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    Dr M Chakkarapani

    Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    Assistant Professor
    Ph D 2017 Electrical and Electronics Engineering National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
    M Tech 2010 Process Control and Instrumentation National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
    B Tech 2008 Electrical and Electronics Engineering National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli
    July 2017 to March 2021 Associate Professor Madanapalli Institute of Technology and Science, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh
    June 2010 to June 2012 Lecturer Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai
    • Control Systems
    • Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Systems

    International Journals

    1. B. Pradeep Kumar, Dhanup. S. Pillai, N. Rajasekar, M. Chakkarapani, G. Saravana Ilango, " Identification and Localization of Array Faults with Optimized Placement of Voltage Sensors in a PV System," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (accepted for publication, DOI:10.1109/TIE.2020.2998750).
    2. B. Pradeep kumar, M. Chakkarapani, B. Lehman, G. Saravana Ilango, and C. Nagamani, "Identification of Pre-existing/Undetected Line-to-Line Faults in PV Array Based on Pre-turn ON/OFF Condition of the PV Inverter," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 5, no. 11, April 2020. (DOI:10.1109/TPEL.2020.2987856)
    3. Chandrasekar Venkatesan, Chakkarapani Manickam, Maddikara Jaya Bharata Reddy, Saravana Ilango Ganesan, Nagamani Chilakapati; Enhanced Power Output from the PV with Low Input Ripple DC-DC Converter; Electric Power Components and Systems; vol. 46; no. 11-12; pp. 1288-1299; 2018.
    4. CK Aravind, B Indu Rani, Chakkarapani Manickam, Josep M Guerrero, Saravana Ilango Ganesan, Chilakapati Nagamani; Performance evaluation of Type-3 PLLs under wide variation in input voltage and frequency; IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics; vol.5, no.3, pp.971-981, 2017.
    5. M Chakkarapani, R Guru Raghav, R Guru Praanesh, G Saravana Ilango, C Nagamani, “Fireworks Enriched P&O Algorithm for GMPPT and Detection of Partial Shading in PV Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 32, no. 6, pp. 4432 – 4443, June. 2017.
    6. Chakkarapani Manickam, Guru Raghav Raman, Guru Praanesh Raman, Ganesan Saravana Ilango and Chilakapati Nagamani, “A Hybrid Algorithm for Tracking of Global MPP based on Perturb and Observe and Particle Swarm Optimization with Reduced Power Oscillation in String Inverter”, IEEE Transaction on Industrial Electronics, vol. 63, no. 10, pp. 6097 – 6106, Oct. 2016.
    7. R Hariharan, M Chakkarapani, G Saravana Ilango and  C Nagamani, “A Method to Detect Photovoltaic Array Faults and Partial Shading in PV Systems”, IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 1278 – 1285, July, 2016
    8. Chakkarapani Manickam, Guru Raghav Raman, Guru Praanesh Raman, Ganesan Saravana Ilango and Chilakapati Nagamani, “An Efficient Global MPPT technique for a Partially Shaded Photovoltaic String”, IET Power Electronics vol. 9, no. 14, pp. 2637 – 2644, June, 2016.

    International/National Conference

    1. M. A. Asha Rani, M. Chakkarapani, C.Nagamani, G. Saravana Ilango and M. Jaya Bahrata Reddy, “Performance Evaluation of R-PLL for Robust Sensorless Operation of DFIG under Harmonics, DC Offset and Phase Jump in Grid Voltage”, IEEE I International Conference on Conference Power Electronics and Energy-2021, ICPEE 2021, KIIT Bhubaneswar, 2nd -3rd January 2021 (accepted for publication).
    2. Mohan Anitha Asha Rani, Manickam Chakkarapani, Chilakapati Nagamani and Ganesan Saravana Ilango, “An Improved Angular Stator Flux Frequency Computation Method for Enhanced MPPT Operation of DFIG under Unbalanced Grid Voltage”, IEEE 17th India Council Conference 2020, INDICON 2020, Netaji Subhas University of Technology, New Delhi, 11th – 13th December 2020 (accepted for publication).
    3. M. A. Asha Rani, M. Chakkarapani, Sreejith S. and Swapna Mansani, “Maximum Power Extraction from a Wind Driven DFIG under Unbalanced Grid Voltage”, 2nd International Conference on “Power Engineering Computing and Control (PECCON-2019), Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, 12th -14th December 2019.
    4. R Nitheesh, B Pradeep Kumar, M Chakkarapani, G Saravana Ilango, C Naga mani; “Detection and quantification of degradation using time constant of PV voltage”, 8th  National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC)-2017 , College of Engineering Pune 18th  -20th  December 2017.
    5. R Hariharan, M Chakkarapani and G. Saravana Ilango, “Challenges in the Detection of Line-line Faults in PV Arrays due to Partial Shading”, International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS), 07-08 Apr 2016, St.Xavier's Catholic College of Engineering, Nagercoil, India.
    6. Guru Raghav Raman, Guru Praanesh Raman, Chakkarapani Manickam, and Saravana Ilango Ganesan, “Dragonfly Algorithm Based Global Maximum Power Point Tracker for Photovoltaic Systems” International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, pp. 211-219, Springer International Publishing, Bali, Indonesia, June 25-30, 2016.
    7. M Chakkarapani, R Guru Praanesh, R Guru Raghav, G. Saravana Ilango and C.Nagamani, “On the Issues in MPPT implementation for PV systems”, International Conference on “21st Century Energy Needs – Materials, Systems and Applications 2016 (ICTFCEN-2016), IIT Kharagpur, 17th – 19th November 2016.
    8. R Hariharan, M Chakkarapani, G. Saravana Ilango and C.Nagamani “Degradation detection of PV arrays using Extremum-seeking control based MPPT”, 19th National Power Systems Conference NPSC-2016, IIT Bhubaneswar, 19th -21st, December 2016.

    Patents Filed

    1. B. Bijukumar, M. Chakkarapani, G. Saravana Ilango, C. Nagamani, K. Srinivasan, “A Method and System for Implementing Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) Technique for Extracting the Maximum Power in Thermoelectric Generator (TEG) Systems”. Application No.201741030634 dated July 28, 2018.
    2. B Pradeep Kumar, M. Chakkarapani, G. Saravana Ilango, C. Nagamani, “Method for Extracting the I-V Curve of the Photovoltaic (PV) Module”, Application Number 201941037604 dated September 23, 2019.
    3. Dhanup S Pillai, N Rajasekhar, B Pradeep Kumar, M. Chakkarapani, G. Saravana Ilango, “An Array Fault Localization Method for PV System Using Minimal Number of Voltage Sensors”, Application number: 202041019653, dated: May 09, 2020.
    4. Asha Rani M. A., M. Chakkarapani, Pranjit Barman, Nagamani and G. Saravana Ilango, “A Grid-Tied Solar Powered Pump”, Application Number: 202031020654, dated: July 10, 2020.
    1. Received "NPTEL Discipline STAR" Certificate from NPTEL, SWAYAM in Jan. 2020.
    2. Received "Top Performing Mentor" Certificate from NPTEL, SWAYAM  for the course “Principles of Signals and Systems” in Jan-June 2018.
    3. Received "Best Faculty Award" from Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai in 2011-2012.
    4. Qualified "Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)" in 2007 & 2008.
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