Annual Report April 2006 to March 2007 Energy Systems Engineering

Publications

Books/Chapters in Books (REPORT)
  • Nayak J.K. Handbook on energy conscious architecture

  • Kedare S. B. A section in ‘Wind Energy Development in India’ Ed., WISE Press, Pune, Aug 2006.

Papers in Journals [International]

  • Bandyopadhyay S. “Thermal Integration of a Distillation Column through Side-exchangers”, IChemE Symposium Series-152, Proceedings of the 8th Distillation and Absorption Conference, London (UK), 162-171, September 4-6, 2006.

  • Bandyopadhyay S. “Extended Smokers’ Equation for Calculating Number of Stages in Distillation ”, IChemE Symposium Series-152, Proceedings of the 8th Distillation and Absorption Conference, London (UK), 937-944, September 4-6, 2006.

  • Kamoji M.A., Kedare, S.B. and Prabhu, S.V. “Experimental investigations on the performance of conventional Savonius rotor under static and dynamic conditions ”, Proceedings of 33rd National & 3rd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India, December 7-9, 2006, p 5.

  • Manish, S., and Banerjee R. “Comparison of biohydrogen production processes”, International Workshop on Hydrogen Energy (IWHE) held at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (India) during 5-9 November 2006.

  • Manish, S., and Banerjee, R. “Techno-economic assessment of fuel cell vehicles for India”, 16th World Hydrogen Energy Conference (WHEC) held at Lyon (France) during 13-16 June 2006.

  • Pillai, I. R. Banerjee, R. “Potential of Solar Water Heating Systems for India”,Proceedings of Renewable Energy 2006, Chiba, Japan, pp. 557-560, (2006) .

  • M. Prakash, Kedare S.B. and Nayak J. K.“Experimental Investigations on Convective Losses in Solar cavity Receivers”, Procedings of Solar PACE 13th International Symposium on Concentrated Solar power and Technologies sevue Spain.

  • M. Prakash, Kedare S.B. and Nayak J. K.“Natural Convection Loss of a Solar Cavity Receiver – An Experimental Investigation”, Accepted for presentation in Solaris 2007 - 3rd International Conference on Solar Radiation and Day Lighting, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India, February 7-9, 2007.

  • M. Prakash, Kedare S.B. and Nayak J. K.“Experimental Investigations on Convective Losses in Solar Cavity Receivers”, SolarPaces -13th International Symposium on Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Energy Technologies, Seville, Spain, June 20-23, 2006.

  •   Patel Rajesh N., Bandyopadhyay Santanu and Ganesh Anuradda“Effect of Pressure, Temperature and Extraction Time on Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Cashew Nut Shells ”,accepted for presentation at “8th International conference on Supercritical Fluids and Their Applications” to be held at Ischia (Italy), during 28-31 May-2006.

  • Prajapati J. and Nayak J. K.“Performance of passive downdraft evaporative cooling (PDEC) system in a hot and dry climate”, proc. 3rd International conference on Solar Radiation and Day light (SOLARIS 2007), pp.2-7,2007.

  •   Nayak J. K. “Thermal performance and design guidelines of a non-conditioned bungalow under composite climate of India. ”, Proc. 3rd International Conference on Solar Radiation and Daylighting (SOLARIS 2007), vol.II, pp. 315-320.

  • Solanki C.S., Sangani C.S.“A new simple method to estimate direct normal solar radiation”, Proceedings of SOLARIS 2007: 2007, 3rd International Conference on Solar Radiation and Day Lighting February 7-9, 2007, New Delhi, India.

  •   Vishal, S., Gaitonde, U. N., Banerjee, R. “Indirect determination of air/flue-gas leakage in a glass furnace”, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, held at IIT Bombay (India) during December 7-9, 2006.

  • Varghese J. and Bandyopadhyay S.“Integration of Fired Heaters into Total Site”, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy System (ECOS 2006), Crete (Greece), Volume 2, 715-722, July 12-14, 2006.

  •   Varghese J. and Bandyopadhyay S.“Targeting for Energy Integration of Multiple Fired Heaters”, Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy System (ECOS 2006), Crete (Greece), Volume 2, 723-730, July 12-14, 2006.

Papers in Proceedings [National]

  • Bandyopadhyay S.“Teaching Thermodynamics Through Fallacies”,Proceedings of the 1st National Conference on Advances in Energy Research (AER 2006), Mumbai, 285-290, December 4-5, 2006.

  •  Biswas C., Ghosh S.N., Solanki C.S. “Aluminium Induced crystallization of Hot-wire CVD deposited amorphous silicon”, 1st National Conference in Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 491-496.

  • Chaudhari V.A. and Solanki C.S.“Study of different top metal contact designs for concentration solar cells”, 1st National Conference in Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 250-255.

  •  Kamoji, M.A., Kedare, S.B., and Prabhu, S.V.“Experimental Investigations on the Effect of Gap Ratio and End Tip Condition on the Static Torque in a Conventional Savonius Rotor”, Proceedings of AER2006 - National Conference on Advances in Energy Research, Indian Institute of Technology -Bombay, December 4-5, 2006, p 275-280.

  • Kedare S.B. “Wind Power R and D in India : Status and Prospects”, Presented at the All India Conference ‘Wind-India-2006’, World Institute of Sustainable Energy, Pune, August 22-23, 2006 .

  • Kulkarni G.N., Kedare S.B., Bandyopadhyay S.“Application of Design Space Approach to Solar Water Heating Systems with Pressurized Storage”, Proceedings of AER2006 - National Conference on Advances in Energy Research, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, December 4-5, 2006, p 195-200.

  • Kulkarni G.N., Kedare S.B., Bandyopadhyay S.“An Approach for Improvement in Solar Water Heating Systems”, Proceedings of AER2006 - National Conference on Advances in Energy Research, Indian Institute of Technology -Bombay, December 4-5, 2006, p 170-176.

  • K.N. Patil, Solanki C.S.“Growth of Carbon nanotubes (CNT’s) on CACO3 substrate”, 1st National Conference in Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 480-485.

  • Maheshwari A., Solanki C.S. and Agarwal V.“Field Measurements of PV Module Performance using a handy tool”, 1st National Conference in Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 222-227.

  • M. Prakash, Kedare S.B., Nayak J. K.“Numerical Investigations on Convective Heat Losses from Solar Cavity Receivers”, Proceedings of AER2006 - National Conference on Advances in Energy Research, Indian Institute of Technology -Bombay, December 4-5, 2006, p 176-182.

  • P.V. Suresh and Solanki C.S. “Series resistance measurement of PV modules”,1st National Conference in Advances in Energy Research , IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 262-267.

  • P. Arun, Banerjee R. and Bandyopadhyay S.“Sizing Curve for Design of Isolated Power Systems”, Proceedings of the 1st National Conference on Advances in Energy Research (AER 2006), Mumbai, 239-244, December 4-5, 2006.

  • Prajapati J. and Nayak J. K.“Thermal performance and design guidelines of commercial building under cold climate of India”, Proc. Advances in Energy Research, December 4-5.2006,pp 323-329 .

  • Rakeshsharma V., Bhosale S.J., Kedare S.B., Nayak J.K.“Field tests of the Performance of Paraboloid Solar Concentrator-ARUN160 at Latur”,Proceedings of AER2006 - National Conference on Advances in Energy Research, Indian Institute of Technology -Bombay, December 4-5, 2006, p 182-187.

  • Sangani C.S. and Solanki C.S.“Evaluation of V-Trough Designs for PV Concentrator System”, 1st National Conference in Advances in Energy Research 2006, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 211-216.

  • Solanki C.S. and Beaucarne G.“Advanced solar cell concepts”, 1st National Conference in Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, (2006) 256-261.

  • Tyagi Sarika and Ganesh Anuradda “Study of Iodine as a catalyst for electrochemical oxidation of Methane”, AER-2006, 4th – 5th Dec., 2006, IIT Bombay.

Papers in Journals [International]

  • Bandyopadhyay S.“Thermal Integration of a Distillation Column through Side-exchangers”, Transaction IChemE: Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 85(1), 155-166, 2007.

  • Bandyopadhyay S.“Source Composite Curve for Waste Reduction”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 125(2), 99-110, 2006.

  • Bandyopadhyay S., M.D. Ghanekar and H.K. Pillai“Process Water Management”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 45(15), 5287-5297, 2006.

  • Manish, S., Pillai, I. R. and Banerjee, R. “Sustainability analysis of renewables for climate change mitigation”, Energy for Sustainable Development, Volume X (4), 25-36, (2006).

  • Patel R. N., Bandyopadhyay S. and Ganesh Anuradda“Economic Appraisal Of Supercritical Fluid Extraction Of Refined Cashew Nut Shell Liquid”, J. Chromatography A., 1124, p 130-138, 2006.

  • Patel R.N., Bandyopadhyay S. and Ganesh Anuradda“Extraction of Cashew (Anacardium Occidentale) Nut Shell Liquid Using Supercritical CarbonDioxide”,Extraction of Cashew (Anacardium Occidentale) Nut Shell Liquid Using Supercritical CarbonDioxide, Bioresource Technology, 97(6), 847-853, 2006.

  • Pillai, I. R. and Banerjee, R. “Methodology for estimation of potential for solar water heating in a target area”, Solar Energy, Vol. 81 (2), pp 162-172, (2007).

  • Sangani C. S., Solanki C. S. “Experimental evaluation of V-trough (2 suns) PV concentrator system using commercial PV modules”, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 91 (2007), 453-457.

Papers in Journals [National]

  • Rakeshsharma V., Bhosale S.J., Kedare S.B., Nayak J.K.“A Simple Method to Determine Optical Quality of Paraboloid Concentrating Solar Thermal Collector”, SESI Journal, 15 (2) p 21-27, December 2005.