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Interests: Power electronics application to the power system, renewable system, and AC microgrid
Qualifications
B.Tech (Electrical and Electronics) from G. Pulla Reddy Engineering College (Autonomous), Kurnool, 2001.
M.Tech. (Power Electronics) from JNTUH College of Engineering (Autonomous), Hyderabad, 2004.
Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 2012.
Journal Publication Details
| Author | Title | Journal Name | Vol. Page. Year. | |
| J22 | H. Myneni, A. Pranay Kumar, S. A. Mandale, and G. Siva Kumar | Active and Reactive Power Control of Grid-Tied Asymmetrical MLI-based PV System with Reduced Switching Frequency | Recent Advances in Power Electronics and Drives (Springer Nature Singapore) | pp. 119–134, 2022 |
| J21 | K. Chinna, G. Siva Kumar | An Adaptive DC Link Voltage Control of Multifunctional SPV Grid Connected VSI for Switching Loss Reduction | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics |
Accepted for Publication (Nov. 2021) |
| J20 | Hari Priya V., D. Sreenivasarao, G. Siva Kumar, H. M Suryawanshi, Haitham Abu Rub | A Survey on Reduced Switch Count Multilevel Inverters | IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society |
vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 80-111, February 2021. |
| J19 | Hari Priya V., D. Sreenivasarao, G. Siva Kumar | A three-phase transformer based T-type topology for DSTATCOM application | International Journal of Electronics (Taylor & Francis) | vol. 108, no. 9, pp. 1534-1554, February 2021. |
| J18 | M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar | Design, Analysis, and Switching Losses Reduction of Hybrid Shunt Compensator with Adaptive Control Scheme | International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems (Wiley) | vol. 31, no. 2, February 2021 (e12716) |
| J17 | A Pranay Kumar, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao | Model predictive control with TOPSIS method for four leg DSTATCOM to improve power quality and reduce switching frequency | International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems (Wiley) |
vol. 31, no. 1, January 2021 (e12688) |
| J16 | A Pranay Kumar, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao | Model predictive control with constant switching frequency for four leg DSTATCOM using three-dimensional space vector modulation | IET Generation, Transmission, and Distribution | vol. 14, no. 17, pp. 3571 - 3581, September 2020 |
| J15 | M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar | Energy Management and Control of Single-Stage Grid Connected Solar PV and BES System |
IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy | vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1739-1749, July 2020 |
| J14 | M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao | Power Quality Enhancement by Hybrid DSTATCOM with Improved Performance in Distribution System |
International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems (Wiley) | vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 3649 - 3660, January 2020 (e12153) |
| J13 | M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao | Cost Effective Single-phase DSTATCOM for Low Power Applications | Electric Power Components and Systems (Taylor & Francis) | Vol. 47, Issue No. 9 - 10, pp. 785 - 797, November 2019 |
| J12 | A Pranay Kumar, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao, M. Hareesh | Model Predictive Current Control of DSTATCOM with Simplified Weighting Factor Selection Using VIKOR Method for Power Quality Improvement | IET Generation, Transmission, and Distribution | vol. 13, no. 16, pp. 3649 - 3660, August 2019 |
| J11 | Kavita Kiran Prasad, Hareesh Myneni, Ganjikunta Siva Kumar | Power Quality Improvement and PV Power Injection by DSTATCOM with Variable DC Link Voltage Control from RSC-MLC | IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy | vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 876 - 885, April 2019 |
| J10 | M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar | Simple Algorithm for Current and Voltage Control of LCL-DSTATCOM for Power Quality Improvement | IET Generation, Transmission, and Distribution | vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 423 - 424, February 2019 |
| J9 | A Pranay Kumar, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao | Three-Phase Four Switch DSTATCOM Topologies with Special Transformers for Neutral Current Compensation and Power Quality Improvement | IET Generation, Transmission, and Distribution | vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 368 - 379, February 2019 |
| J8 | Hari Priya Vemuganti, Dharmavarapu Sreenivasarao, Ganjikunta Siva Kumar, Appikonda Sai Spandana | Reduced Carrier PWM Scheme with Unified Logical Expressions for Reduced Switch Count Multilevel Inverters | IET Power Electronics | vol. 11, no. 5, pp. 912 - 921, April 2018 |
| J7 | Hari Priya Vemuganti, Dharmavarapu Sreenivasarao, Ganjikunta Siva Kumar | Zero-Sequence Voltage Injected Fault-Tolerant Scheme for Multiple Open Circuit Faults in Reduced Switch Count based MLDCL Inverter | IET Power Electronics | vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 1351 - 1364, June 2018 |
| J6 | M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao | Dynamic DC Voltage Regulation of Split-Capacitor DSTATCOM for Power Quality Improvement | IET Generation, Transmission, and Distribution | vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 4373 - 4383, 2017 |
| J5 | Hari Priya Vemuganti, Dharmavarapu Sreenivasarao, Ganjikunta Siva Kumar | An improved Pulse Width Modulation Scheme for T-type Multilevel Inverter | IET Power Electronics | vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 968 - 976, 2017 |
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J4 |
M. Hareesh, C. Amarnath, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao, | Experimental implementation for Maximum Power Point Tracking of 100 W Solar Panel with DC-DC Boost Converter |
The Journal of CPRI |
Vol. 12, No.4, December 2016 |
| J3 | G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra | Minimization of VA Loading of UPQC in Three-Phase Four wire Distribution System | International Journal of Power Electronics (IJPELEC) | vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 197 - 220, 2012 |
| J2 | G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra | Mitigation of Voltage Sags with Phase Jumps by UPQC with PSO based ANFIS | IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery | vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 2761 - 2773, October 2011 |
| J1 | Anil Kumar Ramkuru, G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh Kumar Mishra | Compensation of voltage sags with phase-jumps through DVR with minimum VA rating using PSO based ANFIS controller | International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research (IJSIR) | vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 19 - 33, July-September 2010 |
Conference Proceedings
| Author | Title | Conference Name | Vol. Page. Year. | |
| C15 | Chinna Karasala, Rakesh Rao Lekkala, Siva Kumar Ganjikuna | Variable DC-Link Voltage Control Strategy for Split-Capacitor DSTATCOM Operating in Voltage Control Mode |
IEEE Second International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T- 2022), 1-3 March 2022, organized by NIT-Raipur and technically co-sponsored by IEEE IAS society, IEEE Bombay Section, and IEEE student branch NITRR. |
pp. 1 - 6, May 2022 |
| C14 | Hareesh Myneni, A Pranay Kumar, Somnath A. Mandale, and G. Siva Kumar | Active and Reactive Power Control of Grid-Tied Asymmetrical MLI based PV System with Reduced Switching Frequency | 2nd Electric Power and Renewable Energy Conference (EPREC-2021), 28th-30th May 2021, Organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur, and Proceedings Publish in Springer | Publication process |
| C13 | A Pranay Kumar, G. Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao | Model Predictive Control of Four-Level NNPC DSTATCOM for Power Quality Improvement in Distribution System | 45th Annual Conference of the IEEE, Industrial Electronics Society (IECON2019), Lisbon Portugal, 14-17 Oct. 2019 | pp. 7063-7068, December 2019 |
| C12 | Hareesh Myneni, G Siva Kumar | A New Interactive Control Algorithm of DSTATCOM for Power Quality Improvement | IEEE Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems Conference (IEEE PEDES 2018), to be held during 18-21 December 2018 at Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India | pp. 1 - 5, May 2019 |
| C11 | Kavita Kiran Prasad, Hareesh Myneni, Ganjikunta Siva Kumar | Reduced Switch Count Multi-level Converter Controlled DC-link Voltage of DSTATCOM for Power Quality Improvement | Biennial International Conference on Power & Energy Systems: Towards Sustainable Energy (PESTSE-2018), Amrita School of Engineering, Bengaluru Campus, January 18- 20, 2018 | Publication process |
| C10 | A Pranay Kumar, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao | Conductance Factor Based Control Method for DSTATCOM to Improve Power Quality | 7th International Conference on Power Systems, 2017 (ICPS 2017) will be held at College of Engineering Pune (COEP), India from 21st to 23rd December 2017. ICPS 2017 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Pune Section and IEEE PES/IAS Chapter. | pp. 307-312, June 2018 |
| C9 | Hareesh Myneni, G Siva Kumar, D Sreenivasarao | Adaptive dc-voltage regulation for DSTATCOM under load variations | Region 10 Conference (TENCON), 2016 IEEE, Singapore | 2909-2913 |
| C8 | M. Hareesh, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao | Power Quality improvement by Shunt Active Filter for low cost applications | Computation of Power, Energy Information and Communication (ICCPEIC), 2015 | 0153 - 0158 |
| C7 | Hareesh Myneni, G. Siva Kumar, D. Sreenivasarao | Power quality enhancement by current controlled Voltage Source Inverter based DSTATCOM for load variations | 2015 IEEE IAS Joint Industrial and Commercial Power Systems / Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference (ICPSPCIC), 19-21 November 2015, Hyderabad, India | pp. 182 - 188, 2015 |
| C6 | G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra | Mitigation of Voltage Sags with Phase-jumps in Wind Generation | IET Conference Renewable Power Generation (RPG 2011), Edinburgh, UK |
pp. 1 - 6, 6-8 September 2011 |
| C5 | G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra | Power Quality Improvement by UPQC with Minimum Real Power Injection | 2011- 4th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE 2011), Birmingham | pp. 1 - 10, 30 Aug. 2011- 1 Sept. 2011. |
| C4 | G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and M. Mahesh Kumar | Optimal VA loading of UPQC during mitigation of unbalanced voltage sags with phase jumps in three-phase four-wire distribution system | 2010 International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON), Hangzhou, China | pp. 1 - 8. 2010 |
| C3 | R. Anil Kumar, G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra | Compensation of voltage sags with phase-jumps through DVR with minimum VA rating using PSO | TENCON 2009 - 2009 IEEE Region 10 Conference, Singapore | pp. 1 - 6, 2009 |
| C2 | R. Anil Kumar, G. Siva Kumar, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra | Compensation of voltage sags and harmonics with phase-jumps through DVR with minimum VA rating using particle swarm optimization | World Congress on Nature Biologically Inspired Computing, 2009. NaBIC 2009 | pp. 1361-1366, 2009 |
| C1 | G. Siva Kumar, P. Harsh Vardhana, B. Kalyan Kumar, and Mahesh K. Mishra | Minimization of VA loading of Unified Power Quality Conditioner (UPQC) | International Conference on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical Drives, 2009. POWERENG'09, Lisbon, Portugal | pp. 552 - 557, 2009 |
Awards And Honors
1. "Active and Reactive Power Control of Grid-Tied Asymmetrical MLI-based PV System with Reduced Switching Frequency", by Hareesh Myneni, A Pranay Kumar, Somnath A. Mandale, and G. Siva Kumar, has been awarded as a Best Paper in the session and the track of the 2nd Electric Power and Renewable Energy Conference (EPREC-2021), 28th-30th May 2021, Organized by the Department of Electrical Engineering, NIT Jamshedpur, and Proceedings Publish in Springer.
2. IEI Member - 2021
3. IEEE Senior Member (USA) - 2017
4. POSOCO Power System Award (PPSA-2013), awardee by FITT IIT Delhi and POWERGRID for my Ph.D. work
5. Received Financial Support from DST and IIT Madras Alumni Association of North America (IITMAANA) to present the paper in "14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications" co-sponsored by the EPE Association and IEEE Power Electronics Society.
6. Received Financial Support from IIT Madras to present the paper in "2010 International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON2010)" sponsored by CSEE (Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering) and IEEE/PES (Power & Energy Society) .
1. "Power System Engineering" by D. P. Kothari and I. J. Nagrath, 3 edition, McGraw Hill Education (India) Private Limited, 2019 (ISBN: 9789353165116)
Book - Contributing Subject Matter Expert:
1. Basic Engineering Circuit Analysis, by J. David Irwin, R. Mark Nelms, 12th edition [2021], John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd
| S. No | Program | Course Title | Year Handled |
| 1 | II Sem, I B.Tech - Electrical | EE152 - Electric and Magnetic Fields | 2021-2022 (current semester) |
| 2 | I Sem, II B.Tech - Electrical | EE203 - Electric and Magnetic Fields | 2014-2015, 2015 - 2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2020-2021 |
| 3 | II Sem, IV B.Tech- Electrical | EE465 - Power Quality | 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015 - 2016, 2016 - 2017, 2017-2018 , 2019-2020 |
| 4 | II Sem, I M.Tech (PSE & PED) | EE5165 - Power Quality Improvement Techniques | 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015 - 2016, 2016 - 2017, 2017-2018 ,2018-2019, 2019-2020, |
| 5 | II Sem, I M.Tech (PSE & PED) | EE5163 - Power Quality Improvement Techniques | 2020-2021 |
| 6 | I Sem, I M.Tech (PED) | EE5112 - Power Quality Improvement Techniques | 2021-2022 |
| 7 | I Sem, II B.Tech - Electrical | EE201 - Circuit Theory - I | 2019-2020 |
| 8 | I Sem, I M.Tech (PED) | EE5102 - Analysis, and Modeling of Electrical Machines | 2019-2020 |
| S. No | Program | Course Title | Year Handled |
| 1 | I Sem, III B.Tech - Electrical | EE305 - Circuits Lab | 2018-2019 ( I- Sem & II semester), 2020-2021 |
| 2 | II Sem, IV B.Tech- Electrical | EE 452 - Power Electronics & Drives Lab | 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022 |
| 3 | I Sem, I M.Tech (PED) | EE5104 - Power Electronics Lab | 2019-2020 |
| 4 | II Sem, I M.Tech (PED) | EE5154- Electric Drives Lab | 2020-2021, 2021-2022 (current semester) |
| S.No. | Name | Roll No | Title of the thesis | Status/Year of Award of the Ph.D. |
Sole Supervisor/ Supervisor/ Co-Supervisor |
| 1 | V. Hari Priya | 714118 | Reduced Switch Count Multilevel Inverters: Topologies, PWM Schemes, and Fault-Tolerant Operation | Completed on 08.04.2019 |
Co-Supervisor |
| 2 | M. Hareesh | 714011 | Power Quality Enhancement by DSTATCOM with Improved Performance | Completed on 20.12.2019 |
Sole Supervisor |
| 3 | A. Pranay Kumar | 716011 | Investigations on Topologies and Control Algorithms of DSTATCOM to Compensate Current Related Power Quality Issues | Completed on 24.08.2020 |
Supervisor |
| 4 | Chinna Karasala | 717116 | Multi-functional Grid-connected Inverter | Pursuing (Full-time) |
Sole Supervisor |
| 5 | Gajangi Arun Kumar | 720036 | Current Quality Enhancement by DSTATCOM | Pursuing (Part-time) |
Sole Supervisor |
| 6 |
Koyyana Srinivasa Rao |
712053 | Power Quality | Pursuing (Full-time) |
Sole Supervisor |
Title of the Project: Load compensation by DSTATCOM in distribution system
Coordinator: Dr. G. Siva Kumar
Amount: 5.00 lakh Rupees
Sponsoring Agency: NIT Warangal, India
Duration: 2013- 2015
Status: Completed
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Institute (related)
Outside the Institute:
- VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad
- Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Hyderabad
- Shri Vishnu Engineering College For Women, Bhimavaram
- Bonam Venkata Chalamawa Engineering College, Odalarevu, East Godavari
- University College of Engineering (Kakatiya University), Kothagudem
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