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Dr. Malaiyandi ARUNACHALAM

Present Designation:

, Electronics Division , Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

Areas of Interest:

  • Power Electronics applications to Power Systems
  • Renewable Energy Systems
  • Smart Grids , microgrids
  • HVDC
  • FACTS

Specialisation:

High Power Converters & Controls for HVDC & FACTS

Major Professional Contributions:

  • INGENUOUSLY DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED AIR INSULATED FIBRE-OPTICALLY TRIGGERED AND WATER COOLED THYRISTOR VALVES IN FOR HVDC and FACTS
  • DEVELOPMENT OF STATCOM ± 500 KVAr

  • DEVELOPMENT OF THYRISTOR VALVE & CONTROL FOR PHASE SHIFTING TRANSFORMER

  • DEVELOPMENT OF THYRISTOR VALVE AND CONTROL FOR THYRISTOR CONTROLLED SERIES CAPACITORS.

  • TESTING OF THYRISTOR VALVES FOR HVDC & SVC USING EXISTING CIRCUIT BREAKER FACILITY OF CPRI, BANGALORE WITH MARGINAL MODIFICATIONS.

Consultancy Areas:

  • Design of HVDC  and FACTS Converters classical and Voltage Sourced.
  • Power electronics applications to power systems
  • Real Time Digital Simulation
  • Testing of FACTS and HVDC converter valves
  • Special test circuits for testing of HVDC and FACTS valves

Sector Associated With:

  • Power
  • Industry
  • Engineering Education

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

  • Educational / Academic institutions 
  • Industry (Private), Industry (PSUs), R&D Organizations
  • Government (including funding agencies)
  • Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists
  • Consultancy Firms
  • Private Agencies
  • Individuals

Professional Experience

  • Various positions up to General Manager at Electronics Division, BHEL, Bangalore ( 1978 to 2008).
  • Senior Specialist (EE) at Electronics Division, BHEL, Bangalore (2008 to 2012).
  •  Professor and Head, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at RajaRajeswari College of Engineering, Bangalore ( 2013 to 2019).
  • Visiting Professor , School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering , REVA University , Bangalore 560064 since 2019

Keywords

HVDC, FACTS, Drives, Dynamic performance, NHVDC, SVC, STATCOM, CSR

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Education

Ph.D. , MSc (Engg). , B.E.

Awards and Recognitions

  • Elected as Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • Awarded Distinguished Visiting Professorship under AICTE-INAE scheme of Industry- Institute Interaction.
  • BHEL EXCEL Awards under category - BHEL Anusandan Puraskar 2 times:2001-02 & 2002-03
  •       BHEL EXCEL Award under category –Takniki Lekh (An Award for TechnicalPaper) in the year   2004-05 
  • Seven Productivity projects during my tenure at BHEL
  •     Seven Patents granted in the area of HVDC and FACTS

vi) IEEE POWER AND ENERGY SOCIETY (PES) BANGALORE CHAPTER OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD 2018 for the outstanding contributions to the Indian Power Sector.

 

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INAE Section Affiliated

V: Electrical Engineering

Year of Election to Fellowship

2005

Year of Birth

1948

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