IEEE Lecture on Innovation on Power Generation from Solar and Biowaste
It is my pleasure to introduce you to Prof. Hiranmay Saha, an eminent scientist and Sir S.S. Baral Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology Shibpur. Prof. Saha is visiting IIT Mandi on 17th August 2018 to deliver Innovation Lecture on "Ïnnovation on Power Generation from Solar and Biowaste". The lecture is organized at room no. A1-NKN, IIT Mandi on August 17, 2018 at 1700 hrs. The abstract of the talk and a brief biography of Prof. Saha is attached herewith for your kind consideration. I am sure his inspiring words on innovation will definitely create a spark in the young minds and nurture their creative faculties towards engineering innovation. Refreshments will be served after the talk.
See you all then.
Absstract:
Ensuring energy security by providing 24x7 electricity to rural and semi-urban sector is a major challenge in India and similar countries. Use of Distributed Energy Resources ( DER) utilising Renewable energy resources like Solar, Biomass, Wind etc in an integrated manner through a Microgrid Unit can in principle solve this problem. However interfacing the Microgrid with the existing utility and proper management and operation of this system is a major challenge at present. A small prototype of the proposed Microgrid comprising of Solar, Wind and Biomass generator has been designed and installed in the IIEST campus and has been running for about two years. The Biomass generator utilises the entire kitchen waste and table waste inside the IIEST campus, thus keeping the campus clean and delivering green energy from the Biowaste. A Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) is integrated in the Microgrid unit to ensure 24x7 energy security and availability of quality power on demand. Suitable Battery Management System for its integration with the Microgrid VRFB has also been designed and implemented.
Brief Bio:
Prof . Hiranmay Saha , born on January 4, 1946 , has been teaching and doing research for the last 50 years first in Kalyani University , then in Jadavpur University and finally in BESU( currently IIEST). Currently he is a Chair Professor and coordinator in the Centre of Excellence for Green Energy and Sensor Systems, in IIEST, Shibpur.
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His research interests are in solar cells and solar PV systems, porous silicon, gas and vapour sensors including MEMS and VLSI design. His Phd work submitted in 1975 was on Solar Cells and Systems. He has established one of the country’s first solar powered community TV centre at the village Charasarati near Kalyani University in 1978. He has also designed and helped implementation by OREDA of India’s one of the first Solar PV Power Plant ( 26 kWp) in 1988 at Lullung, Simplipal Forest in Orissa. Recently he has designed and helped implementation of the 500 KWp canal top Solar PV power plant at the EKO Park, NewTown, NKDA, Kolkata. He has also played a key role in developing the concept and specifications of solar lantern and its central charging station ( Indian patent).He has established a state of art lab for the fabrication and characterization of c-Si and a-Si solar cells and also on Solar PV systems at CEGESS, IIEST as the Principal Investigator of two major R&D Projects sponsored by DST and MNRE, GOI. He has also established a Smart Micro Grid Centre comprising of Solar, Wind and Biogas Generators and VRFB Battery System which was inauguratdby the President of India. He has published more than 300 papers in international and national journals and conferences, supervised the PhD thesis of 25 students, contributed chapters in research monograms on solar cell, sensor and PV systems. He holds 12 patents . He has received the prestigious PVSEC award for his outstanding contribution in Solar Photovoltaic systems.
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- A1 NKN, IIT Mandi
- Mandi, Himachal Pradesh
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- Co-sponsored by CH10219 - Delhi Section Jt. Chapter, PE31/IA34