Amith Karanth

– Development of insulators for overhead lines (OHL), substations & precipitator applications • Managing customised product development projects • Technical support to product development & process optimisation • Analyses & tests – to define & conform mandatory & credible schematics according to IEC specs. • Implementation of ideas & information into new & betterment of existing products • Customer & third party communication for technical liaisons • Quotations for products against project specs.

– Modelling & validating simulation models of electrical characteristics of distributed energy resources for grid code compliance • Measurements & testing – to analyse credible & comparable data for Power Generating Units (PGUs) & Power Generating Systems (PGS) • Modelling & simulating (DIgSILENT®) models of PGUs & PGS • Evaluation of electrical performance – according to German Grid Code / FGW TR4 guidelines • Verification for validation & certification of PGUs & PGS – based on real-time measurements

– Development, installation & maintenance of 5 kW hydro-turbine system for generation of electric power • Power Electronics development of electric hydro-turbine system • Design and installations for grid-feed and de-centralized electrification along the run of rivers and canals • Energy management for grid-feed, off-grid and hybrid versions • Component consolidation for cost reduction of electric hydro-turbine system • Support and maintenance of installed business models in the energy markets

– Design & development of DC-DC Converters (5 kW) for e-mobility of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles • Estimation of efficiency & reliability of converters’ as function of power topology • Mathematical modelling to predict converter's stability & performance • Design enhancement for: sync. rectification, ripple reduction & best utilisation of switches • Designing input-filters for EMI compatibility & feedback loops for load / line variations • PSpice® simulation to verify converter designing & performance

– Analysis & planning for implementation of energy-efficient & cost-economical offshore wind farms • Research & evaluation for planning of quality wind farms • Utilising LiDARs for precise tracking of wind speeds’ & turbulence – to estimate power capacity • Synthesis of LiDAR techniques – to incorporate flexibility in comparison to traditional wind-measuring met.-masts • Power Spectral Density estimation of environmental data – for cost & efficiency optimisation • Support to site-planning department

– Design of Active-Front-End filters for grid-connected inverter applications • Designing higher-order filters – for harmonics control at grid-interface of inverters • Devising methods’ to overcome conventional design of first-order filters to meet IEEE standards • Iterations in filter design – to reduce size, weight & costs • FEA (on MagNet®) to estimate fringing & losses • Thermal- & Network-Analysis of design for behaviour estimation • Construction, testing & delivery of hardware to C-DAC, India