Joseph Kiran Banda
About
I am a Power Electronics and Electrical machines enthusiast having 8+years of research and development experience (both Industrial and academic) with the design and control of Power Electronic Converters for Renewable Energy Integration and High-performance Motor Drives for Aerospace, Traction, and marine applications supported by relevant patents, research publications, and awards.
I am pursuing a Ph.D. at the Department of Electric Power Engineering under the supervision of Prof. Elisabetta Tedeschi and funded by the SMART PLATFORM project. This project is led by NTNU and is jointly funded by the Research Council of Norway, Equinor, ABB, SAFT batteries, São Paulo State University (UNESP), and the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) as the industrial and academic partners. My Ph.D. aims to enhance Power Quality in offshore Oil and gas platforms with Control of multi-objective Power Electronic Converters interfacing BESS and offshore wind turbines.
Research
My main research focus in Ph.D. is to improve power quality and efficiency on offshore oil and gas platforms integrated with offshore wind turbines to reduce Co2 emissions from gas turbines.
The approach is twofold:
Firstly, by improving power quality directly at the loads:
· Control of medium voltage multi-functional retrofit converters
· Design and control of shunt active power filters (SAPF) for non-linear loads.
Secondly, by improving power quality at the generation interface:
· Co-operative control of BESS power conversion system (PCS) and Wind turbines, mainly solving problems caused by direct line starting of heavy induction motors (3 MW to 8 MW) on Weak grids.
My broad research interests include the following:
· Grid connected Converter control (Grid following and Grid Forming) for renewable energy integration (Onshore/Offshore Wind Power Conversion)
· Design and Control of Grid‑scale Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS),
· High‑Performance Motor/Generator Control (IPM, SPMSM, and IM),
· Common Mode and Active power filters.
Publications
Journals:
Mota, Daniel; Banda, Joseph Kiran; Adeyemo, Ayotunde Adekunle; Tedeschi, Elisabetta (2023): Harmonic-Invariant Scaling Method for Power Electronic Converters in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Beds. TechRxiv. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.36227/techrxiv.21865380.v1
F. Fan, K. Y. See, J. K. Banda, X. Liu, and A. K. Gupta, “Investigation and mitigation of premature bearing degradation in motor drive system,”
IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Magazine, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 75–81, 2019.
Y. Zhang, G. O. H. Peng, J. K. Banda, S. Dasgupta, M. Husband, R. Su, and C. Wen, “An energy-efficient power management solution for a fault-tolerant more electric engine/aircraft,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 5663–5675, 2018.
J. Banda and A. Jain, “Single-current-sensor-based active front-end-converter-fed four quadrants induction motor drive.” Sadhana, vol. 42,
no. 8, pp. 1275–1283, 2017.
Patents:
R. Bhupathi, R. G. Wagoner, Z. T. Miller, F. A. R. Sanchez, B. Shaqqo, and J. K. Banda, “Hybrid capacitor bank for a power conversion assembly,” Jan. 3 2023, US Patent 11,545,910.
J. K. Banda, J. Kapil, H. Ittamveettil, and A. K. Tiwari, “Carrier-based pulse width modulation control for back-to-back voltage source converters,” Apr. 5 2022, US Patent 11,296,612.
R. G. Wagoner, J. K. Banda, J. Kapil, F. A. R. Sanchez, B. Shaqqo, and H. Ittamveettil, “System and method for neutral point balancing for back-to-back voltage source converters,” Feb. 22 2022, US Patent 11,258,387.
Conferences:
J. Banda, S. Chapaloglou, and E. Tedeschi, “MV multi-functional retrofit converter for enhanced power quality on o&g platforms,” in 2022 IEEE
13th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG). IEEE, 2022, pp. 1–6.
J. Banda, K. Jha, H. Ittamveettil, A. K. Tiwari, and F. Ramirez, “Analysis and estimation of neutral-point voltage balancing ability of an optimized
balancing algorithm for grid-connected active-NPC converter,” in 2022 24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications
(EPE’22 ECCE Europe). IEEE, 2022, pp. 1–8.
K. Jha, J. Banda, I. Hridya, and A. Tiwari, “Operation and selection of multilevel power converters for doubly fed induction generator-based wind turbines,” in 2022 24th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications (EPE’22 ECCE Europe). IEEE, 2022, pp. 1–8.
S. S. Thakur, G. O. H. Peng, J. K. Banda, S. Dasgupta, M. Husband, and W. Changyun, “Stability analysis of the electrical power generation system for a more electric aircraft,” in 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). IEEE, 2018, pp. 509–516.
F. Fan, K. Y. See, K. Li, J. K. Banda, X. Liu, and A. K. Gupta, “Efficient inductive coupled in-circuit impedance extraction with enhanced SNR and instrument protection,” in 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility and 2018 IEEE Asia-Pacific Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC/APEMC). IEEE, 2018, pp. 1288–1292.
F. Fan, K. Y. See, J. K. Banda, X. Liu, and A. K. Gupta, “Simulation of three-phase motor drive system with bearing discharge process,” in 2017
Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium-Fall (PIERS-FALL). IEEE, 2017, pp. 2091–2097.
2023
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Mota, Daniel dos Santos;
Banda, Joseph Kiran;
Adeyemo, Ayotunde Adekunle;
Tedeschi, Elisabetta.
(2023)
Harmonic-Invariant Scaling Method for Power Electronic Converters in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Beds.
IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications (OJIA).
volum 4.
Academic literature review
Journal publications
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Mota, Daniel dos Santos;
Banda, Joseph Kiran;
Adeyemo, Ayotunde Adekunle;
Tedeschi, Elisabetta.
(2023)
Harmonic-Invariant Scaling Method for Power Electronic Converters in Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Test Beds.
IEEE Open Journal of Industry Applications (OJIA).
volum 4.
Academic literature review
Media
2022
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Academic lectureBanda, Joseph Kiran; Chapaloglou, Spyridon; Tedeschi, Elisabetta. (2022) MV Multi-functional Retrofit Converter for Enhanced Power Quality on O&G Platforms. 2022 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Power Electronics for Distributed Generation Systems (PEDG) . IEEE; Kiel. 2022-06-26 - 2022-06-29.