IITKGP
Mayur Prakash Bonkile, IIT Kharagpur

Mayur Prakash Bonkile

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Energy Science and Engineering

+91-3222-260806

mayurb@iitkgp.ac.in

Responsibilities

  • Assistant Warden, Meghnath Saha Hall

Research Areas

  • Lithium-ion battery modelling
  • Electric Vehicles: Powertrain & Battery
  • Energy conversion and storage
  • Thermal management of Li-ion batteries
  • Storage and Microgrid Technology
Research Area:
* Li-ion Battery: Modelling, Design, Control & Operation
* Battery Energy Storage System for Renewables Integration

Aim: My overarching aim is to make electrochemical energy storage technologies safe, affordable and long-lasting, which will be essential to achieving Net-Zero targets by decarbonising transport and the grid.

Vision: My vision encompasses multi-scale multi-physics modelling platforms that will bring together a broad set of skills from science and engineering, working innovatively alongside industry to deliver impact.

  • Modelling external short circuit behaviours of fresh and degraded lithium-ion batteries by Bonkile M. P., Zhou Y. , Lukow K. , Wu B. Journal of Energy Storage 155 121443- (2026)
  • Is silicon worth it? Modelling degradation in composite silicon graphite lithium-ion battery electrodes by Bonkile M. P., Jiang Y. , Kirkaldy N. , Sulzer V. , Timms R. , Wang H. , Offer G. , Wu B. Journal of Power Sources 606 234256- (2024)
  • Coupled Electrochemical-Thermal-Mechanical Stress Modelling in Composite Silicon/Graphite Lithium-Ion Battery Electrodes by Bonkile M. P., Jiang Y. , Kirkaldy N. , Sulzer V. , Timms R. , Wang H. , Offer G. , Wu B. Journal of Energy Storage 73 108609-108609 (2023)
  • Effects of sizing on battery life and generation cost in PV wind battery hybrid systems by Bonkile M. P., Ramadesigan V. Journal of Cleaner Production 340 130341-130341 (2022)
  • Power control strategy and economic analysis using physics-based battery models in standalone wind battery systems by Bonkile M. P., Ramadesigan V. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 54 102828-102828 (2022)
  • Physics-based models in PV-battery hybrid power systems: Thermal management and degradation analysis by Bonkile M. P., Ramadesigan V. Journal of Energy Storage 31 101458-101458 (2020)
  • Power management control strategy using physics-based battery models in standalone PV-battery hybrid systems by Bonkile M. P., Ramadesigan V. Journal of Energy Storage 23 258-268 (2019)
  • A systematic literature review of Burgers equation with recent advances by Bonkile M. P., Awasthi A. , Nair L. C., Mukundan V. , S A. V. Pramana J. Phys. 90 1-21 (2018)

Principal Investigator

  • Evaluating Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Induced Battery Degradation with Physics-Based Models IIT KHARAGPUR
  • Sustainable Micromobility Futures: Transnational research and capacity building in resource efficient battery solution for urban transport electrification British Council

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Te-Mobix: Safe and Degradation Controlled Batteries with Efficient Charging for Tropical e-Mobility Excellence Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)

Ph. D. Students

Fard Mosarraf

Area of Research: Battery

Farkhanda Azmi

Area of Research: Battery thermal management

Sourabh Koshta

Area of Research: Wind Turbine