Gaurav Dwivedi

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal | MANIT · Department of Energy

As a renewable, sustainable and alternative fuel for compression ignition engine, biodiesel instead of diesel has been increasingly fuelled to study its effects on engine performances and emissions in the recent 15 years. Biodiesel, derived from the transesterification of vegetable oils or animal fats, is composed of saturated and unsaturated long-...

Pongamia Pinnata trees are normally planted along the highways, roads, canals to stop soil erosion. Billions of trees exist all over India. If the seeds fallen along road side are collected, and oil is extracted at village level expellers, few million tons of oil will be available for Lighting the Lamps in rural area. It is the best substitute for...

Energy is a basic requirement for economic development. Every sector of Indian economy-agriculture, industry transport, commercial and domestic needs input of energy. The economic development plans implemented since independence have necessarily required increasing amount of energy. As a result consumption of energy in all forms has been steadily r...

Sustainable road transportation refers to any means of transportation that is 'green' and has low impact on the environment. Sustainable transportation is also about balancing our current and future needs. Examples of sustainable transportation include walking, cycling, transit, carpooling, car sharing, and green vehicles. As per UN Brundtland Comm...

Dear Colleagues, Currently, hybrid power cycles are widely used in cooling, heating, power generation and other energy utilities. The hybridization of different renewable and alternative energy resources is a vital field of research and development to optimize energy utilities, minimize greenhouse emissions, and improve global energy security. "Ad...

The wheel was the first form of transportation developed by early people. Increasing population , longer distances, and shorter travel times need more cheap, faster modes of transportation. Environmental issues were never taken into account when choosing the most cost-effective mode of public transportation. Consequently, in the face of global poll...

Renewable energy is getting more attention in recent times due to the rapid depletion of fossil fuel reserves. Production and consumption of biofuels derived from biomass has significantly increased. In the present work, Spirulina microalgae have been chosen as feedstock for biodiesel production. Diesel and biodiesel were mixed in different volumet...

Air pollution is accountable for various long-term and short-term respiratory diseases and even deaths. Air pollution is normally associated with a decreasing life expectancy. Governments have been implementing strategies to improve air quality. However, natural events have always played an important role in the concentration of air pollutants. In...

This study investigates the possibility of applying a large-scale solar updraft tower power plant in India with local ground conditions as an environmentally friendly and economically viable energy source. A reference model Solar Updraft Tower Power Plant (SUTPP) is constructed to examine the influence of the most prominent plant dimensional parame...

Vibration plays an important role for enhancement of rate of heat transfer in any moving parts or device. Number of heat transfer equipment which works under vibrating conditions to influence the heat transfer rate to a great extent, such as motor car radiators, cooling of machine tools, and refrigerant condensers of household refrigerators. Proper...

Algae are regarded among the most favorable feedstocks for producing sustainable biodiesel and utilizing it in diesel engines. Additionally, ethanol addition further enhanced the performance and reduce greenhouse emission. Algae biodiesel was produced, and an experimental study was performed to understand the diesel engine performance and emissions...

This experimental study explains the phenomena of secondary flow development due to change in rib perforation and the effect on improvement in THPP values due to variation in β and W/w values of a perforated multi-V rib roughness applied in double-pass parallel flow solar air heater (DPPFSAH). The fixed parameters are e/D � 0.043, p/e � 10, α � 60°...

The results of four different blends (20%, 5% each) based on diverse sources of energy (Soybean oil, Jatropha, spirulina, and waste oil) were compared to conventional fuel. The tests carried out in total accordance with the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) guidelines. Test results were numerically assessed using Diesel-RK software....

Thermo-hydraulic performance of a Double Pass Parallel Flow Solar Air Heater (DPPFSAH) roughened with perforated multi-V ribs have been studied experimentally in a prior study and the effect of variation in open area ratio and change in relative roughness width has been analysed and reported. The current work builds upon the aforementioned earlier...

The world's transportation sector is transitioning to eco‐friendly vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions, which requires establishing a charging station (CS) foundation with an integrated intelligent power generation unit and background support of government policies. This article is focused on the bullet points that need to be taken care of while...

The scientific literature extensively mentions the use of a solar air heater (SAH) by utilizing solar energy for heating purposes. The poor heat-transfer rate of an SAH with a flat plate is caused by developing a laminar sub-layer near the heated base plate. The plate temperatures improve significantly, resulting in losses and a decrease in perform...

Biodiesel is chemically an ester molecule; there is every possibility that in the presence of air or oxygen, it will be hydrolysed to alcohol and acid. The oxidation of the biodiesels in an ambient air environment leads to deterioration, which diminishes their prospects as mainstream fuel due to their lesser strength against oxidation. The present...

The demand for freshwater is increasing not only for drinking purpose but also in the other sectors. Desalination technology is the effective method to reduce burden on the freshwater bodies which is only 3% of the total water system. The conventional energy sources are depleting at the alarming rate. The use of non-conventional sources needs to be...

Catalysts play a major role in the transesterification process. In recent years, heterogeneous catalysts have gathered attention due to the advantage of reusability and easy separation. The use of renewable sources for catalyst preparation has advanced the use of heterogeneous catalysts. The biomass-derived catalysts are important in decreasing the...

Due to the fluctuations in supply and demand in energy generated through hybrid renewable sources, there will be an intermittency leading to an impact on the productivity and utilization of grid-connected systems. These fluctuations are caused due to the nature of variability of renewable energy systems. The variable irradiance on solar panels and...

Conventional fuels emanate large amounts of harmful gases such as CO2, SO2, and NOx, which are GHGs, responsible for climate change. The rapid growth of our population is increasing humanity’s energy demand and use. To fulfill these energy requirements, it is necessary to increase energy production and utility while shifting towards clean and alter...

In today’s world, many countries, especially developing countries, are facing energy crisis, an increase in industrialization for development programs being the apparent reason. Fossil fuels being the most prominent source for the energy production are having an adverse effect on our environment. Also, with the rate, we are exploiting the energy re...

Puneet Verma • Olusegun D. Samuel • Tikendra Nath Verma • Gaurav Dwivedi Editors Advancement in Materials, Manufacturing and Energy Engineering, Vol. I Select Proceedings of ICAMME 2021

In today's world, transportation plays a major role to meet the daily needs of people and helps in reducing the gap between demand and supply chain, also contributing to the country's gross domestic product. The principal energy for the transportation of automobiles is crude oil. The combustion of diesel fuel is responsible for the emission of gree...

This work focuses on daylighting performance analysis and its energy savings potential for residential building by using dynamic simulation and its experimental validation. The thermal performance of nano building material and its comparison with conventional building material has also been analyzed. The daylight factor was found in between 1- 11%...

The sharp inclination in the emissions from conventional vehicles contribute to a significant increase in environmental issues, besides the energy crises and low conversion efficiency leads to the evolution of electric vehicles (EV). Hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) have efficient fuel economy and reduce the overall running cost, but the ultimate goa...

Energy is a basic requirement for development in the world. The continuously rising demand for energy resources and the fast depletion of fossil fuel is raises researcher’s concern to focus on alternative sources of energy that can replace the shortage of fossil fuels soon. Biodiesel is recognized as one of the potential alternative renewable energ...

Biodiesel is an alkyl ester produced by transesterification of vegetable oils and animal fats. It can be used in the diesel engine without any changes in the existing technology of the engine. Biodiesel is proved as an environment‐friendly fuel with low emissions. Thus, this chapter focuses on the policies formulated by the Indian government to pro...

Conventional fuels are depleting rapidly with growing industrial evolution and growing population. The massive use of conventional fuels releases harmful emissions into the atmosphere which is the main cause of global warming. Thus, there rises a huge concern about developing sustainable and renewable fuels which can meet the growing energy demand...

Fast-growing population and transportation sectors have created a need to adopt a socio-economical way to produce and utilize the novel alternative fuel as an energy source all across the world. In the search for new alternative fuel, Biodiesel was found to be a reliable, and a clean fuel, having less tailpipe emission which can improve engine perf...

Tropical cyclones represent one of India's toughest natural threats. This paper lists the challenges and mitigation efforts to resolve significant disasters in the coastal areas of eastern India in particular. Humans must learn to counter and live with the effects of such natural disasters as they are unavoidable. The construction of natural hazard...

Charging the electric vehicles through the use of solar PV systems is a major hurdle in today's era. In the present work, a system is designed for charging Electric bikes at workplaces like schools, colleges, offices, etc. To ensure a reliable charging system, a standalone solar PV system with a battery bank based energy storage unit is employed. I...

The transportation sector of the world is in the transformation stage, shifting from conventional fossil fuel-powered vehicles to zero or ultra-low tailpipe emission vehicles. To support this transformation, a proper charging station (CS) infrastructure in combination with information technology, smart distributed energy generating units, and favor...

The national biofuel policy of the Indian government support to put a great emphasis on the synthesis of biodiesel from the nonedible feedstock. A potential option in this regard is Neem oil which is found in abundance in India (~1,00,000 tonnes). The major hindrance to the commercialization of biodiesel is its shelf life due to poor oxidation and...

Growing global warming and climate change shifted energy policy to adopt a cleaner and more sustainable way of energy generation across the world. Biodiesel has emerged as a good alternative fuel due to advantages like diesel-like structure and less emission. However, the cost of biodiesel production makes it ineffective compare to the use of diese...

The extraordinary amount of solar irradiative energy all around the Earth has one of the motivational factors to work with such systems that utilize these for the services towards the benefits of mankind and its progressive growth, and that makes a powerful society and commendable nation. However, in the current era an unavoidable problem for the s...

Gas burner plays a crucial role in any combustion systems. Thermal efficiency of conventional Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stove burner is not optimal. To recover the energy loss from a burner, a novel flame shield was developed based on heat conservation phenomenon for enhancing efficiency and producing less emission pollutant, which used for dom...

Electric vehicle (EV) are the future of the automobile industry in terms of reducing the greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution and the better life comfort level all over the world. This paper compares the results obtained by various authors in terms of life cycle assessment (LCA) of EV and conventional vehicles powered by fossil fuels, and the li...

Solar clean energy is free heat energy falls on the earth surface which can be harnessed by several methods using technologies like solar heating, solar thermal energy, photovoltaic cell, solar architecture, photosynthesis.Solar clean energy is great source of renewable energy and it is in abundant amount which is converted into solar power either...

The solid waste generated from the production of marble and sandstone has been used to develop new products. It has been used as a mixture for the more efficient use of natural resources. Granite powder and industrial sand have been used in concrete as alternative materials suitable for concrete production. The primary role of this paper is to use...

The aim of the present study is to analyse the transesterification of blend of high free fatty acid FFA) sunflower oil with low free fatty acid algae oil. The high FFA content of sunflower oil is reduced by blending it with low FFA algae oil so that the resultant oil will be converted into biodiesel at low temperature using single-step base-catalyz...

Cement, being a key material of concrete, experiencing a rise in global demand. It has a massive carbon footprint having a contribution of about 8% to the global CO2 emissions. Geopolymer concrete has a huge potential to replace ordinary Portland concrete. An overview of geopolymer concrete is presented in this paper. Discussion includes constituen...

A burner of the cooking stove using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as fuel is finding vast application in domestic as well as the industry. A huge consumption has been recorded of LPG, especially in India, and other countries too. The developed conventional gas stove has inefficient performance-wise and needs to be improving by using different techn...

Modern-day technology aims for luxury and comfort in human life by advancement in technology. The revolutionary technological achievement has dramatically enhanced the living standards of a man. Furthermore, the construction industry is one of the largest exploiters of both renewable and non-renewable resources and promotes the use of such technolo...

Enhancing the heat transfer rate in a double pipe heat exchanger is imperative for decreasing the overall cost of its operation. A popular way to increase the performance of these heat exchangers is using inserts such as twisted tape, perforated twisted tape, twisted tape with peripheral cuts, helical inserts, etc. In this paper, a novel triangular...

The development of small hydropower has some environmental challenges, one of which is related to fish passage both upstream and downstream. These migrations are ecological imperatives for populations of fish. The development of waterways in hydropower, can restrict or delay fish migration, increase predation, affect water quantity and quality, and...

In the present study, the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of pure diesel and diesel-biodiesel (First, Second and Third Generation Feedstocks) blend (B20) on diesel engine were investigated numerically and numerical tool was validated with the experimental results. Diesel-RK software was used to numerically investigate the combu...

Savonius hydrokinetic turbine is considered as an environmentally friendly and cost effective turbine to extract hydrokinetic potential available in flowing streams. However, this turbine has not been fully explored, as the solution for the main problem of low efficiency of Savonius turbine is still being investigated around the globe. In order to...

The rising pollution levels resulting from vehicular emissions and limited reserves of petroleum based fuels have left mankind in pursuit of alternatives to diesel. There have been stringent regulations generated by authorities around the world regarding vehicular emissions from internal combustion engines. To this end, researchers have been explor...

Due to the lower productivity of solar still, researchers from all around the world are continually ensuing to improve distillate output. Hence, there are lots of opportunities and scope of research work on the solar still. Solar desalination is the process of purification saline water to get fresh potable water using direct solar energy. Seawater...

India is a nation with a diverse economy that requires tremendous resources to completely meet the desires of its compatriots in various sectors. In terms of energy resources and requirements, coal-based power plants can fulfill the bulk of these electricity needs. India is very reliant on coal, which is used in power plants as a primary energy sou...

Small hydropower is a mature and cost-competitive energy technology. The maintenance cost of small hydropower plant is one of the critical factors to analyze the net benefits of the plant. In this study, an attempt has been made to develop the maintenance cost correlation for the high head run of river small hydropower plants based on capacity and...

In today’s world, the main focus is to reduce the dependency on fossil fuels for fulfilling the increasing energy demand. Burning of fossil fuels leads to emission of greenhouse gases that pollute the environment. Renewable energy sources such as wind energy, solar energy, etc. are sources of clean energy. Solar energy is present abundantly in most...

The electrical efficiency of a solar photovoltaic panel, is low. Sunlight is the essential input to generate electricity, but they put an adverse effect on its performance due to the rise in temperature at the backside of the panel. The rise in temperature is directly related to the sunlight whose energy is converted into heat and may put a negativ...

With the increase in pollution and the rate at which the conventional fuel sources are being exploited there is a serious need to shift to Renewable energy sources. Biodiesel has become one of the essential fuels in the present and future scenario. Biodiesel can be obtained from both edible and non-edible resources in the world. Biodiesel has nearl...

Non-edible Neem oil was abundantly available in India with an estimated current annual production of 100 thousand tons per annum thus making it a strong candidate as a biodiesel feedstock. The major problem of Neem oil is its high free fatty acid (FFA) content (4.2%). The present study comprises of optimization of the dual-stage process of biodiese...

Indian economy is growing rapidly but the population of the country (1.2 billion approx.) are also increasing and facing massive energy and pollution problems. Solar energy is the most desirable renewable energy resource to fight with the energy and pollution problem in the country simultaneously. There are new emerging solar technologies like Conc...

Rubber (Hevea brasilienis) is a plantation crop grown in various regions of India. It is a non-edible oil source and has excellent potential for being a biodiesel feedstock. The major problem with crude rubber seed oil is its high free fatty acid (FFA) content (37.46%). The present study has used the Box-Behnken response surface method to minimize...

Solar clean energy can be harnessed by several methods using technologies like solar heating, photovoltaic cell, solar architecture, photosynthesis. Solar energy is converted either by active technologies or by passive technologies by the method they capture and distribute solar energy. In view of this, the paper represents the optimization result...

Rising level of pollution and extreme rate of depletion of fossil fuels has become a major issue in today’s world which requires immediate measures for its prevention. Biodiesel is the potential answer to this threat to environment as being an extremely promising fuel given its adaptability of usage in currently existing engine modules. Out of vari...

The continuous use of mineral reserves and the extensive concern towards the environment makes it necessary to look for suitable alternatives for petroleum-based lubricants. Growing attention towards a clean environment has led to the introduction of strict emission guidelines for diesel engine vehicles by the government resulting in the use of fue...

India is a developing nation with fast growing demand for oil. A major part of the requirement has to be met through imports, as domestic production cannot cater to the current demand. Oil imports put a huge burden on foreign exchange and thus cast negative effects on our economy. So extensive emphasis has been laid on production of biodiesel from...

Rising pollution levels resulting from vehicular emissions and the depletion of petroleum-based fuels have left mankind in pursuit of alternatives. There are stringent regulations around the world to control the particulate matter (PM) emissions from internal combustion engines. To this end, researchers have been exploring different measures to red...

Hydropower is a renewable source of energy and considered to be one of the most cost-efficient and environmentally friendly technology for electricity production. Hydropower has operational flexibility like quick starting, stopping and load variations, these help in improving the reliability of power systems by allowing it to work in different cond...