Power Plant Engineer

VAIDYANATH RAMAN

Address: ****, * ********** *****, * 353, Tempe, AZ-85281 Email: *******@***.*** Ph.# 214-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

Seeking a challenging career with a team of motivated engineers in the field of Power Electronics

EDUCATION:

• Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) in EE: Majoring in Power Systems and Power Electronics, Arizona State University. Graduation : May 2012, GPA: 3.52

• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Electrical and Electronics (2005-2009), Amrita School of Engineering, India.

SKILLS:

• Software Tools: PSLF, TSAT, MATLAB, PSpice, PLECS, MPLAB IDE, MS Office, Visio.

• OS: UNIX, Windows, Mac OS, Linux

• Databases: Oracle, Relational Databases

• Languages: SQL, C/C++, Java, ASP.net, C#

EXPERIENCE:

1. Engineering Intern – June-August 2011 – Sun Electronics, Phoenix:

• Design Engineer responsible for custom- system level design of PV systems.

• Designed circuits and layouts for grid tied and off grid solar systems, including systems for solar farms, RVs, yachts and vacation homes.

• Gained experience working with design tools of solar panel and inverter manufacturers.

• Participated in hands-on training with many of the popular inverters, charge controllers, solar panels, protection devices and system installation.

• Analyzed current solar systems on the market and performed efficiency and price / watt comparisons.

• Analyzed customer type, location, application, demand curves, energy conservation measures, and all aspects of solar market demand.

• Assisted in conducting energy audits of residences and buildings

• Interacted one on one with customers, and suppliers such as inverter, panel and other component manufacturers for troubleshooting and design customization.

2. Software Engineer, September 2009 – July 2010 – Infosys Technologies Limited:

• Developed Energy Trading applications for a petroleum company.

• Automated testing and debugging of applications.

• Prepared technical reports, summaries, protocols, and quantitative analysis.

• Provided help and support to junior developers by analyzing their work

PROJECTS:

1. Study and simulation of Anti Islanding schemes for a single phase PV Inverter, Spring 2011

• Simulated and compared an active (Active frequency drift) and passive islanding detection scheme (Voltage phase jump detection) for a grid connected single phase PV inverter by using PLECS toolbox in MATLAB Simulink.

2. Dynamic Modeling of a wind turbine generator, Spring 2011:

• Modeled a wind turbine generator with speed, torque and pitch angle controls by using PLECS toolbox in MATLAB Simulink.

• Designed and implemented active and reactive power controllers for the model and tested it with varying input wind speeds and torques.

3. Online Circuit Design Tool, Fall 2011:

• Designed and built a Power Electronics online circuit design tool using Python CGI.

• Designed circuit elements, controllers and optimized with respect to desired circuit losses. Magnetic design of inductors was also included.

4. Computer analysis of power systems, Fall 2011:

• Derived an algorithm and programed it to analyze an IEEE 118 bus system and identified faults in the buses.

• This was done using sparse matrix techniques and factorization in MATLAB.

5. Design of a Transmission Line, Spring 2011:

• Designed a transmission line (towers, conductors, shielding, lightning protection, insulators) between two cities by taking into consideration environmental effects, costs, and aesthetic appeal.

• Studied the performance of the designed line by calculating the line and load regulation, efficiency, electric and magnetic field effects.

6. Power System Planning, Fall 2011:

• Performed a transmission adequacy study for certain parts of Arizona with high penetration of solar photovoltaic (PV) resources.

• Performed contingency and expansion analysis on the system under study.

7. Power System Stability Analysis, Fall 2011:

• Performed stability analysis on a six machine, two area model using PSLF and TSAT.

• Modeled the generators using classical, 2-axis and E” models, in detail.

• A MATLAB code was used to verify the stability analysis results from these tools.

8. MATLAB Simulation of an Integrated Renewable Energy Power Plant, Spring 2009:

• Studied the possibilities of power supply to remote locations using an autonomous power grid.

• Modeled an isolated power plant fed only by renewable energy sources and analyzed its control requirements using MATLAB.

RELEVANT COURSEWORK:

• Advanced Power Electronics: DC-DC Converters (Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost, Cuk, SEPIC, Flyback, Forward, Full Bridge), DC-AC (single and three phase inverters with unipolar and bi polar PWM), Power electronics application for renewable energy (PV inverters, wind inverters), Soft switching, Controller design and Magnetic circuit design

• Analog Integrated Circuits: MOSFETs, BJTs, FETs, Frequency response of amplifiers and analog circuits, Multi-stage Operational Amplifiers, Stability and frequency compensation, Analog layouts, Cadence simulations and layout of Integrated Circuits.

• Renewable Electric Energy Systems: PV inverter modeling, Space vector PWM implementation, Anti islanding schemes and algorithms, MPPT algorithms, overview of UL-1741 and IEEE1547 standards, modeling of wind generators and grid integration of renewables.

• Other Courses: Transmission and Distribution, Power System Stability, Power Systems Analysis, Computer Solutions of Power Systems and Power System Operations and Planning.

PUBLICATIONS:

• Vaidyanath Raman, Shivaprasad K G, Dr Sasi KK, “A Preliminary Investigation on Control Requirements in an Integrated Renewable Energy System,” at EPSCICON (IEEE Kerala chapter, India), Nov. 2009.

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