• 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.

International

• Bandyopadhyay S.

•  “8th Distillation and Absorption Conference”, London (UK), September 4-6, 2006.

Nayak J. K.

• “International Conference on Solar Radiation and Daylighting (SOLARIS 2007)”,February 7-9,2007, IIT Delhi. 

National

• Advances in Energy Research”,December 4-5.2006, IIT Bombay.

 International

Banerjee R.

•  Invited talk on ‘Analysis of Renewable Hydrogen’ presented at the University of Nottingham, May 24, 2006.

 National

Banerjee R.

•  Lecture on ‘Economics of Solar Thermal Heating for Industry’, delivered at IITB ARUN workshop on April 22, 2006 at IIT Bombay.

•   Lecture on ‘Overview of Renewable Energy Scenario in India’, delivered at RENET Workshop, IIT Bombay, September 21, 2006.

• Keynote Address on ‘Renewable Energy Sources in India’ in Short term course on “Effective Energy Conversion and Generation Systems”, IISc Bangalore-Japan Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship, November 20, 2006.

•  Invited talk on ‘Renewable Sustainable Energy Systems for future? delivered on November 22, 2006, at INSAC-2006, BARC, Mumbai.

• Lecture on ‘Energy Auditing & Conservation’ delivered at CEP Course on ‘Process Integration for Pollution Prevention’ on January 19, 2007 at IIT Bombay.

•  Invited Talk on ‘Integrated Energy Planning for the Power Sector’, delivered in Power Meet, February 10, 2007 at IMC, Mumbai.

• Lecture on ‘Advanced Training for Renewable Energy Professionals in India’, delivered as inputs for IT Power APP meeting in Delhi on February 21, 2007.

• Lecture on ‘Renewable Energy Policy’ delivered at Prayas Workshop, Pune on March 22, 2007.

Kedare S. B.

•  ‘Solar Thermal Systems for Process Applications’, INSAC-2006, (Annual Conference of Indian Nuclear Society), BARC, Mumbai, November 22-24, 2006

•   ‘Solar Thermal Systems for Industrial Use’, RENET Workshop (Network for Renewable Energy Research) sponsored by European Union, IIT-Bombay, September 22, 2006

•   ‘Solar Concentrating Systems for Industrial Process Heat Applications', Seminar on 'Solar Energy and Biogas Applications for Hotels and Hospitals', organized by Tamilnadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA), Chennai, September 15, 2006

•   'Merits and Demerits of Different Types of Solar Concentrators Regarding Their Applications' , Three-day workshop on 'Quality Control in Renewable Energy Systems and Standardization of Test Procedures for Testing Solar Flat Plate Collector' organized by School of Energy Studies, University of Pune, August 24, 2006.

  Nayak J.K.

•  Delivered lectures on “Test procedure of a parabolic dish concentrator” in the workshop on ARUN 160: Industrial Solar Thermal concentrator System, IIT Bombay, April 23, 2006

•   Delivered lecture on “Passive Solar architecture” in the RENET workshop, IIT Bombay, September 21-22, 2006

Solanki C.S.

• ‘Solar Concentrators for Industrial Process Heat’, Green Power 2006, organized by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Chennai Trade Centre, July 13-14, 2006

•  Process Integration: An Introduction, Water Conservation & Management, Material Management in Process Industries, Targeting for Mass Exchanger Networks, Process Modification for Pollution Prevention, and Recent Advances in Process Integration presented at CEP Course on Process Integration for Pollution Prevention organized by IIT, Bombay, January 19 – 20, 2007.

•   Fundamentals of Energy Conversion, Pinch Analysis, and Energy Efficient Lighting presented at CEP Course on Energy Management organized by IIT, Bombay, November 27 – December 1, 2006.

•  Design of Solar Thermal Systems presented at Renet Renewable Energy workshop organized by IIT, Bombay, September 21-22, 2006.

•  Process Integration: A Tool for Designing Energy Systems presented at Dept. Mechanical Engg, Fr. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, August 19, 2006.

• C. S. Sangani, C.S. Solanki.

• Solar photovoltaic module-case-1(Indian patent application No 96/MUM/2007)

• Solar photovoltaic module-case-2(Indian patent application No 97/MUM/2007)

Bandyopadhyay S. 

•  Member of International Scientific Committee, Distillation & Absorption 2006, London, 4-6 September 2006. Also chaired (along with Prof. M. Jobson, University of Manchester, UK) a technical session (on Integrated, hybrid and novel processes) in the above conference.

• Chief guest, Inauguration of Renewable Energy Club at Fr. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, August 19, 2006

•  Reviewer: Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Chemical Engineering Science, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, Computers &Chemical Engineering, Entropy, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal of Energy Sector Management, Journal of Environmental Management, Water International

Banerjee R. 

• Member of Working group on Renewable Energy, and Sub Group on Efficiency and Demand Side Management (DSM) for the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012).

• 2. Member of the PAC for Rural Energy, under the Science and Technology Application for Rural Development (STARD) of DST.

• Associate Editor, Energy for Sustainable Development, Journal of The Journal of the International Energy Initiative.

Ganesh A.

• Wrote part of book for 10+ 2 level course on ‘Bamboo Applications’ for IGNOU

• Organising Committee member for Indo-American Frontiers of Engineering (IAFOE 2008)

Nayak J.K. 

• Member, Expert committee for solar Thermal Energy, MNRE.

Statistical Information of Departments

• Student Intake:
  M.Tech - 29
  Ph.D. - 5

• Degrees Awarded:
  M.Tech. - 22
  Ph.D. -1

• Sponsored Projects:
  Ongoing Projects (No.) - 8
  New Projects (No.) - -
  Completed projects - 2
  Faculty involved -4

• Consultancy:
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  Income generated -5.64 Lakhs

• Faculty / Scientific staff publications:
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  Papers in International Journals -8
  Papers in National Journals -1

• Faculty Participation in Conferences/Workshops/Seminars:
  International Conference / Workshops (abroad) - 2
  International Conference / Workshops (in India) -
  National -

• Patents - 2