Lead Engineer - Power Supply at ALSTOM
16 Years of Experience
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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13 years of industry experience in modeling, simulation, electrical design, and embedded product development. Specialties: Grid integration studies of Photovoltaic solar system, Traction simulation studies, Electrical design of power system network, Energy savings analysis, EMI/EMC studies, DC traction power system design, Earthing, Bonding, and Stray current of DC traction system, Power flow, Short circuit, Transient stability, Voltage stability, Electromagnetic transient studies including both slow front transient studies and fast front transient studies, Arc flash studies, Harmonic analysis, and Network resonance studies for medium voltage, and high voltage network, Model based simulation, grid integration of photovoltaic inverter system, Hardware in the loop simulation, Electronic product development Tools: SIGNON/ELBAS traction simulation tool, PSSE, PSCAD, SKM, ETAP, MATLAB, MS Visual Studio, TRACE32 JTAG debugger
Alstom, Others, Railroad Manufacture
Alstom
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Alstom, Alstom, ABB, ABB, Western University, Bluewater Power Distribution Corporation, KYOCERA Global, SoftDEL Systems Pvt Ltd
Job Title : Lead Engineer
Company name : Alstom
Period : August 2021 - Present
Summary : Currently working as power supply simulation specialist for various electrification tenders and projects
Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Title : Senior Power Supply Simulation Engineer at ALSTOM
Company name : Alstom
Period : August 2017 - August 2021
Summary : Traction Simulation Study:
Clients:
Manila light rail transit 750 V DC OCS system, Kochi 750 V DC third rail system, Hong Kong MTR 1500 V DC system, Bengaluru Phase II 750 V DC third rail system, Bangkok Orange line simulation 750 V DC system, Kanpur Metro 750 V DC system, Jaipur 25 kV AC system
Responsibilities:
Track alignment data modelling, Train parameter validation such as traction effort, braking effort curves, train resistance coefficient, Building timetable based on the operational data, Modelling the traction substation along with feeding conductor and return circuits, perform simulation for normal and fault scenarios, analysis of the following :
Power consumption, Average RMS current and power, Feeder loading, energy recovery
Track to earth voltage, stray current
Analyze speed curve w.r.t location and time for individual train
Demand load determination based on load duration curves
Software:
Traction simulation tool - SIGNON/ELBAS
DC Traction Design Project :
Clients:
Manila 750 V DC Light rail transit , Bengaluru Phase 1 extension line 750 V DC system
Responsibilities:
Rectifier transformer sizing, rectifier sizing, cable sizing, DC short circuit calculation, MV/LV switchgear rating and specification, DC switchgear and Over voltage protective device specification finalization
DC protection study, AC protection study, Harmonic study, power flow and short circuit analysis using SKM
Earth mat design, Earthing and bonding philosophy preparation, EMC report review of both emission and immunity requirement of the equipment as per EN/IEC standard, EMC review of the station equipment layout and earthing layout in design point of view
RFQ prepration and supplier document validation during tender and project stage
Utility interconnection requirement analysis and interfacing
Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Title : Senior Power Systems Engineer
Company name : ABB
Period : February 2016 - August 2017
Summary : Clients:
New York ISO, Alberta Electricity System Operator (AESO), and Ampang Light Rail Transit
Responsibilities:
SCADA/EMS application studies such as DPF, Voltage stability studies, Traction simulation study review, power flow, short circuit, transient studies, voltage stability studies
Software:
Network Manager 9.0 for SCADA/EMS, PSSE
Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Title : Power Systems Engineer
Company name : ABB
Period : January 2013 - January 2016
Summary : Clients:
Suncor energy, Syncrude, Koch Fertilizer, Fluor, CNRL, Imperial Oil, Shell
Simulation Studies:
Power flow, short circuit, transient stability, voltage stability, electromagnetic transient studies including both slow front transient studies and fast front transient studies, arc flash studies, over current protection coordination studies, harmonic analysis, and network resonance studies for medium voltage, and high voltage network
Software used:
PSSE, PSCAD, ETAP, SKM, and MATLAB/SIMULINK
Location : Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Job Title : Research Associate
Company name : Western University
Period : November 2011 - December 2012
Summary : -Modeling of Photovoltaic Inverter as STATCOM for power factor correction in London Hydro network in RTDS (Real time Digital Simulator)
-Hardware Prototype development for PV-STATCOM controller in dSPACE environment
-Hardware In the Loop testing of PV-STATCOM Controller
Job Title : Research Associate
Company name : Bluewater Power Distribution Corporation
Period : July 2010 - August 2011
Summary : -Overhead and Underground Distribution system modeling in CYMDIST and in PSCAD.
-Harmonic resonance analysis of Bluewater Power Distribution Network in the presence of large scale photovoltaic solar farm of 80 MW in Sarnia, Canada
-Feeder Loading analysis in the presence of Large scale solar farm
-Studying the integration of Photovoltaic based inverters into the low voltage distribution network.
-Connection Impact Assessment (CIA) project for small scale and large scale PV solar system
- Experience of working with 10 kW Solectria PV inverter
Location : Sarnia, Canada
Job Title : Software Engineer
Company name : KYOCERA Global
Period : July 2008 - December 2009
Summary : Coding, debugging, and testing of communication protocols such as RS 232/Ethernet for electronic equipment.
Location : Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Title : Software Engineer
Company name : SoftDEL Systems Pvt Ltd
Period : November 2006 - February 2008
Summary : Coding, testing, and debugging of C code for software used in industrial automation domain.
Worked on WinCE RTOS on ICOP board for MODBUS RS 232 serial and Ethernet communication between SCADA and RTU.
Title : Real-Time Digital Simulation of PV solar system as STATCOM (PV-STATCOM) for Voltage Regulation and Power Factor Correction
Publisher : IEEE EPEC Conference
Publication time : 2012
Summary : This paper presents a real-time simulation study of
Odia, Hindi, English
Award : Power supply simulation specialist
Issuer : ALSTOM WCE
Date : 11 2021
Summary : Recognition as a Alstom World Class Engineering expert in power system simulation.
Award : Industrial Post Graduate Scholarship
Issuer : NSERC, Canada
Date : 11 2012
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