RESEARCH AREA
Our research area is focussed on these areas:
1
Modular high power converters
Modular converters for example MMC and CHB have become very popular in recent years in high power applications where large number of identical small rated building blocks are used.
2
High frequency power electronics
High frequency power electronics can help in reducing the size of passive components and heat sink. With Silicon Carbide and GaN based devices, switching frequency of
3
Power electronics dominated grid
A lot of development is now taking place in developing power grids dominated by power converters. Use of virtual inertia or integration of
4
High speed railway traction
For past few years we are involved in projects related to high speed railway traction. We have an ongoing project with National High Speed
5
Modular converters for MVDC/HVDC applications
Modular converters can be used for MVDC and HVDC integration with conventional AC grids.
OUR RESEARCHERS
FACULTY MEMBER
ANANDARUP DAS
Anandarup Das is the faculty member of the research group. His current research ineterst include high power multilevel converters, high frequency Dual Active Bridge converters, Grid forming converters and high speed raailway traction systems.
RESEARCH SCHOLAR
SUBHASIS NAYAK
He has been working on energy balancing strategy for modular multilevel topologies with PV and battery energy support, towards his PhD. He was actively involved in an international project with SIntef, Norway.
RESEARCH SCHOLAR
SUkrashis sarkar
Sukrashis is working on operational aspects and fault tolerance of modular multilevel converter (MMC) topologies based HVDC/MVDC technologies.
RESEARCH SCHOLAR(JOINT)
Mohammad Saleh
Saleh is working on high efficiency three-phase unfolding based EV powertrain where perfect sinewaves are produced without using output filters.
RESEARCH SCHOLAR (JOINT)
smita mohanty
Smita's work is based on grid forming converters and inertia emulation.
RESEARCH SCHOLAR
abhrodip chaudhury
Abhrodip is working on folding-unfolding based pure sine wave inverter..
RESEARCH SCHOLAR (MSR)
AKASH KEDIA
Akash is working on Dual Active Bridge based pure sine wave converter
PAST RESEARCH scholars
Over the last 10 years, several research scholars have worked with us and currently well placed at national and international levels.
Nidhi Bisht Thesis title: Fault Tolerant Topologies for Cascaded H-bridge Converter
Ebin Cherian Mathew Thesis title: Fault tolerant schemes for exchanging power with HVDC transmission lines
Martin Cheerangal Thesis title: Fault Tolerant Control Strategies of Induction Motor Drive fed from Voltage Source Converters
Pradyumna Ghosh Thesis title: Analysis of a Synchronous Reluctance Motor Drive Connected to a weak grid
Rahul Sharma Thesis title: Operation of Cascaded H-bridge Multilevel Converter for Grid Connected Solar PV and Motor Drive Applications
Nibedita Parida Thesis title: New Circuit topologies of Modular Multilevel Converters with passive filter: Modeling, Design and operation
Mtech and Btech students
MTech and BTech students guided over the years can be seen below.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Several national and international research projects have been undertaken by Anandarup Das in recent past.