Assistant Professor

Dr Ankur Srivastava

Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Interests

  • Design and development of power converters and its control.
  • Modelling and testing of electrolyser
  • Design and development of grid tied switched capacitor-based transformer less Multilevel PV inverter.

Education

2011

Uttar Pradesh Technical University, Lucknow
India
B.Tech.

2015

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT Surat)
India
M.Tech.

2023

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
India
Ph.D.

Experience

  • 2015-2017-Assistant Professor -Navrachana University, Vadodara, India
  • 2017-2018- Assistant Professor -Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, India
  • 2022-2023- Postdoc Fellow- South Denmark University, Centre for Industrial Electronics, Sønderborg, Denmark

Research Interests

  • Design and development of power converters and its control.
  • Modelling and testing of electrolyser .
  • Design and development of grid tied switched capacitor-based transformer less Multilevel PV inverter.
  • Design and development of GAN based converter.
  • Power Quality-Active Power Filter, Hybrid Filter, APFC Circuits
  • EMI/EMC with power Electronics converters and drives

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2018-2022 – Institute Fellowship (during Ph.D.) – MHRD, Government of India
  • 2013-2015– Institute Fellowship (during M.Tech) – MHRD, Government of India

Memberships

  • IEEE Member

List of Publications

Journals:

  • A. Srivastava and J. Seshadrinath, "A New Nine-Level Highly Efficient Boost Inverter for
    Transformerless Grid-Connected PV Application," in IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 2730-2741, doi: 10.1109/JESTPE.2022.3210512 (2023)
  • A. Srivastava and J. Seshadrinath, "A Novel Single Phase Three Level Triple Boost CG Switched-Capacitor Based Grid-Connected Transformerless PV Inverter," in IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 2491-2501, doi: 10.1109/TIA.2022.3220721 (2023)
  • A. Srivastava and J. Seshadrinath, "A Single-Phase Seven-Level Triple Boost Inverter for Grid-Connected Transformerless PV Applications," in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 9004-9015, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2022.3215815 (2023).
  • A. Srivastava and J. Seshadrinath, "Design and Implementation of a New Nine Level Boost Inverter for Transformerless Grid-Tied PV Application," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 2298-2309, doi: 10.1109/TEC.2023.3292147 (2023).

International Conferences:

  • A. Srivastava and J. Seshadrinath, “Common Mode Leakage Current Analysis of 1ϕ Grid-Tied Transformer Less H-Bridge PV Inverter,” in International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET) (2021)
  • A. Srivastava and J. Seshadrinath, “A Novel Single Phase Nine Level Quadruple Boost Grid-Connected Transformerless PV Inverter,” in IEEE International conference on power electronics, smart grid, and renewable Energy (PESGRE), 2022, pp. 1–6, doi:10.1109/pesgre52268.2022.9715857 (2022)
  • A. Srivastava and J. Seshadrinath, “A Novel Single Phase Three Level Triple Boost Cg Switched-Capacitor Based Grid-Connected Transformerless PV Inverter,” in IEEE international conference on power electronics, Smart grid, and renewable energy (PESGRE), 2022, pp. 1–6, doi:10.1109/pesgre52268.2022.9715821 (2022)
  • A. Srivastava and J. Seshadrinath, "A Switched Capacitor Based 13L6x Boost Inverter for Grid-Tied Transformerless PV Application," 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/PEDES56012.2022.10080773 (2022)
  • A. Srivastava and J. Seshadrinath, "A New Grid-Tied Transformerless SCMLI with Common Ground for PV Application," 2022 IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), Jaipur, India, 2022, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/PEDES56012.2022.10080600 (2022)
  • A. Srivastava and J. Seshadrinath, "A Novel Transformer Less Grid-Tied Multi Level Boost PV Inverter," 2023 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG), Wollongong, Australia, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ETFG55873.2023.10408373 (2023)
  • A. Srivastava, L. C. Larsen, E. Hansen, T. Ebel and R. Maheshwari, "Three Phase PFC Rectifier Control Design Using Harmonic Current Injection Approach," 2023 IEEE International Conference on Energy Technologies for Future Grids (ETFG), Wollongong, Australia, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/ETFG55873.2023.10407142 (2023)
  • R. Maheshwari, A. Srivastava, P. Surana, T. Ebel, L. C. Larsen and E. Hansen, "Analysis, Modeling, Design, and Limitations of Current Injection based UPF Rectifier with Small DC-Link Capacitor," PCIM Europe 2024; International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management, Nürnberg, Germany, pp. 3113-3119, doi: 10.30420/566262441(2024)
  • Ramkrishan Maheshwari, A. Srivastava, Prashant Surana, Thomas Ebel, Lasse Chr. Larsen, Egon Hansen ‘ Steady-State Analysis of Active Current Injection Based Three-Phase PFC Rectifier’ (submitted in EPE 2025)
  • Martin Kjaer, Morten Nielsen, Stig-Munk Nielsen, Florin Iov, Ramkrishan Maheshwari, Prashant Surana, Ankur Srivastava and Thomas “Test Platform for Silicon Carbide-based Medium Voltage Electrolysis Converter” 2024 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (2024).

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