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Professor of Electrical EngineeringProfessor Chem Nayar BScEng(Kerala), MTech(IIT-Kanpur), PhD(WAust), CEng, NPER, FIEAust, SMIEEE, MIEE Research interests include: Renewable energy systems, Power electronics and power quality, Distributed Generation.
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Recent Publications:
BOOKS
C Nayar, L Chang and B Wu, Renewable Electrical Energy Systems, Elsevier (accepted for publication)
BOOKS CHAPTERS
C.V.Nayar, S.M.Islam, H.Sharma, H.Dehbonei and K.Tan, (Ed. M.H. Rashid), 2006, ‘Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems’, Handbook on Power Electronics, 2nd Ed, CRC Press,2007
G. Hegde and C.V.Nayar, ‘Marketing Photovoltaic Technologies in Developing Countries, Renewable Sources and Renewable Energy’, Chapter 16, Taylor and Francis, Dec 2006.
M. C. Trigg, H. Dehbonei, and C. V. Nayar, "A Low-cost and Reliable Sinusoidal Wave-shaping Controller for a Voltage Controlled Voltage Source Inverter supplying Non-linear Loads," Palermo, Italy: Associazione Internationalsar, 2006. ISBN 88-901928-0-1.
TEN CAREER-BEST PUBLICATIONS
1. C.V. Nayar and J.H. Bundell, "Output Power Controller for a Wind-Driven Induction Generator", IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 23, No. 3, May, 1987
2. S.K. Chakravarthy, C.V. Nayar and N. Achuthan, "Applying Pattern Recognition in Distance Relaying - Part 1& 2", IEE Proceedings Part C, Vol. 139, No. 4, pp. 300-314, July 1992
3. S.K. Chakravarthy and C.V. Nayar, "Ferroresonant Oscillations in Capacitor Voltage Transformers" , IEE Proceedings –Circuits, Devices and Systems, 142 (1): 30-36 Feb 1995
4. L. Borle, and C.V. Nayar, "Zero Average Current Error Controlled Power Flow for AC-DC Power Converters", IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 10, No. 6, Nov. 1995, pp. 1-8
5. L. Borle, M.S. Dymond and C.V. Nayar, "Development and Testing of 20 kW Grid Interactive Photovoltaic Power Conditioning System in Western Australia", IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, Vol. 33, No. 2, March/April 1997, pp. 502-508
6. C.V. Nayar, M. Ashari and W.W.L. Keerthipala, "A Grid-Interactive Photovoltaic Uninterruptible Power Supply System using battery storage and a backup diesel generator", IEEE PES Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol. 15, No. 3, September 2000.
7. J. Chen, C.V. Nayar and L. Xu, "Design and Finite Element Analysis of an Outer Rotor PM Generator for Directly Coupled Wind Turbine Applications", IEEE Trans on Magnetics, Vol. 36, No. 5, September 2000.
8. M Ashari, WWL Keerthipala and C V Nayar,"A Single Phase Parallel Connected Uninterruptible Power Supply/Demand Side Management System", IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, March 2000, pp 97-102
9. .H. Ko, S.R. Lee, H. Dehbonei, C.V Nayar, "Application of Voltage and Current Controlled Voltage Source Inverters for Distributed and Generation Systems", IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol.21,No.3, September 2006, pp 782-792.
10. M. C. Trigg , C.V.Nayar "DC Bus Compensation for a Sinusoidal Voltage Source Inverter with Wave-Shaping Control" IEEE Trans Industrial Electronics , Vol.55, No.10, October 2008 pages 3661-3669.
REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS
1. Ahmad Agus Setiawan*, Yu Zhao, Chem. V. Nayar,"Design, economic analysis and environmental considerations of mini-grid hybrid power system with reverse osmosis desalination plant for remote areas", International Journal of Renewable Energy, Elsevier Science, Jan 2008, ( in press)
2. M. C. Trigg, H. Dehbonei, C. V. Nayar, Digital sinusoidal PWMs for a micro-controller based single-phase inverter Part 1: Principles of digital sinusoidal PWM generation, International Journal of Electronics, Vol 95, Issue 8, January 2008, pages 819 - 840
3. M. C. Trigg, H. Dehbonei, C. V. Nayar, Digital sinusoidal PWMs for a micro-controller based single-phase inverter, Part 2: Performance assessment – experimental. International Journal of Electronics, Vol 95, Issue 9, January 2008, pages 951-972
4. M. C. Trigg , C.V.Nayar ‘DC Bus Compensation for a Sinusoidal Voltage Source Inverter with Wave-Shaping Control’ IEEE Trans Industrial Electronics , Vol.55, No.10, October 2008 pages 3661-3669.
5. S.H. Ko, S.R. Lee , H. Dehbonei, C.V Nayar, "Application of Voltage and Current ControlledVoltage Source Inverters for Distributed and Generation Systems", IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol.21,No.3, September 2006, pp782-792.
6. M. C. Trigg, H. Dehbonei, C. V. Nayar, "Digital Sinusoidal PWM Generation using a Low-cost Micro-controller Based Single-Phase Inverter," International Journal WISAS Transactions on Systems, In Press, 2006.
7. H. H. Tumbelaka, L.J. Borle, C.V. Nayar, "Analysis of a Series Inductance Implementation on Three phase Shunt Active Power Filter for Various Types of Non-linear Loads," Journal of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Australia, 2005.
8. H. Dehbonei, C.V. Nayar, L. Borle, "A Novel Modulation Technique for a Single Phase H-bridge Inverter," International Journal of Electronics, vol. 91, pp. 41-55, 2004.
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REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
1. T.Waris and C.V.Nayar Variable Speed Constant Frequency Diesel Power Conversion System Using Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG), IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, PESC 07, Rhodes, June 2008
2. Hanny H. Tumbelaka, Lawrence J. Borle, Chem V. Nayar, and Seong Ryong Lee Grid Current-Controlling Shunt Active Power Filter_(paper no: p1078). 7th International Conference on Power Electronics (ICPE’07), Daegu, Korea.,22-26 Oct 2007.
3. C.V.Nayar, M Tang, W Suponthana , "A case study of a PV/Wind/Diesel hybrid energy system for remote islands in the Republic of Maldives" AUPEC 2007 , December 2007
4. C.V.Nayar and D Reiwan , "Power Electronic Converters and their controls for Single Phase Distributed Generation", AUPEC 2007, December 2007
5. D Reiwan and C. V.Nayar, "Dynamic analysis of a Cuk converter in parallel power transfer configuration for solar charge controller application" AUPEC 2007, December 2007.
6. James Darbyshire, Chem V. Nayar, Modelling ,"simulation and testing of a grid connected small scale wind energy system" , AUPEC 2007, December 2007.
7. Ahmad A Setiawan, Susanne Sugiarto ), Yu Zhao, Chem. V. Nayar, M. Ery Wijaya, Elsa Melfiana, Thomas A Negara, Bayu Utomo, Ahmad F Assidi, Development of Sustainable Power and Water Supply for Remote Areas and Disaster Response and Reconstruction in Indonesia , AUPEC 2007, December 2007.
8. D Riawan ,C V.Nayar and R Kalpathi, "Analysis and Design of a Solar Charge Controller using Cuk converter " National Power Electronics Conference, Bangalore , India, December 2007.
9. Tajuddin Waris and C.V.Nayar , Modelling and simulation of the variable speed diesel generator with a doubly fed induction generator (FFIG), AUPEC 2007, December 2007.
10. C.V.Nayar , "Microgrid - island electrification technology for the 21st century ", IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, Hefei, August 2007.
11. Ahmad Agus Setiawan, Yu Zhao and Chem. V. Nayar, SCADA controlled-minigrid hybrid system for sustainable power and water supply in remote areas and emergency relief conditions, IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, Hefei, August 2007
12. James Darbyshire, Chem V. Nayar, Modelling ,"simulation and testing of a grid connected small scale wind energy conversion system" , IEEE International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems, Hefei, August 2007
13. Ahmad Agus Setiawan, Yu Zhao, Chem V Nayar, Design, Economic Analysis and Environmental Considerations of Mini-grid Hybrid Power System with Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant for Remote Areas, International Conference Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development in the Asia Pacific Region, Fremantle , 2007
14. Dos Reis, F.S.; Lima, J.C.M.; Tonkoski, R.; Souza, R.R.N.; Ale, J.V.; Pellissari, F.P.; Ferreira, F.A.L.; Kruse, A.B.; Boattini, O.D.; Islam, S.; Nayar, C.; A Low Voltage Electronic Ballast Designed For Hybrid Wind-Solar Power Industrial Electronics, 2007. ISIE 2007. IEEE International Symposium 4-7 June 2007 Page(s):3066 - 3071
15. M. C. Trigg and C. V. Nayar, "Matlab Simulink Modelling of a Single-Phase Voltage Controlled Voltage Source Inverter," presented at The Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, Melbourne, Victoria Australia, 2006
16. M. C. Trigg and C. V. Nayar ,"A Matlab Graphical User Interface for Analysis and Optimisation of a VCVSI Wave-shaping Controller," The Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference, Melbourne, Victoria Australia, 2006
17. Ahmad Agus Setiawan, Yu Zhao, Rob Susanto-Lee, Chem. V. Nayar, Design of Hybrid Power System with Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant for Maldives, AUPEC, 2006 , Melbourne
18. M.Trigg, H. Dehbonei and C V Nayar, "DC Bus Compensation for a Sinusoidal Voltage Source Inverter with Wave-Shaping Control" 32nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON-2006), Paris, Nov 2006
19. M.Trigg, H. Dehbonei and C V Nayar, "A Sinusoidal VSI Wave-shaping Controller for Non-linear Loads" 32nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON-2006), Paris, Nov 2006
20. David M. Whaley, Gurhan Ertasgin, Wen L. Soong, Nesimi Ertugrul, James Darbyshire,Hooman Dehbonei, Chem V. Nayar, "Investigation of a Low-Cost Grid-Connected Inverter for Small-Scale Wind Turbines Based on a Constant-Current Source PM Generator" 32nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON-2006), Paris, Nov 2006
21. Hooman Dehbonei, Sung H. Ko, Seong R. Lee, Lawrence Borle, Chem Nayar, Current or Time Sharing Switches for High Efficiency Photovoltaic Power Systems, 32nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON-2006), Paris, Nov 2006
22. Sung-Hun Ko, Seong-Ryong Lee, Hooman Dehbonei, Chem Nayar, A Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System with Direct Coupled Power Quality Control, 32nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON-2006), Paris, Nov 2006
23. Rob SUSANTO-LEE, Yu ZHAO, Chem NAYAR, Supervisory Reverse Osmosis Desalination in an existing renewable energy system, International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC WS ESC-06, Bansko, Bulgaria .
24. H. Dehbonei , S.R. Lee, S.H. Ko and C. V. Nayar, "A Control Approach and Design Consideration of PV/Diesel Hybrid Distributed Generation SICE-ICASE" International Joint Conference , Oct. 18-2 1, 2006 in Bexco, Busan, Korea.
25. S. Ahmad, S.R. Lee, H. Dehbonei, C.V Nayar," Energy Saving for Fluorescent Lighting in Commercial Buildings," IEEE Industry Applications Society 40th Annual Meeting, accepted, 2005.
26. H. Ko Sung, S.R. Lee, H. Dehbonei, C. Nayar, "A Comparative Study of the Voltage Controlled and Current Controlled Voltage Source Inverter for the Distributed Generation System," Australian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Hobart, Australia , 2005.
27. H. Dehbonei, M. Trigg and Chem Nayar, "A Novel Sinewave Inverter for Harsh Environments," Australian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Hobart, Australia , 2005.
28. C. Nayar, H. Dehbonei and L. Chang, "A Low Cost Power Electronic Interface for Small Scale Wind Generators in Single Phase Distributed Power Generation System," Australian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), Hobart, Australia , 2005.
29. M. C. Trigg, H. Dehbonei, C. V. Nayar, "Digital Sinusoidal PWM Generation using a Low-cost Micro-controller Based Single-Phase Inverter," presented at 10th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation; ETFA2005, Facolta' di Ingegneria, Catania, Italy, 2005.
30. K. Oranpiroj, S. Premrudeepreechacharn, Y. Kumsuwan , T. Boonsa , C. V. Nayar, 3-Phase 4-Wire Voltage Sag Compensator Based on Three Dimensions Space Vector, PEDS, 2005.
31. C. Nayar; H. Dehbonei and L. Chang, "An IGBT Inverter for Interfacing Small Scale Wind Generators to Single Phase Distributed Power Generation System," presented at 42nd Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, 2004.
32. H. H. Tumbelaka, L.J. Borle, C.V. Nayar, "A New Approach to Stability Limit analysis of shunt Active Power Filter With Mixed Non-Linear Loads," presented at AUPEC, Brisbane, 2004.
33. H. H. Tumbelaka, L.J. Borle, C.V. Nayar, "Analysis of a Series Inductance Implementation on Three phase Shunt Active Power Filter for Various Types of Non-linear Loads," presented at AUPEC, Brisbane, 2004.
34. M. Nikraz, H. Dehbonei, C.V Nayar, "Digital Control of Voltage Source Inverter in Photovoltaic Applications," presented at IEEE - Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Aachen, Germany, 2004.
35. H. Dehbonei, C.V Nayar, L. Borle, "A Multi-Functional Power Processing Unit for an Off-Grid PV Diesel Hybrid Power System," presented at IEEE - Power Electronics Specialists Conference, Aachen, Germany, 2004.
36. G. Hegde and Nayar C.V. , "Modular AC Coupled Hybrid Power Systems for the emerging GHG Mitigation Products Market", Proceedings of IEEE Region 10 Technical Conference on Computers, Communications, Control and Power Engineering, (TenCon 2003), Bangalore India , October 2003.
37. H. Dehbonei, L.J. Borle, C.V. Nayar, "Design and Implementation of a Low Cost Sine Wave Inverter," presented at IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003.
38. H. Dehbonei, C.V. Nayar, L. Chang, "A New Modular Hybrid Power System," presented at IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003
39. M Nikraz, H.Dehbonei and C.V.Nayar "A DSP-Controlled PV System with MPPT" Australian Power Engineering Conference, Christchurch , 2003.
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CONSULTANCIES AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
Island Electrification,STO Maldives/ DLRE Singapore,Maldives,2006-2008.
Telecom – Base Telecom and Repeater stations power supply using renewable energy, DLRE Singapore, Thailand, 2008.
Expert Consultancy for opposition to Australian patents in wind power., Watermark Patent Attorney, Australia (Western Australia), 2004-2007.
Expert advise on the design hybrid systems in islands, Leonics, Malaysia, 2006-2007.
Visiting Professor, Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment, Thailand, 2003-2004.
FUNDING & RESEARCH GRANTS
Innovative Grid-Connected, Small-Scale Wind Turbine Generators Offering Low Cost and Wide Operating Speed Range , ARC Discovery Project, $270,000, 2007.
Variable speed diesel power conversion system using a doubly fed induction generator, ARC Linkage Project, $280,000, 2005.
Multifunction Power Electronic Interface for Mini Grid Systems, ARC Linkage Project, $250,000, 2004.
Control and Interfacing of IGBT Inverters for small scale grid connected wind turbine generators, ARC Linkage Project, $230,000, 2003.
Grid Connected Inverter for small scale wind turbines - Project C329, Sustainable Energy Development Office, $50,000, 2003.
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POSTGRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
| Completed PhD | Completed Masters of Engineering | In Progress |
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1. Mr VG Agelidis 2. Mr S K Chakravarthy 3. Mr J Chen 4. Mr L Borle 5. Mr B Wichert - Co-supervisor 6. Mr M Ashari 7. Mr H Debonei 8. Mr Hanny Tumbelaka 9. Mr K Tan - Co-supervisor 10. Mr Gajanana Hegde 11. Mr Mathew Trigg |
1. Mr J Perahia 2. Mr S K Chakravarthy 3. Mr S J Phillips 4. Mr F Thomas 5. Mr R Katan 6. Mr M Ashari 7. Mr P Panicker -Co-supervisor 8. Mr Hendra Kusum 9. Mr Majid Nikraz 10. Mr Dedet Reiwan 11. Mr Jordan Zhao |
1. Mr James Darbyshire-PhD 2. Mr Ahmed Setiawan-PhD 3. Mr Tajuddin-PhD 4. Mr Dedet Reiwan-PhD 5. Mr K. Oranpiroj(Chiang Mai University- Co-supervisor)-PhD 6. Mr Mike Dymond-MEng 7. Ms Pei Yi Lim-PhD 8. Mr Donghua Wang-PhD 9. Mr Stjepan Metcevic-PhD 10. Mr Jordan Zhao-PhD |
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