Ongoing Students and R&D Projects : Congratulation to one of our DRF, Mr. Debajyoti Bo...

Ongoing Students and R&D Projects : Congratulation to one of our DRF, Mr. Debajyoti Bo...: Congratulation to one of our DRF, Mr. Debajyoti Bose’s work done on Microbial fuel cells has been published as ‘Book Chapter’ in the book ...

Congratulation to one of our DRF, Mr. Debajyoti Bose’s work done on Microbial fuel cells has been published as ‘Book Chapter’ in the book ‘Waste Bioremediation’ on Energy, Environment & Sustainability series, published by Springer, Germany.

Optimizing energy recovery from wastewater is a sustainable approach for wastewater treatment and is also of interests to protect and improve the water environment everywhere. There is a large gap between generation and treatment of wastewater for domestic wastewater in developing nations and to facilitate such energy recovery processes microbial fuel cells can be used. The energy utilization research in microbial fuel cells is growing exponentially, but it suffers from established terminology and methodical framework to analyze system functionality. The sheer diversity in the process employed makes it intricate to compare experimental analysis with each other. Studies of such are interdisciplinary with concepts of microbiology, integrated with electrochemistry to serve as a component of environmental engineering.
This chapter reports how the organic matter removal efficiency coupled with simultaneous bioelectricity production has been studied with pure and mixed microbial culture, which are naturally found or inoculated into wastewater streams. And how such alternate forms of energy harvesting by addressing and optimizing key parameters such as temperature, pH, and dissolved solutes can potentially contribute to energy security and economic stability across nations where a dire need of energy conversion crisis exist.

Feasibility Study of Solar Photovoltaic System in UPES

Our second year Students of  M. Tech ES and REE has participated in conducting feasibility study of Solar Rooftop System. In this audit students has identified the available roof area of UPES buildings and potential of installing a solar Photovoltaic System. With the help of this project students will be designing the Solar Photovoltaic Project which will help UPES to reduce their energy consumption and also helps in reducing the impact on climate by utilizing renewable energy. Students will be preparing the detail project report in which the complete cost benefit analysis and project viability will be discussed. In the end students will be helping in the implementation of the project which directly improves the energy performance of UPES.

Schedule of Workshop on “SMART GRID INNOVATION” by UPES and Purdue Northwest, 7 – 11 August 2017

Workshop on “SMART GRID INNOVATION”

by UPES and Purdue Northwest,   7 – 11 August 2017

	Morning Session:          10:00 am – 1:00 pm Afternoon Session:       2:00 pm   – 5:00 pm
Monday, 7 August 2017	Morning	Introductory Session: ·         Welcome Address ·         Overview of Smart Grids & Smart Cities in India ·         Consortium on Rapid Smart Grid Impact- CRSGI ·         Smart Grids, Electric Vehicles & Renewable Energy – 2022 and beyond
	Afternoon	Advanced Meter Infrastructure – AMI ·         Smart Meters ·         Communication Network ·         Capabilities & Tools ·         Case Studies
Tuesday, 8 August 2017	Morning	Optimising Power Quality and Reliability: ·         Volt, VAR Control – VVO ·         Hybrid Grid Emulator ·         Conservation Voltage Reduction - CVR
	Afternoon	E – Mobility: ·         Integrating Electric Vehicles with Smart Grids ·         Motors for Electric Vehicles ·         Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles
Wednesday, 9 August 2017	Morning	Future Actions:    UPES with Purdue NW ·         CRSGI - Consortium activities ·         Research Areas for Collaboration (Prof. Athula Kalatunga leaves for USA in afternoon; Dr. Sudheera Navaratne will stay for rest of Workshop)
	Afternoon	Power Factory Module – 1: ·         Overview of Power Factory ·         Creating the Tutorial Project
Thursday, 10 August 2017	Morning	Power Factory Module – 2 ·         Creating Power System Elements ·         The Data Manager
	Afternoon	Power Factory Module – 3 ·         Creation of a Second Subsystem ·         Connecting the Subsystems
Friday, 11 August 2017	Morning	Power Factory Module – 4 ·         Motor Start Simulation ·         Transient Analysis
	Afternoon	Power Factory Module – 5 ·         Micro-Grids ·         Distributed Generation (Wind & SPV Power Plants) Concluding Session: ·         Future Actions ·         Feedback ·         Vote of Thanks

Collaboration with PURDUE University and UPES 

Mr. K Raghavan from  Department of Electrical Power and Energy, UPES has been invited to attend Consortium for Rapid Smart Grid Impact from PURDUE University USA. It is the step taken by PURDUE University to collaborate with UPES to look forward for the research opportunities in the field of SMART Grid in INDIA. It is proposed to organize International conference in upcoming months to take the research in the field of SMART Grid to the new level by working together.

DST Funded Project 

Project Title : Development of a novel technology for production of hydrocarbon fuels from mixed Plastic waste
Scheme : Early Career Research Award

Duration In Month : 36

Total Cost (in Rs.) : 50 Lakhs

Plastic waste disposal and excessive use of fossil fuels has caused great environment concerns in the world. Both plastic and petroleum derived fuels are hydrocarbons that contain the elements of carbon and hydrogen. The difference between them is that the plastic molecules have longer carbon chains than those in LPG, petrol, and diesel fuels. Therefore, it is possible to convert plastic waste into fuels.

The main objective of this study is to understand and optimize the process of plastic pyrolysis for maximizing the diesel range output products, and to design a pyrolysis reactor as a semi-scale pilot plant. This project work aims at developing a cost effective technology for plastic waste management through community participation and conversion into valuable products. Both liquid and gas fuel will be available after pyrolysis along with pyro char. Optimization of product pattern will be done by applying newly developed catalysts. Characterization of the fuels and pyro char will be carrying out. The applicability of pyro char for road making will be explored. For segregation of different types of plastics at source some awareness is necessary among the residents of the target locality. An awareness workshop will be organized in major township localities.

Dr. Praveen Kumar Ghodke is leading this project. 

RESEARCH PROPOSAL ACCEPTED UNDER RISE 2017

Project proposal Titled “To reduce the thermal conductivity of graphene and hence reducing the losses in transmission lines by graphene coating” got recognized and was approved by eminent panelist of Research Initiative for Students of Engineering (RISE – 2017), at UPES. The proposal was presented by   Mr. Rishabh Mathur & Mr. Vatsal Gupta of B.Tech Electrical Engineering from EPE Department, under the guidance of Dr. Praveen Kumar  Godhke and Dr. Issac R. An amount of Rs 19000 has been approved for the project.