Academic Activities
  • Developed 12-week NPTEL-MOOCS course on Solar Energy Engineering and Technology .
  • Developed 12-week NPTEL-MOOCS course on Sustainable Power Generation Systems .
  • Organized six Short Term Courses (one-week duration) on various engineering disciplines.
  • Organized two International/National Conferences.
  • Organized 1-week GIAN course with Prof. Y. Iteya, Gifu University, Japan.
  • Organized 1-week GIAN course with Prof. Ménézo Christophe, Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, France.
Experimental Setups Developed
  • Integrated renewable energy package for decentralized power generation.
  • PV/T module and testing unit.
  • Bio-oil extraction and biochar extraction device.
  • Battery testing facility.
  • Fluidized bed paddy dryer.
  • Rotating fluidized bed dryer with static geometry.
  • Developed two models (cold and hot bed) of lab-scale pressurized circulating fluidized bed unit.
  • Developed an efficient absorber plate for solar distillation unit.
  • Developed a loose biomass feeding system.
  • Associated with development of two models of biogas digester.
  • Developed an experimental setup for gasification of loose biomass in cyclone gasifier.
  • Associated with development of an energy-efficient machine for leaf plate manufacturing from arecanut leaf sheath.
  • Development of a fluidized bed paddy dryer.
  • Associated with development of 50 kWe biomass gasifier.