Dr. Saurabh Shukla

Assistant Professor

Specialization

Power Electronics Electrical Machine and Drive

Email

saurabh.shukla@thapar.edu

Specialization

Power Electronics Electrical Machine and Drive

Email

saurabh.shukla@thapar.edu

Biography

Saurabh Shukla was born in Andal (W.B), India, in 1988. He received the B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from Asansol Engineering College (WBUT) in 2010, Post Graduate Diploma Course in Thermal Power Plant Engineering from National Power Training Institute (N.P.T.I) Nangal in 2012 and M.Tech. degree in Instrumentation and Control Engineering  from the Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (SLIET) Sangrur, Punjab in 2014. He has been awarded the Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2019. He was visiting reseracher in Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE in 2020 and has served as Assistant Professor in NIT Hamirpur. He is currently serving as Assistant Professor in Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology. His areas of research interests include power electronics, electrical machines and drives, and renewable energy.

Education

  1. Ph.D. in Power Electronics and Drives from /Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2019
  2. M. Tech in Instrumentation and Control from SLIET Longowal in 2014
  3. B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Asansol Engineering College in 2010

Experience: Total Teaching Experience X years

  1. From Feb 2021 - June 2021: Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering,  NIT Hamirpur

Teaching Interests:

  1. Power Electronics/ Single-Phase and Three-Phase Converters
  2. Electrical Machines/AC Machines
  3. Control System

Research Interest:

  1. Electrical Drives: Solar/ wind integrated variable frequency drive
  2. Power Electronics: Electrical vehicle fast charging

Publications:

Journals (In IEEE Format)

  1. A. K. Mishra, S. Shukla, B. Singh, and A. Al-Durra, "A Reactive Power Compensated Control Scheme for Solar-Assisted EV Fast-Charging Applications," ITEES, Hindawi, pp. 1-12, Jun. 2022.
  2. S. Shukla, B. Singh, P. Shaw, A. Al-Durra, T. H. M. El-Fouly and E. F. El-Saadany, "A New Analytical MPPT Based Induction Motor Drive for Solar PV Water Pumping System with Battery Backup,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2022. (Impact Factor: 9.59).
  3. K. Khan, S. Shukla, and B. Singh, "Single-phase grid-fed variable frequency high-efficiency induction motor drive for fan applications," IET Energy Systems Integration, 2022
  4. K. Khan, S. Shukla and B. Singh, "Improved Performance Design Realization of a Fractional Kilowatt Induction Motor With Predictive Current Control for Water Pumping,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appli., vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 4575-4587, July-Aug. 2020. (Impact Factor: 3.488), Print ISSN: 0093-9994.
  5. R. Rai, S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Reactive Power Based MRAS for Speed Estimation of Solar Fed Induction Motor With Improved Feedback Linearization for Water Pumping,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Info., vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 4714-4725, July 2020. (Impact Factor: 9.112), Print ISSN: 1551-3203.
  6. R. Rai, S. Shukla and B. Singh, "Sensorless Field Oriented SMCC Based Integral Sliding Mode for Solar PV Based Induction Motor Drive for Water Pumping,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appli., vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 5056-5064, Sept.-Oct. 2020. (Impact Factor: 3.488), Print ISSN: 0093-9994.
  7. S. Shukla and B. Singh, "Reduced Current Sensor Based Solar PV Fed Motion Sensorless Induction Motor Drive for Water Pumping,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Info., vol. 15, no. 7, pp. 3973-3986, July 2019. (Impact Factor: 9.112), Print ISSN: 1551-3203
  8. S. Shukla and B. Singh, "Single Stage PV-Grid Interactive Induction Motor Drive with Improved Flux Estimation Technique for Water Pumping with Reduced Sensors,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 35, no. 12, pp. 12988-12999, Dec. 2020. (Impact Factor: 6.153), Print ISSN: 0885-8993.
  9. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Reduced-Sensor-Based PV Array-Fed Direct Torque Control Induction Motor Drive for Water Pumping,” IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 5400-5415, June 2019. (Impact Factor: 6.153), Print ISSN: 0885-8993.
  10. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Single-Stage PV Array Fed Speed Sensorless Vector Control of Induction Motor Drive for Water Pumping,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 3575-3585, July-Aug. 2018. (Impact Factor: 3.488), Print ISSN: 0093-9994.
  11. B. Singh and S. Shukla, “Induction motor drive for PV water pumping with reduced sensors,” IET Power Electron., vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 1903-1913, Oct. 2018. (Impact Factor: 3.53).
  12. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “MPPT control technique for solar powered direct torque control of induction motor drive with a robust speed and parameters adaptation scheme for water pumping,” IET Renew. Power Gen., vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 273-284, 2019. (Impact Factor: 3.89).
  13. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Solar powered sensorless induction motor drive with improved efficiency for water pumping,” IET Power Electron., vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 416-426, 20 3 2018. (Impact Factor: 3.53).
  14. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Adaptive speed estimation with fuzzy logic control for PV-grid interactive induction motor drive-based water pumping,” IET Power Electronics, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 1554-1562, 2019. (Impact Factor: 3.53).
  15. S. Shukla and B. Singh, A. Al-Durra “An observer-based current reconstruction of induction motor driven water pump with improved power flow control by ANN based DPC of PV-grid interactive system,” IET Power Electronics, (Impact Factor: 3.53).
  16. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Improved power quality converter for three‐phase grid‐interfaced PV array fed reduced current sensor‐based induction motor drive for water pumping,” ITEES (WILEY), pp. 1-20, Nov. 2019.
  17. K. Khan, S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Performance-Based Design of Induction Motor Drive for Single-Stage PV Array Fed Water Pumping,” IEEE Trans. Ind. Appli., vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 4286-4297, July-Aug. 2019. (Impact Factor: 3.488), Print ISSN: 0093-9994.

International Conferences:

  1. S. Shukla and S. Singh, “Improved power quality PMBLDC motor drive for constant speed variable torque load using non-isolated SEPIC converter,” in Proc. Annual IEEE India Conference (INDICON), Pune, 2014, pp. 1-6.
  2. K. Pal, S. Shukla and S. Singh, "Single current sensor PMBLDC motor drive with power quality controller for variable speed variable torque applications," in Proc. International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Informatics (ICEEI), Denpasar, 2015, pp. 546-551.
  3. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Solar PV array fed speed sensorless vector control of induction motor drive for water pumping,” in Proc. India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), 2016, pp. 1-6.
  4. B. Singh, S. Shukla, A. Chandra and K. Al-Haddad, “Loss minimization of two stage solar powered speed sensorless vector controlled induction motor drive for water pumping,” in Proc. IECON  Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Florence, 2016, pp. 1942-1947.
  5. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “A PV-Grid Fed DTC Based Induction Motor Drive for Water Pumping,” 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Portland, OR, 2018, pp. 3400-3405.
  6. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Solar PV fed sensorless DTC of induction motor drive for water pumping,” 2017 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, 2017, pp. 1-8.
  7. S. Shukla, H. Parveen and B. Singh, “Flux optimization of PV fed induction motor drive with ANN based current control for water pumping,” in Proc. IEEMA Engineer Infinite Conference (eTechNxT), 2018, pp. 1-6.
  8. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Single stage SPV array fed speed sensorless vector control of induction motor drive for water pumping,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), Delhi, 2016, pp. 1-6.
  9. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “An Effective Solar PV Fed Modified Vector Control of IMD for Water Pumping,” in Proc. IEEE India Council International Conference (INDICON), 2017, pp. 1-6.
  10. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “MRAS based speed estimation of single stage solar powered vector controlled induction motor drive for water pumping,” in Proc. 7th Power India International Conference (PIICON), 2016, pp. 1-6.
  11. S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Grid-PV Array Fed Induction Motor Drive for Water Pumping,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2018, pp. 1-6.
  12. S. Shukla and B. Singh, "Neuro-Fuzzy Logic Based Control Scheme for PV-Battery Integrated Sensorless Induction Motor Drive for Water Pumping,” in Proc. IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics (IICPE), 2018, pp. 1-6.
  13. S. Shukla, A. Al-Durra, T. H. M. El-Fouly and E. F. El-Saadany, “Bidirectional Power Flow Control of Solar PV Array Based Multifunctional E-Mobility Charger,” in Proc. International Conference on Smart Power & Internet Energy Systems (SPIES), Bangkok, Thailand, 2020, pp. 391-396.
  14. K. Khan, S. Shukla and B. Singh, "Performance Based Design of IMD for Single Stage PV Fed Water Pumping,” in Proc. IEEE Ind. Appli. Society Annual Meeting (IAS), 2018, pp. 1-8.
  15. K. Khan, S. Shukla and B. Sing, “Design and Development of High Efficiency Induction Motor for PV Array Fed Water Pumping,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2018, pp. 1-6.
  16. K. Khan, S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Neuro-ELO Based Speed Estimation of Improved Designed Induction Motor Drive for Single Stage Photovoltaic Fed Water Pumping,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES), Delhi, India, 2018, pp. 897-902.
  17. R. Rai, S. Shukla and B. Singh, “Sensorless Field Oriented ISMCC For Solar PV Based Induction Motor Drive For Water Pumping," in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Environment and Electrical Engineering and IEEE Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Europe (EEEIC / I&CPS Europe), Genova, Italy, 2019, pp. 1-6.
  18. Khan, S. Shukla, and B. Singh, "Single-phase grid-fed variable frequency high-efficiency induction motor drive for fan applications," IET Energy Systems Integration, Early Access.
  19. K. Mishra, S. Shukla, B. Singh, and A. Al-Durra, "A Reactive Power Compensated Control Scheme for Solar-Assisted EV Fast-Charging Applications," ITEES, Hindawi, pp. 1-12, Jun. 2022.

National Conferences:

Achievement, Awards and Recognitions

Sponsored Project

  1. “Development of Intelligent Controllers for Sensorless Motor Drives Employed in Grid Integrated Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumps” " supervised by (PI/CoPI) received a Grant of amount of Rs 28.6 lacs by SERB SURE, for the period 3 years.
  2. “Design, Development and Mufti-Quadrant Power Flow Control of Renewable Source-Assisted Grid-Based Multifunctional E-Mobility Charger" Supervised by (PI) received a Grant of the amount of Rs 7.10 lacs by TIET, Patiala (SEED Project), from Feb 2022 to Feb 2024.

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