Dr Bharani Kumar R - Bannari Amman Institute of Technology

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Experience Type	Organization	From	To	Total Experience
Engineering	Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam	03.05.1999

Degree	Specialization	Institute	University	Year of Passing
B.E	EEE	KCT	Bharathiar University, Coimbatore	1998
M.E	PED	CEG	Anna University, Chennai	2003
Ph.D	Renewable Energy	AU	Anna University, Chennai	2012

S No.	Subject Area
1	Wind and Solar Energy Conversion Systems, Permanent Magnet Machines, Electric Drives

Maheswari K T, Bharani kumar R , S Manivannan, “Comparative evaluation of Z source / quasi Z-source direct and indirect matrix converters for PMG based WECS”, Results in Engineering, Volume 22, 102219, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2024.102219.2024.

Ritesh Kumar, Maheswari K T , R Bharani kumar R, “Comparative evaluation of direct matrix converter using IGBT and power MOSFETs “, AIP Conf. Proc. 2971, 040029 https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0196202.2024.

Bharanikumar R, Maheswari K T, Bharath M , Sangeethkumar C, “Design and Simulation of object Detection Based Autonomous Trash Collector Bot,” Smart Technologies, Communication and Robotics (STCR), Sathyamangalam, India, pages1-5, doi: 10.1109/STCR55312.2022.10009636.2022.

“MAHESWARI KT, BHARANIKUMAR R , LAVANYA D,””MODELING and ANALYSIS of SINGLE PHASE QUASI Z SOURCE MATRIX CONVERTER FED INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVES””International Conference on Advances in Materials Research Volume 45, Part 2 , Pages 1717-1721 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.08.616”2020.

“MAHESWARI K T, BHARANIKUMAR R, ARJUN V, AMRISH R and BHUVANESH M,””A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW on CASCADED H-BRIDGE MULTILEVEL INVERTER for MEDIUM VOLTAGE HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS””International Conference on Advances in Materials Research Volume 45, Part 2 Pages 2666-2670 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.11.519”2020.

Maheswari K T , Bharanikumar R Bhuvaneswari S A Review on Matrix Converter Topologies for Adjustable Speed Drives International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE) pages 53 – 57, 2019.

R Bharani Kumar, S Bhuvaneswari Performance Improvement of Wind Turbine Driven PMG with Multi level Inverter International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering Volume 8, Issue 3, pages 94 – 98, 2019.

Prem P, Bharanikumar R A New Multilevel Inverter Topology to Integrate Wind-Solar Hybrid System Without A Common DC Bus Journal of Electrical Engineering, Romania, pages 1 – 8, 2018.

Bhuvaneswari S, Bharani Kumar R, Bharani Kumar R, Elangovan S Noise Reduction In SRM Drive for Heating and Air Conditioning Applications Using Chopper Circuit International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics Volume 119, Special Issue, pages 2507 – 2514, 2018.

Bharani Kumar Ramasamy , K T Maheswari single stage power Conversion for wind Energy System using Ac-ac Matrix Converter Journal of Electrical Engineering, pages1 – 7, 2017.

M Vishnu Raajan , R Bharanikumar , S Bhuvaneswari , C Subramanian Design and Optimization of Permanent magnet synchronous generator for wind turbine applications International Journal of Research and Innovation in Engineering Technology, pages 1 – 9, 2015.

Rajasekaran R and Bharanikumar R Application of Superconductors in Mitigation of grid Connectivity issues for Dfig Based Wind Energy Generation Systems Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences, pages 247 – 255, 2015.

Rajasekaran R, Bharanikumar R Performance Analysis of Dual Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) during Grid Fault and LVRT Improvement using STATCOM International Journal of applied Engineering Research, pages 30553 – 30559, 2015.

Bharani Kumar Ramasamy Direct-drive low-speed wind energy conversion system incorporating axial-type permanent magnet generator and Z-source inverter with sensorless maximum power point tracking controller The Institution of Engineering and Technology, pages 284 – 295, 2013.

Bharanikumar R Performance analysis of wind turbine-driven permanent magnet generator with matrix converter Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, pages 299 – 317, 2012.

R Bharanikumar, A Nirmal Kumar and Maheswari K T Modeling and Simulation of Wind Turbine Driven Axial type PMG with Z-Source Inverter Australian Journal of Electrical, pages 27 – 42, 2011.

R Bharanikumar Novel method of wind energy conversion system by incorporating permanent magnet generator and single stage AC-AC power converter Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research,pages 379 – 384, 2011.

Mr R Bharanikumar, A Nirmalkumar , Mrs K T Maheswari New MPPT Controller for Wind Turbine Driven PMG with Power Converter The International Journal of International Review of Electrical Engineering, pages 1405 – 1412, 2010.

Mr R Bharanikumar, A Nirmalkumar , Mrs K T Maheswari Modeling and Simulation of Synchronous Buck Converter for PMG in low Power Applications International Journal of Computer and Network security, pages 80 – 84, 2010.

Mr R Bharanikumar, Mrs K T Maheswari A Nirmalkumar Comparative Analysis of Permanent Magnet Materials for Wind Turbine Driven Permanent Magnet Generator International Journal of Electrical Engineering, pages 1 – 8, MAR 2010.

R Bharanikumar Modeling and Simulation of wind Turbine Driven Permanent Magnet Generator with New MPPT Algorithm Asian Power Electronics Journal, pages 52 – 58, 2010

Maheswari K T, Bharani kumar R, Lavanya D, Boopathimanikandan S, “Design of Svpwm Based Closed Loop Control of Voltage Source Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive With PID Controller”, Fourth International Conference on Inventive Systems and Control (ICISC 2020), JCT Instituitions, Coimbatore, January 2020

Maheswari K.T., Dr.R.Bharanikumar, D.Lavanya, S.Manivannan, M.Srinivasan, “Audio Signal Processing For Cochlear Implants”, International Conference on Advances in Material Research (ICAMR-2019), Department of Mechanical Engineering, BIT, Sathy, December 2019

Mrs.K.T.Maheswari, Dr.R.Bharanikumar, Ms.D.Lavanya, “Modeling and Analysis of Single Phase Quasi Z source Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive”, International Conference on Advances in Material Research- ICAMR 2019, Department of Mechanical, BIT, Sathy, December 2019

Anitha N, Bharanikumar R, “Modeling and FEA Analysis of Axial Flux PMG for Low Speed Wind Turbine Applications “, IEEE International Conference on Technological Advancements in Power and Energy (TAP Energy 2017) , Amritapuri Campus of Amrita VishwaVidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, December 2017

Bharanikumar, R., Prabha Maheswari, M. and Palanichamy, S, “Boost Chopper Circuit for Low Power Wind Turbine Driven PM Synchronous Generator”, International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems 2007, ICIAS 2007, University of Petronas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2007

R.Bharanikumar, “Z-Source Inverter for UPS Application “, International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems 2007, November 2007

R.Bharanikumar, “Steady State Analysis of Wind Turbine Driven PM Generator with Power Converters “, First International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology, IEEE computer society

R.Bharanikumar, “Novel Maximum Power Point Tracking Controller for Wind Turbine Driven Permanent Magnet Generator”, IEEE Conference

R.Bharanikumar, “Boost Chopper Circuit for Low Power Wind Turbine Driven PM Synchronous Generator “, International Conference on Intelligent and Advanced Systems 2007

R.Bharanikumar, “Impedance Source Inverter for Wind Turbine Driven Permanent Magnet Generator”, IEEE Conference

S No.	Title	Investigator(s)	Funding Agency	Amount	Project Status	Sanction Date
1	Design, Development and Validation of Thermocycler and Real time Cycler (DNA amplification Instrument) mostly used in disease diagnosis	Dr. Selvaraj S P	Department of Science and Technology - Instrumentation Development Programme	34,46,000	Project Sanctioned and First Phase Amount Received	18.05.2018
2	An optimal design of axial flux permanent magnet generator for low speed direct drive wind turbine applications	Dr.R.Bharani Kumar	MNRE, New Delhi	23,00,000	On-going	01.01.2015
3	"Development of innovative Axis Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator with Vertical Axis Wind Turbine and Solar PV System for Self Reliant Telecom Towers at Remote Locations"	Dr.R.Bharani Kumar	AICTE, New Delhi	12,23,529	On-going	02.08.2017

S No.	Scholar Name	Register Number	Date of Reg.	Status
1	Rajasekaran R	1313369718	20-12-2013	Investigation of Voltage Stability Improvement in Grid Connected Wind Energy Conversion System by Incorporating FACT Devices	Completed on 31.08.2018
2	Kandasamy V	401042109	20-12-2010	Analyse of Source Matrix Converter for Wind Energy Conversion System	Completed on 16.09.2016
3	Prem P	1313369731	20-12-2013	Performance Analysis of Multi Level Converter for Solar PV Conversion System	Completed on 05.07.2018
4	Anitha M	1624369137	Dec-16	Investigation of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator for Low Speed Direct Drive Wind Turbine Application	Completed
5	Babu D	18143697158	JUL-2018	Performance Analysis of Multi Level Converter for Solar PV Conversion System	Confirmation Completed
6	Rathinavel V	18133691286	JAN-2018	Analyse of Source Matrix Converter for Wind Energy Conversion System	Confirmation Completed
7	Gopalakrishnan R	19133691131	JAN-2019	Analyse of Source Matrix Converter for Wind Energy Conversion System	Confirmation Completed

S No.	Title	Date	Reg. No.	Status	Level	Funding Agency
1	WIRELESS LOAD MONITORING SYSTEM	09.05.2023	202341032621A	Filed	National	Self
2	PARALLEL OPERATION OF BATTERY IN e-VEHICLE	26.06.2019	201941025381	In Progress	National

S No.	Topic	Program	Venue	Date
1	Power electronics and drives	Special guest lecture	Vivekanandha college of engineering for women, namakkal	28.01.2017
2	Industrial Drives	Industrial Drives	EIE department, M Kumarasamy college of engineering	19.02.2015
3	Solar Energy Conversion Systems	Renewable Energy Systems	Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore	06.02.2013