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Control, Energy & Testing Lab
The Control, Energy and Testing (CET) lab focuses on developing new control strategies for renewable energy systems, industrial drives, renewables integration with grid and addressal of power quality issues, liquid dielectrics testing, condition monitoring of system’s, structural health monitoring etc., The lab is funded by DST, TNSCST, SERI and collaborates with industries such as QMax Tech and Lokankara for validation and realization of the developments.

Specifications
- Grid integration of renewable sources
- MPPT algorithms for Solar PV and wind energy systems
- Power quality
- Design of power electronic converter/inverters
- Control and power transfer in microgrids
- Power management strategies for microgrid system
- Production of Liquid dielectrics
- Liquid dielectric analysis and testing
PI and Co-PI Names | Name of the Projects | Funding Agencies | Funding Amount | Duration |
PI
Dr. U. Sowmmiya Co-PI Prof. Tole Sutikno Prof. Vigna Kumaran Ramachandaramurthy |
Power resilient capability and intelligent fingerprint model for fault diagnosis and control of wind energy conversion system in a hybrid AC/DC microgrid | DST- AISTDF | 24.19 Lakhs | 2 Years |
PI
Dr. J. Preetha Roselyn Co-PI Dr. U. Sowmmiya |
Digital Twin assisted operational decision support system for deep-ocean manned scientific submersible | MoES-DOM | Rs. 48.18 lakhs | 2 Years |
PI
Dr. J. Preetha Roselyn Co-PI Dr. U. Sowmmiya DR. C. Nithya |
Development of a Digital Twin for Underwater Gliders – A Virtual Interactive Simulation Platform | MoES-DOM | Rs. 84.44 lakhs | 2 Years |
PI
Dr. C. Nithya Co-PI Dr. U. Sowmmiya Dr. J. Preetha Roselyn |
Condition Monitoring and Fault Identification of Ester fluid filled Transformers using Dissolved Gas Analysis (DGA) | SRM-SERI | Rs. 3.5 lakhs | 2 Years |
PI
Dr. M. Ferni Ukrit Co-PI Dr. U. Sowmmiya Dr. G. Priyadharshini |
Revolutionizing Wind Turbine Blade Maintenance with 3D Image reconstruction and AI | SRM-SERI | Rs. 1.4 lakhs | 2 Years |
PI and Co-PI Names | Name of the Projects | Funding Agencies | Funding Amount | Duration |
Dr. U. Sowmmiya | Control and Harmonic Analysis of Wind Energy Conversion System | TNSCST | Rs. 0.25 lakhs |

Power: 0.5KW
Voltage: 415V
RPM: 375
DC Shunt Motor
HP: 1
Voltage: 415V
Slip Ring Induction Machine
HP: 1
Voltage: 415V
Gearbox:
Ratio: 1:4
HP: 1
Speed Encoder

Amps: 75A
Voltage: 1200V
Semikron Driver Board
Diode Bridge Rectifier
Amps: 100A
Voltage: 1600V
Electrolytic Filter Capacitors
Capacitance: 4700
Voltage: 450V
Heat Sink
Level Shifter Board

Voltage Sensor Evaluation Board

Current Sensor Evaluation Board

Power:1KW
Type C

Core: 32-bit C28x CPU
Clock Speed: 90 MHz
Flash Memory: 256 KB
RAM: 100 KB (includes 100 KB of on-chip RAM)

Core: Dual 32-bit C28x CPUs + Two Control Law Accelerators (CLAs)
Clock Speed: 200 MHz
Flash Memory: 1 MB
RAM: 204 KB (shared between CPUs and CLAs)
Floating Point Unit (FPU): Dual single-precision FPUs
Trigonometric Math Unit (TMU): For fast trigonometric and math computations
Control Law Accelerator (CLA): Two 32-bit coprocessors for parallel real-time control

Wind Generator
Rated power:100W
Rated Voltage:12V
Rated speed:10.5m/s
Wind Emulator (3 Phase Induction Motor)
KW(HP):7.50(10.00)
RPM:2885
Amp:13.3A
PF:0.89
Frequency:50Hz
Voltage:415V

Pitch Angle Range: ±45° (Total 90°)
Yaw Angle Range: 360° continuous rotation
Pitch Encoder Resolution: 2880 counts/revolution
Yaw Encoder Resolution: 4096 counts/revolution
Propeller Thrust Constant: 5 × 10⁻⁴ N·s/rad
Inertial Thrust Constant: 0.042 N·m/A
Lab Head
Dr. U. Sowmmiya
Associate Professor
sowmmiyu@srmist.edu.in

Electrical Science Block- ESB303
Department of EEE
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Kattankulathur-603203
