Research Scholars

 

Facilities for undertaking Doctoral studies in "Alternate Hydro Energy Systems" and other renewable energy technology as well as "Environmental Management of Rivers and Lakes" are available at the centre. Full-time and part-time candidates are accepted for this programme as per the rules of the Institute. 

Area of Research

Energy:

Small hydro development: Small Hydropower Planning, investigations, designs, development, optimisation of generation, cost optimization, development of softwares for shp planning and designs, life assessment and life extension of existing shp equipment, design and performance testing of hydro turbines, erosion due to silt and cavitation in hydro turbines, Power System Planning & Operation; Control system development, Government policy, tariff analysis and regulatory aspects

Solar energy: Solar & wind Energy System Development; Solar photovoltaic system development; Solar thermal applications; Solar Air heaters and Solar thermal storages development

Bio energy: planning of natural resources, Biomass gasification; Biogas generation from agricultural wastes; Biodiesel production and utilization, stability of biodiesel and its blends.

Distributed Generation: Modeling of Integrated Renewable Energy and Hybrid Energy Systems, Reliability Assessment of Distributed Generation, Expansion Planning of Distributed Generation, Integration of Distributed Generation units with Distribution network, Smart Grid

GHG Emission: Green House Gas Emission (GHG) measurement and analysis, modeling

Energy conservation: Conservation of Energy in Electrical Network, Energy Auditing

Environment Management:

Environmental Management of Rivers and Lakes: Integrated Management of water bodies, Application of RS and GIS in Environment Management, Hydrology and Modeling of water bodies, Climate Change and Water Resources, Environmental/Ecological Flow Studies, Water Quality Mapping of Rivers, Aquatic Ecology, Biodiversity Index, Biodiversity Impact Assessment Indices, Waste Water Collection, Treatment and Disposal, Coastal Pollution Monitoring and Impact Assessment, Environmental Laws, Public Participation and Institutional Development, Project Formulation and Implementation; Planning and Management of Environmental Facility, Environment Impact Assessment, Monitoring and Auditing,

Research leading to Ph.D. degree

  • 17 Candidates completed/Awarded
  • 24 Candidates work is under progress (22 full time+ 2 part time)

 

A. Completed / Awarded

S.No
Name
Title
Date of registration
Year of completion
1. Siddharth Jain Stability studies of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas oil 01.01.2009
2012
2. Kanase-Patil Amarsingh Baburao Development of integrated renewable energy systems for remote area 08.01.2007
2011
3. Ajai Gupta Modelling of hybrid renewable energy system 24.07.2005
2010
4. Mamta Kumari Padhy Study of Silt Erosion on Pelton Turbine for a Small Hydro Power Plant 02.01.2006
2010
5. Vishavjeet Singh Hans Heat Transfer and Friction Characteristics of Multiple V-Rib Roughened Solar Air Heater 25.07.2006
2009
6. Sunil Kumar Singal Optimization of low head small hydro installations 07.08.2002
2009
7. Shankar Narain Mahato Analysis and Control of 3-Phase SEIG for single Phase Supply 27.07.2004
2008
8. Surender Kumar Saini Study of solar air heater with roughened absorber plates 15.01.2001
2008
9. Krishna Bihari Yadav Multiphase Induction Generator for Small Hydro Power Scheme 11.08.2003
2007
10. Nand Kishore Integrated control of small hydropower plants 03.01.2003
2006
11. Anurag Trivedi Performance analysis of induction, machines as seig for single phase isolated power supply 31.07.2002
2006
12. Ashok Kumar Akella Modeling of integrated renewable energy system 30.07.2002
2006
13. Ranjeet Singh Performance of packed bed energy storage system for solar air heaters 30.07.2002
2006
14. Eugene Fernandez Modelling on Integrated Energy System 1999
2004
15. Pawan Kumar Modi Voltage Stability Enenhancement     Using FACTSs Devices 19.07.2000
2003
16. Sajjan Pal Singh Analysis & Design Optimization of  Self Excited Cage Induction Generator 01.08.1990
1994
17. Sudhir K Sharma Studies on Bio gas Generation Using biomass feed stocks 30.07.1985
1990

 

B. Full Time

S.No
Name
Title
Date of registration
Date of comprehensive examination
1.
Harmeet Singh
Investigation on performance of a packed bed solar energy storage system
 25.07.2007
 18.09.2008
2.
Anil Kumar
Heat and fluid flow in solar air heater duct with multi V-shaped with gap
 24.07.2009
 06.12.2010
3.
Kawade Swati Manoharrao
Green house gas emission from fresh water reservoirs
 24.07.2009
 14.06.2010
4. Sachin Mishra Cost analysis of high head small hydro power projects  24.07.2009  08.12.2010
5. Gopiya Naik S (QIP) Distribution system planning with distributed generation  16.07.2010  -
6. Mohit Bansal (QIP) Integrated Renewable Energy System  16.07.2010  -
7. Javed Dhillon Scheduling of Wind-Hydro generation under power market  20.07.2010  -
8. Ila Dashora Inflow forecasting in small hydro power 30.12.2010 14.06.2012
9. Tabish Alam Solar energy utilization  31.12.2010  -
10. Raj Kumar Viral Optimal planning of distributed generation system  03.01.2011  -
11. Subho Upadhyay Hybrid Energy Systems 16.07.2012 -
12. VSKV Harish Load Side Management (Smart Grids) 16.07.2012 -
13. Gaurav Dwivedi Renewable Energy (Biodiesel) 16.07.2012 -
14. Ravi Kumar Small Hydro Power 16.07.2012 -
15. Sangram Bana Renewable Energy Systems 16.07.2012 -
16. Srinivasa Kishore T (QIP) Small Hydro Power 16.07.2012 -
17. Gohil Pankaj Kumar Paragbhai (QIP) Hydro Power (Turbine) 16.07.2012 -
18. Farhad Ilahi Bakhsh Renewable Energy Systems 17.07.2012 -
19. Kushal Manoharrao Jagtap Distributed Generation 17.07.2012 -
20. Anant Kr. Rai Problems due to silt in Hydro Power Plant 24.07.2012 -
21. Anurag Chauhan Renewable Energy Systems 23.07.2012 -
22. Amit Kumar Environmental Pollution of water bodies 26.07.2012 -

 

 C. Part Time

S.No
Name
Title
Date of registration
Date of comprehensive examination
1.
Mukesh Kumar Singhal
Optimal planning of medium head hydro power projects
10.12.2008
 -
2.
Shyam Narain Singh
Investigation of grid connected six phase IG used for SHP plants
30.12.2010
 -