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Electrical Engineering Faculty

Dr. SAMIRAN CHOUDHURI
Professor

Designation

Professor, Electrical Engineering Department , Jadavpur University

Email ID

samiran44@hotmail.com

 

Telephone No.

91 033 2414-6100(O), 91 033 2465-3545 (R)   

 

Date of Birth

July 9, 1944

Qualification

B.E.E (Jadavpur University, Calcutta),1965, Master of E.E (Jadavpur University, Calcutta),1968, Ph.D (Jadavpur University, Calcutta),1974.

Areas of Specialization 

Electrical Power System, Energy Studies

Teaching Experience 

35 years.

Awards

1.  Gold Medal and Union Ministry of Irrigation & Power Cash Award, 1970-71 for paper. 
2.   A Certificate of Merit of the year 1986-87 of the Institution of Engineers (India) for paper. 
3.   A Certificate of Merit of the year 1988-89 of the Institution of Engineers (India) for paper. 
4.   A Certificate of Merit of the year 1989-90 of the Institution of Engineers (India) for paper.  
5.   A Certificate of Merit of the year 1989-90 of the Institution of Engineers (India) for paper.  
6.   A Certificate of Merit of the year 1991-92 of the Institution of Engineers (India) for paper.
7.   A Certificate of Merit of the year 2000 of the Institution of Engineers (India) for paper.
 

 

Other distinctions

Past president, Institution of Engineers (India)

Publications

1. S. Choudhuri, S.K. Basu & S.P. Patra, ‘Circuit breaker operation control by solid state switching devices’, Electrical Research, Vol.1, No.3, April 1970, pp 62-67.

2. S. Choudhuri, S.K. Basu & S.P. Patra, ‘Design of control circuits of an automatic elevator employing mathematical logic’, Trans. on IEEE (Industry and general application), Vol.IGA6, No.4, July/Aug. 1970, pp 383-393.

3. S. Choudhuri, S.K. Basu, S.P. Patra & K.K. Ghosh, ‘Protective gear test bench’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.51, Pt.El-3, Feb. 1971, pp 155-160.

4. S. Choudhuri, ‘A new static overcurrent relay with inverse definite minimum type characteristic’, Electrical India, Vol.11, March 1971, pp. 35-38.

5. S. Choudhuri, ‘Analysis of 3-phase networks using Boyajian’s components’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.51, Pt.El-4, April 1971, pp. 194-198.

6. S. Choudhuri, ‘Application of Boyajian’s components in power system unbalanced studies’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.51, Pt.El-5, June 1971, pp. 253-256.

7. S. Choudhuri, S.K. Basu & S.P. Patra, ‘Annuciator panel with static devices’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.51, Pt.El-6, Aug. 1971, pp.306-309.

8. S. Choudhuri & D.K. Mitra, ‘Protective scheme for series capacitor substation’, Electrical India, Vol.11, Dec. 1971, pp.5-9.

9. S.P. Patra, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Polyphase distance relay by phase sequence detection’, Proc. IEE (Lond), Vol.119, No.10, Oct. 1972

10. K.P. Basu, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Circuit breaker and protective relay economisation employing logic sequence switching’, IEEE Trans., Vol PAS91, No.4, July/Aug. 1972, pp.1657-1662.

11. K.P. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘A new type of resolved phase indicator’, Electrical Times (UK), Sept.21, 1972.

12. S. Choudhuri, S.K. Basu & S.P. Patra, ‘Analysis of phase sequence detector for polyphase distance relay’, Proc. of IEE (UK), Vol.119, No.10, Oct. 1972, pp. 1503-1504.

13. S. Choudhuri, ‘Recent static comparators for protective relays’, Proc. of Diamond Jubilee Convention, N.T.H., Calcutta, Oct. 1972, pp. 306-309.

14. S. Choudhuri & S.S. Rana, ‘A direct comparison type sine comparator’, Electrical India, Vol.13, No.2, Jan. 1973, pp. 19-22.

15. S. Choudhuri, S.K. Basu & S.P. Patra, ‘Polyphase ground distance relaying by phase co-incidence principle’, IEEE Trans., Vol. PA92, No.2, Mar/April 1973 pp. 626-634.
 
16. R. Chakrabarti, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Automatic reactive power compensation by capacitance inductance switching’, Electrical India, Vol.13, No.15, Aug. 1973, pp.5-10.

17. S. Choudhuri, S.K. Basu & S.P. Patra, ‘Polyphase distance relaying by multi-input selective phase comparison’, IEEE Winter Power Meeting Proc. (USA), New York, Dec. 1973.

18. S. Choudhuri, S.K. Basu & S.P. Patra, ‘Recent development in polyphase distance relaying’, Proc. of CBIP, 43rd research session, Vol.IVA, 1973, pp. 5-12.

19. S.P. Patra, S.K. Basu, S. Choudhuri & R. Chakrabarti, ‘A single unit distance relay for three phase transmission lines’, Electrical India, Vol.14, No.6, March 1974, pp. 9-13.

20. S.K. Basu, S. Choudhuri & R. Chakrabarti, ‘Polyphase distance relaying by phase sequence detection’, Journal of IE(I), Pt.El-4, April 1974, pp. 135-141.

21. R. Chakrabarti, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Utilisation of the digital output of an extra HVCT in the development of amplitude and phase comparators’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.54, Pt.El-5, June 1974, pp.188-192.

22. U.S. Hazra, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Polyphase distance relay by 6-input phase sequence detection’, Proc. IEE (Lond), Vol.123, No.10, Oct. 1976.

23. S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘The use of microprocessors for protective relays’, Proc. of All India Seminar on Computer Application in Power Systems, Oct. 1978.

24. R. Chakrabarti, S.N. Mukhopadhyay & S. Choudhuri, ‘Digital phase difference indicator’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.62, Pt.El-6, June 1982, pp.251-254.

25. S. Choudhuri & R. Chakrabarti, ‘Design of controlled switching unit for power systems studies’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.64, Pt.El-6, Oct. 1983, pp. 122-125.

26. S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Microcomputer based distance relay design kit’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.66, Pt.El.5, April 1986, pp 147-152.

27. D. Basu, R. Chakrabarti & S. Choudhuri, ‘Phasor approach from invariant theorem to a fast method of network solution’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.66, Pt.El.-5, April 1986, pp.177-179.

28. S.P. Ghosal, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Real-time computation of resistance and reactance for distance relaying by digital computer’, Electrical India, Vol.27, No.12, June, 1987, pp. 13-15.

29. S.P. Ghosal, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Study of some algorithms for digital distance relaying’, Journal of IE(I), El.Vol.68, April 1988, pp. 182, 189.

30. S.P. Ghosal, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Square wave co-relation technique applied to high speed digital impedance relaying’, Journal of IE(I), El.Vol.68, April 1988, pp 190 – 196.

31. S.P. Ghosal, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Hadamard filtering technique applied to digital distance relaying’, ibid El.Vol.68, June 1988, pp 237 – 245.

32. S. Choudhuri, A.N. Sanyal & S. Roy Barman, ‘Effect of loss of excitation interconnected power system and loss of excitation protection and related facts during system disturbance’, Proc. of 5th NPSC, Bangalore, Spet. 1988, pp. 225-228.

33. S. Choudhuri, A.N. Sanyal & S. Roy Barman, ‘A study on parameterisation and asynchronous operation of synchronous generators in an interconnected power system’, Indian Journal of Power and River Valley Development’, Vol.39, No.8&9, Aug/Sept. 1989, pp.219-230.

34. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Choudhuri & S.P. Patra, ‘Computer aided prediction of transient behaviour of protective current transformer’, Journal of IE(I), Oct. 1989, pp 129 – 132.

35. R.K. Mondal, S. Choudhuri, S. Roy Barman & A.N. Sanyal, ‘Application of magnetic amplifier as voltage regulator’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.70, Pt.El-3, Nov. 1989, pp. 78-80.

36. S.P. Chowdhury, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Real time simulation of mircoprocessor based alternator terminal voltage controller’, Proc. Symposium IETE, Calcutta, March 1990.

37. R.K. Mukhopadhyay, T. Choudhury, S.P. Chowdhury & S. Choudhuri, ‘Reactive power compensation in industrial power distribution systems’, Proc. 6th NPSC, Bombay, June 1990.

38. S.P. Chowdhury, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Real time digital control of simulated trapezoidal speed dc drive’, Proc. All India Seminar on HVDC Technology, IE(I), Jabalpur, No. 1990.

39. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Software package for a laboratory model of PC based distance relays’, Proc. NCRTS, G.S. Institute of Technology & Science, Indore, Nov.1990.

40. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Microprocessor based generator bus voltage controller’, Proc. NCRTS, G.S. Institute of Technology & Science, Indore, Nov.1990

41. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Choudhuri & S.P. Patra, ‘Computer simulation of transient behaviour of protective current transformer’, Proc. NSC’90, Aligarh, March, 1991 and journal of Systems Society of India.

42. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Real time simulation of PC based distance relaying Part – I development of software’, Proc. NSC’90, Aligarh, March, 1991 and journal of Systems Society of India.

43. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Integrated software package for industrial power system protection Part – I design of graphics tool’, Proc. NSC’90, Aligarh, March, 1991 and journal of Systems Society of India.

44. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Integrated software package for industrial power system protection Part – II relay co-ordination’, Proc. NSC’90, Aligarh, March, 1991 and journal of Systems Society of India.

45. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Application of computer graphics to design distance relays’, Proc. NSC’90, Aligarh, March, 1991 and journal of Systems Society of India.

46. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Application of computer graphics in industrial power system protection Part – I development of log-log graph’, Journal of IE(I), EL, Vol.72, April 1991, pp 27-29.

47. S.P. Chowwdhury, T. Choudhury, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Application of computer graphics in industrial power system protection Part – II relay co-ordination’, Journal of IE(I), EL, Vol.72, April 1991, pp 30-33.

48. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, R.K. Mukhopadhyay & S. Choudhuri, ‘Computer aided protection engineering for industrial power systems’, Proc. IEEE, TENCON’91, on EC3 Energy, Computer Communication and Control Systems, New Delhi (India), Aug. 28-30, 1991.

49. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, R.K. Mukhopadhyay & S. Choudhuri, ‘Power factor management of industrial power distribution systems’, Proc. IEEE, TENCON’91, on EC3 Energy, Computer Communication and Control Systems, New Delhi (India), Aug. 28-30, 1991.
 
50. S.P. Chowdhury, S.C. Mukhopadhyay, S. Choudhuri & T. Choudhury, ‘SCADA for digital under frequency relaying in generator protection’, Proc. of International Symposium on Electricity Distribution and Energy Management, ISEDEM’91, Singapore, Oct. 16-19, 1991.

51. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, R.K. Mukhopadhyay & S. Choudhuri, ‘Energy management for electric power distribution systems’, Proc. of International Symposium on Electricity Distribution and Energy Management, ISEDEM’91, Singapore, Oct. 16-19, 1991.

52. S.P. Chowdhury, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri’ ‘Supervisory control in economic load dispatch’, Proc. of All India Seminar on Power System Management for last decade of the country’, IE(I), Jabalpur, Nov. 22-23, 1991.

53. S.P. Chowwdhury, T. Choudhury, S. Choudhuri & S.P. Patra, ‘Interactive software package for single line representation of electric power systems’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.72, Dec. 1991, pp.193-197.

54. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Computer aided design of distance relays’, Journal of AMSE (France) A, Vol.40, No.1, 1991, pp 39-47.

55. S.P. Chowdhury, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Microprocessor based interactive feedback control of the speed and current of dc motor’, Journal of AMSE (France)A, Vol.40, No.1, 1991, pp 33-38.

56. S.P. Chowdhury, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Microcomputer controlled variable speed DC motor drive system’, Proc. of International Conference on Electrical Rotating Machines, Bombay (India), ELROMA’92, Jan. 15-16, 1992.

57. S.P. Chowdhury, S.C. Mukhopadhyay, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Economic load scheduling by supervisory control’, Proc. of All India Seminar on Application of Personal Computers in the Analysis and Design of Electrical Power Systems, Jaipur, India, Jan 18-19, 1992.

58. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, Ms.S. Banerjee, R.K. Mukhopadhyay & S. Choudhuri, ‘Computer simulation of time current characteristics of over current relays for relay coordination’, Proc. of All India Seminar on Application of Personal Computers in the Analysis and Design of Electrical Power Systems, Jaipur, India, Jan 18-19, 1992.

59. S.P. Chowdhury, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Microcomputer based expert tie-line power controller’, Proc. of Singapore International Conference on Intelligent Control and Instrumentation, SICICI’92, Feb. 17-21, 1992.

60. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, S. Choudhuri & S.K. Basu, ‘Software package for implementation of microprocessor based distance relay’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.72, Pt.EL6, Feb 1992, pp 275-278.

61. S.P. Chowdhury, S.C. Mukhopadhyay, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘Asynchronous serial communication interface between IBM-PC and microprocessors’, Journal of AMSE (France) B, Vol.24, No.1, 1992, pp 17-22.

62. S.P. Chowdhury, S.C. Mukhopadhyay, S. Choudhuri & T. Choudhury, ‘PC based digital under frequency protection scheme’, Journal of AMSE (France)A, Vol.46, No.4, 1992, pp 35-42.
 
63. S.P. Chowdhury, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘A laboratory model of an expert economic load dispatcher’, Journal of AMSE (France)A, Vol.46, No.4, 1992, pp 43-49.

64. S.P. Chowwdhury, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘PC based adaptive tie-line power controller’, Journal of AMSE (France)A, Vol.47, No.3, 1992, pp 45-52.

65. S.P. Chowdhury, S.C. Mukhopadhyay, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘PC based low cost Lab-LAN for on-line laboratory applications’, Proc. of NSC’91, Roorkee, India, March 13-15, 1992.

66. S.P. Chowdhury, S.C. Mukhopahdyay, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhury, ‘Digital communication interface for controlling remote terminal units’, Proc. of XVIII-th IEEE Annual Convention and Exhibition (ACE’92), Nov. 21-23, 1992, Calcutta.

67. S.P. Chowdhury, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘PC based automatic generation control of an interconnected power system’, Proc. of 7th NPSC, Feb. 15-18, 1993, Calcutta.

68. T. Choudhury, S.P. Chowdhury, S. Choudhuri & R.K. Mukhopadhyay, ‘PC based co-ordination of power system protective devices’, Proc. of 7th NPSC, Feb. 15-18, 1993, Calcutta.

69. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Banerjee & S. Choudhuri, ‘PC based performance evaluation of current transformers in the protective relaying’, Proc. of Ninth National Convention of Electrical Engineers, IE(I), Bangalore, Nov. 26-27, 1993.

70. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Banerjee & S. Choudhuri, ‘Software package for performance evaluation of distance relays under power swings’, Proc. of 17th NSC’93, IIT, Kanpur, India, Dec. 24-26, 1993.

71. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Choudhuri & S. Banerjee, ‘Iron and steel industry and its effect on environment’, Proc. of International Symposium on Instrumentation & Control of Environmental Pollution, IIST(I), Calcutta, India, Jan. 29-31, 1994.

72. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Choudhuri & S. Banerjee, Pollution control of iron and steel industries’, Proc. of International Symposium on Instrumentation & Control of Environmental Pollution, IIST(I), Calcutta, India, Jan. 29-31, 1994.

73. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Banerjee, S. Choudhuri & T. Choudhury, ‘A laboratory model for digital protection of alternators’, Proc. of All India Seminar on Digital Protection of Power Apparatus and System, IIT Kanpur, March 11-13, 1994.

74. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Choudhuri, T. Choudhury, T. Choudhury & S. Banerjee, ‘Application of over current relays in the protection of industrial grid system’ Proc. of All India Seminar on Digital Protection of Power Apparatus and System, IIT, Kanpur, March 11-13, 1994.

75. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Banerjee, T. Choudhury & S. Choudhuri, ‘Software package for the evaluation of voltage drops at different buses of industrial power system during motor starting’, Proc. of All India Seminar on Digital Protection of Power Apparatus and System, IIT Kanpur, March 11-13, 1994.

76. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Choudhuri & S. Banerjee, ‘Control of environmental pollution of iron and steel industries’, Proc. of International Seminar on Technology for a Better Tomorrow, IE(I), Calcutta, Dec. 15-20, 1994.

77. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Choudhuri & S. Banerjee, ‘PC based study and analysis of mixed core current transformer’, Journal of AMSE (France)A, Vol.59, No.2, 1995, pp 1-6.

78. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Banerjee, S. Choudhuri & R.K. Mukherjee, ‘Interactive application software for the study of bus voltage profiles of industrial grid system’ , Journal of AMSE (France)A, Vol.59, No.2, 1995, pp 7-16.

79. S.P. Chowdhury, T. Choudhury, S. Banerjee, S. Choudhuri & R.K. Mukherjee, ‘PC based tool for the design and evaluation of protection ’ , Journal of AMSE (France)A, Vol.59, No.2, 1995, pp 17-24.
 
80. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Banerjee, R.K. Mukherjee & S. Choudhuri, ‘Computer software of cable selection for industrial grid systems’ , Journal of AMSE (France)A, Vol.59, No.2, 1995, pp 33-39

81. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Banerjee, S. Choudhuri & T. Choudhury, ‘PC based frequency deviation relaying for generator protection’, Proc. of Eighth National Systems Conference, DEI, Dayalbag, Agra, jan. 14-16, 1995.

82. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Banerjee, S.K. Basu & S. Choudhuri, ‘A laboratory model for trapezoidal speed traction drive’, Proc. of 1995 International Conference on Power Electronics and Electronics and Drive Systems, PEDS-95, Singapore, Feb. 21-24, 1995.

83. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Chowdhury & S. Choudhuri, ‘Automatic generation control techniques for present demands of interconnected power systems’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.78, March 1998, pp 219-224.

84. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Chowdhury & S. Choudhuri, ‘Software for estimating approximate impulse response of linear or quasi-linear systems from operating data’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.79, May, 1998, pp 44-49.

85. S.P. Chowdhury, S. Chowdhury & S. Choudhuri, ‘Advanced digital load frequency control with unknown deterministic power demand for interconnected power systems’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.80, Nov. 1999, pp 87-95.

86. K.P. Chattopadhyay, S. Choudhuri, S.P. Chowdhury & R. Chakrabarti, ‘Application of microcontroller in alternator excitation control’, West Bengal State Science and Technology Congress, Feb 28-March 1, 2000.

87. S.P. Chowdhury, J.K. Das, S. Chowdhury & S. Choudhuri, ‘Development of restoration algorithm for a typical power system to study post fault network topology’, Journal of IE(I), Vol.81, Dec. 2000, pp 106-110.

88. S.P. Chowdhury, J.K. Das, S. Chowdhury & S. Choudhuri, ‘Development of knowledge based algorithm for restoration of a typical power system’, Journal of IE(I), Vol82, Sept. 2001, pp 167-172.

89. S. Chowdhury, S.P. Chowdhury & S. Choudhuri, ‘Transfer function estimation of turbo-alternator from practical operating data by spectral analysis’, Journal of Electric Power Systems Research, Vol.58, 2001, pp. 169-178.

90. R. Chakrabarti, S. Choudhuri, P.K. Chattopadhyay, Nidul Sinha & G. Ravi, ‘Improved fast evolutionary algorithm for security constrained nonconvex economic load dispatch’, 6th International Power Engineering Conference, 27-29 Nov., 2003, Singapore.

91 G. Ravi, R. Chakrabarti & S. Choudhuri, ‘Improved evolutionary program for economic dispatch considering load pattern’, 27th National System Conference, Kharagpur, 17-19 Dec. 2003.
 

Fellowship:
 

1. Post Doctoral Fellow – Imperial College, London, 1977.


2. Commonwealth Fellow – Manchester University, 1981 – 1982.
 

Additional Information, if any

        A.  Director, CII Technology Transfer Centre, Jadavpur University

        B.  Member of
         1. Energy Task Force
         2. World Federation of Engineering Organisations
 

 

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