Department of Electrical Engineering
College of Engineering Trivandrum


Faculty Profile

Dr. V. P. Mini

Professor

Phone: 9447986892, 9895904715
Email: minivp@cet.ac.in
Date of Joining: 01-01-2001(DTE)

Qualifications

 

BTech- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
M A College Of Engineering Kothamangalam, M G University

MTech- Power Systems - NIT Trichy

Ph.D : Electrical and Electronics Engineering – Electrical Machines
University of Kerala

Area of Interest

 

Power Electronics, Electrical Machines, Electrical Drives

Professional Experience

 

Vocational Lecturer – Vocational Higher Secondary School 1997-2000
Assistant Professor- College of Engineering Trivandrum 2001-2015
Assistant Professor – Government Engineering College Idukki (2015-2016)
Assistant Professor – College of Engineering Trivandrum (2016 onwards)

Details of Funded Research Projects

 

1. Electrical & Thermal analysis of low power homo polar alternator, Funding agency-DRDO, 2019-21(9.6 lakhs)
2. Modeling and analysis of high speed Homopolar Inductor Alternator, Funding agency-DRDO, 2017-19(10.6 lakhs)
3. Design, Development and Analysis of High Speed Three phase PM Alternator, Funding agency-DRDO, 2020-21(8.1 lakhs)
4. Implementation of a fuzzy logic algorithm for detection, diagnosis and forecasting of fault in a three phase induction motor drive system, Funding agency-KCSTE, 2018-21(8.9 lakhs)
5. Design and development of fault detection and prognosis system for three phase induction motor drive system, Funding agency-CERD, 2017-18(0.35 lakhs)
6. Design and implementation of solar PV system for the electrification of an isolated rural household, Funding agency-CERD KTU, 2015-16(0.5 lakhs)
7. Design and development of Electric Three Wheeler, Funding agency-RPS-NDF, 2020-23(25 lakhs)
8. Power factor improvement in three phase induction motor drive system, Funding agency-CERD KTU, 2017-20(1.4 lakhs)

Details of FDP Coordinated

 

Modern Trends in Power Electronics and Drives sponsored by AICTE, July 1 to July 14, 2019
Modern Trends in Power Electronics and Embedded Systems Design for Power Electronic Converters sponsored by DTE, Dec 3 to Dec 7, 2018
Hands-on Workshop on Internet of Things for Electrical Applications sponsored by KTU, July 16 - 21, 2018
Recent Trends in Power Electronics and Drives sponsored by KTU, June 18-22, 2018
Design and Hardware Implementation of Power Electronic Circuits sponsored by DTE Kerala, Jan 8-13, 2018

Recently taught courses

 

Power Electronics, Power Semiconductor Drives, Electrical Machines, Electrical Machine design , Introduction to Sustainable Engineering,

Other Responsibilities

 

UG Professor

Important Publications

Journals

 
  1. Mini V P, Ushakumari “ Electrical Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Induction Motor using Fuzzy Logic” -AMSE International Journal on modeling, measurement and Simulation , series B, vol.55, issue 1, 2012.
  2. Mini V P, Ushakumari “Rotor fault detection and diagnosis of three phase induction motor using fuzzy logic” -AMSE Journal 2014 se Modeling A vol. 87 April 2014
  3. M. Sabna, V. P. Mini, S. Usha Kumari, N. Mayadevi, and R. Hari Kumar, " A Hybrid FaultDetection and Diagnosis Algorithm for Five-Phase PMSM Drive," in Arabian Journal forScience and Engineering, vol. 48, pp.6507-6519, November 2022, doi: 10.1007/s13369-022- 07422-z (SCIE)
  4. Namitha Murali, Mini V.P., Ushakumari S. "Modified V-ShapedInterior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drive for Electric Vehicle."International Review on Modelling and Simulation (IREMOS-Scopus), pp. 439-450, Vol-14, No.6, December 2021.
  5. Namitha Murali, Mini V.P., Ushakumari S. "Design and Implementation of Field Oriented Control Based Permanent MagnetSynchronous Motor Drive for Electric Three-Wheeler". Journal of power electronics (JPE- SCIE , scopus), pp.1-12,April 2023.
  6. Namitha Murali, Mini V.P., Harikumar R., Mayadevi N., S. Ushakumari . "A Robust Drive Train Controller for an Electric Three-Wheeler" International Review of Automatic control (IREACO- Scopus)-pp.44-53, Vol 16, No.1 , January 2023.
  7. Vijayasree. G, Mini. V P, and Ushakumari. S "Investigation of Magnetic effect in High-speed Homopolar Inductor Alternator" Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology, 2024.
  8. V P Mini, N Mayadevi, R Hari Kumar, Shruti Prins," Fuzzy-based intelligent algorithm for diagnosis of drive faults in induction motor drive system", Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Volume-45, 1385-1395.
  9. R.S Akhil, VP Mini, N Mayadevi, R Harikumar,"Modified flux-weakening control for electric vehicle with PMSM drive ", IFAC-PapersOnLine, Elsevier,volume -53, issue -1
  10. R Hari Kumar, N Mayadevi, VP Mini, S Ushakumari,"Transforming distribution system into a sustainable isolated microgrid considering contingency", Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Technical, 2019.
  11. K Jithin, R Harikumar, N Mayadevi, VP Mini, " A centralized control algorithm for power management in interconnected dc microgrids", Proceedings of Symposium on Power Electronic and Renewable Energy Systems Control: PERESC 2020.
  12. K Jithin, N Mayadevi, R Hari Kumar, VP Mini,"Stability Analysis of DC Microgrid Clusters Based on Step-by-Step System Matrix Building Algorithm " Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy, 2023.
  13. Mini V P, Sreeja V, Sreedevi G,"Fault Analysis of Induction Motor Drive System Using Maxwell-Simplorer", International Journal of Electronics and Data Communication, 2016.

Conferences

 
  1. Nisha G. K., Mini V. P. “A battery less Boost Converter for Thermal Harvesting System for automotive applications” IEEE International conference on Control, Communication and Computing India 2015
  2. Mini V P, Ushakumari “Rotor fault Analysis of Induction Motor using FEM” – IEEE International conference on power control and Embedded systems dec 2012, Allahabad
  3. Mini V P, Ushakumari “Incipient fault detection and diagnosis of Induction Motor using Fuzzy logic” - IEEE International Conference on RAICS, Trivandrum, Kerala
  4. Mini V P, Ushakumari “Fault detection and diagnosis of Induction motor using Fuzzy logic” - IEEE Region 8 SIBIRCON 2010, Irkutsk, Russia
  5. Mini V P, Ushakumari “Switching Fault Detection and Diagnosis of Three phase induction motor Drive system using Fuzzy logic” - IEEE International Conference on Advances in Green Energy on 17 & 18, Dec 2014
  6. Praveen , Mini V P “Research on Energy Efficient Burn-In Techniques for Power Supplies” - IEEE International Conference on Advances in Green Energy on 17 & 18, Dec 2014
  7. Namitha Murali, S. Ushakumari, Mini V.P., Alen Toji Varghese, " Sizing and Performance Analysis of an Electric Motor in an E-rickshaw ", IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON 2020), pp.1-6, September 2020.
  8. Namitha Murali, S. Ushakumari, Mini V.P., " Performance Comparison between Different Rotor Configurations of PMSM for EV Application ", TENCON 2020 - 2020 IEEE REGION 10 Conference pp.1334-1339.November 2020.
  9. Namitha Murali, Mini V.P, , S. Ushakumari, " Electric Vehicle Market Analysis and Trends ", IEEE 19th India Council International Conference(INDICON) pp.1-6. November 2022.
  10. Sabna. M, V. P. Mini. V. P, S. Usha Kumari, Mayadevi. N, Hari Kumar R., and Vijayasree G.,"Inter Turn Short Circuit Fault Analysis of Five-Phase PMSM", 2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies, (GUCON), Malaysia, 2021, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.1109/GUCON50781.2021.9573973.
  11. Nikhila M P, Mini V P, R. Hari Kumar, and N. Mayadevi, "Perfor-mance Enhancement of Synchronous Reluctance Motor for ElectricVehicle." 2022 Second International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T). IEEE, 2022.
  12. Nikhila M P, Mini V P, R. Hari Kumar, and N. Mayadevi, "Two-Axis Modeling of Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Electric Four Wheeler." 2023 International Conference on Power Electronics and Energy (ICPEE). IEEE, 2023.
  13. M. P. Nikhila, V. P. Mini, R. Harikumar and N. Mayadevi, " Torque Ripple Reduction of SynRM Using Rotor Structure Modification," In-ternational Conference on E-Mobility, Power Control and Smart Sys-tems, ICEMPS 2024. (Accepted)
  14. Vijayasree. G, Mini. V P, and Ushakumari. S, " Loss Analysis of High Speed Homopolar Inductor Alternator " 2023 International Conference on Circuit Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT), Kollam, India, 2023, pp. 1076-1080, doi:10.1109/ICCPCT58313.2023.1024562.
  15. Harija H, Mini V P, " An Efficient BLDC Motor Drive for Electric Boat " International Conference on Circuit Power and Computing Technologies, ICCPCT, 2023
  16. Vijayasree G, Mini V P, Ushakumari S , " Loss Analysis of High Speed Homopolar Inductor Alternator ", International Conference on Circuit Power and Computing Technologies, ICCPCT, 2023.
  17. Amal P Simon,Mini V , Hari Kumar R,Mayadevi N ," Design of Energy Efficient Solar Powered Electric Boat"Third International Conference on Intelligent Computing Instrumentation and Control Technologies (ICICICT), 11-12 August 2022
  18. Lavina S Vijay,Mini V P, N. Mayadevi,Harikumar R. , "Design and development of the main drive circuit of a PMSM based floating waste collecting electric vehicle for marine ecosystem" Third International Conference on Intelligent Computing Instrumentation and Control Technologies (ICICICT), 11-12 August 2022.
  19. Rahul M A, Vijayasree G,Mini V. P," Virtual Modelling and Loss Study of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor used in Electric Pickup Truck " International Conference on Control, Communication and Computing (ICCC), 19-21 May 2023.
  20. Mini V P, Mayadevi N, Harikumar R, S Ushakumari," A Novel Algorithm for Detection and Diagnosis of Switching Faults of Three Phase Induction Motor Drive System ", International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems Conference (PEDES),IIT Chennai. Dec 18-21, 2018, pp: 1-4.
  21. Mini V P, Mayadevi N, Harikumar R, S Ushakumari," A Laboratory Scale Test-Bed for Demonstrating and Validating Smart Grid Concepts," International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems Conference (PEDES),IIT Chennai, 18-21, 2018
  22. Vishnu Narayanan P M, G Anu, V.P. Mini, " Design Development and performance Analysis of Homopolar Pulsed Alternator ", International CET Conference on Control,Communication, and Computing, CET, 05-07 July 2018.
  23. Mini V P, Mayadevi N, Harikumar R, Shruthi Prins," Detection of Broken Rotor Bars Using Multilevel Wavelet Decomposition ", Conference: 2018 2nd International Conference on Trends in Electronics and Informatics (ICOEI), May 2018
  24. V. P. Mini, N. Mayadevi, R. Hari Kumar, Chikku Gopal ," High power factor VSI fed induction motor drive" International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Instrumentation and Control Technologies (ICICICT), 2017.
  25. GV Somanath Reddy, VP Mini, N Mayadevi, R Hari Kumar," Optimal Energy Sharing in Smart DC Microgrid Cluster ", IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE2020), 2020.
  26. Aswathi Unni, V P Mini, "An efficient solar powered induction motor drive system", 2015 International Conference on Control Communication & Computing India (ICCC),2015.
  27. MY Rizwin, Hari R Kumar, N Mayadevi, VP Mini," Interharmonics mitigation in grid-connected solar PV systems with P&O MPPT algorithm", IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2020..
  28. G Sajitha, N Mayadevi, V P Mini, R Harikumar," Fault-Tolerant Control of BLDC Motor Drive for Electric Vehicle Applications", International Conference on Power Electronics Applications and Technology in Present Energy Scenario (PETPES), 2019.
  29. V Sreeja, VP Mini, S Ushakumari," Rotor fault detection and diagnosis of three phase induction motor drive system", International Conference on Control Communication & Computing India (ICCC), 2015.
  30. Sanija John, VP Mini,"Brushless dc motor (BLDCM) drive with maximum torque per Ampere (MTPA) control for electric vehicle application", Innovations in Power and Advanced Computing Technologies (i-PACT), 2021.
  31. MP Nikhila, VP Mini, R Harikumar, N Mayadevi." Two-Axis Modeling of Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Electric Four-Wheeler", International Conference on Power Electronics and Energy (ICPEE), 2023.
  32. R Hari Kumar, VP Mini, N Mayadevi,"Fuzzy intelligent system for detection of multiple switch open fault in induction motor drive system", IEEE 4th International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), 2019.
  33. K. Arya, V.P. Mini, N. Mayadevi, R. Harikumar," Power Quality Enhancement of VSI Fed Induction Motor Drive", International CET Conference on Control, Communication, and Computing (IC4), 2018.
  34. M.P Nikhila, VP Mini, R Harikumar, N Mayadevi,"Performance enhancement of synchronous reluctance motor for electric vehicle". Second International Conference on Power, Control and Computing Technologies (ICPC2T), 2022.
  35. K.G Greeshma, V.P Mini," MTPA Based Efficient PMSM Drive for Electric Car", 2023 International Conference on Circuit Power and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT),2023.
  36. Anju P Sivadas, V.P Mini, "Efficiency Optimization of Surface and De-centered PMSM with Silicon Steel and Amorphous Iron Materials for E-rickshaw", Sustainable Energy and Technological Advancements: Proceedings of ISSETA 2021.
  37. GL Anoop, VP Mini, R Harikumar, N Mayadevi," Thermal analysis of squirrel cage Induction Motor", 2020 International Conference on Power Electronics and Renewable Energy Applications (PEREA).
  38. Prathibha P..K, V.P Mini, "Multilevel Control of Variable Speed Wind Turbine Generator for Three Phase Grid Connected Applications", NCCT 2009.
  39. Mini V P, Haritha," Performance Analysis Of Modi?ed Two Inductor Boost Converter(TIBC) ",Performance Analysis Of Modi?ed Two Inductor Boost Converter(TIBC) (NCTT August 2017, CET TVPM.
  40. Mini V.P. , Reshma V R, Reeba S V, "Performance analysis of Surface Permanent Magnet Vernier motor for robotic applications", National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), August 2016, CET, TVM.
  41. Mini V.P. , Silppa Y S, Reeba S V, "Design and Simulation of Slid State Transformer", National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), August , 2016, CET.
  42. Mini V P , Reshma, "Optimization & Efficiency Improvement of an Axial Flux BLDC motor", National Conference on Technological Trends (NCTT), August ,2016.