Thrust Areas

Power Systems & Power Management

Major areas of Research Currently, the research work is going on in the areas of Power System Stability, Operation, and control, FACTS controllers, power quality, De-regulation, Grid-connected Wind Energy Conversion Systems and Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Power System Problems. The department is engaged with research activities in various domains of Power Engineering and Management. The research areas include Smart Grid, Plugin Electric Vehicle, Renewable Technologies, Storage Systems, Control of Electrical Machines and managing mechanical vibrations in machines.

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High Voltage Engineering

Major areas of Research Electromagnetic field Computation and Modelling. High frequency modeling of power apparatus and estimation of transient overvoltages Fault Detection and location in windings. Characterization of insulating materials under non- standard impulses and repeated impulses Insulation design of high voltage polymeric insulators under various pollution and atmospheric conditions. Measurement of EMF fields under power lines High Voltage applications in Food Preservation, Agriculture, Textile Industries, Cancer Treatment, Water Treatment, Enhanced Extraction of Micro nutrients. Synthesis and characterization of Bio-Nano nutrients. Synthesis and characterization of Nano dielectrics Design and Development of Insulating systems and energy storage systems with Nano-Composites

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