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Thanga Raj Chelliah
Head Of The Department
thanga.chelliah[at]wr.iitr.ac.in
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Research Interests
Variable Speed Pumped Storage Plants, Power Electronics and Electric Machines, Waste -to-Energy Generation, Marine Electrification, Cyber Security for Hydropower Plants
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Educational Details
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
2009
Ph.D, Optimal Design and Control of Three-Phase Induction Motors
Government College of Engg. Tirunelveli (Anna Univ., Chennai)
2005
M. Eng, Power Electronics and Drives (First Class with Distinction)
Coimbatore Institute of Technology (Government Aided Autonomous Institution)
2002
B. Eng, Electrical and Electronics (First Class)
Government Polytechnic College Nagercoil
1996
Dip. Eng, Electrical and Electronics (First Class with Honours)
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
Development of Hack-Free Hydro Plant Control Systems 01 Apr 2021 Cybersecurity 1.5 Crore National Mission on Cyber Physical Systems, iHub DivyaSampark
Design and Development of Municipal-Solid-Waste-Fueled Battery Charging Station Using Solar Assisted Plasma Pyrolysis 01 Jan 2023 Waste to Energy 75 Lacs Ministry of Education
Identify, quantify, and isolate rotor interturn faults in Large Synchronous Motors 01 Sep 2023 Electrical Engg. 75 Lacs ABB Global Industries and Services Pvt. Ltd. Prof. Jeevanand, Prof. Bhavesh Balja
Minimizing of damages in case of phase-to-phase short circuit fault in stator winding 01 Feb 2025 Hydropower 55.16 Lacs NHPC Limited, India Siba Kumar Patro (EED)
Development of Decision Support System for Integrated Operation of Tehri Hydropower Complex 01 Jun 2022 Hydro-Electric Systems 66.7 Lacs THDC India Limited Prof. Kasiviswananthan, Prof. Premalata Jena
SOLUTIONS FOR HVAC ENERGY OPTIMIZATION RECOVERY AND GENERATION THROUGH WASTE 01 Apr 2024 Energy Recovery 42 lacs NBCC INDIA LIMITED
Hydro Energy Storage: Robust Computing and Control Technologies for Enhanced Energy Efficiency 01 Jan 2013 Hydro Energy Storage: Robust Computing and Control Technologies for Enhanced Energy Efficiency 20.1 Lacs Department of Science and Technology, INDIA
Doubly-Fed Induction Machines under Grid Disturbances 01 Jan 2014 Doubly-Fed Induction Machines under Grid Disturbances 33 Lakh THDC India Limited
Design of Fault Tolerance and Reconfiguration Control in VSPSP 01 Jan 2019 Design of Fault Tolerance and Reconfiguration Control in VSPSP 49 Lacs CPRI Bangalore
Doubly Fed Induction Machine as a Propulsion Motor in Tugboats to Improve Fuel Efficiency 01 Jan 2016 Doubly Fed Induction Machine as a Propulsion Motor in Tugboats to Improve Fuel Efficiency 33.97 Lacs Ministry of Shipping Shri U S Ramesh (Indian Maritime University, Visakhapatnam)
Cost Verification of 3X42MW Hydropower Projects 01 Jan 2014 Cost Verification of 3X42MW Hydropower Projects 60 Lacs Megalaya Energy Corporation Ltd. Prof. deepak Khare
Reduction of Switching Transients in Doubly Fed Induction Machines used in Large Pumped Storage Plan 01 Jan 2016 Reduction of Switching Transients in Doubly Fed Induction Machines used in Large Pumped Storage Plan 24.75 Lakh CPRI Bangalore
Mitigation of Active Power Oscillations in Hydro-Generators (invited project) 01 Jan 2019 Mitigation of Active Power Oscillations in Hydro-Generators (invited project) 2500000 THDC India Limited
Control of variable speed pumped storage hydropower plants and energy balancing 01 Jan 2011 Control of variable speed pumped storage hydropower plants and energy balancing 325000 INR Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee nil
Design and Experimental validation of Battery powered short endurance vessels 01 Jan 2019 Design and Experimental validation of Battery powered short endurance vessels 31 Lakh Ministry of Shipping




Collaborations
Marine Propulsion Systems
Indian Maritime University
Full Spectrum Simulator (Mini) for Power Electronic Converters and Drives
CDAC Thiruvananthapuram
Control Engineering
University of Parma, Italy
Patents

 

Patents (granted/filed):

9

Vishal Undre, Perwez Alam, Sonal Thengane, Thanga Raj Chelliah,  Smart Solid State Relay Indian Patent (filed).

8

Ritu Tiwari, B Pattabiraman, Abdul Mir, Kasiviswanathan K S , Thanga Raj Chelliah Speed optimization of variable head pumped storage based hydro-generation unit with enhanced capability of self- adaptive frequency Indian Patent (Presented).

7

Thanga Raj Chelliah, Mayur and S Chandrasekaran, Grid Parameter Based System and Method for Detecting Cyber-hacking of Automatic Generation Control in Electric Power Plants, Indian Patent (filed in May 2023 through iHub Divyasampark, IIT Roorkee- Appl. No. 202311035002).

6

Rupesh Kumari, Thanga Raj Chelliah, K K Prabhakaran, Intelligent Hydro Turbine Control System for Variable Speed Hydro Generating Unit, Indian Patent (granted in 2023).

5

Raghu Selvaraj, Thanga Raj Chelliah, Karthik D, Fault Tolerant Control System Large Rated Asynchronous Hydro-Generating Unit, Indian Patent (granted in 2024).

4

Vijay M, J. Ali, S. Sonandkar, T R Chelliah, Y. Hote, A control system and method to dampen SSO in variable speed pumped storage units connected with extra high voltage transmission lines, Indian Patent (filed in Dec. 2022 through iHub Divyasampark, IIT Roorkee, Appl. No. 202211069377).

3

Chandrasekar S, Mayur, Thanga Raj Chelliah, A system and method for the detection of cyberattack on automatic generation control (AGC) signal of electric power plant, Indian Patent (filed in Sept. 2022 through iHub Divyasampark, IIT Roorkee, Appl. No. 202211052352).

2

Apurbba Kumar Sharma, M. Shah Faizan, Radha Raman Mishra, T. R. Chelliah A Four Way Valve for Directional Control and Mixing of Fluids, Indian Patent (granted in 2023).

1

Thanga Raj Chelliah, Anto Joseph, D. Karthik, R Rajasingh, Deepak Khare, "A System and Method for Energy Efficient Starting of Pump Turbine Equipped with Doubly Fed Induction Machine", Indian Patent (granted in 2023).

 

Publications

Recent Publications:

30

Surabhi Verma, Thanga Raj Chelliah, "Black Start Capability of Synchronous and Asynchronous Hydro Generating Units"IEEE Trans. Industry Applications (accepted for Publication)

29

S Sunny, S. Raghu, Thanga Raj Chelliah, “PV Powered Improved Quasi-Z-Source Inverter Fed Five Phase PMSM for MArine Propulsion Systems”, IEEE Trans. Transportation Electrification (accepted for Publication)

28

Barada Nayak, Thanga Raj Chelliah, P Jena “RTDS Implementation and Stability Analysis of PSS4B Enabled Large Hydropower Plant Connected to a Series Compensated High Voltage Network”, IEEE Trans. Industry Applications (accepted for Publication)

27

Rupesh Kumari, Thanga Raj Chelliah, “Impact Analysis of Sensor Cyber-Attacks on Grid-Tied Variable Speed Hydropower Plants”, IEEE Trans. Industry Applications (accepted for Publication)

26

Vijay Mohale, T R Chelliah, Yogesh Hote “Investigation of DC-link Stabilization Through BESS for DFIM fed Hydropower Unit Under Grid Faults,” IEEE Systems Journal (accepted for Publication)

25

Vijay Mohale, T R Chelliah, Yogesh Hote “Small Signal Stability Analysis of Damping Controller for SSO Mitigation in a Large Rated Asynchronous Hydro Unit” in IEEE Trans. Industry Applications (Accepted for publication).

24

Javed Ali, Thanga Raj Chelliah and Pramod Agarwal, “Estimation of Stator Vibration in DFIM Under Various Types of Rotor Excitation”, in IEEE Trans. Industry Applications (Accepted for publication).

23

T. Vidyasagar and T. R. Chelliah, “Energy Management and Charging Portfolio Analysis for Future Battery Powered Harbor Vessels”, in IEEE Trans. Industry Applications (Accepted for publication).

22

Ritu Tiwari, T R ChelliahDesign Improvement and Tuning of Excitation System ST5B with PSS3B and Coordinated OEL in Hydropower Plant”, in IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 5895-5907, Sept.-Oct. 2022.

21

Raghu Selvaraj, T R Chelliah and Karthik D Reactive Power Circulation Based Fault Tolerance Schemes for Multi-Megawatt 3L-NPC paralleled Converters in Variable Speed Hydro Applications, in IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, 2022 (early access- DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3222647).

20

Vijay Mohale, T R Chelliah, Yogesh Hote “Analysis and Damping of Sub-Synchronous Oscillations in a 250 MW DFIM Hydro Unit Connected to Series Compensated 765 kV Transmission Lines”, in IEEE Trans. Industry Applications 2022 (early access- DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3221070).

19

Raghu Selvaraj, T R Chelliah, “Open Switch Fault Tolerance Control Strategy for Paralleled Three-level NPC Back-to-Back Power Converters Fed DFIM Units”, IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol. 10, No. 6, 2022.

18

Karthik D., S. Raghu, B Anil Kumar, Thanga Raj Chelliah, “Thermal Performance Improvement in Multi-Megawatt Power Converters Serving to Asynchronous Hydro Generators Operating Around Synchronous Speed,” IEEE Trans. Energy Conversion, Vol. 36, No.3, 2021.

17

Rupesh Kumari, K K Prabhakaran, K Desingu, T R Chelliah and S V A Sarma, “Improved Hydro-Turbine Control and Future Prospects of Variable Speed Hydropower Plant,” IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 57, No.1, 2021.

16

T. Vidyasagar and T.R. Chelliah, “A Functional Modus Operational to Design Absolute Battery Operated Short Endurance Vessels”, IEEE Transportation Electrification Community Newsletter, Special Issue on Marine Transportation Electrification, Dec. 2021 [https://tec.ieee.org/newsletter/december-2021].

15

B Anil Kumar, R Selvaraj, K desingu,Thanga Raj Chelliah, U S Ramesh, "Coordinated Control of Electric Tugboats Considering Inductive Power Transfer for better Fuel Economy" IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 56, No. 5, 2020.

14

C. Carunaiselvane, Thanga Raj Chelliah, Deepak Khare " Analysis on Thermal Behavior of Large Hydrogenerators Operating With Continuous OverloadsIEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 56, No. 2, 2020.

13

C. Carunaiselvane, T. R. Chelliah and S. V. Appa Sarma, "Simulation and experimental illustration of vibration at load rejection in a continuously overloaded large hydrogenerator", IET Renewable Power Generation, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 1550-1558, June-July 2020.

12

Karthik Desingu, Raghu Selvaraj, Thanga Raj Chelliah, "Control of Reactive Power for Stabilized Junction Temperature in Power Electronic Devices Serving to a 250 MW Asynchronous Hydro-Generating Unit" IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 55, No. 6, 2019.

11

R R Semwal, Raghu Selvaraj, Karthik Desingu, Thanga Raj Chelliah, and Anto Joseph “Two Stage Protection for Multi-Channel Power Electronics Converters-Fed Large Asynchronous Generating Unit,” IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 55, No. 6, 2019.

10

Karthik D., S. Raghu, Thanga Raj Chelliah, D. Khare “Effective Utilization of Parallel Connected Megawatt Three-Level Back-to-Back Power Converters in Variable Speed Pumped Storage Units,” IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 55, No. 6, 2019.

9

B. Anil Kumar, S. Raghu, Thanga Raj Chelliah, Deepak Khare, U. S. Ramesh, "Improved Fuel-Use Efficiency in Diesel-Electric Tugboats with an Asynchronous Power Generating Unit," IEEE Trans. Transportation Electrification, Vol. 5, No.2, 2019.

8

Anto Joseph, Raghu Selvaraj, Thanga Raj Chelliah, and K-B Lee "Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control of Megawatt Power Electronic Converters Fed Large Asynchronous Hydro-Generator", IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol.7, No.5, 2019

7

Anto Joseph and Thanga Raj Chelliah, "Multi-Channel VSI Fed Large Variable Speed Asynchronous Hydro-Condenser: Fault Analysis, Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control", IET Renewable Power Generation, Vol. 13, No.3, 2019.

6

Anto Joseph, S. Raghu, Thanga Raj Chelliah and S V AppaSarma “Starting and Braking of a Large Variable Speed Hydro-Generating Unit Subjected to Converter and Sensor Faults” IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 54, No.4, 2018.

5

R. Rajasingh, Raghu Selvaraj and Thanga Raj Chelliah, "Dynamic Performance of Doubly-Fed Hydroelectric Machines under Voltage Unbalance – A Relative Electro-Thermomechanical Analysis," IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 54, No.5, 2018.

4

Raghu Selvaraj, Thanga Raj Chelliah, Deepak Khare and C. Bharathiraja "Fault Tolerant Operation of Parallel Connected 3L- Neutral-Point Clamped Back-to-Back Converters Serving to Large Hydro-Generating Units, IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 54, No.5, 2018.

3

Anto Joseph, D. Karthik, R RSemwal, Thanga Raj Chelliah and Deepak Khare, "Dynamic Performance of Pumping Mode of 250 MW Variable Speed Hydro-Generating Unit Subjected to Power and Control Circuit Faults," IEEE Trans. Energy Conversion, Vol. 33, No.1, 2018

2

C. Bharatiraja, S. Raghu, T. R. Chelliah, M. Tariq, and J. L. Munda,, "Design and implementation of fourth arm for elimination of bearing current in NPC-MLI fed Induction motor drive," IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 54, No.1, 2018.

1

Anto Joseph and Thanga Raj Chelliah, "A Review of Power Electronic Converters for Variable Speed Pumped Storage Plants: Configurations, Operational Challenges and Future scopes", IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, Vol. 6, No.1, 2018

Publications in Conference Proceedings (in last 5 years):

 

53

Pulakraj Aryan and Thanga Raj Chelliah. “A Cyber-resilient Control Scheme for AGC of Hydropower System” 2024 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Drives and Energy Systems PEDES 2024, Surathkal, India

52

Perwez Alam and Thanga Raj Cheliah. “Design and Testing of Coordinated Controller for PV Assisted Municipal Solid Waste Fueled EV Charging Station” 2024 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Drives and Energy Systems PEDES 2024, Surathkal, India

51

Barada Prasanna Nayak, Thanga Raj Chelliah and Premalata Jena. “Dynamic Performance Evaluation of a Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Plant Connected To an EHV Transmission Network”, 22nd International Conference on Hydropower Plants - Vienna Hydro 2024, Austria

50

Ashutosh Singh and Thanga Raj Chelliah. “Sustainable System Development by Integration of Floating Solar PV and Hydrokinetic Energy into Hydropower System of India”, 22nd International Conference on Hydropower Plants - Vienna Hydro 2024, Austria

49

Surabhi Verma and Thanga Raj Chelliah. "Challenges with the Black Start Capability of Hydro Units while Upgradation of Transmission Lines." 2023 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS). IEEE, 2023

48

Mohammad Yasir Nazir, S. Chandrasekaran, and Thanga Raj Chelliah. "Pseudo Attack Based Algorithm for Detecting False Data Injection Attacks in State Estimation." 2023 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS). IEEE, 2023.

47

Vijay Mohale et al. "Design and Development of a Scaled Prototype of a 250 MW Hydrogenerator Fed 765 kV Transmission Lines to Test Sub-Synchronous Oscillation in Power System Laboratory." 2023 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (IAS). IEEE, 2023.

46

Ritu Tiwari, Thanga Raj Chelliah, and Venkata Dinavahi. "Non-linear Hydromechanical and Electrical Coupled Model of 1400MW Hydropower Plant for Governor Tuning Application." 2023 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG). IEEE, 2023

45

Ashutosh Singh and Thanga Raj Chelliah. "Technical Analysis and Feasibility study for Integration of Floating Solar System in Hydropower Reservoirs." 2023 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy (PESGRE). IEEE, 2023

44

Sruthi M P, Rupesh Kumari, T R Chelliah, “Impact Analysis of Sensor Cyber-Attacks on Grid tied Variable Speed Hydropower Plants”, 57th IEEE IAS Annual Meeting (USA), Detroit, Michigan, USA, October 9-13, 2022.

43

Vijay Mohale, Thanga Raj Chelliah “Sub Synchronous Oscillation in Asynchronous Generators Serving to Wind and Hydro Power Systems – A Review” 57th IEEE IAS Annual Meeting (USA), Detroit, Michigan, USA, October 9-13, 2022.

42

Javed Ali, Thanga Raj Chelliah and Pramod Agarwal, “Stator EMV Response of 250MW DFIM with Low Switching frequency in Rotor Side Converter” 21st International Seminar on Hydropower Plants, VIENNAHYDRO-2022, TU WEIN, Vienna, Austria, 09-11 Nov 2022.

41

Javed Ali, Thanga Raj Chelliah and Pramod Agarwal, “Electromagnetic Noise and Vibration synthesis for Wind Power Generator” ISMA 2022, an International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium, 12-14 Sept 2022.

40

V. Mohale and T. R. Chelliah, "Analysis of Sub-Synchronous Oscillations in Asynchronous Generator Serving to Hydropower Systems," 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), Trivandrum, Jan 02- 05, 2022

39

J. Ali, T. R. Chelliah and P. Agarwal, "Stator Vibration Comparison for DFIM under the Influence of Sinusoidal and Converter Excitation to Rotor Circuit," 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid, and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), Trivandrum, Jan 02- 05, 2022.

38

V. Mohale and T. R. Chelliah, "Impact of Series Compensated High Voltage Transmission Lines in the Operation of DFIM Based Hydro Unit," 2022 Second International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), NIT Raipur, Mar 01-03, 2022.

37

J. Ali, T. R. Chelliah and P. Agarwal, "Impact of Switching frequency on Electromagnetic Vibrations in Stator of Doubly fed Induction Machine2022 Second International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), NIT Raipur, Mar 01-03, 2022

36

Subramanya K and T. R. Chelliah, "DC bias Capability of Power Transformers associated with Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plants”, CBIP National Conference on 'Energy Storage including Pumped Storage – Opportunities and Challenges, Shimla,  4-5 Nov 2022.

35

Vijay Mohale and T. R. Chelliah, " Mitigation of Sub-Synchronous Oscillation in Variable Speed Pumped Storage Units Connected With 765 kV Double Circuit Transmission Lines," CBIP National Conference on 'Energy Storage including Pumped Storage – Opportunities and Challenges, Shimla,  4-5 Nov 2022.

34

Mayur, Chandrasekaran S, Thanga Raj Chelliah, “Impact of Cyber-Attack on Control of Grid-Tied Power-Electronic Converter” IEEE Power India International Conference (PIICON), NIT, Delhi, India, 25 Nov 2022.

33

Perwez Alam, and T. R. Chelliah, " Solar PV Assisted Dual Active Bridge Based Multiport EV Fast Charging Circuit," IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON), Dec 2022.

32

S. Sonandkar, and T. R. Chelliah, "DC-link Capacitor Voltage Balancing Technique for Four-Level π-Type Inverter fed PMSM for Marine Propulsion Application," IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON), Dec 2022.

31

Vijay Mohale, Javed Ali, T. R. Chelliah and Pramod Agarwal "Impact of Sub-Synchronous Resonance on Torsional Vibration of Large Rated Variable Speed Pumped Storage Unit," IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Annual On-Line Conference (ONCON), Dec 2022.

30

Subramanya K and T. R. Chelliah, "DC Bias Impact Analysis on Hydropower plant Excitation Transformer”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), MNIT, Jaipur, India, 14-17 Dec 2022.

29

S. Verma, R. Kumari, and T. R. Chelliah, “Black Start Capability of Synchronous and Asynchronous Hydro Generating Units,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), MNIT, Jaipur, India, Dec 14-17, 2022

28

Vijay Mohale, Thanga Raj Chelliah “Sub Synchronous Oscillation in Asynchronous Generators Serving to Wind and Hydro Power Systems – A Review” 56th IEEE IAS Annual Meeting (Vancouver BC, Canada), Oct. 2021

27

S. S. Sonandkar, Thnaga Raj Chelliah “A DC-link Capacitor Voltage Based Open-Switch Fault Detection and Identification Scheme for Four-Level π-Type Inverter” 56th IEEE IAS Annual Meeting (Vancouver BC, Canada), Oct. 2021

26

T. Vidyasagar, Thanga Raj Chelliah, “Sizing and Design of High Torque Direct Drive PMSM for Battery Operated Harbor Vessel” 56th IEEE IAS Annual Meeting (USA), Oct. 2021

125

Vidyasagar Tummakuri, Thanga Raj Chelliah, Deepak Ronanki, “Short Endurance Drive Cycle Analysis of MMC Based Absolute Battery Operated Harbor Vessel”, 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Toronto, Canada, 13-16 Oct. 2021

24

Vadher C P, Deepak Ronanki, Thanga Raj Chelliah “Multilevel Inverter Topologies for Marine Propulsion Systems: A Review”, 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Toronto, Canada, 13-16 Oct. 2021.

23

S. Raghu, Karthik D., Thanga Raj Chelliah “Shared-Leg Fault Tolerant Operation of Multi-Channeled Power Converters Serving to Large Rated DFIM Unit,” 2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), USA, June 2021.

22

R. Kumari, K. K. Prabhakaran and T. R. Chelliah, “Enhanced Control of Large Rated Variable Speed Hydro Generating Unit Under Unbalanced Grid Voltage Conditions”, in Proc. 21st International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering & Industrial and Commercial Power Systems, Bari, Italy, 7-10 Sept. 2021

21

R. Tiwari, K. K. Prabhakaran, T. R. Chelliah and L. P. Joshi, “Performance Analysis of Extra High Voltage 765 kV and 400 kV Hydro Power fed Transmission Lines”, in Proc. 21st International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering & Industrial and Commercial Power Systems, Bari, Italy, 7-10 Sept. 2021

20

Aakriti G., K. K. Prabhakaran, Thanga Raj Chelliah, “Electromagnetic Analysis of a Large Hydrogenerator during Symmetrical Grid Fault in a Power System Network”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC 2021), Bilaspur, Chhatisgarh, 19-22 Dec. 2021

19

Nayak B. P., K. K. Prabhakaran, Thanga Raj Chelliah, Premalata Jena, “Investigation of Power System Stabilizer PSS-3B in a large Hydro Generating Unit”, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Smart Technologies for Power, Energy and Control (STPEC 2021), Bilaspur, Chhatisgarh, 19-22 Dec. 2021

18

S. Raghu, Karthik D., Thanga Raj Chelliah “Fault Diagnosis and Tolerant Operation of Multi-Channel 3L-NPC Power Converter Fed Adjustable Speed Hydro-Generating Unit, 55th IEEE IAS Annual Meeting (USA), 10 -16 October, 2020

17

S. Raghu, Karthik D., Thanga Raj Chelliah “Shared-Leg Fault Tolerant Operation of Multi-Channeled Power Converters Serving to Large Rated DFIM Unit,” 2020 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), USA, March 2020.

16

T. Vidyasagar, T. R. Chelliah and U. S. Ramesh, “Sizing of Energy Storage System for A Battery Operated Short Endurance Marine Vessel,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), Cochin, India, 02-04 Jan. 2020.

15

C. Carunaiselvane and T. R. Chelliah, "Evaluation and Implementation of Incessant Uprated Operating Technology in Large Hydroturbine Generators", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), Cochin, India, 2-4 January 2020

14

T Vidyasagar, T R Chelliah, U S Ramesh, “Energy Management and Charging Portfolio Analysis for Future Battery Powered Harbour Vessels,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, Dec. 2020

13

Rupesh Kumari, K K Prabhakaran and T R Chelliah, “Improved Cybersecurity of Power Electronic Converters Used in Hydropower Plant,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, Dec. 2020

12

S. Sunny, S Raghu and T R Chelliah, “Fault Tolerant Capability of Battery Assisted Quasi-ZSource Inverter Fed Five Phase PMSM for Marine Propulsion Application,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, Dec. 2020

11

K K Prabhakaran, T Ritu and T R Chelliah, “Performance Investigation on Damping of Active Power Oscillation in the Large Hydro-Power Plant with Power System Stabilizer,” IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, Dec. 2020

10

RupeshKumari, Thanga Raj Chelliah, AppaSarma S V., “Present Trends and Future Prospects of Hydro-Turbine Control Systems,” 54th IEEE IAS Annual Meeting (USA), September 29 - October 03, 2019.

9

Karthik D., S. Raghu, Thanga Raj Chelliah, D. Khare “Effective Utilization of Parallel Connected Megawatt Three-Level Back-to-Back Power Converters in Variable Speed Pumped Storage Units,” 53rd IEEE IAS Annual Meeting (USA), 23 – 27 September 2018.

8

B Anil Kumar, M Chandrasekar, Thanga Raj Chelliah, U S Ramesh, "Coordinated Control of Electric Tugboats Considering Inductive Power Transfer for better Fuel Efficiency, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), IIT Madras, Dec. 2018.

7

C Carunaiselvane, Thanga Raj Chelliah, AppaSarma S V, "Negative Sequence Current Capability of Megawatt Hydro Generators at Uprated Unbalanced Loads, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), IIT Madras, Dec. 2018.

6

C Carunaiselvane, Thanga Raj Chelliah, "Temperature Distribution of 250 MW Hydro Turbine Synchronous Generator at Continuous Overloading Conditions, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), IIT Madras, Dec. 2018.

5

RupeshKumari, Thanga Raj Chelliah, "Development Trends and Future Prospectus of Control Systems Serving to Hydro-power Plant , IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), IIT Madras, Dec. 2018

4

KarthikDesingu, Raghu Selavraj, Thanga Raj Chelliah, "Thermal Loading of Multi-Megawatt Medium-Voltage Power Converters Serving to Variable Speed Large Pumped Storage Units, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), IIT Madras, Dec. 2018

3

Karthik D., S. Raghu, Thanga Raj Chelliah, D. Khare “Effective Utilization of Parallel Connected Megawatt Three-Level Back-to-Back Power Converters in Variable Speed Pumped Storage Units,” 53rd IEEE IAS Annual Meeting (USA), 23 – 27 September 2018

2

C. Carunaiselvane, Thanga Raj Chelliah, AppaSarma S V., “Vibration Analysis of a Continuously Overloaded Large Hydrogenerator at Load Rejection” 20th International Seminar on Hydropower Plants, 14-16 November 2018, Austria.

1

B Anil Kumar, M Chandrasekar, Thanga Raj Chelliah, U S Ramesh, Fuel Minimization in Diesel-Electric Tugboat Considering Flywheel Energy Storage System2018 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo, Asia-Pacific (ITEC Asia-Pacific), Bangkok, 6 - 9 June 2018

 

Honors And Awards
Honors
IIT Roorkee
2018
Institute Research Fellowship for Outstanding Young Faculty
IEEE Power and Energy Society
2023
Associate Editor-IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
IEEE Power Engineering Letters
2023
Associate Editor
IEEE Transportation Electrification Community eNewsletter
2020
Associate Editor
IEEE Industry Application Society
2020
Member - Project/ task group of IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Standards Development Committee (IAS/ICPS/ SDC/ 3001.3 WG/ P3001.3)
Frontiers in Trasportation Systems
2021
Associate Editor
Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
2013
Full Travel grant award to attend the conference AEE'13, USA
Tamil Nadu Electrical Licensing Board, Chennai
1999
Electrical Supervisor Competency Certificate
International Conference on Applications of Electrical Engineering, USA
2013
Best Paper Award for a research paper presented at AEE 2013, The Inn at Harvard (USA)
Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
2017
Full Travel grant award to attend the conference IEEE IAS Annual Meeting, USA (unutilized)
Bureau of Energy Efficiency, (Ministry of Power, India)
2007
Cash Award for an Article "Combined Heat and Power Systems"
Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
2009
Travel grant award to attend the conference ICACC 2009, Singapore
IIT-BHU
2016
Cash award for the paper presented at UPCON2016
Int. Conf. on Advanced Computing & Communication Technologies
2013
Best Paper Award for a research paper presented at ACCT'13, India
MemberShips
IEEE Industry Applications Society
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Senior Member
IEEE Power and Energy Society
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Senior Member
IEEE Standards Association
01 Jun 2020 - Present
Member
Indian Water Resources Society
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Life Member
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Hydro Generating Equipments ( WR-531 )
Autumn
Synchronous and Asynchronous Generators Lab. ( WR 547 )
Autumn
Electrical Design of Hydropower Station ( WR-538 )
Spring
Power System Protection Applications ( WR 534 )
Spring
Renewable Energy System Technology ( WR 579 )
Spring
Hydropower System Planning ( WR-532 )
Autumn
Students
SuperVisions
Analysis of doubly-fed induction machine Operating at Motoring Mode
01 Jan 2011 - 30 Jun 2016
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.P. Srivastava, Scholar: Navneet Kumar
Performance Investigations of Induction Motor Drives under Sensor Faults
01 Jan 2011 - 01 Sep 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Arun Dominic
Design and Development of Energy Conservation Strategies for Asynchronous Machine Drives
01 Jan 2012 - 04 Apr 2017
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: R. Rajasingh
Analysis on Large Hydrogenerators Operating at Continuous Overloads
01 Jan 2014 - 30 Jun 2020
Other Supervisors: Dr. Thanga Raj Chelliah, Scholar: Carunai Selvane
Energy management in Electric Tugboats Using Variable Speed Technology
01 Jan 2014 - 22 Mar 2021
Other Supervisors: Dr. Thanga Raj Chelliah, Scholar: B. Anil Kumar
Invertigation of Large Hydro Units subjected to Converter Faults
01 Jan 2015 - 30 Jun 2018
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Anto Joseph
Variable speed hydropower generation
01 Jan 2015 - 13 Sep 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: R R Semwal
Thermal Management in Power Electronic Converters Serving to Haydropower Plants
01 Jan 2016 - 01 Jun 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Karthik D
Miscellaneous
Events
Power Electronics in Mini/Micro Hydropower Generation (3 days course)
31 Aug 2020 - Present
National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET), Ministry of Communications & Information
Natioanl Workshop on Power Electronics (NWPE 2017)
31 Aug 2020 - Present
NaMPET (MietY), Government of India
Reliability and Efficiency of Networked Electric Drives
01 Jan 2010 - Present
Advanced Control and Computing Technologies for Reliable Industrial Electricity Saving
01 Jan 2014 - Present
Uttrakhand Science and Technology
Energy-optimal control of industrial motor drives
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Power electronics in hydro-electric energy systems
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Hydro Plant Electrical Systems
01 Jan 2017 - Present
Recent Trends and Operational Challenges in Hydro-Electric Systems (Case Studies and Experimental Il
01 Jan 2017 - Present
Applications and Challenges in Multi-Channel Megawatt Power Electronic Systems
31 Aug 2020 - Present
QIP, IIT Roorkee
Simulation of Power Electronic Converters Serving to Hydropower Plants
31 Aug 2020 - Present
TEQIP (MHRD)
Recent Trends, Challenges and Research Opportunities in Hydropower Generation
01 Jan 2017 - Present
Power Electronics In LArge Pumped Storage Hydropower Plants
31 Aug 2020 - Present
QIP, IIT Roorkee
Modern Trends in Operation of Pump Stoarge
01 Jan 2019 - Present
Visits
Central Electricity Authority
2020-08-31
R&D Conclave
University of Sydney
2015-01-01
Laboratory visit and discussion with the experts in Electric Drives
GIS Plant, Siemens Limited (Aurangabad)
2023-03-31
Technical Visit
GE T&D India Limited, Vadodara
2019-01-01
Technical Discussion on Power Transformers
Niigata University, Japan
2018-01-01
Laboratory visit
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2013-01-01
Discussion with Electric Vehicle Team
Harvard University (USA)
2013-01-01
Conference
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
2020-08-31
Laboratory visit and a Discussion with the experts
AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland
2020-08-31
Conference (CISIM 2010)
Karcham Wangtoo HEP (1000MW)
2019-01-01
see the site condition for formulation of research project proposal
BASPA HEP (300MW)
2019-01-01
see the site condition for formulation of research project proposal
University of Luxembourg
2020-08-31
Research
The Hong Kong Poly. University
2012-01-01
Electric machines and Power Electronics Laboratories visit and a discussion with the experts
University of Hong Kong
2012-01-01
Electric machines and Electric Vehicle laboratories visit and a discussion with the experts
Central Power Research institute Bangalore
2015-01-01
Meeting with TC on Grid, Synchronization and Energy Conservation
Indian Institute of Space Technology Trivandrum
2019-01-01
Control Systems and Power Electronics Labs Visit
Baba Banda Bahathur Singh Engineering College, Punjab
2012-01-01
Examiner (M. Tech Thesis Evaluation) - Punjab Technical University
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Thiruvananthapuram
2020-08-31
Research
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Noida
2012-01-01
E- Learning laboratory visit
Galogi Mini Hydropower Plant, Dehradun
2012-01-01
Field visit during a short term course
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Mohali
2013-01-01
Wireless communication lab. visit
Central Scientific Instruments Organization, Chandigarh
2014-01-01
Computational Instrumentation laboratory visit
NIT Thiruchirappalli
2014-01-01
Examiner- Ph.D candidates
THDC India Ltd.
2015-01-01
R&D Meeting
IISc Bangalore
2015-01-01
NaMPET Meeting
NIT Surathkal
2016-01-01
Ph.D Examiner
College of Technology, GBPUAT
2016-01-01
Research and Project Discussion
Chilla Power House (Uttarakhand)
2016-01-01
M.Tech Observational Tour
Pathri Power House (Uttrakhand)
2016-01-01
M.Tech Observational Tour
BHEL, Haridwar
2020-08-31
visit to Electrical Machines Lab.
Administrative Positions
Executive Vice President
01 Feb 2024 - Present
Indian Water Resources Society
Head of Dept. Water Resources Development and Management
01 Feb 2024 - Present
IIT Roorkee
Faculty-in-Charge, Hydropower Simulation Lab.
01 Jan 2016 - Present
WRDM
Chief Warden, Khosla International House
08 Feb 2021 - 31 Dec 2023
IIT Roorkee
Faculty-in-Charge, Power Electronics and Hydro-Electric Machines Lab.
01 Jan 2012 - Present
WRDM
Treasurer
01 Jan 2011 - 01 Jan 2017
Indian Water Resources Society
Mentor of student projects
01 Jan 2012 - 01 Jan 2012
All India Young Engineers' Humanitarian Challenge (Aiye-Hum) 2012
Faculty-in-Charge, Building
01 Jan 2015 - 01 Jan 2019
IIT Roorkee
Faculty-in-Charge, Placements
01 Jan 2011 - 01 Jan 2019
WRDM
Head - Electrical and Mechanical Division
01 Jan 1998 - 01 Jan 1999
Haitima Textiles Limited, Coimbatore
Faculty-in-Charge, Website
01 Jan 2017 - 01 Jan 2019
IIT Roorkee
Faculty-in-Charge, Library
01 Jan 2019 - 29 Feb 2024
WRDM
Faculty-in-Charge, Class and Time Table
01 Jan 2019 - Present
WRDM
Lab Research Metrics
Recent Events
Lab Developed (Hydropower Simulation Lab.)

Hydropower Simulation laboratory at Water Resources Development and Management Dept. was developed by me in 2015, through research project grants, with asynchronous and synchronous generators, multi-level power electronic converters, DS1102, DS1104, OP4200 digital signal processors/simulators, power quality analyzers, programmable power supplies, and digital storage oscilloscopes. It is committed for the research in support with national organizations including THDC India Limited, Central Power Research Institute, Dept. of Science of Technology, Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and Indian Maritime University (Vishakhapatnam).  The laboratory has signed an MoU with CDAC-T for Full Spectrum Simulator (Mini) program under the support of National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Annual Report of Hydropower Simulation Laboratory may please be seen at:

2018: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2018.pdf  

2019: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2019.pdf

2020: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2020.pdf

2021: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2021.pdf 

2022: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2022.pdf

2023: https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2023.pdf  

 

 

National Workshop Organized (NWPE 2017)

The fourth National Workshop on Power Electronics on the theme  Strengthening Grid Energy Storage Through Power Electronics -Challenges and Research Opportunities” under the aegis of National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET-II)  was  organized by the Hydropower Simulation Laboratory of Department of Water Resources Development and Management, IIT Roorkee during October 9-11, 2017. There were 77 participants from industry, research organizations, user agencies and educational institutions in India  participated in this three days event along with 3 stalls for industry  for product/technology exhibitions.

More details shall be seen at: https://www.iitr.ac.in/nwpe2017/