Dr. N.Kalaiarasi

Associate Professor
Area : Power Electronics 
Email id: kalaiarn@srmist.edu.in
Affiliation:  Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kattankulathur Campus, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University)

Education

Other Details

Courses handled:

• Electric Drives, Analog and Digital Electronics, Power converters, Discrete Transform and Signal Processing

Research Interests

•  Power converters for PV and wind energy conversion, Multilevel Inverters, Z-Source Inverters, Artificial Intelligence Technique.

Selected Publications

Journals

• N.Kalaiarasi, Subhranshu Sekhar Dash, S.Paramasivam, C.Bharatiraja, “Investigation on ANFIS aided MPPT Technique for PV fed ZSI Topologies in Standalone Applications”, Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, April 1, 2021, Vol.24, No.2, pg 261-269. http://dx.doi.org/10.6180/jase.202104_24(2).0015 (IF: 0.28, SNIP: 0.329)
• Anitha.D, Uthra R, Kalaiarasi.N, Om Prakash Dewangan, Pankaj Prasad, “Simple Power Factor Correction Unit for Domestic Applications “, International Journal of Solid State Technology, Vol 63, No.3, pg., 957-967, 2020
• Uthra R, Anitha.D, Kalaiarasi.N, “A Novel Approach on DC – DC Converter based Road Power Generation System, International Journal of Solid State Technology Vol 63, No.3, pg., 752-758, 2020.
• N.Kalaiarasi, Tamaghn Kasibhatta, Anusha Chowdhury, Subham kumar Bal,  “Control of Hybrid PV System with HESS”, International Journal of Solid State Technology, Vol 63, No.3, pg., 1008-1019, 2020
• N.Kalaiarasi, Harris b Mathews, Soumya Saraswati, Anoushka Bagade “Water Pumping Solution with Solar Power Using ZSI Connected Induction Motor”, International Journal of Solid State Technology, Vol 63, No.3, pg., 457-465, 2020.
• N.Kalaiarasi, D.Anitha, R.Uthra, “Improved SEPIC with NPCMLI for Torque Ripple Minimization in BLDC Motor”, International Journal of Solid State Technology, Vol 63, No.3, Pg., 449-456, 2020.
• Nallathambi, K., Rangarajan, U., and Daniel, A., “Design and Analysis of Sigma Z-Source Inverter for PV Applications,” SAE Technical Paper 2019-28-0123, 11 oct 2019, doi:10.4271/2019-28-0123.
• Nallathambi, K., Daniel, A., and Rangarajan, U., “Simulation Analysis of Single-Phase Matrix Converter for Cycloconverter Operation Using SPWM with Under and Over Modulation Technique,” SAE Technical Paper 2019-28-0120, 11 oct 2019, doi:10.4271/2019-28-0120.
• Daniel, A., Rangarajan, U., and Nallathambi, K., “Modulation Strategy for Minimization of Leakage Current in Grid-Connected PV Panels,” SAE Technical Paper 2019-28-0114, 11 oct 2019, doi:10.4271/2019-28-0114.
• Kalaiarasi N, Anitha D, Uthra R, “Control and Design Constraints of Compensators for Mitigation of Harmonics in Photovoltaic Inverter”, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), Vol-8, Issue-2S11, September 2019
• R.Uthra, D.Anitha, N.Kalaiarasi, “Reactive Power Compensation in Wind Energy system”, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), Vol-8, Issue-1S4, June 2019.
• D.Anitha, R.Uthra, N.Kalaiarasi, “Simulation of Grid-connected Photovoltaic System with Real and Reactive Power Control”, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), Vol-8, Issue-1S4, June 2019
• Kalaiarasi N, Subhranshu Sekhar Dash, Sanjeevi Kumar Padmanabhan, Paramasivam S and Pandav Kiran Morati, “Maximum Power Point Tracking Implementation by Dspace Controller Integrated Through Z-Source Inverter Using Particle Swarm Optimization Technique for Photovoltaic Applications” Applied Sciences Journal, Jan 2018 (SCI-1.679)
• N.Kalaiarasi, R.Rajarajeswari, Vaibhav jain, Praveen Shankar,” PV Based Multi-Level Inverter Capable of Power Factor Control with DC Link Switches Using POD Technique”, International journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol 12,No1, 2017, Special issue, print ISSN 0973-4562.
• N.Kalaiarasi, S.Paramasivam, S.S. Dash, “Three-Level Quasi Z-Source inverter using Multi-Carrier PWM Technique for PV applications”, International Journal Control Theory and Applications, Vol 10, Issue 16, pp 151-158, 2017. (SNIP-1.466).
• N.Kalaiarasi, E.Nagalakshmaiah, Subhranshu Sekhar Dash, S.Paramasivam, “Development and Analysis of ANN Based MPPT SL-Z-Source Inverter for Photovoltaic Systems”, International Journal Control Theory and Applications, Vol 9, Issue 39, pp 313-323, 2016. (SNIP-1.466).
• N.Kalaiarasi, Ravi Varma, S.Paramasivam and S.S.Dash,“DC-AC Cascaded Nine level converter for Battery Management Applied in Electric vehicles” published in International Journal Control Theory and Applications, Vol 9, Issue 15, pp 7035-7048, 2016. (SNIP-1.466).
• N.Kalaiarasi, S.Paramasivam and Subhranshu Sekhar Dash “Implementation of Switching circuit between Grid and photovoltaic system with fixed and Movable Tracking” International Journal of Chem-Tech Research, ISSN  0974-4290, Vol 9, No 6, pp 367-375, 2016, (SNIP-0.373).

Papers Published in Journals/Conferences

• Journal Publications: 31
• National conference: 02
• International conference: 14

Projects Guidance

• No. of PhD scholars guiding currently: 2
• No. of PG projects guided: 15
• No. of UG projects guided: 25

Academic Experiences

• Associate Professor, Dept of EEE, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University), Kattankulathur, since September 2021 to till date.
• Assistant Professor (Sr.G), Dept of EEE, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University), Kattankulathur, from 2012 to October 2021.
• Assistant Professor, Dept of EEE, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University), Kattankulathur, from 2004 to 2012.

Other Professional Experiences

• Actively Involved in report preparation for ABET 2010, 2016 and NAAC 2012.
• In charge for Annual report prepared for the EEE department from 2014 to till date.
• Main Campus University Exam Cell Member
• Registration committee member in 98th Indian Science Congress held at SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University), January 3-7, 2011
• Convocation Registration committee member: From 2009 to 2017
• Admissions:  involved in Entrance question paper setting from 2009 to 2016 and was involved in the conduction of entrance exam during 2009.
• Department BOS member for SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University).
• Involved in Syllabus framing - 2007, 2013 and 2018 Curriculum and syllabus
• Paper presentation- Event In charge for AARUUSH from 2009 to 2016
• PG project coordinator and review committee member.
• UG Project coordinator for 2010 and assessment committee member from 2011 to till date.
• Research lab II In charge.
• Technical committee member and Session In charge, International Conference on Electrical Engineering Systems and Power Electronics in Emerging Economies, April 16-17, 2009, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University)
• Session In charge and Technical committee member, International conference on swarm Evolutionary and Memetic Computing, SEMCCO 2010. December 16-18 2010, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University).
• Organizing committee member and session chair, International conference on swarm Evolutionary and Memetic Computing, SEMCCO 2013, December 2013, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University).
• Organizing committee member and session in charge- International conference on “Joint International Conference on, “Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Computations in Engineering Systems (ICAIECES-2016) & Power, Circuit and Information Technologies (ICPCIT-2016), 19-21 May 2016.

Workshops, Seminars, FDP organized

• Co-Ordinator for workshop on “Smart Grid and Smart Metering Technologies”, 10th & 11th September 2015.   
• Co-Ordinator for workshop on “Issues in Smart Grid and Green Energy Technology” (ISGGET-2016), 1st & 2nd September 2016.  
• Organized webinar on Smart Grid Tool for Assessing Power System Performance, March 29, 2021
• Conducted a one-credit course " EE1501-Smart grid and Smart Metering Technologies and its Applications" in Collaboration with the Flux-Gen Industries, from 21.3.2015 to 09.05.2015 (4 weeks course).

Workshops, Seminars, FDP and Conferences Attended

• ISTE sponsored Induction Training Programme on 13-14th August 2004, SRMIST.
• Work shop on “Research Methodology and Skills” on17th, Feb 2006, SRMIST
• Workshop on “Simulation Soft wares” on 14-15th, Nov 2006, SSN Engineering College.
• STTP on “Modeling of FACTS Devices and its Applications” 27-28th, July2007, SRMIST.
• National level Workshop on “Application of Microcontrollers for Embedded Systems” 24-25th July 2009, EASWARI Engineering College.
• STTP on “Exploring MATLAB and its Tools” October 2nd -5th ,2009, SRMIST and Raghu Ram Associates, Chennai
• National level Workshop on “Simulation Software for Engineering Applications” 10-11th Dec 2009, SRMIST.
• National level Workshop on “Advances in Design and Control for Performance Enhancement in Permanent Magnet Motors” APRIL 20 & 21 -2011, PODICHERRY UNIVERSITY
• Workshop on “Basic Electronics”, June28-July 8, 2011, IIT BOMBAY.
• Workshop on “Writing Technical Paper” at RMD Engineering College on 31st March 2012.
• National level Workshop on “Power Conversion Technologies for Renewable Energy Systems” May 06-08, 2013, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai.
• DST sponsored International workshop on “Computational Intelligence in Engineering Applications” December 20, 2013.
• Workshop on “Smart Grid and Smart Metering Technologies”, EEE dept collaboration with Flux-gen Technologies on 10th and 11th Sep 2015.
• Workshop on “Innovative Research opportunities in Sustainable Energy Technologies” 25th & 26th Feb 2016, SRMIST.
• National level workshop on “Alternate Energy Resources, Conversion and Storage”, January 24-25, 2017, SRMIST, Ramapuram.
• National workshop on “Effective writing of Engineering Journal Paper and Thesis” 16th-17th March, 2017, SRMIST.
• National workshop on “Implementation of FPGA for Power Electronic Drives”, 24th March 2017.
• IET sponsored FDP on “Power System Analysis-Using ETAP” held on 22nd & 23rd June 2017, Dept. of EEE, KCG college of Technology.
• One day workshop on “Recent Trends in Renewable Energy Sources” on 21st July, 2017, Dept. of Mechatronics, SRMIST.
• FDP on “Microgrid and grid Integration Issues of Distributed Generation”, IEEE Madras section, SRMIST, 25-27 July 2018.
• PEER Basic workshop by GBCI, 28th August 2018.
• Workshop on “Battery Technology for E-Vehicle”, during 26th to 28th December, 2019 at IIITDM, Kancheepuram.
• Wind energy Conversion System Challenges- A Global Perspective, 19th May 2020, IEI and SRMIST
• Future of AI, 20th may 2020, IETE Mumbai and Pantech
• Simulation-Driven Innovation for e-Mobility, May 27, 2020, Altair Engineering
• Grid Integration of wind Energy conversion system, 4th -6th June 2020, IEI and SRMIST
• Signal Processing Applications in Biomedical Engineering from 23rd -25th June 2020, Dept of EEE, SIR M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore.
• Smarter Teaching with Keysight University Teaching Solutions, 25th June 2020, Keysight Technologies.

Online Courses:

• AI for Everyone from Coursera, 2020
• Electric Power Systems from Coursera, 2020
• Photovoltaic Solar Energy from Coursera, 2020
• Wind Energy from Coursera, 2020
• Electric cars: introduction from Edx, 2020
• Outcome based Pedagogic Principles of Effective Teaching - NPTEL, from Aug-sep 2018 (4 Weeks)
• Electric Vehicles- Part I - NPTEL, Feb-Mar 2019 (4 Weeks)
• Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks - NPTEL, Feb-Apr 2019 (8 Weeks)
• Introduction to the smart grid - NPTEL, Jul-sept 2019 (8 Weeks)
• Microelectronics - Devices to Circuits, NPTEL, Jul-Oct 2019 (12 Weeks)
• On line course “Basics of Electrical Technology” from Alison, 2013.
• Online Honor code certificate for the course "Energy –The Technology You Must Know in the 21stcentury” from edx, 2014.
• Online Honor code certificate for the course "Solar Energy" from edx,2014.
• Online Honor code certificate for the course "Principle of Electric Circuits" from edx,2015.
• Online Honor code certificate for the course "Energy Subsidy Reform" from edx, 2016.
• Online Honor code certificate for the course "English Grammar and Essay Writing" from edx,2016.
• Online Honor code certificate for the course "Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Excel "from edx, 2016.

Achievements and Awards:

• Recognized for 100% result in Analysis of Rectifiers and DC choppers in the year 2004-05.
• Winner up in Throw Ball in the Inter House Staff Tournament held from 10-12th March 2011.
• Staff Coordinator in Prasentatio Event in Aaruush 13, 18th -21st September 2013.
• Cash award Rs.2000 for publication achievement during the year 2012–13.
• Cash award Rs.10000 for publication achievement during the year 2014–15.

Membership:

• Life Member- ISTE (LM104601), MIE (M-165855-1),
• Member- IEEE, ISCA, IRED, IAENG, ISRD