Biography

Dr.K.Ravi, Professor, VIT University, Vellore, has 25 years of teaching and research including administrative experience and 3 years of industrial experience. He did his Bachelor Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Government College of Engineering, Salem in 1993 at University of Madras. Chennai and completed his Master Degree in Power system Engineering at Annamalai University, Chidambaram in 2001. His Doctoral work was done in the field of Applications of recent computational intelligence technique for solving optimal power flow considering FACTS devices at Anna University, Chennai. Dr. K. Ravi is a member of IEEE, IAENG and ISTE. His areas of interests are power system operation and control, reactive power control, Renewable energy sources, Applications of recent computational intelligence technique for solving power system problems. He has handled more than 15 subjects such as power system operation and control, power system engineering, power system analysis, Electrical AC/ DC machines, Renewable energy sources, Electrical circuit theory, power quality etc. He has published more than 83 research papers in national and international journals and conferences including one patent publication. He has guided more than 150 UG and PG Projects, produced 6 PhD, Guiding 6 PhD Scholars and organized more than 36 Seminars, Workshops, and Symposium FDPs etc. for the benefit of staff and students. He is a reviewer for Elsevier –international journal of electric power and energy systems (IJEPES) and African journal of Engineering research (AJER), Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (JESTEC)-Elsevier, International Journal of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER), and American Journal of Applied Sciences. He has visited and presented paper in various countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China shanghai, Thailand. He has personally attended, presented papers and chaired some of the technical sessions in more than 20 conferences. He has delivered more than 30 plus guest lectures on related to power system smart grid technologies topics in various Engineering colleges. He has acted as a Subject Expert Member for PhD oral Viva Examiner in Anna University, Chennai, Chief Superintendent of examiner, Anna University squad member. He has been working, as a question paper setter, Thesis examiner, and Research advisory board member, Professional body member, Technical advisor for various International and national conferences and expert member of selection committees of several universities in India since 2006. Dr. K. Ravi has been awarded India’s prestigious Senior Scientist International Travel Support Grant by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi. He has received FUNDING of Financial assistance for organizing a workshop from DST-SERB, New Delhi. He has completed 4 consultancy industry projects and currently he has been doing consultancy Project for various industries.

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Yuvaraj, T., K. Ravi and K.R. Devabalaji, 2017. Optimal allocation of DG and DSTATCOM in radial distribution system using cuckoo search optimization algorithm. Model. Simul. Eng., Vol. 2017. 10.1155/2017/2857926.
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Yuvaraj, T., K. Ravi and K.R. Devabalaji, 2017. DSTATCOM allocation in distribution networks considering load variations using bat algorithm. Ain Shams Eng. J., 8: 391-403.
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Shilaja, C. and K. Ravi, 2017. Optimization of emission/economic dispatch using euclidean affine flower pollination algorithm (eFPA) and binary FPA (BFPA) in solar photo voltaic generation. Renew. Energy, 107: 550-566.
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Ravi, K. and C. Shilaja, 2017. Multi-objective optimal power flow problem using enhanced flower pollination algorithm. GU J. Sci., 30: 79-91.
Shilaja, C. and K. Ravi, 2016. Optimal line flow in conventional power system using euclidean affine flower pollination algorithm. Int. J. Renew. Energy Res., 6: 335-342.
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Sarjila and K. Ravi, 2016. Parameter extraction of photovoltaic panel using artificial immune system technique. Adv. Intell. Syst. Comput., 435: 405-422.
Devabalaji, K.R. and K. Ravi, 2016. Optimal size and siting of multiple DG and DSTATCOM in radial distribution system using bacterial foraging optimization algorithm. Ain Shams Eng. J., 7: 959-971.
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Chandrasekaran, S. and K. Ravi, 2016. Optimal power flow considering intermittent wind power using particle swarm optimization. Int. J. Renew. Energy Res., 6: 504-509.
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Yuvaraj, T., K. Ravi and K.R. Devabalaji, 2015. Optimal placement and sizing of DSTATCOM using harmony search algorithm. Energy Proc., 79: 959-965.
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Ravi, K., M.C. Sakthigokulrajan and C. Shilaja, 2015. Modeling of photovoltaic energy conversion system with integration to substation. Global J. Pure Applied Math., 10: 451-464.
Ravi, K. and C. Shilaja, 2015. Artificial bee colony algorithm to solve multi impartial optimum power flow. Int. J. Applied Eng. Res., 10: 36240-36426.
Ravi, K. and C. Shilaja, 2015. A novel efficient artificial bee colony algorithm for solving multi-objective optimal power flow. Int. J. Applied Eng. Res., 10: 37143-37149.
Devabalaji, K.R., K. Ravi and D.P. Kothari, 2015. Optimal location and sizing of capacitor placement in radial distribution system using bacterial foraging optimization algorithm. Int. J. Electr. Power Energy Syst., 71: 383-390.
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Devabalaji, K.R., A.M. Imran, T. Yuvaraj and K. Ravi, 2015. Power loss minimization in radial distribution system. Energy Proc., 79: 917-923.
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Ravi, K., C. Shilaja, B.C. Babu and D.P. Kothari, 2014. Solving optimal power flow using modified bacterial foraging algorithm considering FACTS devices. J. Power Energy Eng., 2: 639-646.
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Ravi, K. and M. Rajaram, 2013. Optimal location of FACTS devices using improved particle swarm optimization. Int. J. Electr. Power Energy Syst., 49: 333-338.
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Ravi, K. and C. Shilaja, 2013. A review and comparison of FACTS controller. Int. J. Eng. Res. Technol., 2: 1717-1722.
Ravi, K. and M. Rajaram, 2012. Solving optimum power flow in static and dynamic environments using dynamic bacterial foraging algorithm. Arch. Sci., 65: 114-127.
Ravi, K. and M. Rajaram, 2012. Optimal location of FACTS devices for solving multi objective OPF using improved shuffled leaping Frog algorithm. Scient. Res. Essays, 7: 3421-3427.
Ravi, K. and M. Rajaram, 2012. Modified bacterial foraging algorithm based OPF to optimize fuel cost function and losses using shunt FACTS device. Int. Rev. Model. Simul., 5: 1887-1893.
Ravi, K. and M. Rajaram, 2011. Hybrid particle swarm optimization technique for optimal location of FACTS devices using optimal power flow. Eur. J. Scient. Res., 53: 142-153.
Kumar, K.S., T. Jayabarathi, K. Ravi and J.B. Edward, 2011. A new brute-force attack method for power system restoration and reconfiguration. Int. J. Soft Comput., 6: 16-19.