Energy Day - March 15, 2008
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay is one of the
premier technological institutes in India with students and
faculty who are comparable with the best in the world. IIT
Bombay has several undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral
programmes in the engineering, basic sciences, humanities
and management and
has also initiated programmes in inter-disciplinary areas
like energy systems, environmental sciences, bio-medical
etc. The institute has a vibrant research culture and has
several linkages with Indian and international industries
and institutes.
About Department of Energy
Science and Engineering
Initiated in 1981 as an interdisciplinary
course, Energy Systems Engineering is now converted to Department of
Energy Science and Engineering, offering new M.Sc Ph.D dual degree along
with traditional M.Tech and Ph.D degrees.
It is expected that rapid growth
of the energy sector (7% per year) and the challenges imposed by energy
resource constraints will need specially qualified engineers with the
ability to understand and analyze energy systems. This growing need
is also reflected in the increase in intake of students for this course
form 1981 to 2007.
Department of Energy Science
and Engineering is thus setting new standards in the field of energy
with its expertise in renewable energy, power systems and energy conservation
and providing the nation with much needed pool of talent to make our
country Energy Self Sufficient in coming years.
Power System
and Distributed Generation
Modern large
power system calls for exploration and optimization of energy sources,
equipments and above all their reliability. Increasing the gap between
demand and supply of the power, delay in construction and economical
infeasibility of large power plants, increasing conventional fuel cost
and stricter environmental regulation etc. shifted the attention of
power engineers from centralized power system to the relatively new
concept of Distribution Generation.
The following
topics will be deliberated
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Optimal placement and sizing of Distributed Generators in a Microgrid
•
Analysis of Hydrogen Based Renewable Energy Systems
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Optimisation of Energy Sources with respect to Size, Economy, Efficiency
and other parameters for a Hybrid Distributed Generation System
•
Optimal Design of Isolated Power Systems
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Optimal Reconfiguration of Distribution System using Network Simplex
•
Real Time Control of Power Electronics Controllers in a Scaled Power
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Starting of induction motor in Microgrid
Applied
Power Electronics and Electrical Machines to Energy System
Integration
of power electronics with renewable sources like wind, solar has initiated
intense research in those areas. The rapid developments in high power
devices and signal processing in power electronics have contributed
a significant reduction in cost per kW and substantial increase in the
power handling capacity. Research has triggered in application of power
electronics for efficient performance in illumination engineering.
Static machines like transformers are highly efficient electrical equipments
required throughout modern interconnected power systems. The transformer
monitoring and diagnosing technique and thermal modeling of rectifier
transformers have gained tremendous attention recently. Rotating machines
like Switched Reluctance Motors are being used for high speed applications
because of their simplicity and minimum switches in the drive circuit,
however high torque motors are to be designed.
The following
topics will be deliberated
Efficiency
Improvement in Conventional Energy System
Transport
sector is backbone of major human activities. Efficiency improvement,
modeling and alternate non-polluting fuels to be used in engines has
been a major research interest. Improvements/new thermodynamic cycles
and efficient boiler models will enhance energy efficiency in its applications.
The increasing global energy demand due to building has led the researchers
to save energy in buildings. The energy conscious architecture has drawn
importance from the government and the researchers as well.
Renewable
Energy Systems
Depleting fossil fuel reserves initiated search for non-polluting, efficient
and economically competitive alternative resources. Traditional expensive
silicon wafer based technology is to be substituted with cheap and efficient
technology. The third generation technology devices use silicon quantum
dots nanostructure to tune band gap of silicon to attain better efficiency
and low cost cells. Research in alternate technologies and efficiency
improvement in other renewable sources like solar thermal, nuclear and
wind is progressing.
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CFD Simulation and Experimental Investigation of
Efficient Cooling of Solar Cells
under Light
concentration
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CFD Simulation of Flow and Heat Transfer in the Pressure
Tube of a Pressurised
Heavy Water Reactor