Program Overview

Electrical Engineering

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay offers a comprehensive Electrical Engineering program.

About the Program

IIT Bombay was established in the year 1957, and the department of Electrical Engineering (EE) has been one of its major departments since its inception.

Academics

The program includes various courses and degrees such as:

• PhD
• MTech
• Dual Degree
• BTech
• Faculty Advisors
• Teaching Labs
• Wadhwani Lab
• TI DSP Lab
• ePGD
• Calendar
• Timetable
• Placements
• Co-curricular

Admissions

Admission options are available for:

• PhD
• Postgraduation
• Undergraduation

Research

Research areas include:

• Communication and Signal Processing
• Control and Computing
• Power Electronics and Power Systems
• Electronic Systems
• Integrated Circuit and Systems
• Solid State Devices

People

The department consists of:

• Faculty
• Post Doc
• Students
• Staff
• Committees

Engage

Opportunities for engagement include:

• Contribute
• Alumni
• Collaborate
• Consult
• Faculty Hiring
• Post-Doc Hiring
• Seek Training
• Staff Hiring

Course Details

EE 791 - Power Electronic Converters for Renewable Energy

Introduction to renewable sources, including world energy scenario, wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, availability, and power extraction. The course covers:

• Introduction to solar energy: Photovoltaic effect, basics of power generation, P-V & I-V characteristics, the effect of insolation, temperature, diurnal variation, shading; Modules, connections, ratings; Power extraction (MPP), tracking, and MPPT schemes; standalone systems, grid interface, storage, AC-DC loads.
• Power converters for solar: Micro converter, DC-DC buck/boost/buck-boost/flyback/forward/cuk, bidirectional converters; Inverters: 1ph, 3ph inverters with & w/o transformer, Heric, H6, Multilevel Neutral point clamp, Modular multilevel, CSI; Control schemes: unipolar, bipolar, PLL, and synchronization, power balancing/bypass, Parallel power processing; Grid connection issues: leakage current, Islanding, harmonics, active/reactive power feeding, unbalance.
• Intro to wind energy: P-V, I-V characteristic, wind power system: turbine-generator-inverter, mechanical control, ratings; Power extraction (MPP) and MPPT schemes.
• Generators for wind: DC generator with DC to AC converters; Induction generator with & w/o converter; Synchronous generator with back to back controlled/uncontrolled converter; Doubly fed induction generator with rotor side converter topologies; permanent magnet-based generators.
• Battery: Types, charging-discharging.
• Introduction to AC and DC microgrids.

Latest Semester

Spring

Programs

PG

Latest Instructor

Vivek Agarwal

Substitutions

Not Applicable