Journal Publications
B. Bijukumar, M. Chakkarapani and S. I. Ganesan, "On the Importance of Blocking Diodes in Thermoelectric Generator Arrays and their Effect on MPPs Under Temperature Mismatch Conditions,” IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, doi: 10.1109/TEC.2023.3289311.
Rani, MA Asha, M. Chakkarapani, C. Nagamani, and G. Saravana Ilango, 2022 “An Improved Angular Stator Flux Frequency Computation Method for Robust MPPT Operation of DFIG under Unbalanced Grid Voltage”, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications. 59(1), 1162 – 1174. DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3211912
B. Pradeep Kumar, M. Nitheesh kumar, M. Chakkarapani, G. Saravana Ilango, C. Nagamani, " Estimation of PV Module Degradation Through Extraction of I-V Curve at Inverter Pre-Startup Condition," IET Renewable Power Generation, Vol.14, Issue no. 17, Pages 3479-3486, Dec 2020. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2020.0316
B. P. Kumar, D. S. Pillai, N. Rajasekar, M. Chakkarapani and G. S. Ilango, "Identification and Localization of Array Faults with Optimized Placement of Voltage Sensors in a PV System," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 5921-5931, July 2021, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2020.2998750.
P. K. Boggarapu, Chakkarapani Manickam, B. Lehman, S. I. Ganesan and N. Chilakapati, "Identification of Pre-existing/Undetected Line-to-Line Faults in PV Array Based on Preturn on/off Condition of the PV Inverter," in IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, vol. 35, no. 11, pp. 11865-11878, Nov. 2020, doi: 10.1109/TPEL.2020.2987856.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Conference Publications
Krishna,Pydi Bala, M. A., Asha Rani, Patra, Rashmi Ranjan, Kumar, Amit, M, Chakkarapani, Debbarma, Mamata “Magnetizing Current Harmonics Mitigation Technique for Robust DFIG Operation Under Grid Voltage Distortions” 2023 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (IEEE SeFeT 2023), 9th -12th August 2023, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (Accepted).
M. Chakkarapani, N. Aranganathan and G. S. Ilango, "A Simple Current Sensorless Scheme for MPPT Implementation in Low Power Thermoelectric Generators," 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Technologies (GlobConHT), Male, Maldives, 2023, pp. 1-10, doi: 10.1109/GlobConHT56829.2023.10087722.
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 International Conference on Power Electronics and Energy-2021, ICPEE 2021, KIIT Bhubaneswar, 2nd -3rd January 2021.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Book Chapter
Chakkarapani, M., M. A. Asha Rani, G. Saravana Ilango, and Pranjit Barman, Book on Schiff Base Metal Complexes: Synthesis and Applications, “Application in Industrial Field – Chapter 18, ISBN : 9783527839476, Edition: 1, 2023, DOI : 10.1002/9783527839476.ch18, Publisher: Wiley-VCH GmbH.
Asha Rani, Chakkarapani Manickam and Pranjit Barman, Book on Renewable Materials and Green Technology Products: Environmental and Safety Aspects, “GREEN ENERGY: RENEWABLE POWER GENERATION FROM SOLAR: Impact of Irradiation, Materials & & Aging on Solar Power Generation, and Green Materials for Solar Power Extraction” – Chapter 5, ISBN : 9781003055471, Edition: 1, 2020, DOI : 10.1201/9781003055471, Publisher: CRC Press of Taylor & Francis Group.
Patents
B. Bijukumar, M. Chakkarapani, G. Saravana Ilango, C. Nagamani, K. Srinivasan, “A Method and a System for Extracting Maximum Power in Thermoelectric Generators (Patent No.: 425257, Date of Grant: 15/03/2023), Intellectual Property of India. (Granted)
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.
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.
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.
