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Research Area

  • Energy Optimization in  Hybrid/Electric Vehicles (XEVs)
  • Battery Modelling, SoC Estimation, Hybrid Energy storage System for XEV applications
  • Mitigation of Power Quality issues, Active power filters
  • Distributed Generation and controls of smart grid/Micro grids/Charging grids.
  • Applications of AI techniques to Power Systems and Control Systems 

Projects

 1.Title: Photovoltaic Fed Microgrids: Integrated Intelligent Harmonic Control to Enable Electric Vehicle Charging 
 
Role: Principal Investigator
 
Funding agency: Central power Research Institute, Banglore
 
Amount: 20.55 Lakhs
 
Duration: Two years (Feb 2023-Jan 2025)
 
Status: Ongoing
 
2.Title:Modelling the Drivers and Barriers of Electric Vehicle Penetration in Emerging Economy: A study of Indian Market
 
Role: Principal Investigator
 
Funding agency: ICSSR-IMPRESS, New Delhi
 
Amount: 5.25 Lakhs
 
Duration: Two years (Sept 2019-2021)
 
Status: Completed
 
3. Title:  Design and development of an efficient soft-switching converter with adaptive maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller for a standalone photovoltaic power generation system
 
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
 
Funding agency: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), New Delhi
 
Amount: 29.39 Lakhs
 
Duration: Two years, 2014-2016
 
Status: Completed
 
4. Title: Inter-area oscillation control using embedded energy storage in interconnected power system with distributed generation

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Funding agency: Seed Grant Scheme, BITS, Pilani

Amount: 11.15 lakhs

Duration:  Two years, March 2011-2013

Status: Completed 
 

PhD Supervision

PhD Supervised:

  1. Development of SOC estimation Method and Optimal Control Strategies for Power Management in Hybrid  Electric Vehicles, August 2016. (As Supervisor)
  2. Investigations on Renewable Energy Integrated Shunt Active Power Filter for Power Quality Improvement, November 2019. (As Supervisor)
  3. Design and Analysis of High-Performance Impedance Source Inverter Topologies for DC-Link Applications, January 2021. (As Co-Supervisor, jointly)
  4. Development of Hybrid Energy Storage System and Energy Management Strategies for Fuel Economy Improvement in Hybrid Electric Vehicle, January 2022. (As Supervisor, jointly)
  5. Modeling and Control of FACTS Controller and Active Power Filter to Improve the Performance of Power System, Aug 2022 (Outside BITS, As Supervisor, Jointly)
 
PhD Supervising:

1. 1.  Energy Management and Efficiency Improvement in Hybrid Energy Storage Enabled Hybrid Electric Vehicles

2.  Development of Efficient charging methods for EV applications

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