Prof. Mainak Sengupta did his B.E (EE) from Jadavpur University in Calcutta in 1992. He did his M.Tech (Power Electronics and Machine Drives, Electrical Engg.) In january 1994 under Prof. K. Venkataratnam. In January 1994 he joined Ph D studies under Prof. K. Venkataratnam and Prof. Tapas K. Bhattacharya. He obtained his PhD degree in September 1999. In between, after completing the experimental work, he joined as a Lecturer in EE, in the then Bengal Engineering College (Deemed University) and is since teaching there. He is a Professor since June 2010.
He has supervised 7 PhD theses and 7 more PhD students are currently working under his supervision. He has supervised over 40 Master's theses and over 90 B.Tech students.Till date he has led in more than a dozen R&D projects as Principal/Chief Investigator, amounting to the tune of Rs. 8.4 Crores. He has 5 patents till date.
1. Power Electronic converters: Design, fabrication and testing of (a) IGBT, MOSFET, BJT and SCR based VSI, CSI, DC-DC converters, Rectifiers, (b) Generalised Power Converters, (c) SiC-based high frequency Power converters, (d) Power Converters for special applications like induction heating, welding, repulsion type levitation, (e) Power Converters for electric drives
2. Electrical Machines and Drives: Design, fabrication, analysis and testing of (a) conventional rotary, (b) axial flux type rotary versions of Switched reluctance motors, BLDC, PMSM, and Syn reluctance Motors, (c) linear motors like LIM, LPMSM, and (d) tubular linear induction motor - TLIM
3. Special Electromagnetics applications: Design, fabrication, analysis, and testing of (a) Electromagnetic attraction and repulsion type levitation systems (b) induction heating coils and (c) welding set-ups
4. Power systems applications of PE converters: Fabrication and testing of Power electronic converter based-FACTS devices - STATCOM and UPQC.
# | Patents | Year |
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1 | DOUBLE-SIDED AXIAL FLUX SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR | 2023 |
2 | A SYSTEM FOR ERROR-CORRECTION OF TRAPEZOIDAL EMF PMAC MACHINES HAVING SENSOR ASSEMBLY MECHANICAL MISALIGNMENT DEFECT | 2023 |
3 | A System Employing Mixed-Signal Platform For Parameter And Position Estimation Of A Switched Reluctance Motor | 2022 |
4 | An Electric Motor Apparatus For and An Application on Mechanical Loads Under Operational Modes Warranting High Torque At Low Speeds | 2017 |
5 | A Low Cost, Small in size and High Frequency Current sourced Converter for Induction Cooking Application and heat treatment in soft metals | 2013 |
6 | A novel position sensor using analogue electronic devices for application in a switched reluctance motor to eliminate the shaft mounted position encoder | 1999 |
Created: 23 November 2019