High Voltage Engineering

Team High Voltage Engineering is working on:

Industrial Application of High Voltage

For Air Pollution Control from Diesel Engine Exhaust

Indoor Air Pollution Control

Wastewater Treatment

Agricultural Seed Germination

Modular High Voltage Power Supply

Far Field Wireless Power Transfer

Condition Monitoring of Transformer

On Going Students

PhD

1. Sthiti Rout (July 2025 - Present)

   (Broad Research Area: Industrial Application of High Voltage)

Email : a25ee09010@iitbbs.ac.in 

MTech

1. Devesh Birsha Pahan 

(Broad Research Area: Industrial Application of High Voltage)

2. Rahul 

(Broad Research Area: Development of IoT Enabled High Voltage Power Supply)

3. Mosin Khan 

(Broad Research Area: Application of High Voltage in Agriculture)

Alumni

PhD

1. Sarbesh Bhattacharjee (April 2025)

Thesis: "A Non-thermal Plasma System Based on Electric Discharge for the Efficient Treatment of NOX in Real Diesel Engine Exhaust "

Present Position: Post-Doc, IIT Bombay

2. Srikanth Allamsetty (Feb 2020)

Thesis: "Modeling and Prediction of NOx (NO+NO2) in Non‐Thermal Plasma Treated Diesel Exhaust Based on Different Operating Parameters"

Present Position: Assistant Professor, NIT Andhra Pradesh

MTech

1. Apeksha Madhukar (Completed) [Now in IIT Goa as Asst. Professor], 2016

2. Nikhil Kumar Sharma (Completed) [Completed PhD at IIT Bhubaneswar], 2016

3. Mahendra Kumar (Completed, Joined RVNL), 2018

4. Manish Kumar Pradhan (Completed), 2018 

5. Somya Ranjan Singh (Completed, Joined SS&C), 2021

6. Prashant Sharma (Completed), 2023 

Publications:

Journals

2026

1. T. N. Kumar, S. Mohapatro and R. R. Dash, "Decolorization of Congo Red Dye in Aqueous Solution Using a Multi Needle-to-Plate Non-Thermal Plasma System: A Mechanistic Approach," in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 2990-2998, June 2026, doi: 10.1109/TPS.2026.3687976. 

2025

1. S. Bhattacherjee and S. Mohapatro, “NOX Treatment From Diesel Engine Exhaust Using Cascaded Electric Discharge-Based Nonthermal Plasma and Continuous Adsorption–Desorption,” in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 1220-1228, June 2025, doi: 10.1109/TPS.2025.3565464.

2. Bhattacherjee, S., Mohapatro, S. Diesel Engine Emissions Mitigation using Cascaded NTP Reactor and Continuous Plasma Activated Adsorption–Desorption. Water Air Soil Pollut 236, 902 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-025-08565-z.

3. Bhattacherjee, S., Mohapatro, S. Efficient Electrode Configuration for NOX Treatment from Diesel Engine Exhaust at Low Applied Voltage. Emiss. Control Sci. Technol. 11, 18 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40825-025-00272-9.

2024

1. Sarbesh Bhattacharje and Sankarsan Mohapatro, “Cascaded and Parallel DBD Reactor with Spike Electrode Configuration for Enhanced DeNOx from Diesel Engine Exhaust”, International Journal of Plasma Environmental Science and Technology (IJPEST), Vol. 18, No. 3 (2024) e03004 (11pp). https://doi.org/10.34343/ijpest.2024.18.e03004

2. Sarbesh Bhattacherjee, and Sankarsan Mohapatro, "Spike Electrode based DBD Reactor for Improved Electric Discharge Power towards better Diesel Engine Exhaust Treatment at Low Applied Voltage", IEEE Tran. on Plasma Science, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 58-66, 2024.

3. Tanikonda Nishanth Kumar, Sankarsan Mohapatro, and Rajesh Roshan Dash, “Removal of dyes from aqueous solutions using non-thermal plasma: A review”, Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-024-05557-0. 

2020

1. Srikanth Allamsetty, S. Mohapatro, and Pushpendra Kumar" Prediction of Voltage Required for Non-Thermal Plasma based Diesel Exhaust treatment for Removal of Nitrogen Oxides", Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 27, pp.11195-11201, 2020.

2. Srikanth Allamsetty, S. Mohapatro, and N. B. Puhan "Regression-based Models for Prediction of Oxides of Nitrogen in Diesel Exhaust with Electric Discharge-based Treatment", International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 17, pp. 2731-2742, 2020.

2019

1. Srikanth Allamsetty and Sankarsan Mohapatro, "Feasibility of Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Models for Prediction of NOx Concentrations in Non-Thermal Plasma Treated Diesel Exhaust", IEEE Tran. on Plasma Science, vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 2637-2644, May 2019.

2. Srikanth Allamsetty and Sankarsan Mohapatro, "Prediction of NO and NO2 Concentrations in Ozone Injected Diesel Exhaust after NTP Treatment Using Dimensional Analysis", Energy Procedia, vol. 158, 2019, pp. 4579-4585, Feb, 2019.

3. Srikanth Allamsetty and Sankarsan Mohapatro, "Prediction of NO and NO2 Concentrations in NTP Treated Diesel Exhaust Using Multilayer Perceptrons", Energy Procedia, vol. 158, pp. 4566-4571, Feb, 2019.

4. Srikanth Allamsetty, and Sankarsan Mohapatro, "Response Surface Methodology Based Model for Prediction of NO and NO2 Concentrations in Non-Thermal Plasma Treated Diesel Exhaust", SN Applied Science (Springer), Vol. 1, Issue. 2, Article 189, 2019.

2018

1. Srikanth Allamsetty, and Sankarsan Mohapatro, "Prediction of NOx Concentration in Nonthermal Plasma Treated Diesel Exhaust Using Dimensional Analysis", IEEE Tran. Plasma Science, Vol. 46, Issue. 6, pp. 2034-2041, June, 2018.

2017

1. Sankarsan Mohapatro, Nikhil Kumar Sharma, and Apeksha Madhukar, "Abatement of NOx using Compact High Voltage Power Supply: Towards Retrofitting to Automobile Vehicle", IEEE Tran. on Dielectric and Electrical Insulation, vol. 24, Issue 5, pp. 2738-2745, 2017.

2. Sankarsan Mohapatro, and Srikanth Allamsetty, "NOx Abatement from Filtered Diesel Engine Exhaust Using Battery Powered High-Voltage Pulse Power Supply", IET High Voltage, Vol. 2, Issue. 2, pp. 69-77, 2017.

3. Sankarsan Mohapatro, Srikanth Allamsetty, Apeksha Madhukar, and Nikhil Kumar Sharma"Study of Nano Second Pulse Discharge Based Nitrogen Oxides Treatment Using Different Electrode Configurations", IET High Voltage, Vol. 2, Issue. 2, pp. 60-68, 2017.

4. Sankarsan Mohapatro, Srikanth Allamsetty, Apeksha Madhukar and Nikhil Kumar Sharma, "Study on the Effect of Electrode Configurations on NOx Removal from Diesel Engine Exhaust", Journal of CPRI, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 79-84, 2017.

5. Sankarsan Mohapatro and A. Bhattacharya, NOx Removal from Diesel Engine Exhaust using Low Voltage DC Powered High Voltage Power Supply” International Journal of Plasma Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 18-25, 2017.

2015

1. Sankarsan Mohapatro and B S Rajanikanth, Studies on NOx removal from diesel engine exhaust using duct type DBD reactor, IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, Vol. 51, Issue 3, pp. 2489-2496, 2015.

2012

1. Sankarsan Mohapatro and B S Rajanikanth, Online NOX Removal from Stationary Diesel Engine Exhaust by Barrier Discharge Plasma,” International Journal of Plasma Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 177-182, 2012.

2. Sankarsan Mohapatro and B S Rajanikanth, Dielectric Barrier Discharge Cascaded with Red Mud Waste to Enhance NOx Removal from Diesel Engine Exhaust, IEEE Trans. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 641-647, 2012.

2011

1. Sankarsan Mohapatro and B S Rajanikanth, Portable HV AC and Pulsed Plasma Sources for Abatement of NOx in Filtered Diesel Engine Exhaust, IEEE Trans. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 18, Issue 6, pp. 1821-1828, 2011.

2. Sankarsan Mohapatro and B S Rajanikanth, Pulsed Plasma Studies in a Crossed Flow Dielectric Barrier Discharge Reactor for Improvement of NOx Removal in Raw Diesel Engine Exhaust, Plasma Science and Technology, vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 82-87, 2011.

2010

1. Sankarsan Mohapatro and B S Rajanikanth, Cascaded Cross Flow DBD-Adsorbent Technique for NOX Abatement in Diesel Engine Exhaust, IEEE Trans. Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation, vol. 17, Issue 5, pp. 1543-1550, 2010.

2009

1. B S Rajanikanth, Sankarsan Mohapatro and L Umanand, Solar Powered High Voltage Energization for Vehicular Exhaust Cleaning: A Step towards Possible Retrofitting in Vehicles, Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 90, pp. 343-352, 2009.

Conferences

2026

1. Ritesh Daf, T. Nishanth Kumar, Rajesh Roshan Dash, and Sankarsan Mohapatro, "Removal of paracetamol from aqueous solution using Non-thermal plasma based advanced oxidation process ", 5th National Environmental Conference (NEC-2026), IIT Bombay, 13-14 March (2025).

2025

1. Tanikonda Nishanth Kumar, Sankarsan Mohapatro, and Rajesh Roshan Dash, "Gas Phase Discharge Based Non Thermal Plasma System for the Removal of Malachite Green Dye", IEEE IAS Annual Meeting (2025). (Accepted)

2024

1. S. Bhattacherjee and S. Mohapatro, "Experimental Comparison of High Voltage Pulse and AC Excited DBD Reactor Configurations for Diesel Exhaust Treatment," 2024 5th IEEE Global Conference for Advancement in Technology (GCAT), Bangalore, India, 2024, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/GCAT62922.2024.10923882.  

2023

1. Kumar, T.N., Mohapatro, S., Dash, R.R. (2025). Congo Red Dye Removal from Aqueous Solution Using Non-thermal Plasma. In: Roshan Dash, R., Mohapatro, S., Behera, M. (eds) Pollution Control for Clean Environment—Volume 1. ICPCCE 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 415. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7842-3_15 

2. Bhattacherjee, S., Mohapatro, S. (2025). Enhancement of NOX Removal Efficiency from Real Diesel Engine Exhaust Using Cascaded Voltage-Efficient DBD Reactor and Adsorbent Reactor. In: Roshan Dash, R., Mohapatro, S., Behera, M. (eds) Pollution Control for Clean Environment — Volume 2. ICPCCE 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 416. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-7846-1_18 

2018

1. Srikanth Allamsetty and Sankarsan Mohapatro, "Prediction of NO and NO2 Concentrations in NTP Treated Diesel Exhaust Using Multilayer Perceptrons", 10th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2018), Hong Kong, China, Aug 22-25, 2018.

2. Srikanth Allamsetty and Sankarsan Mohapatro, "Prediction of NO and NO2 Concentrations in Ozone Injected Diesel Exhaust after NTP Treatment Using Dimensional Analysis", 10th International Conference on Applied Energy (ICAE2018), Hong Kong, China, Aug 22-25, 2018.

3. Sankarsan Mohapatro and Srikanth Allamsetty, "Effect of duty cycle and pulse frequency on nitric oxide removal efficiency for a DBD based exhaust treatment", ISNTP-11 International Symposium on Non-Thermal/Thermal Plasma Pollution Control Technology & Sustainable Energy, Italy, July 1-5, 2018.

4. Srikanth Allamsetty, Sankarsan Mohapatro, "Prediction of NOx concentrations in diesel exhaust with NTP treatment using different types of FLANNs", ISNTP-11 International Symposium on Non-Thermal/Thermal Plasma Pollution Control Technology & Sustainable Energy, Italy, July 1-5, 2018.

5. Sankarsan Mohapatro, Srikanth Allamsetty, Manish Kumar Pradhan "Enhancement of NOx removal efficiency of non thermal plasma based diesel exhaust treatment with cost effective ozone injection", ISNTP-11 International Symposium on Non-Thermal/Thermal Plasma Pollution Control Technology & Sustainable Energy, Italy, July 1-5, 2018.

2017

1. Srikanth Allamsetty, and Sankarsan Mohapatro, "Prediction of NO to NO2 Conversion Efficiency with NTP Based Diesel Exhaust Treatment Using Radial Basis Functions" Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving - SocProS 2017, Vol. 817, pp. 299-310, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1595-4_24

2016

1. Sankarsan Mohapatro, Srikanth Allamsetty, Apeksha Madhukar and Nikhil Kumar Sharma “ Study on the Effect of Electrode Configurations on NOx Removal from Diesel Engine Exhaust”, 18th Asian Conference on Electrical Discharge (ACED 2016), IIT Madras, India, Dec 8-10, 2016.

2015

1. Sankarsan Mohapatro and A. Bhattacharya, “NOx Removal from Diesel Engine Exhaust using Low Voltage DC Powered High Voltage Power Supply,” 3rd ISNPEDADM, Saint Gilles Les Bains, R-union island (Indian Ocean), Oct. 26-29, 2015.

2013

1. Sankarsan Mohapatro and B S Rajanikanth, “Studies on NOx removal from diesel engine exhaust using duct type DBD reactor,” IEEE IAS Annu. Meet., Florida, USA, Oct-6-11, 2013.

2012

1. Sankarsan Mohapatro and B. S. Rajanikanth, “Online NOX Removal from Stationary Diesel Engine Exhaust by Barrier Discharge Plasma,” Proceedings of the 2012 Electrostatics Joint Conference, Ontario, Canada, June 12-14, 2012

2011

1. Sankarsan Mohapatro, and B S Rajanikanth, “A core study on NOX removal in diesel exhaust by pulsed/ac/dc electric discharge plasma,” 4th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems (ICPS), Chennai, India, pp. 1-6, Dec 22-24, 2011.

2010

1. S Mohapatro, B S Rajanikanth, R B Rajkumar, C Ramadas and Ansuman Mishra, “Treatment of NOx from Diesel Engine Exhaust by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Method” Proc. of Int. Conf. on Advances in Electrical & Electronics, Trivendrum, Kerala, INDIA, pp. 110-113, 2010.

2. Sayantani Das, P V S Manaswini, Pooja Kumari, S Mohapatro and B S Rajanikanth, “Application of Solar Powered High Voltage Discharge Plasma for NOX Removal in Diesel Engine Exhaust,” Proc. of Int. Conf. on Advances in Electrical & Electronics, Trivandrum, Kerala, INDIA, pp. 106-109, 2010.

3. Sankarsan Mohapatro and B S Rajanikanth, “Studies on Compact Discharge Plasma Source for NOX Treatment in Engine Exhaust,” IEEE IA Annu.meet., Houston, USA, Oct-2010.

2009

1. A D Srinivasan, B S Rajanikanth and Sankarsan Mohapatro, “Corona treatment for NOx reduction from stationary diesel engine exhaust: Impact of nature of energization and exhaust composition,” Electrostatics joint conference, Boston, June 2009.

2008

1. B. S Rajanikanth and Sankarsan Mohapatro, “Progress in the control of NOx from diesel driven vehicular exhausts using electric discharge technique: A laboratory perspective,” Symposium on Environmental Engineering, JSME, Tokyo, 2008, pp301-304.