Profile
| Name : | Hardik P. Desai |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Designation: | Associate Professor |
| Department: | Electrical Engineering |
| Experience: | 17 years |
| Email: | hardik.desai@scet.ac.in |
| Courses / Subject involved: | Power Electronics applications, microgrid, solar photovoltaic systems, FACTs, HVDC, Fuel cell systems |
Extra Duty
Research Projects
Patents/Copyrights
Books Published
Research Publications
| International Conference | |
| 1 | S. S. Bohra and H. P. Desai, "Techno-Economic Performance Analysis of Grid Interfaced Microgrid for Different Facilities," 2021 International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (CONIT), Hubli, India, 2021, pp. 1-7 |
| 2 | Hardika Patel, Hardik P Desai , “Voltage SAG-Swell Compensation using Capacitor supported dynamic voltage restore” 5th International Conference on Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics, 2019 |
| 3 | Jenish Patel, Hiren H Patel and Hardik P Desai “Evaluation of Different Strategies for Controlling the DC/DC converter as a PEM fuel cell Emulator”, 2nd International Conference on Advancement in Engineering, Applied Science and Management (ICAEASM 2018), pp 256-264, 2018 |
| 4 | Aditya A Patel, Hardik P Desai and Hiren H Patel, “Evaluation of various DC-DC converters for fuel cell emulator design” International Conference on Recent Trends in Energy Storage and Hydrogen Energy, 2017 |
| 5 | Bhatt Devangi Janakbhai, Hardik P. Desai “PEM-Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Emulator Based on Buck Converter” International Journal of Innovative and Emerging Research in Engineering, Vol. 3, Issue 5, pp. 50-58,2016 |
| 6 | Bhargav D. Bagiya, Hardik P. Desai, “Fuel Cell Based Grid Connected Power Generation System”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development, Vol. 2, Issue 5, pp. 1026-1034, 2015. |
| 7 | Patel P.S., Desai H.P., “A comprehensive overview of configurations and power management controls of hybrid power systems”, IEEE conference on Electrical, Electronics, Signals, Communication and Optimization (EESCO), pp-1-6, 2015 |
| 8 | Jain Shefali A., Hardik P. Desai, “Hybrid Combination of PV, FC and Battery System with different modes”, International Journal of Engineering Development and Research, Vol.2, Issue 1,, pp. 1134-1142, 2014. |
| 9 | Hardik P. Desai, Ranjan Maheshwari and Shambhu N Sharma, “MATLAB based investigation of multi phase interleaved buck-boost converter for PV system,” ISRN Renewable Energy, vol. 2012, pp. 1-9, 2012. |
| 10 | Hardik P. Desai, Ranjan Maheshwari, and Shambhu N Sharma, “Synchronized pulsed dc-dc converter as maximum power position tracker with wide load and insolation variation for stand-alone PV system,” Applied Solar Energy, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 271-280, December 2011. |
| 11 | Hardik P. Desai, Ranjan Maheshwari, Shambhu N Sharma, and Varsha Shah, “Maximum power extraction from photo-voltaic power generator with adaptive MPP tracker,” Applied Solar Energy, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 251-257, December 2010. |
| 12 | Hardik P. Desai, Ranjan Maheshwari, Shambhu N Sharma, and Varsha Shah, “Extracting maximum power from photo-voltaic power generator with unlike PWM pulses,” in IEEE Int. Conf. on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), Sri Lanka, 2009, pp. 436-441. |
| 13 | Varsha A. Shah, Sanjay G. Karndhar, Ranjan Maheshwari, Prasanta Kundu, Hardik Desai, “An Energy Management System for a Battery Ultracapacitor Hybrid Electric Vehicle”, in IEEE Int. Conf. on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), Sri Lanka, 2009, pp. 408-413. |
| 14 | Desai H.P. and Patel H.K., “Maximum Power Point Algorithm in PV Generation: An Overview,” in 7th Int. Conf. on Power Electronics and Drive Systems, PEDS ’07, Bangkok, 2007, pp. 624-630. |
| National Conference | |
| 1 | Hardik P. Desai and V A Shah, “On Line Measurement And Correction Of Power Factor For Non-Linear Load To Improve Power Quality On Utility Side” in National Conference on Recent Trends & Emerging technologies in electrical & Electronics Engg 22nd & 23rd September, 2005 at Park College of Engg & Tech, Coimbatore, pp. 1-6. |
Expert Lectures Delivered
| 1 | Delivering an expert lecture on Series Compensation in the STTP Application of Power Electronics in Power System, organized by DEE, CGPIT, Bardoli & ISTE December 2014. |
| 2 | Delivering an expert lecture on Introduction to FACTS and Power Electronics devices in the STTP Application of Power Electronics in Power System, organized by EED, SCET June 2016. |
Achievements / Awards
Administrative Duties
| 1 | In-charge of Electrical Engineering Department 2nd shift from December 2016 to 17-09-2020 |
| 2 | Member of Anti ragging squad |
| 3 | Department NBA coordinator |
| 4 | Conducting Lectures for various subjects of Electrical Engineering |
| 5 | Development of Laboratory, Setting Laboratory for practical and conducting the same. |
| 6 | Exam duties like senior supervisor, junior super visor and observer for GTU exams. |
| 7 | Member of Library committee 2009 |
| 8 | Performing Duties as Class teacher/mentor, Chairperson of Department purchase committee, Departmental Faculty Representative of T & P Dept.etc. |
| 9 | Industrial Visits for ME, Final and Third year Electrical Students. |
| 10 | Paper setter and examiner of exams for GTU VNSGU etc and internal exams |
| 11 | Assistant Factotum in Examination (VNSGU) 2008 |
| 12 | External Examiner for ME dissertation exam |
Membership of Professional Bodies
| 1 | Indian Society for Technical Education |
| 2 | Institution of Engineers |
Workshop / Seminar / STTP
| 1 | Introduction to Smart Grid July to September 2022 through SWAYAM |
| 2 | Embedded systems using Arduino and Proteus, IETE, 17th to 21st August, 2020 |
| 3 | DC Power Transmission System January 2020 to April 2020 through SWAYAM |
| 4 | Applied Instrumentation at Sarvajanik College of Engg. & Tech. Surat from 19th to 24th June – 2006 |
| 5 | Power Plant Engineering at Sarvajanik College of Engg. & Tech., Surat on 5th March 2005 |
| 6 | Electrical Safety and Fire Hazards at Sarvajanik College of Engg. & Tech., Surat on 8th April 2005 |
| 7 | Aakash for Education Conducted by Indian institute of Technology, Bombay under national Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD) from 10th & 11th November 2012 |
| 8 | Virtual Labs Conducted by College of Engineering, Pune under national Mission on Education through ICT ( MHRD) on 2nd March 2013 |
| 9 | National Workshop on Power System Analysis using MiPower at Sarvajanik College of Engg. & Tech., Surat from 17th -18th January 2014 |
| 10 | Future Energy Mix and issues in Interconnection with Grid at Sarvajanik College of Engg. & Tech., Surat from 9th May-13th May 2005 |
| 11 | Power System Analysis Software at S.V.N.I.T , Surat from 13th to 15th July – 2005 |
| 12 | Energy Conservation in Various Industrial Sectors at Sarvajanik College of Engg. & Tech., Surat from 26th to 30th December-2005 |
| 13 | DC Microgrid 29th July 2019 to 20th September 2019 trough SWAYAM |
| 14 | Advanced Electrical Power System at S.V.N.I.T , Surat from 26th to 30th January – 2009 |
| 15 | Engineering Electromagnetics conducted by IIT , Bombay from 6th to 10th December – 2010 |
| 16 | Solar PV Power Conditioning Components and Systems Basic Design and Integration at I.I.T., Bombay from 24th to 26th February – 2011 |
| 17 | Recent Trends in Control and Instrumentation at S.V.N.I.T , Surat from 28th January to 1st February – 2013 |
| 18 | Implementation of Power Electronics Systems at S.V.N.I.T , Surat from 1st July to 5th July – 2013 |
| 19 | Signals and Systems Conducted by Indian institute of Technology, Kharaghpur under national Mission on Education through ICT (MHRD) from 2nd to 12th January 2014 |
| 20 | Advances in Control and Instrumentation Education at S.V.N.I.T , Surat from 24th February to 28th February – 2014 |
| 21 | MATLAB/SIMULINK with dSPACE interface at NITTTR, Chandigarh, 10th November to 14th November – 2014 |
| 22 | Electrical Power System, ISTE/MHRD, 12th June to 15th July, 2017, IIT Kharagpur |
| 23 | Power Electronics for Distribution system & electric drives, at SVNIT 25th June-4th July, 2018 |
| 24 | Application of Intelligent Techniques in Electrical Engineering, 7-11th January, 2019, at SCET |
Participation in Other Activities
| 1 | Microgrid: A path to sustainability, during 20-24th December, 2021 at SCET |
| 2 | One day workshop on Energy Conservation Awareness sponsored by (GEDA) – A Government of Gujarat Organization on 26th February 2021 at SCET. |
| 3 | Session Chair in 2021 International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (CONIT) during 25th to 27th June 2021. |
| 4 | One day workshop on Energy Conservation Awareness sponsored by (GEDA) – A Government of Gujarat Organization on 11th September 2017 at SCET. |
| 5 | One day workshop on Energy Conservation & Audit on 30th March 2017 at SCET. |
| 6 | Applications of Power Electronics to Power Systems during 13-17th June, 2016 at SCET |
| 7 | One day workshop on Energy Conservation Awareness sponsored by (GEDA) – A Government of Gujarat Organization on 30th September 2015 at SCET |
| 8 | Faculty Coordinator of KSHITIJ 14 |
| 9 | Faculty Coordinator of GTU TECHFEST 14 (zone 5) |
| 10 | Event Head, Abhivyakti, Kshitij 2015, Faculty head, Electrical Engineering Department, Kshitij 2016. |
| 11 | Reviewer for International Journal IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics |
| 12 | Availing Travel grant from AICTE to attend International Conference and to present paper at Bangkok 2007. |
| 13 | Co Principal investigator, “Development of an efficient power electronic converter to act as fuel cell emulator” GUJCOST minor research project. |
| 14 | Publication chair, National Conference on Recent Advances in Automation, Control and Power Engineering (RAACPE 2017) |