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Full Name: Binoy Kumar Karmakar
Designation: Assistant Professor
Date of Joining the University: December 05, 2019
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Mitigation of challenges associated with the integration of solar PV system with distribution system / microgrid.
ORCID: 0000-0002-6074-8999
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Faculty at National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur (July, 2015 to July 2017)
Software Engineer at Powersys Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (June, 2009 to December 2010)
Circuit Theory
Power System
Power System protection
Electromagnetic Fields
Solar and Wind energy systems
Microprocessor and Microcontroller
1. Smart Grid securiety and reliability
2. Power System Stability
Two (ongoing)
1. B.K.Karmakar, A.K.Sinha “A system and method for maximizing power generation from solar PV array” Government of India patent number- 358937; application Number- 1251/KOL/2014, filed on November 27, 2014. Patent granted on 19th February 2021.
2. A.K.Sinha, B.K.Karmakar, Puja Kumari, Subir Sen “Smart socket and smart home energy manager” Government of India patent number- 411380, application number- 269/KOL/2015, filed on March 11, 2015. Patent granted on 14th November 2022.
U. Chakrabarti and B. K. Karmakar, "An Efficient String Current Correlation-Based PV Array Fault Detection Technique," in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 932-940, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2025.3608480
B. K. Karmakar and G. Karmakar, "A Current Supported PV Array Reconfiguration Technique to Mitigate Partial Shading," in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 1449-1460, April 2021, doi: 10.1109/TSTE.2021.3049720
B. K. Karmakar and A. K. Pradhan, "Detection and Classification of Faults in Solar PV Array Using Thevenin Equivalent Resistance," in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 644-654, March 2020, doi: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2959951
Dipanwita Bhattacharjee, Sourav Chakraborty, and B. K. Karmakar. "Determining Maximum Rooftop Solar Penetration to Mitigate Voltage Swelling in Small-Scale Distribution Systems." In 2024 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Energy & Communication (CIEC), pp. 430-435. IEEE, 2024.
Ushnik Chakrabarti, and B.K.Karmakar. " String Current Based Solar PV Array Fault Detection Technique" In 2024 2024 3rd International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, Energy & Communication (CIEC), Jan 25-27, 2024
Basak, Sourav, Ushnik Chakrabarti, and B.K.Karmakar. "Detection of Fault in a PV Array using Teager Kaiser Energy Operator." In 2022 6th International Conference On Computing, Communication, Control And Automation (ICCUBEA, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2022.
B.K.Karmakar, A. K. Pradhan, ”Performance analysis of P-V and Q-F droop control strategy in an islanded resistive microgrid during partial shading on photovoltaic plant,” in International Conference on Recent Innovations in Electrical, Electronics & Communication Engineering (ICRIEECE), IEEE, 2018.
B.K.Karmakar, A. K. Pradhan, ”Improving PV array output during partial shading using voltage balancing approach,” in 5𝑡ℎ Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON), IEEE, 2018. (Received best paper award)
B.K.Karmakar, A.K.Sinha, “Real-Time Substation Monitoring using Wireless Sensor Module,” in 4th International Exhibition & Conference on New Technologies (GRIDTECH), pp.7-11, New Delhi, 3–5 April, 2013.
B.K.Karmakar, A.K.Sinha, ”Improvement in output power during partial shading of solar PV array,” in International Conference on Clean Energy, Quebec, Canada, 10-12 Sep. 2012. (ISBN:978- 1-77136-042-5)
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