Dr. P.S. Kulkarni
Brief Bio
| Brief Bio |
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| P.S. Kulkarni (MIEEE, LMISTE) graduated in Electrical Engineering from the Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli, Maharashtra in 1987. He received |
| M.E. degree in Electrical Power System from Government College of Engineering, Amravati in 1994 and Ph.D. from Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur in 2002. |
| He has been actively involved in Teaching and Research in VNIT for the last 29 years and he is currently working as Professor with the Department of Electrical Engg, VNIT, Nagpur. He has to his credit a few Best Paper Awards in various Conferences organized at Institution of Engineers (India), Nagpur, at IIT Kharagpur, at IIT Guwahati and Best Guided M.Tech. Thesis award from ISTE, New Delhi. He has guided 4 Ph.D. Scholars and three are currently doing research. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence applications in Power System Operation and Control, Solar Photovoltaic based power generation, etc. |
| He was topper among male candidates in Yog Pravesh Exam conducted by Janardan Swami Yogabhyasi Mandal, Nagpur. He is Member of IEEE, USA , Institution of Engineers(India), Kolkata and Life Member of ISTE, New Delhi. |
Education
| Sr. No. | Degree | Year | Specialization | University |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ph.D. | 2002 | Emission Constrained Economic Dispatch | RTMNU, Nagpur |
| 2 | M.E. | 1994 | Electrical Power System | Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati |
| 3 | UG | 1987 | Electrical Engg. | Shivaji University, Kolhapur |
Contact Details
| Phone: | Email: | Address: |
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| 9422505589 | pskulkarnieee@vnit.ac.in | Electrical Engineering Department VNIT South Ambazaari Road Nagpur. |
Research Interest
| Research Interest |
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| Power System Operation and Control and Solar Photovoltaic based power generation etc. |
| Sr. No. | Title | Funding Agency | Role | Year | Amount (in Lakhs INR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Operation, Control and Stability of Integrated Power System | Ministry of Education, New Delhi | Principal Investigator | 2004 | seven |
| Sr. No. | Title | Funding Agency | Role | Year | Amount (in Lakhs INR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Energy Audit at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur | ||||
| (Prof. M. V. Aware – PI) | NEERI, Nagpur | Co-PI | 23-09-2016 | 4.6 | |
| to | |||||
| 21-07-2017 | |||||
| 2 | Quantification and Energy Saved through Energy Saver in Street Lighting, at NMC,Nagpur | NMC,Nagpur | Co-PI | 10-07-2007 | 0.56 |
| (Prof. M. V Aware – PI) | to | ||||
| Oct. 2007 |
| Description | Author(s) | Publisher | ISBN | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability Analysis of Renewable Energy Generators (Book) | R. M. Moharil and P. S. Kulkarni | Denett Nagpur | 978-8195006724 | 2021 |
| Performance Analysis of 400kWp Grid-connected Rooftop Solar PV System for Technical Institute (Book Chapter) | R. M. Moharil P. S. Kulkarni Pranay S. Shete and Prasad. B. Joshi | Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. | 978-981-19-0978-8 | 2022 |
| Sr. No. | Patent Title | Application No. | Date | Present Staus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light-Weight-Modular Solar Cooker | IN 202121043252 | 12-11-2021 | Granted |
| Title | Funding Agency | Host Institute | Dates | No. of Participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simulation Software in Electrical Engg | Ministry of Education | Electrical Engg. Dept., VNIT, Nagpur | Nov. 9-13, 2009 | 25 |
| Distributed Generation and Power Quality | Self Sponsored | Electrical Engg. Dept., VNIT, Nagpur | Dec. 15-16, 2015 | 28 |
| Renewable Energy Systems and Power Quality | Self Sponsored | Electrical Engg. Dept., VNIT, Nagpur | August 29 – Sept. 02, 2016 | 30 |
| Surya Pakavidya: Hands-On Solar Cooker Design, Development and Operation Training | Self Sponsored | Electrical Engg. Dept., VNIT, Nagpur | May 27-31, 2024 | 25 |
| Sr. No. | Responsibility | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Associate Dean (International Affairs and Ranking) | 2022-2024 |
| 2 | Associate Dean (Exams) | 2015-2018 |
| 3 | Coordinator – OPJEMS Scholarship Exam | 2015-2017 |
| 4 | Chairman – M.Tech. Admissions | 2014 |
| 5 | Coordinator – CDEEP and NMEICT Project | 2011-2013 |
| Year | Awards |
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| 2013 | National Award for Best MTech Thesis in Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| S.No. | Paper Citation |
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| 1 | A.S.Werulkar, P.S.Kulkarni and A. Sahuskade, “Energy Analysis of Solar Home Lighting System”, Proc. Of First India International Energy Summit , VNIT, Nagpur 2011. |
| 2 | S. K.Ksheersagar, A. S. Werulkar and P. S. Kulkarni, “Study of design of Single Phase Inverter for Solar Home Lighting System”, Proc. Of First India International Energy Summit , VNIT, Nagpur 2011. |
| 3 | D. Shankar, A.S.Werulkar and P.S.Kulkarni,“Simulation of Soft Switching Boost Converter with MPPT for Solar Home Lighting System”, Proc. Of All India Seminar (with International Cooperation) on Clean Energy & Energy Conservation 2012, 13th – 14th Oct. 2012, Institution of Engineers (India), Nagpur. |
| 4 | A.S.Werulkar and P.S.Kulkarni, “Design of a constant current solar charge controller with microcontroller based soft switching buck converter for Solar Home Lighting System” Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives andEnergy Systems (PEDES), 2012 Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/PEDES.2012.6484337 Publication Year: 2012 , Page(s): 1 – 6. |
| 5 | A.S.Werulkar and P.S.Kulkarni, “Microcontroller based Constant Voltage Battery Charger with Soft Switching Buck Converter for solar Home Lighting system”, Proceedings of 5th International Conference on Computer Applications in Electrical Engg. – Recent Advances (CERA 2013), IIT Roorkee, Oct. 3-5, 2013. |
| 6 | Anjali Anand K, Prachi Salodkar and P. S. Kulkarni, “Simulation of a Single – Stage Grid-Connected Inverter Topology for Solar PV Systems with Maximum Power Point Tracking”, Proc. Of National Conference on Power Electronic Systems and Applications (PESA 2013), IEEE Kolkata Section, NIT Rourkela. |
| 7 | Sandeep. N , Mutta Krishna Murthy and P. S. Kulkarni, Single-Phase Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System Based on Ripple Correlation Control Maximum Power Point Tracking”, Proceedings of IEEE Students’ Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS), MANIT, Bhopal, March 1 & 2, 2014. |
| 8 | Mutta Krishna Murthy, Sandeep.N and P. S. Kulkarni, “Analysis and Design of ZVS-PWM Active Clamping DC-to-DC Cuk Converter Based PV Generation System” , Proceedings of Students’ Conference on Engineering and Systems (SCES), MNNIT, Allahabad, 28-30 May 2014. |
| 9 | Sandeep N, P. A. Salodkar, P. S. Kulkarni, “A New Simplified Multilevel Inverter Topology for Grid-Connected Application” Proceedings of IEEE Students’ Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science (SCEECS), MANIT, Bhopal, March 1 & 2, 2014 |
| 10 | P. A. Salodkar, Sandeep N., P. S. Kulkarni and Udaykumar R.Y., “A Comparison of Seven-Level Inverter Topologies for Multilevel DC-AC Power Conversion”, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES) at IIT Bombay, 16 – 19 Dec. 2014. |
| 11 | Sandeep N, P. S. Kulkarni and Udaykumar R Y, “A Single-Stage Active Damped LCL-Filter-Based Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Inverter With Maximum Power Point Tracking”, Proceedings of National Power Systems Conference (NPSC), Electrical Engg. Dept., IIT, Guwahati, 18-20 Dec. 2014 (Best Poster Paper Award) |
| 12 | Ashutosh S Werulkar and P. S. Kulkarni, “Simulation analysis of Solar Powered Home Lighting System”, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Energy, Environment, Ecosystems and Sustainable Development (EEESD ’15), Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, January 10-12, 2015 |
| 13 | Amulya and P.S. Kulkarni, “A Review of Grid Computing Technology in Electrical Power Systems”, Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical Power and Energy Systems (ICEPES) , Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India. Dec 14-16, 2016 |
| 14 | P. A. Salodkar and P. S. Kulkarni, “A Single Phase Seven Level Inverter Topology for Photovoltaic Application”, Proc. Of IEEE Conference on “Power Embedded Drives and Control” at SSN College Chennai on 16th to 18th March 2017. |
| 15 | P. A. Salodkar, P. S. Kulkarni and Manoj Waghmare, “Study of Single phase multilevel inverter topologies suitable for photovoltaic Application” Proceedings of IEEE Conference ICECDS, SKR Engg. College, Poonamallee, Tamilnadu, India, August 1-2, 2017. |
| 16 | Omkar Rudrawar, Siddharth Daga, Janak Raj Chadha and P.S.Kulkarni, “Smart Street Lighting System with Light Intensity Control using Power Electronics”, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Smart-City Energy Security and Power (ICSESP 2018), “Smart Solutions for Smart Cities”, March 28-30, 2018Department of Electrical Engineering, C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. |
| 17 | Durvesh Kalke, Karun Kokkonda and P.S.Kulkarni, ““Financial Analysis of Grid-tied Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System employing Net-Metering” Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Smart Electric Drives & Power System, GHRCE, Nagpur , India June 2018. |
| 18 | Karun Kokkonda and P.S.Kulkarni, ““Soft switching high step up active clamp coupled inductor based converter for Grid-tied photovoltaic applications”, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference for Convergence in Technology(I2CT 2019), March 29-31, 2019, Pune, , India. |
| S.No. | Paper Citation |
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| 1 | R. M. Moharil and P. S. Kulkarni, “Reliability Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic System using hourly mean solar radiation data”, Solar Energy (Elsevier Publication), Vol. 84, 2010, pp. 691-702. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2010.01.022 |
| 2 | Ashutosh S. Werulkar and P. S. Kulkarni, “Energy analysis of Solar Home Lighting system with Microcontroller-based Charge Controller”, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, ASME, J. Sol. Energy Eng.. 2014; 136(3):031010-031010-9, SOL-13-1253,doi: 10.1115/1.4026679 |
| 3 | Ashutosh Sudhirrao Werulkar and Prakash S. Kulkarni, ““A case study of residential Solar Photovoltaic system with utility backup in Nagpur, India”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews , Elsevier,52 , 2015 1809–1822.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.195 |
| 4 | P. A. Salodkar, P. S. Kulkarni, Manoj A. Waghmare, P. C. Chaturvedi and Sandeep N, “Asymmetric H-Bridge Single-Phase Seven-Level Inverter Topology with Proportional Resonant Controller”, IETE JOURNAL OF RESEARCH, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1080/03772063.2017.1396934, pp. 19-32 |
| 5 | Kokkonda, Karun, and Prakash S. Kulkarni. “A high gain soft-switching active-clamped coupled-inductor-based converter for grid-tied photovoltaic applications.” Electrical Engineering 103.6 (2021): 2783-279 |
| 6 | Kokkonda, Karun, and Prakash S. Kulkarni. “A non‐isolated high gain DC‐DC converter with coupled‐inductor and built‐in transformer for grid‐connected photovoltaic systems.” International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications 50.8 (2022): 2709-2734. |
| 7 | Mamatha, G., and P. S. Kulkarni. “Assessment of floating solar photovoltaic potential in India’s existing hydropower reservoirs.” Energy for Sustainable Development 69 (2022): 64-76. |
| 8 | Bodele, Nikhil J., and Prakash S. Kulkarni. “Multi‐input battery‐integrated single‐stage DC‐DC converter for reliable operation of solar photovoltaic‐based systems.” International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications 51.1 (2023): 243-264. |
| 9 | N.J. Bodele, P.S. Kulkarni, “Modular battery-integrated bidirectional single-stage DC–DC converter for solar PV based DC Nano-grid application”, Solar Energy, Volume 259, 2023, Pages 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.04.040 |
| 10 | Mamatha G and Kulkarni PS “Analysis of floating photovoltaic systems on hydro reservoirs”, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers – Engineering Sustainability, 2024, Pages 1-18, https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.23.00047 |
| 11 | Mamatha, G., Kulkarni, P.S. Unlocking the floating solar photovoltaic potential on hydropower reservoirs: a case study of Srisailam dam, India. Electrical Engineering ,2024, pages1-13, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00202-024-02269-z |