: sekhar@nitw.ac.in : 08702462231
Research Interests: Power Electrionics and Drives
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Course Taught Previously
Academic Year |
Semester |
Classes |
Course ID |
Course Name |
| 2022-23 | Odd | M Tech | EE5103 | Applications of Digital Signal Processors |
| 2022-23 | Odd | B Tech | EE404 | Embedded Systems lab |
Courses Currently Being Taught
| Classes | Department | Semester | Course ID | Course Name |
| M Tech | Power Electronics & Drives | Even | EE5152 | Advanced Electric Drives |
| M.Tech. | Power Electronics & Drives | Even | EE5155 | DSP Laboratory |
Journal Publication Details
Author |
Title |
Journal Name |
Vol. Page. Year. |
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| P. Manoj, Kirubakaran A., and V.T. Somasekhar | An Asymmetrical Quasi-Z-Source Based 7-Level Inverter for PV Applications | IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion | DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2022.3222498 | |
| P. Manoj, Kirubakaran A., and V.T. Somasekhar | A Single-Stage Quasi-Z-Source-Based 5-Level Grid-Tied PV Inverter With Reduced Leakage Current | IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics | Vol. 11, No. 1, Feb. 2023, pp. 826-835 | |
| P. Manoj, Kirubakaran A., Sumon Dhara, and V.T. Somasekhar | A Quasi-Z-Source-Based Space-Vector-Modulated Cascaded Four-Level Inverter for Photovoltaic Applications | IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics | Vol. 10, N0. 4, Aug.2022, pp.4749-4762 | |
| C. K. Das, A. Kirubakaran, V. T. Somasekhar and K. S. Kumar | , "A Dual Quasi Z-Source Based T-Type Five-Level Inverter With Improved HERIC Structure for Photovoltaic Applications | IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications | Vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 4539-4549, July-Aug. 2023 | |
| C. K. Das, K. Annamalai and V.T. Somasekhar | A Quasi-Z-Source-Based Five-Level PV Inverter With Leakage Current Reduction | IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications | Vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 400-412, Jan.-Feb. 2022 | |
| C. K. Das, K. Annamalai and V.T. Somasekhar, K.S. Kumar |
An improved quasi Z-source based H5 inverter with low leakage current for photovoltaic applications |
International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems | Vol. 31, No.12, e13187 | |
| S Dhara, V T Somasekhar |
A Three-Phase Semi-Single Stage PV Inverter With Voltage Boosting and Leakage Current Minimization |
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs | Vol.69, No.1, Jan. 2022, pp.169-173 | |
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S Dhara, V T Somasekhar |
A nine-level transformerless boost inverter with leakage current reduction and fractional direct power transfer capability for PV applications |
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics |
Vol.10, No.6, Dec.2022, pp.7938-7949 | |
| S. Dhara and V. T. Somasekhar | An Integrated Semi-Double Stage based Multilevel Inverter with Voltage Boosting Scheme for Photovoltaic Systems | IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics |
Vol.8, No.3, Sept.2020, pp.2326 - 2339 |
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| P. H. Kumar and V. T. Somasekhar | An Enhanced Fault-Tolerant and Autoreconfigurable BLDC Motor Drive for Electric Vehicle Applications | IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics | 4, 1, 368-380, 2023 | |
| P. H. Kumar, S. Lakhimsetty and V. T. Somasekhar | An Open-End Winding BLDC Motor Drive with Fault Diagnosis and Auto-Reconfiguration | IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics | Vol.8, No.4, Oct.2019, pp.3723 - 3735 | |
| Patnana Hema Kumar, Suresh Lakhimsetty, Veeramraju Tirumala Somasekhar | A low-cost fault-tolerant permanent magnet brush-less direct current motor drive for low-power electric vehicle applications | International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications | 1- 12, 2023 | |
| Hema Kumar Patnana, Somasekhar Veeramraju Tirumala | A cost-effective and fault-tolerant brushless direct current drive with open-stator windings for low power electric vehicles | International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications | 49( 9): 2885– 2908, 2021 | |
| Patnana Hema Kumar, Debashis Mishra, Suresh Lakhimsetty, V. T. Somasekhar | A space vector PWM scheme for an open-end winding induction motor drive with a reduced power loss | International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems | 31( 11):e13104, 2021 | |
| Tirupathi. A, Annamalai. K, and V. T. Somasekhar | A Seven-Level VSI with a Front-end Cascaded Three-Level Inverter and Flying Capacitor fed H-Bridge | IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications | vol. 55, no. 6, pp., 6073-6088, 2019 | |
| Abhilash Tirupathi, Kirubakaran Annamalai, Somasekhar Veeramraju Tirumala | A three-phase inverter circuit using half-bridge cells and T-NPC for medium-voltage applications | International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications | 48: 1744– 1765, 2020 | |
| Tirupathi. A, Annamalai. K, and V. T. Somasekhar | A new hybrid flying capacitor based single phase nine level inverter | International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems | Vol.29, No.12, e12139, July 2019 | |
| Tirupathi. A, Annamalai. K, and V. T. Somasekhar | A new structure of three phase five level inverter with nested two level cells | International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications | vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 1435-1445, 2019 | |
| S. Lakhimsetty and V. T. Somasekhar | An Efficient Predictive Current Control Strategy for a Four-Level Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive | IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics | Vol.35, No.6, June 2020, pp. 6198 - 6207 | |
| S. Lakhimsetty and V. T. Somasekhar |
A Four-Level Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive With a Nested Rectifier–Inverter Combination With Two DC Power Supplies |
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics |
vol. 34, no. 9, pp. 8894-8904, Sept. 2019. |
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| S. Lakhimsetty, V. S. P. Satelli, R. S. Rathore and V. T. Somasekhar |
Multilevel Torque Hysteresis-Band Based Direct-Torque Control Strategy for a Three-Level Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive for Electric Vehicle Applications |
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics |
vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 1969-1981, Sept. 2019. |
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| Suresh, L. Nagarjuna, S. and V.T. Somasekhar |
Improvised SVPWM Strategies for an Enhanced Performance for a Four-level Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive |
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics | VOL. 64, No. 4, pp. 2750-2759, April 2017, | |
| Suresh, L. and V.T. Somasekhar |
Discontinuous decoupled SVPWM schemes for a four-level open-end winding induction motor drive with waveform symmetries |
IET Proc. on Power Electronics | Vol. 11, Issue:2, Feb. 2018, pp,280-292 | |
| Suresh, L., P. Hemakumar, and V.T. Somasekhar | Hybrid Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation Strategies for a Four-level Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive with an Improved Harmonic Performance and Balanced DC-link Capacitors | International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems | 31:e12814, 2021 | |
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Suresh Lakhimsetty, Hema Kumar Patnana, Aniket Sharad Manwar, and Veeramraju Tirumala Somasekhar |
Hybrid-Clamping SVPWM Scheme for a Four-Level Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive |
Electrical Power Components and Systems, Taylor & Francis |
DOI: 10.1080/15325008.2023.2226674, Pblished online June 2023
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| R. Karampuri, S. Jain and V. T. Somasekhar |
Common-Mode Current Elimination PWM Strategy Along With Current Ripple Reduction for Open-Winding Five-Phase Induction Motor Drive |
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics |
vol. 34, no. 7, pp. 6659-6668, July 2019. |
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| R. Karampuri, S. Jain and V. T. Somasekhar |
Sample-Averaged Zero-Sequence Current Elimination PWM Technique for Five-Phase Induction Motor With Opened Stator Windings |
IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics |
vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 864-873, June 2018 |
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| Sachin Jain, Ramsha Karampuri and V.T. Somasekhar |
An Integrated Control Algorithm for a Single-Stage PV Pumping System Using an Open-End Winding Induction Motor |
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics | VOL. 63, No. 2, pp. 2803-2812, Feb. 2016 | |
| Sachin Jain, Athiesh Kumar Topukara, Ramsha Karampuri and V.T. Somasekhar |
A Single Stage Photovoltaic System for a Dual-Inverter-Fed Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive for Pumping Applications |
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics |
VOL.30, No.9, pp.4809-4818, Sep. 2015, | |
| B. Venugopal Reddy and V. T. Somasekhar |
An SVPWM Scheme for the Suppression of Zero-Sequence Current in a Four-Level Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive with Nested Rectifier-Inverter |
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics | VOL. 63, No. 5, pp. 2803-2812, May 2016, |
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| Veeramraju Tirumala Somasekhar, Barry Venugopal Reddy and K. Sivakumar |
A Four-Level Inversion Scheme for a 6n-Pole Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive for an Improved DC-Link Utilization |
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics | VOL. 61, NO. 9, pp.4565-4572, Sep. 2014 | |
| Barry Venugopal Reddy and Veeramraju Tirumala Somasekhar |
A Dual Inverter Fed Four-Level Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive With a Nested Rectifier-Inverter |
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics | VOL. 9, NO. 2, pp. 938-946, May 2013 | |
Barry Venugopal Reddy, Veeramraju Tirumala Somasekhar, and Yenduri Kalyan |
Decoupled Space-vector PWM Strategies for a Four-level Asymmetrical Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive with Waveform Symmetries |
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics |
VOL. 58, NO. 11, pp. 5130-5141, November 2011 |
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V.T. Somasekhar, S.Srinivas, K. Kranti Kumar |
Effect of Zero-Vector Placement in a Dual-Inverter fed Open-end winding Induction Motor Drive with a Decoupled Space Vector PWM Scheme |
IEEE Transactions Industrial Electronics |
Vol.55, No.6, pp. 2497-2505, June 2008 |
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V.T. Somasekhar, S.Srinivas, K. Kranti Kumar |
Effect of Zero-Vector Placement in a Dual-Inverter fed Open-end winding Induction Motor Drive with Alternate Sub-hexagonal Centre PWM Switching Scheme |
IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics |
Vol.23, No.3, pp. 1584-1591, May 2008 |
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V.T. Somasekhar, K.Gopakumar, M.R. Baiju, K.K. Mohapatra and L.Umanand |
A Multilevel Inverter System for an Induction Motor with open-end windings |
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics |
Vol.52, No.3, pp. 824-836, June 2005 |
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Krushna K. Mohapatra, K. Gopakumar, V. T. Somasekhar, L. Umanand |
A Harmonic Elimination and Suppression Scheme for an Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive |
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics |
Vol.50, No.6, pp. 1187- 1198, December 2003 |
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S. Srinivas, V.T. Somasekhar |
Space-Vector- based PWM switching strategies for a three-level dual-inverter-fed open-end winding induction motor drive and their comparative evaluation |
IET proc. Electric Power Applications |
Vol.2, No.1, pp.19-31, Jan. 2008 |
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V.T. Somasekhar, S. Srinivas, B. Prakash Reddy, C. Nagarjuna Reddy, K. Sivakumar |
PWM Switching Strategy for the Dynamic-balancing of Zero-sequence Current for a Dual-Inverter Fed Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive |
IET proc. Electric Power Applications |
Vol.1, No.4, pp.591 600, July 2007 |
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V.T. Somasekhar, M.R.Baiju and K. Gopakumar |
Dual Two-level inverter scheme for an open-end winding induction motor drive with a single DC power supply and improved DC bus Utilisation |
IEE Proceedings on Electric Power Applications |
Vol.151, No.2, pp. 230-238, March 2004 |
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V.T. Somasekhar, K. Gopakumar |
Three-level inverter configuration cascading two two-level inverters |
IEE Proceedings on Electric Power Applications |
Vol.150, No.3, pp. 245-254, May 2003 |
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V.T. Somasekhar, K. Gopakumar, A. Pittet, V.T. Ranganathan |
PWM inverter switching strategy for a dual two-level inverter fed open-end winding induction motor drive with a switched neutral |
IEE proc. Electric Power Applications |
Vol.149, No.2, pp.152 160, Mar 2002 |
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M.R.Baiju , K. Gopakumar, K.K. Mohapatra , V.T. Somasekhar and L.Umanand |
Five-level inverter voltage space phasor generation for an open-end winding induction motor drive |
IEE Proceedings on Electric Power Applications |
Vol.150, No.5, pp. 531-538, September 2003 |
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V.T. Somasekhar, K. Gopakumar, E.G. Shivakumar, A. Pittet |
A multilevel voltage space phasor generation for an open-end winding induction motor dive using a dual inverter scheme with asymmetrical DC link voltages |
European Power Electronic and Drives Journal |
Vol.12, No.3, June 2002 |
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V.T. Somasekhar, K. Gopakumar, E.G. Shivakumar, S.K. Sinha |
A space vector modulation scheme for a dual two-level inverter fed open-end winding induction motor drive for the elimination of zero sequence currents |
European Power Electronic and Drives Journal |
Vol.12, No.2, March 2002 |
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M.R.Baiju , K. Gopakumar, K.K. Mohapatra , V.T. Somasekhar and L.Umanand |
A High Resolution Multilevel Voltage Space Phasor Generation for an Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive |
European Power Electronic and Drives Journal |
Vol.13, No.4, pp. 29-37, September 2003 |
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M.R.Baiju, K.Gopakumar, V.T.Somasekhar, K.K.Mohapatra and L.Umanand |
A Space Vector Based PWM Method using Only the Instantaneous Amplitudes of Reference Phase Voltages for Three Level Inverters |
European Power Electronic and Drives Journal |
Vol.13,No.2, pp. 35-45, May 2003 |
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S. Srinivas, V.T. Somasekhar |
Switching Algorithms for the Dual Inverter fed Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive for 3-level Voltage Space Phasor Generation |
Asian Power Electronics Journal |
Vol.1, No.1, pp.96-110, Aug. 2007 |
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K.A. Mallikarjun, Sunita Nadampalli, V.T. Somasekhar |
An efficient switching Algorithm for the implementation of synchronous Space Vector Modulation for an Induction Motor Drive with V/f control |
Asian Power Electronics Journal |
Vol.2, No.2, pp.83-90, October 2008 |
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V.T. Somasekhar, K. Gopakumar, M.R. Baiju, K.K. Mohapatra, L. Umanand |
A PWM Scheme for a 3-level Inverter Circuit Topology Cascading two 2- level Inverters |
Jl. of Indian Institute of Science |
Vol.82, No.1, pp. 23-36, Jan-Feb 2002 |
Conference Proceeding
Author |
Title |
Conference Name |
Vol. Page. Year. |
| C. K. Das, A. Kirubakaran, V. T. Somasekhar and K. S. Kumar | A New Dual Quasi Z-Source Based T-Type Five-Level Inverter with HERIC Structure for PV System | 2022 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SeFeT), Hyderabad, India, 2022 | pp. 1-5 |
| S. Dhara and V. T. Somasekhar | A Zone-Based Modulation Strategy to Reduce the Leakage Current in Transformerless PV Inverters | 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 2020 | pp. 1-5 |
| C. K. Das, A. Kirubakaran and V. T. Somasekhar | Improved H5 Circuit Based Five-Level Quasi Z - Source Inverter With Reduced Leakage Current | 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 2020 | pp. 1-6 |
| S. Dhara and V. T. Somasekhar | An Integrated Four-leg Three-phase Transformerless PV Inverter with Voltage Boosting Capability | 2020 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 2020 | pp. 1-5 |
| T. Abhilash, A. Kirubakaran and V. T. Somasekhar | A Seven-Level Hybrid Inverter with DC-Link and Flying Capacitor Voltage Balancing | IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Genova, Italy | pp. 1-5, 2019 |
| C. K. Das, A. Kirubakaran and V. T. Somasekhar | A Five-Level Quasi Z-Source Based NPC Inverter for PV Applications | IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Genova, Italy | pp. 1-5, 2019 |
| P. Manoj, V. T. Somasekhar and A. Kirubakaran | A Space Vector Modulated Quasi-Z-Source Based Four-Level VSI for PV Application | IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and 2019 IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Genova, Italy | pp. 1-5, 2019 |
| S. V. S. Prasad, R. R. Singh, V. T. Somasekhar and S. Lakhimsetty | Performance evaluation of an induction motor drive with direct torque control for open-end winding and cascaded three-level topologies | 6th International Conference on Computer Applications In Electrical Engineering-Recent Advances (CERA), Roorkee | pp.308-313, 2017. |
| T. Abhilash, A. Kirubakaran and V. T. Somasekhar | A novel three-phase seven-level inverter | Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies (i-PACT), Vellore | 2017, pp. 1-5. |
| Ramsha karampuri, Sachin Jain and V. T. Somasekhar | Phase Displaced SVPWM Techniques for Five-Phase Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive | Proc. of IEEE SCEECS16, Bhopal India | March 2016 |
| Ramsha Karampuri, Sachin Jain and V. T. Somasekhar | Study of 72 and 144 degree Phase Shifted PWM Techniques for for Five-Phase Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive - Modelling and Simulation | Proc. of Research Scholars Congress, IIT, Guwahati, India | May 2015 |
| R. S. Rao, B. N. Chaitanya, N. Saichand and V. T. Somasekhar | Comparative Evaluation of SVPWM Stratagies for a dual-inverter fed open-end winding induction motor drive with a single DC power supply | IECON 2014, Dallas, USA | pp.443-449 |
| R. Karampuri, S. Jain, V.T. Somasekhar | A single stage solar PV panel fed Open-End Induction Motor Pump drive with MPPT | PEDES 2014 | pp. 1-6 |
B.Venugopal Reddy, V.T. Somasekhar |
A Decoupled SVPWM Technique for a Dual Inverter Four-level Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive with Voltage Balancing of DC-link Capacitors |
PEDES-2010,Delhi |
pp.1-6,Dec 2010 |
P. Srinivasan, B. Venugopal Reddy, V. T. Somasekhar |
PWM Switching Strategy for the Elimination of Common Mode Voltage of a Two-level Inverter Drive with an Open-end Winding Induction Motor Configuration |
PEDES-2010,Delhi |
pp.1-6,Dec 2010 |
B. Venugopal Reddy, V.T. Somasekhar |
A Space Vector based PWM for a Four-level Dual Inverter fed Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive with Voltage Balancing of DC-link Capacitors |
IICPE-2010, Delhi |
2010 |
S. Srinivas, V.T. Somasekhar |
A New Alternate- Inverter PWM Switching Strategy for reducing the CommonMode Voltages for a Dual-Inverter fed Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive |
Proc. IPEC |
pp.1460-1465, 2005 |
V.T. Somasekhar, S. Srinivas, K. Gopakuamr |
A Space Vector based PWM Switching Scheme for the reduction of Common-Mode Voltages for a Dual Inverter fed Open-end Winding Induction motor Drive |
Conf. Proc.IEEE-PESC-2005,Recife, Brazil, |
pp. 816-821,2005 |
V.T. Somasekhar, S. Srinivas |
Switching Algorithms for a Dual Inverter fed Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive |
Proc. of IEEE-IICPE, 2004 |
2004 |
V.T.Somasekhar, K. Chandrasekhar, K.Gopakumar |
A New Five-level Inverter System for an Induction Motor with Open-end Windings |
Proc. PEDS 2003 |
vol.1, pp.199-204, 2003 |
B.Venugopal Reddy, V.T. Somsekhar |
A constant Switching Decoupled Space Vector PWM Scheme for a Four-level Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive |
ICETECT-2011,Nargercoil |
pp.280-284,March 2011 |
B. Venugopal Reddy, V.T. Somasekhar |
Thermal Evaluation of Space Vector PWM Based Four- level Dual Inverter Fed Open End Winding Induction Motor Drive |
ICETECT-2011,Nargercoil |
pp.420-424,2011 |
V. T. Soamsekahr, K. Gopalkumar, Andre Pitter, V. T. Ranganathan |
A Novel PWM Inverter Switching Strategy for a Dual Two-Level Inverter Fed Open-end Winging Induction Motor Drive |
PEDS-2001,Indonesia |
pp.196-202,2001 |
E.G. Shivakumar, V. T. Somasekhar, Krushna K. Mohapatra, K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand, S. |
A multi level space phasor based PWM based strategy for an open-end winding induction motor drive using two inverters with different DC link voltages |
PEDS2001, Indonesia |
pp.169-175, 2001 |
M. R. Baiju, K. K. Mohapatra, V. T. Somasekhar, K. Gopakumar, L. Umanand |
A Five-Level Inverter Voltage Space Phasor Generation for an Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive |
conf. proc. APEC-03 |
pp.826-832, 2003 |
V. T. Somasekhar, M. R. Baiju, K.K. Mohapatra, K.Gopakumar |
A multilevel inverter system for an induction motor with open-end windings |
conf. proc. IECON02 |
pp 973 978,2002 |
K. K. Mohapatra, K. Gopakumar, V.T. Somasekhar, L. Umanand |
A novel modulation scheme for a six phase induction motor with open-end windings |
conf. proc. IECON02 |
pp. 810 815,2002 |
Barry Venugopal Reddy, V.T. Somasekhar |
A Four-level Inverter with Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive with a Decoupled Space Vector PWM Scheme |
NPEC-2010, IIT Roorkee |
2010 |
Ph.D.'s Supervised
| Candidate | Role | Title of the Thesis | Award Year |
| S. Srinivas | Supervisor | Investigations on Space Vector Modulation Schemes and Placement of Zero-Vector in a Three-level Dual-inverter fed Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drive | 2008 |
| B. Venugopal Reddy | Supervisor | Investigations on Circuit Topologies and PWM Schemes for a Four-Level Dual Inverter Fed Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drives | 2013 |
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K. Ramsha |
Co-Supervisor | Investigations on the Applicability of Zero-Sequence Current Elimination PWM Schemes for PV Powered Multiphase OEWIM-Pump Drive | 2019 |
| Suresh Lakhimsetty | Supervisor | Improvised Space-Vector Pulse Width Modulation Schemes for Four-Level Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drives | 2019 |
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Tirupathi Abhilash |
Co-Supervisor | Performance Evaluation of Hybrid Multilevel Inverter Topologies for Medium Voltage Applications | 2020 |
| Patnana Hema Kumar | Supervisor | Fault-Tolerant BLDC Motor Drive Configurations for Low-Power Electric Vehicle Applications | 2022 |
| Sumon Dhara | Supervisor | Investigations on Multilevel Transformerless PV Inverter Topologies with Voltage Boosting and Leakage Current Compliance | 2022 |
| P. Manoj | Supervisor | Investigations on Quasi-ZSource based Multilevel Inverters for Grid-Tied Photovoltaic Systems | 2023 |
Workshop/SSTPs/Conference Organized
| Title | Coordinator | Date |
| Digital Signal Processor Applications to Electric Drives | Dr. V.T. Somasekhar, Dr.B.K. Murthy | 29-2-08 to 2-3-08 |
| Digital Signal Processor Applications to Modern Industrial Drives | Dr. V.T. Somasekhar, Dr. S. Srinivas, Dr.B.K. Murthy | 16-6-08 to 28-6-08 |
| Infrastructural & Curricular Development of Electric Drives Laboratory | Dr. V.T. Somasekhar | 24-9-09 to 26-9-08 |
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Digital Signal Processor Controlled Power Electronic Converters & Drives (DSPEC-2015) |
Dr. V.T. Somasekhar, Dr. S.S. Rao |
28th - 30th Sep. 2015 |
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Workshop under the TI-University Program |
Dr. V.T. Somasekhar |
22nd-24th March 2017 |
Workshop/SSTPs/Conference Attended
Title |
Date |
Workshop |
Organized At |
Computer Simulation of Power Electronic Systems |
17-30 November 1996 |
STTP |
PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore |
New Trends in Active Filters for Improving Power Quality |
22-12-97 to 3-1-98 |
STTP |
REC Rourkela |
Real Time Energy Management Systems |
15-27 December 2003 |
STTP |
NIT Warangal |
Advances in Wind-Solar Energy Technology |
19-23 June 2006 |
STTP |
MANIT, Bhopal |
Analog Integrated Circuit Design |
26-6-06 to 1-7-06 |
STTP |
NIT Warangal |
Perspectives in Modern Control Systems Engineering |
25-30 May 1998 |
Workshop |
IIT Kanpur |
Digital Signal Processors: Architecture & Applications |
24-29 April 2000 |
Workshop |
KREC, Suratkal |
TMS320C24x Digital Signal Processor Applications |
25-29 September 2000 |
Workshop |
IISc, Bangalore |
All India Seminar on Power Electronics & Applications (AISPEA) |
14-16 November 1995 |
Seminar |
Aligarh Muslim University |
National Conference on Electric Drives & Control for Transport Systems |
16-18 Jan 1997 |
National Conference |
SATI, Vidisha |
National Power Electronics Conference |
17-19 December 2007 |
National Conference |
IISc, Bangalore |
Fifth IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics & DRives Systems (IEEE-PEDS03) |
17-20 November 2003 |
International Conference |
Singapore |
20-10-08 to 28-11-08 |
Faculty Training Program under TEQIP |
University of Technology, Belfort-Mobiliard, France |
Student projects Supervised (in last 3 years)
Project Name |
Student(s) Name |
Acd. Year |
| Implementation of Direct Torque Control for an Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive using a Rapid Prototyping Platform | Satelli Venkata Siva Prasad | 2017 |
| Study of effects of Multilevel Torque Hysteresis Controllers on Direct Torque Control of Induction Motor with Cascaded Three-Level Inverter | Rajendra Singh Rathore | 2017 |
| Implementation of Closed Loop V/F Control of Three Phase Induction Motor with Rapid Prototyping Platform | Bhukya Arun Kumar Gandhi | 2016 |
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Design & Development of a Fast Electric Charger for Fully Electric Vehicle (Guide in Industry): Mr. Rajaram S, Hardware Director, Ather Energy Pvt Ltd |
Anchal Vijay | 2016 |
| Implementation of a Closed Loop Control of Three Phase Induction Motor fed by Voltage Source Inverter with TMS320F2812 DSP Controller | Palagiri Mohammad Ali | 2016 |
| Implementation of a Closed Loop Field-Oriented Control of Three Phase Induction Motor fed by Voltage Source Inverter & Implementation of Open-Loop V/F Control of Open-End-Winding Induction Machine Drive with TMS320F2812 DSP Processor | Nagarjun S | 2016 |
| Implementation of Closed Loop V/F Control of Induction Motor with Voltage Source Inverter with Slip Compensation Technique using dSPACE DC1106 | Wajid Hussain | 2015 |
| Implementation of a Closed Loop Speed Control of Three Phase Induction Motor fed by Voltage Source Inverter with dSPACE DS 1006 Board & TMS320LF2407 A DSP Controller | Gudavalli Ratna Raju | 2015 |
| Closed loop speed control of Separately Excited DC Motor Drive & Field Oriented Control of Induction Motor Drive using Digital Signal Professor TMS320LF2407 | Venkata Pavan Mahanakali | 2015 |
DST/AICTE/MHRD or Other Sponsord R&D Projects
Authority |
Project Name |
Project Cost |
Dur. & Sanct. Year |
| SERB | Design and Development of Cacaded Quasi Z-Source Multilevel Inverter for Grid-connected Photo Voltaic System | 41.09 Lakhs |
Three years 2017 |
| SERB | Development of a High-efficiency Single-phase Quasi-Z-Source Based Isolated DC/AC Converter for PV Application | 33.37 Lakhs |
Three years 2017 |
| MHRD | Implementation of Efficient Switching Algorithms with Digital Signal Processor for Multilevel Inverter Configuration with Open-end Winding Induction Motor | 6.0 Lakhs | Two years 2004 |
Awards And Honours
Additional Responsibility
| Detail |
| Served as the Head, Department of Electrical Engineering |
Served as the Section Head, Power Electronics & Drives, Department of Electrical Engineering |
Served as the Faculty In-charge, Power Electronics & Drives Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering |
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Served as the Faculty In-charge, Digital Signal Processors Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering |
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Served as the Faculty Advisor, Literary & Debating Club |
Served as the Member of Editorial Board, Inderscience International Journal of Power Electronics |
Currently serving as the Member, Board of Studies for KITS Warangal, Vignan University, Gudlavalleru Engg College. |
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Served as the Member of the Research Council for Engineering and Technology Program (RC-ETP), Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) |
Additional Responsibility |
Additional Responsibility
| Detail |
| Served as the Head, Department of Electrical Engineering |
Served as the Section Head, Power Electronics & Drives, Department of Electrical Engineering |
Served as the Faculty In-charge, Power Electronics & Drives Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering |
|
Served as the Faculty In-charge, Digital Signal Processors Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering |
|
Served as the Faculty Advisor, Literary & Debating Club |
Served as the Member of Editorial Board, Inderscience International Journal of Power Electronics |
Currently serving as the Member, Board of Studies for KITS Warangal, Vignan University, Gudlavalleru Engg College. |
|
Served as the Member of the Research Council for Engineering and Technology Program (RC-ETP), Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) |