KEC Faculty Profile

R&D Project:

1) SERB TARE Grant 18.3 lakhs (in collaboration with IIT Madras) -Investigation on Partial Discharge Characteristics and Dissolved Gas Analysis of Punga Oil-(2020-2023). (Principal Investigator)

2) DST - SERD (TMD-WCE) Grant -28.65 lakhs   - Design and development of solar photovoltaic assisted micro-grid architecture with improved performance parameters intended for rural areas-(2021-2023). (Principal Investigator) 

3) SERB SIRE AWARDEE-  for International Research-2023 in collaboration with Florida State University, USA.

MoU Signed:

1) DNR Consultant MEP Engineering Services

2) Revolt India Pvt.Ltd

3) Botswana International University of Science & Technology

4) Mistral Solutions Pvt.Ltd

Research Supervisor Under Anna University Chennai: Guiding 05 scholars

 Supervisor No: (3430007)

1) Mr.M.Suresh

2) Mr.D.Sarathkumar (Completed)

3) Ms.Christal Saji

4) Ms.Herlin Rose

5) Mr.A.Raymon (Full Time)

Industry Sponsored Lab Established: 01 (Revolt India Pvt.Ltd)

Placement offers arranged for students (Core & IT): 19

Internship offers arranged for students through MoU: 07

Journals Published (International)

1. M. Suresh, M. Srinivasan, R. Sarathi and A. Raymon, "Development of Neem Oil Ester Modified with Reduced Graphene Oxide and TiO2 for Distribution Transformers," in IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2023.3330698. 

2. Srinivasan. Murugesan, R. A. Raj, R. Sarathi and S. K. Amizhtan, "Experimental Investigation of Electrical and Rheological Properties of Modified Punga Oil," in IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 1422-1431, Aug. 2023, doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2023.3262618. 

3. S. Duraisamy, Srinivasan. Murugesan, K. Murugan and R. A. Raj, "Reclamation of Aged Transformer Oil Employing Combined Adsorbents Techniques Using Response Surface for Transformer Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 769-776, April 2023, doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2022.3226162. 

4. R. A. Raj, Srinivasan. Murugesan, S. Ramanujam and A. A. Stonier, "Empirical Model Application to Analyze Reliability and Hazards in Pongamia Oil Using Breakdown Voltage Characteristics," in IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 1948-1957, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2022.3194490. 

5. R. A. Raj and Srinivasan. Murugesan, "Optimization of Dielectric Properties of Pongamia Pinnata Methyl Ester for Power Transformers Using Response Surface Methodology," in IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 1931-1939, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TDEI.2022.3190257. 

6. S. Murugesan, A. J. Amalanathan, R. Sarathi, B. Srinivasan and R. Samikannu, "Investigation on Impact of Magnetic Field on the Corona Discharge Activity in Punga Oil Using Fluorescent Fiber and UHF Sensor Techniques," in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 129218-129228, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3113332. 

7. AA Stonier, S Murugesan, R Samikannu, V Krishnamoorthy, SK Subburaj, , "Fuzzy Logic Control for Solar PV Fed Modular Multilevel Inverter Towards Marine Water Pumping Applications," in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 88524-88534, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3090254. 

8. A. A. Stonier, S. Murugesan, R. Samikannu, S. K. Venkatachary, S. Senthil Kumar and P. Arumugam, "Power Quality Improvement in Solar Fed Cascaded Multilevel Inverter With Output Voltage Regulation Techniques," in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 178360-178371, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3027784. 

9. D Sarathkumar, M Srinivasan, P Manikandan, A Raymon . "Restoration of critical dielectric properties of waste/aged transformer oil using biodegradable biopolymer-activated clay composite for power and distribution transformers." Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 12.10 (2022): 1-17. 

10. Antony Raj, R., Murugesan, S., Venkatachary, S.K. et al. Conversion of non-edible Baobab oil as an alternative cooling medium in transformers and practicability analysis of ageing using Euler’s method and artificial neural network. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02991-3 

Paper Presented in National Conferences

1. M.Srinivasan, Dr.U.S.Ragupathy, A.Raymon, "Investigations of Natural Esters as an Alternate to Mineral Oil for Power Transformer Applications", National Conference on Recent Trends in Power Engineering, IIT Madras, December 2015

2. M.Srinivasan, Dr.U.S.Ragupathy, "Investigation on Antioxidant Potential against Incipient Faults", Second National Conference on High Voltage Engineering and Technology, CPRI, Bangalore, January 2017.

Paper Presented in International Conferences

1.  M. Srininvasan, A. Raymon, A. Akshitha, S. Hemalatha, S. Kowsik and J. Yogheshwaran, "Effect of Reduced Graphene Oxide modified with Citric Acid dispersed in Pogamia Oil as a Potential Insulating Fluid in Power Transformer," 2023 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT), Bangalore, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CONECCT57959.2023.10234793. 

2.  Albert Alexander Stonier, Geno Peter, Srinivasan M, Arun Vijayakumar.  "Design and Implementation of a Low-Cost Peanut Harvester Using Advanced Electronic System," 2023 2nd International Conference on Advancements in Electrical, Electronics, Communication, Computing and Automation (ICAECA), Coimbatore, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICAECA56562.2023.10199663. 

3. Albert Alexander, S., Srinivasan, M., Sarathkumar, D., Harish, R. (2023). Fault Detection and Diagnostics in a Cascaded Multilevel Inverter Using Artificial Neural Network. In: Muthusamy, H., Botzheim, J., Nayak, R. (eds) Robotics, Control and Computer Vision. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1009. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0236-1_44.

4. Sarathkumar, D., Stonier, A.A., Srinivasan, M. (2023). An Extensive Critique on FACTS Controllers and Its Utilization in Micro Grid and Smart Grid Power Systems. In: Muthusamy, H., Botzheim, J., Nayak, R. (eds) Robotics, Control and Computer Vision. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 1009. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0236-1_26  

5. R. A. Raj, S. Murugesan, D. Sarathkumar and V. S. Kumar, "A Strategy to Reduce the Importation of Petroleum Oils in Vietnam by Transforming Rice Bran Waste to Vegetable Oil-Based Transformer Liquid Insulation," 2023 IEEE International Students' Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS), Bhopal, India, 2023, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/SCEECS57921.2023.10063096.

6. R. A. Raj, S. Murugesan, R. Sarathi and S. D, "Investigating and predicting the dielectric performance of non-edible Natural Ester using LSTM-based deep learning model," 2023 International Conference on Power, Instrumentation, Energy and Control (PIECON), Aligarh, India, 2023, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/PIECON56912.2023.10085810.

7. R. A. Raj, S. Murugesan, S. D and S. K. Venkatachary, "A practical method for restoring waste cooking and motor oil as possible biofuel energy," 2022 2nd International Conference on Innovative Sustainable Computational Technologies (CISCT), Dehradun, India, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CISCT55310.2022.10046608.

8. S. D, S. Murugesan and R. A. Raj, "An extensive critique on transformer oil reclamation techniques," 2022 IEEE 7th International Conference on Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering (ICRAIE), MANGALORE, India, 2022, pp. 438-443, doi: 10.1109/ICRAIE56454.2022.10054184.

9. Sarathkumar, D., Stonier, A.A., Srinivasan, M., Senthamil, L.S. (2022). Review on Power Restoration Techniques for Smart Power Distribution Systems. In: Kumar, A., Srivastava, S.C., Singh, S.N. (eds) Renewable Energy Towards Smart Grid. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 823. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7472-3_6.

10. D. Sarathkumar, M. Srinivasan, A. A. Stonier and D. S. Vanaja, "A Brief Review on Optimization Techniques for Smart Grid Operation and Control," 2021 International Conference on Advancements in Electrical, Electronics, Communication, Computing and Automation (ICAECA), Coimbatore, India, 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICAECA52838.2021.9675618.

Subject Materials Link

1.T&D: https://drive.google.com/a/kongu.edu/file/d/0BzQMMhMWPIBsR1kwYWJrZ1FfNVE/view?usp=sharing   

            https://drive.google.com/a/kongu.edu/file/d/0BzQMMhMWPIBsWktuUXZwM3BfdU0/view?usp=sharing 

2.Protection & Switch gear: https://drive.google.com/a/kongu.edu/file/d/0BzQMMhMWPIBsaDVpYkwtOEVIYTA/view?usp=sharing

3.Biomass Energy Systems: https://drive.google.com/open?id=11w4LIb0KOK-KFlT-TOLb-KEN_JfaQcyg 

Sponsored Seminar Organised: 10 (MNRE, DBT, ISRO, CSIR, AICTE, NAAC, BRNS, SERB, ICSSR)