Electric Vehicles Incubation, Testing and Research Centre (eVIT-RC)

Globally, automotive industry is passing through a paradigm shift. The past century has been the era of internal combustion engine (ICE) primarily because of the ease of use, availability and low-cost of fossil fuels. The shift to electric mobility has become necessary on the account of fast depletion of fossil fuels, rapid increase in energy costs, and impact of transportation on the environment and concerns over climate change. “Electric Vehicles Incubation, Testing and Research Centre (eVIT – RC)”  is one of the Research Division of Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai established in August 2020.

Objectives:

  • Technology and Know-how creation through Research and Development on various aspects of electrical automotive ecosystems.
  • To act as a Centre of Excellence on Electric Mobility by bringing together various stack holders and the departments in the University.
  • To create a nodal agency for subject proposals to various funding agencies in the University.
  • To establish relationship with electrical vehicle industry members for the purpose of appropriate and futuristic developments.
  • To establish research and testing facilities to address the above’s.

Focussed Research and Development Area

  • Powertrain
    • Electric motors and its thermal designs
    • Power electronics and drives
    • Control Systems
  • Noise Vibration and Harness
  • Battery and Battery Management Systems
  • Power Quality Analysis
  • Wireless Charging
  • Light weighting
  • Ancillaries

Proposed Laboratories

  1. Electric Motor Drive testing laboratory
    1. Dynamometer testing for 1Nm, 5000 rpm for ancillary applications
    2. Dynamometer testing for 50Nm, 10000 rpm for traction applications
  2. Electrical vehicle Thermal Management Laboratory
  3. NVH testing laboratory
  4. Wireless charging testing laboratory
Research Faculty

Research

Patents

  1. Health Faucet,399903-001
  2. Dual side pulse position controlled high efficient inductive power transfer system,201941002713
  3. A paperless ticket verification and travel assistance system and method thereof,202341085233
  4. A device for effortless tightening of a hose nut,201641003250
  5. Ring Shaped Device to Defend Oneself,405479-001
  6. Structure to reduce noise in linear switched reluctance motor, 3330/CHE/2014
  7. Aerator for Liquid Medium, 2384/2017-CHE, 07/08/2017
  8. Low Cost Stator, Rotor and Hub Structures for Energy Efficient Fans, 201941007806
  9. Dual side pulse position controlled high efficient inductive power transfer system (201941002713A)
  10. Sensorless starting and control mechanism of BLDC drive using DC link Current and motor terminal voltages” (App. No.: 201741032901 A)
  11. A Noise Control Device Using Integrated Passive Elements, 202041035046

Projects

Industry Collaboration/MOUs

  1. Development Project of Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Pump Application, Lucas TVS, Chennai, 2013 – 2016
  2. Development project of Switched Reluctance Motor for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Lucas TVS, Chennai, 2016 – 2019
  3. Development project of Synchronous Reluctance Motor for Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles, NFTDC, Hyderabad, 2017 – 2020
  4. Technical Development training programme on Noise Vibration and Harshness (NVH) to VALEO Employees, Valeo India Pvt. Ltd, 2019
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Publications

  1. Selvan J, Manavalla S. An Innovative and Reliable Hybrid Cooling Method for Electric Vehicle Motors. Transactions A: Basics. 2024 Jul;37(07):1263. https://doi.org/10.5829/ije.2024.37.07a.06
  2. Palanivelrajan AR, Manimaran R, Manavalla S, Khan TY, Almakayeel N, Feroskhan M. Performance and emission characteristics of biogas fuelled dual fuel engine with waste plastic oil as secondary fuel. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 2024 Apr 1:104337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2024.104337
  3. Mishra N, Mitra S, Thapliyal A, Mahajan A, Khan TY, Manavalla S, Baig RU, Janvekar AA. Exploring the Effects of DEE Pilot Injection on a Biogas-Fueled HCCI Engine at Different Injection Locations. Sustainability. 2023 Jul 7;15(13):10713. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310713
  4. Seshadri A, Chokkalingam LN. Influence of rotor slot profile on the windage loss in a Switched Reluctance Motor for an electric autorickshaw. Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal. 2023 Oct 1;46:101493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jestch.2023.101493
  5. Jin Nishida, Eiichi Kobayashi, Takeharu Sugiyama, Atsunori Matsuda, Shoichi Toh, Pandian Ganesan, Naotoshi Nakashima, Simple Method to Enhance the Oxidation–Reduction Reaction Activity of a Carbon Nanotube-Based Nickel–Iron Layered Double Hydroxide as a Bifunctional electrocatalyst, The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2023, 127, 39, 19325–19334. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c02321
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Research & Consultancy

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Sponsored Projects

Consultancy Projects

Corporate Training:

S.NoSchool/CentreNames of the teacher-consultants / corporate trainersTitle of the corporate training programmeCompany
1eVITRCDr. Manavalla SreekanthCycle-Tempo trainingMaxwatt Turbo Systems Pvt. Ltd. Bengaluru, Karnataka
2eVITRCDr. Manavalla SreekanthCycle-Tempo trainingKalki Communication Technologies Pvt Ltd., Bengaluru, Karnataka

Deputy Director, eVIT RC

Dr. M. Sreekanth,
Vellore Institute of Technology,
Vandalur – Kelambakkam Road Chennai,
Tamil Nadu – 600 127

Phone

+91 9677051829

Mail

dydircc.cev@vit.ac.in