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Dr. Rajneesh Kumar

Associate Professor, Department of EEE, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Electronics and Control, Soft Switching Invertors
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Publications

International Journals(SCI Indexed)
 [1] P Upadhyay, P Sharma, S Khandelwal, R Kumar, S Hassanpour, "An active clamp coupled inductor-based soft-switched quadratic boost converter", International Journal of Circuit theory and application, 
First published: 21 December 2022.  https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.3523
 [2] R Kumar, O Patil, K Nath, KS Sangwan, R Kumar, " A Machine vision based cyber physical production system for energy efficiency and enhanced teaching learning using a learning factory, Procedia CIRP 98, 424-29, 2021
 [3] P Upadhyay , R Kumar and S Sathyan “Coupled inductor based high gain converter utilizing magnetizing inductance to achieve soft- switching with low voltage stress on devices”, IET Power Electronics, 13(3), 576-591, 2020. 
[4] P Upadhyay and R Kumar “A ZVS-ZCS quadratic boost converter to utilize the energy of PV irrigation system for electric vehicle charging application”, Solar Energy, 206, 106-119, 2020. 
[5] R Kumar, S Khandelwal, P Upadhyay, S Pulipaka “Global maximum power point tracking using variable sampling time and p-v curve shifting  technique along with incremental conductance for partially shaded photovoltaic systems ”, Solar Energy ,189, 51- 178, 2019. 
[6] R Kumar and P Upadhyay “A high gain cascaded boost converter with reduced voltage stress for PV application”, Solar Energy, 183, 829-841, 2019. 
[7] T Sen, N Pragallapati, V Agarwal, R Kumar, “Global maximum power point tracking of PV arrays under partial shading conditions using a modified particle velocity based PSO technique”, IET Renewable Power Generation 12 (5), 555-564, 2018. 
[8] S Pulipaka, R Kumar, “Analysis of soil distortion factor for photovoltaic modules using particle size  composition”, Solar Energy 161, 90-99, 2018. 
[9] S Pulipaka, A Ramesh, R Kumar, B Bora, S Kumar, SK Singh, “Non-intrusive real time monitoring of PV generation at inverters using internet of photovoltaics”, Electronics Letters 53 (16), 1137-1138, 2017. 
[10] P Upadhyay, S Pulipaka, M Sharma, R Kumar, “A proposed maximum power point operating strategy for photovoltaic applications using monthly irradiance estimates”, Solar Energy 141, 266-277, 2017. 
[11] S Pulipaka, R Kumar, “Power prediction of soiled PV module with neural networks using hybrid data clustering and division techniques”, Solar Energy 133, 485-500, 2016. 
[12] F Mani, S Pulipaka, R Kumar, “Characterization of power losses of a soiled PV panel in Shekhawati region of India”, Solar Energy 131, 96-106, 2016. 
[13] S Pulipaka, R Kumar, “Analysis of irradiance losses on a soiled photovoltaic panel using contours”, Energy Conversion and Management 115, 327-336, 2016. 
[14] S Pulipaka, F Mani, R Kumar, “Modeling of soiled PV module with neural networks and regression using particle size composition”, Solar Energy 123, 116-126, 2016. 
[15] P Choudhary, R Kumar, N Gupta, “Dielectric material selection of microstrip patch antenna for wireless communication applications using Ashby's approach”, International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies 7 (5), 579-587, 2015. 
[16] R Kumar, HV Manjunath, “Some system design considerations for a high switching frequency PWM inverter”, International Journal of Electronics 94 (11), 1047-1058, 2007. 
Other Publications
 [1] P Sharma, R Kumar, S Hassanpour, "An approach to eliminate the non minimum phase issue in High gain converters", 2022 IEEE 19th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 1-6
[2] P Sharma, P Upadhyay, R Kumar, S Hassanpour," ZCS-ZVS operation of a double frequency high voltage gain boost converter", 2022 IEEE 19th India Council International Conference (INDICON), 1-6
[3] P Upadhyay , R Kumar and S Sathyan, " Family of high frequency no isolated DC-DC ZVZCS with high conversion range", In IEEE conference proceedings, National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC) 2019, issue 3, pp. 1-6
[4] S. Pulipaka, et.al., “Performance modeling of PV generation with inverter level data through Internet of Photovoltaic (IoPV)usingartificial neural network”, in IEEE conference proceedings, ICEPE, Shillong, June 1-2, 2018
[5] S Pulipaka, R Kumar, “Comparison of SOM and conventional neural network data division for PV reliability power prediction”, IEEEEEEIC 2017, Milan, Italy, June 6-9, 2017, 1-5
[6] S Pulipaka, R Kumar, “Performance Enhancement of Neural Network Training using Hybrid Data Division Technique for Photovoltaic Power Prediction”, IEEE EEEIC 2017, Milan, Italy, June 6-9, 2017, 1-6
[7] R Kumar, S Pulipaka,” Photovoltaics for Rural Electrification and Digital Sustainability- an integrated approach is the way ahead”, Energy Future 5 (2), 22-28, 2017
[8] S Pulipaka, R Kumar, “Performance Enhancement of Modeling Methods for Effective Solar Power Prediction and Sustainable Operation”, BIT's 6th New Energy Forum NEF- Qingdao 2016, At Qingdao China
[7] P Upadhyay, S Pulipaka, M Sharma, R Kumar,”Parameter Extraction of Solar Photovoltaic System using Lambert-W Function for Different Environmental Condition”, IEEE TENCON 2016, 22-25 November Singapore 32, 1884-88, 2016
[10] Prashant Upadhyay, Subrahmanyam Pulipaka, Rajneesh Kumar, “Maximum power point modeling through irradiance-based duty cycle calculation”, European PV Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, EUPVSEC 2016, Munich, Germany, pp.1-4, 2016
[9] Fani Mani, Subrahmanyam Pulipaka, Rajneesh Kumar, “Modeling of soiled photovoltaic modules with neural networks using particle size composition of soil”, 42nd IEEE Conference on Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), 2015
[13] Neha Arora, et.al, “Morphological Changes of Carbon Black During Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes,” International conference on Emerging Technology. -Micro to Nano [ETMN 2013], 59-60, 2013
[14] H O Bansal, R Kumar, RK Singh, S Bhardwaj, “Design of an intelligent PD controller for artificial pacemaker, “IEEE conference on Power, Control and Embedded Systems (ICPCES), 2012
[15] R Kumar, “Dependence of hill climbing MPPT algorithm on ADC and Digital filter parameters, “IEEE Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), 2012, 1-4
[16] R Kumar, “Analyzing switching waveforms using wavelets in a ZVT converter”, 5th National Conference on Advances in Energy Conversion Technologies (ACET 2012), Feb 2-4 2012, Manipal
[17] Rajneesh Kumar, “Wavelet based switching loss measurement in a ZVT converter”, International conference on Advances in Energy Conversion Technologies (ICAECT 2010), Manipal, pp. 308-14, 2010
[18] Rajneesh Kumar, Karunesh K Gupta, HV Manjunath, “Wavelet based MOSFET switching loss analysis”, IEEE International Conference on Power Engineering Conference, IPEC, pp. 672-676, 2007.
[16] Rajneesh Kumar,H V Manjunath, “A method of co-ordination of filter design with voltage control in a soft switching inverter”, International conference on Recent advancement and Application of Computer in Electrical Engineering ( RACE) , Bikaner, 2007
[19] Karunesh K Gupta, Rajneesh Kumar, HV Manjunath, “Active power filter control algorithm using wavelets”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, PEDES, 2006
[20] R. Kumar, S. P. Dubey, D. Singh, H. V. Manjunath, “Output Voltage Distortion in a High Switching Frequency PWM Inverter”, International Conference on EAIT, IIT Kharagpur, EAIT-2001