Annual Report 2020 - IIT R
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ANNUAL REPORT 2020 Hydropower Simulation Laboratory Dept. of Water Resources Development & Management IIT ROORKEE
Transcript of Annual Report 2020 - IIT R
ANNUAL REPORT2020
Hydropower Simulation LaboratoryDept. of Water Resources Development & Management
IIT ROORKEE
VAHADOOD HASANQIP Research Scholar
People
B. ANIL KUMAR Research Scholar
JAVED ALIResearch Scholar
VIDYASAGAR TUMMAKURIResearch Scholar
M. CHANDRASEKARSenior Research Fellow
Dr. K.K. PRABHAKARANPost Doctoral Fellow
SUNNY SONANDKARResearch Scholar
D. KARTHIKSenior Research Fellow
NEERAJ KUMAR CHAURASIYA M.Tech Student
RUPESH KUMARIUGC - Senior Research Fellow
R.R. SEMWALResearch Scholar (Part Time)
RITU TIWARIResearch Scholar
SUBRAMANYA K. QIP Research Scholar
VIJAY MOHALEQIP Research Scholar
PROF. THANGA RAJ CHELLIAHFaculty - in - Charge
Hydropower Simulation Lab
BARADA PRASANNA NAYAKJunior Research Fellow
YARED BRHANE TADESEM.Tech Student
AAKRITI GUPTAJunior Research Fellow
ABHISHEK RAJM.Tech Student
ANURAG PRIYADARSHIJunior Research Fellow
ASHUTOSH SINGHM.Tech Student
RAGHU SELVARAJSenior Research Fellow
SAMEER SHEKHARM.Tech Student
SURABHI VERMAJunior Research Fellow
Contents
2019 Highlights............................................................................................13
Acknowledgment
Visits...........................................................................................................09
Corporate Interactions.................................................................................12
Ph.D Awarded..............................................................................................11
Photo Gallery...............................................................................................14
R & D Meetings & Special Lectures.............................................................10
Research Projects.......................................................................................03
Research Publications................................................................................04
MoU Signed.................................................................................................08
Short Term Course.......................................................................................07
Awards and Recognitions............................................................................06
About the Laboratory...................................................................................01
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About the Laboratory
2. Possible grid disturbances are created with the help of programmable AC power source and
analyze the performance of hydro-generating equipment.
† Full Spectrum Simulator: The laboratory has signed an MoU with Centre for Development of
Advanced Computing, Thiruvananthapuram for Full Spectrum Simulator (Mini) program under
the support of National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET), Ministry of
Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
† Collaborative/Sponsored Research: The laboratory is committed for the research in support
of national organizations including THDC India Limited (Rishikesh), Central Power Research
Institute (Bangalore), Department of Science of Technology (New Delhi), and Ministry of Ports,
Shipping and Waterways (New Delhi). In addition, the laboratory is collaborated with Indian
Maritime University (Visakhapatnam) through a research project.
† Unique features: It deals with the simulation of graphical input/output of the various
components of a hydropower plant, including the dam, penstock, hydro-mechanical
equipment, hydro-generators (both synchronous and asynchronous in large capacity), multi-
channel power electronic circuits for excitation and variable speed operation, grid interface, etc.
† Equipment & Software available in the laboratory: The laboratory is well equipped with
synchronous and asynchronous generators, power electronic converters, digital signal
processors and dSPACE control kits, power quality analyzers, programmable power supplies
and software packages including MATLAB, SIMSEN, and PLECS. In addition, a real time
simulator from OPAL-RT Technologies is procured.
† To support the simulation study, the following additional facilities are developed.
1. Real time interface, through DS 1104 and DS 1202 MicroLabBox, of simulation tool with t he
prototype model of various generators used in hydropower plants.
† Hydropower Simulation Laboratory (HSL) is a part of Dept. of Water Resources D evelopment
and Management, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. It aims to model and simulate
hydroelectric systems and to validate the developed models through laboratory prototype.
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l Implementation of cyber physical system for hydro power plants to enhance its cyber
securities.
l Development of software solutions for renovation and modernization of Indian hydropower
plants.
† C ourses offered: The laboratory offers a PG course entitled “Modelling and Simulation of
Hydro-Electric Energy Systems” which provides a platform for the P.G/Ph.D students to share
their views and experience among industrialists, fellow researchers, and academicians in the
emerging areas of hydropower engineering.
l Development of power and control circuit redundancy for variable speed hydrogenerating
units.
† Targets/Goals in the next five years:
l Create an industrial collaboration for hydropower real-time simulation.
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Research Projects (2020)
Strand 1: Ongoing Projects
THDC India Limited
Principal Investigator | Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah
Topic | Analysis and Mitigation of Active Power Oscillations in Hydro-Generators Fed High Voltage Transmission Lines
Topic | Design and Experimental Validation of Battery Operated Short Endurance Vessels with Wireless Charging CircuitPrincipal Investigator | Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah
Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, Govt. of India
Strand 2: Upcoming Projects
Principal Investigator | Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah
Topic | Design of Fault Tolerance and Reconfiguration Control for Megawatt Power Electronic Converters Fed Variable Speed Pumped Storage Units
Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore
Collaborator | THDCIL, CDAC-T, IIITDM Kanchipuram, University of Parma, Italy, University of Victoria, Canada.
Topic | Development of Hack-Free Hydro Plant Control System
Status | Submitted for fundingPrincipal Investigator | Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah
Divyasampark iHub, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee , India
Central Power Research Institute, BangaloreTopic | Development of Methodology for Negative Sequence Current Capability of Hydro GeneratorStatus | Submitted for fundingPrincipal Investigator | Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah
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Research Publications (2020)
Strand 1: Peer Reviewed Journals
† B. A. Kumar, R. Selvaraj, K. Desingu, T. R. Chelliah and R. S. Upadhyayula, "A Coordinated
Control Strategy for a Diesel-Electric Tugboat System for Improved Fuel Economy", IEEE
Transactions on Industry Applications ,, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 5439-5451, Sept.-Oct. 2020
https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2020.3010779.
† C. Carunaiselvane, T. R. Chelliah and D. Khare, "Analysis on Thermal Behavior of Large
Hydrogenerators Operating With Continuous Overloads", IEEE Transactions on Industry
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https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2019.2958782.
† R. Kumari, K. K. Prabhakaran, K. Desingu, T. R. Chelliah, and S. V. A. Sarma, "Improved
Hydroturbine Control and Future Prospects of Variable Speed Hydropower Plant", IEEE
Transactions on Industry Applications, 2020, .https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2020.3028798
† C. Carunaiselvane, T. R. Chelliah and S. V. Appa Sarma, "Simulation and experimental illustra-
tion of vibration at load rejection in a continuously overloaded large hydrogenerator", IET
Renewable Power Generation, , vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 1550-1558, June-July 2020
https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-rpg.2019.0847.
† Karthik Desingu, R. Selvaraj, A. K. Birudula and T. R. Chelliah, "Thermal Performance
Improvement in Multi-Megawatt Power Converters Serving to Asynchronous Hydro Generators
Operating Around Synchronous Speed", , IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion 2020,
https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2020.3037244.
† V. Tummakuri, T. R. Chelliah, and U. S. Ramesh, "Energy Management and Charging Portfolio
Analysis for Future Battery Powered Harbor Vessels", IEEE International Conference on
Power Electronics Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 16-19 December 2020.
† R. Selvaraj, K. Desingu, T. R. Chelliah, "Fault Diagnosis and Tolerant Operation of Multi-Channel
3L-NPC Power Converter Fed Adjustable Speed Hydro-Generating Unit",th 55 IEEE Industry
Applications Society (IAS) Annual Meeting, Detroit, USA, 11-15 October 2020.
† "Shared-Leg Fault Tolerant Operation of S. Raghu, Karthik D., Thanga Raj Chelliah,
MultiChanneled Power Converters Serving to Large Rated DFIM Unit", th 35 IEEE Applied Power
Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), New Orleans, USA, 15-19 March 2020.
Strand 2: International Conference Proceedings
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† Rupesh Kumari, K. K. Prabhakaran, Thanga Raj Chelliah,"Improved Cybersecurity of Power
Electronic Converters Used in Hydropower Plant", IEEE International Conference on Power
Electronics Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 16-19 December 2020.
† Sunny Sonandkar, Raghu Selvaraj, Thanga Raj Chelliah "Fault Tolerant Capability of Battery
Assisted Quasi-Z-Source Inverter Fed Five Phase PMSM Drive for Marine Propulsion
Applications", IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Drives and Energy
Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 16-19 December 2020.
† C. Carunaiselvane and T. R. Chelliah, "Evaluation and Implementation of Incessant Uprated
Operating Technology in Large Hydroturbine Generators", IEEE International Conference on
Power Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), Cochin, India, 2-4 January
2020.
† V. Tummakuri, T. R. Chelliah, and U. S. Ramesh, "Sizing of energy storage system for a battery
operated short endurance marine vessel", IEEE International Conference on Power
Electronics, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy (PESGRE), Cochin, India, 2-4 January 2020.
† K. K. Prabhakaran, Ritu Tiwari, Sudipta Ranjan Nayak, Thanga Raj Chelliah, "Performance
Investigation on Damping of Active Power Oscillation in the Large Hydropower Plant with Power
System Stabilizer", IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics Drives and Energy
Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 16-19 December 2020.
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Awards and Recognitions (2020)
Mr. Kaustubh Juyal, an intern from Department of Instrumentation and Control
Technology, NIT Tiruchirappalli worked as SPARK fellow in the laboratory and won
the SPARK poster award in the area of Development of Model Predictive Controller
for Speed Control in a Hydro Generating Unit.
Prof. Thanga Raj Cheliah had been invited for project/ task group of IEEE Industry
Application Society – Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Standards
Development Committee (IAS/ICPS/ SDC/ 3001.3 WG/ P3001.3) “Recommended
Practices for the Design of Industrial and Commercial Power Systems: Voltage
Considerations”. He is also serving as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transportation
Electrification Community Newsletter.
Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah had been invited as a panelist/speaker for thRT-20, OPAL-RT's 12 conference on real-time simulation held during
th th18 -19 June 2020. He gave a talk on “Power Electronic Converter
Applications in Hydropower Plants”.
Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah had been invited as an expert for academic audit
(2019-20) for different programs in the School of Electrical Engineering,
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, India, an Institute of Eminence.
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Thirty-five technical lectures in the relevant areas were presented by invited speakers from the
following organizations:
Short Term Course: Applications of Multi-Megawatt Power-Electronics Systems, AMPS 2020
A short-term course on “Applications of Multi-Megawatt Power-Electronics System, AMPS 2020” under the aegis of National Mission on Power Electronics Technology (NaMPET), an initiative of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India was jointly organized by the Hydropower Simulation, Power Electronics and Hydro-Electric Machines Laboratories, Department
st thof Water Resources Development and Management, IIT Roorkee during 1 - 5 December, 2020. There were 89 participants from industry, research organizations, user agencies and educational institutions in India who participated in this five-day event which was virtually hosted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was coordinated by Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah, faculty-in-charge, of the laboratory with the support of Continuing Education Centre, IIT Roorkee, and CDAC Thiruvananthapuram.
Ÿ Wide band gap power electronic systems
Ÿ AC-AC converters (back-to-back voltage source converters) for active and reactive power
2. Modelling various configurations of power electronic converters serving multi megawatt
Ÿ Thermal loading and reliability improvement of power converters
The course was structured in consideration of following objectives:
Ÿ AC-DC-AC converters (for mini/micro hydro with grid operation)
systems.
Ÿ Multi-level architectures for medium voltage converter applications
power plants:
1. Power electronic technologies to use as an efficient interface in hydro, solar, and wind power
Ÿ AC-DC converters (for field excitation in synchronous hydro generators)
control
3. Power quality, monitoring, and protection of grid connected renewable energy systems.
Ÿ CPRI, Bangalore
Ÿ Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Ÿ Megger (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Ÿ POSOCO India
Ÿ University of Victoria, CanadaŸ University of Parma, Italy
Ÿ DynaFusion Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Ÿ Indian Institute of Technology, RoorkeeŸ John Deere Inc., USA
Ÿ Power Grid Corporation of India LimitedŸ Hitachi Ltd., Japan
Ÿ CE+T Power, USA
Ÿ Karnataka Power Transmission Corp.
Ÿ OPAL-RT Technologies, IndiaŸ Ontario Tech University, Canada
Ÿ CDAC TrivandrumŸ BHEL, Haridwar
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MoU Signed (2020)
And their mutual interests in engaging themselves in academic cooperation.
Energy EngineeringŸ
Hydropower Simulation Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, has taken an initiative and th
come into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 25 November 2020 with the University of Parma, Italy with the support of office of International Relations, IITR. The institutes will together strengthen their research and education in:
Information will be exchanged on research and educational programs, conduct joint research, short visits, short term educational programs on topics of mutual interests by inviting each other’s faculties to participate, organise seminars, workshops, training programs, and conferences. The institutes will exchange students at Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctoral levels for research/ or education.
Computer EngineeringŸ
Control EngineeringŸ
Telecommunication Engineering Ÿ
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringŸ
Visits (2020)
Raghu Selvaraj, Senior Research Fellow of the laboratory thattended the 35 IEEE Applied Power Electronics
Conference (APEC) at New Orleans, Lousiana, USA during th th15 -19 March 2020. His travel was supported jointly by the
Power Sources Manufacturers Association, the IEEE Power Electronics Society and the IEEE Industry Applications Society.
Research scholars C. Carunaiselvane and T. Vidyasagar from the laboratory presented their research findings in the areas of hydropower and marine propulsion at IEEE PESGRE 2020 in
nd thKerala during 2 - 4 January 2020.
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R&D Meetings & Special Lectures (2020)
Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah attended the meeting of R & D Committee on Hydropower Research held in thCentral Power Research Institute, Bangalore (virtual mode) on 30 June 2020 and presented the work
progress of an ongoing project “Design of Fault Tolerance and Reconfiguration Control for Megawatt
Power Electronic Converters Fed Variable Speed Pumped Storage Units”.
Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah attended R & D Apex Committee meeting held in THDC India Limited (virtual st
mode) on 31 July 2020 and presented the work progress of an ongoing project “Analysis and Mitigation of Active Power Oscillations in Hydro Generator fed High Voltage Transmission Lines”.
Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah delivered an invited lecture “Power Electronics in Hydro-Electric Systems:
Configurations, Challenges and Future Scopes” at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, th
Bhubaneswar on 29 August 2020. The lecture was jointly organized by the IEEE Industrial Electronics
Society Joint chapter of IEEE Kolkata Section and IEEE Bhubaneswar Subsection.
Shri L .P. Joshi, General Manager (Electrical and Mechanical Design), THDC India Ltd. visited
Hydropower Simulation Laboratory along with his core technical team and had a brief technical
discussion with the scholars working in various research projects.
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Ph.D Awarded (2020)
Duration: 2014-2020
Title of Research: Analysis of Large Hydro Generators Operating at
Continuous Overloads
Highlights: Modelling of large hydro generators, Vibration analysis of
continuously overloaded large hydro generator at load rejection, Study of
temperature distribution of overloaded large hydro generator, Negative
sequence current capability of overloaded large hydro generator,
Sustainability and economic benefits of large hydro turbine generators
operating at continuous overloads.
Name of Scholar: Dr. C. Carunaiselvane
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Corporate Interactions (2020)
A team of mechanical and electrical engineers from HATCH had initiated a technical discussion with Hydropower Simulation Lab for an emerging topic in variable speed pumped storage. Black start of asynchronous hydro
rdgenerators was discussed in detail on3 September 2020.
Design (E & M) Dept of THDC India Limited had approached the laboratory to provide expert opinion on testing of newly assembled stator core of asynchronous hydrogenerator. The laboratory shared its experience concerned with large electric machines.
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2019 Highlights
Awards: APEC student travel support, Industry day poster award, and Institute research fellowship for
outstanding young faculty award were granted.
MOU Signed: CPRI, Bangalore and THDC India Limited, Rishikesh.
Distinguished Visitors: Experts from THDC India Limited, Rishikesh and BHEL, Haridwar visited the
laboratory.
Research Projects: One project funded by the Ministry of Shipping was completed.
Workshops Organised: One Faculty development program , and funded by TEQIP three training
workshops for graduate students and in-service engineers were conducted.
Research Publications: Seven research papers in IEEE Transactions/Journals and one paper in
reputed IEEE Conference Proceeding i.e. IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting were
published.
Internships Offered: Four students from various institutes were given internship experience at the
laboratory.
Technologies Developed : System and Method for Energy Efficient Starting of Pump Turbine Equipped
with Doubly Fed Induction Machine & Design and Implementation of Quasi G- Source µ- Inverter for
Plug and Play PV Module.
For more information, please see 2019 Annual Report of lab. available at :
Https://www.iitr.ac.in/media/facspace/thangfwt/HSL2019.pdf
Financial/Technical supporters to the laboratory during the year 2019:
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Industry-Academia Meet during NWPE 2017 Visit of Sr. Vice President (Hydro), Jindal Energy
Technical Discussion in Karcham-Wangtoo HEP Visit of Member (Planning), CEA
Field Trip to Pathri Power House Participants of WRDM Industry Day 2019
Photo Gallery
Contact Us:
† CDAC Thiruvananthapuram
† University of Parma, Italy
The laboratory acknowledges the support provided by the following funding
agencies, industries and research collaborators:
† CPRI Bangalore
† THDC India Limited
† GE Power India Limited
† Science and Engineering Research Board, New Delhi
† AICTE, New Delhi
† JSK Lab Instruments, Chennai
† University of Victoria, Canada
† Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, New Delhi
† Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, New Delhi
† OPAL-RT Technologies, India
† Indian Maritime University Visakhapatnam
© IIT Roorkee
Faculty-in-Charge, Hydropower Simulation Lab
Dr. Thanga Raj Chelliah, Senior Member IEEE
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Uttarakhand -247667 (India)
Associate Professor of Hydro-Electric Systems &
Department of Water Resources Development and Management
Acknowledgement
Email : [email protected]
Phone : +91-1332-285554, +91-9456593798 (mobile)
URL : https://wr.iitr.ac.in/~WR/thangfwt
