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Umashankar Subramaniam

Umashankar Subramaniam

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2025

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35
Citations
4043
World Ranking
848
National Ranking
18

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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35
Citations
3807
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5661
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24

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Overview

Umashankar Subramaniam is affiliated with Prince Sultan University in Saudi Arabia and specializes in engineering, with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their research encompasses control and systems engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, artificial intelligence, and automotive engineering.

Their work addresses a range of topics in microgrid control and optimization, photovoltaic system optimization techniques, multilevel inverters and converters, advanced DC-DC converters, smart grid energy management, solar radiation and photovoltaics, and hybrid renewable energy systems.

They have published extensively, with frequent contributions to several academic venues including:

  • IEEE Access
  • Energies
  • IEEE Systems Journal
  • IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering
  • IET Power Electronics

Some recent papers authored by or associated with Umashankar Subramaniam include:

  • SWOT analysis: A framework for comprehensive evaluation of drivers and barriers for renewable energy development in significant countries (2020, Energy Reports)
  • Improved Perturb and Observation Maximum Power Point Tracking Technique for Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation Systems (2020, IEEE Systems Journal)
  • A new metaphor-less algorithms for the photovoltaic cell parameter estimation (2020, Optik)
  • A New Approach to Optimal Location and Sizing of DSTATCOM in Radial Distribution Networks Using Bio-Inspired Cuckoo Search Algorithm (2020, Energies)
  • Investigation on Sizing of Voltage Source for a Battery Energy Storage System in Microgrid With Renewable Energy Sources (2020, IEEE Access)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Dhafer Almakhles, Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar, Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban, Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan, and Sivakumar Selvam. These partnerships have resulted in numerous co-authored publications across their fields of study.

Best Publications

  • COVID-19: Impact Analysis and Recommendations for Power Sector Operation.

    Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan;GM Shafiullah;Kannadasan Raju;Vijay Mudgal

  • Perturb and observe MPPT algorithm for solar PV systems-modeling and simulation

    Jacob James Nedumgatt;K. B. Jayakrishnan;S. Umashankar;D. Vijayakumar

  • Improved Perturb and Observation Maximum Power Point Tracking Technique for Solar Photovoltaic Power Generation Systems

    Premkumar Manoharan;Umashankar Subramaniam;Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu;Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban

  • Improved Fault Ride Through Capability in DFIG Based Wind Turbines Using Dynamic Voltage Restorer With Combined Feed-Forward and Feed-Back Control

    Rini Ann Jerin Amalorpavaraj;Palanisamy Kaliannan;Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban;Umashankar Subramaniam

  • Optimum battery depth of discharge for off-grid solar PV/battery system

    Mohamad Izdin Hlal;Vigna K. Ramachandaramurthy;Ameen Sarhan;Aref Pouryekta

  • Review on FRT solutions for improving transient stability in DFIG-WTs

    Amalorpavaraj Rini Ann Jerin;Palanisamy Kaliannan;Umashankar Subramaniam;Mohammed Shawky El Moursi

  • A New Approach to Optimal Location and Sizing of DSTATCOM in Radial Distribution Networks Using Bio-Inspired Cuckoo Search Algorithm

    Devabalaji Kaliaperumal Rukmani;Yuvaraj Thangaraj;Umashankar Subramaniam;Sitharthan Ramachandran

  • Improved fault ride through capability of DFIG based wind turbines using synchronous reference frame control based dynamic voltage restorer.

    A. Rini Ann Jerin;Palanisamy Kaliannan;Umashankar Subramaniam

  • Evaluation of Mathematical Model to Characterize the Performance of Conventional and Hybrid PV Array Topologies under Static and Dynamic Shading Patterns

    Manoharan Premkumar;Umashankar Subramaniam;Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu;Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan

  • Investigation on Sizing of Voltage Source for a Battery Energy Storage System in Microgrid With Renewable Energy Sources

    Swaminathan Ganesan;Umashankar Subramaniam;Ajit A. Ghodke;Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan

  • A multilevel inverter with reduced number of switches

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  • Integration of Single Phase Reduced Switch Multilevel Inverter Topology for Grid Connected Photovoltaic System

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  • EPAW: Efficient Privacy Preserving Anonymous Mutual Authentication Scheme for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs)

    Subramani Jegadeesan;Maria Azees;N. Ramesh Babu;Umashankar Subramaniam

  • A comprehensive review on CHB MLI based PV inverter and feasibility study of CHB MLI based PV-STATCOM

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  • Cascaded seven level inverter with reduced number of switches using level shifting PWM technique

    T. V. V. S. Lakshmi;N. George;S. Umashankar;D. P. Kothari

  • Analysis of Fractional Order Sliding Mode Control in a D-STATCOM Integrated Power Distribution System

    Toqeer Ahmed;Asad Waqar;Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan;Junaid Imtiaz

  • Analysis and Investigation of Hybrid DC–DC Non-Isolated and Non-Inverting Nx Interleaved Multilevel Boost Converter (Nx-IMBC) for High Voltage Step-Up Applications: Hardware Implementation

    Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar;Dhafer J. Almakhles;Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban;Frede Blaabjerg

  • A novel review on optimization techniques used in wind farm modelling

    Karthik Balasubramanian;Sudhakar Babu Thanikanti;Umashankar Subramaniam;N Sudhakar

  • Broken rotor bar fault detection using Hilbert transform and neural networks applied to direct torque control of induction motor drive

    Senthil Kumar Ramu;Gerald Christopher Raj Irudayaraj;Saravanan Subramani;Umashankar Subramaniam

  • Energy Management of PV – Battery Based Microgrid System

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  • A New 7-Level Symmetric Multilevel Inverter with Minimum Number of Switches

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  • A High Gain DC-DC Converter with Grey Wolf Optimizer Based MPPT Algorithm for PV Fed BLDC Motor Drive

    A. Darcy Gnana Jegha;M. S. P. Subathra;Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar;Umashankar Subramaniam

  • Enhancement of Power Quality in Domestic Loads Using Harmonic Filters

    P. S. Sanjan;N. Gowtham;Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar;Umashankar Subramaniam

  • Performance of P/PI/PID Based controller in DC-DC Converter for PV applications and Smart Grid Technology

    Suvetha Poyyamani Sunddararaj;Shriram S. Rangarajan;Umashankar Subramaniam;E. Randolp Collins

  • Power Balancing Control for Grid Energy Storage System in Photovoltaic Applications—Real Time Digital Simulation Implementation

    Sridhar Vavilapalli;Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban;Umashankar Subramaniam;Lucian Mihet-Popa

  • A novel T-Type Multilevel Inverter for Electric Vehicle and Grid-connected applications

    Suvetha Poyyamani Sunddararaj;Shriram S. Rangarajan;N. Subashini;Umashankar Subramaniam

  • Study and Analysis of an Intelligent Microgrid Energy Management Solution with Distributed Energy Sources

    Swaminathan Ganesan;Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban;Ramesh Varadarajan;Umashankar Subramaniam

  • A new topology of DC-DC Converter with Bidirectional Power Flow Capability Coupled with a Nine Multilevel Inverter for EV Applications

    Suvetha Poyyamani Sunddararaj;Shriram S. Rangarajan;Umashankar Subramaniam;E. Randolph Collins

  • Infrared Thermography Based Defects Testing of Solar Photovoltaic Panel with Fuzzy Rule‐Based Evaluation

    Gomathy Balasubramani;Venkatesan Thangavelu;Muniraj Chinnusamy;Umashankar Subramaniam

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban University of South-Eastern Norway
Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar
Mahajan Sagar Bhaskar Prince Sultan University
Zbigniew Leonowicz
Zbigniew Leonowicz Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Saad Mekhilef
Saad Mekhilef Swinburne University of Technology
Frede Blaabjerg
Frede Blaabjerg Aalborg University
Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar
Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar City University of Hong Kong
Tomonobu Senjyu
Tomonobu Senjyu University of the Ryukyus
Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu
Thanikanti Sudhakar Babu Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology
Rathinasamy Sakthivel
Rathinasamy Sakthivel Bharathiar University

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