This book presents the select proceedings of the first International Conference on Energy and Materials Technologies (ICEMT) 2021, organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, India. It covers the recent technologies in two broad thematic areas: energy and materials. Various topics covered in this book include hybrid energy, advanced energy systems, energy management, energy policy, geothermal, nuclear energy, bio-energy, waste to energy, power plants, and automotives. The book will be useful for students, researchers, and professionals in the area of mechanical engineering, especially various domains of energy.
Table of Content
Performance Improvement of Compound Parabolic Collector Using Dual Receivers.- Experimental and therotical analysis of Ca Cl2 liquid desiccant system with solar Regeneration.- Experimental analysis of Interfacial Evaporation utilizing solar and electrically driven systems.- Effect of perforated tube insert on thermal behavior of flat plate solar water collector.- Effect of Parking Direction and Radiation Shields On The indoor Cabin Environment of A Stationary Passenger Car: Experimental Study.- An Extended Boost Topology of Z-Source Inverter Suitable for PV Interfacing.- 31-Level RCC Multilevel Inverter for Photovoltaic System Interfacing.- Synthesis and characterization of Nio/Cuo/Fe2O3 multi-layered structure for Photovoltaic applications.- Binary Decision Diagram Model based Reliability Prediction of PV Powered Quasi Z-source Inverter.- Hybrid Boost Converter for AC and DC Loads Using PV System.
About the author
Dr. N. Lakshmi Narasimhan is currently serving as Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Tamil Nadu, India. He has about 20+ years of academic experience and play an active role in strengthening the industry–institute interactions at SSNCE. He obtained his Ph.D. from IIT Madras, India, specializing in cryogenic mixed refrigerant coolers (cryocoolers). He did his Masters, M.S. (by research) from Anna University, Chennai, specializing in thermal energy storage. He has published about 18 research papers in international journals of high repute and 15 international conference papers. He is a recipient of awards from both industries and academia for his joint industrial R&D and academic research. He has carried out consultancy projects for reputed industries. He is a life member of the IEI (India) and National Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power. His areas of research include cryogenic refrigerators, heat transfer, thermal energy storage, electronic cooling, and Li-Ion battery thermal management.
Professor Vasudevan Raghavan received his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in 2004 and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow and research assistant professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for around three years before joining IIT Madras as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He is currently working as Professor at IIT Madras. He has been working on transient two-phase numerical modeling of isolated droplet vaporization and combustion, renewable fuels, flame spread over liquid fuel pools, detailed chemical kinetics studies on homogeneous and heterogeneous flames, simulations of non-reactive and reactive particle laden flows, and coal and biomass gasification and combustion. He has authored more than 150 peer-reviewed journal and conference articles. He has guided 11 Ph.Ds. and 18 M.S. scholars till date. He is in the editorial board of Fire Safety Journal.
Dr. Mahmoud Bourouis is currently a permanent professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the National Polytechnic School of Toulouse in France. His major areas of research interests include absorption heat pumps, heat and mass exchangers, energy conversion systems, and renewable energies. He has published over 70 indexed papers. Currently, he is an editorial board member of the International Journal MDPI-Energies (Section “Energy and Environment”).
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