R Ganesh
Chennai
Summary
I am a passionate control and protection engineer with over ten years of experience in HVDC and HVAC systems. I worked as a protection lead engineer on the Adani Mumbai HVDC project, which features a symmetrical monopole configuration. I am skilled in protection concepts, dynamic testing with RTDS and PSCAD. Throughout the project, I demonstrated my ability, leadership, and technical knowledge, receiving excellent feedback from my current organization and the customer. I have a proven track record at Siemens Limited, where I commissioned two digital substations in India.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
HVDC Control and Protection Engineer
Hitachi Energy
Chennai
05.2022 - Current
- Analyze the customer specification, focusing on the functional requirements, and considering the variations from our standard.
- Implementation of different types of conceptual design based on the customer specifications.
- Implementation of protection functional description, inspection and test instruction, and protection setting report.
- Protection coordination study prior to the factory system test using EMT simulation.
- Reply to customer queries with respect to the conceptual documents for approval.
- Ensuring the quality delivery of functional software applications with respect to the engineering design.
- Following the agile methodology to ensure on-time delivery of conceptual documents and software applications.
- Dynamic and real-time protection functional test using RTDS at the factory system test.
- Collaboration between the project and technical development teams to adapt the latest solutions.
- Making the appropriate schedule to execute the assigned task within the project timeline.
Testing and Commissioning Engineer
Siemens Limited
Gurgaon
10.2016 - 04.2022
Provided commissioning technical support, conducted product training, and developed protection schemes. Led site integration tests and troubleshooting, improving client satisfaction and system reliability.
Engineer
INEL POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERS (P) LIMITED
Chennai
09.2014 - 09.2016
Conducted scheme testing and ensured successful Factory Acceptance Tests for control and relay panels, contributing to project success and reliability.
Education
Electrical & Electronics Engineering -
Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College
Chennai04.2014
Skills
- Protection selection
- Virtual coordination study
- HVDC control modes
- Dynamic Testing with RTDS and PSCAD
- HVDC and HVAC protection concepts
- IEC 61850 Standard knowledge
- Leadership and team collaboration
- Time management
Accomplishments
- HVDC Light® transmission system for the Adani Mumbai HVDC 1 x 1000 MW ±320kV VSC Stations at Kudus & Aarey.
- Currently working on HVDC Light® Back-to-Back converter, connecting the 735 kV system at Hydro-Québec network (HQ) to the 765 kV system at New York Power Authority (NYPA).
- Worked as a protection engineer for commissioning of Power Grid Malerkotla substation, Punjab -India’s first 400kV Digital Substation based on IEC 61850 Process Bus Technology.
- Completed Factory Acceptance Test of Power Grid Company Bangladesh projects at Germany ( Jhenaidah and Rajbhari Projects)
- Completed Factory Acceptance Test of Tenaga Nasional Berhad projects at Malaysia.
- Successfully completed interoperability testing with various make IEDs & merging Units at LNT Chennai.
Timeline
HVDC Control and Protection Engineer
Hitachi Energy
05.2022 - Current
Testing and Commissioning Engineer
Siemens Limited
10.2016 - 04.2022
Engineer
INEL POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERS (P) LIMITED
09.2014 - 09.2016
Electrical & Electronics Engineering -
Meenakshi Sundararajan Engineering College
Skilled in softwares
- Hidraw Studio
- PSCAD
- MATLAB
- TSplot
- Ebase Design Tool
- Xdebug
- Wireshark
- Station Scout, IED and SV scout
- CMC 350 and 850
- Daneo400
- IED Software's like, DIGSI 4 and 5, GE, ABB, NR, SEL