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Dr. Sridhar R
Dr. Sridhar is a professor in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, SRMIST, Kattankulathur. He is the lead of Renewable Energy Research Lab with the main focus on developing power gadgets for enhancing power delivery in renewable energy systems and energy efficient motor drives.
EXPERIENCE : 19 years of experience
RESEARCH INTEREST :
Power Electronic Interfaces in Renewable Energy Systems, Power Tracking algorithms, Sustainable Charging for Electric Vehicle, Induction Heating.
COURSES :
Anlysis of Power Electronic converters, Renewable Energy Systems- Power Converter Interfaces, Special Electrical Machines.
Education
publications
awards & Achievements
Workshops / Seminars / Conferences
Work Experience
memberships
Responsibilities Held
Education
| Degree | Institute/Organisation | Specialisation | Year Of Passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D | SRM Institute of Science and Technology | Power Electronics in Renewable Energy Systems | 2017 |
| M.Tech. | SASTRA University | Power Electronics and Drives | 2004 |
| B.E | AKCE (Kalasalingam) | EEE | 2002 |
publications
- Sridhar Ramasamy,Ramalingam, Senthil Rajan, C. S. Boopathi, Mominul Ahsan, Julfikar Haider, and Mohammad Shahjalal. 2023. “A Single-Coil Multi-Tapped PDM-Based Induction Heating System for Domestic Applications” Electronics 12, no. 2: 404.
- Vadivel, S., Sengodan, B.C., Ramasamy, S., Ahsan, M., Haider, J. and Rodrigues, E.M., 2022. Social Grouping Algorithm Aided Maximum Power Point Tracking Scheme for Partial Shaded Photovoltaic Array. Energies, 15(6), p.2105.
- Vadivel, S., Boopathi, C.S., Sridhar, R. and Kaovasia, T., 2022. Intelligent series inducing switching scheme (ISISS) to enhance power delivery in shaded photovoltaic array. Circuit World.
- Ramalingam, S.R., Boopathi, C.S., Ramasamy, S., Ahsan, M. and Haider, J., 2021. Induction Heating for Variably Sized Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Materials through Load Modulation. Energies, 14(24), p.8354.
- Vadivel, S., Boopathi, C.S., Ramasamy, S., Ahsan, M., Haider, J. and Rodrigues, E.M., 2021. Performance Enhancement of a Partially Shaded Photovoltaic Array by Optimal Reconfiguration and Current Injection Schemes. Energies, 14(19), p.6332.
- Srinivasan, V., Boopathi, C.S. and Sridhar, R., 2021. A new meerkat optimization algorithm based maximum power point tracking for partially shaded photovoltaic system. Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 12(4), pp.3791-3802.
- Poornima, P.U. and Sridhar, R., 2022. High-performance investigation of a snubber circuit-based split source inverter for nonlinear loads using PWM techniques. The Journal of Supercomputing, 78(7), pp.9216-9244.
- SRIDHAR, R. and Hari, N., 2022. Review of Special Electric Drives aided Photovoltaic Pumping and Proposal of a New Hybrid Grid Interactive Water Pumping System. International Journal of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER), 12(1), pp.320-338.
- Sridhar, K. Bellache, M. B. Camara, B. Dakyo “Aging characterization of lithium iron phosphate batteries considering temperature and direct current undulations as degrading factors IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 9696-9706, Oct. 2021, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2020.3020021.
- Chandran, I.R.; Sridhar Ramasamy.; Ahsan, M.; Haider, J.; Rodrigues, E.M.G. Implementation of Non-Isolated Zeta-KY Triple Port Converter for Renewable Energy Applications. Electronics 2021, 10, 1681.
- Sarkar, R., Kumar, J.R., Sridhar, R. and Vidyasagar, S., 2021. A new hybrid BAT-ANFIS-based power tracking technique for partial shaded photovoltaic systems. International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, 23(5), pp.1313-1325.
- Sridhar, C. Subramani, Somashree Pathy, “A grasshopper optimization algorithm aided maximum power point tracking for partially shaded photovoltaic systems, Computers & Electrical Engineering, Volume 92, 2021.,
- lambirai Raghavan Chandran, Sridhar Ramasamy, Chellammal Nallaperumal, “A High Voltage gain Multiport Zeta Zeta converter for Renewable Energy systems”, Journal of Microelectronics, Electronic Components and Materials, Vol.50,No.3(2020), 215-230.
- Poornima U.; Sridhar Ramasamy, ; Ahsan, Mominul; Haider, Julfikar; Rodrigues, Eduardo M.G. 2021. “Indirect Effective Controlled Split Source Inverter-Based Parallel Active Power Filter for Enhancing Power Quality” Electronics 10, no. 8: 892.
- Sridhar Ramasamy, Nikita Hari.; Ahsan, M.; Haider, J.; Rodrigues, E.M.G. An RF Approach to Modelling Gallium Nitride Power Devices Using Parasitic Extraction., Electronics 2020, 9, 2007. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics 9122007.
- Sridhar, K. Bellache, M. B. Camara, B. Dakyo “Aging characterization of lithium iron phosphate batteries considering temperature and direct current undulations as degrading factors,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2020.3020021.
- Sridhar Ramasamy. N. Hari, M. Ahsan, , P. Sanjeevikumar, A. Albarbar and F. Blaabjerg, “Gallium Nitride Power Electronic Devices Modeling Using Machine Learning,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 119654-119667, 2020.
- Sridhar R., Vishnuram P., Sattianadan D., “ Efficient Single Stage Photovoltaic Pumping System Using BLDC Motor with Grid Power Export”, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME(2019) 141(5),051004.
- Pradeep Vishnuram, Gunabalan Ramachandiran, Sridhar Ramasamy, Suchitra Dayalan, “A comprehensive overview of power converter topologies for induction heating applications, July 2020 https://doi.org/10.1002/2050-7038.12554
- Sridhar , Mahesh Padmanabh, “Compact and economic gesture based mouse control for human computer interface, Mechatronic Systems and Control, Vol 48, I 1, B 72-E 78. June 2020.
- Sridhar R., Boopathi C.S., Das D., Agrawal S., Choubisa H.,”An ingenious invasive weed optimization (IWO) aided maximum power tracking for partially shaded photovoltaic array” (2019) Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 15(2), pp. 543-553.
- Sridhar R., Alex L.T, Dash S.S., “Performance Analysis of Modular Forward Converter in Input Parallel Output Series (IPOS) Architecture Using PI and Fuzzy Logic Controller”, (2019 )International Journal of Fuzzy Systems 21(5), pp. 1524-1532.
- Pathy S., Subramani C., Sridhar R., Thamizh Thentral T.M., Padmanaban S. Nature-inspired MPPT algorithms for partially shaded PV systems: A comparative study”, (2019) Energies12(8),1451.
- Sridhar, Somashree Pathy, C. Subramani, Control schemes for micro-grid application—A simulation and experimental approach for Electrical Engineering Project”’, The International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education (2019): In online: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020720918825240.
- Pattathurani, S. S Dash, V. Pradeep, R. Sridhar,” A novel high-gain DC–DC converter with non-linear carrier controller for photovoltaic applications’, The International Journal of Electrical Engineering & Education (2019).
- Sridhar, Linex, S. S. Dash, “Fuzzy controller aided input series output series (ISOS) modular converters for photovoltaic applications”, International Journal of Fuzzy Systems (2018).
- Somashree Pathy, C. Subramani, R. Sridhar, S. S. Dash “simple synchronization logic aided interleaved fly-back MIC for grid interactive photovoltaic power system.” International Journal of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER), pp. 604-613, 2018.
- Pradeep, R. Sridhar “Fuzzy logic based pulse density modulation scheme for mitigating uncertainties in AC-AC resonant converter aided induction heating systems,” Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, (2018).
- Pradeep, R. Gunabalan, R. Sridhar “A Novel power control technique for series resonant inverter-fed induction heating system with fuzzy-aided digital pulse density modulation scheme”, International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, vol. 20, no.4, pp. 115-1129, 2018.
- Hemakesavalu, S. S. Dash, N. Chellammal, R. Sridhar “A proportional resonant controller for suppressing resonance in grid tied multilevel inverter,” Energies, vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 1-15, 2018.
- Sridhar, Aditya Nema, Anshul Nalin., “Ingenious vehicular system to evade collisions.” International Journal of Engineering & Technology vol.7,no2, pp. 53-57, 2018.
- Sridhar, S. S Dash, Jaikrishna, Alex T, “Investigation on modular flyback converters using PI and fuzzy logic controllers”, International Journal of Ambient Energy, Taylor and Francis. (in press), 2017.
- S. Rajesh, S. S. Dash, Rajagopal Ragam, R. Sridhar, “A review on control of AC Microgrid”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, 71, pp. 814-819, 2017.
- Pradeep Vishnuram, R. Sridhar, Siva T, and Narayanamoorthi R. “Inductance based sensorless control of switched reluctance motor” International Journal of Control Theory and Applications, vol. 9, no. 16, pp. 8135-8142, 2016.
- Sridhar, Pradeep Vishnuram, D. HimaBindu A. Divya “Ant colony optimization based maximum power point tracking (MPPT) for partially shaded stand-alone PV system”, International Journal of Control Theory and Applications, vol. 9, no. 16, pp. 8125-8133, 2016.
- Sridhar, S. Jeevananthan, V Pradeep, “Particle swarm optimization Maximum power-tracking approach based on irradiation and temperature measurements for a partially shaded photovoltaic system,” International Journal of Ambient Energy, Taylor and Francis. vol. 38, no 7 pp. 1113-1125, 2017.
- Sridhar, S. Jeevananthan, B Sai Pranahita, “Investigations on multidimensional maximum power point tracking in partially shaded photovoltaic arrays with PSO and DE algorithms,” Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, vol. 394, pp. 1113-1125, 2016.
- Sridhar, S. Jeevananthan, S. S. Dash, Krishna Chaitanya, “A Dodging algorithm to reconfigure photovoltaic array to negate partial shading effect,” Progress in Photovoltaic: Research and Applications, John Wiley, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 200-210, 2016.
- Sridhar, S. Jeevananthan, S. S. Dash, Pradeep Vishnuram, “A new maximum power tracking in PV system during partially shaded conditions based on shuffled frog leap algorithm,” Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, Taylor and Francis, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 481 – 493, 2016.
- Sridhar, Snehamoy Dhar, S. S. Dash, “Performance analysis of a standalone PV system with reduced switch cascaded multilevel inverter”, International Journal of Power and Energy Conversion, Inderscience, vol.6, no.2, pp.107 – 127, 2015.
- Sridhar, S. Jeevananthan, S. S. Dash, Kiran Vemula, “Investigation on a modified 11-level cascaded inverter fed by photovoltaic array for standalone applications,” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, ASME publishers, vol. 137, no.2, pp. 021002-1 – 021002-7, 2015.
- Sridhar, A. Velu, V. Kiran Kumar, R. Parthipan, “Hardware implementation of Z-Source inverter based MPPT scheme for solar power conversion system”, Advanced Materials Research, pp. 984-985, 2014.
- Sridhar, S. Jeevananthan, S. S. Dash, Tamizh Selvan, “An intelligent differential evolution based maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique for partially shaded photovoltaic (PV) array,” International Journal of Advanced Soft Computing Applications, vol. 6, no.2, pp. 1-16, 2014.
- Sridhar, S. Jeevananthan, S. S. Dash, N T Selvan, “Unified MPPT controller for partially shaded panels in a photovoltaic array,” International Journal of Automation and Computing, Springer, vol. 11, no.5, pp. 536-542, 2014.
- Sridhar, K.C Jayasankar, S. S. Dash, Varun Avasthy, “A single stage photovoltaic inverter with common power factor control and maximum power point tracking circuit”, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, ASME publishers, vol. 136, no. 2, pp. 210-216, 2013.
Patents:
- “A Novel system and methodology for Hybrid Solar and Wind energy generator” Application No: R20174031046. : Published Date : 22/03/2019
- “A Novel Hybrid Renewable Energy Fridge” – Application No.201741032905 A, Published Date 22/03/2019
Applied:
- Non- Isolated Synchronous Buck Converter based Power Factor Correction Unit with Energy Strorage for BLDC Cieling Fan – Filed Application Number:202341043274
- Multi Tapping Induction Heating System in Induction Stoves, Application Number – 202141034591 .
- Emergency Backups for Existing Fluorescent Lighting Systems, Application Number –202141034590.
awards & Achievements
- Teachers Associateship Research Excellence Scheme – SERB – DST
- Best Research Paper at Research Colloquium, SRMIST 2022
- Gold Medal for best paper under faculty category in Research Day, Feb 2018 & 2016
Workshops / Seminars / Conferences
- Alex, L.T., Dash, S.S., Jaikrishna, V., Sridhar, R , “Design and analysis of push-pull- flyback interleaved converters for photovoltaic system”, Pages 757-76 , IEEE I International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA2017; December 2017, San Diego.
- Rajesh, K.S., Dash, S.S., Bayinder, Sridhar, R., Rajagopal, R. “Implementation of an adaptive control strategy for solar photo voltaic generators in microgrids with MPPT and energy storage”, IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2016 7884439, pp. 766-771, Birmingham , U K.
- Pathy, S., Sridhar, R., Hari, N., Dash, S.S., Subramani, C., “A modified module integrated-Interleaved boost converter for standalone photovoltaic (PV) application” IEEE International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications, ICRERA 2016 pp. 989-994, Birmingham, U K.
- Sridhar, R., “Investigations on Multidimensional Maximum power point tracking in partially shaded Photovoltaic Arrays with PSO and DE Algorithms,” Proceedings of Joint International Conference on Computing, Communication and Power Technologies – [ICCCPT 2015]&Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Computation for Engineering System- [ICAIECES 2015] at Chennai, pp. 29, 2015.
- Sridhar, R., “Modelling and Simulation of PV Module employing MPPT Technique,” Proceedings of International Conference on System Dynamics and Control (ICSDC- 2010) at Manipal, pp. 104, 2010.
Workshops Attended:
- Attended educational workshop on “Emerging Trends and Applications in Power Electronics and Drives” by IIT, Kanpur, January 17-18, 2003.
- Attended one day international workshop on “Research Methodology and Skills”, conducted by Department of EEE, SRMIST Kattankulathur, December 20, 2006.
- Attended National workshop on “Simulation Software for Engineering Education”, by Department of EEE, SRMIST Kattankulathur, December 10-11, 2009.
- Attended workshop on “MATLAB & Simulink for Engineering Education”, by MathWorks India., March 11, 2011.
- Attended DST sponsored international workshop on “Computational Intelligence in Engineering Applications”, by Department of EEE, SRMIST Kattankulathur, December 20, 2013
- Attended two-week ISTE- workshop on “Analog Electronics” by IIT, Kharagpur, ICT –SRMIST, June 4-14,2013.
- Received edX Certification for the course “Solar Energy” December, 2013.
- Attended one –day workshop on “Recent Trends in Renewable Energy Sources” conducted by Department of Mechatronics department, SRMIST Kattankulathur, on July 21, 2017.
Workshops/ Seminar Organized :
- Coordinator, National Workshop on “Digital Control of Power Electronic Systems using dSPACE, September 21-22, 2017 SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University).
- Organized Workshop on “IOT for Electrical Drives” on 21st August 2018.
- Coordinator of the Global Event Students Solar Ambassador (SSA-2019) – 1000 School Kids Participation – Solar Lamp Kit Assembly – October 2019.
- Organized Walkathon – Create awareness Energy, Fuel Conservation in association with CPCL, SAKSHAM- , Feb 2019.
- Organized Workshop on “Transforming Students into Industry Ready Candidates” on 20th August 2019.
- Organized International Workshop on “Access to Affordable Clean Energy to the Humanity” Waterloo University, Canada and ENFUSE, India Transforming Students into Industry Ready Candidates” on 20th August 2019.
- Organized Workshop on “Fascinating Facts about Energy” under SAKSHAM on 30th January 2020.
- Organized several events like tree plantation, awareness camps and women’s day events at SRMIST-UBA Adopted Village Patravakkam (2019-till date). Coordinator for the event “Women in Leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID—19 World, at Patravakkam, 8th March 2021.
- Organized a webinar on “National Education Policy 2020” by Dr. Sandeep Sancheti, 29th September, 2020.
- Organized a seminar on “Capabilities of WAVECT and solutions for Renewable Energy interfaces” 19th July, 2021.
Invited Talks. Presentation & Keynote address:
- Session Chair in the International Conference on Contemporary Topics in Power Engineering and Aiding Technologies (ICCPEAT’2017), held at Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry. February 24-25, 2017.
- Expert Lecture delivery in Faculty Development Program on Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems at Valliammai Engineering College, Kattankulathur, Chennai. November 15-16, 2017.
- Session Chair in the International conference on Innovations & Discoveries in Science, Engineering and Technology (ICIDSET), held at KCG College of Engg. Chennai. April 17-18, 2018.
- Session Chair in the Joint International conference on Intelligent Computing and Applications (ICICA) and Power Circuit and Information Technologies (ICPCIT), held at Velammal College of Engg. Chennai. February 2-3, 2018.
- Expert Lecture delivery in Faculty Development Program on Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems at Sri Venkateshwara Engineering College, Kattankulathur, Chennai. November 26-Dec 10, 2018.
- Technical Lecture on PV Array Configuration in International Workshop sponsored by Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE), University of Waterloo, Canada on Access to Affordable Clean Energy to Humanity” 5th-7th Decemeber 2019.
- Technical Session Chair in the International conference on “ Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems (ICARSES 2020) , organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRMIST, 3rd-5th December 2020.
- Session Chair in the International Conference on “International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Systems (ICPERES 2021)”, held at SRMIST –KTR .April 21-23, 2021.
- Session Chair in the Second International Conference on Instrumentation, MEMS and Bio-sensing Technology (ICIMBT 2021) organized by the department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology. Kattankulathur. 18-21 February 2021
- Expert Talk on “Power Maximization in Renewable Energy systems” in AICTE sponsored Short Term Training Programme (STTP)-Phase II on “Energy Management and Control System for Smart Renewable Energy Remote Power Generation, held at Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Sciences, Rajampet., Andhra Pradesh, on 26thMarch, 2021 (online mode).
- Speaker – Webinar on “Effective Power Enhancement Schemes in Photovoltaic Systems” conducted by St. Michael’s college of Engineering, Kalaiyarkoil on July 19th 2020.
- Expert Talk on “Modeling of Converters for sustainable Energy Using MATLAB” online Students National Workshop on “Applications of IoT& MATLAB” September 18th , 2020, conducted by Electrical Engineering Department at the Government College of Engineering, Kheonjar, Orissa, sponsored by TEQIP-III.
Projects:
- As a PI, Photovoltaic aided EV Charging Station at Remote Areas with No-Grid Access
Sanctioned amount: 18.3 Lakhs Duration : 3 Years, Funding Agency: DST- SERB- TARE , TAR/2022/000547 , October 2022. - As a PI, Photovoltaic fed Brushless DC Motor based organic oil extractor aided EV Charging Station at Remote Areas with No-Grid Access
Sanctioned amount: Rs: 20000, Duration : 6 Months, Funding Agency: IEI, R.4/1/UG/2019-20, August 2019. - As a Co-PI, Development of Indigenous Cost Effective Retrofit Quasi Dynamic High-Performance Wireless Power Transfer Charging modules for Slow Moving Roadway-Powered Electric Vehicles. Sanctioned amount: 56.58 lakhs, Duration : 3 Years, Funding Agency: DST- SERB- CRG. March 2021.
- As a PI, Design and Development of Hybrid PV water pumping system and Grid interactive Alternator drive system using Brushless DC Motor Sanctioned amount Rs. 1,73,000/-, Duration : 4 years, Funding Agency: SRM Selective Excellence Research Initiative
Work Experience
Academic Experience:
Professor – Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur- September 2021 to Till date.
Associate Professor – Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur- July 2018 to August 2021.
Assistant Professor (Selection Grade)- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur- June 2017 to June 2018.
Assistant Professor (Senior Grade)- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur- June 2012 to June 2017.
Assistant Professor (O.G) – Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur- June 2005 to June 2012.
Assistant Professor – Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SAACE, Mamandur – July 2004 to May 2004.
memberships
- Life Member of SESI-LM/2377/2020
- Life member ISTE -LM 91525 /2013
- Member of IEEE- 92566686
- Life Member of IE (I)-M-151097-5 /2015
Responsibilities Held
- Faculty In-charge of Energy and Fuel User’s Association (ENFUSE) – a Student chapter wing at SRMIST
- In-charge Renewable Energy Research Lab, EEE Department, SRMIST
- Member- Core Working Group (CWG) – Faculty Refresher and Assimilation Program (FRAP).
- Member – Examination Reforms workshop, SRMIST.
- Mentor – Smart India Hackathon 2022
- Coordinator of Adopted Village under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan(UBA).
- Coordinator Energy cell EEE Department.
- Department Alumni Chapter Coordinator.
