Faculty details

Prof.Arijit Baral

Designation: Associate Professor

Department: Electrical Engineering

Email: arijit[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact Number: 9471192453

Office Number: +91-326-223-5151

Personal Page: Under Construction

Research Interest: Condition Monitoring Of Large Power Equipment; Electromagnetic Field Computation; Insulation Response Ananlysis; Testing & Diagnosis Of Transformer Insulation

Teaching

Subjects Taught:

•    Under Graduate: Electromagnetic Field Theory and Applications, High Voltage Engineering & Applications, Soft Computing Techniques, Electrical Technology, Analog Electronics, Digital Electronics

•    Post-Graduate: Advanced Machine Drives, Soft Computing Techniques, Condition monitoring of Electrical Machines, Research Methodology and Statistics for Electrical Engineering.
 

Academics

Position

S. No.

Position held

Name of the Institute

From

To

1

Lecturer

Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India

01 August 2009

13 April 2011

2

INSPIRE Fellow

(IF110058)

High Tension Lab.,

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

02 May

2011

06 August

2014

3

Assistant Professor

Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

14 August

2014

12 May 2016

4

Assistant Professor

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

13 May 2016

12 April 2022

5

Associate Professor

Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India

13 April 2022

Till Date


 

Awards and Honors

Professional Recognition/ Award/ Prize/ Certificate/ Fellowship received

S. No.

Name of Award

Awarding Agency

Year

1

POSOCO Power System Award PPSA-2015

Power System Operation and Control ltd. in association with FITT, IIT-Delhi

2015

2

DST INSPIRE Fellowship

DST, Govt. of India

2011

3

University Medal

Bengal Engineering and Science University (for securing 1st rank in Masters of Engineering Examination)

2009

4

Gold Medal

West Bengal  University of Technology (for securing 1st rank in Bachelor of Technology Examination)

2007

 

 

Publications

Books Published

Book Chapters:

  1. A. Mala; C. M. Banerjee; A. Baral; S. Chakravorti, “Thermal model parameters identification of power transformer using nature inspired optimization algorithms” Smart Innovations in Communication and Computational Sciences, Springer, 2018.
  2. C.M. Banerjee, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Moisture Estimation of Power Transformer Using Transfer Function of Conventional Debye Model” Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol 817, Springer, 2022.
  3. S. Dasgupta, A. Baral, A. Lahiri, “Application of Wavelet Neural Network for Electric Field Estimation” Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Vol 984, Springer, 2023.

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

List of papers published in peer-reviewed Journals: 47 ( including 32 IEEE Transaction/Journal papers and 14 IET Journal papers)

  1. C.M. Banerjee, D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, "Compensating the Impact of Residual Energy on Time Domain Dielectric Response using Time-Varying Model", IEEE Sensors Journal, Accepted, Paper ID: Sensors-87196-2025, 2025
  2. V. K. Raushan, S. Ganguly, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “A Model with Time-Varying Parameters for Condition Assessment of Transformer Oil,” IEEE Instrumentation & Measurements Magazine. In Press, Paper No. IMM-D-24-00117 ,2024.
  3. S. Ganguly, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Effect of Charges Freed from Shallow and Deep Traps on Dielectric Response and Associated Insulation Diagnosis,” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. DOI: 10.1109/TDEI.2024.3510227, 2024.
  4. S. Ganguly, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Power Transformer Insulation Diagnosis Using De-Trapped Charge Affected Short-Duration Dielectric Response,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 69, No. 10,7695 – 7702, 2024.
  5. S. Ganguly, C.M. Banerjee, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Use of Modified TVM Parameters for Reliable Estimation of Power Transformer Insulation Condition,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 72,1- 11, 2023.
  6. D. Mishra, S. Parveen, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Reliable Sensing of Insulation Sensitive Performance Parameters Using Time Domain-Based Measurement at Different Temperature,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 23, No. 20, 25411 – 25419, 2023.
  7. D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “A Non-linear Regression Based Approach to Assess Transformer Insulation Condition Using Dielectric Response Recorded for Short Duration,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 72,1-9, 2023.
  8. A. Kumar, D. Mishra, A. Baral, “Importance of Depolarization Current in the Diagnosis of Oil-Paper Insulation of Power Transformer” IEEE Access, Vol. 11, 56858 – 56864, 2023.
  9. D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Reliable Assessment of Oil-Paper Insulation Used in Power Transformer Using Concise Dielectric Response Measurement” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 30, No. 03, 1255-1264, 2023.
  10. S. Dasgupta, A. Baral, A. Lahiri, “Optimization of Electrode-Spacer Arrangement Using Simplex Algorithm” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 30, No. 02, 726-733, 2023.
  11. S. Dasgupta, A. Baral, A. Lahiri, “Optimization of Electric Stress in a Vacuum Interrupter Using Charnes’ Big M Algorithm” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 30, No. 02, 877-882, 2023.
  12. S. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Health Assessment of Oil-paper Insulation using Short Duration Frequency Domain Response” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 29, No. 06, 2370-2378, 2022.
  13. D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “A Novel and Fast Approach for Sensing Activation Energy for Reliable Health Assessment of Power Transformer” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 22, No. 21, 21145-21152,2022.
  14. S. Dasgupta, A. Baral, A. Lahiri, “Estimation of Electric Stress in a Vacuum Interrupter using Multiple Linear Regression” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 29, No 3,859-865, 2022.
  15. S. Mishra, A. Baral, D. Mishra, S. Chakravorti, “A Novel Method to Predict Severity of Thermal Aging and Degree of Polymerization for Reliable Diagnosis of Dry-Type Insulation” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 29, No 2, 631-640, 2022.
  16. C.M Banerjee, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Influence of De-trapped Charge Polarity in Sensing Health of Power Transformer Insulation” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 22, No 7, 6706-6716, 2022.
  17. S. Dutta, J. Dey, D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Prediction of Insulation Sensitive Parameters of Power Transformer using Detrended Fluctuation Analysis Based Method” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 37, No 3, 1963-1973, 2021.
  18. A.K. Pal, A. Baral, A. Lahiri, “Studies on Prospect of HTV Silicone Rubber as Dielectric Material when Reinforced with TiO2 Nano Particles” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol. 15, No 3, 292-301, 2021.
  19. D. Mishra, R. Verma, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Investigation Related to Performance Parameter Estimation of Power Transformer Insulation Using Interfacial Charge” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 27, No. 4, 1247-1255, 2020.
  20. S. Dutta, D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Estimation of de-trapped charge for diagnosis of transformer insulation using short-duration polarization current employing detrended fluctuation analysis” IET High Voltage, Vol. 5, No. 5, 636-641, 2020.
  21. C.M Banerjee, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “De-Trapped Charge Affected Depolarization Current Estimation using Short-Duration Dielectric Response for Diagnosis of Transformer Insulation” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 69, No. 10, 7695-7702, 2020.
  22. D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “De-noising of Time Domain Spectroscopy Data for Reliable Assessment of Power Transformer Insulation” IET Generation Transmission & Distribution, Vol. 14, No. 8, 1500-1507, 2020.
  23. C.M. Banerjee, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Effective Analysis of Time Domain Dielectric Response for Reliable Diagnosis of Power Transformer Insulation using Statistical Parameter Evaluated from Time-Varying Model” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol. 14, No. 1, 48-55, 2020.
  24. D. Mishra, A. Baral, N. Haque, S. Chakravorti, “Condition Assessment of Power Transformer Insulation Using Short Duration Time Domain Dielectric Spectroscopy Measurement Data” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, Vol. 69, No. 7, 4404-4411, 2020.
  25. D. Mishra, S. Dutta, A. Baral, N. Haque, S. Chakravorti, “Use of Interfacial Charge for Diagnosis and Activation Energy Prediction of Oil- paper Insulation used in Power Transformer” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 34, No. 4,1332-1340, 2019.
  26. C.M. Banerjee, S. Dutta, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Time Varying Model for effective Diagnosis of Oil-Paper Insulation used in Power Transformers” IET Generation Transmission & Distribution, Vol.13, No. 9,1527 -1534, 2019.
  27. S. Dutta, C.M. Banerjee, A. Baral, B. Chatterjee, S. Dalai, S. Chakravorti, “Neural Network based methodology to study Effects of Oil Properties on Induction Period Evaluated from Response of Oil Paper Insulation Employing mineral oil, ester and mixture” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol: 13, No: 4, 606 – 613, 2019.
  28. C.M. Banerjee, S Dutta, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Influence of Charging Voltage Magnitude on Time Domain Dielectric Response of Oil-paper Insulation” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol: 13, No: 6, 874 – 882, 2019.
  29. S. Dutta, D. Mishra, N. Haque, A.K. Pradhan, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Influence of temperature on interfacial charge of power transformer insulation” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol: 13, No: 7, 1059 -1067, 2019.
  30. D. Mishra, N. Haque, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Estimation of Paper Conductivity from Short Duration Polarization Depolarization Current for Diagnosis of Power Transformer” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol: 13, No: 8, 1178-1185, 2019.
  31. D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Compensating the Effect of Residual Dipole Energy on Dielectric Response for Effective Diagnosis of Power Transformer Insulation” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol. 12, No. 3, 314-322, 2018.
  32. D. Mishra, N. Haque, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Effect of Charge Accumulated at Oil- Paper Interface on Parameters Considered for Power Transformer Insulation Diagnosis” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol. 12, No. 3, 411-417, 2018.
  33. A. Kumar, H.C. Verma, A. Baral, A.K. Pradhan, S. Chakravorti, “Estimation of Paper-Moisture in Transformer Insulation Employing Dielectric Spectroscopy Data” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol. 12, No. 4, 536-541, 2018.
  34. D. Mishra, A. K. Pradhan, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Reduction of Time Domain Insulation Response Measurement Duration for Fast and Effective Diagnosis of Power Transformer” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 25, No. 5, 1932-1940, 2018.
  35. M. Mukherjee, A.K. Pradhan, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “A Modified Maxwell Model for Modeling Dielectric Response of Oil-paper Insulation Affected by Radial and Axial Temperature Gradients” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 24, No 2, 1000-1009, 2017.
  36. D. Mishra N. Haque, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Assessment of Interfacial Charge Accumulation in Oil-Paper Interface in Transformer Insulation from Polarization- Depolarization Current Measurements” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 24, No 3, 1665-1673, 2017.
  37. H. C. Verma, A. Baral, A. K. Pradhan, S. Chakravorti, “A Method to Estimate Activation Energy of Power Transformer Insulation Using Time Domain Spectroscopy Data” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 24, No 5, pp 3245-3253, 2017.
  38. S. Dutta, A. Baral, A. K. Pradhan, S. Chakravorti, “Effect of Measurement Temperature on Power Transformer Insulation Diagnosis using Frequency Domain Spectroscopy” IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol. 11, No. 6, 773-779, 2017.
  39. H. C. Verma, A. K. Pradhan, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti,” Condition Assessment of Various Regions within Non-uniformly aged Cellulosic Insulation of Power Transformer using Modified Debye Model, IET Science, Measurement & Technology, Vol. 11, No. 7, pp. 939-947, 2017.
  40. P. Sarkar, A. Baral, K. Bhattacharya, P. Syam, “An Ant Colony System Based Control of Shunt Capacitor Banks for Bulk Electricity Consumers” Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier Publ. Vol. 43, 520-534, 2016.
  41. A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Compensating the Effect of Temperature Variation on Dielectric Response of Oil- paper Insulation used in Power Transformers” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. Vol. 23, No. 4, 2462-2474, 2016.
  42. S. Sarkar; T. Sharma; A. Baral, B. Chatterjee; D. Dey; S. Chakravorti, “An Expert System Approach for Transformer Insulation Diagnosis combining Conventional Diagnostic Tests and PDC, RVM Data” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 21, No. 2, 882-891, 2014.
  43. A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Condition Assessment of Cellulosic Part in Power Transformer Insulation using Transfer Function Zero of Modified Debye Model” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. Vol. 21, No. 5, 2028-2036, 2014
  44. A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Prediction of Moisture present in Cellulosic Part of Power Transformer Insulation using Transfer Function of Modified Debye Model” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 21, No. 3, 1368-1375, 2014
  45. A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “A Modified Maxwell Model for Characterization of Relaxation Processes within Insulation System having Non- uniform Aging due to Temperature Gradient” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. Vol. 2, No. 20, 524 to 534, 2013.
  46. A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Assessment of Non-Uniform Aging of Solid Dielectric using System Poles of a Modified Debye Model for Oil-paper Insulation of Transformers” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation. Vol. 20, No. 5, 1922-1933, 2013.
  47. S. Sarkar; T. Sharma; A. Baral, B. Chatterjee; D. Dey; S. Chakravorti, “A new approach for determination of moisture in paper insulation of in-situ power transformers by combining Polarization-Depolarization Current and Return Voltage Measurement results” IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, Vol. 20, No. 6, 2325-2334, 2013.
     

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

Papers presented at International Conferences: 38

  1. A. Baral, K. Das (Bhattacharya), P. Sarkar, D. Ghosh, “ACS Based Optimization Technique for SVC Control” Int. Conference on Advanced Computational Engg and Experimentation Methods, Rome, Italy, 2009.
  2. A. Baral, P. Sarkar, K. Das (Bhattacharya), D. Ghosh, P. Syam, “Development of a Smart Energy Saving Device Based on Ant Colony System” International Conference on Power Systems, 2009. ICPS '09.2009.
  3. A. Baral, A. Lahiri, “An Integrated Method for Numerical Computation of Electric Field Using Parametric CAD Module, “International Conference on Power, Signals, Controls and Computation (EPSCICON), 2012.
  4. S. Sarkar, T. Sharma, A. Baral, B. Chatterjee, P. Rajamani, D. Dey, S. Chakravorti, “Condition Assessment of in-situ Generator Transformers by Frequency Domain Analysis using Time Domain data”10th International Conference on Properties and Application of Dielectric Materials (ICPADM), 2012.
  5. R. Misra, A. Baral, A. Lahiri, “Denoising Neutral Current of a Power Transformer Measured During Impulse Test by Framelet Technique” 10th International Conference on Properties and Application of Dielectric Materials (ICPADM),2012.
  6. S. Sarkar, T. Sharma, A. Baral, B. Chatterjee, P. Rajamani, D. Dey, S. Chakravorti, “A Novel Methodology for on-site Validation of RV Measurement Data” 1st International Conference on Power and Energy in NERIST (ICPEN),2012.
  7. A. Baral, A. Lahiri, “Applicability of Stockwell Transform in Diagnosing Impulse Faults of a Transformer”1st International Conference on Power and Energy in NERIST (ICPEN),2012.
  8. A. Sanyal, A. Baral, A. Lahiri, Application of Framelet Transform in Filtering Baseline Drift from ECG Signals” Procedia Technology, Elsevier Publ,2012.
  9. A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Condition Assessment of Oil-Paper Insulation in Large Power Equipment using Transfer Function Zero of Debye Model” IEEE 1st International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON-2013), 2013.
  10. A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Extracting Aging Sensitive Information from Transfer Function of Debye Model for Condition Assessment of Oil-Paper Insulation” 2nd International Conference on Power, Control and Embedded Systems, (ICPCES – 2014), 2014.
  11. M. Mukherjee, A.K. Pradhan, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Condition Assessment of Oil-paper Insulation used in Power Transformer based on Polarization Energy” IEEE 2nd International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON-2015),2015.
  12. C.M. Bannerjee, A. Baral, “Identification of Lyapunov Function for Testing Stability of Nonlinear Systems using BFO” 3rd International Conference on Foundations & Frontiers in Computer, Communication and Electrical Engineering – 2016 (C2E2 – 2016), 2016.
  13. N. Verma, A. Baral “Effect of Slow Decaying Trapped Charge on PDC Data and Associated Diagnosis of Power Transformer Insulation”3rd International Conference on Foundations & Frontiers in Computer, Communication and Electrical Engineering – 2016 (C2E2 – 2016), 2016. 
  14. A.K. Pal, A. Baral, A. Lahiri, “Electric Stress Control on Post-Type Porcelain Insulators Using a Coating of RTV Silicone Rubber with BaTiO3 Nanofillers” 3rd International Conference on Foundations & Frontiers in Computer, Communication and Electrical Engineering – 2016 (C2E2 – 2016), 2016.
  15. S. Dasgupta, A. Lahiri, A. Baral, Optimization of Electrode-Spacer Geometry of a Gas Insulated System” 3rd International Conference on Foundations & Frontiers in Computer, Communication and Electrical Engineering – 2016 (C2E2 – 2016) 2016.
  16. M. Basu, V. Gupta, A. Lahiri, A. Baral, “Study of Electric and Thermal Stress Distribution using Boron Nitride with Silicone Rubber in HV Cable Termination”3rd International Conference on Foundations & Frontiers in Computer, Communication and Electrical Engineering – 2016 (C2E2 – 2016), 2016. 
  17. S. Mishra, A. Baral “Classification of Power System Faults using Voltage Concordia Pattern Feature Aided PNN” 6th IEEE International Conference on Power Systems, 2016 (ICPS 2016), 2016.
  18. Saurabh; C. M. Banerjee; A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Effect of Measurement Temperature on Transfer Function Zero Evaluated for Condition Assessment of Oil-Paper Insulation” 2017 3rd International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), 2017.
  19. C. M. Banerjee; Saurabh; A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Influence of Insulation Model Parameters on Transfer Function Zero Evaluated for Diagnosis of Oil-paper Insulation” 2017 3rd International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), 2017.
  20. D. Mishra; A. K. Pradhan; A. Baral, N. Haque; S. Chakravorti, “Effect of Charge Accumulated at Oil-Paper Interface on Zero of Transfer Function Formulated Using Classical Debye Model Parameters” 2017 3rd International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), 2017.
  21. D. Mishra; A. Baral, A. K. Pradhan; N. Haque; S. Chakravorti, “Effect of Interfacial charge on Parameters Considered for Insulation Diagnosis of Power Transformer” 2017    IEEE Calcutta Conference (CALCON),2017.
  22. V. Rajput; A. Kumar; A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Effect of introduced charge on frequency domain dielectric response of oil-paper insulation” 2017 IEEE Calcutta Conference (CALCON), 2017.
  23. M. Malviya, H. C. Verma, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Development of a Low Cost Portable Frequency Domain Spectroscopy Data Measurement Module for Oil-paper Insulation” 7th International Conference on Power Systems, 2017 (ICPS 2017), 2017
  24. R. Goel, H. C. Verma, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “A Novel Method to Predict Moisture in Cellulosic Insulation of Power Transformer with Improved Accuracy Using Time Domain Spectroscopy Data” 6th IEEE International Conference on Computer Application in Electrical Engineering - Recent Advances, 2017.
  25. A. Kumari, H.C. Verma, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Comparison of Different Methods Available for Evaluating Remaining Life of OIP Insulation Used in Power Transformers” 6th IEEE International Conference on Computer Application in Electrical Engineering - Recent Advances, 2017.
  26. N. Bisht, D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “De-noising of polarization current for effective Diagnosis of power transformer insulation”6th International conference on large power transformer Modern Trend in Insulation, Operation and Maintenance,2017.
  27. S. Chaudhary, H.C Verma, A. Baral, “Influence of Volume Concentration on Breakdown Strength of Synthetic Ester Based Transformer Nanofluids Employing SiO2 Nanoparticle” 3rd International Conference for Convergence in Technology,2018.
  28. D. Dey, A. Sarkar, S. Pal, A. Kumar, D. Mishra, A. Baral, N. Haque, S. Chakravorti, “Effect of Measurement Temperature on Interfacial Charge Freed from Deep Traps Located at the Interface of Oil-Paper Insulation” 1st IEEE Conference on Applied Signal Processing (ASPCON 2018), 2018.
  29. R. Verma, D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Effect of Measurement Temperature of Insulation Poles Used for Assessment of Oil- paper Insulation” 1st IEEE Conference on Applied Signal Processing (ASPCON 2018), 2018.
  30. D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Feasibility of Using Normalized De-Trapped Charge for Diagnosis of Power Transformer Insulation” IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference (APPEEC),2018
  31. J. Dey, S. Dutta, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “Leakage Current Based Analysis of Suspension Insulator for Effective Determination of ESDD 8th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS 2019), 2019.
  32. V. Singh, D. Mishra, A. Baral, S. Chakravorti, “A Method to Predict Degree of Polymerization Value of Oil-paper Insulation Using Interfacial charge” 8th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS 2019), 2019.
  33. P. Das, A. Baral, “Effect of Tower Footing Resistance on Back Flashover for a Double Circuit Line” 8th International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS 2019), 2019.
  34. Gajanand Soni, Saurabh Dutta, A. Baral, “Condition Monitoring of Power Transformer Insulation by Return Voltage Measurement” 5th IEEE International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), 2021.
  35. Md. Shahajahan, Saurabh Dutta, A. Baral, “Prediction of Suspension Insulator Condition Using Harmonics Ratio Based Method” 5th IEEE International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), 2021.
  36. Ankita Garg, C.M Banerjee, A. Baral, Sivaji Chakravorti, “Diagnosis of Oil Paper Sample Using Capacitance Profile of Time Varying Model” 5th IEEE International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), 2021.
  37. Ankita Garg, C.M Banerjee, A. Baral, Sivaji Chakravorti, “Influence of Temperature Transient on Frequency Domain Dielectric Response of Oil-Paper Sample”5th IEEE International Conference on Condition Assessment Techniques in Electrical Systems (CATCON), 2021.
  38. Padam Dhar Dwivedi, Saurabh Dutta, A. Baral, “Harmonic Ratio and Detrended Fluctuation Analysis Aided Reliable Estimation of contamination Level on Outdoor Suspension Insulators” 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (CONIT), 2022.
     

Patents

List of Copyrights / Patents

 

  • Copyright (granted) on “TRINA-XS”, a software developed to assess the condition of Power Transformer insulation, Registration number: SW-7983/2014 dated 06/06/2014.
  • Indian patent (granted) “A High Frequency Modified Half Bridge Resonant Inverter with AC Input Source” (Patent no. 341969 vide Application No: 1321/KOL/2014, dated 17/12/2014). Inventor: P. K. Sadhu, P. Pal, N. Pal and A. Baral.
  • Indian patent (granted) “A High Frequency Full Bridge Series Resonant Inverter with AC Input Source”, (Patent no. 393014 vide Application No :1081/KOL/2014, dated 24/10/2014). Inventor: P.K. Sadhu, D. Roy, N. Pal and A. Baral.
  • Indian patent (granted) “A Hybrid Particulate Matter (PM) Emission Control Device Having Electrostatic Precipitator and High Frequency Induction Heating Coil for Diesel Engine and Method for the Same”, (Patent no. 400850 vide Application No : 201731025438, Dated 18/07/2017). Inventors: K. Sit, P.K. Sadhu, A. Baral, K. Bhaumik, M. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty and N. Pal.
  • Applied Indian patent "A hybrid renewable energy driven bidirectional wireless charging system for dynamic and static electric vehicle", (Application No. 202231032196 dated 06/06/2022), Inventors: P.K. Sadhu, A. Goswami, S. Mishra, N. Pal, A. Baral, A. Ghoshal, K.C. Jana

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

Research Projects:

#1 Title: “Analysis of Dielectric Response Function recorded from High Voltage Oil-paper Insulation containing Trapped Charge

Duration: 36 months

Role: PI; Funding Agency: IIT(ISM)

Total Cost: 5.36 Lakhs; Status: Completed

#2 Title: “Application of Nano-Chemical Filled HTV/RTV Rubber as an Effective Stress Grading Material for High Voltage Insulators

Duration: 06 months

Role: PI; Funding Agency: TEQIP II Total Cost: 2.0 Lakhs; Status: Completed

#3 Title: “Development of a non-invasive insulation diagnostic system for large power equipment employing cellulose impregnated with alternate dielectric liquid as its primary insulation taking into consideration the influence of trapped charge present in the system

Duration: 36 months

Role: PI; Funding Agency: DST, SERB Total Cost: 32.19 Lakhs; Status: Completed

#4 Title: Dynamic Charging of Electric Vehicles Using Wireless Power Transfer Technique

Duration: 24 months

Role: Co-PI; Funding Agency: IIT(ISM), Dhanbad Total Cost: 10 Lakhs; Status: Completed

Membership of Scientific Societies

 

Membership of professional Bodies:

  • Senior Member of IEEE, USA
  • Member of Dielectrics Insulation Society, IEEE, USA
  • Member of Instrumentation & Measurement Society, IEEE, USA
  • Member Institute of Engineers (India)
  • Associate Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology
  • Senior Individual Member, INAE
  • Member, CIGRE India

 

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

 

Other activities/ Responsibilities

  • Executive Committee member of DEIS Chapter, IEEE KOLKATA SECTION, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2024
  • Membership Development Committee Chair of DEIS Chapter, IEEE KOLKATA SECTION for 2015, 2016

Editorial responsibilities

  • Associate Editor, High Voltage Journal, Co-published by IET and CEPRI.
  • Editorial Board member, Scientific Reports, Springer Nature.

Guidance

Completed: 08

  • Title of Ph.D Thesis: "Advances in Polarization Depolarization Current (PDC) Measurement and Analysis for Effective Diagnosis of Power Transformer" by Deepak Mishra, Degree Awarded in 2020
  • Title of Ph.D Thesis: "Effect of Temperature on Dielectric Response of Oil-Paper Insulation System" by Saurabh, Degree Awarded in 2020
  • Title of PhD Thesis: “Condition Assessment of Power Transformer using model of Insulation having Time-Varying Parameters” by Chandra Madhab Banerjee, Degree Awarded in 2022
  • Title of PhD Thesis: “Effects of Metal Oxide Nano-Composites on the Material Characteristics of Silicone Rubber for Outdoor Insulators” by Argha Kamal Pal jointly Guided by Prof. Abhijit Lahiri external co-supervisor, Degree Awarded in 2022
  • Title of PhD Thesis: “Dielectric Response Analysis Based Condition Assessment of Oil-Filled and Dry-Type Transformer Insulation” by Shalini Mishra, Degree Awarded in 2023.
  • Title of PhD Thesis: “Electric Field Estimation and Optimization of High Voltage Apparatus” by Suryendu Dasgupta jointly Guided by Prof. Abhijit Lahiri, external co-supervisor, Degree Awarded in 2023
  • Title of PhD Thesis: “Aging Effect on Dielectric Response of Mineral Oil and Ester Based Oil Impregnated Paper Insulation” by Hari Charan Verma, Degree Awarded 2023
  • Title of PhD Thesis: "Diagnosis of oil-paper insulation by combining time and frequency domain dielectric response" by Alok Kumar, Degree Awarded in 2024

 


Ongoing: 03

  • Broad Area: "PDC and DGA Based Improved Non-invasive Diagnosis Methodologies for in-service Power Transformer Insulation" by Somesh Ganguly
  • Broad Area: "Dielectric Response Based Diagnosis and Condition Monitoring of Conventional and Alternate Liquid Dielectric" by Vikash Kumar Raushan
  • Broad Area: "Dielectric Response Based Diagnosis and Condition Monitoring of Bushing Insulation" by Neha Kumari