Societal
Development
“The famous saying of Wangari Maathai,
“the environment and economy are really
both sides of the same coin; if we cannot
sustain the same environment we cannot sustain
ourselves”. At present scenario it
is highly essential to contribute towards
the sustainable environment. Society is
challenged with balancing our need for energy
with the desire to protect the environment
and human health. In this aspect the social
contributions made in the field of Energy
to create the sustainable environment are
highlighted”
1. Outreach and Extension Activities
a) Human Resource Development in Renewable
Energy:
Building a clean, sustainable environment
through large scale solar system implementation
requires huge potential of human resource.
Also, considering the large promotion towards
renewable resources by the state and central
government several training programs were
conducted for the social benefits. These programs
were targeted for academicians, students,
entrepreneur, technicians, and researchers.
Major Workshops
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Organized a workshop on ‘Thermal
Storage for Building Applications’
in association with “Pluss Polymers”
during February 2009.
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Organized Indo-German Workshop on ‘Recent
Developments in Large Scale Solar Thermal
Systems for Commercial Applications and
Green Buildings’ in association
with Gerindtec, Germany and Giz, Germany
during June 2011.
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Supported “International
Conference on Renewable Energy Climate
Change and Energy Management”
as organizing secretary at Hyaat Chennai
in association with FICCI during Janauary
2013.
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Organized
Indo-US Workshop on ‘Advances
in Solar Energy and Utilization –
Fast Forward with Solar Mission’
at Vivekanda Auditorium, Anna University
during April 2014.
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Organized
a workshop on ‘Advances
in Energy Storage for Energy Management
and Broader use of Renewable Sources’
at TAG Auditorium, Anna University during
March 2014.
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Organized
a one day workshop on “Solar
Energy Systems – Opportunities,
Challenges & Deployment”
on 31st October 2015 supported by UGC,
New Delhi.
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Organized
one day seminar on “Opportunities
and Challenges in Solar and Wind Energy
Technologies & Energy Storage “on
4th March 2017.
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Organized
5 batches of UGC sponsored awareness program
on “Opportunities in Solar
Energy Utilization” on
21.09.2017 at Thanthai Periyar Government
College of Technology, Vellore, , 26.09.2017
at GRT Engineering College, Tiruthani,
27.09.2017 Sri Sankara Senior Secondary
school, Adayar, & 28.09.2017 at Institute
of Engineers, Tamil Nadu State Centre
and University College, Kanchipuram.
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Co-ordinated
&organized a series of 4 days 'Training
programmes on ‘Solar Photovoltaic
System’ (13 Training Programs
between March 2014 to june 2014) at Institute
for Energy Studies, Anna University sponsored
by TEDA, Govt. of Tamil Nadu& UGC,
New Delhi (2014 – 15)
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Organized a 4 days training on “Fairconditioning
towards energy efficient buildings”
INDO
– GERMAN Workshop (22nd June, 2011)
International
Conference On Renewable Energy, Climate
Change And Energy Management, 2013
INDO
– US Workshop (7th& 8th of 2014)
International
Conference On Polygeneration 2015
National
Workshop Held In The Year Of 2015 On Solar
Energy Systems- Opportunities, Challenges
And Deployment
One
day workshop held in the year of 2009 on
thermal energy storage for energy efficient
buildings and solar applications.
National
Workshop Held In The Year Of 2014 On Advances
In Energy Storage For Energy Management
And Broader Use
Of Renewable Sources
A
Glimse Of Solarr Pv Awareness Andtrainingprogram
– 13 Nos Of 4days Trainingprogram
4
Days Training Program Held In The Year 2015
On Fair Conditioning – Towards Energy
Efficient Buildings
4
Days Training Program Held In The Year 2015
On Fair Conditioning – Towards Energy
Efficient Buildings
Interactions
among the researchers, academicians &
Students working in different part of the
country would be promoted and enhanced through
the conduct of seminars, workshops and conference.
This would enable multi and inter disciplinary
approach to address complex problems of
Clean Energy technologies.
b) Human Resource Development in
Computational Fluid Dynamics
CFD simulation is applied in various industries
in order to achieve flawless product designing
by combining computational tools and theory
of fluid dynamics. Introduction of CFD simulation
in the industrial system will be helpful
to achieve energy efficiency in various
systems. Some of the prime industries where
CFD simulation is frequently used are Aerospace
/ Aeronautics, Automotive or Automobile,
Building HVAC[(heating, ventilation, and
air conditioning), Chemical / Petrochemicals,
Energy / Power Generation, Manufacturing
/ Process Engineering, oil and gas industry,
Product Design and Optimization, Oil and
gas Industry, and Turbo Machinery, etc.
- Four
doctoral studies related to design of
compact heat exchangers, free cooling,
wind turbine wake studies, stratification
in thermal storage system were completed
using the advancements in CFD code FLUENT
Computational
Fluid Dynamics – Short term
Courses
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Optimized
baffle configuration for the spherical
header in a nuclear reactor in IGCAR,
kalpakkam and wake studies on wind turbine
for CWET using the software tool ANSYS
Fluent were carried out. The confidence
gained through 4 Ph.D. research in the
use of fluent software, 2 research projects
completed for IGCAR & CWET leads to
framing of syllabus for the conduct of
two weeks short term course.
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This effected the conduct of 30 short
term courses on CFD using ANSYS FLUENT
software, which benefited nearly 1000
engineering students across the state,
creating large scale awareness of CFD
among the engineering community leading
to large scale usage in the industries
in TamilNadu.
c) Training to Power Engineers (TANGEDCO
Engineers)
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Organized three days workshop on “Recent
Trends in Renewable Energy Technologies”
for TANGEDCO Engineers for a period of three
days in association with Appadurai Chair
from 19 Jan 2016- 21 Jan 2016.
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Organized three days short term training
course on “Emission control in Thermal
power plants for a period of four days in
association with Appadurai Chair for TANGEDCO
Engineers from 20th Jan – 23rd Jan
2017
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Organized three days short term training
course of “Challenges in Solar Energy
Utilization and adaptation of Thermal Power
Plants to Fluctuating Renewable Energies”
for a period of three days in association
with Appadurai Chair for TANGEDCO Engineers
from 25th Sep – 27th Sep 2017.
Training
to TANGEDCO Engineers- in association
with Appadurai chair for power systems
“Achievement
Award”
Honoured by Appadurai
Chair for power systems, Anna University,
towards training the power engineers (TANGEDCO)
– Human Resource Development Activities
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