Dr. Bishnu Prasad Muni

Experienced in product development in the area of power electronics for industrial, rail transportation, e-mobility, renewable energy, battery energy storage, FACTS, power quality, strategic application etc. Some of the developed products have been introduced in the product lines of BHEL  and being used in industries, MW range PV power plant and Indian Railways.
 

In September 1983, I joined BHEL, Corporate R&D, Hyderabad, India as Engineer Trainee and promoted to General Manager level during my tenure at Corporate R&D. I have vast experience in managing new product
development projects involving geographically distributed development teams. 

Apart from Power Electronics Lab., I also headed Electrical Machines, Permanent Magnet Machines, Insulation Technology, Switchgear Development, High voltage Engineering, Fuel Cell & Renewable Energy Laboratories at Corporate R&D during my tenure as General Manger from June 2012 to February 2020. I was also HOD for Planning & Management System, Intellectual Property and Human Resource Development Groups.

 
I have developed the following products indigenously first time in India from concept to commissioning.
 

Solar Power Conditioning Units (25, 250, 630 and 1250 kW)

2 x 850 kW, 1-Phase Railway Track Side Solar PCU for Indian Railways.

1 MWH Battery Energy Storage System (500 kWh Li-ion, 300 kWh Advanced Lead Carbon
and 200 kWh Flow Battery)

 2.5 MVAR STATCOM (NPC Converter) for Voltage Flicker Mitigation

4 x 500 kVAR Containerized STATCOM for Oil Rig Application

1 MW/ 690 V LV Variable Frequency Drive

1.8 MW /6.6 kV Medium Voltage Drive with NPC Inverter for Induction Motor

2 x 500 kVAR Hotel Load Converter for Electric Loco

350 kW Reserve Propulsion Controller for Naval Application

4 x 250 kW Bi-directional Power Converter for Naval Application 

IGBT Based High Voltage Power Source for Electro Static Precipitator Application
 

Available for freelance consulting in the area of power electronics and applications.
 

Design, development and deployment of power electronics based products for transportation, e-mobility, renewable energy, energy storage, industrial, power system and defence applications.

I have vast experience in managing new product development projects involving geographically distributed development teams.

Ph. D form IIT Bombay, India in the area of Power Electronics & Electrical Drives.

B. Sc(Engineering) : Electrical from NIT, Rourkela, India