Engineering Power

Deepthi Keshavan

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M.Tech in Power Electronics, July 2014 CGPA - 8.95 Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India Dissertation entitled “Control of grid connected PV inverter with selective harmonic compensation using PR controller” aims at improving the quality of power injected by a PV system into the microgrid by using suitable controller and PWM switching schemes to eliminate sub and inter harmonics.

Tools used: MATLAB, SIMULINK, MPLAB IDE.

B.E in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, June 2011 BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore, India

Senior Project entitled “Implementation of SCADA in substation automation” involved the configuration of a Remote Terminal Unit

(RTU) for data acquisition using IEC 61850 protocol to analyze the performance of different types of generation on state load curve. Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) July ’11 – June ’12 Larsen & Toubro Limited, Metering and Protection Systems, Mysore, India.

Project Coordinator for Home Display Unit (HDU) for monitoring energy consumption

Coordinated a pilot run of 1000 units which included PCB layout and design verification, electrical and mechanical component evaluation and preparation of detailed work instructions for component assembly.

Validated design using EMI/EMC, HV, Insulation, magnetic and communication tests

Tools Used : PCB CAM350, SAP

Design support for Trivector Meter (TVM) with IrDA

Implemented an infrared communication test interface for TVM meters.

Provided field testing support and implemented detailed procedure for production.

Design support for Dual Source Energy Meters

Successfully validated design and tested communications using RS 232 and RS 485 protocols.

Evaluated components and provided value engineering support. Publication

Deepthi.K, A.Vijayakumari, Arun Joshy, “Control of Grid Connected Inverter with PR Controller and LCL Filter for Interfacing Renewable Energy Sources”, Advanced Materials Research Vols. 984-985 (2014) pp979-989, July 2014. doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.984-985.979

Deepthi K, A.Vijayakumari, “Control of grid connected PV inverter with selective harmonic compensation using PR controller” – Journal publication in progress.

Other Projects

Modeling of phase detector of a phase locked loop using Verilog.

Online measurement of frequency using DSP techniques.

Design and Implementation of Three-phase SVPWM Inverter with 16-bit dsPIC.

DC Load and Batteries Control Limitations for Photovoltaic Systems. Technical skills

MATLAB, SIMULINK, ORCAD CAPTURE 16, XILINX ISE, MPLAB IDE, C and Verilog HDL

Hands on experience with PCB design, Practical experience with serial communication protocols.

Trained in EMI/EMC, Metering technologies, PCB Fabrication, Six Sigma, Lean Engineering Certifications

Schneider Electric Energy University courses in Smartgrids, Energy Management, Building controls and Energy Audits

Economic Optimization of Hybrid Renewable Microgrids using HOMER Pro.

German Language proficiency- A1 level

Courses/Areas of Interest

Energy Management, Photovoltaics, Solar energy, Power Converters, Distributed Generation, Power Quality, Control systems, Power Electronics, Switchgear and Protection

Hobbies Reading, Singing, Math Puzzles, Yoga

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