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Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

After independence, development of the rural sector was considered the primary concern of the Government of India. In 1949, with the appointment of the Radhakrishnan University Education Commission, imparting of agricultural education through the setting up of rural universities became the focal point. Later, in 1954 an Indo-American team led by Dr. K.R. Damle, the Vice-President of ICAR, was constituted that arrived at the idea of establishing a Rural University on the land-grant pattern of USA. As a consequence a contract between the Government of India, the Technical Cooperation Mission and some land-grant universities of USA, was signed to promote agricultural education in the country. The US universities included the universities of Tennessee, the Ohio State University, the Kansas State University, The University of Illinois, the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri. The task of assisting Uttar Pradesh in establishing an agricultural university was assigned to the University of Illinois which signed a contract in 1959 to establish an agricultural University in the State. Dean, H.W. Hannah, of the University of Illinois prepared a blueprint for a Rural University to be set up at the Tarai State Farm in the district Nainital, UP. In the initial stage the University of Illinois also offered the services of its scientists and teachers. Thus, in 1960, the first agricultural university of India, UP Agricultural University, came into being by an Act of legislation, UP Act XI-V of 1958. The Act was later amended under UP Universities Re-enactment and Amendment Act 1972 and the University was rechristened as Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology keeping in view the contributions of Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, the then Chief Minister of UP. The University was dedicated to the Nation by the first Prime Minister of India Pt Jawaharlal Nehru on 17 November 1960. The G.B. Pant University is a symbol of successful partnership between India and the United States. The establishment of this university brought about a revolution in agricultural education, research and extension. It paved the way for setting up of 31 other agricultural universities in the country.

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Subject: Electrical Engineering × Author: Kala, Peeyush × End date: 2017 × Start date: 2017 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Design, development and analysis of a new multilevel inverter topology using GSA based selective harmonic elimination technique
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2017-08) Kala, Peeyush; Arora, Sudha
    Power electronics finds its major role in the control and conversion of large amount of electric power. In many applications, conversion of dc power to ac power is often required which is achieved with the help of power inverters. Multilevel inverters are the class of inverters which are extensively being used in medium voltage and high power applications owing to their numerous advantages over conventional two-level power inverters. In the current global energy scenario, more emphasis is being given to harness energy from the renewable energy resources such as solar, wind, small hydro, geothermal, bio fuels, ocean energy etc. owing to rapid depletion of conventional energy resources, sharp rise in global energy demand and fuel prices, and growing environmental concerns. Hence, there is a lot of thrust to perform exhaustive research in MLIs for standalone or grid interfaced renewable energy applications. In this thesis work, topological and modulation scheme based solution have been proposed for distributed renewable energy systems such as PV systems, wind energy conversion systems, fuel cells etc., and for battery storage energy systems. As a topological solution, three new MLI topologies have been proposed. The first novel symmetric MLI topology consists of reduced number of switching devices and drivers as compared to various competent MLI topologies. This proposed topology has been implemented in experimental set-up for nine-level configuration. The second MLI topology is an asymmetric reduced switch count topology which is proposed for 31 level configuration. The third proposed MLI topology is 31-level asymmetric inverter topology which is intended for applications where purely resistive load is available. These proposed topologies have been compared with other popular MLI topologies in terms of number of switches, number of sources and number of components. The simulations of all of these proposed MLI topologies have been performed in MATLAB/Simulink environment. Experimental results of proposed symmetric nine-level inverter topology are also presented for the validation of the simulation results. As a modulation scheme based solution, GSA based SHE technique has been implemented in proposed symmetric nine-level inverter which showed the effectiveness of this switching scheme in achieving the objectives of SHE problem.