Contact Information

E-mail : rkb[*AT]iitp.ac.in
Personal Webpage :

Phone :+91-612-255 2050

Fax :  +91-612- 2277383

Research Interest

Design and Fabrication of Power Electronics Circuits, Control of Electrical Drives, Application of Nonlinear Control Theory to Power Electronics and Electric Drives, Pulse Width Modulation Techniques for Power Electronics Converters, Renewable and Alternative Energy, DSP Applications

Teaching

Electrical Machines

Professional Experience

1. Assistant Professor - Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Bihar

2. Visiting Scholar - The Center for Energy Systems, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, USA.

3. Project Associate - Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, UP

4. Lecturer - Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Viswanadh Institute of Technology and Management, Parvatipuram, Andhra Pradesh

5. Trainee Engineer - Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Koraput Division, Sunabeda, Orissa

Awards and Honours

1. National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC- 2007), Best research paper award, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

2. Best research paper award, International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems & Power Electronics in Emerging Economies, April 2009 Chennai, India.
 

Member of Professional Bodies

IEEE

Publications

Journal 

     1. R. K. Behera and W. Gao, "A Novel Controller Design for Grid Side Converter of DFIG for Wind Power Interface: An Experimental Investigation," (Accepted for publication in Electric Power Components and Systems).

    2. R. K. Behera and S. P. Das, "Improved direct torque control of induction motor with dither injection," Sadhana Journal, vol. 33, part. 5, October 2008, pp. 537-550.

    3. R. K. Behera and S. P. Das, "Multilevel Converter Fed Induction Motor Drive for Industrial and Traction Drive," (Accepted for publication in IEEE Potentials).

    4. R. K. Behera and S. P. Das, "Analysis and Experimental Investigation for Switching Frequency Characterization of a Three-level AC-DC Converter using Frequency Domain Approach," (Communicated to IET Journal of Power Electronics).

    5. R. K. Behera and S. P. Das, "A Novel Cost Effective Layout Design of a Three Level Neutral Clamped Converter," (Communicated to IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics).

    6. R. K. Behera, S. P. Das and J. Ojo, “A Utility Friendly Three-level NPC Converter Fed High Performance Induction Motor Drive,” (Communicated to IET Journal of Power Electronics).

    7. R. K. Behera and S. P. Das, “Design, Simulation and Experimental Realization of A Nonlinear Controller for GSC of DFIG System,” (Communicated to Electric Power Components and Systems).

 Conferences: 

1. R K. Behera, T.V. Dixit, and S. P. Das, "Describing function analysis and experimental investigation of a high power utility friendly AC-DC converter system," in Proceedings of IEEE-IECON’ 06, Paris, France, November 7-10, 2006, pp. 2186 – 2191.

2. R. K. Behera and S. P. Das, "A utility friendly high power induction motor drive with direct torque and flux control," in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, (ICIT 2006), Mumbai, India, December 15-17, 2006, pp. 1983-1988.

3. R. K. Behera, T. V. Dixit, G. Kiran, and S. P. Das, "Three-level inverter fed high performance induction motor drive system for high power application," in Proceedings of Indian International Conference on Power Electronics, IICPE’06, Chennai, India, December 19-21, 2006, pp. 17-21.

4. R. K. Behera, T. V. Dixit, and S. P. Das, "Analysis of experimental investigation of various carrier-based modulation schemes for three level neutral point clamped inverter-fed induction Motor Drive," in Proceedings  of PEDES’06, Delhi, India, December 12-15, 2006, pp. 1-6.

5. T. V. Dixit, R. K. Behera, and S. P. Das, "Design of high power three-level utility friendly converter for power quality applications," in Proceedings of International Conference on Power System Analysis, Control and Optimisation, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, March 13-15, 2008, pp. 413-419.

6. R. K. Behera and S. P. Das, "Three-level inverter-fed high performance induction motor drive system," in  Proceedings of Recent Advances in Power, Signal Processing and Control(APSC2004), Rourkela, India, November 16-17, 2004, pp. 45-50.

7. R. K. Behera and S. P. Das, "Improved direct torque control of induction motor with dither injection," in Proceedings of National Power Electronics Conferences (NPEC’07), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, December 17-19, 2007. (Awarded Best Research Paper Award).

8. R. K. Behera and W. Gao, "Low Voltage Ride-through and Internal Performance Improvement of a Grid Connected DFIG System Using STATCOM," submitted to IEEE PES General Meeting, Calgary, Canada, 2009.

9. R. K. Behera and W. Gao, "Simulation and Analytical Study of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine Direct Drive Wind Power Generator using Three Level NPC Converter System," Submitted to EPE 2009, the 13th International European Power Electronics Conference and Exhibition, September 8-10, 2009, Barcelona, Spain.

10. R. K. Behera and W. Gao, "A Novel Controller Design for Grid Side Converter of DFIG for Wind Power Interface (Accepted for presentation in International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems & Power Electronics in Emerging Economies, April 2009 Chennai, India).

11. R. K. Behera and W. Gao, "Design and Simulation of Nonlinear Controller for Grid Connected Doubly-Fed Induction Generator (Accepted for presentation in International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems & Power Electronics in Emerging Economies, April 2009 Chennai, India).

Invited Lectures

1.  Keynote speaker in a workshop on Technology Upgradation of GLS Lamp Cluster Patna City. Title of presentation is "CFL Technology" and "Light of Tomorrow" at Patna City organised by Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Development, Govt. of India and Bihar Bulb Manufacturer Association,Patna City, India, March 2010.

2. Delivered the lecture entitled "A Utility Friendly High Performance Multilevel Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive System" at Sri Venkateswar Institute of Technology, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India, December 2009.

3. Delivered the lecture entitled "Multilevel Converter Application to Electric Drives" at Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, USA, and January 2009

4. Delivered the lecture entitled "Design of Medium Voltage High Power Converters and Data Acquisition Systems" at Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN, USA, and October 2008.

5. Delivered the lecture entitled "Utility Friendly High Power Converter for Traction Motor Drive" at Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 2007, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

6. Delivered the conference lecture entitled "Describing Function Analysis and Experimental Investigation of a High Power Utility Friendly AC-DC Converter System" at IEEE-IECON’ 06, Paris, France, November 7-10, 2006, Paris, France.

7. Delivered the lecture entitled "Power Electronics Technology" at Jaganatha Institute of Technology and Management, Parlakhemundi, October 2006, Orissa, India.

8. Delivered an invited lecture on "Dynamic Simulation of Power Electronics and Electric Drives using SIMULINK" in Quality Improvement Program sponsored Staff Development Program on MATLAB Application to Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 2006, India.

9. Delivered an invited lecture "Power Electronics Applications using SIMULINK" in SIDBI sponsored Student Development Programme on MATLAB Application to Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 2006, India.

Last updated : 2nd June, 2010