SIVAPRASAD ATHIKKAL

Dr. SIVAPRASAD ATHIKKAL
Assistant Professor (O.G)

Email ID: sivaprasad.a@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in
Area: Power Electronics
Affiliation: Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kattankulathur Campus, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University)

Other Details:

Courses:

• Power Semiconductor Devices
• Power Quality Issues and Remedial Measures
• Network Analysis and Synthesis
• Basic Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Research Interests

• Multi input DC-DC converters, Hybrid energy systems, Distributed generation, DC microgrid, and Power converters for the integration of non-conventional energy sources

Selected Publications

International Journal Publications

• Sivaprasad A, G. G. Kumar, Kumaravel S, Ashok S., "Performance Analysis of a Positive Output Voltage Dual Input DC-DC Converter for Hybrid Energy Application, Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers, Vol. 27, no.10, 1850159, January 2018 (SCI indexed, IF = 0.595).
• Sivaprasad A., G. G. Kumar, Kumaravel S. and Ashok S., "Performance Analysis of Novel Bridge Type Dual Input DC-DC Converters", in IEEE Access, Vol. 5, pp. 15340-15353, August 2017(SCI indexed, IF = 3.557).
• Sivaprasad A, Kumaravel S, and Ashok S., "Development and Performance Analysis of Dual Input DC-DC Converters for DC Microgrid Application", IEEJ Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Vol. 13, Issue 7, pp.1034-1043,July 2018(SCI indexed, IF = 0.723).
• Sivaprasad A, Kumaravel S, Ashok S., "Design, Fabrication and Performance Analysis of a Two Input—Single Output DC-DC Converter", Energies, 2017, Vol. 10, pp. 1-18, September 2017(SCI indexed, IF = 2.676).
• Sivaprasad A, Kumaravel S, Ashok S., "A Modified Dual Input DC-DC Converter for Hybrid Energy Application", International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive System (IJPEDS), Vol. 8, pp. 81-92, March 2017 (Scopus Indexed).
• Vinu Thomas, Kumaravel S, Sivaprasad A, Ashok S., "Testing of a Solar-PV/Wind operated AC-DC Microgrid with LabVIEW Controller", International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 406-413, March 2018 (Scopus Indexed).
• Sivaprasad A, Kumaravel S., and Ashok S., "Comparison of Two Dual Input DC-DC Converter Topologies for Renewable Energy Integration", International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 10, No. 18, pp. 38923-38930, September 2015 (Scopus Indexed).

IEEE International Conference publications

• Sivaprasad A, G. G. Kumar, Kumaravel S. and Ashok S., "A novel bridge type DC-DC converter for hybrid energy source integration," 2016 IEEE 1st International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), Delhi, pp. 1-6, 2016.
• Kumaravel S, Sivaprasad A and Ashok S., "A fuzzy controller for a DC/DC converter to integrate different power characteristic sources," 2016 IEEE 25th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Santa Clara, CA, pp. 550-555, 2016.
• Sivaprasad A, Kumaravel S and Ashok S., "Integration of solar PV/batteryhybrid system using dual input DC-DC converter," 2016 Biennial International Conference on Power and Energy Systems: Towards Sustainable Energy (PESTSE), Bangalore, pp. 1-5, 2016.
• Sravanakumar R, Sivaprasad A, Kumaravel S and Ashok S., "Development of Dual input — Single output high frequency transformer coupled DC-DC converter for renewable energy integration," 2015 IEEE International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovation/ International Technology Management Conference (ICE/ITMC), Belfast, pp. 1-5, 2015.
• Sivaprasad A, Jijo Joseph, Kumaravel S and Ashok S., "Design and analysis of a dual input DC-DC converter for hybrid electric vehicle," 2015 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems (SPICES), Kozhikode, pp. 1-5, 2015.
• K. M. Nisar, Sivaprasad A, Kumaravel S and Ananthakrishnan P., "Implementation of closed loop controller in a dual input DC-DC converter for DC-microgrid application," 2016 IEEE Annual India Conference (INDICON), Bangalore, pp. 1-6, 2016.
• T. Vanker, G. Gurkumar, Sivaprasad A, Kumaravel S., "Comparative analysis of PI and fuzzy control for a dual input DC/DC converter in hybrid energy application," 2017 IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Informatics, Communication and Energy Systems (SPICES), Kollam, pp. 1-6, 2017.
• G. S. Das, G. G. Kumar, , Sivaprasad A, Kumaravel S., "Comparative study of PI and one-cycle control of a dual-input DC/DC converter," 2017 IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Instrumentation and Communication Engineering (ICEICE), Karur, pp. 1-6, 2017.

Academic Experiences

• Adhoc Faculty at National Institute of Technology Calicut

December 2017 – May 2018

• Handled the subject Power Semiconductor Devices for undergraduate students
• Research Scholar at National Institute of Technology Calicut

August 2013 – December 2017 (4 Years, 4 months)

• Research in Multi input DC-DC converters
• Teaching assistant for different laboratory courses such as Electrical machines lab, Electrical measurement lab, Power Engineering lab etc.
• Assistant Professor at Thejus Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala

July 2012 – July 2013 (1 year)

• Handled the subjects Power Quality Issues and Remedial Measures and Network Analysis and Synthesis for undergraduate students
• Mini project coordinator

Workshops and seminars attended

• Short course on “Power Electronic Applications for Renewable Integration”, March 30 – April 1, 2015 organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur.
• “Two day National Level Workshop on LabVIEW and Applications”, on 23rd and 24th of April 2015, Organized by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, MES College of Engineering, Kuttippuram, Kerala.
• “ NI Days 2015”, Organized by National Instruments,19th Nov 2015, The Leela Palace, Bangalore.
• Short term course on " Power Electronics for Grid Connected Renewable Energy System", May 14th to 16th , 2015, Organized by Department of Electrical Engineering ,National Institute of Technology, Calicut.
• Faculty Development Programme on “Security Assessment and Power Management in Smart Grid (SAPMS 2015)”, 15-19th June 2015, Organized by Department of Electrical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut.

Membership in Professional Organzation

• IEEE (2013 onwards)