Power Converter Design and Implementations for Energy Efficient Applications using Wide-Bandgap Power Devices
Implementing Organization
Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Principal Investigator
Prof. Santanu De
Assistant Professor
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Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Department of Mechanical Engineering
CO-Principal Investigator
Prof. Shyama P. Das
Professor
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Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Department of Electrical Engineering
CO-Principal Investigator
Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla
Professor
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Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, Maharashtra
Energy Science & Engineering
CO-Principal Investigator
Prof. Anshuman Shukla
Associate Professor
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Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, Maharashtra
Department of Electrical Engineering
Project Overview
The proposal envisages the design, implementation, and application of SiC based power converters in modern energy efficient applications. It argues that the currently used converter technology has many shortcomings, which will hinder the usages of SiC based devices in high frequency power converter design especially for high voltage high power applications. Thus, there is a need to synthesize new converter topologies, which will enable us to realize better power processors with higher switching frequency. This will lead to compact, efficient, and high power-density converter modules. The application of the new topologies in energy efficient applications like microgrid, high voltage motor drive, and realization of compact solid-state transformers will also be a part of this research activity.