M.E POWER ELECTRONICS AND DRIVES

The Department of EEE started functioning in the year 2010 with the approval of AICTE with a sanctioned intake of 60 students. This provides quality education to the students to produce top notch engineers. The ultimate mission of the EEE department is to provide its undergraduate students with the knowledge and skills to solve variety of electrical and electronics engineering problems as well as to prepare them to conduct research in the advanced engineering field. The main strength of this department is its team of well qualified, experienced and professionally skilled faculty members. Bright and airy classrooms are equipped with modern teaching aids such as LCD projector etc., The laboratories are highly modernized to reflect the rapidly changing trends in technology. The department’s library has a good collection of books and up-to-date journals.


INFRASTRUCTURE & LAB FACILITIES

1. ELECTRICAL WORKSHOP

This laboratory imparts practical knowledge to the students about the household wiring, winding of transformers and machines. It also facilitates the study of energy conservation and safety in electrical systems. This lab is equipped with Power tools like Range Finder, Digital Live Wire Detector, Megger, Single Phase Auto Transformer, etc.,


2. ELECTRICAL MACHINES LAB

This laboratory imparts knowledge about characteristics and behavior of the DC and AC Machines. This is the core lab for Electrical and Electronics Engineering branch and ancillary lab for other branches. The Electrical Machines Lab is equipped with major equipment like D.C Motor-Generator set 1Φ and 3Φ Conventional Transformers, D.C. Motor – Alternator set, 1Φ and 3Φ Induction motors, 1Φ and 3Φ Auto-Transformers, 3Φ Synchronous Motors, DC Rectifier and Distribution Panels.


3. CONTROL SYSTEM LAB

Control System Lab introduces fundamental control systems theory that emphasizes on design and implementation to the students. Design and implementation of this course is done using MATLAB software with control system toolbox to do the experiment in open loop and closed loop system. The lab is well furnished with the equipment like AC and DC Servomotor, 8085 Microprocessor Trainer Kit, Synchros, Position control system, Controller design kit. The lab provides facility to analyze the stability of the system using MATLAB software.


4. MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION LAB

This laboratory imparts knowledge to find unknown resistance, inductance and capacitance through various bridge circuits. This lab is equipped with various equipment like Instrumentation Amplifier module, Digital IC Trainer Kit, ADC 8 channel standalone module, DAC standalone module, etc.


5. POWER ELECTRONICS LAB

This lab throws light on the techniques of designing and building power electronics circuits. It consists of all power electronic converters, DSP and FPGA based DC and AC Drives, Digital Integrated kits, etc., and different kinds of demo kits such as SCR characteristics, study kit for D.C motor control using chopper.


6. POWER SYSTEM SIMULATION LAB

This lab is well equipped with licensed MATLAB software comprising tool boxes like Neural Network, Fuzzy logic, Control System, Power System etc., which integrates the mathematical computing visualization and a powerful language to provide a flexible environment for technical computing.


7. POWER ELECTRONICS AND DRIVES LAB

The main focus of the laboratory is on the measurement and control of electric drives. The laboratory is equipped with power electronic converters required for driving DC and DC machines. The laboratory also includes Personal computers for the simulation and control of special machine drives using Digital Signal Processors (DSP) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) boards.In electrical drives laboratory, students learn to deal with all kinds of electrical machine-drives and required subsystems.

  • VISION

    To train the students to have in depth knowledge of the subjects in the field of Electrical and Electronics Engineering thereby making them develop confidence for R & D activities and for placement in multinational and national companies so that the students will be of immediate use to industry, nation and mankind.

    MISSION

    To develop innovative, competent, efficient, and disciplined engineers who can participate in technical advancement and social enlistment of the country to meet the growing global challenges.

  • FACULTY DETAILS

    Sl.No. Name Qualification Designation Specialization
    1 Dr.P.Rathika M.E., Ph.D. Professor Power Quality
    2 Dr.B.Indu Rani M.E., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Power Electronics
    3 Dr.M.Germin Nisha M.E.,Ph.D. Assistant Professor Process Control and Instrumentation
    4 Ms.M.S.Sivagama Sundari M.E.,M.B.A.,(Ph.D) Assistant Professor Power Electronics and Industrial Drives
    5 Ms.S.Princee M.E., Assistant Professor Applied Electronics
    6 Mr.B.Selvakumar M.E., Assistant Professor Power Electronics and Drives
    7 Mr.V.R.Rajan M.E.,(Ph.D) Assistant Professor Power Electronics
    8 Mr.L.Munia Selvan M.E., Assistant Professor Applied Electronics
    9 Ms.S.Jeyaseeli M.E., Assistant Professor Power Electronics and Drives
    10 Mr.Y.Levingstan M.E., Assistant Professor Power Electronics and Drives
    11 Mr.K.Siva Subramanian M.E., Assistant Professor Control and Instrumentation
    12 Mr.M. Bala Subramanian M.E.,M.B.A. Assistant Professor Applied electronics
    13 Ms.V.K.Velvizhi M.E., Assistant Professor High Voltage Engineering
    14 Mr.J.Thangaraj M.E., Assistant Professor Power Systems Engineering
    15 Mr.C.K.Aravind M.Tech.,(Ph.D) Assistant Professor Power Electronics and Drives

    TECHNICAL STAFF DETAILS

    Sl.No. Staff Name Qualification Designation
    1 Mr.T.Ashok Kumar I.T.I., Lab Attender
    2 Mr.K.Subash D.E.E.E.,(B.E) Lab - Technician
    3 Mr.S.Mahimaimaichaelraj D.E.E.E. Lab - Technician
  • DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES

    Sl.No. Date Title Guest
    1 19.03.2011 Guest Lecture on "Fundamentals of Electric Circuits" Dr. S. Mohammed Mansoor Roomi, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.
    2 26.08.2011 One Day Technical Seminar on "Recent Trends In Renewable Energy Generation"

    Dr. S. Mohammed Mansoor Roomi, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.

    3 25.01.2012 One Day Workshop on "Mathematical Modelling and Technical Computing with MATLAB"

    Er.K.Moorthi,M.E., Senior Product Manager CoreEL Technologies Bangalore

    4 02.05.2012 Guest Lecture on "Control Systems" Mr. R. Raja Shajin, Associate Professor, Department of EEE, National College of Engineering, Maruthakulam.
    5 06.10.2012 One Day Technical Seminor on "Space for Human Safety and Security" Er.K.S.Venkateshwaran Senior Scientist,ISRO, Magendragri. & Er.R.Kanniah Senior Scientist,ISRO, Nagendragri.
    6 07.03.2013 Guest Lecture on "Waste to Energy" Mr. M.Ramakrishnan, Project Co-ordinator(Biomass Plant) Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari.
    7 06.07.2013 Emerging Technologies for Electrical Engineers Er.E.Rajarajan, Technical Director, R&D Dept, Bluetronics Inc.
    8 21.04.2014 Circuit Simulation and Analysis using MATLAB Dr.P.Karuppanan Assistant Professor, NIT Allahabad.
    9 30.04.2012 One Day faculty training programme on "Zealtech workbench Technology" Mr. G. Manikandan (Managing Director), Mr. N. Rajesh (Design Engineer), Mr. S. Rajasekaran (Content Development Expert) Zealtech Electromec India Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore.
    10 11.07.2013 to 12.07.2013 Faculty Training Programme on "PSCAD Software" Mr.Shivakumar, Senior Simulation Engineer, Nayak Power Systems Pvt.Ltd., Bangalore. & Mr.Kiran Kumar S Math, Simulation Engineer, Nayak Power Systems Pvt.Ltd., Bangalore.
    11 09.10.2014 Oneday National Level Technical Symposium SCINTILLATE 2K14 Er.A.Mohammed Hussain, Director & Head, Centre for Wind energy Technology, Kayathar.
    12 11.11.2014 to 13.11.2014 3 Days workshop on "PLC and SCADA" Mr.G. Senthilkumar, Chief Executive Officer, Mr.R.Kumaran & Mr.N.Dhinakaran, Application Engineer, Unicorn Institute of Technology, Chennai.
    13 16.12.2014 to 22.12.2014 7 Days Anna University approved faculty development Training programme on "Solid State Drives"
    • Dr.M. Sundaram, Associate Professor, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
    • Dr.P.P.Rajeevan, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Trivandrum.
    • Mr.P.Muthu Kumar, Assistant Professor, Care Institute of Technology,Trichy.
    • Dr.P.Rathika, Professor, V V College of Engineering, Tisaiyanvilai.
    • Dr. B.Indu Rani, Assistant Professor,V V College of Engineering, Tisaiyanvilai.
    • Mr.Senthil Kumar, CEO, Unicorn Institute of Technology, Chennai.
    • Mr. Raja, Chief Executive, CR Engineering & Advent technologies Trichy.
    • Mr.Lingusamy Raghu, Crompton Greaves, Coimbatore.
    • Mr.Prabhu and Mr. Narendra Uppadaya,Shri Amman Textiles, Erode.
    14 29.12.2014 to 30.12.2014 2 days workshop on "Industrial Automation Using PLC" Mr.G.Senthil Kumar,Chief Executive Officer, Mr.N.Dhinakaran,Application Engineer,Unicorn Institute of Technology,Chennai.
  • FDP/SEMINAR/WORKSHOP ATTENDED

    Sl.No. Name Date Title Organized by
    1 Ms.M.S.Sivagama Sundari 27.09.2010 One Day Workshop on "Energy Audit and Management" K.L.N Engineering College Pottapalayam
    2 Ms.M.S.Sivagama Sundari 03.03.2012 One Day National Seminar on "Power Crisis and Renewable Energy" Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai
    3 Ms.S. Princee 17.03.2012 One Day National Seminar on "Optimization Issues Related to VLSI and Power System" DMI Engineering College, Aralvaimozhi
    4 Ms.S. Saranya 17.03.2012 One Day National Seminar on "Optimization Issues Related to VLSI and Power System" DMI Engineering College, Aralvaimozhi
    5 Mr.L. Muniaselvan 03.04.2012 & 04.04.2012 Two Days National Workshop on "Control System Design using LabVIEW" K.L.N College of Engineering, Pottapalayam
    6 Mr.Y. Levingstan 18.08.2012 National level workshop on "Evolutionary Algorithms and its Applications" Sardar Raja College of Engineering, Alangulam.
    7 Ms.M.S.Sivagama Sundari & Mr.Y. Levingstan 15.09.2012 National level workshop on "MATLAB APPLICATIONS" Sun College of Engineering, Erachakulam
    8 Mr.K. Siva Subramanian 24.09.2012 National level workshop on "Multi Objective Optimisation using Evolutionary Algorithm" Sun College of Engineering & Tech, Erachakulam.
    9 Ms.M.S.Sivagama Sundari 19.10.2012 & 20.10.2012 National level workshop on "Small Hybrid(Wind&Solar) Power Generation System" PET Engineering College Vallioor.
    10 Ms.S.Princee & V.K.Velvizhi 27.09.2013 National level workshop on "Neural Network and its Applications" Annai Valankanni College of Engineering, Azhagappapuram.
  • PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY

    Sl.No. Date Program / Function Chief Guest
    1 29.01.2015 ISOITECH-2015 Students Chapter "Group Discussion, Waste to no Waste, Technical quiz and just a minute." Principal / VVCOE
    2 20.02.2014 ISOI - Students Chapter "Waste to no waste,Circuit Debugging, Group Discussion and Book Presentation". Director / VVCOE
    3 24.01.2013 ISOI - Students Chapter paper presentation and quiz competition Principal / VVCOE (Felicitation)
    4 13.07.2012 ISOI - Students Chapter Inauguration Prof. Dr. J. Nagaraju, Ph.D., General Secretary, Instrument Society of India, Bangalore.
  • SEMINAR/WORKSHOP ATTENDED BY THE STUDENTS

    Sl.No.

    Student Name

    Date Title Organized by
    1 V.Venkateshwari 19.01.2015 to 23.01.2015 Workshop on "Entrepreneurship and Employability Skills" Foundation for Academic Excellence and Access, New Delhi & Loyola College, Chennai.
    2 B.Aravinthan, S.Dhanasingh Arul Vignesh, I.Rajesh Kumar, D.Shakul Hameed, D.Sutherson 07.09.2014 World Biggest Big Data Workshop on "Limca Book of Records"&"World Records" KAASHIV INFOTECH, Chennai
    3 A.Aysha, G.Mahalakshmi 05.09.2014 to 06.09.2014 Workshop on "Artificial Neural Network Development using MATLAB" Kalasalingam University, Srivilliputhur
    4 A.Livingston Raj, B.Aravinthan 26.07.2014 Workshop on "Embedded Web Technology" KAASHIV INFOTECH, Chennai
    5 Dhanasingh Arul, S.Vignesh, P.Logananth, A.Raguraman 24.07.2014 to 25.07.2014 Workshop on "Ethical Hacking" Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam
    6 P.Sundarapandi, S.Jeyaganesh Balaji 23.07.2014 to 25.07.2014 Workshop on "Science and Technology Capacity Building for industrial Needs" National College of Engineering, Kovilpatti
    7 R.Sivaperumal & A.Jeyaraj 18.04.2014 to 19.04.2014 National workshop on energy Auditing & Conservation Techniques PSG College of Technology
    8 A.Esakki Dharma, Maharajan, E.Esakki Raja, N.Dinesh, J.Rebairow, J.Rajasekar, C.Prabakaran, A.Jeyaraj 22.08.2014 National level workshop on "Soft Computing" SCAD College of Engineering & Technology, Cheranmahadevi.
    9 E.Chinna Durai 18.10.2013 to 19.10.2013 National level seminar on "Android Feature Development" Insat Soft Solutions, Tirunelveli.
    10 J.Rebairow 17.08.2013 National level workshop on "Solar Lamp Design" Cape Institute of Technology,Levinjipuram.
    11 S.Shanmuga Priya 03.01.2013 National level workshop on "Industrial Automation using PLC & SCADA" Indian Society for Technical Education,Government College of Engineering, Tirunelveli.
    12 E.Manikandan & J.Rebairow 16.02.2013 National level workshop on "EHV Transforms and circuit breaker diagnostics" Satyam College of Engineering & Technology,Aralvoimozhi.
    13 S.Parthasarathi, R.Ramachandran, E.Manikandan, Nadar Tharma Jaypal, J.Pratheepkumar 15.09.2012 National level workshop on "Matlab Applications" Sun College of Engineering,Erachakulam.
  • STUDENT ACTIVITIES

    Sl.No. Name of the Student Date Place Event Prize
    1 J.Godson,M.Karthick 19.09.2011 Sree Sowdambika College of Engineering,Aruppukottai Circuit Debugging Third
    2 M. Arunachala Eswaran, A. Madhavan 22.03.2012 TRP Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli Paper Presentation Second
    3 Nadar Tharma Jeyapal 03.08.2012 Sun College of Engg & Tech, Nagercoil Circuit Debugging First
    4 S.Shanmuga Priya 07.09.2012 Arunachala College of Engineering for Women, Kanyakumari. Quiz Second
    5 S.Ganesh 28.09.2012 Sardar Raja College of Engineering, Alangulam Circuit Debugging First
    6 P.SundarRaj, J.Rebairow 20.02.2013 Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli Paper Presentation First
    7 P.SundarRaj, J.Rebairow 20.02.2013 Francis Xavier Engineering College, Tirunelveli Circuit Debugging Second
    8 M.Sivasundar, E.Chinnadurai 01.03.2013 Chandy College of Engineering, Thoothukudi Paper Presentation Second
    9 P.SundarRaj, M.Thangavengatesh 24.01.2013 V V College of Engineering, Tisaiyanvilai Paper Presentation Second
    10 A.Aysha, P.Dhanalakshmi 01.03.2013 V V College of Engineering, Tisaiyanvilai Quiz Second
    11 M.Jebastin, A.G.Victor, V.Stephen Raj 01.03.2013 V V College of Engineering, Tisaiyanvilai Mini Project Competition First
    12 M.Karthick, T.Muthukrishnan, J.Godson 01.03.2013 V V College of Engineering, Tisaiyanvilai Mini Project Competition Second
    13 R.Rajavigneshwaran, A.Raguraman 11.09.2014 Sardar Raja College of Engg, Alangulam. Paper Presentation First
    14 S.Riyas, J.Rebairow, S.Velmurugan 22.09.2014 Sri Vidya College of Engineering and Technology, virudhunagar Circuit Debugging Second
    15 S.Riyas, J.Rebairow, S.Velmurugan 22.09.2014 Sri Vidya College of Engineering and Technology, virudhunagar Project Expo Second
    16 J.Rebairow, S.Velmurugan 08.10.2014 Ratnavel subramaniam College of Engineering, Dindigul. Paper Presentation Second
    17 R.Samraj, S.selvathanaraj, R.Sivaperumal 08.10.2014 Madurai institute of Engineering and Technology, Pottapalayam. Project Presentation First
  • INDUSTRIAL VISITS

    Sl.No. Date Name of the Organization Participants Batch
    1 12.08.2011 ISRO, Mahendragiri II EEE Students 2010-2014
    2 08.09.2012 Suzlon Energy Pvt Ltd, Radhapuram & Bio Gas Plant Vivekananda Kendra II EEE Students 2011-2015
    3 11.09.2012 C-WET, Kayathar III EEE Students 2010-2014
    4 17.09.2013 Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, Kudankulam II EEE Students 2012-2016
    5 02.08.2013 & 03.08.2013 Easun Reyrolle Private Limited, Hosur & KSIC Silk Weaving Factory, Mysore III EEE Students 2011-2015
    6 02.08.2013 & 03.08.2013 KC Electricals & Pvt Limited, Mysore & Srinivasha Enterprise, Mysore IV EEE Students 2010-2014
    7 02.09.2014 C-Wet, Kayathar III EEE Students 2012-2016
    8 06.09.2014 Thermal Power Station, Tuticorin II EEE Students 2013-2017
    9 09.09.2014 VOC Port Trust, Tuticorin IV EEE Students 2011-2015
  • IMPLANT TRAINING

    Sl.No. Date Organization Participants Batch
    1 08.12.2014 to 12.12.2014 Tuticorin Thermal Power Station. S.Pravina, R.Sunega, N.Vanitha,M.Uma Maheswari, V.Venkateshwari, S.Abin Anitha, S. Nephin Jessie, G.Sweetlin Vinitha, V.Santhiya Kumari, M.Siva Ananthy, C.Sivaranjini. 2012-2016
    2 08.12.2014 to 12.12.2014 Tuticorin Thermal Power Station. C.Prabakaran, R.Sivaperumal, R.Samraj. 2011-2015
    3 08.12.2014 to 12.12.2014 BSNL,Tirunelveli. S.Selva Deiva 2013-2017
    4 15.12.2014 to 19.12.2014 BSNL,Tirunelveli. Lakshmi.S, Rakshana.U, Rameshwari, Sankavi.V 2013-2017
    5 22.12.2014 to 27.12.2014 BSNL,Tirunelveli Ishwarya.G, Maheswari.M 2011-2015
    6 16.06.2014 to 20.06.2014 TNEB- 110/33-11 KV Substation, Palayamkottai. M.Subha, M.Kalai Arasi, F.Farzania Teenu, S.Anisha, C.Sivaranjini 2012-2016
    7 04.06.2014 to 10.06.2014 DCW LIMITED, Sahupuram, Thoothukudi. M.Subha, M.Kalai Arasi 2012-2016
    8 23.12.2013 to 27.12.2013 Tuticorin Thermal Power Station P.Mayandi,P.SasiKumar Stephen, M.Thangavenkatesh, B.Venkat Narayanan 2011-2015
    9 23.12.2013 to 31.12.2013 TNEB Substation Udangudi C.Mahalakshmi, G.Mahalakshmi, J.Ramya 2011-2015
    10 18.12.2013 to 23.12.2013 TNEB Substation,Nagercoil. S.Shanmugapriya, N.Rajasowmiya, N.Sivamala, T.Jeyalakshmi, G.Sivasankari 2011-2015
    11 30.12.13 to 31.12.13 Fluid Power Machines Pvt.Ltd,Coimbatore. A.Jeyaraj, R.Sivaperumal, R.Aravinth 2011-2015
    12 28.12.13 to 31.12.13 TNEB Substation, Sattankulam. A.Saravana Shankar, K.Aldos Babu, D.Samraj Tamilselvan, S.Krishnakumar 2011-2015
    13 26.12.13 to 30.12.13 TNEB Substation, Kottaikarungulam S.Velmurugan, K.Sukumar, S.Antonyraj 2011-2015
    14 16.12.13 to 20.12.13 Tamilnadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited,Vallioor. D.Shakul Hameed, S.Dhanasingh Arul Vignesh, M.Siva Ananthy, C.Sivaranjini, V.Venkateshwari 2012-2016
    15 20.12.13 to 31.12.13 DCW,Arumuganeri. P.Loganath, M.Aravind Kumar, R.Rajavigneshwaran, A.Ragu Raman 2012-2016
    16 18.12.2011 DCW Limited, Arumuganeri J.Godson,M.Arunachala Eswaran,V.Vetrivel Murugan 2010-2014
    17 30.05.2012 To 05.06.2012 Hinduja Foundries Limited, Chennai. M.Arunachala Eswaran, M.Ebenezar Nishanth, A.Madhavan, M.Selvalingam, G.Vivek 2010-2014
    18 01.06.2012 To 04.06.2012 Elecon Engineering Company Limited, Gujarat. A.J.Victor 2010-2014
    19 06.06.2012 To 12.06.2012 110/11 KV Substation, Karanthaneri. T.Vinoth Kumar, C.Shivaharan 2010-2014
    20 06.06.2012 To 12.06.2012 110/11 KV Substation, Kottaikarunkulam. S.Rajkumar, M.Duraisingh, R.Hemaprasath, T.Karthick, M.Sathish 2010-2014
    21 04.06.2012 To 09.06.2012 Tri-O Technologies, Nagercoil. S.Prema Kulandai Therasal 2010-2014
    22 11.06.2012 To 12.06.2012 INS Substation, Vijayanarayanam. S.Prema Kulandai Therasal 2010-2014
    23 10.12.2012 To 14.12.2012 Tamilnadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd., Thisaiyanvilai. A.Aysha, P.Dhanalakshmi 2011-2015
    24 12.06.2012 To 17.06.2012 ACCEL IT ACADEMY, Chennai. M.Thanga Venkatesh ,P.Sundar Raj ,M.Saravana Karthikeyan ,M.Siva Sundar ,J.Rebairow 2010-2014
    25 15.06.2012 To 17.06.2012 DCW LIMITED, Thoothukudi. G.Balaji ,S.Jeyaganesh Balaji ,K.Thirumani ,R.Aravinth 2010-2014
  • PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

    P.Rathika"Fuzzy logic based maximum Power Point Tracking Designed for 10 k w solar Photovoltaic System with Different membership Function" International Journal of electrical, computer, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vol.8, No.6,2014.

    Ms.S.Jeyaseeli ,"Fractal Based Space Vector PWM for three level inverter"International Journal of Advanced research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering Vol.3, Issue 6, June 2014.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari, Dr.P.Melba Mary and K.Krishnaram,"Performance analysis of asymmetrical cascaded h-bridge nine level inverter with photovoltaic arrays”,International Journal of Scientific Research Engineering and Technology,Vol.2, Issue.7, pp. 456-459 ,Oct 2013.

    Mr.K.Sivasubramanian and M.S.Sivagama Sundari ,"PSO based PID Controller for spherical tank process",JI of the Instrument Society of India,Vol.43, No.3, pp. 212-214,Sep 2013.

    Dr.B. Indu Rani, G.Saravana Ilango, and C.Nagamani, “Control Strategy for power flow management in a PV system supplying DC loads”, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol 60, no.3, pp.3185-3194, Aug.2013

    Dr.B. Indu Rani, G.Saravana Ilango, and C.Nagamani, “Enhanced power generation from PV array under partial shading conditions by shade dispersion using Su Do Ku Configuration”, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol 4, no.3, pp.594-601, July 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"A New topology for the performance improvement of single phase cascaded seven level inverter",International Journal of Applied Research, Vol.3, Issue 5, pp. 173-175, June 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"Simulation study of Traditional Z Source Converter for employing zero voltage electronic loads",VSRD International Journal of Electrical, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vol.3, No.6, pp. 247-250, June 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"Maintenance of connectors and disconnectors in the EHV system",International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering,Vol. 2, Issue.6, pp. 2221-2226, June 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari,Dr.P.Melba Mary and V.K.Velvizhi,"Maximum power point tracking for photovoltaic system by perturb and observe method using buck boost converter",International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Vol.2, Issue.6, pp. 2433-2439, June 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"Total harmonic distortion analysis by multi carrier pulse width modulation technique in different levels of cascaded h-bridge multilevel inverters using photovoltaic power source", European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.105, No.4, pp. 582-591,June 2013 .

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"Multi carrier pwm based cascaded h-bridge seven level inverter",Ciit International Journal of Artificial Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning, Vol.5, No.6, pp. 239-243, June 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"Fuzzy logic based five level inverter for photovoltaic systems",Ciit International Journal of Artificial Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning, Vol.5, No.6, pp. 273-277,June 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"Simulation of Quasi z source converter based zero voltage electronic loads",International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, Vol.2, Issue 6, pp. 270-273, May 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"Multi carrier PWM Technique for the performance improvement of single phase five level inverter with coupled inductors",Global Research Analysis-International Journal, Vol.2, Issue 5, pp. 76-78, May 2013.

    C.Enia Prabulal, B.Sridharamariappan and M.S.Sivagamasundari,"A Novel dead time elimination method for single phase four level voltage source inverter",International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, Vol.4, Issue 5, PP 57-60, May 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"Performance improvement of single phase seven level inverter using coupled inductors", International Journal for Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology, Vol.1, Issue 4, pp. 49-51, May 2013.

    Dr. P.Rathika, P.Ravindran, K.Manisekar, P.Narayanasamy ” Tribological properties of Powder metallurgy-Processed aluminium self lubricating hybrid composites with SiC additions”, Materials and Design, Elsevier publication, Vol. 45, pp. 561-570,2013.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj and G. Bharatha Sreeja, ” ANN based Tumour Identification using Wavelet Based Adaptive Windowing Method with GLSM Statistical Features”, International Journal of Computer Science and Management Research,Vol.2, Issue.2, pp. 1415-1420, 2013.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj and S.Karthika,” Fuzzy Logic Based maximum Power Point Tracking Designed for 10kW Solar Photovoltaic System” , .International Journal of Computer Science and Management Research,Vol.2, Issue.2, pp. 1421-1427, 2013.

    Dr. P.Rathika, P. Ravindran, K. Manisekar, S. Vinoth kumar, ” Investigation of micro structure and mechanical properties of aluminium hybrid nano composites with the additions of solid lubricant”, Materials and Design, Elsevier publication, vol .51, pp. 448-456, 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"A Modified H-Bridge eleven level inverter using single DC Source for the elimination of harmonics", Paripex-Indian Journal of Research, Vol.2, Issue 4, pp. 190-192, April 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"Analysis of Cascaded five level multilevel inverter using Hybrid pulse width modulation",International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, Vol.3, Issue 4, pp. 55-58, April 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary,"A Novel method for the elimination of dead time in two level voltage source inverter", International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, Vol.6, Issue 10, pp .101-106, April 2013.

    Dr.B. Indu Rani, G.Saravana Ilango, and C.Nagamani, “Impact of partial shading on the output power of PV systems under partial shading conditions”, IET Power Electronics, vol.7, no.3, pp.657-666, March 2014 .

    Dr.B. Indu Rani, M.Srikanth, G.Saravana Ilango, and C.Nagamani, “An active islanding detection technique for current controlled inverter”, Elsevier Renewable Energy, vol 51, pp. 189-196, March 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary, "Analysis of total harmonic distortion using multi carrier pulse width modulation", International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications, Vol.3, Issue 2, pp.1719-1723, Mar-Apr 2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary, "A Single Phase eleven level Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter for Photovoltaic Systems Using Multi carrier PWM",International Journal of Modern Engineering Research, Vol.2, Issue 6, pp. 4703-4709, Nov-Dec 2012.

    Dr.B. Indu Rani, C.K. Aravind, G. Saravana Ilango, C. Nagamani, “A three phase PLL with a dynamic feed forward frequency estimator for synchronization of grid connected converters under wide frequency variations”, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Elsevier publications, vol 41, No. 1, pp. 63-70, Oct 2012.

    Dr.B. Indu Rani, G.Saravana Ilango, and C.Nagamani, “A power flow management algorithm for photovoltaic systems feeding DC/AC loads”, Elsevier Renewable Energy, vol 43, pp. 267-275, July 2012.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj and G. Bharatha Sreeja,” Detection of Tumours in Digital Mammograms using Wavelet Based Adaptive Windowing Method”, International journal of Modern Education and Computer Science, Vol.4, No.3, pp. 57-65, 2012.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj, “Fuzzy Logic Based Three-Phase Four-Wire and Four-Leg Shunt Active Power Filter for Harmonics, Reactive and Neutral Current Compensation”, International Journal of Electrical Engineering, Edition Vol .1, No.11, 2011.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj “A Novel Fuzzy-Adaptive Hysteresis Controller Based Three Phase Four Wire-Four Leg Shunt Active Filter for Harmonic and Reactive Power Compensation”, International journal on Energy and Power, Vol.3, No.4, pp. 422-435, 2011.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj “ Fuzzy Logic – Based Approach for Adaptive Hysteresis Band and DC Voltage Control in Shunt Active Filter”, International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering, vol.2, No.3,pp 1793-8163,2010.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj “Artificial Intelligent Controller Based Three- Phase Shunt Active Filter for Harmonic Reduction and Reactive Power Compensation” ,International journal on Lecture notes in Engineering and Computer Science, pp. 1170-1175, 2010.

  • PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj and S.Karthika , “Hysteresis Controller Based Maximum Power Point Tracking for Solar PV System”,International Conference On Emerging Trends in Science Engineering Business and Disaster Management,NI University, Nagercoil , Feb 2014.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj, “Fuzzy Logic Based Adaptive Hysteresis Controller with Wavelet Based Reference Current Computation for Shunt Active Power Filter” , International Conference on Eco-friendly Computing and Communication Systems (ICECCS), Organized at the Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Oct 2013.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj and G. Bharatha Sreeja, “Classification of Benign and Maligant Tumours Using Back Propagation Neural Network”, International Conference on Eco-friendly Computing and Communication Systems (ICECCS),Organized at the Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat, Oct 2013.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj, S.Kalaivani, “Data Compression Of Disturbance Signal Using Non-Redundant Transform For Smart Grid Application”, International conference on Science Engineeering & Technology” VIT University, Chennai, May 2013.

    R.Vijay , S.Chitra and M.S.Sivagama Sundari, “ Optimized power management on sensor node for body motion analysis”, IEEE- International conference on Research and Development Prospects on Engineering and Technology,pp234 – 238, 29-30 March ,2013.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari, Dr.P.Melba Mary and Y.Levingstan, “PV cell based multi carrier pulse width modulated seven level cascaded h-bridge inverter”, International conference on Emerging trends in Engineering and Technology, 21- 22 February 2013.

    Dr.B.Indu Rani, G.Saravana Ilango, and C.Nagamani, “A three phase reference current generator for power electronic converters under distorted utility conditions,” proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Computing, Electronics and Electrical Technologies (ICCEET), pp. 267 – 272, 21-22 March 2012.

    Dr.B.Indu Rani, G.Saravana Ilango, C.Nagamani, and P.Srinivasa Rao, “Control strategy for a single phase bidirectional converter based UPS system using FPGA”, proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Power, Signals, Controls and Computation (EPSCICON), pp. 1-6, 3-6 Jan. 2012.

    D.V.Siva Krishna Rao, Dr.B.Indu Rani, G. Saravana Ilango, “Estimation of daily solar radiation using air temperature, relative humidity and seasons with ANN for Indian stations”, proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Power, Signals, Controls and Computation (EPSCICON), pp.1-6, 3-6 Jan. 2012.

    G. Bharatha Sreeja,D. Devaraj and Dr. P.Rathika, “Wavelet Based Histogram Technique for Tumour Detection in Digital Mammograms”, International conference on Emerging Technology trends in Advanced Engineering Research, Kerala , Feb 2012.

    D. Devaraj , S.Karthika and Dr. P.Rathika,“Maximum Power Point Tracking for photovoltaic Systems under varying Temperature and irradiation Conditions”, International conference on Emerging Technology trends in Advanced Engineering Research, Kerala , Feb 2012.

    S.Karthika , D. Devaraj and Dr. P.Rathika, “Fuzzy logic Based Maximum Power Point Tracking for Photo voltaic system” , International conference on Renewable Energy Technologies, Coimbatore, vol No.1, Dec 2011.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj and G. Bharatha Sreeja, “Adaptive Thresholding For Tumour Detection In Digital Mammograms” ,IEEE International conference on Computational Intelligence and Computer Research, Kanyakumari , Dec 2011.

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and S.Chitra, “Reliability assessment of transmission system”, International conference on Advances in Engineering and Technology,27- 28 May,2011.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj, “Artificial Intelligent Controller Based Three- Phase Shunt Active Filter For Harmonic Reduction And Reactive Power Compensation”, International Multi conference of Engineers and computer scientists , Hong Kong , pp 1170-1175, March 2010.

  • PUBLICATIONS IN NATIONAL CONFERENCE

    M.S.Sivagama Sundari and Dr.P.Melba Mary, “Comparative analysis of THD in symmetrical and asymmetrical cascaded h-bridge five level inverter”, National Conference on communication, Information and Control systems, 10th April,2014.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj, S.Kalaivani, “Data Compression Of Power Quality Disturbance Signal Using Non-Redundant Transform For Smart Grid Application” ,4th National Conference On “Intelligent Techniques In Control Optimization & Signal Processing (INCOS13),Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil , Apr 2013.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj, S.Kalaivani “Disturbance Signal Analysis for Smart Grid”, National Conference On Advances In Communication, Computing & Signal Processing , University College of Engineering, Nagercoil , Apr 2013.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj, “Matlab Based Modelling to study the effects of PV array characteristics”, National Conference on Recent Trends in Power Electronics & Power System PEPS- 12,Dr.Sivanthi Aditanar College of Engineering, Tiruchendur, Apr 2012.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj and S.Karthika “Performance evaluation of solar PV system using fuzzy logic based mppt technique for different membership functions”, National Conference on “INCOS’12”, Kalasalingm University,Krishnankoil, Mar 2012.

    Dr. P.Rathika, D. Devaraj and G. Bharatha Sreeja, “Identification of Breast Tumours using GLCM Features with Back Propagation Neural Network” National Conference on “INCOS’12”, Kalasalingm University,Krishnankoil, Mar 2012.

    Dr. P.Rathika , D. Devaraj and S.Karthika “Self-Regulating Maximum Power Point Tracking for Solar Energy Systems”,National Conference on “Power and Energy (NCPE’11)”, Cape Renewable Energy Research Centre, Levengipuram, Apr 2011.