IITKGP

Research Areas

Research Interests:
1. Electrical Machines, Power Electronic Converters, and their Control for (a) Electric Transporation and (b) Wind Energy Harvesting Systems
2. Power Electronic Converters and their Control for Solar PV Systems
3. Multilevel Converters, Control, and Modulation
  • A Composite Converter Architecture for Wind Energy Systems Connected to AC Grid by Mukherjee D., Paximadas J. , Banerjee A. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 40 13584-13602 (2025)
  • Modulation Depth Maximization for High Phase Count Drives With Emphasis on Variable Pole Operation by Maheshwari A., Chaubal S. , Libbos E. , Mukherjee D. , Mazumdar D. , Bajaj P. , Banerjee A. , Krein P. T. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 61 9295-9306 (2025)
  • DC Grid Interface for the Integrated Generator Rectifier Architecture in Wind Energy Systems by Mukherjee D., Banerjee A. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 37 14795-14808 (2022)
  • A Reduced-Switch Hybrid Multilevel Unidirectional Rectifier by Mukherjee D., Kastha D. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 34 2070-2082 (2019)
  • Voltage Sensorless Control of VIENNA Rectifier in the Input Current Oriented Reference Frame by Mukherjee D., Kastha D. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 34 8079-8091 (2019)
  • A Minimum Switch Five Level Unidirectional Rectifier Without Any Voltage Balancing and Pre-charging Circuitry by Mukherjee D., Kastha D. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 34 11605-11615 (2019)
  • Carrier-Based Discontinuous PWM for a Five-Level Unidirectional Rectifier by Mukherjee D., Kastha D. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 35 5601-5614 (2020)
  • A Three-Phase Four-Leg Neutral Point Clamped Photovoltaic Inverter With Decoupled Active & Reactive Power Control and DC Link Voltage Ripple Minimization Under Unbalanced Grid Operation by Bhowmick S., Mukherjee D. , Basu T. S., Chakraborty C. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics 40 7829-7843 (2025)
  • Optimal Torque Angle for a Switched Brushless Doubly-Fed Reluctance Machine by Agrawal S., Chouhdry H. , Mukherjee D. , Banerjee A. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 72 2274-2284 (2025)
  • Modeling and Design Optimization of Rotor Flux-Barriers in a Brushless Doubly-Fed Reluctance Machine by Agrawal S., Chouhdry H. , Mukherjee D. , Banerjee A. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 60 3131-3142 (2024)

Principal Investigator

  • Design and Development of a Hybrid Generator Converter Topology for Wind Energy Harvesting Systems Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
  • Design and Development of a Multiphase Electric Drive for Transportation SRIC, IIT KHARAGPUR
  • Technology transfer of Front-End Rectifier National Power Research Laboratory

Co-Principal Investigator

  • AI-Enabled Cloud Platform for Diagnostics, Prognostics, and Health Management of On-Site Industrial Drives GAIL (INDIA) LIMITED
  • Development of 300W low-noise multi-output isolated high density converter with modular reconfigurable output and fault isolation capability KCSTC, ISRO, IIT KHARAGPUR CELL
  • Development of high-power Grid-friendly Conductive and Static Wireless Chargers for Electric Vehicles Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)
  • EDIP Lab Development Fund- Corpus Fund Various Users, Participants
  • High Density Low Component Profile Power Factor Corrector Infineon Technologies India Pvt Ltd

Ph. D. Students

Haraprasad Badajena

Area of Research: Signal Processing and Machine Learning

Lokenath Chakraborty

Area of Research: Power Electronics and Drives

Mrinmoy Halder

Area of Research: Electric Drives

Sorforaj Ahmed Laskar

Area of Research: Electric Drives