Component 8 Research & Innovation Colleges

Component 8 Research & Innovation

Colleges

Sl. No.	Name of the College	Year of Establishment	Research, Innovation & Quality Improvement
			2015 -16	2016 -17	Total (in lakh)
1.	Queen Mary's College, Chennai – 600004	1914	83	483	566
2.	Government Arts College, Udhagamandalam - 643 002.	1956	34	248	282
3.	Periyar Arts College, Cuddalore – 607 001.	1964	62	103	165
4.	Kunthavai Naachiar Government Arts college, Thanjavur 7.	1966	45	13	58
5.	Rani Anna Government Arts college for Women, Tirunelveli	1970	43	76	119
		Total	267	923	1190

Universities

S. No	ITEMS	Page No(s)
1	Part – A – Synopsis of Proposal	3
2	Part – B Detailed Research Proposal	11
	1. Aims & academic significance including quality improvement under project	11
	2. Plan of works & techniques to be used	14
	3. Time table or milestones	19
	4. Deliverables	20
	5. Address of three industries of interest	20
	6. Publications	20
	7. List of awards & honours	22

Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyam Ministry of Human Resource Development,

Department of Higher Education Government of India Synopsis of Proposal

For Support to Base Research, Key Technology (R&D)

1. Institute to administer thegrant

ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI

* Attach recognition/affiliation certificate.

2. Project title

Sustainable Energy Technologies - Efficient renewable energy power generation with energy storage for sustainable smartgrid.

3. General area of the proposed research

Animal Sciences & Biotechnology Earth Sciences Engineering Sciences Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Mathematical Sciences Medical Sciences Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Physical Sciences Plant Sciences Disaster Preparedness *

* If any other area, please specify

4. 
   Principal Investigator(PI):
   

Title: Dr. Name: R. Velraj		Sex: M
c. Full Official Address	Dr. R. VELRAJ, Professor, Institute for Energy Studies, College of Engineering (CEG), Anna University, Chennai- 600 025.
Mobile/ Telephone Fax, E-mail	9962537765/044-22357600 044-22351991, [e-mail]/ [e-mail]
d. Position	Professor & Director
e. Date of Birth	07/07/1965
f. Highest DegreeUniversity/Institute Date	Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD); Anna University, Chennai 03/09/1999
g. Total time to be devoted to project ( in man months per year)	5 months

4. 
   Other participants (give name, address, and highest qualification for each of the Co- Principal Investigator) (CO-I):
   

1. Dr. J. Kumar Professor Crystal growth centre Anna University Chennai – 600 025	2. Dr. P. Ramamurthy Professor and Head, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai- 600 005.
3. Dr. V. Balasubramanian, Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University, Chidambaram	4. Dr. B. Umamaheshwari, Chairman, Faculty of Electrical Engg., Anna University, Chennai- 600 025.

4. 
   Research support availed/being availed/applied for by the PI from different sources, during the last six years:
   

Grant agency	Title of the project and reference number	Duration (from mm/yy to mm/yy)	Percentage of time devoted /being devoted /to be devoted, in man months	Amount in lakh (Rs.)
DST (Department of Science & Technology)	Role of Nano technology in augmenting thermal performance of solar collector system integrated with PCMbased thermal energy storage system for space cooling applications. (DST/TM/SERI/FR/96(G) dated 28/05/2015)	05/2015 to 04/2018 (Ongoing)	2 months/annum	61
MNRE (Ministry of New and Renewable Energy)	Investigations on small capacity wind turbine with compresses air energy storage system. (File no. 24/3/2014-SWES (R&D) dated 07/08/2014)	08/2014 to 08/2016 (Ongoing)	2 months/annum	45.32
UGC-UKERI (Indo-UK Joint Project)	Performance enhancement of solar water heater integrated with latent heat thermal storage system using nano- enhanced phase change materials. (F.NO.184/2014(IC)-30 dated 19/07/2015)	07/2014 to 06/2016 (Ongoing)	1 month/annum	11.5
IGCAR (Indira Gandhi Centre of Atomic Research)	Baffle configuration for primary sodium spherical header of future FBR. (IGC/ACCTS- TNC/ANNA283/2012 dated 30/04/2012)	05/2012 to 12/2013 (Completed)	2 months/annum	10

DRDO (Defence Research & Development Organization)	Effectivethermal management system for solid state laser devices using thermal energy storage technology. (Proceedings No.367/CTDT-2/2012 dated 29/05/2013)	05/2012 to 04/2013 (Completed)	1.5 months/annum	10
CWET (Centre for Wind Energy Technology)	Wind turbine CFD modelling and analysis. (CWET/WRA/061/2010-11 dated 29/11/2010)	11/2011 to 10/2012 (Completed)	1.5 months/annum	7
DST BMBF (Indo -German Co-operation project)	Phase change material based thermal storage system for solar airheating applications. (INT/FRG/BMBF/P- 44/2008 dated 06/02/2008)	02/2008 to 01/2010 (Completed)	3 months/annum	7.56

4. 
   Proposed Budget:
   

Budget items	Amount Requested in Rs (Lakhs)		Grand total (Rs in Lakhs)
	1^styear (3 Months)	2^ndYear (12 Months)
Equipment	1687.50	2080.00	3767.50
Man power ( 19 JRF 6 Technical Assistant)	22.12	88.50	110.62
Contingency	30.00	170.00	200.00
University overhead charges (5% of total)	91.56	123.08	214.64
Total	1831.18	2461.58	4292.76

DETAILED JUSTIFICATION FOR EQUIPMENT
Name of the Equipment		Justification	Approximate Cost (in Lakhs)
Anna University, Chennai
Real time smart grid simulator with necessary hardware and software	To evaluate performance of power networks integrating renewable power generation and storage technologies through hardware/software simulation and benchmark against real cases.			300.00
Climatic Simulator with necessary measuring and control units	To test facility for air conditioner performance with the airflow, capacity, power consumption to evaluate Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER), coefficient of performance. Performance evaluation of solar PV modules at various simulated ambientconditions.			175.00
Solar PV simulator	To test variety of samples including solar cells under controlled, repeatable, laboratory condition			125.00
High speed camera with charge coupled device (CCD)	To capture the thermal imaging of rapid events in anyheat transfer equipment			80.00
Thermal property analyser	Measurement of thermal properties of the selected materials at various operating temperature conditions.			45.00
CAES Unit, Thermal Storage Unit, Fabrication / TES real time simulator with Integration of PV power generation Unit along with suitable controls, instruments and SCADA monitoring	The system includes both hot and cool thermal energy storage unit fabrication with necessary hot/cold, flow meters, temperature sensors, pressure transmitters, PLC controllers and data acquisitionsystems.			150.00
Dilution Tunnel for particulate measurement	To measure the particulate emission as BS norms			300.00
Closed loop control of automotive CI engine through PC based virtual instrumentation	To evaluate the combustion performance and emission parameters in CI Engine			200.00
FID Analyser	To measure the hydrocarbon emission from theengine			45.00
Multipurpose thermo-fluid simulation tools	To simulate the combustion parameters			25.00
Centralized Data Management System	To connect various stakeholders in energy through cloud computing and establishment of required sever and other infrastructure facility			717.50
Bharathidasan University, Trichy
Single crystal X – ray diffractometer		To characterise the synthesised materials		150.00

Annamalai University, Chidambharam
Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) System	For developing nano-coatings on energy production systems for enhancing efficiency	175.00
RF Magnetron Sputtering (RFMS) System	For developing nano-coatings on energy production and storage systems for enhancingefficiency	125.00
Electron Beam Physical Vapour Deposition (EBPVD) System	For developing nano-coatings on energy storage systems for improving storage capacity	100.00
Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying (CGDS) System with Spray Drier	For developing nano-coatings on energy transmission systems for reducing losses	100.00
Alagappa University, Karaikudi
X-ray Photoemission Spectrometer	Characterization of Polymer surfaces, Catalysts, Semiconductors, Dielectric materials, Magnetic media and Thin film coatings	200.00
Atomic Force Microscope (multi-mode)	Topographical Analysis, Thin Layer Depth and RMS Roughness Calculations of the functionalmaterials	70.00
Spray Pyrolysis Deposition system with complete solar cell fabrication set up	To prepare the anode and cathode materials for the Dye Sensitized Solar Cells	210.00
Transferred Arc Plasma reactor based PVD	Manufacturing of Nano-semiconductor	100.00
MSU, Tirumelveli
SOFC Test Section (1 x 20)	Cell performance study of single cell - I-V measurements, power characteristics, current densities andvoltage		65.00
Accelerated surface area and porosimetery system	Adsorption – desorption isotherm to estimate pore volume and pore size distribution innano-system,		40.00
Madras University, Chennai
Femtosecond Pump-probe spectrometer	To study the charge injection dynamics at the interfaces		300.00
Solar Cell Analysis System I-V curve measurement system	To measure the solar cell efficiency.		50.00
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
High End Computers with necessary processing hardware and software	Development of business models		30.00

Contingencies (University wise) & Justification

S. No	Name of the University	Justification	Approximate Cost (in Lakhs)
1.	Anna University, Chennai	To meet Travel towards the data collection, Participation & conduct of workshop / conferences, Conduct of group meetings / review meetings Consumables for research requirements Stationeries & Other office expenditures Hospitality expenditures	75.00
2.	Annamalai University, Chidambaram		30.00
3.	Madras University, Chennai		30.00
4.	Alagappa University, Karaikudi		25.00
5.	Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli		20.00
6.	M.S. University, Tirunelveli		20.00
Total			200.00

Manpower (University wise)

S. No	Name of the University	No. of JRFs	Approximate Cost (in Lakhs)
1.	Anna University, Chennai	9 JRF	43.87
2.	Annamalai University, Chidambaram	3 JRF	14.62
3.	Madras University, Chennai	2 JRF	9.75
4.	Alagappa University, Karaikudi	2 JRF	9.75
5.	Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli	2 JRF	9.75
5.	M.S. University, Tirunelveli	1 JRF	4.87
Sub-total (A)		19 JRF	92.62
S. No	Name of the University	No. of TA	Approximate Cost (in Lakhs)
1.	Anna University, Chennai	4 TA	12.00
2.	Madras University, Chennai	1 TA	3.00
3.	Annamalai University, Chidambaram	1 TA	3.00
Sub-total (A)		6 TA	18.00
TOTAL(A+B)			110.62

4. 
   Available Institutional facilities for the research (with the Investigators department)
   

Anna University, Chennai	Alagappa University, Karaikudi
PARABOLIC Trough collector with mechanical tracking type	Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
Digital power Analyzer 1 for AC & DC 3 input element	Fourier Transmission InfraredSpectroscopy
Solar PV Grid Tied Training system	CHNSO Elemental Analyser
IAQ multifunction meter	X-Ray Powder Diffractometer
High Resolution X ray DiffractionSystem	Atomic Force Microscope
FTIR Spectrometer withimaging	Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope*
Scanning Electron Microscope	Real Time PCR
Photo Luminescence System	FPLC
X ray Powder Diffracto meter	HPLC
Laser Raman Spectrophotometer	Inverted Fluorescent Microscope
Friction stir welding machine	PL Spectrometer With LN2
Annamalai University, Chidambharam	Trinocular Microscope with cooled Digital Camera
Atmospheric Plasma Spraying System	Sputtering Machine
High Velocity Oxy Fuel Spraying	Photoacoustic Spectrometer
Thermal Cycling Furnace	FE-SEM
High Temperature Tubular SinteringFurnace	Binocular (20)
Cold Metal Transfer Arc Welding Machine	MALDI-Tof
CNC Friction Stir Welding Machine	UV – Visible Spectrometer
High Temperature Diffusion BondingMachine
Linear Friction Welding Machine	Bharathidasan University,Tiruchirappalli
Robotic Laser Beam Welding Machine	Closed cycle Refrigerator System
Servo Hydraulic Fatigue Testing Machine	Cluster servers
Scanning Electron Microscope with EDS and EBSD	Atomic Force Microscope
Madras University, Chennai	Powder diffractometer (Procurement under progress)
Spectrophotometers	Scanning Electron Microscope
Spectrofluorimeters	Binocular (20) and Trinocular Microscope with cooled Digital Camera
Electrochemical systems	Sputtering Machine
FT IR spectrophotometers	Photoacoustic Spectrometer
Confocal Fluorescence Microscope with multi- photon imaging	FE-SEM
300 MHz NMR facility	Atomic Force Microscopy
Counting Spectrometer(TCSPC)	MALDI-Tof
Nd-YAG Laser Flash Photolysisspectrometer	UV – Visible Spectrometer and FTIR
Excimer Laser
Time resolved FT-IRspectrophotometer
FemtoUpconversion spectrometer

PART B

DETAILED RESEARCH PROPOSAL

1. 
   Aims and academic significance including quality improvement under project
   

Need of the Project

The International Energy Agency (IEA) report says that electricity consumption in India is expected to increase around 2280 Billion kWh by 2021-22 and around 4500 Billion kWh by 2031-32. It is evident that energy management & energy efficiency and use of renewable energy have an important role to play in national energy strategy and this will become a key part of solution and is likely to play an increasingly important role for augmentation of grid power, providing energy access, reducing consumption of fossil fuels & helping India to pursue its low carbon developmental pathway. Moreover, Tamilnadu has emerged as a major hub for renewable energy based power generation over the last decade. In the present Tamilnadu Energy scenario one-third of its installed capacity comes from renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Harnessing local renewable energy sources could yield important economic development for the state and the country. In order to overcome the above mentioned challenges and to make our electricity grid more secure, reliable highly adaptive, accessible and stable, we are in an urge to move towards sustainable, energy technologies. It is observed as per present scenario, renewable grid capacity has increased more than 5 times in a span of 8 years. Further, inter and trans-disciplinary research contributions are needed to build a sustainable and secured energy system in the state and in the country. Considering the above major challenges in renewable energy generation, distribution and pressing vital societal needs of our country, the eminent researchers in the state who can contribute in the areas of i) Novel functional Energy material development ii) Manufacturing & Surface modification capability in various engineering systems iii) Development of Energy efficient storage system for better turnaround efficiency iv) Development of new monitoring and control strategies in Renewable Energy integration and distribution system towards the establishment of smart grid are to be amalgamated to attain the energy security & independence.

Previous Research Track Record

The Institute for Energy Studies (IES) at Anna University (AU) was established as an autonomous centre in the year of 1999 by integrating 3 centres of excellence. The government of Tamilnadu provided substantial funding for establishing the Institute. The Institute provides support for the integration of engineering higher education with its energy related research activities, conducts research on new technologies for the efficient harnessing of renewable energy, and serves industry by providing consultancy in renewable energy, energy conservation and management. Recently the Institute received a grant of INR 27 m from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for a renewable energy chair, doctorate and postgraduate fellowships and to strengthen the renewable energy systems laboratory facilities. During the last two years the research activities has been increased several folds and 30 full time research scholars are pursuing research in the field of renewable energy and other energy applications.

A team lead by Dr. R. Velraj, Professor & Director, Institute for Energy Studies, Anna University along with the four Co-PI from three different Universities, encompassing thirty four eminent researchers from multi- disciplinary research areas from 6 different Universities in TamilNadu has been formed to carry out the proposed research. Team members have significant research track records in the complimentary areas of functional materials development, Renewable Power generation, Thermal energy storage, compressed air energy storage Advanced surface modification methods, electrical power networks, control strategies and smart grid. The team has the required expertise and skills to bring about a step change of knowledge in the proposed research area through the integration of multi-disciplinary research.

Prof R. Velraj (RV), Principal investigator of this project, presently Director, IES, Anna University holds PhD in Energy Storage for solar applications. He has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience. His areas of interest include thermal energy storage, Solar and wind applications, CFD and heat exchangers. He has published more than 120 research papers in international journals. He has completed

several funded research and consultancy projects. He has successfully supervised 25 Ph.D. candidates and is involved in consultancy work in the area of energy applications.

Prof J. Kumar (JK), is the Director of Centre for Technology and Development Transfer (CTDT), AU and Professor of Crystal Growth Centre, AU. He has more than 25 years of teaching and research experience. His areas of research include semiconductor crystal, MOCVD and biosensor. He has successfully supervised more than 20 Ph.D. candidates and published over 150 papers in peer-reviewed international journals. He has received several awards from state and central government. He has completed more than 25 funded projects and is involved in consultancy works in his researcharea.

Dr. P. Ramamurthy, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry is presently heading the Department of Inorganic Chemistry and National Centre of Ultrafast Processes as Director. He has twenty eight years of research and teaching experience in the University of Madras. He visited France as Post-Doctoral fellow and as visiting scientist. He is working in the area of Photochemistry, Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Nano-materials and Photonics. He has contributed to science publishing 105 research articles in very high impact factor journals. He has generated more than Rs.7 Crores through 13 funded projects to the University of Madras. He is a recipient of many recognitions like UGC Career Award, Tamil Nadu Scientist Award, FNASc.

Dr. V. Balasubramanian is working currently as Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Annamalai University, TamilNadu. He obtained his Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai in 2000. He has 23 years of teaching experience and 18 years of research experience. He has published more than 250 papers in SCOPUS indexed Journals and his ‘h’ index is 25. He has supervised 18 Ph.D scholars and has completed 25 R&D projects worth of Rs. 10 crores. His areas of interest are: Materials Joining, Surface Engineering andNano-materials.

Prof B. Umamaheshwari (UM) is the Chairman for Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, AU. Her areas of research include control systems, electrical machines, power electronic drives and digital control. She played a key role in research and development of ANUSAT (Anna University Microsatellite), the first ever Indian University satellite; designed and developed by the students and faculty members of AU. It is also the first satellite in India to be built and operated by any organisation other than ISRO. She has published more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed international journals and is an active researcher in her fields of interest.

This team will gain significantly in its capabilities by bringing together the diverse expertise and skills of the academic and also industrial partners. The beneficiaries TANGEDCO and TEDA are owned by Govt. of Tamilnadu. TANGEDCO is involved in promoting the coordinated development of Generation and Distribution of electricity within the state in most efficient and economical manner whereas TEDA is involved in promoting the renewable energy technologies to the community. Larsen & Toubro is a major technology enterprise in the field of engineering, construction, manufacturing, financial services and recently ventured in the field of Renewable Energy conglomerate with global operations.

Aim of the Project

Increasing renewable electricity generation is an essential component to maximize the renewable energy share in the Indian power generation mix. Such a transition is technically feasible, but will require upgrades of old grid systems and new innovative solutions to accommodate the variable nature of renewable energy generation. With the increasing renewable power share, the smart grid technologies in combination with appropriate energy storage technologies is the major solution to transform the electricity grid system to a stable grid infrastructure to support a sustainable energyfuture.

Variable energies such as solar, wind and bio based power have a lack of stability and to avoid short-term fluctuations in power supplied to the grid, a local storage subsystem could be used to provide higher quality and stability in the feed energy. Energy storage systems (ESSs) would be a facilitator of smart grid deployment and such integration would have a “great impact” on the future power grid. The incorporation

of various superior smart communications, monitoring systems and control strategies would make the integration of Energy storage system with Renewable sources feasible for various potential applications.

Further, successful sustainable energy requires smart materials and chemical change in ultra-small and ultrafast regimes. In the search for alternative energy sources, we need to make new discoveries in materials science. We need catalysts to convert feed stocks into fuels, new architectures for better solar cells and materials for advanced energy storage. To effect this change, we must create the materials that will support emergent energy technologies. The high priority of energy makes it important to sustain research & development of materials for energy applications. Also Surface modification plays a vital role in manufacturing technology to enhance the performance of energy generation, transfer and distribution systems.

Specific Objectives

The overall goal of this project is to maximize the renewable power generation integrated with suitable storage technology towards the development of sustainable stable smartgrid.

The specific objectives of the proposed research are as follows.

1. 
   To develop novel functional materials in Solar & Energy Storage applications.
   
2. 
   To maximize the share of the renewable energy (Solar, Wind, Bio Energy) in the total power generation.
   
3. 
   To introduce surface modification methods in engineering components and systems for enhancing energy production, energy storage and energy transmissionsystems.
   
4. 
   To reduce the barriers in the integration of new storage technologies and to optimize the storage system for increasing the renewable energy utilization and to avoid the transmissioncongestion
   
5. 
   To develop novel control and communication methodologies for efficient hybrid ES connection with local power generation for the reliable and safe operation of distributednetworks.
   
6. 
   Knowledge dissemination through the conduct of training and awareness program and connecting the various stakeholders in Renewable Energy Sector for technology transfer to industries and society.
   

Significance of Academic and Quality Improvement of the Project

The project will tackle the challenges in maximizing the utilization of renewable based distributed power generation along with the hybridization of energy storage technologies and distribution to achieve optimal and quality usage of decentralized generation capacity. The breadth of the beneficiaries who stand to gain from this research is considerable. Theyinclude:

1. 
   Government, policy makers and regulators who are seeking economically and technically viable solutions to the long term challenges faced by our electricity network which are also socially and environmentally acceptable.
   
2. 
   The stake holder of solar and wind power, TANGEDCO will benefit from the project as our work will provide for energy storage in relation to future decentralized generation and distribution in supporting gridoperation.
   
3. 
   Less advantageous citizens living in Indian remote rural areas who will gain benefits by increased possibility of accessing electricity supply, which is a very important factor in improving life quality.
   
4. 
   The solutions which are going to be delivered will be very useful for the people to understand and utilize the primary source of solar and wind energy efficiently for all their day to day energy requirement. There is going to be large societal transformation due to phenomenal growth in industrial, commercial and residential sectors particularly in India as energy security could be achieved easily by any individual as the source of energy is available abundantly foreveryone.
   

5. 
   Other researchers in academia, industry and government, will be interested in the scientific breakthroughs we make through our unique multi-disciplinary cross field approach. The models and methodology developed for the whole system will be shared with the academic community.
   

vi. The research findings will be integrated in to the teaching materials for undergraduate and master’s level students across the disciplinary areas from technology, engineering, economics and system sciences. This will ensure the students to upgrade their skills qualitatively and quantitatively in their technical field.

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Research Centre, May 2011.

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