Dr. Mukul C Chandorkar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Background

Education:

B. Tech.: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India (1984)
M. Tech.: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India (1987)
Ph.D.: University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA (1995)

Work experience:

ABB Corporate Research, Baden, Switzerland (1996-2000)
Soft Switching Technologies Corp., Middleton, Wisconsin, USA (1995-1996)
Kirloskar Electric Co. Ltd., Mysore, India (1987-1988)
Larsen and Toubro Limited, Mumbai, India (1984-1986)


Publications and invited articles

1.     R. R. Sawant and M. C. Chandorkar, "A Multi-functional Grid Connected Compensator", Proc. of the IEEE-IEEJ Power Conversion Conference (PCC), Nagoya, Japan, April 2007, pp. 1085-1092.

2.     R. R. Sawant and M. C. Chandorkar, "A Multi-functional Power Electronic Compensator using Instantaneous p-q-r Theory", 2nd National Power Electronic Conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, December 22-24, 2005.

3.     R. R. Sawant and M. C. Chandorkar, "A Comparison o Instantaneous Power Compensation Theories for generalized Power Quality Improvements", Proc. of 12th National Power Systems Conference, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai, December 27-30, 2004, pp. 212-221.

4.     B. Shi, M. Chandorkar, G. Venkataramanan, "Modeling and Design of a Regulator for Three Phase PWM Inverters with Constant Switching Frequency", European Power Electronics Conference, Toulouse, France, 2003

5.     Zhang, H., M. Chandorkar, G. Venkataramanan "Development of Static Switchgear for Utility Interconnection in a Microgrid," Power and Energy Systems PES 2003, Palm Springs, CA, Feb.24-26, 2003, pp. 235-240.

6.     M.B. Patil, M.C. Chandorkar, B.G. Fernandes, K. Chatterjee, "Computation of Steady-State Response in Power Electronic Circuits", IETE Journal of Research, vol.8, No.6, Nov/Dec 2002, pp. 471-477.

7.     M.B. Patil, S.P. Das, A. Joshi, M.C. Chandorkar, "A New Public Domain Simulator for Power Electronic Circuits", IEEE Trans. on Education, February 2002, pp. 79-85.

8.     M.C. Chandorkar, "New Techniques for Inverter Flux Control", IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, May/June 2001, pp. 880-887.

9.     "Uninterruptible Power Supplies" Written for the Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, published 2001, John Wiley & Sons, New York, USA.

10. M.C. Chandorkar, D.M. Divan, "Decentralized Operation of Distributed UPS Systems", IEEE Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems for Industrial Growth (PEDES), January 1996, New Delhi, India.

11. B.K. Johnson, R.H. Lasseter, F.L. Alvarado, D.M. Divan, H. Singh, M.C. Chandorkar, R. Adapa, "Superconducting Low Voltage DC Transmission Networks", Journal of Electric Machines and Power Systems, November/December 1994, pp. 629-645.

12. B.K. Johnson, R.H. Lasseter, F.L. Alvarado, D.M. Divan, H. Singh, M.C. Chandorkar, R. Adapa, "High Temperature Superconducting DC Networks", IEEE Trans. on Applied Superconductivity, September 1994, pp. 115-120.

13. M.C. Chandorkar, D.M. Divan, B. Banerjee, "Control of Distributed UPS Systems", IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference (PESC), June 1994, Taiwan, ROC, conf. rec. pp. 197-204.

14. M.C. Chandorkar, D.M. Divan, Y. Hu, B. Banerjee, "Novel Architectures for Distributed Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems", Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC), February 1994, Orlando, FL, USA, conf. rec. pp. 683-689.

15. M.C. Chandorkar, D.M. Divan, R.H. Lasseter, "Control Techniques for Multiple Current Source GTO Converters", IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, January/February 1994, pp. 134-140.

16. M.C. Chandorkar, D.M. Divan, R. Adapa, "Control of Parallel Connected Inverters in Stand Alone AC Supply Systems", IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, January/February 1993, pp. 136-143.

17. B.K. Johnson, M.C. Chandorkar, "Power Conditioning Interfaces for Medium Power Photovoltaic Systems", Int'l. Conf. on Electric Rotating Machines (ELROMA), Bombay, India, January 1992.


Patents

1.     D.M. Divan, M.C. Chandorkar, "Method and Apparatus for De-Centralized Signal Frequency Restoration in a Distributed UPS System", United States Patent No. 5,596,492, awarded on January 21, 1997. Assignee: Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Palo Alto, California, USA.

2.     M.C. Chandorkar, "Method for open-loop and closed-loop control of an electrical drive as well as an apparatus for carrying out the method", United States Patent Number 6,166,928, awarded on December 6, 2000. Asignee: DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, Germany.

3.     "Verfahren zum Steuern und Regeln eines elektrischen Antriebes sowie Vorrichtung zur Durchfuehrung des Verfahrens" German Patent Application Number 19844050, publication date 30.03.2000, Assignee: ABB Daimler-Benz Transportation (Technology) GmbH, 13627 Berlin, Germany.


Selected ongoing projects

1.     Development of a combined off-line and real-time simulator for power system and power electronics simulation. Project sponsored by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology through CDAC-Thiruvananthapuram under the NaMPET initiative.

2.     Development of a flexible low cost DSP/FPGA platform for power electronics control implementation. Project sponsored by the Ministry of Human Resources Development.


Short courses

1.     "Simulation of Power Electronic Circuits", October 2005, conducted under the National Mission for Power Electronics Technologies ( NaMPET).

2.     "Power Electronics and Power Quality", March 2004, for Crompton Greaves Limited under the IIT Bombay Continuing Education Programme.

3.     "DSP Hardware and Software in Power Electronics", May 2003, course for college teachers under the Quality Improvement Programme.

4.     "Digital Signal Processor Software for Power Electronics Applications", April 2002, open course under the IIT Bombay Continuing Education Programme.

5.     "Digital Signal Processor Hardware Circuit Design" September 2001, open course under the IIT Bombay Continuing Education Programme.

6.     "DSP in Power Electronics", March 2001, for Tata Liebert Limited under the IIT Bombay Continuing Education Programme.


Contact information

Mukul Chandorkar
Electrical Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology -- Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400076
India

Tel: +91 (0)22 2576 7475
e-mail: mukul[AT]ee.iitb.ac.in