Research Scholars - Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy,Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

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Research Scholars

Facilities for undertaking Doctoral studies in "Alternate Hydro Energy Systems" and other renewable energy technology as well as "Environmental Management of Rivers and Lakes" are available at the department. Full-time and part-time candidates are accepted for this programme as per the rules of the Institute.

Research Area of HRED

Renewable Energy:

Small Hydro Power: Investigations, Planning, Designs, Economic and Financial Analysis Policy, Cost optimisation, tariff analysis. Planning, Investigation and Designs of SHP, Planning, Design & Analysis of Civil Works of SHP & related Software Development, Energy Economics and Policy, Small Hydro turbine design and performance testing, Silt erosion in hydro turbines, Optimal selection of SHP equipment. Solar Energy: Cost optimization of SHP schemes, Solar thermal energy storage & utilization: performance enhancement of solar air heaters, packed bed sensible heat storage system. Design and selection of generators for SHP for rural electrification, SPV Power and wind power plants and their interconnection with grid, Bio-energy: biodiesel production, biomass gasification; biogas generation, Modelling of IRES & HES systems.

Environmental Management:

Environmental Management of Water Bodies, Project Management, Cumulative Environment Impact Assessment, GHG Emissions from Hydropower Reservoir, MSW Dump Sites/ landfill gas sites, Rivers Water Quality Mapping, Ecological Health & carrying capacity of rivers, Waste Water Treatment, Cumulative Environment Impact Assessment.

Research leading to Ph.D. degree

A. Ongoing

S.No	Name	Title	Supervisor(s)	Date of Registration
1.	Souvik Roy			17.08.2020
2.	Robins Anto (QIP)			17.08.2020
3.	Ankush Jageshwar Hedau			17.08.2020
4.	Akanksha Chauhan			17.08.2020
5.	Abhishek Tarun			17.08.2020
6.	Pooja Upadhyay			16.08.2020
7.	Sunil Kumar Sethy			16.08.2020
8.	Krishna Kumar (PT)	Study of Hydro Power Plants	Prof. R. P. Saini	12.07.2019
9.	Naman Arora	Hydro Power	Prof. Arun Kumar Prof. S. K. Singal	12.07.2019
10.	Priya Gupta	Solar Energy	Prof. Rhythm Singh	12.07.2019
11.	Achintya Goswami (Spon-PT)	Grid Integration of Renewable Energy System	Prof. R. P. Saini	27.12.2018
12.	Polamarasetty P Kumar (QIP)	Integrated Hybrid Renewable Energy System for Off-grid Rural Electrification	Prof. R. P. Saini	09.07.2018
13.	Saumya Arya	Urban Storm Water Resilience	Prof. Arun Kumar	06.07.2018
14.	Siddhita Yadav	Performance Enhancement of Solar Air Heater by using Corrugated Absorber Plate with Jet Impingement	Prof. R. P. Saini	06.07.2018
15.	Shraiya Pant	Optimization of Solar Water Pumping System	Prof. R. P. Saini	06.07.2018
16.	Firoz Khan	Unsteady Pressure loading in Francis Turbine	Prof. Arun Kumar Dr. Thomas Staubli	06.07.2018
17.	Vishal Saini	Integrated Renewable Energy System for Remote Rural Area	Prof. S. K. Singal Prof. R. P. Saini	28.12.2017
18.	Abhishek Gautam	Performance Investigation of a Packed Bed Solar Energy Storage System having spheres with pores as packing elements	Prof. R. P. Saini	28.12.2017
19.	Kirti Goyal	Decision Support System for Treated Wastewater Reuse	Prof. Arun Kumar	28.12.2017
20.	Sandeep Kumar	Studies on Production and Utilization of Bio diesel from Mixed Oils	Prof. M. K. Singhal Prof. M. P. Sharma	28.12.2017
21.	Charmala Surresh	Investigation of a Combined Sensible and Latent Heat Solar Thermal Energy storage system	Prof. R. P. Saini	07.07.2017
22.	Penugonda Sunil Babu	Evolving a Mathematical Model for Estimating Wind Energy Resource potential	Prof. M. K. Singhal Prof. R. P. Saini	07.07.2017
23.	Patel Harshadkumar Dahyalal (QIP-PT)	Development of Integrated Renewable Energy System for a Rural Area	Prof. S. K. Singal Prof. R. P. Saini	26.12.2016
24.	Vaibhav Mohan Das	Investigation on Optimal Design of Diversion Weir for Small Hydro Power projects	Prof. M. K. Singhal Prof. S. K. Singal	26.12.2016
25.	Nitin Kumar Jhankal (Spon-PT)	Experimental Analysis of Pressure Fluctuation in Hhydro Turbines	Prof. Arun Kumar	28.07.2016
26.	Sanat Kumar Patro (QIP-PT)	Solar Energy	Prof. R. P. Saini	08.07.2016
27.	Manoj Sood	Development of Model for Potential Assessment of Hydrokinetic Energy	Prof. S. K. Singal	08.07.2016
28.	Akshita Gupta	Optimization and Prediction of Hydro Power with other Renewable Energy	Prof. Arun Kumar	08.07.2016
29.	Saurabh Sangal (PT)	Hydro Power	Prof. M. K. Singhal Prof. G. S. Tomar Prof. R. P. Saini	08.07.2016
30.	Dixit Kumar Praful Kumar Pathak (QIP-PT)	Integrated Renewable Energy System	Prof. D. K. Khatod	11.01.2016
31.	Rajesh Kumar (QIP-PT)	Integrated Pumped Storage Scheduling	Prof. Arun Kumar	08.07.2015
32.	Rahul Kumar Garg (QIP)	Analysis of Hydraulic Transients in Hydro Power Plant	Prof. Arun Kumar	09.07.2014
33.	Prem Prakash (QIP-PT)	Optimal Sizing and Siting of Distributed Generation	Prof. D. K. Khatod	26.07.2013
34.	Ramjee Lal Meena (QIP-PT)	Development of Control Strategies for DC Micro-Grid	Prof. D. K. Khatod Prof. Avik Bhattacharya	26.07.2013
35.	Surender Singh Tanwar (QIP-PT)	Optimal Planning of Distributed Generation for Distributed Network	Prof. D. K. Khatod	12.07.2013

B. Awarded

S.No	Scholar Name	Title	Supervisor(s)	Year of Completion
1.	M. Ramesh	Hybrid Renewable Energy System for a Remote Rural Area in India	Prof. R. P. Saini	2020
2.	Gaurav Saini	Performance Investigations of Hybrid Cross Flow Hydrokinetic Turbine	Prof. R. P. Saini	2020
3.	Mansi Tripathi	Development of Water Quality Index for Management of River	Prof. S. K. Singal	2019
4.	Vineet Kumar Singh	Optimal Operation of Run of River Small Hydro Power Plant	Prof. S. K. Singal Prof. Chandra Shekhar	2019
5.	Manish Kumar	Performance Assessment of Different PV Technologies on Water Bodies	Prof. Arun Kumar	2019
6.	Patel Alpesh Kumar Mangaldas	Investigation of Off-Grid Integrated Renewable Energy System	Prof. S. K. Singal	2019
7.	Chandra Prakash	Study on Solar Air Heater Duct Roughened With Spherical and Inclined Rib Protrusionss	Prof. R. P. Saini	2019
8.	Ali Abbas	Investigations of Parameters Affecting Draft Tube Performance	Prof. Arun Kumar	2019
9.	Zameer Ahmad	Analysis of single phase transformerless inverter fed grid connected Solar PV system	Prof. S. N. Singh	2018
10.	Siva Ramakrishna Madeti	Development of Online Monitoring System for a Grid Connected Solar Photovoltaic Plant	Prof. S. N. Singh	2018
11.	Ravi Kumar	Development of Mathematical Model for Condition Based Maintenance of Small Hydropower Plants	Prof. S. K. Singal	2018
12.	Anant Kumar Rai	Hydro-Abrasive Erosion of Pelton Turbines	Prof. Arun Kumar Dr. Thomas Staubli	2018
13.	Ravi Kant Ravi	Study of Double Pass Roughened Solar Air Heater with Discrete Multi V-Shaped and Staggered Ribs	Prof. R. P. Saini	2018
14.	Utkarsh Singh	Detection and Classification of Power Quality Disturbances	Prof. S. N. Singh	2018
15.	Mukesh Kumar	Production of Biodiesel from Chlorella Protothecoides Microalgal Oil	Prof. M. P. Sharma	2018
16.	Kushal Manoharrao Jagtap	Loss Allocation in Radial Distribution Network with Distributed Generation	Prof. D. K. Khatod	2018
17.	Anuj Kumar	Investigations on Performance of a Savonius Hydrokinetic Turbine	Prof. R. P. Saini	2017
18.	Sangram Bana	Modeling of solar photovoltaic array under non-uniform insolation	Prof. R. P. Saini	2017
19.	Farhad Ilahi Bakhsh	Application of variable frequency transformer (VFT) for integration of wind energy system	Prof. D. K. Khatod	2017
20.	Dileep G.	Modelling and simulation of SPV system for improved power output using DC-DC conductor	Prof. S. N. Singh	2017
21.	Subho Upadhyay	Development of hybrid energy systems for rural area	Prof. M. P. Sharma	2017
22.	Rajanna S.	Integrated renewable energy system for a remote rural area	Prof. R. P. Saini	2017
23.	Amit Kumar	Green house gas emissions from hydropower reservoirs and its catchments	Prof. M. P. Sharma	2017
24.	VSKV Harish	Modelling and simulation of building energy system using intelligent techniques	Prof. Arun Kumar	2017
25.	Raj Kumar Viral	Optimal planning of distributed generation in distributed system	Prof. D. K. Khatod	2016
26.	Gaurav Dwivedi	Stability and cold flow properties of pongamia biodiesel	Prof. M. P. Sharma	2016
27.	Gopiya Naik S	Planning of distribution system with distributed generation	Prof. D. K. Khatod Prof. M. P. Sharma	2016
28.	Mukesh Kumar Singhal	Optimal planning of medium head hydro power projects	Prof. Arun Kumar	2016
29.	Ila Dashora	Hydrological Investigation and Analysis for Hydropower Projects	Prof. S. K. Singal Prof. D. K. Srivastava	2016
30.	Gohil Pankaj Kumar Paragbhai	Study of Cavitation in Francis Turbine for Small Hydro Power Plants	Prof. R. P. Saini	2016
31.	Anurag Chauhan	Evolving Optimal Integrated Renewable Energy System Model for Stand-Alone Applications	Prof. R. P. Saini	2016
32.	Srinivasa Kishore T	Cost Optimization of Power Transmission Lines in Hilly Areas	Prof. S. K. Singal	2016
33.	Tabish Alam	Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement by using V-Shaped Perforated Blocks in a Rectangular Solar Air Heater DUCT	Prof. R. P. Saini Prof. J. S. Saini	2015
34.	Javed Dhillon	Scheduling of Wind-PSP Generation Under Day-Ahead Market	Prof. Arun Kumar Prof. S. K. Singal	2015
35.	Mohit Bansal	Optimal Planning of Interated Renewable Energy Systems	Prof. R. P. Saini Prof. D. K. Khatod	2015
36.	Kawade Swati Manoharrao	Green House Gas Emission from Reservoirs	Prof. Arun Kumar Prof. M. P. Sharma	2014
37.	Shyam Narain Singh	Investigation of grid connected six-phase induction generator for small hydro power plants	Prof. G. K. Singh Prof. R. P. Saini	2014
38.	Sachin Mishra	Cost optimization of high head small hydro power projects	Prof. S. K. Singal Prof. D. K. Khatod	2013
39.	Anil Kumar	Heat and Fluid Flow in Solar Air Heater Duct with Multi V-Shaped Ribs with Gap	Prof. J. S. Saini Prof. R. P. Saini	2013
40.	Harmeet Singh	Investigation on performance of a Packed Bed Solar Energy Storage System	Prof. R. P. Saini Prof. J. S. Saini	2013
41.	Siddharth Jain	Stability studies of biodiesel from Jatropha curcas oil	Prof. M. P. Sharma	2012
42.	Kanase-Patil Amarsingh Baburao	Development of integrated renewable energy systems for remote area	Prof. M. P. Sharma Prof. R. P. Saini	2011
43.	Ajai Gupta	Modelling of hybrid renewable energy system	Prof. M. P. Sharma Prof. R. P. Saini	2010
44.	Mamta Kumari Padhy	Study of Silt Erosion on Pelton Turbine for a Small Hydro Power Plant	Prof. R. P. Saini	2010
45.	Vishavjeet Singh Hans	Heat Transfer and Friction Characteristics of Multiple V-Rib Roughened Solar Air Heater	Prof. J. S. Saini Prof. R. P. Saini	2009
46.	Sunil Kumar Singal	Optimization of low head small hydro installations	Prof. R. P. Saini Prof. C. S. Raghuvanshi	2009
47.	Shankar Narain Mahato	Analysis and Control of 3-Phase SEIG for single Phase Supply	Prof. S. P. Singh Prof. M. P. Sharma	2008
48.	Surender Kumar Saini	Study of solar air heater with roughened absorber plates	Prof. R. P. Saini	2008
49.	Krishna Bihari Yadav	Multiphase Induction Generator for Small Hydro Power Scheme	Prof. R. P. Saini Prof. G. K. Singh	2007
50.	Nand Kishore	Integrated control of small hydropower plants	Prof. S. P. Singh Prof. R. P. Saini	2006
51.	Anurag Trivedi	Performance analysis of induction, machines as seig for single phase isolated power supply	Prof. M. P. Sharma Prof. S. P. Singh	2006
52.	Ashok Kumar Akella	Modeling of integrated renewable energy system	Prof. M. P. Sharma Prof. R. P. Saini	2006
53.	Ranjeet Singh	Performance of packed bed energy storage system for solar air heaters	Prof. J. S. Saini Prof. R. P. Saini	2006
54.	Eugene Fernandez	Modelling on Integrated Energy System	Prof. R. P. Saini Prof. V. Devadasa	2004
55.	Pawan Kumar Modi	Voltage Stability Enenhancement using FACTSs Devices	Prof. S. P. Singh Prof. J. D. Sharma	2003
56.	Sudhir K Sharma	Studies on Bio gas Generation Using biomass feed stocks	Prof. J. S. Saini Prof. I. M. Mishra Prof. M. P. Sharma	1990