Executive Summary : | Climate change and recent European wars have led to a shift in energy dependency on fossil fuels, particularly in the transportation sector in India. The Indian Electric Vehicle (EV) manufacturing sector is still in its early stages, with the industry divided into low voltage high current (48V, 1200A) and high voltage low current (1250V, 50A). Low voltage is considered safe for battery handling, while high voltage low current architecture reduces the burden of handling high current and enhances the power density of electric motors. Principal Investigator Dr. Santosh Kumar Singh, an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering at IIT Varanasi, is proposing a High gain converter prototype with three unique features: nearly ten times gain, utilization of Silicon carbide devices, and current source gate driver. This project is part of ongoing research on high gain converters, Silicon carbide converters, and their gate drive circuits. The theoretical study to evaluate the impact of high voltage on EV motor will be conducted in collaboration with Prof. Min-Fu Hseih from National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. Resources required for this project include a frequency response analyzer for converting the Bode plot of the converter and high performance oscilloscope and measurement probes for evaluating the Silicon carbide converter and its gate drive circuit. Manpower in the form of a JRF and project assistant is required. The project's timeline is 36 months and the budget is around 51.12 Lakhs. Ahmedabad-based company Evers Technology has shown interest in the project and agreed to connect the researchers with their commercial network for evaluating the feasibility of the proposed solution and exploring its potential market in the EV sector. |