IITKGP

Dipankar Debnath

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Electrical Engineering

+91-3222-283094

ddebnath@ee.iitkgp.ac.in

Responsibilities

  • Caretaker NCC

Research Areas

  • Power electronics converter topologies
  • Motor design for EV application
  • Motor controller& battery charger for EV
  • Converter design for solar PV
Research Interests:  
Design of solar PV based standalone/off-grid systems for deployment in rural areas,
Transformer-less inverter design for grid connected solar PV systems;
Distributed maximum power point tracking (DMPPT) schemes for medium/large scale solar plants,
Solar PV based UPS schemes for semi-urban areas,
Design of integrated power converter topologies
Multi-functional, decentralized inverter schemes for grid integration of renewable energy sources,
Application of Power Electronics for Electric Vehicle
  • A Novel Bi-directional Four-Port DC-DC Converter suitable for Bipolar DC Solar Household Integration S N., Debnath D. , Chakraborty C. By IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics - (2023)
  • Transformer-less grid connected inverter with two separate PV arrays while minimizing leakage current D. Debnath and K. Chatterjee By Indian patent (filed, yet to be approved) - (2015)
  • A Novel Low Device Count Four-Port Converter based Solar-fed Off-grid System for Catering Household Hybrid ac/dc Loads Sunny A. C., Debnath D. By IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 38 2658-2667 (2022)
  • A Novel Single Coupled-Inductor Boost TPC with Two Inductively Interfaced Ports suitable for Renewable Energy Integration (Accepted for Publication) S N., Debnath D. , Chakraborty C. By IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 70 4705-4715 (2023)
  • Solar-Battery Integrated Hybrid ac/dc Off-Grid System for Rural Households based on a Novel Multi-Output Converter (accepted for publication) Sunny A., Debnath D. , Surulivel N. By IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics 10 6208-6217 (2022)
  • A New Switching Strategy for Improving Efficiency and Thermal Distribution of a Three-Port Converter for Solar DC Stand-alone System S N., Debnath D. By IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs 69 1527-1531 (2022)
  • Integrated motor control unit and vehicle control unit for low speed electric vehicle (Indian Patent, filed on 23rd August 2021) Sengupta S., Debnath D. , Vanjani D. By - (2021)
  • Two Stage solar Off-Grid System for Catering Household AC Appliances with Reduced Switches Sunny A., Debnath D. By IET Power Electronics 13 3807-3817 (2020)
  • A Grid-Connected Single-Phase Transformerless Inverter Controlling Two Solar PV Arrays Operating Under Different Atmospheric Conditions Dutta S., Debnath D. , Chatterjee K. By IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 62 374-385 (2017)
  • A Grid-Connected Single-Phase Transformerless Inverter Controlling Two Solar PV Arrays Operating Under Different Atmospheric Conditions Dutta S., Debnath D. , Chatterjee K. By IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 62 374-385 (2017)

Principal Investigator

  • Indigenous Development and Commercialization of Advanced Lightweight and Efficient Powertrain for Electric 3-wheelers
  • Sustainable Energy System for Achieving Novel Carbon Neutral Energy Communities (Sustenance)

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Centre of Excellence on Energy Aware Urban Infrastructure Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • Motor and Controller for Low Speed EV Brushless Motors India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Testing of Concepts for Detecting Insulation Faults in Vehicle Eaton India Innovation Center LLP

Ph. D. Students

Amal C Sunny

Area of Research: Application of Power Electronics to solar photovoltaic systems

Deepak Verma

Area of Research: Power Electronic Converter for Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Nagarjun S

Area of Research: Solar Power Converters

V Gouri Prasant

Area of Research: Power converter topologies and control for solar PV applications

MS Students

Arpan Kumar Samanta

Area of Research: Electric Rickshaw Power Train

Neil Samaddar

Area of Research: Power Electronic converter for Building Integrated PV systems