Power Plant Engineer

Resume-Santhosh Mahew ****

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SANTHOSH MATHEW

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Mob: +91-944*******

WORK EXPERIENCE

Head – Research & Development Nov 20014 – Till date TORP Systems Pvt Ltd, [5+ YEARS]

Besant Nagar, Chennai-600090, India.

Roles and responsibilities:- Heading the R&D division of the company and responsible for the following.

a) Competitive & cost-effective Electrical Design for Solar PV systems & projects ranging from KW and MW scale solar PV power plants. DC and AC subsystem design of the solar plants employing String and central Inverters,

Simulation and yield estimation with PVSyst, etc.

Sizing & Selection of all System Components such as inverter selection, AC and DC cables, Switch gears, DC and AC Combiner boxes, String monitoring boxes,. Preparation of Electrical SLDs, BoMs & Design Calculations, protection systems, monitoring systems and various technical documentations, etc. Supporting testing and commissioning engineers and conducting pre-commissioning inspections of the plant, etc.

b) Managing design engineers and coordinating with drafting team, project team, purchase team, O&M & IT team.

c) Development of competitive & cost-effective electronic products & solutions for various solar PV applications right from the concept to the final product. Writing user requirements, Proof of Concepts,

Hardware design of electronic and embedded systems based solutions. Resume-Santhosh Mahew 2020

2 of 6 s a n . m a t h e w 2 @ g m a i l . c o m Circuit Design, PCB design, Firmware development, programming & testing of various devices from concept to final products.

The following products are developed during my current job at TORP Systems Pvt Ltd.

1. Solar Data Logger (IoT based product)

2. Zero Export solution,

3. Diesel Hybrid power plant controller.

4. Solar Maximiser.

5. Remote Solar Display units.

6. Hybrid Solar Street Light Controller.

7. Solar plant monitoring platform.

8. Low Cost Thermal imaging solution.

R&D Engineer, Nov 2009 - Nov 2014

Poseidon Group of Companies, [5 YEARS]

Poseidon Solar services Pvt Ltd,

Poseidon Lighting Pvt Ltd,

BTM Pvt Ltd, Chennai-601201, India.

Job title : Senior R&D engineer

Roles and responsibilities:-

Design & development of Embedded Systems including hardware & software. Development in Power electronics systems & solutions in solar PV and related areas, Customized solutions, etc. Circuit design, PCB design, Firmware development, etc. Projects successfully completed:-

Designed and implemented Workflow tracking systems, shop-floor monitoring systems, Successfully completed design of Digital dimmer – Digitally Adjustable brightness controller for Lamps.

Optical and photometric design of luminary, IES file generation. Resume-Santhosh Mahew 2020

3 of 6 s a n . m a t h e w 2 @ g m a i l . c o m Electronic design of various low energy lighting products. High efficiency LED Driver design.

Automated Meter Reader [AMR] Systems & Remote monitors for Solar power plants with GSM/GPRS, Automatic text alerts on different events and plant status on user query on Solar PV farms.

Fully Digital home inverters based on cost effective Microcontrollers, Single MCU based high frequency inverters for solar applications. Economic off-grid & Hybrid Solar PV solutions, Solar Charge controllers, PWM & MPPTs, AC-DC, DC-DC converters, Battery Chargers, Battery monitoring-SoC measurement, etc.

EDUCATION

Masters - M.Sc - Applied Electronics Jul 2006 - Oct 2008 MahatmaGandhi University, Kottayam, 2 YEARS (4 Semesters) Kerala state, India.

Major(s): Applied Electronics.

Minor(s): Hardware design and software programming on Embedded systems. 2-years / 4-Semesters - Full time Regular program in the university campus. The Course consists of separate theory & Laboratory classes on various papers. The final project must be in the same domain.

I was placed as THIRD RANK HOLDER in the final exam. Bachelors Degree - B.Sc. Electronics Jul 1996 - Aug 1999 MahatmaGandhi University, Kottayam, 3 YEARS (6-Semesters) Kerala state, India.

Major(s): Electronics Science

Minor(s): Computer Science and microprocessors.

3-years / 6-Semesters - Full time regular program. The Course consists of separate theory & Laboratory classes on various papers. The mini & main project will be in the same domain. Aggregate mark in this course is 79.4%.

Resume-Santhosh Mahew 2020

4 of 6 s a n . m a t h e w 2 @ g m a i l . c o m LANGUAGES

Working language – English

Read & write – English, Tamil, Malayalam.

SKILLS

Grid-tied Solar Power Plants:-

Familiar with various string inverters and central Inverters.

Strong background in active power control on various inverters.

Designed and implemented diesel hybrid solar PV systems.

Knowledge on various communication protocols with inverters, sensors, energy meters and string monitoring boxes, etc.

Strong background on data acquisition systems.

Familiar with various DC and AC protection systems in Solar Power plants.

Design Simulation with PVsyst,

Testing instruments:- PV150, Infra Red Thermal imagers, etc

Design of electrical systems complies with relevant IS/IEC standards. Off-Grid- Solar systems:-

Small scale Solar Systems employing battery backup and Hybrid inverters. Knowledge of storage battery systems, SoC, SoH, Charging systems, etc Micro Controllers:-

Strong Programming skill in Microcontrollers.

Strong Analytical & Trouble shooting skills of any electronic & electrical systems. Hardware & Software Co design with Base line, Midrange & Enhanced series of PIC Microcontrollers:- PIC 10FXX / 12CXXX / 16F/C/XXX / 18FXX / PIC32XXX. Interfacing:-

ADC, DAC, RTC, PWM modules, GSM Modules, IR proximity Sensors. Opto-couplers, MOSFET drivers, TRIAC, Relays, IR Remote sensors, LCD Displays, PC keyboard-PS-2 interface, LED Segment Displays, LED matrix Displays, Matrix Keypads, Temperature sensors, PC communication interfaces, etc. Resume-Santhosh Mahew 2020

5 of 6 s a n . m a t h e w 2 @ g m a i l . c o m Electronics & Embedded systems:-

Design & Development of Analog, Digital & Power Electronic Systems. Embedded system Hardware & Software development with Microchip PIC microcontrollers,

Schematic drawings, PCB design, Documents preparation, etc Design, development & implementation of the above from concept level to final prototype.

General:-

Design & Development of Electronic Circuits/Systems. Embedded system Hardware & Software

Strong foundation in Electrical system design and IS/IEC standards. Programming Languages & Software:-

C & Assembly Language programming for Microcontrollers. Compilers & IDE: Hi-TechC, XC8, MPASM, MPLAB IDE_8, Mplab-XIDE,etc. EDA tools:

Schematic editor : Eagle, Orcad, etc

PCB design : Pad2pad, Eagle, Orcad, DesignSpark, etc Digital Communication / Protocols:

RS232, RS485, Modbus, ComLynx, I2C, SPI, CAN, Ethernet & TCP/IP, etc EXTRAS

General responsibilities/Key roles held Nov 2009 – 2014

Intended Analog, Digital solutions to customers necessities.

Created product / system outline and complete drawing and schematics.

Managed expenditures within boundaries of project plan.

Prepared technical documentation for R&D & marketing separately.

Design, development & implementation from concept level to final prototype.

Continuous Improvement & value addition of existing products/Technologies. Resume-Santhosh Mahew 2020

6 of 6 s a n . m a t h e w 2 @ g m a i l . c o m Achievements

Won the Third Rank in MSc Applied Electronics From Mahatma Gandhi university

Won the First Rank & CASH AWARD in ‘TALENT HUNT-2008’ conducted by Logic

Software Solutions, Kottayam.

Won FIRST PRIZE in ENERPLUS EXPERT CLUB Chennai chapter-27-04- 2013 PV

system training.

Participated in election competitions at various levels.

Member of Quiz Team at School & College Levels.

Participated in Debate competitions at various levels.

Lot of innovative designs, product ideas and value additions are realized and Applied for a

Has applied a PATENT for innovation done at Poseidon Solar Services Pvt Ltd.

Training programs participated

Participated INDO-US Workshop on Solar systems-2014 conducted by Anna university, Chennai.

Participated MICROCHIP MASTERS TRAINING-2012-19 and won the certificate.

Participated Training on Solar PV power plant design & Grid-tied Inverters conducted by Refu-Sol, Germany.

Participated in Training on LED driver design conducted by Power Integrations, Sanjose-USA.

Participated presentation on Siemens DCS Control Systems. Resume-Santhosh Mahew 2020

7 of 6 s a n . m a t h e w 2 @ g m a i l . c o m PERSONNEL INFORMATION

1) Date Of Birth : 02/08/1978

2) Gender : Male

3) Nationality : Indian

4) Permanent address : s/o Mr.Mathew,

Mulloorthalasseril House,

Nedumkandom P.O, Idukki (Dt)

Kerala, Pin-685 553.

Ph: 094*-***-****.

Declaration

I do hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Place : Chennai,

Date : 26-January-2020 (Santhosh Mathew)

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