Research and Publications

Name

Dr. C. NAGAMANI

Designation

Professor(HAG)

Landline

0431-25032546

E-mail Id

cnmani@nitt.edu

Field(s) of Specialization: Power Electronics and drives, FACTs controllers, power controllers for grid interfacing wind and solar PV systems

Refereed Research Journals: Journal Papers in SCl/Scopus

S. No Title of the Paper Name of the Author(s) Journal Name Vol, No, Page No Year
1 An Improved Angular Stator Flux Frequency Computation Method for Robust MPPT Operation of DFIG under Unbalanced Grid Voltage   M. A. Asha Rani;M. Chakkarapani;C. Nagamani;G. Saravana Ilango IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications DOI:10.1109/TIA.2022.3211912 October 2022
2 A low ripple current rejection method to improve the lifetime of solar photo voltaic integrated GaN converter system Chandrasekar Venkatesan, Chilakapati Nagamani, and Saravana Ilango Ganesan Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects VOL. 44, NO. 2, 3908–3928 DOI:10.1080/15567036.2022.2070688 2022
3 A low-profile, high-performance, GaN converter design for a portable SPV charger”, Chandrasekar Venkatesan, Chilakapati Nagamani, and Saravana Ilango Ganesan Journal of Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects DOI: 10.1080/15567036.2022.2036876 (Taylor and Francis online publication) February 2022
4 Identification of Pre-existing/Undetected Line-to-Line Faults in PV Array Based on Preturn on/off Condition of the PV Inverter   Pradeep Kumar Boggarapu;Chakkarapani Manickam;Brad Lehman;Saravana Ilango Ganesan; Nagamani Chilakapati   IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics   | Volume: 35, Issue: 11 Year: 2020
  5 A simple voltage modulator scheme for torque ripple minimization in a permanent magnet brushless dc motor”,   Rajesh Kuttappan Achary, Sunkara Durgaprasanth, Chilakapati Nagamani, Ganesan Saravana Ilango IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 2809-2818. March 2020,
6 A frequency-independent rotor position signal generation scheme without position sensors   Rajesh Kuttappan Achary, Chilakapati Nagamani, Ganesan Saravana Ilango IET Electric Power Applications, Vol.14, No.9, pp.1570-1576. 2020,
7 Adaptability of grid connected PV inverters with thermoelectric generator as power source: a performance comparison Bepinkumar Bijukumar,Arunadevi Ganesan Kaushik Raam,Saravana IlangoGanesan,Chilakapati Nagamani IET Power Electronics   Volume 13 Issue 5, pp 981-990 2020
8 Estimation of PV module degradation through extraction of I–V curve at inverter pre‐startup condition   Boggarapu Pradeep Kumar, Rajendran Nitheesh, Manickam Chakkarapani, Ganesan Saravana Ilango, Chilakapati Nagamani   IET Renewable Power Generation   Vol.14 Issue.17 Pp.3479-3486 2020
  9 Design and implementation of a current controlled grid connected inverter for thermoelectric generator sources   B Bijukumar, G Saravana Ilango, C Nagamani Sādhana journal Vol.45 Issue 1 Pages 1-13 2020  
10 Enhanced power output from the PV with low input ripple dc-dc converter Chandrasekar Venkatesan,C.NagamaniC.Manickam,M.J.Reddy,G. S Ilango Electric Power Components and Systems 46 (11-12), 1288-1299 2018
  11 PV-fed DVR for simultaneous real power injection and sag/swell mitigation in a wind farm S Priyavarthini,Aravind C. KC. Nagamani,G. S Ilango IET Power Electronics Vol.11, issue 14, 2385–2395 2018
  12 Power Engineering Education- A description of current academic developments in India C.Nagamani, M.Venkata Kirthiga, Mini Shaji Thomas IEEE Power & Energy Magazine Sept. – Oct. 2018 2018
13 An improved control for simultaneous sag/swell mitigation and reactive power support in a grid-connected wind farm with DVR S.Priyavarthini,C.Nagamani,G.S.Ilango,M.A. Asha Rani Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Elsevier vol.101, pp. 38-49 2018
14 A Linear Extrapolation - Based MPPT Algorithm for Thermo electric Generators Under Dynamically Varying Temperature Conditions B.Bijukaumar,A.G.K. Raam,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion Vol: 33,Issue: 4, 1641- 1649 2018
  15 Online Fault Detection and Diagnosis in Photovoltaic Systems Using Wavelet Packets B. Pradeep Kumar,G.S. Ilango,M. Jaya Bharatha Reddy,C. Nagamani IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol.8, no.1, pp. 257-265 2018.
  16 MPPT algorithm for Thermo electric generators based on parabolic extrapolation B. Bijukumar,A.G.K. Raam,G.S. Ilango, C. Nagamani,M. J. Reddy IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution 1751-8687 2018
  17 Fireworks enriched P&O algorithm for GMPPT and detection of partial shading in PV systems C Manickam,GP Raman,GR Raman,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 32 (6), 4432-4443 2017
  18 A control Strategy to enhance the Life Time of the Battery in a Stand-alone PV System with DC Loads M Lakshmanan, S Rao,N Sivakumaran,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani IET Power Electronics Vol.10, issue 9, 28 July 2017, pp.1087 – 1094 2017
  19 Performance evaluation of Type-3 PLLs under wide variation in input voltage and frequency B.Indu Rani, CK Aravind,C Manickam,J Guerrero,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics vol.5, no.3, pp. 4971-981   2017
  20 An improved algorithm for direct computation of optimal voltage and frequency for induction motors M.P. Sruthi,C. NagamaniG. S Ilango Engineering Science and Technology, International Journal, Elsevier vol. 20, , pp. 1439-1449. 2017
  21 Compensation of Magnetizing Current for Enhanced Operation of DFIG Under Grid Unbalance MAA Rani,C Nagamani,G. S Ilango IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 32 (7), 5214-5226 2017
22 A Control Strategy for Reliable Power Output From a Stand-alone WRIG With Battery-Supported DC Link VRR Rudraraju,C Nagamani,G. S Ilango IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 32 (6), 4334-4343 2017
  23 An improved rotor PLL (R-PLL) for enhanced operation of doubly fed induction machine MAA Rani,C Nagamani,G.S Ilango IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy 8 (1), 117-125 2016
24 A Natural Flux Minimization Technique for Enhanced Operation of DFIG M. A. Asha Rani, C. Nagamani,G. S Ilango IET Electric Power Applications, 10 (6), 467-476 2016
25 A Versatile Method for Computation of Power pulsations in DFIG under Grid Imperfections M. A. Asha Rani, C. Nagamani,G. S Ilango. Elsevier, Renewable Energy, 88, 143-153 2016
26 A Simple Copper Loss Minimization Control Algorithm for a Grid Connected SCIG through Indirect Flux Optimization Venkata Rama Raju Rudraraju C. Nagamani, G. S Ilango Taylor & Francis, Electric Power Components and Systems, 44 (3), 324-335. 2016
27 Efficient global maximum power point tracking technique for a partially shaded photovoltaic string C Manickam,GP Raman,GR Raman,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani IET Power Electronics 9 (14), 2637-2644 2016
  28 A hybrid algorithm for tracking of GMPP based on P&O and PSO with reduced power oscillation in string inverters C Manickam,GR Raman,GP Raman,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 63 (10), 6097-6106 2016
29 A method to detect photovoltaic array faults and partial shading in PV systems R Hariharan, M.Chakkarapani,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 6 (5), 1278-1285 2016
30 Control scheme for a bidirectional converter in a self-sustaining low-voltage dc nanogrid G.S. Ilango,D Pattabiraman,RK Govindarajan,M Rajan,C. Nagamani IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 62 (10), 6317-6326 2015
31 A control strategy for Hybrid Autonomous Power System (HAPS)with a Battery Management Scheme (BMS)” C.K.Aravind,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani,M. Jaya Bharata Reddy Taylor & Francis, Electric Power Components and Systems 43(8-10), 1159-1172.. 2015
32 A smooth coordination control for a Hybrid Autonomous Power System (HAPS) with Battery Energy Storage (BES) C.K.Aravind,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani Frontiers in Energy, Springer publication, 9.1 31-42 2015
33 Optimal Su-Do-Ku based Interconnection Scheme for Increased Power output from PV array under Partial Shading Conditions Srinivasa Rao.P,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani Frontiers in Energy, Springer publication, 1-12. 2015
34 A Stator voltage switching strategy for efficient low speed operation of DFIG Using Fractional Rated Converters Venkata Rama Raju Rudraraju , C. Nagamani , G. S Ilango Elsevier, Renewable Energy 81 389-399 2015
35 A control scheme for improving the efficiency of DFIG at low wind speeds with fractional rated converters Venkata Rama Raju Rudraraju C.Nagamani , G. S Ilango International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems vol. 70, p.p. 61–69 2015
36 Renewable Power Generation Indian Scenario - A Review C. Nagamani,G. S Ilango ,M. J. B. Reddy,M. A. A. Rani, Z. V. Lakaparampil Taylor & Francis, Electric Power Components and Systems 43(8-10), 1205-1213 2015
37 A Novel Self-Consistent Model Based Optimal Filter Design for the Improved Dynamic Performance of 3-phase PLLs for Phase Tracking Under Grid Imperfections Part 1: Theory and Mathematical Basis Sambhav R Jain, Pradhyumna Ravikirthi C. Nagamani J Control AutomElectrSyst, June 2014. DOI 10.1007/$40313-014-0137-3 2014
38 A Novel Self-Consistent Model Based Optimal Filter Designfor the Improved Dynamic Performance of 3-phase PLLs for PhaseTracking Under Grid Imperfections Part 2: Analysis and Verification Sambhav R Jain, Pradhyumna Ravikirthi C. Nagamani J Control AutomElectrSyst, June 2014. DOI 10.1007/$40313-014-0136-4 2014
39 An Effective Reference Generation Scheme for DFIG With Unbalanced Grid Voltage M. A. AshaRani,C. Nagamani,.G. S Ilango Karthikeyan, A. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy July 2014 vol.5 no.3, pp.1010-1018 2014
40 An energy efficient switching scheme with reduced switching transients for a Wind Driven Induction Generator C. K. Aravind,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani Taylor and Francis, Electric Power Components and Systems 42(16), 1826-1838.   2014
41 Maximum Power from PV Arrays Using Fixed Configuration Under Different Shading Conditions. P. Srinivasa Rao,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics Issue: 2, Pg. No. 679 – 686 2014
42 An active islanding detection technique for current controlled inverter B.Indu Rani,M.Srikanth,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani Elsevier Renewable Energy, vol 51, pp. 189-196. 2013
43 Enhanced Power Generation from PV Array under Partial Shading Conditions by Shade Dispersion Using Su Do Ku Configuration B.Indu Rani,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy vol.4no.3,pp.594-601. 2013
44 A power flow management system for photovoltaic systems feeding DC/AC loads B.InduRaniG.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani Elsevier Renewable Energy vol 43, pp. 267-275. 2013
45 Control Strategy for power flow management in a PV system supplying DC loads B.Indu Rani,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani IEEE Transactions On Industrial Electronics, Vol. 60, No. 8, August 2013 2013
46 An Implicit position and speed estimation algorithm without the flux computation for the rotor side control of Doubly-Fed Induction Motor Drive Karthikeyan, AritraBasu Ray Chaudhury,C. NagamaniG. S Ilango IET Electric Power Applications July 30 2012, vol.6 no.4,pp.243-252 2012
47 A Versatile Rotor Position Computation Algorithm for the Power Control of a Grid-Connected Doubly Fed Induction Generator Karthikeyan, A,C.Nagamani, G. S Ilango IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol 27, no.3, pp.697-706. 2012
48 Strength Assessment Using Destructive Testing On MIAB Welded Alloy Steel Tubes And Subsequent Techno-Economical Evaluation ArungalaiVendan,S, Manoharan, S,Buvanashekaran, G,Nagamani, C Journal of Manufacturing Processes, January 2012.     2012
49 MIAB welding of alloy steel tubes in pressure parts: Metallurgical characterization and non destructive testing ArungalaiVendan,S, Manoharan S. ,Nagamani C. Journal of Manufacturing Processes Jan 2012, vol 14, Issue 1,Pages 82-88 2012
50 A three phase PLL with a dynamic feed forward frequency estimator for synchronization of grid connected converters under wide frequency variations B. Indu Rani,C.K. Aravind,G.S. Ilango,C. Nagamani Elsevier Electrical Power and Energy Systems Vol 41 pp. 63–70, 2012. 2012
51 Hybrid, open-loop excitation system for a wind turbine-driven stand-alone induction generator Karthikeyan, A,Nagamani. C, G. SaravanaIlango, Sreenivasulu.A Renewable Power Generation, IET, vol.5,no.2, pp.184-193, March 2011 2011
52 Decoupledpower control of Doubly fed Induction Geneartors based on implicit position and speed estimation algorithm without the flux computation A.Karthikeyan,C. Nagamani.   Wind Engineering, Vol. 35, 6,2011. pp. 757-776. 2011
53 Magnetically Impelled Arc Butt Welding of alloy steel tubes in boilers – Establishment of parameter window S.ArungalaiVendanS. Manoharan, G.Buvanashekaran,C. Nagamani Mechatronics, Jan 2011 vol.21, Issue 1, Pages 30-37. 2011
54 Single stage sine-wave inverter for an autonomous operation of solar photovoltaic energy conversion system G.S. Ilango,P. SrinivasaRao,A. KarthikeyanC. Nagamani Renewable energy Vol.35, No.1, Jan 2010, pp.275-282 2010
55 Control algorithms for control of real and reactive power flows and power oscillation damping using UPFC G. S. Ilango,C. Nagamani, A.V.S.S.R. Sai,D. Aravindan Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 79, Issue 4, April 2009, pp- 595-605. 2009
56 DDevelopment of a MIAB welding module and experimental analysis of rotational behavior of arc –Simulation of electromagnetic force distribution during MIAB welding of Steel pipes using Finite Element Analysis S.Arungalai Vendan, S. Manoharan, G.Buvanashekaran, C.Nagamani, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology April 2009, vol. 43,11-12, 1144-1156, DOI:10.1007/s00170-008-1793-2009 2009
57 A Non Linear Control Technique for Unified Power Flow Controller Based on Feed-Back Linearization G.S. Ilango, C.Nagamani Electric Power Components and Systems, April 2008, Vol: 36, Isssue: 4, pp-432-447 2008
58 Laboratory Implementation of Feed-Back Linearization Controller for Independent Control of Real and Reactive power G.S. Ilango, C.Nagamani A.V.S.S.R.Sai Australian Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Australia., Vol 5,No 1,pp 43-53. 2008
57 Magnetic Flux Distribution modeling of Magnetically Impelled Arc Butt Welding of Steel tubes using Finite Element Analysis S.ArungalaiVendan S. Manoharan, G.BuvanashekaranC. Nagamani Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Vol. 222,pp. 1783-1790(8). 2008
59 Power Engineering Education- A description of current academic developments in India C.Nagamani, M.Venkata Kirthiga, Mini Shaji Thomas IEEE Power & Energy Magazine Sept. – Oct. 2018 2018
60 “Performance evaluation of a doubly fed twin stator induction machine drive using voltage and current space vector control schemes”, C. Nagamani , V.S. Ramsden, V. Ramaswamy IET,Electrical Power Applications Vol. 148, no.3, pp. 287-292 May 2001. 2001
61 Studies on the use of conventional induction motors as self excited induction generators C.Nagamani , S.S.Murthy, B.P.Singh and K.V.V. Sathyanarayana IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion vol.3, no.4, pp. 842-848, Dec.1988. 1988
62 “A sinusoidal pulse width modulated three phase ac to dc converter fed dc motor drive”, C.Nagamani, S.R.Doradla Subhankar Sanyal IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications,   vol. IA - 21, no.6, pp. 1394-1408, Nov./Dec. 1985. 1985

LIST OF NATIONAL JOURNALS

S. No.   Title Authors Journal Details   Year
  1 DSP Based Laboratory Implementation of SVPWM for Shunt Active Filter J. Chelladurai, G.SaravanaIlango, C.Nagamani and D. Aravindan NationalJournal of Technology   2011
  2 A New control Approach for UPFC Based on State Feedback Technique G.SaravanaIlango, C.Nagamani, M.Lalitkumar The Journal of Central Power Research Institute” in March 2008,Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 35-41.   2008
  3 Field oriented control of synchronous machines using a novel feedback system C. Nagamani,V. N. Nandakumar,M. Ramamoorty Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineers (India), vol.37, no.1.   1991
  4 A study on voltage fed high frequency inverters for induction heating V.N. Nandakumar,C. Nagamani Journal of Institution of Engineers (India), EL, vol. 71. 1990

B.Conferences Proceedings: LIST OF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Sl.No. Title   International Conference  Details Year
  1 An Improved Angular Stator Flux Frequency Computation Method for Enhanced MPPT Operation of DFIG under Unbalanced Grid Voltage       Mohan Anitha Asha Rani; Manickam Chakkarapani; Chilakapati Nagamani; Saravana Ilango Ganesan   2020 IEEE 17th India Council International Conference (INDICON  2020  
2 An Investigation on the Suitability of Grid Connected Inverters for Thermoelectric Generator Systems in Industrial Application B. Bijukumar, A. G. Kaushik Raam ,G. Saravana Ilango                  C. Nagamani IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Science and Technology (ICETEST)PICC 2018
  3 Dynamic Load Sharing in Multi-Machine Conveyor Belt Systems Sruthi M.P.                      C. Nagamani,                             G. Saravana Ilango 9th IEEE PES Asia Pacific Power and Energy Conference 2017
  4 On the issues in MPPT implementation for PV systems   M. Chakkarapani, R. Guru Praanesh R. Guru Raghav,                       G. Saravana Ilango,                     C. Nagamani 21st Century Energy Needs - Materials, Systems and Applications (ICTFCEN) 2016
  5 A simple speed computation method for DFIM without measurements on rotor side   M. A. Asha Rani,                      C. Nagamani,                             G. Saravana Ilango 21st Century Energy Needs - Materials, Systems and Applications (ICTFCEN) 2016
    6 An effective reference generation and control of DVR using DSOGI-prefilter based PLL MS Kasyap, A Karthikeyan, BV Perumal, C Nagamani Circuit, Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT) 2016
  7 Performance analysis of MVAC and MVDC offshore wind farm distribution system using direct load flow method B Ravi,                                            S Raval,                                      VRR Rudraraju,                                C Nagamani 2nd International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronics, Information, Communication and Bio-Informatics (AEEICB) 2016
  8 Direct Load Flow Algorithm To Evaluate Performance Of Offshore Wind Farm Distribution Systems Botta Ravi, Venkata Rama Raju Rudraraju,                                    C. Nagamani, G. SaravanaIlango IEEE International Conference on Energy Systems and Application,  DYPIET Pimpri, Pune India, ICESA 2015
  9 C2000 Launch Pad base Generic Motor Control System C. Nagamani, Nikhilesh Prasannakumar IEEE International Conference on CAS – Texas India Educators Conference (TIIEC), 2014
  10 Analysis of the performance of an MRAS based Sensorless Speed Estimation Scheme for Induction Motors Under Fluctuating Inputs C. Nagamani, NikhileshPrasannakumar, Venkata Rama Raju IEEE International Conference on Green Computing, Communication and Electrical Engineering(ICGCCEE) 2014
11 A simplified Sensorless Speed Computation Algorithm for Squirrel Cage-Induction Motor C. Nagamani, NikhileshPrasannakumar, Venkata Rama Raju IEEE International Conference on Electrical Energy (ICCPCT)                                    (Received best paper award) 2014
  12 Reference Current Generation Schemes for DFIG with unbalanced grid voltage C. Nagamani,                             M. A. AshaRani, NikhileshPrasannakumar, Karthikeyan, A. IEEE International Conference on Electrical Energy (ICEES) 2014
  13 Laboratory course on Solar Photovoltaic Systems based on Low cost equipment   P.Srinivasa Rao, P.Dinesh, G.SaravanaIlango, C.Nagamani IEEE International Conference on Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE) IEEE International Conference in MOOC 2013
  14 Decoupled control of doubly-fed-induction generator under unbalanced grid voltage with modified reference generation  M. A. AshaRani, Karthikeyan, A,. NagamaniC. IEEE International Conference on Power, Energy and Control (ICPEC) 2013
  15 Optimal Sizing of Reactive Power Support in a Stand-AloneHybrid Excited Induction Generator System M. VivekSundar, P. Sai AravindaKarthik,                          C. Nagamani  A. Karthikeyan IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics (Jointly organized by IIT Bombay &IISc Bangalore) 2012
16 A Versatile open loop rotor position computation algorithm or the wound rotor induction machine A. Karthikeyan  and                       C. Nagamani Eleventh IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering EEEIC, Italy 2012
  17 A simple and effective control scheme for improved power quality in a standalone Wound Rotor Induction Generator feeding non-linear and unbalanced loads. Girish G.,  Nagamani C, Karthikeyan, A. International Conference, on  Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC) 2012
  18 Enhanced decoupled power control of wind turbine driven DFIG using DVR under unbalanced grid voltage. VenkataRamaRaju R. KarthikeyanA, Nagamani C International Conference  on  Advances in Power Conversion and Energy Technologies (APCET), 2012
  19 A three phase reference current generator for power electronic converters under distorted utility conditions B.Indu Rani,  G.SaravanaIlango, C.Nagamani International Conference on Proceedings of Computing, Electronics and Electrical Technologies (ICCEET) 2012
  20 Comparative Study of Power Control of DFIG Using PI Control and Feed Back Linearization Control Nagasekhara Reddy Naguru,.Karthikeyan, V.Sravan Kumar   C.Nagamani,                      IEEE International Conference 2012
    21 Control strategy for a single phase bidirectional converter based UPS system using FPGA B.Indu Rani, G.S. Ilango, C.Nagamani, P.S Rao International conference on Proceedings of Power, Signals, Controls and Computation (EPSCICON) 2012
  22 A stand-alone Wound Rotor Induction Generator with enhanced power quality based on Feedback Linearization Control Girish G.,                            Nagamani C,                      Karthikeyan, A. International Conference  on Advances in Engineering, Science and Management (ICAESM) 2012
  23 Power control of grid connected Doubly Fed Induction Generator using Adaptive Back Stepping approach A.Karthikeyan, Sujan Kumar Kummara,             C. Nagamani, G.SaravanaIlango International Conference on Proc 10th IEEE Environment and Electrical Engineering EEEIC, Rome 2011
    24 Feedback Linearization control based power control of grid connected DFIG with grid synchronization Karthikeyan, A. Naguru, N.R. Nagamani C. G. SaravanaIlango 10th International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC) 2011
  25 An Implicit Sensorless Position/Speed Estimator for the speed control of a Doubly Fed Induction Motor Karthikeyan, A. Nagamani C AritraBasu Ray Chaudhury IEEE  international conference on PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies – India, 2011
26 Laboratory implementation of Feedback Linearization Control Based Power Control of Grid Connected DFIG’ Karthikeyan, A. Nagasekhara Reddy Naguru. Nagamani, C International conference on  Proc IEEE INDICON Engineering Sustainable Solutions – India, Hyderabad, [Received Best paper award] 2011
    27 A constant frequency Hybrid Exciter for an autonomous wind energy conversion system A.Karthikeyan, C.Nagamani, G.SaravanaIlango M.JayaBharata Reddy International Conference  on Proc 9th IEEE–EEEIC ,Prague 2010
  28 Development of a 2-Dimensional Finite Element Model to Study the Magnetic Flux Distribution for Magnetically Impelled Arc Butt Welding S. ArungalaiVendan, S. Manoharan, G. Buvanashekaran C. Nagamani International Conference on Proc Advances in Manufacturing Technology (ICAMT) for young Engineers, organized by Department of Atomic Energy and Indian National Academy of Engineering, at IIT Chennai 2008
  29 Analysis of Boundaries of Controllable Power Flow with PFC Considering Line Loss A.Karthikeyan,  C.Nagamani S.Srividhya International Conference on Proc IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications ICIEA-2008 Singapore 2008
  30 Power oscillation damping using UPFC in automatic power flow control mode with constant power reference G.Saravanailango, C.Nagamani D.Aravindan International conference on Proc power and energy (PES) Baltimore, USA 2008
  31 Independent control of real and reactive power flows using UPFC based on Adaptive Back Stepping G. SaravanaIlango, C. Nagamani D. Aravindan International conference on Proc IEEE TENCON, Hyderabad.    2008
  32 Line Current Shaping using Shunt Active Filter without Sensing Input Voltage and Load Current P.Srinivasarao G.SaravanaIlango C. Nagamani International conference on  Proc IEEE .TENCON, Hyderabad     2008
    33 Investigation of Various PWM Techniques for Shunt Active Filter J.Chelladurai, G.SaravanaIlango, C.Nagamani S.Senthilkumar International conference on Proc  Electrical Engineering WASET Bangkok, Thailand 2008
  34 Magnetically Impelled Arc Butt Welding - Design Particulars and Parameter Investigation S. ArungalaiVendan, S. Manoharan, G. Buvanashekaran, C.Nagamani International conference on Proc All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference” organized by IIT Chennai. 2008
  35 Techno Economical Evaluation Of Automatic Tube Welding Systems For Boiler Application – Introduction to MIAB Welding Process Employed For Tube Welding S. ArungalaiVendan, S. Manoharan, G. Buvanashekaran C. Nagamani International Conference on Digital Factory, organized jointly by CIT Coimbatore and Business innovation Research Centre (BIRC), USA., [Received Best Paper Award] 2008
    36 An interdisciplinary approach to investigate parameters of MIAB welding process on carbon steel S. ArungalaiVendan, S. Manoharan, G. Buvanashekaran C. Nagamani International Conference on Presented at 62nd Annual Technical Meeting.  Organized by Indian Institute of Metals, Noida, New Delhi 2008
  37 Experimentation, FEM and statistical analysis for parameter optimization in MIAB welding process S. ArungalaiVendan, S. Manoharan, G. Buvanashekaran C. Nagamani International Conference on Presented at the International Symposium for Research Scholars on metallurgy, Materials Science and Engineering” organized by IIT Chennai. [Received Best Paper Award and AWS India International Endowment Award]. 2008
38 Design and Development of MIAB welding module - investigation and validation of electromagnetic force using Finite Element Analysis S. ArungalaiVendan, S. Manoharan, G. Buvanashekaran C. Nagamani International Conference on Proc Sixth Manufacturing Research (ICMR), Brunel University, London, 2008
    39 Design and Development of Magnetically Impelled Arc Butt Welding System S. ArungalaiVendan, S. Manoharan, G. Buvanashekaran C. Nagamani International Conference on Proc  Emerging Challenges in Design and Manufacturing Technologies" organized by CVRD (DRDO) in association with Sathyabama university, (Received Best Paper Award). 2007
  40 Investigations on Boundaries of Controllable Power Flow with Unified Power Flow Controller S.Srividhya, C.Nagamani, A.Karthikeyan IEEE  International Conference on ‘Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems’, PEDES  I.I.T., Delhi 2006
    41 Performance of UPFC on System Behavior Under Fault Conditions KumaraDeepak, G.SaravanaIlango, C.Nagamani K. Shanti Swarup IEEE International conference on Proc  proceedings INDICON,  IIT Madras 2005
  42 Unified Power Flow Controller with Dynamic Decoupling Compensator for Independent Active and Reactive Power Control KumaraDeepak, G.SaravanaIlango and C.Nagamani International conference on Proc CERA (Computer application in Electrical Engineering Recent Advances); IIT Roorkee 2005
  43 Unified Power Flow Controller With Dynamic Decoupling for Independent Active and Reactive Power Control D. Kumaradeepak, C. Nagamani, G. SaravanaIlango International conference on Computer application in Electrical Engineering Recent Advances (CERA), IIT Roorkee 2005
  44 Terminal Voltage Regulation of Self Excited Induction Generator using an SVC V.Vijay Kumar, C.Nagamani M.V. Hanumantha Rao International Conference on Proc Emerging Technologies (ICET)   2004
  45 Performance Analysis Of Unified Power Flow Controller KR Shanker, K. Shanti Swarup,                    C.Nagamani   International Conference on Proc Power Systems ICPS-, Khatmandu. 2004
  46 Current Space Vector Control for Improved Performance of A Doubly Fed T win Stator Induction Machine Drive C.Nagamani, V.S. Ramsden, V. Ramaswamy, J.G. Zhu International Conference on Proc IEEE Conference on Power System Technology POWERCON, Perth. 2000
  47 Comparison of Closed-loop Speed Control Schemes for a Doubly Fed T win Stator Induction Motor Drive C.Nagamani, V.S. Ramsden, V. Ramaswamy, J.G. Zhu International Conference on Proc Power Electronics and Motion Control IPEMC, Beijing.  2000
  48 Investigation of Doubly Fed T win Stator Induction Motor as a Variable Speed Drive C.Nagamani, V.S. Ramsden, V. Ramaswamy J.G. Zhu International Conference on Proc  Power Electronics Drives and Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, PEDES, Perth. 1998
49 Twin stator induction motor as a variable speed drive C.Nagamani V.S. Ramsden                 J.G. Zhu V. Ramaswamy Int   international Conference on   Proc Electrical Machines ICEM, Istanbul.    1998
  50 An active electro-dynamic braking circuit for wind turbines C.Nagamani Nicholas Jenkins L.M. Craig International Conference on Proc Annual Conference of British Wind Energy Association, UK. 1996
  51 A study on unsymmetrically fired phase controlled rectifier as a static VAR generator V.N. Nandakumar, C.Nagamani, M. Ramamoorty I International Conference on Proc, IEEE Region TENCON, New Delhi.       1991
  52 Some studies on design and voltage regulation of capacitor self excited induction generators SS Murthy, CS Jha,  BP Singh, CR Vidyashankar, C Nagamani,                  A K Tandon International Conference on Proc, 2nd Electrical Machines - Design and Applications, IEE, London. 1985

LIST OF NATIONAL CONFERENCES

Sl. No. Title Authors International Conference  Details Year
  1 A Buck-Boost Converter with DC Link Voltage Boost for Minimizing Torque Ripple in Brushless DC Motor Rajesh, K.,  Sunkara Durga Prasad Nagamani, C., Saravana Ilango, G 20th National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), NIT Trichy, Dec. 14-16, 2018 2018
  2 Identification of Faults in PV Array using Maximal Overlap Discrete Wavelet Transform  Sreelakshmy J,  B. Pradeep Kumar, G. Saravana Ilango,  C. Nagamani 20th National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), NIT Trichy, Dec. 14-16, 2018 2018
  3 Degradation detection of PV arrays using extremum-seeking control based MPPT   R Hariharan, M Chakkarapani, GS Ilango, C Nagamani 19th National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), IIT Bhubaneswar, Dec. 19-21, 2016 2016
  4 Computation of rotor position of DFIM using Rotor side Phase Locked Loop C Nagamani, GS Ilango, MAA Rani, A Prasanthini 19th National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), IIT Bhubaneswar, Dec. 19-21, 2016 2016
  5 An implicit rotor speed computation algorithm for squirrel cage induction motor C Nagamani, MAA Rani, GS Ilango, NP Kumar 19th National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), IIT Bhubaneswar, Dec. 19-21, 2016 2016
6 Laboratory implementation of position/speed sensor-less power control of the grid connected doubly fed induction generator A.Karthikeyan, C.Nagamani  “National Economy and Social Transformation through Advances in Electrical Engineering (NESTE AEE 2011)”. 2011
7 Investigation of sensor-less speed estimation scheme for three phase squirrel cage induction machine under varied supply voltage conditions A.Karthikeyan, C.Nagamani  “National Economy and Social Transformation through Advances in Electrical Engineering (NESTE AEE 2011)” August 2011 2011
8 A Hybrid Excited Induction Generator for Stand-Alone Applications A.Karthikeyan, P.V.Subba Reddy, C.Nagamani, G.Saravana Ilango Proc National Conference on Electrical Systems and Renewable Energy, NESR-2011, Trichy, March, 2011 2011
9 Decoupled Control of Rotor Speed and Stator Reactive Power in a Wound Rotor Induction Motor without Speed or Position Sensor AritraBasu Ray Chaudhury, A.Karthikeyan, C.Nagamani, G.Saravana Ilango Proc. National conference on control of power electronic drives and systems CPEDS-2010,Visakhapatnam,  2010 2010
10 Investigation of sensor-less speed estimation scheme for three phase squirrel cage induction machine under varied supply voltage conditions AritraBasu Ray Chaudhury, A.Karthikeyan, C.Nagamani, G. SaravanaIlango 4 th National conference on Instrumentation and Control Engineering, ICECON ’09, NIT Trichy 2009
11 Parameter Investigation by Application of Neural Network to MIAB Welding Process Where Rotating Arc Distributes Energy to Melt the Tubes S. Arungalai Vendan, BaskarBabu, C. Nagamani  “National Welding Seminar Organized by Indian Institute of Welding” in 3-5 Feb 2009 in Mumbai 2009
12 DSP based Laboratory Implementation of SVPWM for Shunt Active Filter J.Chelladurai, G. SaravanaIlango, C.Nagamani D.Aravindan NCIEE’09 conducted by PSG college of Technology,Coimbatore, Aug 27-28,2009. 2009
13 Analysis of Power Oscillation Damping using UPFC in a SMIB system G.Saravana ilango, C.Nagamani D.Aravindan  ‘NCEEE08’ – Anna University, Tamil Nadu. March 20 – 21, 2008. (Received 2nd best paper award in the conference). 2008
14 Application of Adaptive Back Stepping Control Technique for Damping of Power System Oscillations with UPFC G.Saravana Ilango, D. Aravindan C. Nagamani Fifteenth National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), IIT Bombay, December 2008, pp. 72-77 2008
15 Independent Active and Reactive Power Control Using UPFC with State Feedback Control. G.Saravana Ilango, C.Nagamani , M.Lalitkumar J.Chelladurai ICECON -2007, NIT Trichy ,Dec 27th -29th, 2007, pp-77-81 2008
16 Laboratory Implementation of UPFC for Independent Control of Real and Reactive Power Flows G.Saravana Ilango, C.Nagamani, A.Karthikeyan National Power Electronics Conference NPEC, 2007, IISC Bangalore, 2007   2007
17 Artificial neural Network based UPFC for effective power flow control G.Saravana Ilango, C.Nagamani , A.KarthikeyanS.Chandra Mohan I ICECON -2007, NIT Trichy, Dec. 27th -29th, 2007, pp-7-13. 2007
18 Investigations of UPFC for independent real and reactive power flow control K. Ravi Shanker, C.Nagamani K. Shanti Swarup National Power Systems Conference NPEC 2004, Chennai, Dec.2004. 2007
19  ‘GA Based Parameter Identification for Effective Electro-dynamic Braking of Wind Turbines’ M.V. Hanumantha Rao, C.Nagamaniand N. Kumaresan ICECON-03, T iruchirappalli, Dec. 2003.   2003
20 Effect of Regulating Control Excitation Phase on the Performance of a Doubly Fed T win Stator Induction Motor C.Nagamani Dr. V. Ramaswamy Twelfth National Power System Conference NPSC-2002, I.I.T, Kharagpur, 27-29 Dec.2002 2002
21 Static power factor controller for LT distribution systems C.Nagamani, V.N.Nandakumar K.N.S.Murthy All India symposium on Compensation for magnetization currents in motors, Hyderabad, Nov. 1989 1989

C.Books/ book chapters authored/ co-authored

Book Title

Handbook of Distribute Generation-Electric Power Technologies, Economics and Environmental Impacts

Book/Book Chapter

Chapter-5 Sensor-Less Estimation Of Rotor Position In a Doubly Fed Induction Machine

Publisher Name

Springer International Publishing

National/International

 

ISBN

978-3-319-51343-0, Edition: 1,2017

Year of Publication & Revised Edition

2017

Text Book/Reference Book

Reference book