Projects & Workshops

To Reduce Water Consumption and Optimize Efficiency of Thermal Power Plants by Using Air Cooled Condensers

Status :- Successfully completed

Team Lead :- Dr.P.G.K.Murthy

Collaborators

Objectives of The Project

Members of PU Team

Members from L&T

Members from University of Surrey

Collaborators

Objectives of The Project

Members of PU Team

Members from L&T

Members from University of Surrey

Students Involvement in the Project :

During the year 2016-17 32 students of B.Tech and 5 students of M .Tech took active part in the project. During the year 2017-18, 25 students of B.Tech and 2 students of M .Tech took active part in the project. Many of these students were very well placed. Details of Students are furnished @ Students’ Projects were critically reviewed by experts from L&T.

Publications

Faculty Members and Students published /presented 13 research papers in reputed journals and International and National Conferences. Research Paper titled “Computational Assessment of the Performance of an Air Cooled Condenser Fan at different Blade Pitch Angles and Speeds” presented by Harsimran Kassowal, Rutvesh Rathod, Sunny Patel, Karan Panchal students of BE (Mechanical Engineering) guided by Prof.Jay Sudani secured Best Paper Presentation at 6th International Conference on “Advances in Energy Research” (ICAER 2017) held at IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai from 12-14 December, 2017.

Publications Details

Sr.No	Title	Authors	Publication details	Status	CumulativeNo
Prof.Seema Niahalani
1	Emissions Control Technologies for thermal power plants	Seema Nihalani, Jayesh Juremalani & Yogendra Mishra	ICRAMMCE 2017 IOP Publishing IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 330 (2018) 012122, Scopus Indexed	Published doi:10.1088/1757- 899X/330/1/012122	1
2	Emissions Control Technologies for thermal power plants	Seema Nihalani, Jayesh Juremalani & Yogendra Mishra	International Conference On Recent Advances in Materials, Mechanical and Civil Engineering ICRAMMCE-2017 during 1-2 June’2017	Executive summary published in proceeding	2
3	Water Conservation Using Air Cooled Condensers In Large Thermal Power Plants	Seema Nihalani & Yogendra Mishra	3rd International Conference On “Bioenergy, Environment & Sustainable Technologies - Best2017" during January 23-25, 2017	Executive summary Published in conference proceeding	3
4	Water Conservation Using Air Cooled Condensers In Large Thermal Power Plants	Seema Nihalani & Yogendra Mishra	International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, Inder Science Publication, Scopus (Elsevier) Indexed	Under review	4
5	Fly-ash handling and management in thermal power plants	Seema Nihalani & Yogendra Mishra	Integrated Solid Waste Management Practices in Developing Countries during Date: April 11-12, 2017, Venue Venue: CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI), Nehru Marg, Nagpur, 440020 (India)	Abstract published in soveneir	5
Dr.Suhasini M Kulkarni
1	A Review on Optimization of Air Cooled Condenser Super Structure	Sanish Panchal and Dr.Suhasini M Kulkarni	International Journal of Advanced Engineering and Research Development Vol 4 Issue 6 , June 2017.PP311-314	Published	6
2	A State of Art Review on Optimization of Material and Construction of Air Cooled Condenser Super Structure	Navroz and Suhasini Kulkarni	International Journal of Advanced Engineering and Research Development Vol 4 Issue 6 , June 2017.79-82	Published	7
3	Behaviour of Single Pylon of Air Cooled Condenser Support Structure under Seismic and Wind Forces.	Sanish Panchal, Kushang Prajapati and Dr.Suhasini M Kulkarni	1st International Conference on Engineering Vibration, Communication and Information Processing (ICoEVCI-2018) and for publication in the conference proceedings published by Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE) Series of Springer.	Under publication in Springer	8
4	Optimization of Material and Construction Cost of Steel for Super Structure of Air Cooled Condensers	Navroz, Dr Suhasini M Kulkarni, Dr V P Parekh and Kushang Prajapati	Parul University International Conference on Engineering & Technology (PiCET-2018): Smart Construction	Published	9
5	A Review on Optimization of Air Cooled Condenser Support Structure	Kushang Prajapati and Dr Suhasini M Kulkarni	Parul University International Conference on Engineering & Technology (PiCET-2018): Smart Construction	Published	10
Prof. Jitendra Kumar Chauhan
1	A Critical Review on Operating Condition for the Performance of Air Cooled Condenser Used in Thermal Power Plant	Rakshit Parikh and Jitendra Kumar Chauhan	International Journal of Advanced Engineering and Research Development Vol 4 Issue 6, June 2017.245-250	Published	11
2	A Calculation Model for the Optimization of Turbine BackPressure in Air Cooled Condenser	Vishal Mistry , Jitendra Kumar Chauhan and Sanjoy Paul	International Journal of Advanced Engineering and Research Development Vol 5 Issue 4 , April 2018.1089- 1095	Published	12
Prof. Sanjoy Paul
1	A Review on Performance Analysis of an Air Cooled Condensers to Improve Heat Transfer Rate	Ankit Desai and Sanjopy Paul	International Conference on Ideas, Impact and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering (ICIIIME 2017) Volume: 5 Issue: 6	Published	13
Prof. Jay Sudani
1	Computational Assessment of the Performance of an Air Cooled Condenser Fan at different Blade Pitch Angles and Speeds	Jay Sudani, Harsimran Kassowal, Rutvesh Rathod, Sunny Patel, Karan Panchal and S.F. Xavier	6th International Conference on "Advances in Energy Research" (ICAER 2017) held at IIT Bombay	Best Paper Award	14
2	Computational Assessment of the Performance of an Air Cooled Condenser Fan against the Resistance offered by FinTube Bundle	J.A. Sudani, S.J. Patel, HS.J. Kassowal, R.S. Rathod , K.S. Panchal , S.F. Xavie	INAE Letters (Springer)	Under Review	15
Prof.Deepa Karvat
1	A Review of Air Cooled Condenser in Thermal Power Plant : An Electrical Perspective	Deepa Karvat and Falguni Bhavsar	Parul University International Conference on Engineering and Technology : Smart Engineering ISBN-13 : 978-93-87572-68-3 ISBN-10 : 93-87572-68-4	Published in Conference Proceedings	16

Visit of PU’s Team and L&T Co-Lead to University of Surrey and RAE, London :

Prof.Sanoy Paul and Prof.Jay Sudani, Faculty Members in Department of Mechanical Engineering of Parul Institute of Engineering and Technology led by Mr.Rajen Pandya of L&T visited Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey and Royal Academy of Engineering, UK during September 2017 and has rich experience of visiting most advanced labs and interactions with top notch experts like Dr. John Chew, Dr Richard Murphy and Dr. Jhuma Sadhukhan .

Workshops and Dissemination of Knowledge

Under the project, we have organized 17 workshops and about 1800 participants represented by 8 Universities , 30 colleges and 10 companies participated and got the advantage of knowledge shared by experts from L&T, University of Surrey and many other outstanding institutions like IITs, NITs, PDPU etc. Dr.Sanjay Mittal, Head, National Wind Tunnel Facility , IIT Kanpur was expert speaker in a Workshop. Feedback from participants have been excellent in almost all Workshops. We also organized Workshops at L&T, PDPU and ADIT. Details are furnished @ Excel Sheet.

Participation of Team Lead in Visiting Professors’ Conference held in London and Visited University of Surrey :

Dr.P.G.K.Murthy, Team Lead was Special Invitee and a Member of a Panel in Visiting Professors Annual Conference being organized by Royal Academy of Engineering held in London from 9th to 11th Nov 2016. He also visited University of Surrey and had meaningful discussions with Prof. Dr. Ravi P. Silva and his colleagues at Advanced Technology Institute.

Poster Presentation of the Project at the Industry- Academia Symposium on ‘Working in Systems not Silos: Driving Growth and Innovation through Industry Academia Partnerships’ organized by Panjab University, in association with Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), U.K. and DIPP, GOI at Chandigarh on 16th and 17th April 2018: Dr. P G K Murthy, Team Lead participated on invitation in the Symposium and showcased the Project on Air Cooled Condensers. .Dr.Anil K Sahasrabuddhae, then Chiarman , AICTE, Government of India evinced keen interest in our project. Representatives of Royal Academy of Engineering, London UK also shown keen interest in the project at the Symposium.

Annual Celebrations of Royal Academy Project of Parul University with L&T and University of Surrey

Parul University jointly with L&T and University of Surrey , UK orgainzed Annual Celebrations of Royal Academy of Engineering Project on “ To reduce water consumption and optimize operating efficiency of Thermal Power Plants using Air Cooled Condensers” on 9th July 2017 at Baroda. In the celebrations, 32 students of BE and 5 students of M.Tech who were part of the project during 2016-17 led by team of faculty members and Team Lead Dr.P.G.K.Murthy and Dr.Devanshu Patel, President and Dr.Geetika Madan Patel, Trustee of Parul University and Snior Officials of L&T led by Shri. B K Basu along with Dr.Ravi Silva, Director, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey participated. 32 students of BE and 5 students of M.Tech who were part of the project during 2016-17 were felicitated with Certificates on 11th July 2017 at L&T Power Training Institute.

Projects & Workshops

To Reduce Water Consumption and Optimize Efficiency of Thermal Power Plants by Using Air Cooled Condensers

Status :- Successfully completed

Team Lead :- Dr.P.G.K.Murthy

Students Involvement in the Project :

Publications

Visit of PU’s Team and L&T Co-Lead to University of Surrey and RAE, London :

Workshops and Dissemination of Knowledge

Participation of Team Lead in Visiting Professors’ Conference held in London and Visited University of Surrey :

Annual Celebrations of Royal Academy Project of Parul University with L&T and University of Surrey

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