Projects & Workshops
Green Refrigeration System using Solar Energy
Status :- Successfully completed
Team Lead :- Dr.P.G.K.Murthy
- Grant Body: Royal Academy of Engineering, London, UK under Newton Bhabha Fund
- Amount of Grant : GBP 49,000 (INR 41,26,630)
- Project Period : April 2017 to August 2019
Parul University (Lead University )
Larsen & Toubro (Indian Industry Partner )
University of Surrey , London , UK ( UK Academic Partner )
- Dr. S. F. Xavier(Director – Research)
- Dr. Unnati Joshi , Dean, Faculty of Engineering
- Mr. Arjun Vyas, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology
- Mr. Dhavalsinh Sodha , Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology
- Mr. Mohsin Dadi, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology
- Mrs. Rital Gajjar , Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology
- Mr. Devang Shah, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Parul Institute of Technology
- Mr. Rajen Pandya, Head, L&T Power Training Institute Co-Lead
- Mr. R. K. Kushwaha , DGM (E&I) , L&T Power
- Mr. Somnath Kundu, Joint General Manager (Head of Engineering ), L&T Sargent & Lundy Ltd
- Mr. Yogendra Mishra, Senior DGM & Group Head – Mechanical Department, L&T Sargent & Lundy Ltd
- Mr. Pius Kumar, DGM –Head Mechanical System Design-CCDP, L&T Sargent & Lundy Ltd
- Mr. Satish S. Jadav, Manager (Thermal Power R&D), L&T Power
- Mr.Maulik Patel, Sr. Engineer, L&T Sargent & Lundy Ltd
- Prof. Dr. Ravi P. Silva, Distinguished Professor and Director, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, London, UK. Co-Lead
Objectives of The Project:
Carrying out research to Reduce Conventional Electricity Consumption in refrigeration and air conditioning system by using solar energy sources: The main aim of this research is to make eco-friendly cooling system.
- As its solar energy renewable in nature , though initial cost may be high but still we can save fossil fuels and also make the system eco-friendly.
- The present study is part of a project in solar energy utilization, aimed at the development of one or more prototype units demonstrating the usefulness and economic viability of solar energy for the designed purposes, The specific objective of the argument is to identify an area of solar energy utilization useful to the developing countries of Asia, and further, to select: a suitable device for development further. There are numbers of different combinations can be done in the significant research to achieve cost reductions as the conventional one has advantage in pricing.
Students Involvement in the Project
Participation of Students of Parul Institute of Technology : During year 2017-18, 33 students of B.Tech and 2 students of M .Tech and during 2018-19 , 40 students of B.Tech and 2 students of M .Tech tool active part in the project. Students are mentored by not only faculty members of PU but also by professionals of L&T . Their performance is reviewed and given certificates of appreciation and cash wards to top ranking projects of B.Tech and M.Tech.
Publications
Faculty Members and Students published /presented 8 research papers in peer reviewed journals and presented 5 research papers at International and National Conferences.
Visit of PU’s Team and L&T Representative to University of Surrey and RAE, London
Prof.Rital Gajjar and Prof. Arjun Vyas, Faculty Members of Parul Institute of Technology led by Mr.Ram Singh Kusuwaha of DGM, L&T Power visited Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey and Royal Academy of Engineering, UK during November 2018 and has rich experience of visiting most advanced labs and interactions with top notch experts like Dr. Jose Anguita, Dr.. Ravi Mishra, Dr. Steven ,Dr. Ravi Mishra,Prof.Prasanth Kumar at University of Surrey and with Mr. Shaarad Sharma, Program Manager (International ) and Mr. Tim, RAE Fellow at Royal Academy of Engineering, London, UK.
Workshops and Dissemination of Knowledge
Under the project, we have organized 12 workshops and 1019 students and Faculty Members of 24 Engineering Colleges affiliated to 6 universities and 77 professionals from 6 companies participated.
Participation of Students of Parul Institute of Technology
During year 2017-18, 33 students of B.Tech and 2 students of M .Tech and during 2018-19 , 40 students of B.Tech and 2 students of M .Tech tool active part in the project. Students are mentored by not only faculty members of PU but also by professionals of L&T . Their performance is reviewed and given certificates of appreciation and cash wards to top ranking projects of B.Tech and M.Tech.
Students of both B.Tech and M.Tech mentored by both Faculty Members of Parul University and L&T undertook experiments and simulation studies. They also undertook visits to Munisevashram, Goraj, Waghodia, in district of Vadadora in Gujarat,India. where, lunch and dinner were made using two Solar Scheffler dishes.
Prominent Experiments by Students Teams
- Experimental Investigation on Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Collector Using Al2O3 Nano Fluid.
- Evaluation of metal foam absorber for the enhancement in heat transfer.
- Dual Axis Tracking Of Solar PV System With IoT Based Monitoring.
- Performance of Water Heating and Distillation Using Fresnel Lens Solar Collector
Workshops Green Refrigeration System
17th August, 2018
18th August 2017
23rd November, 2017
30th December, 2017
13th April, 2018
27th September, 2018
21nd December, 2018
8th February, 2019
22nd March, 2019
30th March, 2019
24th April, 2019