Research

Industrial consultancy

1. Development of Power Controller for Induction Heating for Naskar & Co
2. Development of 160 Kgf brushless DC motor driven actuator for Webel Tools India Ltd
3. Design and Development of 250 KW IGBT based three phase chopper for Webel Mediatronics

Existing laboratories in the department

1. Basic Electrical Engineering Laboratory
2. Electrical Machine Laboratory
3. Power System Laboratory
4. Drives Laboratory
5. Power Electronics Laboratory
6. Process Control and Instrumentation Laboratory
7. Microprocessor Laboratory
8. Measurement Laboratory
9. Control System Laboratory
10. Solid State Circuits Laboratory
11. Senior Simulation Laboratory
12. Junior Simulation Laboratory
13. Senior Machine Laboratory
14. Industrial Electronics Research Laboratory
15. Relay Laboratory

Facilities available

1. Internet availability at every terminal connected through a 512 Mbps LAN to a high-end server
2. Linux-based student computers with software like Mathematica, ANSYS etc.
3. High voltage measurement facilities
4. Multiproduct multiprocess calibration facility
5. State-of-the-art DSP and Microcontroller training
6. Modern machines like Switched Reluctance machines, Brushless DC Machines along with controllers

Some Ongoing Projects

1. Development of Piecewise on-line load flow algorithm and its implementation in distributed computing environment
2. Investigation on the response of large Power Transformers to Grid Perturbations
3. Modernization of Junior Simulation laboratory (MODROBS)
4. Investigation on dynamic Voltage Collapse of Transmission System in developing countries and implementation of corrective measures
5. Sensorless on-line condition monitoring of induction motors
6. Implementation of robust control techniques through a DSP platform on a lab-scale real-time system
7. Modelling and closed loop control of a reusable launch vehicle with six degrees of freedom
8. A variable speed induction motor drive with a matrix converter as a static commutator in the rotor
9. Computer-aided design and analysis of thermal conditions in rotating electrical machines
10. National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NAMPET)
11. Electrotherm R&D Project

Projects completed in the last 5 years

1. Modernization of Electrical Machine Laboratory (MODROBS)
2. Microprocessor Based Protection of Alternators
3. Generalised Robust Controllers for MIMO Systems
4. Condition Monitoring of Electrical Equipment in Power Plants
5. Supression of Sub-frequency Components in the Output of a Cycle-Converter with frequency selective Feedback
6. Study on Efficient Voltage Control of Induction Motor Drive
7. High Efficiency Stator Voltage Control of Induction Motor Drive : A Stator side slip-power recovery method
8. A Study on the Dynamics of motors during System Disturbances & Development of a Flexible AutoCnangeover Circuit
9. Control and Performance Improvement of a Brushless DC Machine Drive Drive (An inverter-fed self-synchronous permanent magnet AC motor)
10. Modernization of Control system Laboratory (MODROBS)
11. Development of a low-cost sensorless switched reluctance drive that operates under all conditions of saturation and loading(TAPTEC)
12. Spectral Identification of Potentised Homeopathic Medicine
13. Investigation on Tie-line control and Voltage Instability of Power Grids in Power Systems of developing countries