford, R. H. and Brear, M. J. (2013). Conventional, hybrid and electric vehicles for Australian driving conditions. Part 2: life cycle CO2-e emissions. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 28, 63-73. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2012.12.011
Manzie, Chris, Kim, Tae Soo and Sharma, Rahul (2012). Optimal use of telemetry by parallel hybrid vehicles in urban driving. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 25, 134-151. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2012.04.012
Sharma, R ., Manzie, C., Bessede, M., Brear, M. J. and Crawford, R. H. (2012). Conventional, hybrid and electric vehicles for Australian driving conditions – part 1: technical and financial analysis. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 25, 238-249. doi: 10.1016/j.trc.2012.06.003
Sharma, R. and Aldeen, M. (2012). Design of integral sliding mode observers for state, fault and unknown input reconstruction. Control and Intelligent Systems, 40 (2), 1-10. doi: 10.2316/Journal.201.2012.2.201-2330
Sharma, R. and Aldeen, M. (2011). Fault, state, and unknown input reconstruction in nonlinear systems using sliding mode observers. Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control: Transactions of the ASME, 133 (5) 051013, 051013.1-051013.10. doi: 10.1115/1.4004040
Sharma, R. and Aldeen, M. (2011). Fault and disturbance reconstruction in non-linear systems using a network of interconnected sliding mode observers. IET Control Theory and Applications, 5 (6), 751-763. doi: 10.1049/iet-cta.2009.0592
Sharma, Rahul, Nesic, Dragan and Manzie, Chris (2011). Model reduction of turbocharged (TC) spark ignition (SI) engines. IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology, 19 (2) 5439941, 297-310. doi: 10.1109/TCST.2010.2043735
Aldeen, M. and Sharma, R. (2008). Estimation of states, faults and unknown disturbances in non-linear systems. International Journal of Control, 81 (8), 1195-1201. doi: 10.1080/00207170601087937
Aldeen, M. and Sharma, R. (2007). Robust detection of faults in frequency control loops. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 22 (1), 413-422. doi: 10.1109/TPWRS.2006.883682
Conference Papers
Mat Suboh, S. and Sharma, R. (2019). Robust control of wind turbines under uncertain wind speed measurements. IEEE PES GTD Grand International Conference and Exposition Asia (GTD Asia 2019), Bangkok, Thailand, 19-23 March 2019. New York, NY, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/GTDAsia.2019.8715877
Rathnayake, Hansika, Solatialkaran, Davood, Zare, Firuz and Sharma, Rahul (2019). Grid-tied inverters in renewable energy systems: Harmonic emission in 2 to 9 kHz frequency range. 21st European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Genova, Italy, 3-5 September, 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.23919/epe.2019.8914845
Habibullah, Mohamad, Mithulananthan, N., Zare, Firuz and Sharma, Rahul (2019). Impact of control systems on power quality at common DC bus in DC grid. IEEE PES GTD Grand International Conference and Exposition Asia (GTD Asia 2019), Bangkok, Thailand, 19-23 March 2019. New York, NY, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/GTDAsia.2019.8715875
Rathnayake, Hansika, Khajeh, Kiarash Gharani, Zare, Firuz and Sharma, Rahul (2019). Harmonic analysis of grid-tied active front end inverters for the frequency range of 0-9 kHz in distribution networks: Addressing future regulations. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Melbourne, Australia, 13-15 February, 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/icit.2019.8755015
Alduraibi, Abdulrahman, Yaghoobi, Jalil, Rathnayake, Hansika, Zare, Firuz and Sharma, Rahul (2019). Dynamic analysis of a modular three-phase rectifier system with harmonic mitigation function: Addressing IEC 61000-3-12. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Melbourne, Australia, 13-15 February, 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/icit.2019.8755236
Sharma, R., Almelkar, A., Baghel, K., Syed, S. and Sonam, K. (2019). Extended high gain observer based control design for buck-boost converters. 6th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies, CoDIT 2019, Paris, France, 23 - 26 April 2019. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/CoDIT.2019.8820349
Alduraibi, Abdulrahman, Yaghoobi, Jalil, Zare, Firuz and Sharma, Rahul (2018). A new technology to reduce harmonic emission in distribution networks: Addressing IEC 61000-3-12. Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Auckland, New Zealand, 27-30 November 2018. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/AUPEC.2018.8758007
Surina, M.S. and Sharma, R. (2017). Control strategy of wind turbine generator with storage in short-term dispatch scheme. 7th IEEE Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT-Asia), Auckland, New Zealand, 4-7 December 2017. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2017.8378424
Sharma, Rahul and Zare, Firuz (2017). On the Significance of Analysing Duty Cycle Saturation Nonlinearity in LCL Filter Control Systems. Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Melbourne Australia, 19-22 November 2017. New York NY United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/AUPEC.2017.8282410
Thomas, Ebby, Sharma, Rahul and Nazarathy, Yoni (2017). Implementation of energy storage Systems for solar PV ramp stabilization. Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Melbourne, Australia, 19 - 22 November 2017. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/AUPEC.2017.8282422
Deeba, Shohana Rahman, Sharma, Rahul, Saha, Tapan Kumar and Thomas, Andrew (2016). Investigation of voltage performance of an LV distribution network for improving rooftop photovoltaic uptake in Australia. 2016 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2016, Boston, MA, United States, 17 - 21 July 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/PESGM.2016.7742037
Dhoke, Amit, Sharma, Rahul and Saha, Tapan K. (2016). Condition monitoring of a large-scale PV power plant in Australia. 2016 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2016, Boston, MA, United States, 17 - 21 July 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/PESGM.2016.7742048
Ahmadi, Mohsen, Mithulananthan, N. and Sharma, Rahul (2016). A review on topologies for fast charging stations for electric vehicles. IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON), Wollongong, Australia, 28 September-1 October 2016. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/POWERCON.2016.7753886
Deeba, Shohana Rahman, Sharma, Rahul, Saha, Tapan Kumar and Chakraborty, Debraj (2015). A tool to estimate maximum arbitrage from battery energy storage by maintaining voltage limits in an LV network. IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 15-18 November 2015. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers). doi: 10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380894
Salgado-Contreras, Jorge, Sharma, Rahul, Ranatunga, Shantha, Moroz, Stephanie and Thomas, Sebastian (2015). Value proposition of energy storage options for wind power output smoothing. IEEE Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 15-18 November 2015. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). doi: 10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7381072
Jess, Adrian and Sharma, Rahul (2015). Modelling, control and performance analysis of a 6 MW wind turbine. IEEE Asia Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 15-18 November 2015. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). doi: 10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7381003
Beere, Nicholas, McPhail, Donald and Sharma, Rahul (2015). A general methodology for utility microgrid planning: a Cairns case study. IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), Brisbane, Australia, 15-18 November 2015. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380871
Raygani, Saeid Veysi, Sharma, Rahul and Saha, Tapan K. (2015). PV power output uncertainty in Australia. IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, PESGM 2015, Denver CO, United States, 26-30 July 2015. Piscataway NJ, United States: IEEE Computer Society. doi: 10.1109/PESGM.2015.7286078
Ahmadi, Mohsen, Mithulananthan, Nadarajah and Sharma, Rahul (2015). Dynamic load control at a bidirectional DC fast charging station for PEVs in weak AC grids. IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC), Brisbane, Australia, 15-18 November 2015. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/APPEEC.2015.7380948
Deeba, Shohana Rahman, Sharma, Rahul and Saha, Tapan Kumar (2015). Coordinated control of multi-functional battery energy storage system in an unbalanced network. Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Perth, WA, Australia, 28 September – 1 October 2014. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/AUPEC.2014.6966642
Tan, C. P., Saha, S., Aldeen, M. and Sharma, R. (2014). Fault diagnosis in transmission networks of linear and nonlinear power systems. European Control Conference 2009, Budapest, Hungary, 23–26 August 2009. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.23919/ecc.2009.7074878
Raygani, Saeid Veysi, Sharma, Rahul and Saha, Tapan (2014). Analysing the PV output variability and its mitigation through aggregation in Queensland, Australia. 2014 IEEE PES General Meeting: Conference and Exposition, National Harbour, MD, United States, 27-31 July 2014. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/PESGM.2014.6939367
Sharma, Rahul, Yan, Ruifeng and Kearney, Michael (2013). Predictive control of wind turbines with storage. AUCC 2013: Third Annual Australian Control Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 4-5 November, 2013. Barton, ACT, Australia: Engineers Australia. doi: 10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697269
Weatherhog, Samuel and Sharma, Rahul (2013). Component-wise physics-based modelling of a lithium-ion battery for power equalization. PES-GM 2013: IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting 2013, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 22-25 July, 2013. Piscataway, NJ, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. doi: 10.1109/PESMG.2013.6672206
Raygani, Saeid Veysi, Sharma, Rahul and Saha, Tapan Kumar (2013). Variability and performance analysis of the PV plant at The University of Queensland. 2013 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Hobart, TAS, Australia, 29 September–3 October 2013. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE (Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers). doi: 10.1109/aupec.2013.6725342
Sharma, Rahul, Bessede, Maxime, Manzie, Chris, Brear, Michael and Crawford, Robert (2012). An economic and in-service emissions analysis of conventional, hybrid and electric vehicles for Australian driving conditions. SAE 2012 World Congress and Exhibition, Detroit, MI, United States, 24-26 April 2012. Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE. doi: 10.4271/2012-01-0819
Sharma, R., Dennis, P., Manzie, C., Nesic, D. and Brear, M. J. (2011). Real time model predictive idle speed control of ultra-lean burn engines: Experimental results. 18th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Milan, Italy, 28 August - 2 September 2011. Milan, Italy: International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC). doi: 10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.00634
Kim, Tae Soo, Manzie, Chris and Sharma, Rahul (2011). Two-stage optimal control of a parallel hybrid vehicle with traffic preview. IFAC World Congress 2011, Milan, Italy, 28 August - 2 September 2011. Milan, Italy: International Federation of Automatic Control. doi: 10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.03423
Sharma, R., Nesic, D. and Manzie, C. (2010). Idle speed control using linear time varying model predictive control and discrete time approximations. 2010 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications Part of 2010 IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, Yokohama, Japan, 8-10 September 2010. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/CCA.2010.5611327
Sharma, R., Nesic, D. and Manzie, C. (2009). Model reduction of automotive engines using perturbation theory. Joint 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and 28th Chinese Control Conference, Shangai, China, 16-18 December 2009. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2009.5400086
Sharma, R. and Aldeen, M. (2009). Design of integral sliding mode observers with application to fault and unknown input reconstruction. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2011, Shanghai, China, 16-18 December 2009. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/CDC.2009.5399985
Sharma, R., Nesic, D. and Manzie, C. (2009). Control oriented modeling of turbocharged (TC) spark ignition (SI) engine. SAE World Congress 2009, Detroit, MI, United States, 20-23 April 2009. Warrendale, PA, United States: SAE International. doi: 10.4271/2009-01-0684
Kim, Tae Soo, Manzie, Chris and Sharma, Rahul (2009). Model predictive control of velocity and torque split in a parallel hybrid vehicle. 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC 2009), San Antonio, TX, U.S.A., 11-14 October 2009. New York, NY, U.S.A.: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICSMC.2009.5346115
Tan, C. P., Saha, S., Aldeen, M. and Sharma, R. (2008). Fault detection in transmission network of a power system: Part II design. 2008 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC'08), Sydney, Australia, 14-17 December 2008. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales.
Saha, S., Aldeen, M, Sharma, R. and Tan, C. P. (2008). Fault detection in transmission network of a power system: Part I modelling. 2008 Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC'08), Sydney, Australia, 14-17 December 2008. Sydney, Australia: University of New South Wales.
Sharma, R. and Aldeen, M. (2008). Fault diagnosis in nonlinear systems using interconnected sliding mode observers. IFAC World Congress 2008, Seoul, Korea, 6-11 July 2008. Seoul, Korea: International Federation of Automatic Control.
Sharma, R. and Aldeen, M. (2007). Fault and unknown input reconstruction in VTOL aircraft system using sliding mode observers. European Control Conference 2007 (ECC '07), Kos, Greece, 2-5 July 2007. EUCA. doi: 10.23919/ecc.2007.7068640
Sharma, R. and Aldeen, M. (2007). Fault detection in nonlinear systems with unknown inputs using sliding mode observer. 2007 American Control Conference (ACC '07), New York, United States, 11-13 July 2007. Dayton, OH, United States: American Automatic Control Council. doi: 10.1109/ACC.2007.4282152
Sharma, R., Aldeen, M. and Crusca, F. (2006). Fault detection in nonlinear power systems. 25th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control, Lanzarote, Spain, 6-8 February 2006. Calgary, Canada: ACTA Press.
Sharma, R., Aldeen, M. and Crusca, F. (2005). Robust fault detection in the load-frequency control of interconnected power systems. Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Hobart, Australia, 25-28 September 2005. Hobart, Australia: School of Engineering, University of Tasmania.
Sharma, R., Aldeen, M. and Crusca, F. (2004). Incorporation of faults in transmission lines with a nonlinear model of power systems. Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC 2004), Brisbane, Australia, 26-29 September 2004. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Sharma, R. and Aldeen, M. (2004). Estimation of unknown disturbances in nonlinear systems. Control 2004, Bath England, 6-9 September 2004. London, U. K.: Professional Engineering Publishing.