Department of Electrical and Electronics EngineeringNational Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

To be a centre of excellence in Electrical Energy Systems.

MISSIONEmpowering 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.

VISION

Programme Year of starting

B.Tech. (EEE) 1964M.Tech. (Power Systems) 1971

M.Tech. (Power Electronics) 2006M.S. (By Research) 2006Ph.D. (Regular) 1973

Ph.D. (QIP) 1986

Programme Present strength

B.Tech. (EEE) 260M.Tech. (Power Systems) 41

M.Tech. (Power Electronics) 36M.S. (By Research) 1

Ph.D. 10

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

4. Design and Implementation of Wind and Photo Voltaic Systems for Isolated and Grid connected operations

1. Power Systems: Load Flow Studies, Operation and Control, FACTS

5. Energy Conservation

2. Design and Fabrication of Power ElectronicControllers for drives and power system applications

3. Distributed Generation

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

• MATLAB/SIMULINK– Power System Blockset– Fuzzy and Neural Network Toolboxes

• PSCAD/EMTDC• Mi POWER• LabView• Proteus VSM (Lab centre)• PSPICE • ORCAD• ETAP• VisSim• MATHCAD

Software packages

ResearchInternational & National Journals/ Conferences 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

PotentialDivider

FeedforwardController

S1 , S2

S3 , S4

IGBTInverter

dcV

Photovoltaic Array

pvV

pvI

PermanentMagnet Alternator

wdcV

wdcI

S1

S2

S3

S4

R

dcI

fV

A StandA Stand--alone Integratedalone IntegratedWindWind--turbine Generator and turbine Generator and

Photovoltaic ArrayPhotovoltaic Array With With FeedFeed--forward forward Controlled PWM InverterPWM Inverter

A StandA Stand--alone Integratedalone IntegratedWindWind--turbine Generator and turbine Generator and

Photovoltaic ArrayPhotovoltaic Array With With FeedFeed--forward forward Controlled PWM InverterPWM Inverter

p.m.alternator

inverter

controller

p.m. alternator

inverter

controller

Experimental set-up of IG-PV integrated scheme

Induction generator

DC motor

Inverter

Load

µP firing scheme

PV array input

Reactive Power Control schemeThree step voltage control

Wind-driven Grid-connected Induction Generator

CONTROLLER FOR SEIGs

Three-phase semi-converter

Complete system

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 yearsProject Title Amount

Received (Rs. Lakhs)

FundingAgency

Investigator(s)

Neural controller for integrated wind/solar system for battery charging

5.0 MHRD Dr. N. Ammasai Gounden & Dr. S. Arul Daniel

Development of neuro fuzzy controller for high performance voltage controlled induction motor drive

8.0 MHRD Dr. K. Sundareswaran

Application of Genetic Algorithm for High Performance power converters

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 grid-connected 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’.