Volume 3, Special Issue 3, February 2013 (ISSN 2250 – 2459 (Online), An ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal)

International Conference on Energy Resources and Technologies for Sustainable Development (ICERTSD-2013), INDIA

Organized by

Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur, Howrah, West Bengal, INDIA

 

S.No.

Title of Paper

Page No.
1.

CARRIAGE REPAIR WORKSHOPS ON INDIAN RAILWAYS: STUDY ON ENERGY CONSERVATION POTENTIAL

Authors: Suresh D. Mane, N. Nagesha

1-13
2.

EFFECT OF DOUBLE ROW DIFFUSERS ON PERFORMANCE AND FLOW FIELD OF A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR

Authors: N Sitaram, P M Banugade

9-16
3.

DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A VIRTUAL PID CONTROLLER FOR A GUARDED HOT BOX TEST FACILITY FOR U-VALUE MEASUREMENT

Authors: Amrita Ghosh, Trevor J. Hyde, Subhasis Neogi

17-21
4.

ECONOMICS OF REMOVAL OF COAL MOISTURE IN THERMAL POWER GENERATION WITH WASTE HEAT RECOVERY

Authors: Chittatosh Bhattacharya, Nilotpal Banerjee, Hari Sadhan Sarkar

22-28
5.

STUDIES ON CO2 GASIFICATION REACTIVITY OF HIGH ASH INDIAN COAL

Authors: Sujan Saha, G.Sahu, S.Datta, P.Chavan, A.K.Sinha, B.K.Sharma, T.Sharma

29-33
6.

COAL BASED POLYGENERATION WITH CO2 CAPTURE FOR POWER AND UREA PRODUCTION - POSSIBLE IMPROVED SCHEMES

Authors: Archishman Bose, DebrudraMitra, Kuntal Jana, Sudipta De

34-41
7.

BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION THROUGH WATER HYACINTH, EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES VIA OPTIMIZATION OF THE PRETREATMENT CONDITIONS

Authors: Mamta Awasthi, Jeewanjot Kaur, Shiwali Rana

42-46
8.

A STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF Mesua ferrea L. SEED OIL BASED MICROEMULSIFIED FUEL SYSTEM

Authors: Plaban Bora, Jutika Boro, Dhanapati Deka

47-51
9.

COMBUSTION ANALYSIS OF JATROPHA METHYL ESTER AND ITS ETHANOL AND ACETONE BLENDS IN A DIESEL ENGINE

Authors: T.K. Gogoi, A.K.Sarma, P.S. Misra, Syed T. Haque

52-57
10.

FUNGAL ISOLATES FROM LOCAL ENVIRONMENT: ISOLATION, SCREENING AND APPLICATION FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL FROM WATER HYACINTH

Authors: Anamica Bhattacharya, Amit Ganguly, Subhabrata Das, Pradip Kumar Chatterjee, Apurba Dey

58-65
11.

A STUDY ON PERFORMANCE AND EMISSION CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE OPERATING WITH BIODIESEL BLENDS

Authors: P. Lingfa, Jayakrishnan. K, L.M. Das, S.N. Naik

66-71
12.

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS ON A DIESEL ENGINE FUELLED WITH MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES BLENDED BIODIESEL FUELS

Authors:Prajwal Tewari, Eshank Doijode, N.R. Banapurmath, V.S. Yaliwal

72-76
13.

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON MANIFOLD INJECTED CNG-BIODIESEL DUAL FUEL ENGINE

Authors: Eshank.D.Doijode, Prajwal.Tewari, Y.H.Basavarajappa, N.R.Banapurmath, V.S. Yaliwal

77-83
14.

EVALUATION OF VARIABILITY IN ON-ROAD VEHICLE FUEL CONSUMPTION UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS

Authors: P.V. Pradeep Kumar, Anil Singh, Niraj Sharma, Ch. Ravi Sekhar

84-88
15.

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BIODIESEL FUELLED CI ENGINE USING EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION

Authors: Ambarish Datta, Bijoy Das, Achin Kumar Chowdhuri, Bijan Kumar Mandal

89-95
16.

PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF SPARK IGNITION ENGINE USING ETHANOL AS FUEL AT DIFFERENT OPERATING CONDITIONS

Authors: Achinta Sarkar, Ambarish Datta, Bijan Kumar Mandal

96-100
17.

BIODIESEL BIO-OIL EMULSIONS AS ALTERNATIVE FUEL FOR DIESEL ENGINE

Authors: R.Prakash, R.K.Singh, S.Murugan

101-105
18.

THE EFFECT OF EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION (EGR) IN COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINE

Authors: Pratibhu Roy, Indranil Sinha, Bijan Kumar Mandal, Achin Kumar Chowdhuri

106-111
19.

BIO-DIESEL-A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESOURCES MADE FROM NON-EDIBLE OILS

Authors: R.P.Singh, Arbind kumar, Arvind Lal

112-118
20.

PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND PROPERTIES OF HYDROGEN AS INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE FUEL: A CRITICAL REVIEW

Authors: Indranil Ray, Tanuj Chakraborty, Debapriya Roy, Ambarish Datta, Bijan Kumar Mandal

119-125
21.

PERFORMANCE TESTS ON MEDIUM-SCALE POROUS RADIANT BURNERS FOR LPG COOKING APPLICATIONS

Authors: N. K. Mishra, P. Muthukumar, Subhash C. Mishra

126-130
22.

STUDIES ON THE CO-COMBUSTION BEHAVIOUR OF COAL/BIOMASS BLENDS USING THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS

Authors: S. G. Sahu, P. Sarkar, A. Mukherjee, A. K. Adak, N. Chakraborty

131-138
23.

NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF FUEL DILUTION EFFECT ON THE FLAME STRUCTURE AND TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION IN DIFFUSION FLAME

Authors: Achin Kumar Chowdhuri, Arindam Mitra, Bijan Kumar Mandal, Somnath Chakraborti

139-145
24.

NUMERICAL STUDY OF GRAVITY EFFECT ON THE NITRIC OXIDE FORMATION IN CO-FLOW METHANE -AIR DIFFUSION FLAME

Authors: Arup Jyoti Bhowal, Bijan Kumar Mandal

146-152
25.

PERFORMANCE AND COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS OF DI-DIESEL ENGINE USING NEAT MME WITH DEE

Authors: P. Ramesh Babu, Dr. V. Rambabu, S. Ravi Babu

153-159
26.

ENERGY THROUGH AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES IN RURAL INDIA: POTENTIAL, STATUS AND PROBLEMS

Authors: Mamta Awasthi, Karishma Rani Deepika

160-166
27.

ACID CATALYZED AUTO-HYDROLYSIS OF PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS L. FOR PRODUCTION OF XYLOSE FOR LIGNOCELLULOSIC ETHANOL

Authors: Shubhaneel N, Swati Ghosh, S Haldar, A Ganguly, P K Chatterjee

167-172
28.

STUDY OF BIOMASS COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE AND PLANT FEASIBILITY OF BIOMASS-BASED HYDROGEN GENERATION

Authors: Fakhrian Abqari, Agustina Rahayu, Glifanny Ramadani

173-179
29.

STUDIES ON FLUIDIZATION BEHAVIOUR OF SAND AND BIOMASS MIXTURES

Authors: Malay Kr Karmakar, Subhamay Haldar, Pradip Kr Chatterjee

180-185
30.

THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF AN INDIRECTLY HEATED BIOGASIFICATION BASED COMBINED CYCLE PLANT EMPLOYING RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR

Authors: P Mondal, S Ghosh

186-192
31.

BIOGAS PRODUCTION AND STORAGE FOR FUELING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES

Authors: Debabrata Barik, Sudhir Sah, S. Murugan

193-202
32.

INVESTIGATION ON THE FLOW BEHAVIOUR OF A VENTURI TYPE GAS MIXER DESIGNED FOR DUAL FUEL DIESEL ENGINES

Authors: Bhaskor J. Bora, Biplab K. Debnath, Nikhil Gupta, Ujjwal K. Saha, Niranjan Sahoo

203-209
33.

EVALUATION OF A ROOF-INTEGRATED SOLAR AIR HEATING SYSTEM FOR DRYING FOODSTUFFS

Author: A. Sreekumar

210-213
34.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE PHOTOSENSITIVITY OF MEH-PPV BY INCORPORATING ZnO NANOPARTICLES OF DIFFERENT MORPHOLOGY FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATION

Authors: Animesh Layek, Somnath Middya, Partha Pratim Ray

214-220
35.

SOLAR WATER HEATING USING NANOFLUIDS - A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS

Authors: Arun Kumar Tiwari, Pradyumna Ghosh, Jahar Sarkar

221-224
36.

A STUDY ON SOME TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVING THERMO HYDRAULIC PERFORMANCE OF A SOLAR AIR HEATER

Authors: Dutta Partha Pratim, Keot Ankuran, Gogoi Abhijit , Bhattacharjee Amrit, Saharia Jugal, Sarma Nayanjyoti, Baruah Debandra Chandra

225-233
37.

ENERGETIC AND EXERGETIC PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SOLAR DISH BASED DUAL RECEIVER COMBINED CYCLE

Authors: S Mukhopadhyay, S Ghosh

234-243
38.

PERFORMANCE OF MICROBIAL FUEL CELL UNDER PSYCROPHILIC AND MESOPHILIC TEMPERATURE

Authors: Pritha Chatterjee, Subrata Mondal, Bikash Ranjan Tiwari, M.M. GhangrekaR

244-249
39.

SIMULATION OF A HYBRID SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL–GAS TURBINE SYSTEM

Authors: Tapan K. Gogoi, Shrutidhara Sarma, Swagata Borthakur

250-258
40.

ELECTRICAL AND INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM OF BACKWARD BENT DUCTED BUOY

Authors: Biren Pattanaik, Narasimha Rao V Y, Leo D, Purnima Jalihal, Jayashankar V

259-263
41.

QBLADE: AN OPEN SOURCE TOOL FOR DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINES

Authors: D. Marten, J. Wendler, G. Pechlivanoglou, C.N. Nayeri1, C.O. Paschereit

264-269
42.

HYDRODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF SEMISUBMERSIBLE TYPE FLOATER FOR WIND TURBINE

Authors: Anand Kumar Singh, Nilanjan Saha

270-276
43.

PRE-FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OF SOLAR-WIND HYBRID SYSTEM POTENTIAL IN A COMPLEX HILLY TERRAIN

Authors: Sunanda Sinha, S.S.Chandel

277-282
44.

A REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE ART OF GENERATORS AND POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTER TOPOLOGIES FOR WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM

Authors: Sanjiba kumar Bisoyi, R.K.Jarial, R.A.Gupta

283-291
45.

SIMULATED PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A GT-MCFC HYBRID SYSTEM FED WITH NATURAL GAS

Authors: M. M. Hazarika, S. Ghosh

292-298
46.

STUDY ON OPTIMUM UTILIZATION OF A PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL FOR COOLING OF A BUILDING

Authors: A. Kumar, S. Mukherjee, S. Simlandi, N. Barman

299-304
47.

THERMAL CHARACTERISATION OF PROCESS CONTROL PARAMETERS FOR THE FABRICATION OF EVACUATED GLAZING

Authors: Ananya Ghosh, Trevor J. Hyde, Subhasis Neogi

305-310
48.

EFFECTIVE AND PASSIVE UTILIZATION OF SOLAR ENERGY FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS; AN APPLICATION PERSPECTIVE

Author: P.P. Anilkumar

311-315
49.

AN ASSESSMENT OF LEED BASED GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION SYSTEM FROM THE ENERGY EFFICIENT
BUILDING PERSPECTIVE

Authors: Chithra K, Anilkumar P P

316-320
50.

THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF A MULTISTORIED RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT IN WINTER SEASON AT KOLKATA

Authors: Soumyendu Biswas, Debasish Chowdhury, Amitava Roy, Y G Yohanis, Subhasis Neogi

321-328
51.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN GREEN BUILDINGS – INDIAN CONCEPT

Authors: Ramesh S P, Emran Khan M

329-336
52.

EFFECT OF CROP TRANSPIRATION ON THE MICROCILMATE OF A NATURALLY VENTILATED GREENHOUSE

Authors: Biplab Bauri, A. Ganguly

337-343
53.

ANALYSIS ON ELECTRICAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN UTTARAKHAND STATE

Authors: Nitin Kumar Swarnkar, S.N. Singh

344-347
54.

THERMAL MODELING OF A RIDGE-VENTILATED GREENHOUSE EQUIPPED WITH LONGITUDINALLY DISTRIBUTED EVAPORATIVE COOLING PADS

Authors: D.Misra, S.Ghosh

348-355
55.

MINI GRID DEVELOPMENT FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION IN REMOTE INDIA

Authors: R.K. Viral, T. Bahar, M. Bansal

356-361
56.

A REVIEW ON DEVELOPMENTS OF THERMOELECTRIC REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS: A NOVEL POTENTIAL GREEN REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING TECHNOLOGY

Authors: Manoj Kumar Rawat, Himadri Chattopadhyay, Subhasis Neogi

362-367
57.

MODELING OF A SOLAR ASSISTED WATER-LIBR ABSORPTION REFRIGERATION SYSTEM FOR SUMMER AIRCONDITIONING OF AN OFFICE ROOM

Authors: S. Samanta, D.N. Basu

368-375
58.

PHASOR ANALYSIS OF TWO-STAGE GM-TYPE PULSE TUBE REFRIGERATOR

Authors: Prithawi Raj, Animesh Biswas, Subrata Kr. Ghosh

376-381
59.

DEVELOPMENT OF A SOLAR POWERED ADSORPTION CHILLER

Authors: D. Sarkar, S. N. Tiwari, A. Yadav, B. Choudhury

382-388
60.

MINE VENTILATION IN A BORD AND PILLAR MINES USING CFD

Authors: Mitev Ranjan, Karan Kumar, Subrata Kr. Ghosh

389-393
61.

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A CHILLED STORAGE BASED COOLING SYSTEM FOR GUARDED HOT BOX FACILITY

Authors: Debasish Chowdhury, Aritra Ghosh, Subhasis Neogi

394-399
62.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF HALOGENATED REFRIGERANTS AND THEIR ALTERNATIVES: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Authors: Sudipta Paul, Achinta Sarkar, Bijan Kumar Mandal

400-409
63.

CONTROL OF METHANOL CROSSOVER USING MICROPOROUS LAYER IN DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELL

Authors: B.Mullai Sudaroli, Ajit Kumar Kolar

410-415
64.

PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SIMPLE AERO GAS TURBINE CYCLE WITH TRANSPIRATION COOLING OF GAS TURBINE BLADES

Authors: Sanjay Kumar, Onkar Singh

416-420
65.

FIRST LAW ANALYSIS OF DIESEL ENGINE PERFORMANCE USING DIESEL AND BIO-DIESEL FUEL

Authors: Tapan K. Gogoi, N.K Sarma, A Ahmed Choudhury, T. Talukdar

421-426
66.

ENERGY AND EXERGY ANALYSIS OF A REHEAT REGENERATIVE VAPOR POWER CYCLE

Authors: M. Pandey, T. K. Gogoi

427-434
67.

ENERGY SAVINGS POTENTIAL THROUGH WASTE HEAT RECOVERY FROM FLUE GAS FOR POST COMBUSTION CO2 CAPTURE

Authors: Kuntal Jana, Sudipta De

435-442
68.

EFFECT OF ASPECT RATIO ON HEAT TRANSFER IN A DIFFERENTIALLY HEATED SQUARE CAVITY USING NONNEWTONIAN NANOFLUID

Authors: Krishanu Sarkar, Apurba Kumar Santra

443-450
69.

OPTIMUM OPERATION FOR DIFFERENT DESIGN CONDITIONS OF A SINGLE PRESSURE HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR (HRSG) FOR MINIMUM ENTROPY GENERATION

Authors: Gourav Ghoshal, Arupendra Ghosh, Subhra Maiti, Sudipta De

451-457
70.

NUMERICAL SIMULATION TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF OBSTACLE ON DETONATION WAVE PROPAGATION IN A PULSE DETONATION ENGINE COMBUSTOR

Authors: Sanjay Kumar Soni, Amarjit Singh, Manmohan Sandhu, Aashish Goel, Ram Kumar Sharma

458-464
71.

EFFECT OF DOME SHAPE ON STATIC PRESSURE RECOVERY IN A DUMP DIFFUSER AT DIFFERENT INLET SWIRL

Authors: Prakash Ghose, Amitava Datta, Achintya Mukhopadhyay

465-471
72.

CHARACTERIZATION OF STRAIGHT VEGETABLE OIL SPRAYS ISSUED FROM PRESSURE SWIRL AND TWIN FLUID ATOMIZERS

Authors: Jitendra Patra, Arindam Basak, Amitava Datta, Ranjan Ganguly, Swarnendu Sen

472-478
73.

A STUDY ON ELECTRO HYDRAULIC SERVOVALVE CONTROLLED BY A TWO SPOOL VALVE

Authors: Nitesh Mondal, Dr.B.N.Datta

479-484
74.

STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF COOLING WATER TEMPERATURE RISE ON LOSS FACTOR AND EFFICIENCY OF A CONDENSER FOR A 210 MW THERMAL POWER UNIT

Authors: A. Dutta, A. K. Das, S. Chakrabarti

485-489
75.

COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE STUDY OF CO2 CAPTURE WITH MONOETHYL AND DIETHYL AMINES USING ASPEN PLUS

Authors: Suvajit Naskar, Kuntal Jana, Sudipta De

490-497
76.

ASSESSMENT OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION IN A DEREGULATED POWER MARKET SCENARIO IN INDIA

Authors: Dr. C.K.Chanda, Avishek Ghose Roy

498-503
77.

ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN PROMOTING RENEWABLE RESOURCES IN INDIA

Authors: Shubhabrata Basak, Arnab Baug, Poulomi Mitra, Snehasis Chatterjee

504-513
78.

COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF COMMUNITY MANAGED MINI GRID

Authors: Sanjeev Pokhrel, S.K.Singal, S.N Singh

514-520
79.

NATIONAL POLICY ON BIOFUEL UNDER THE SCANNER

Authors: Mahasweta Sengupta, Arup Poddar

521-526
80.

POWER SECTOR IN INDIA: GROWTH, POLICIES AND CHALLENGES

Authors: Animesh Pal

527-536
81.

TRADITIONAL BIOMASS FUEL CONSUMPTION BY RURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN DEGRADED SAL (SHOREA ROBUSTA) FOREST AREAS OF BANGLADESH

Authors: Tapan Kumar Nath, Tarit Kumar Baul, M. Maksudur Rahman, M. Tariqul Islam and M. Harun-or-Rashid

537-544
82.

METHODOLOGY USED FOR LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA) OF ELECTRICITY GENERATION THROUGH COAL-FIRED THERMAL POWER PLANTS IN INDIA- A REVIEW

Author: Arun Kumar

545-548
83.

IS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT THE KEY TO INNOVATION FOR ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Author: Malcolm Dowden

549-552
84.

GEOENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS DUE TO HARMONY LANDSLIDE IN GARHWAL HIMALAYA, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA

Authors: R. Anbalagan, Sujata Parida

553-559
85.

STUDY ON THE ALTERNATIVE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IMPLEMENTATION FOR PROMOTING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF TECHNOLOGIES IN SIKKIM

Authors: Amit Kumar Roy, B.B. Prdhan, Amitava Ray, Vaibhav Jaswal

560-565
86.

GENERATION OF BIO-CHAR FROM CROP RESIDUES

Authors: Sandip Gangil, Harsha M.Wakudkar

566-570
87.

FUEL CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME INDIGENOUS PLANTS

Authors: Partha Pratim Dutta, Vivek Pandey, Saurav Sen, Avik Ranjan Das, A. Nath, D.C. Baruah

571-576
88.

ROLE OF BIOMASS ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL INDIA: CASE STUDIES

Author: P. C. Roy

577-582
89.

REPLACEMENT OF ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT BY RICE HUSK ASH TO PRODUCE ORDINARY CONCRETE OF GRADE M10, M15 AND M20

Author: Kalyan Kumar Moulick

583-590
90.

KINETIC MODEL OF THE REDUCTION ZONE OF A DOWNDRAFT BIOMASS GASIFIER

Authors: P. C. Roy, A. Datta, N. Chakraborty

591-597
91.

EFFECT OF INJECTION TIMING AND COMPRESSION RATIO ON THE PERFORMANCE OF LPG- HOME BIODIESEL DUAL FUEL ENGINE

Authors: J.V. Hirani, S.R. Kulkarni, S.M. Bagi, Y.H. Basavarajappa, V.S. Yaliwal, N.R. Banapurmath, P.G. Tewari

598-606
92.

EXISTING CORRELATIONS OF TOP HEAT LOSS FACTOR OF FLAT PLATE SOLAR COLLECTORS AND IMPACT ON USEFUL ENERGY

Authors: Abdullah Y. Usmani, Naiem Akhtar

607-612
93.

MATHEMATICAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTIMUM ORIENTATION OF A FLAT PLATE COLLECTOR

Authors: S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Chakrabarti, D. Mukherjee

613-621
94.

HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEM SIMULATION FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY UTILIZATION

Authors: D. Bhattacharyya, P. C. Roy

622-627
94.

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SOLIDIFICATION AND MELTING CHARACTERISTICS OF NANOFLUID AS PCM FOR SOLAR WATER HEATING SYSTEMS

Authors: S. Harikrishnan, S. Kalaiselvam


628-635