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Hybrid Sodium-ion cell /super-capacitor packs for Light Electric Vehicles

Implementing Organization

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
Principal Investigator
Dr. Sudipto Ghosh
Professor
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Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
CO-Principal Investigator
Dr. Venimadhav Adyam
Associate Professor
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Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal
Cryogenic Engineering
CO-Principal Investigator
Dr. Sreeraj Puravankara
Assistant Professor
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal
Energy Science and Engineering
CO-Principal Investigator
Dr. Kaushik Biswas
Associate Professor
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Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
CO-Principal Investigator
Dr. Tarun K. Kundu
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal
CO-Principal Investigator
Dr. Subasish Basu Majumder
Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal
CO-Principal Investigator
Dr. Amreesh Chandra
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal
CO-Principal Investigator
Dr. Chandan Chakraborty
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, West Bengal
CO-Principal Investigator
Dr. Jishnu Bhattacharya
Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Project Overview

Pb-acid batteries (PAB) are not suitable for electric vehicles due to their poor specific energy density. Lithium ion batteries (LIB), although having much higher specific energy density, are not cost effective and thus have not replaced PAB for majority of electric vehicles in India. Also, India will have to totally depend on other countries like China for the raw materials of LIB. Sodium ion batteries (NIB) can have specific energies at par with lithium ion batteries and are significantly cheaper than LIB. Therefore the project aims to run an E-vehicle using indigenously developed NIB-supercapacitor pack. This will be achieved by(1) identification of suitable materials that can be economically manufactured in India, (2) simulation based design of NIB cells(3) fabrication of the prismatic pouch NIB/supercapacitor cells utilizing pilot facility at IIT Kharagpur, (4) design and fabrication of energy management system and (5) pack fabrication and field test.

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Funding Organization
Funding Organization
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), Govt. of India
Quick Information
Area of Research
Engineering Sciences
Focus Area
Cost-effective energy conversion & storage for variability in grid and transport, Hybrid energy systems & Integration
Sanction Amount
₹ 3.19 Cr
Status
Ongoing
Output
No. of Research Paper
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Technologies (If Any)
00
No. of PhD Produced
N/A
Startup (If Any)
00
No. of Patents
Filed :00
Grant :00
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