Renewable Energy Research Lab (RERL)

This laboratory supports the Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Research Scholars of the department in understanding and addressing the key issues in the field of Renewable power generation, energy storage and various electrical applications. The major areas of research focused in this Laboratory are Power maximization Schemes for Renewable Energy like Photovoltaic (PV), Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS), Fuel Cell (FC) systems, design of alkaline electrolyzer systems for hydrogen generation, advanced Li-ion battery systems along with power converter design for stationary and mobile applications.

Specifications

Solar Array Emulator – 80V, 150A, Power up to 6KW
- Simulate 1-V curve for solar panel under shadow
- Static & dynamic MPPT efficiency test
Battery Emulator
- Battery charging characteristics curve extraction
- Battery parameters like SOC, SOH, DOD can be analyzed.
LiFeP04 BATTERY – 4 cell, 12V, 200A, Charging current 100 A, CAN and BMS
WAVECT Based Grid Tied Solar PV Module

Execute complex algorithms with 96 configurable high speed 1/0 Channels with parallel processing power of FPGA
Control inverters and converters directly without any intermediate circuitry with level shifted PWM channels
Export or Import data signals from external devices with high-speed Analog and Digital IO’s

PEM Fuel Cell Stack – 200W, 24V nominal, 8.3A peak, max temperature-65C, External voltage- 13V, SA.

Fuel cell stack is composed of 40 fuel cells
Hydrogen must be fed into the fuel cell stack at a pressure of 45-0.55 Bar.

High Gain Converter for Fuel Cell – l KW, l00 V, l0 A
Hydrogen Energy Based Hybrid Drone

Fuel Cell Capacity- 200W
Cylinder Capacity- 0.495L
Battery Capacity- 22,000mAh
Payload – 5Kgs
Total Take-off Weight-12Kgs
Flight Time- Up to 45 Minutes

Regenerative Power System (80V/40A/1500W)
Hydrogen electrolyzer system – 200W – Alkaline type

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The Research Laboratory has been developed to carry out fundamental research in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. In this connection the Under Graduate and Post Graduate project works can be realized in this laboratory. Also, it provides a platform for the research scholars in the department to execute their research work in the field of Power Electronic interfaces for Renewable Energy studies.

The Laboratory also supports in conducting specific experiments in Undergraduate and Postgraduate level.
Also, this Laboratory aids in conducting in conducting National and International Short Term Training Programs/ Workshops related with Power Electronics for Renewable Energy/Green Energy/Energy storage Systems.

The facilities available in the Laboratories can be used by the Students and Research Scholars of other institutions with prior permission and approval from the head of the institution.

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Execution of external, internal funded and consultancy projects:

S. No	Title	Funding Agency	Cost (in Lakh)	Status
1	Development of a demonstrative prototype of Hydrogen eco system using alkaline electrolyzer integrated fuel cell system	Sharda Motors Ind Ltd., Chennai	10.00	Ongoing
2	Design and implementation of Adaptive Power Conditioning System for Fuel Cell fed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle	TiHAN Foundation, IIT Hyderabad	18.40	Completed
3	Design and execution of Online Battery Monitoring Systems	IIT Delhi, New Delhi	0.59	Completed
4	Design of Adaptive Power Conditioning Unit for EVs	Shri Vidhyut Eco Tech. India Pvt. Ltd.	1.00	Completed
5	Services for Power Converter Design for 6 kW EV power train	Shri Vidhyut Eco Tech. India Pvt. Ltd.	1.29	Ongoing
6	Photovoltaic aided EV Charging Station at Remote Areas with No-Grid Access	DST/SERB – TARE	18.30	Ongoing
7	Hybrid PV Water Pumping System	SRMIST	1.29	Completed
8	Photovoltaic Power System for Multiple Applications	SRMIST	2.72	Completed
9	Photovoltaic aided BLDC Motor Driven Organic Oil Extractor	IEI funded	–	Completed

Many Student research projects have been executed and have led to paper publications in refereed Journals.

Some noteworthy project-Journal paper works are:

Piecewise Temperature Dependent Electrical Equivalent Modeling of PEM Fuel Cell for Power Conditioning Unit Design Using Fuzzy Clustering and Hybrid Optimization – Energy Sources – Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Taylor and Francis
Fractional Order Modeling based Optimal Multistage Constant Current Charging Strategy for Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries – Energy Storage, Wiley
A Transformerless Photovoltaic Inverter With Dedicated MPPT for Grid Application – IEEE Access
Bio inspired- Grasshopper MPPT Scheme for partially shaded Photovoltaic (PV) Array – Computer and Electrical Engineering Journal Elsevier.
Bio inspired- Meerkat MPPT Scheme for partially shaded Photovoltaic (PV) array – Ain Shams Journal Elsevier.
Energy Management in Smart grid, IJEEE.
Multiport Converters & Split Phase Inverters – MDPI & Informacije MIDEM Journals.

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Candidates Trained: 1 – JRF, 1 PA, 3 Interns among which three candidates have been placed in core industries like Valeo India Pvt Ltd., Sri Vidhyut Eco Tech India Ltd., etc

Industry Collaborations

Tie-up with

Boson Motors, Chennai
Sri Vidhyut Eco. Tech India Ltd., Chennai
Sharda Motors India Ltd., Chennai

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Contact Persons

Dr. Sridhar R

Professor

9176652907

sridharr@srmist.edu.in

Dr. Phani Teja Bankupalli

Assistant Professor

9160520369

phanib@srmist.edu.in

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