IITKGP

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 High-Frequency Transformer Integrated Three-Port Converter-based Stand-Alone Home Energy System by Sunny A. C., Debnath D. , Muttaqi K. ., Sutanto D. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics 6 743-753 (2025)
  • A Novel Low Device Count Four-Port Converter based Solar-fed Off-grid System for Catering Household Hybrid ac/dc Loads by Sunny A. C., Debnath D. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 38 2658-2667 (2022)
  • Derivation Methodology of TPCs With All Bidirectional Inductively Interfaced Ports Suitable for Solar Photovoltaic Applications by S N., Sunny A. C., Debnath D. , Chakraborty C. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS 71 12425-12435 (2024)
  • A Novel Single Coupled-Inductor Boost TPC with Two Inductively Interfaced Ports suitable for Renewable Energy Integration (Accepted for Publication) by S N., Debnath D. , Chakraborty C. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 70 4705-4715 (2023)
  • A Novel Four-Port Converter With All Bi-Directional Ports Having Common Ground for Photo-Voltaic Hybrid Energy Storage DC System by Surulivel N., Sunny A. C., Dev D. , Samanta A. K., Debnath D. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs 71 4571-4575 (2024)
  • Novel Bi-directional Four-Port DC-DC Converter suitable for Bipolar DC Solar Household Integration by S N., Debnath D. , Chakraborty C. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 38 9033-9045 (2023)
  • Advanced Hybrid Suspension System for Electric Vehicles with Dual Rear Hub Motors by Mishra P., Sengupta S. , Debnath D. , Thombare S. , Vanjani D. - (2024)
  • A Novel Three-Port High Gain DC-DC Converter for PV-Battery Stand-Alone System with Reduced Device Count by Sunny A. C., Debnath D. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Industrial Electronics 5 1-10 (2024)
  • Dual Solar PV based Battery Charger for E-rickshaw Applications by Samanta A. K., Prasant V. G., Samaddar N. , Debnath D. 6th International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment 1-6 (2024)
  • Impact of EVs & its Business Case Studies for the Automobile Market by Choudhury T. R., Debnath D. , Majumder S. Electric Vehicle Propulsion Drives and Charging Systems 1-26 (2024)

Principal Investigator

  • Sustainable Energy System for Achieving Novel Carbon Neutral Energy Communities (Sustenance) Department of Science and Technology

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Centre of Excellence on Energy Aware Urban Infrastructure Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
  • Development of high-power Grid-friendly Conductive and Static Wireless Chargers for Electric Vehicles Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
  • Upgradation of Automatic Tide Generation (ATG) System at Syamaprasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) SYAMA PRASAD MOOKERJEE PORT,KOLKATA

Ph. D. Students

Deepak Verma

Area of Research: Power Electronic Converter for Hybrid Electric Vehicle

Sanam Agnihotri

Area of Research: Power Electronics for Solar PV systems

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