Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
VISION To be a centre of excellence in Electrical Energy Systems. MISSION Empowering students and professionals with state-of-art knowledge and Technological skills. Enabling Industries to adopt effective solutions in Energy areas through research and consultancy. Evolving appropriate sustainable technologies for rural needs.
Programme Year of starting B.Tech. (EEE) 1964 M.Tech. (Power Systems) 1971 M.Tech. (Power Electronics) 2006 M.S. (By Research) 2006 Ph.D. (Regular) 1973 Ph.D. (QIP) 1986
Programme Present strength B.Tech. (EEE) 260 M.Tech. (Power Systems) 41 M.Tech. (Power Electronics) 36 M.S. (By Research) 1 Ph.D. 10
AREAS OF EXPERTISE 1. Power Systems: Load Flow Studies, Operation and Control, FACTS 2. Design and Fabrication of Power Electronic Controllers for drives and power system applications 3. Distributed Generation 4. Design and Implementation of Wind and Photo Voltaic Systems for Isolated and Grid connected operations 5. Energy Conservation
LABORATORIES Electrical Machines Lab Electronics / Microprocessor & Microcontroller Lab Power Electronics Lab Electrical Drives Lab Computer Simulation Lab
Sophisticated Equipment Three phase Precision Power Analyzer Four Channel Precision Power Analyzer Wind Turbine Generator System Harmonic Analyzer Power Quality Analyzer Power Scope Digital Storage Mega Zoom Oscilloscope Microcontrollers and DSP kits
Software packages MATLAB/SIMULINK Power System Blockset Fuzzy and Neural Network Toolboxes PSCAD/EMTDC Mi POWER LabView Proteus VSM (Lab centre) PSPICE ORCAD ETAP VisSim MATHCAD
International & National Journals/ Conferences Research 10 per annum Reviewers for International & National Journals/ Conferences 5 Members
A number of laboratory prototype Power Controller units have been designed and built in the Dept. for various research and sponsored projects. To show a few:
µc based induction motor starting Ant colony system for inverter control Hybrid Genetic Algorithm for DC motor control
A Stand-alone alone Integrated Wind-turbine Generator and Photovoltaic Array With Feed-forward Controlled PWM Inverter Permanent Magnet Alternator I wdc Potential Divider I dc IGBT Inverter S 1 S 3 V wdc V dc R S 4 S 2 Photovoltaic Array V pv I pv V f Feedforward Controller S 1, S 2 S 3, S 4
A Stand-alone alone Integrated Wind-turbine Generator and Photovoltaic Array With Feed-forward Controlled PWM Inverter p.m. alternator p.m.alternator controller controller inverter inverter
Experimental set-up of IG-PV integrated scheme Load µp firing scheme Inverter PV array input DC motor Induction generator
Reactive Power Control scheme Three step voltage control Wind-driven Grid-connected Induction Generator
CONTROLLER FOR SEIGs Complete system Three-phase semiconverter
PATENT OBTAINED Dual speed winding design for 3-phase Squirrel cage Induction motor PATENT PENDING A New Four-Stage Power Controller for Improved Energy Efficiency and Saving in Reactive Power for Three-phase Induction Motors and Wind-Driven Grid-Connected Induction Generators
Sponsored projects in the last five years Project Title Neural controller for integrated wind/solar system for battery charging Development of neuro fuzzy controller for high performance voltage controlled induction motor drive Application of Genetic Algorithm for High Performance power converters Amount Received (Rs. Lakhs) Funding Agency Investigator(s) 5.0 MHRD Dr. N. Ammasai Gounden & Dr. S. Arul Daniel 8.0 MHRD Dr. K. Sundareswaran 6.0 MHRD Dr. K. Sundareswaran Unified power flow controller 10.0 MHRD Dr. C. Nagamani FIST 21.0 DST Dr. N. Ammasai Gounden & Dr. S. Arul Daniel Control of a hybrid wind-driven induction generator and PV array distributed generator for the isolated and gridconnected operations. 8.0 MHRD Dr. S. Arul Daniel Career Award for Young Teachers 10.50 AICTE Dr. N. Kumaresan
TEQIP Activities Organized Workshops under community service Procured Equipments / Software Packages / Books and Learning Sources to enhance the Library / Laboratory Facilities Staff training programmes undertaken
Details of New Laboratories developed List of New Laboratories set up in the Department Power Electronics and Drives Laboratory The setting up of the above mentioned laboratories is under progress. New Computer Centre (45 capacity)
Three Channel Power Analyzer
Four Channel Precision power Analyzer
Digital Storage Oscilloscope
Multimeters
First course on Topics on Electrical Science and Electronics for Physics Teachers of Higher Secondary Schools
First course on Topics on Electrical Science and Electronics for Physics Teachers of Higher Secondary Schools
A course on Power Electronics for Polytechnic college Teachers
A course on Power Electronics for Polytechnic college Teachers
A course on Training needs under tribal development
A course on Training needs under tribal development
Second course on Topics on Electrical Science and Electronics for Physics Teachers of Higher Secondary Schools
Second course on Topics on Electrical Science and Electronics for Physics Teachers of Higher Secondary Schools
Second course on Topics on Electrical Science and Electronics for Physics Teachers of Higher Secondary Schools
A two-day workshop on Computer Fundamentals
A two-day workshop on Wind Power Generation and FACTS.