Electrical Engineering

Head of Department

Dr. Shaik Affijulla
PhD (NIT Meghalaya)

E-mail:
hod.ee@nitm.ac.in

Faculty

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Dr. Arunima Dutta Assistant Professor

B.E (2012), M.Tech (2016), PhD (July 2022, IIT Guwahati)

arunima.dutta@nitm.ac.in
9707015779

Research Interest

Power systems operation and control, Smart grid, voltage control, model predictive control, electric vehicles, smart transformer, ship microgrid

Education Qualification

B.E (2012), M.Tech (2016), PhD (July 2022, IIT Guwahati)

List of Publications

  Journals

1. Arunima Dutta, Sanjib Ganguly, Chandan Kumar,"Three-stage receding horizon-based voltage control and electric
vehicle charge scheduling of active distribution networks", IET Renewable Power Generation, Vol. 18, 12 Dec, 2024.

2. Arunima Dutta, Sanjib Ganguly, Chandan Kumar, "Coordinated control scheme for EV charging and volt/var devices scheduling to regulate voltages of active distribution networks," Sustainable Energy,  Grids and  Networks (Elsevier), Volume 31, September 2022, 100761.

3. Arunima Dutta, S. Ganguly and C. Kumar, MPC-Based Coordinated Voltage Control in Active Distribution Networks Incorporating CVR and DR, IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 58, no. 4, July-Aug. 2022, pp. 4309-4318, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3163108.

4. Arunima Dutta, S. Ganguly and C. Kumar, Coordinated Volt/Var Control of PV and EV Interfaced Active Distribution Networks Based on Dual-Stage Model Predictive Control, in IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 16, no. 3, Sept. 2022, pp. 4291-4300,  doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2021.3110509.

5. Arunima Dutta, Sanjib Ganguly, Chandan Kumar, Model predictive control-based optimal voltage regulation of active distribution networks with OLTC and reactive power capability of PV inverters, IET Generation Transmission and Distribution, vol. 14, no. 22, Nov. 13, 2020, pp. 5183–5192.

6. Arunima Dutta and Sanjoy Debbarma, Frequency Regulation in Deregulated Market Using Vehicle-to-Grid Services in Residential Distribution Network, IEEE Systems Journal, vol. 12, no. 3, Sept. 2018, pp. 2812-2820, doi: 10.1109/JSYST.2017.2743779.

7. Sanjoy Debbarma, and Arunima Dutta, Utilizing Electric Vehicles for LFC in Restructured Power Systems Using Fractional Order Controller," in IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, vol. 8, no. 6, Nov. 2017, pp. 2554-2564, doi: 10.1109/TSG.2016.2527821.


Conferences
1. Arunima Dutta, Rampelli Manojkumar, Chandan Kumar, “Power Management of a Smart Transformer based Ship Microgrid,” IEEE National Power Electronics Conference (NPEC), India, 2023.

·    2. Arunima Dutta, Sanjib Ganguly, Chandan Kumar, “Model Predictive based Coordinated Voltage Control of Active Distribution Networks with Distributed Generation and Electric Vehicles,” Proc. 4th IEEE International Conference on Energy and Power Engineering (ICEPE), Shillong, India, 2022.

3. Arunima Dutta, Sanjib Ganguly, Chandan Kumar, “Coordinated Voltage Control of Active Distribution Networks in presence of PV and Energy Storage System,” Proc. IEEE 12th Energy Conversion Congress Exposition -Asia (ECCE-Asia), Singapore, pp. 2028-2033, 2021.

4. Arunima Dutta,  Sanjib  Ganguly,  Chandan  Kumar,  “Model  Predictive  Control  based Coordinated   Voltage   Control   in   Active   Distribution   Networks   utilizing   OLTC   and DSTATCOM,” Proc. IEEE  International Conference on  Power  Electronics,  Drives  and Energy Systems(PEDES), Jaipur, India, pp. 1-6, 2020.

5. Arunima Dutta, Sanjib Ganguly, Chandan Kumar, “Voltage Control in Active Distribution Networks and an Approach based on Model Predictive Control,” Proc. 8th IEEE International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), Jaipur, India, pp. 1-6, 2019.

6. Upasana Sarma, Sanjib Ganguly and Arunima Dutta, "Determination of the component sizes and analysis of the operational cost of PEM Fuel Cell-Battery Hybrid Energy System to Retrofit the Diesel Locomotives of Indian Railway," 2019 8th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS), 2019, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/ICPS48983.2019.9067571.

7. Arunima Dutta and Sanjoy Debbarma, "Contribution of electric vehicles for frequency regulation in presence of diverse power sources and transmission links," 2018 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), 2018, pp. 1177-1182, doi: 10.1109/ICIT.2018.8352345.


Awards and Recognitions

1. M.Tech project entitled "Coordinated Control of Conventional Units and Electric Vehicles using Fractional Order Controller for AGC under Deregulated Environment" has received the Prestigious POSOCO Power System (PPSA) Award 2017 (Listed in top 10 project), awarded by POSOCO & FITT, IIT Delhi.

2. M.Tech Project entitled “Coordinated Control of Conventional Units and Electric Vehicles using Fractional Order Controller for AGC under Deregulated Environment Awarded “Most Innovative Project Work” on the 1st Institute Day of NIT Meghalaya, 2016.

3. Paper entitled “Model Predictive based Coordinated Voltage Control of Active Distribution Networks with Distributed Generation and Electric Vehicles”, bagged the best paper award at IEEE International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment (ICEPE), 2022.

Professional and Outreach Activities

1. Delivered a talk on "Electric Vehicle to Grid" on the occasion of Five Days Advanced Workshop on "Renewable and Sustainable Technologies" from 1st to 5th April, 2024.

2. Delivered a talk on "Smart Grid and Electric Vehicle: A Path to Sustainable Energy" on the occasion of IEEE PELS Day at IIT Guwahati on 28th June, 2024.

2. Act as reviewer for conferences such as ICEPE 2022, ICPS 2023, ICIDeA 2023.

3. Reviewer for reputed journals such as IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, IEEE Transations on Smart Grid, IEEE Access.

Professional Membership

IEEE Member, Guwahati Subsection; Member ID: 95729514