Research

My current research interests are

• • Power Conversion and control for renewable energy

  • Motor drives

Current Research Works

• Islanded Operation of Solar PV based Microgrids

• Power Converters for Battery Charging

• Sensorless Control of PMSM

Several scholars have enriched my research experience at IITM.

• Condition Monitoring of Induction Machines: Detection of broken rotor bars (PhD Thesis of 2003, Dr. Vinod Thomas)

• Studies on Series Hybrid Active Filters (PhD Thesis of 2006, Dr. N. Raghavan)

• Control of Grid Interactive Inverter Systems (PhD Thesis of 2006, Dr. M. Nandakumar)

• Studies on Sensorless Operation of BLDC Motors (PhD Thesis of 2008, Dr. Damodharan)

• Studies in Frequency and Harmonic Estimation for Active Power Filters (PhD Thesis of 2009, Dr. R. Chudamani)

• Design of Sensor Head for Remote Detection of Conductive Deposits (MS Thesis, 2007, Mr Kedarnath)

• Parallel OPeration of AC/DC Converter Modules(MS Thesis of 2010, Mr Aravind Pothana)

• Modelling and Analysis of Annular Linear Induction Pump (MS Thesis of 2011, Mr Shamsuddeen)

• Operation of PV Inverters in Islanded Grids (MS Thesis of 2019, Mr Shrinath Kannan)

• Solar Photovoltaic Powered Water Pumping and Desalination Systems (MS Thesis of 2020, Mr Sadasivam)

• Development of Load Torque Observer for Axis Drives in Machine Tool Applications (MS Thesis of 2020, Ms Amrutha Haridas)

• Studies On Grid-Interfaced Distributed Power Generation System Based On Selective Harmonic Elimination (PhD Thesis of 2020, Dr C Poongothai)

• Operation of Multiple Distributed Generation based Voltage Source Inverters in Grid Connected Mode with Active Islanding Detection Strategy (PhD Thesis of 2020, Dr Deepthi Sivadas)

• Sensorless Field Oriented Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines using Phase Shifted PWM technique (MS Thesis of 2022, Mr Raghunandhan)

• Design and Control of Power Converters for Electric Vehicle Battery Charging (MS Thesis of 2022, Mr Shubham Dhiman)

• A Study on Robustness of Converters in Polluted Grids, (PhD Thesis of 2023,  Dr. Seshadri Gopalan)

• Frequency Domain Models of Power Electronic Interfaces for Use in Studies of Polluted Grids (PhD Thesis of 2024, Dr. Jayashree Yadav)

• Control techniques and converter topologies for the reduction of torque ripple and vibration in a switched reluctance motor drive (PhD Thesis of 2024, Dr. Arun Chithrabhanu)