Annual Report April 2003 to March 2004 Energy Systems Engineering

IIT Bombay offers an interdisciplinary course in Energy Systems Engineering (ESE) leading to M. Tech. and Ph. D. degree. The programme is aimed at providing an understanding of and training on energy systems to innovators/engineers, who can contribute meaningfully to the nations energy sector. It is expected that rapid growth of the energy of the energy sector and the challenges imposed by energy resource constraints will need specially qualified engineers with an ability to understand and analyse energy systems. The Energy Systems Engineering programme at IIT Bombay was initiated in 1981. About 238 alumni of the programme are currently working in various positions in industry and research institutes. The ESE group has plans to grow into a Centre of Energy Research catering to the requirements of the country's energy sector.

Academic Programme

The course is inter-disciplinary in nature and students and faculty members are from diverse engineering (energy, mechanical, chemical, electrical, civil, etc.) and science (physics, chemistry etc.) disciplines. During the programme the students are exposed to core areas of energy management including energy auditing; energy systems modeling and analysis; and non-conventional energy sources. In addition, students take elective courses in their area of specialisation. The programme also has an option of specialisation in nuclear power with interaction with Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB). The Energy Systems Engineering programme interacts with the industry, research institutions and policy makers for developing and promoting efficient and clean technologies in the country. These interactions are in the form of consultancy and sponsored projects, seminars and workshops.

The program is well recognised by the industry and other agencies and this is evident from the many sponsorships/fellowships received this year. Five fellowships at M.Tech. and two at Ph.D. levels have been sanctioned by Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources. M/s Forbes Marshall and the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board AERB offer sponsorships attached to placement in their respective organisations. In addition, Larson and Tubro sponsored two students in 2003-2004. In 2003 a batch of 28 M.Tech students were admitted to the M.Tech programme. This year the International Energy Initiative also sponsored two seats for power sector professionals for the M.Tech in Energy.

Systems Engineering. Sponsored candidates joined from Indian Navy, Jhaveri Polymers

Ltd., Apex Engg. Services.

Two courses (i) EN 705 - Introduction to Energy Systems Engineering and

(ii) EN 706 - Introduction to nuclear Engineering were introduced as Institute electives

for M.Tech. level students.

Energy Systems Engineering celebrated its 'Energy Day' on 28th February 2003 at IRCC

Auditorium. About 55 delegates from various industries and organizations participated in

the proramme.

Publications

A. Papers in Proceedings- International:

  • Chatterjee A. K., Sharon Maheshwar, Banerjee Rangan, Enhancement of hydrogen oxidation activity of nickel coated carbon nanobeads electrode by cobalt and iron addition, Paper No. P 2.25, 8th Grove Fuel Cell Symposium, 24-26 September, 2003, London UK.

  • Chatterjee A. K., Sharon Maheshwar, Banerjee Rangan " Carbon Nanotubes Hydrogen Electrodes with Pt, Ni, Co, Fe catalyst for Fuel Cell Application", Paper No. P 2.23, 8th Grove Fuel Cell Symposium, 24-26 September 2003, London UK.

  • Chatterjee A. K., Sharon Maheshwar, Banerjee Rangan "Comparison between Carbon Nano Beads and Nano Fibers electrodes for Fuel cell", Paper No. P 2.24, 8th Grove Fuel Cell Symposium, 24-26 September 2003, London UK.

  • Chatterjee A. K., Sharon Maheshwar and Banerjee Rangan, "Preparation and Characterization of Porous Gas Diffusion Carbon Electrodes from Turpentine oil for Fuel Cell Application", 2003 Fuel Cell Seminar, November 3-7, 2003. Hilton Fontainebleau in Miami Beach, Florida. US.

  • Sharon Maheshwar, Chatterjee A. K., Banerjee Rangan, " Renewable Natural Precursor for Synthesizing Novel Carbon Nanomaterials and Various Applications of these Materials", International Conference on materials for Advance Technology, ICMAT-2003, December 7-12, Singapore.

  • Chatterjee A. K., Sharon Maheshwar, Banerjee Rangan, "Synthesis of Large-scale Carbon Nanotube using by low temperature CVD and its Electrochemical Hydrogen Storage characteristics", Hydrogen and Fuel Cells 2003 Cnference and Trad Show, Vancouver BC Canada, June 8-11, 2003.

  • Kulkarni S. V., Kumbhar G. B., and Nabi M., "Current trends in coupled field formulations in electrical machinery," 6th International Symposium on Electric and Magnetic Fields, Aachen, Germany, 6-9 October, 2003, pp. 287-291.

  • Nabi M., Sule V. R., and Kulkarni S. V., "Efficient FE modeling and solution scheme for repeated computation through exploitation of coefficient matrix structure," 6th International Symposium on Electric and Magnetic Fields, Aachen, Germany, 6-9 October, 2003, pp. 297-300.

  • Deo J., Khaparde S. A., Kulkarni S. V. and Agalgaonkar A. P., "Restructuring issues faced by power industry in Maharashtra, India," International Conference on Electrical Supply Industry in Transition: Issues and Prospects for Asia, Bangkok, 14-16 January, 2004, pp. 11:1-11:14.

B. Papers in Proceedings- National:

Bang A., Bandyopadhyay S., and Gaitonde U. N., Modeling of Tube-Fin Shell and Tube Compact Heat Exchanger, Proceedings of XVII National and VI ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Kalpakkam, TN, January 5-7,2004 pp.436-440.

  • Chatterjee A. K., Sharon Maheshwar, Banerjee Rangan, "Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanomaterials from turpentine oil, International Conference on Nano Science and Technology, ICONS AT 2003, December 17-20, 2003, pp- 100, Kolkata, India.

  • Chatterjee A. K., Sharon Maheshwar, Banerjee Rangan, " Hydrogen Oxygen Fuel Cell" National Seminar on "Alternative Energy for pollution-free automobiles", 6th & 7th February 2004 IACS, at Kolkata.

  • Agalgaonkar A. P., Kulkarni S. V., and Khaparde S. A., "Impact of wind generation on losses and voltage profile in a distribution system" IEEE TENCON Conference, Bangalore, 15-17 October, 2003, pp. 775-779.

  • Bhutad A. G., Kulkarni S. V., and Khaparde S. A., "Three-phase load flow methods for radial distribution networks," IEEE TENCON Conference, Bangalore, 15-17 October, 2003, pp. 781-785.