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Name	Dr. S. Kumaravel
Designation	Associate Professor
Areas of Interest	Renewable Energy Integration, Energy Storage Systems, Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion Systems, Power Electronics, Power System deregulation
Room No.	3005
Intercom No.	251
Mobile	9940695670
Email Id (Official)	kumaravel@svce.ac.in
Email Id (Personal)	rskumaravel@gmail.com
Date of Joining
Nature of Association

Qualification

Ph. D (Electrical) – Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering ,Anna University, Chennai – March 2021 Title of the Thesis: “Some Investigations on Primary Frequency Response Analysis of Grid Connected Variable Speed Wind Energy Conversion Systems”.
M.E (Power System Engg) from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, affiliated to Anna University, Chennai, June-2005, First Class with Distinction.
B.E (Electrical and Electronics Engg) from Priyadarshini Engineering College, affiliated to Madras University, June-2003, First Class with Distinction

Academic Experience

Courses Handled

UG THEORY:

PG THEORY :

LABORATORY:

Research & Consultancy

International Journal:

Kumaravel, S & Bharathidasan, SG (2019) “Enhancement of Grid Primary Frequency Response using Type 3 and Type 4 WECS with Virtual Inertia Control”, Journal of Electrical Engineering, ISSN 1582-4594.
Kumaravel, S R. Sundaravel (2017) “Control of PMSG Based Variable Speed Wind Turbines for Voltage Regulation”,IJAREEIE, ISSN:2320-3765, Vol. 6, Special Issue 2, March 2017.
Kumaravel, S Gopinath. R (2016) “Implementation of Cascaded Resonant DC-DC converter Topology”, International Journal of Advanced Research in Electrical, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering IJAREEIE, ISSN:2320-3765,vol.5,Issue 3,Page no,1-9.
Kumaravel, S & Abhinav Srinivas, M (2015) “Fuzzy Logic Controller for Shunt Active Power Filer using Synchronous Reference Frame Theory” International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol.10 no.36 pp.27838-27846.
Mohamed Azharudeen, J & Kumaravel, S (2015) “A Two stage Boost converter coupled with cascaded H-Bridge inverter” International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol.10 no.9 pp.7724-7729.

International Conferences:

S.Kumaravel, Dr.S.GBharathidasan, Dr.M.Sankar (2021) “Frequency Ancillary Support by VSWECS in Deregulated Environment” in STEP 2021, International E-Conference on SMART TECHNOLOGIES IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND POWER GRID, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering on 27.01.21 to 29.01.21
Kumaravel, S Gopinath.R(2016),” Cascaded Hybrid Resonant DC-DC Converter” in IEEE ICIIECS’16, third International conference at Karpagam College of Engineering on 17 and 18 March 2016, Coimbatore.
Kumaravel, S V. Nithya.\”Fault diagnosis of PSFB DC-DC Converter\”Proceedings of the International Conference on Power Electronis and Renewable energy system\”-REC,April,2014.

National Conferences:

Kumaravel, S Govindarasu.R,Geetha.V.,\” fuzzy logic based automatic generation control for multi-area system in a deregulated electricity market\”, Proceedings of the National Conference on computational Intelligence to emerging electric power systems, Pondicherry Engg College, Pondicherry, Sep 2006.
Kumaravel, S Mary,D.,\” simulation of automatic generation control in a new distributed generation environment with genetic algorithm optimization\” , Proceedings of the National Conference on Power Electronics and Power Systems (EtEE 2005), St. Joseph\’s College of Engineering, Chennai, Jan 2005.
S. Kumaravel ,P.Abirami, H.Madhumithaa, “Squirrel Deterrent at Substation Electrical Installation””National Conference on Advances in Electrical and Electronics Engineering” (NCAEEE-2022) organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, on 27th and 28th May 2022.
S. Kumaravel ,P.Abirami, H.Madhumithaa, “Road Accident Prevention and Safety Assistance System”, 6th National Conference on Recent Trends in Instrumentation and Control (RTIC -2022),organized by Dept. of Instrumentation Engineering,MIT Campus, Anna University, Chennai 600044

Sponsored Project:

Core team member for the funded project “Electronic Bird, Squirrel and Reptile Repellent System for Electrical Installation” from Gulf Engineering (P) Ltd
Core team member to receive a grant of Rs.3,16,667/- from AICTE for conducting a Short Term Training Programme(STTP) on “ELECTRIC VEHICLE EVOLUTION – IMPACT ON POWERGRID” in the year 2020-2021.

Conference / Workshop / FDP

List of Conferences/Workshops Organised:

List of Workshops attended:

Lectures Delivered:

Delivered lecture on “Impact of DG on primary frequency control of wind turbine generator for Grid support” during two days workshop on Grid Stability with Distributed Generation-Advanced Ancillary Services on 06.09.2019
Delivered lecture on “Simulation of Fuzzy Logic Controller application to wind turbine generator using MATLAB” during Two days workshop on Artificial Intelligence Application to Renewable Energy systems” on 30/08/2019.
Delivered lecture on “MATLAB applications for Electrical Engineering” on 13/12/2017 ,SVCE,Tirupati
Delivered lecture on “Design of state feedback controller for LFC applications” during two days workshop on “State Feedback Controllers for Power electronics & Power System Applications”, on 01/10/2016,SVCE.
Delivered lecture on “Basics of Electrical and Electronics Engineering” during training programme on BEEE to Engineers from Hyundai India Pvt Ltd on 03/11/2015,SVCE.
Delivered lecture on “FLC Design for Power system Application” at SVCE on 26/09/2014.
Delivered a lecture on “Automatic Generation Control” at SVCE, Aug-2014.

Participation in Conferences/workshops/Symposia
National Level

(i) Successfully completed NPTEL course on “Enhancing Soft Skills and Personality” during April 2022 with Elite plus silver grade.
(ii) Five days online FDTP on “MATLAB applications to Electric Vehicle, Smart Grid and Battery Management Systems” organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering during 20thJanuary 2022 – 25th January 2022
(iii) Two Days Workshop on “EV Charge Controllers – Power and Control Aspects” Organized by VIT, Chennai from 4/2/2022 to 5/02/2022.
(iv) National Conference on Advances in Electrical and Electronics Engineering” (NCAEEE-2022) organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, on 27th and 28th May 2022.
(v) Innovation & Entrepreneurship Training and Expo on 16th and 17th June 2022.
(vi) Presented “EV Integration into the Grid for Primary Frequency Regulation based Ancillary Services” in the Faculty Research day on 15.6.2020
(vii) Participated in six days AICTE -ISTE Sponsored online induction/refresher programme on “SOLAR PV SYSTEM DESIGN USING” – Phase II organized by EEE department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering during 31st March – 8th April, 2021.
(viii) Participated in AICTE sponsored Online Short Term Training Programme on “ELECTRIC VEHICLE EVOLUTION – IMPACT ON POWER GRID” Phase -II,organised by EEE department, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering during March 22 nd to 27 th 2021
(ix) Successfully completed NPTEL course on “DC microgrid and control system” during November 2020
(x) Successfully completed NPTEL course on “Design of photovoltaic systems” during December 2020
(xi) 4-day certificate course (hands-on) on Battery modeling systems for electric vehicles using Simulink, Simscape & Stateflow from 4/1/2021 to 7/1/2021 by MATHWORKS
(xii) Attended MATLAB training for software installation of campus wide licence on 28/12/2020

Chaired session(s)/delivered invited talk(s):

First Round of Judging for “MAKE-A-THON” 3.0 organized by Electronics and Communication Engineers Association on 25.03.2022.
Technical session chair for National Conference on Advances in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, NCAEEE-2022 on 27/05/2022.
Delivered Technical talk on “Cyber security in Smart Grid” in Two days workshop on”Recent Technologies in

Laboratory Handled

Training Attended

Additional Responsibilities

Previous Responsibilities:

Residential Tutor Hostel from June 2005 to June 2015
Dept Placement Coordinator from June 2010-May2012.
Dept ISO Employability Objective Incharge from June 2010-May 2012.
Dept ISO Students Skill Development Objective Incharge from June 2009-May 2010.
Time table Coordinator from June 2007-May 2008.
Coordinator of AEEE and Guest Lectures from June 2009- May 2010.
Dept Alumini Incharge from June 2008-May 2009.
Exam cell Coordinator for AU examination from June 2005 to May 2008and May 2014.
AUR and Flying squad member for AU Theory and Practical examination.
Class committee Chairperson.
Vacation Roster-In charge from June 2011 to May 2017
Software Laboratory Incharge ( 2011 to 2022)
NIRF work (College and department level) (2017 to 2022)
Alumni Coordinator (2012 to 2022)
AEEE coordinator (2020 to 2022)

Achievements

Received the Best paper award for paper entitled “Frequency Ancillary Support by VSWECS in Deregulated Environment” in STEP 2021, International E-Conference on SMART TECHNOLOGIES IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND POWER GRID, organised by Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Pennalur on 27.01.21 to 29.01.21
Received the SVCE prestigious award “Outstanding Teacher Award” for the academic year 2015 – 2016.
Received the cash prize for best Research presentation during Faculty Research Day 2019
Received appreciation certificate for achieving 100% results for 10 core subjects.

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