Intelligent Electric Grids & eMobility

Vision

To create a competitive and multidisciplinary environment to analyse, innovate and advance the seamless transition of existing power industry and automobile industry to a newer sustainable Intelligent Electric Grid and E-mobility sector.

Mission

• To promote collaborations with industry, reputed academic institutions and other establishments for resource sharing and to promote creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship culture
• To produce world standard deliverables in publications, patents, funded projects and PhDs.

Proposed initiative

• Industry collaboration
  Collaborative projects with TATA Power-
  Project 1:A hybrid energy storage system using super-capacitors for smart switching during in rush in on-grid / off-grid modes with power quality improvement.
  Project 2: Co-develop a Cyber Resilient AI enabled tool for detection and prevention of cyber-attacks in Smart Grids / Micro grids for distributed control.
  Collaboration with C-DAC and National Power Training Institute
• Collaborations with Universities
  Project 1: Cyber Resilience and Privacy Preservation in Smart Grid Using Machine Learning Techniques-West Virginia University
  Project 2: Development of a Digital Twin of Smart Grid Cyber-Physical System-University of Trento and Asian Institute of Technology
  Project 3: Connected Autonomous Vehicles-TNO Netherlands
  Project 4: Artificial Intelligence based Self-Healing Protection in Smart Grid-Durham University
  Title: Development of a Multi Agent based system for self-healing protection- University of Trento
  Project 5: Cyber-Attack Resilient Operation and Control Schemes for Smart Power Distribution System.-UPV Spain
  Project 6: Development of a triple level distributed control for demand response management, intelligent scheduling of loads and optimized choices in electricity bidding for a smart microgrid-University of Trento
  Title: A novel strategy of generating synthetic load profiles using Machine learning from the available smart meter data of Irish Consumers.
  Project 7: Hybrid Energy storage system for Smartgrids and Electric vehicles
  Title: HESS supported shunt Active filter for Grid level applications -West Virginia University
  Title- Solar powered HESS for Electric Vehicles-Asian Institute of Technology
  Project 8: Net Zero Energy Buildings with Consumer-Focused Energy Management Control-An Economic and Societal Impact Analysis for India-Durham University & University of COPENHAGEN
  Project 9: Design and Development of a Mini Custom Power Park with Power Quality Improvement-C-DAC, NPTI
  Title: DVR for Power Distribution Network
  Center for Development of Advanced
  Computing, India
  Project 10: Power Quality Enhancement and Vehicle-2-Grid Services using Intelligent Solar Powered Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in Smart Grid-UPV SPAIN
  Project 11: Development of an Improvised SRM Traction Drive Topology for Electric Vehicles with On-board Integrated Battery Charging Scheme
• Industrial visit to centres of excellence
  Industrial visits are conducted to get exposure and insights to the real working environment
• Invited talks by International speakers .
• Tap -Energy International Conference with the support of all TAG members
  Title: Development of a Multi Agent based system for self-healing protection- University of Trento
  Project 5: Cyber-Attack Resilient Operation and Control Schemes for Smart Power Distribution System.-UPV Spain