About Research Committee

The Institution envisages innovation and technological development through its R & D cell. It has plans to cultivate academic and research collaborations with national and international universities, government agencies and industries to meet the immediate needs of society and the industry. The Institution also remains committed to long-term research as the foundation for future development. To enhance the research awareness among faculty by organizing discussions with eminent researchers and conducting national and international conferences, seminars, symposia, faculty development programmes and workshops on research methodology, IPR and patenting.

The R & D cell comprises of faculty members from various departments in the Institution. This committee oversees the smooth and efficient co-ordination of research and development activities in the Institution, thus fostering overall growth. The members will contribute towards enhancing research and development at ARUNAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE. The R & D Committee will plan, promote & evaluate R&D activity like funded R&D projects and consultancy projects at the Institution level. The members meet once in a month to discuss the status of ongoing projects, sets target for every year and devise plans to achieve the target. The R&D cell measures the attainment of achievements and recommends the performer for appreciation and incentives. A senior faculty heads this cell in the capacity of R & D Coordinator, with the Principal providing advisory support.

Vision

To be one of the premier technical institutions for its academic excellenceand innovative research to meet the future needs of the society.

Mission

To develop innovative products and technologies for the betterment of the society.

To train students to become technically competent professional and socially responsible citizens.

AEC – CPRI - RSoP Project

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MoU) SIGNED BETWEEN CENTRAL POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CPRI), BANGALORE and ARUNAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE(AEC), TIRUVANNAMALAI, TAMILNADU for the project on “Design, Development and Deployment of Grid Interfaced Power Conversion Unit for Solar –Wind Power Generation Systems” under RSoP scheme of Ministry of Power (MoP), Government of India.

CPRI & Relevance of RSoP in Indian Power Sector:

The Research Scheme on Power popularly (RSoP) was initiated by Ministry of Power, Government of India in 1961. The scheme is being administered by Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), An autonomous society under Ministry of Power, Government of India since 2001.The scheme basically aims to provide fund for carrying out need based research in power sector including solving of operational problems encountered in the power system.

Power Sector in India is characterized by multi-dimensional complexity. Many organizations are carrying out research in different areas of power sector. Research programmes are to be made more optimal & result oriented with the available limited resources. Over the years, the RSoP has evolved as a key instrument to deal with the operational and local specific issues of state level power utilities. In many of these initiatives, the R&D element is comparatively less. Consequently the average investment in any RSoP project is not much. Nonetheless, it has kept the innovative spirit alive at the utility level in its efforts to find out local specific solutions.

Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai has been selected for the establishment of CORE in the area of "ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS". The CORE has been functioning since 2009.

AEC & Relevance of R & D project

Energy is one of the key infrastructural requirements needed to realize high economic, sustained and inclusive growth of a country. The key objective is to meet the growing demand of energy in an efficient, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable manner. Distributed generation (DG) systems based on renewable energy resources play an important role in electric power systems for addressing energy security needs and sustainable development

Renewables contribute around 15% to the total grid power installed capacity in the country in an environmentally benign manner. The estimated share of these resources in electrical networks will increase significantly in the near future by providing different benefits like cost reduction, reliability of main grid, and emission reduction.

Extracting maximum power from solar and wind systems and feeding the grid with high-quality electricity are two main objectives of the project. Real time data of the entire system can be analyzed and validated. Reliability concerns of the proposed work will be analyzed before feasibility, replicability and commercialization. Emphasis will be made on the associating industry through technology transfer for development and deployment to rapid scale up the capacity and innovation of the proposed hybrid power generation systems.

The EEE department of our institution is offering an Under Graduate (UG) and two Post Graduate (PG) programmes in Power Electronics & Drives and Embedded System Technologies. Both UG and PG programmes of the department have been approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), New Delhi NBA, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), New Delhi and affiliated to Anna University, Chennai. So far, the PG programme of the Department has produced three University gold medalists, since inception

Area of Focus

Solar Photovoltaic Systems

Embedded Applications to Hybrid Energy Systems

Works carried out

Study of market dynamics and adoption of renewable energy technologies.

Feasibility analysis of continuous power generation based on Solar–Wind Energy systems.

Dissemination of information/study conclusions through peer reviewed research papers/Technical Documents/Reports, data base and International Journals.

National Conferences/ Workshops/Lectures and Hands on training on emerging trends renewable energy technologies periodically.

Ph.D and M.E courses. (on going)

Industry Tie ups

Tata Power Solar Systems Limited

Solkar Solar Industry Limited, Chennai

Indo Wind Energy Ltd

Indian Wind Power Association

Societal Contributions

Experience gained from the proposed system shared in public domain through Conferences/workshops and on- line video lectures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNAOvWY5YPU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cBWeYU-d6c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwfxEAAmWJo

AEC – TIFAC CORE in ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

About TIFAC

Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) is an autonomous organization under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. The Mission REACH programme (Relevance and Excellence in Achieving new heights in educational institutions) was launched by TIFAC aiming towards the development of human resources of international standards, imparting high quality education in chosen areas of high relevance to industry and society by creating sustainable linkages between academia and industry.

Selected engineering, science and technical Institutions are supported to establish Centre of Excellence & Relevance (CORE) and the curriculum is broadened in collaboration with relevant industries in order to meet the S&T manpower demand in the advanced emerging areas. The key element of the programme is the successful operation of the trilateral partnership among the TIFAC and the selected institution and the collaborating industry in accordance with the agreement for the project.

TIFAC CORE at AEC

Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai has been selected for the establishment of CORE in the area of "ELECTRIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS". The CORE has been functioning since 2009.

Vision

To become a world class centre for training, research and product development in the area of Electric Transportation Systems

Objective

To generate quality manpower in electrical machines and control for Transportation Systems.

To offer customized training programmes for Engineers from industries and government organizations in the area of Electric Transportation System design, fabrication and testing.

To conduct collaborative research in the areas of electric machines, power electronics, motor drives & their controls and application to Electric Transportation Systems.

To conduct State, National, & International level Workshops, Conferences for knowledge dissemination.

Area of Focus:

Hub Motor Applications to

• 1.Two Wheelers
• 2.Three Wheelers
• 3.Rope less Elevators

Linear Machine Applications to

• 1.Rapid Transit Systems
• 2.Conveyors
• 3.Four Wheelers

Rotary Machine Applications to

• 1.Three Wheelers
• 2.Four Wheelers

Core Capabilities

• Rotary machine design
• Linear machine design
• Optimal design of Electrical machine with levitation
• Design of Rope less Elevator Systems
• CAD of Electrical Machines
• Design of Controller circuit

Industries responded

Possible User Industries

• Indian Railways
• BEML
• DRDO
• L&T Ltd.,
• Kone Elevators
• Johnson’s Lifts
• Vijaya Value Electric Pvt. Ltd.,
• Crompton Greaves Limited
• Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Ltd.
• TATA Motors, Pune
• Siemens Transportation Systems
• Elevator & Escalator safety trust
• UB Transit systems Ltd.,
• Apex elevators
• Kinetic elevators
• Otis elevators
• Kirloskar Electric Company Pvt. Ltd.,
• Indus Electrans Ltd.,

Courses Taught

PG programme in Embedded System Technologies.

PG Diploma in Linear Motion Systems

Refresher Corporate Course in Computer Aided Design of Electrical Machines

Certificate Course in DSP Based Drives and Control

Short Profile of the Department

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Research Centres

The College is an approved Research Center of Anna University, Chennai for research scholars to pursue Ph.D. for the departments namely

• Mechanical Engineering
• Electrical and Electronics Engineering

INDO-SRI LANKAN JOINT RESEARCH COLLOBARATION IN SOLAR ENERGY

Mr.M.A. Kalhan Sandaru Boralessa, Ph.D, Research Scholar, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, SRI LANKA visited Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai on 28 – 29 November 2019 as a part of Exchange Visit in connection with Indo Sri Lankan Joint Research Programme, funded by Department of Science & Technology (International Bilateral Cooperation Division), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India in collaboration with University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka for the project titled, “Reconfigurable architecture for Solar Photovoltaic microgrid systems”. He interacted with the faculty, students and institution and presented his research dissemination. He also carried out power quality and wind resource assessment studies at Arunai Engineering College. Prof. Dr. Saravanan Vasudevan observing the Wind Resource Assessment work carried out by Mr. M. A. Kalhan Sandaru Boralessa.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

India lies in sunny regions of the world and most of its parts receive solar radiation of about 4.7 kWh/m2/day for 300-325 sunny days in a year. India has abundant solar resources, as it receives about 3000 hours of sunshine every year, having high solar insolation, an ideal platform for solar power generation for the world.
Government of India always encourages generation, transmission and distribution of electricity from various renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, small hydro and biomass by giving various financial incentives and support. At the state level, promotion of solar power generation is being supported by local policies that cover buy back, wheeling and banking of the generated electricity by state electricity boards, besides other incentives.
Considering the good potential of solar power and also the trust given by the Central & State Government in utilizing abundant solar power in the state of Tamil Nadu for electric power generation, M/s ARUNAI ENGINEERING COLLEGE, TIRUVANNAMALAI, TAMILNADU, INDIA had implemented a 10 kWp roof top solar photovoltaic (PV) based microgrid system in its college premises through international bilateral co operation scheme, funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India in collaboration with University of Moratuwa, Srilanka.
This roof top PV microgrid system is prominently located in the terrace of Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering building (Geo Co ordinates: NL 120 11’ 35”, EL 790 4’59”) which has the facilities like good solar insolation, grid connectivity for exporting AC power, water requirement for module cleaning and easily accessible for all the stake holders. This system has solar PV modules, inverter as the major components & other accessories for the electric power generation. All the necessary auxiliary facilities of the power plant like plant monitoring system, safety equipments, instrumentation, control system etc., are provided. The plant and equipment facilities are well designed to comply with all applicable stipulations /guidelines of statutory authorities. The electric power generation of this 10 kWp PV power plant is estimated to be 14000 kWh per annum, (i. e) around 40 kWhr or units of electricity/day. As on 09 July 2022, this solar photovoltaic microgrid system had delivered 8746 kWhr of electricity into the local grid on the given day of operation, from the date of installation.

HYBRID WIND – SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY FOR 24x7

Wind – Solar system of capacity 2.5 kW (Wind system – 1 kW and Solar Photovoltaic system – 1.5 kW) was commissioned during 2018 and began its service to generate the electric power to feed the local load/ grid. As on 12 July 2022, Wind – Solar system had delivered 1930 kWhr of electricity into the local grid. (5 Units of electricity on a given day of operation from solar and wind system). This R & D Work is carried out in support with Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore and National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai, Ministry of Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of INDIA.
Officials from Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India and National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai and Prof. Dr. K. Shanthi Swarup, Professor, Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras visited Hybrid Wind Solar Renewable Energy Laboratory installed in the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu, India on 14th August 2019. This work is funded by Ministry of Power and Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, also supported by Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore and National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai.
Students from Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Arunai Engineering College, Tiruvannamalai briefing their work on Renewable Energy during January-February 2022.

Reference Video Links:

1). https://youtu.be/0o5eL4Ec34I
2). https://youtu.be/Hrh7JtcNH5Q
3). https://youtu.be/I_k3Tojlxmc
4). https://youtu.be/cHyCCOHfR2s