- Electric Circuits,
- Power System,
- Control System,
- Protection & Switchgear,
- Electrical energy utilization and conservation,
- Electrical drives and control,
- Transmission & Distribution,
- Electrical Machines.
Teaching
1. Government College of Engineering, Thanjavur- 18.07.2018 to till date
2. Government College of Engineering, Dharmapuri -16.05.2017 to 17.07.2018
3. Annamalai University, Chidambaram – 09.01.2003 to 15.05.2017
4. Bharathiyar College of Engg & Tech, Karaikal – 03.07.2000 – 08.01.2003
International
1. R.Balamurugan and S.Subramanian, (2008) “A simplified recursive approach to combined economic emission dispatch”, Electric Power Components and Systems, Taylor & Francis, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 17-27.
2. R.Balamurugan and S.Subramanian, (2007) “Self-Adaptive differential evolution based power economic dispatch of generators with valve-point effects and multiple fuel options”, International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering, vol. 1, no.1, pp. 10-17.
3. R.Balamurugan and S.Subramanian, (2008) “Hybrid integer coded differential evolution – dynamic programming approach for economic load dispatch with multiple fuel options”, International Journal of Energy Conversion and Management, Elsevier, vol.49, no.4, pp. 608-614.
4. R.Balamurugan and S.Subramanian, (2007) “An improved differential evolution based dynamic economic dispatch with nonsmooth fuel cost function”, International Journal of Electrical Systems, vol. 3, no.3, pp. 151-161.
5. R.Balamurugan and S.Subramanian, (2008) “Differential evolution based dynamic economic dispatch of generating units with valve-point effects”, Electric Power Components and System, Taylor & Francis, vol. 36, no.8, 828-843.
6. R.Balamurugan and S.Subramanian, (2008) “A Simplified Dynamic Programming Approach to Economic Dispatch of Thermal Units”, International Journal of Electrical Engineering, vol. 15, no.2, 111-120 .
7. R.Balamurugan and S.Subramanian, (2009) “Emission constrained dynamic economic dispatch using opposition based self-adaptive differential evolution algorithm”, International Energy Journal, vol. 10, no.4, 267-276.
8. R.Balamurugan and S.Subramanian, (2008) “An Improved Dynamic Programming Approach to Economic PowerDispatch with Generator Constraints and Transmission Losses”, Journal of Electrical Engineering & Technology, Vol. 3, no. 3, 320-330.
9. N. Mohandas, R. Balamurugan and L. Lakshminarasimman, (2015) “ Optimal Placement and Sizing of DGs in the Distribution System for Loss Minimization and Voltage Stability Improvement using CABC”, International Journal on Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Vol. 7, no. 4, 679-690.
10. N. Mohandas, R. Balamurugan and L. Lakshminarasimman, (2017) “ Optimal location and sizing of MWand MVAR based DG units to improve voltage stability margin in distribution system using a chaotic artificial bee colony algorithm”, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems, Wiley Publications, Vol. 27, no. 4, 1-14.
11. N. Mohandas, R. Balamurugan and L. Lakshminarasimman, (2015) “Optimal location and sizing of real power DG units to improve the voltage stability in the distribution system using ABC algorithm united with chaos”, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Elsevier, Vol. 66, 41-52.
12. N. Mohandas, R. Balamurugan and L. Lakshminarasimman, (2015) “Optimal Location and Sizing of Multiple DGs to Enhance the Voltage Stability in the Distribution System using a Chaotic ABC Algorithm”, International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol. 128, no. 2, 10-26.
13. SA. ChithraDevi , L. Lakshminarasimman and R. Balamurugan, (2015) “Stud Krill herd Algorithm for multiple DG placement and sizing in a radial distribution system”, Engineering Science and Technology - An International Journal”, Elsevier, Vol. 20, no. 2, 748-759.
14. G. Balaji, R. Balamurugan and L. Lakshminarasimman, (2016) “Mathematical approach assisted differential evolution for generator maintenance scheduling”, International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, Elsevier, Vol. 82, 508-518.
15. G. Balaji, R. Balamurugan and L. Lakshminarasimman, (2016) “Fuzzy clustered multi objective differential evolution for thermal generator maintenance scheduling”, International Journal of Intelligent Engineering and Systems,, Vol. 9, 1-13.
16. G. Balaji, R. Balamurugan and L. Lakshminarasimman, (2016) “Reliability based Generator Maintenance Scheduling using Integer Coded Differential Evolution Algorithm”, International Journal of Computer Applications, Vol. 131, no. 6, 27-38.
17. G. Balaji, R. Balamurugan and L. Lakshminarasimman, (2015) “Generator maintenance scheduling in a deregulated environment using hybrid differential evolution algorithm”, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, no. 22, 10566-10577.
18. G. Balaji, R. Balamurugan and L. Lakshminarasimman, (2017) “A Novel Hybrid Symbiotic Organism Search for Solving Generator Maintenance Scheduling in a Power System”, Global Journal of Researches in Engineering: F Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vol. 17, no. 6, 67-76.
19. M. Vanithasri, R. Balamurugan and L. Lakshminarasimman, (2016) “Modified radial movement optimization (MRMO) technique for estimating the parameters of fuel cost function in thermal power plants”, Engineering Science and Technology - An International Journal”, Elsevier, Vol. 19, no. 2, 2035-2042.
20. M. Vanithasri, R. Balamurugan and L. Lakshminarasimman, (2017) “Radial movement optimization (RMO) technique for solving unit commitment problem in power systems”, Journal of Electrical Systems and Information Technology”, Elsevier, 1-11.
National Conference
1. R.Balamurugan and S.Subramanian, “Differential evolution algorithm for economic power dispatch with generator constraints”, Proceedings of All India Seminar on Generation Economics and Grid Security, The Institution of Engineers (India), Nagpur, India, pp.40-45, 13-14 April 2007.
International Conference
1. R.Balamurugan and S.Subramanian, (2007) “A simplified composite fuel cost model with emission coefficients for a thermal plant”, Proceedings of International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India, vol. 1, pp. 394-399, 27-29.
2. R.Balamurugan and S.Subramanian, (2007) “A simplified mathematical model for combined economic emission dispatch”, Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
3. R.Balamurugan (2012) “Application of shuffled frog leaping algorithm for economic dispatch with multiple fuel options”, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Electrical Engineering and Energy Management (ICETEEEM), 13-15 Dec 2012, IEEE conference
Books Published
1. Classical and Recent Aspects of Power System Optimization (2018) - Academic Press publications- https://www.elsevier.com/books-and-journals - Implementation of Radial Movement Optimization (RMO) Algorithm for Solving Economic Dispatch and Fixed Head Hydrothermal Generation Scheduling Authored by M. Vanithasri, R. Balamurugan and L.Lakshminarasimman.
Guest Lecture Delivered:
1. One day seminar on “Challenges in modern power system operation and control”, March 21, 2018 in Government College of Engineering, Dharmapuri.
Research Supervisor:
Recognized Supervisor in Anna University, Chennai
No. of Ph.D Guided : 04 (03 - Degree awarded , 01 - Scholar submitted Thesis )