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Small Hydro Power-Hydro Turbine Design and Performance Testing, Hydrokinetic Energy, Silt Erosion in Hydro Turbines, Optimal Selection of SHP Equipment, Cost Optimization of SHP Schemes, Solar Energy-Solar Thermal Energy Utilization-Performance Enhancement of Solar Air Heaters, Solar Thermal Energy Storage-Packed-Bed Sensible Heat Storage System, Integrated Renewable Energy Sources-Modelling of Renewable Energy Systems, Modeling of Hybrid Energy Systems
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Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
1996
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
1989
M.E., Mechanical Engineering
University of Mysore
1982
B.E., Mechanical Engineering
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Associate Professor
25 Jun 2007 - 22 Nov 2015
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Scientist 'B'
31 Oct 1985 - 20 Sep 2001
University of Roorkee, Roorkee
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
Development of water mill for hilly area 01 Jan 1999 Development of water mill for hilly area Rs.6.00 lacs AICTE, New Delhi --
Development of standard water mills in Uttaranchal 01 Jan 2002 Development of standard water mills in Uttaranchal Rs,15.46 lacs TIFAC-DST, New Delhi Other AHEC faculties
Water mill - UNDP 01 Jan 1995 Water mill - UNDP Rs.7.00 lacs UNDP, New Delhi Other AHEC faculties
Monitoring of execution of demonstration project-UNDP 01 Jan 1999 Monitoring of execution of demonstration project-UNDP Rs.7.50 lacs UNDP, New Delhi Other AHEC faculties
Unelectrified villages-surveys, potential sources and electricity demand 01 Jan 2003 Unelectrified villages-surveys, potential sources and electricity demand Rs. 28.00 lacs UREDA, Dehradun Other AHEC faculties
DPR on enhancement of Livelihood Activities through existing Micro Hydro Power Station in UA 01 Jan 2006 DPR on enhancement of Livelihood Activities through existing Micro Hydro Power Station in UA Rs. 99.7 lacs MNRE, New Delhi Other AHEC faculties
Strengthening of test facilities & networking of institutions for performance & R&M related testing 01 Jan 2010 Strengthening of test facilities & networking of institutions for performance & R&M related testing Rs.250.0 lacs MNRE, New Delhi Other AHEC faculties
Setting up of Small Hydro Hydraulic Turbine R&D laboratory at AHEC, IIT Roorkee 01 Jan 2010 Setting up of Small Hydro Hydraulic Turbine R&D laboratory at AHEC, IIT Roorkee Rs.2282.21 lacs MNRE, New Delhi Other AHEC faculties
Training of Trainers on SmallHydro by AHEC,IIT Roorkee(Equipment Support forTraining of ITI Trainers 01 Jan 2011 Training of Trainers on SmallHydro by AHEC,IIT Roorkee(Equipment Support forTraining of ITI Trainers Rs.15.40 lacs MNRE, New Delhi Other AHEC faculties
FIST support to AHEC to strengthen the research and teaching on Hydropower Generation 01 Jan 2011 FIST support to AHEC to strengthen the research and teaching on Hydropower Generation Rs.92.0 lacs DST, New Delhi Other AHEC faculties
Development of Efficient Cross Flow Turbine for Hilly Region 01 Jan 2014 Development of Efficient Cross Flow Turbine for Hilly Region Rs.38.24 lacs MNRE, New Delhi Dr. S.K. Singal
Rural Technology Action Group (RUTAG) IIT Roorkee for the State of Uttarakhand 01 Jan 2009 Rural Technology Action Group (RUTAG) IIT Roorkee for the State of Uttarakhand Rs.89.52 lacs DST, New Delhi --
Development of Laboratory for Sediment Monitoring and Impact Analysis Studies in Hydro Power Plant 01 Jan 2015 Development of Laboratory for Sediment Monitoring and Impact Analysis Studies in Hydro Power Plant Rs.305.15 lacs MNRE, New Delhi Dr. Arun Kumar
Testing and Development of Multi-Purpose Hydraulically Operated Bio Residue Briquetting Machine 01 Jan 2015 Testing and Development of Multi-Purpose Hydraulically Operated Bio Residue Briquetting Machine Rs.4.80 lacs Uttarakhand Van Vikas Nigam, Dehradun Dr. M.P. Sharma
Sustainable Technologies for Distributed Level Application and Energy Support to Rural Development 01 Jan 2014 Sustainable Technologies for Distributed Level Application and Energy Support to Rural Development Rs.30.0 Lacs DST, New Delhi Dr Ravi Kumar
Development and implementation of 100 kW through surface water velocity driven hydrokinetic turbines 01 Jan 2017 Development and implementation of 100 kW through surface water velocity driven hydrokinetic turbines Rs.418.9 lacs Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, Dehradun Dr. S.K. Singal
Mini/Micro Turbine for Hydro Power Generation Application in India 01 Jan 2017 Mini/Micro Turbine for Hydro Power Generation Application in India Rs.26.65 lacs MHRD, M/s Eaton Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Pune and IIT Madras Dr. S.K. Singal
Development of Cold Storage powered by Pico Hydro Power and its demonstration at selected sites 01 Jan 2017 Development of Cold Storage powered by Pico Hydro Power and its demonstration at selected sites Rs.19.00 lacs DST New Delhi Dr Manish Mishra
Development of commercially viable/low cost model of a Hydralically Operated Bio Residue Briquetting 01 Jan 2018 Development of commercially viable/low cost model of a Hydralically Operated Bio Residue Briquetting Rs.7.20 lacs Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation Nainital Dr MP Sharma & Dr Vinay Sharm




Books

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Books

1. A techno-economic analysis of solar thermal power plant, Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Deutschland/Germany, 2012.

2. Niyojan, Nirman Evam Rakh-Rakhav Marg Darshika, (Para Technician Hetu), Guide Book (in Hindi) sponsored by UREDA, September 2006.

Manuals

1. Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual for Multipurpose Power Unit, prepared under TIFAC-DST sponsored project "Development of Standard Water Mills in Uttaranchal", March 2004. 

2. Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual for Improved Water Mills, prepared under TIFAC-DST sponsored project "Development of Standard Water Mills in Uttaranchal", March 2004.

Book Chapters

  1. 'Rural Technology Development and Delivery', Springer - Published by Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd., Chennai
    1. Chapter – 5: A Comprehensive Review on Projects Carried Out by RuTAG Centre IIT Roorkee.
    2. Chapter – 22: Development of Modified Pump Used as Turbine in Micro Hydro Plants.
    3. Chapter – 26: Development of Modified Bageshwari Wool Charkha.
  2. Murali S., Saini R.P., Punia A. (2020) Performance Analysis of Phase Change Material Storage System for Solar Thermal Applications. In: Singh S., Ramadesigan V. (eds) Advances in Energy Research, Vol. 2, 35-47. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2662-6_4.
  3. Punia A., Saini R.P., Murali S. (2020) Exergy and Energy Analysis of a Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage System with Different Heat Transfer Fluids. In: Singh S., Ramadesigan V. (eds) Advances in Energy Research, Vol. 2, 49-58. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2662-6_5.
Publications

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Citation Indices

 

All

Since 2014

(upto 15 Feb, 2019)           

Citations

6342

 4790

(Source : Google Scholar Citation)    

h-index           

40

37

 

i10-index

98

87

 

A.        PAPERS PUBLISHED IN RESEARCH JOURNALS

 

1.         Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., "Investigation of economic parameters of hydraulic air compressor for ultra low head hydro power", Journal of Institution of Engineers (I)-CV, Vol. 72, pp.66-69, July 1991.

2.              Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., "Heat transfer and friction factor correlation for artificially roughened duct with expanded metal mesh as roughness elements", International Journal Heat Mass Transfer, vol. 40, No.4, pp.973-986, 1997.

3.          Fernandez E., Saini R.P. and Devadas V. “Socio Economic Factors: Effect on Energy Consumption Pattern in Rural Hilly Areas” Nigerian Journal of Renewable Energy, Sokoto, Nigeria, Vol.10 Nos.1&2, pp.124-131, 2003.

4.           Fernandez E., Saini R.P. and Devadas V.,“Relative Inequality in Energy Resource Consumption: A case of Kanvashram Village, Pauri Garhwal District, Uttaranchal (India)” Renewable Energy, Vol. 30, pp.763-772, 2005.

5.                   Kishor Nand, Saini R.P. and Singh S.P., “Small hydro power plant identification using NNARX structure”, Journal of Neural Computing and Applications (Springer), Vol.14, No.3, pp.212-222, 2005.

6.                   Kishor Nand, Saini R.P. and Singh S.P. “Optimal pole shift control in application to a hydro power plant”, Journal of Electrical Engineering, published by the faculty of electrical engineering and information technology of the Slovak University of Technology and the Institute of Electrical Engineering of Slovak Academy of Sciences, Vol. 56, No. 11-12, pp.290-297, 2005.

7.                   Bajracharya T.R., Acharya B., Karki B., Lohia L., Joshi C.B., Saini R.P. and Dahlhaug O.G., “Sand Particles led Damages Pelton Needle Analysis: Case Study of Chilime Hydropower Plant”, Journal of the Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, Vol. 5, No. 1, Dec 2005.

8.                   Singh Ranjit, Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Nusselt number and friction factor correlations for packed bed solar energy storage system having large sized elements of different shapes”, Solar Energy, Vol. 80, Issue 7, pp.760-771, July 2006.

9.                   Singh G.K.., Yadav K.B. and Saini R.P., “Analysis of a Saturated Multi-Phase (Six-Phase) Self-Excited Induction Generator”, International Journal of Emerging Electric Power System, Vol.7, Issue 2, Article No.5, Published by The Berkeley Electronic Press, pp.1-21, 2006.

10.               Mittal M.K., Varun, Saini R.P. and Singal S.K. “Effective efficiency of solar air heaters having different types of roughness elements on the absorber plate”, Energy, Elsevier Science, UK, Vol. 32, Issue 5, pp.739-745, 2007.

11.               Varun, Saini R.P. and Singal S.K., “A Review on roughness geometry used in solar air heaters”, Solar Energy, Elsevier Science, UK, Vol.81, pp.1340-1350, Feb. 2007.

12.               Chauhan R.D., Sharma M.P., Saini R.P.  and Singal S.K., “Biodiesel from Jatropha as Transport Fuel-A Case Study of UP State, India”, Journal of Scientific & Industrial Journal Research, Vol.66 (5), pp.394-398, May 2007.

13.               Singal S.K. and Saini R.P., “Cost effective technology for low head small hydro power schemes”, Indian Journal The Environ Monitor, Vol. VII, No.6, pp.4-10, June 2007.

14.               Akella A.K., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Optimum utilization of renewable energy sources in a remote area”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier Science, UK, Vol. 11, Issue 5, pp.894-908, June 2007.

15.               Kishor Nand, Saini R.P. and Singh S.P., “A review of hydropower plant models and control”, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier Science, UK, Vol. 11, Issue 5, pp.776-796, June 2007.

16.               Singal S.K., Saini R.P. and Raghuvanshi C.S., “Estimation of cost for low head small hydropower installations”, Indian Journal of Power & River Valley Development, 57 (7/8), pp 179-183, July-August 2007.

17.               Singh Ranjit, Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Characteristics of Packed Bed Solar Energy Storage System Having Material Elements of Spherical Shape”, Journal of the Solar Energy Society of India (SESI), Vol.17, Nos. 1 and 2, pp. 29-37, June & Dec. 2007.

18.               Mamata Padhy and Saini R.P., “A review on silt erosion in hydro turbines”, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier Science, UK, Vol.12, pp.1974-1987, 2008.

19.               Varun, Saini R.P. and Singal S.K., “Investigation of thermal performance of solar air heater having roughness elements as a combination of inclined and transverse ribs on the absorber plate”, Renewable Energy, (Elsevier), 33, 1398-1405, June 2008.

20.               Bajracharya T.R., Acharya B., Joshi C.B., Saini R.P. and Dahlhaug O.G., “Sand Erosion of Pelton Turbine Nozzle and Buckets: Case study of Chilime Hydropower Plant”, Wear, Elsevier Science Direct, UK, Wear 264, pp.177-184, 2008.

21.               Saini R.P. and Verma Jitendra, “Heat transfer and friction factor correlations for a duct having dimple-shape artificial roughness for solar air heaters”, Energy, Elsevier Science, UK, Vol.33, Issue 8, pp.1277-1287, Feb. 2008.

22.               Singal S.K. and Saini R.P., “Analytical approach for development of correlations for cost of canal-based SHP schemes”, Renewable Energy, Elsevier Science, UK, Vol.33, pp.2549-2558, Apr. 2008.

23.               Singal S.K. and Saini R.P., “Analysis for cost estimation of low head run-of-river small hydropower schemes”, The Environ Monitor, Vol.VIII, No.3 & 4, pp.18-22, March-April 2008.

24.               Singal S.K., Saini R.P. and Raghuvanshi C.S., “Analysis for Quick Estimation of Dam Toe Small Hydropower Schemes”, Indian Journal of Power and River Valley Development, pp. 48-50, March-April 2008.

25.               Saini S.K. and Saini R.P., “Development of Correlations for Nusselt Number and Friction Factor for Solar Air Heater with Roughened Duct Having Arc-shaped Wire as Artificial Roughness”, Solar Energy, Elsevier Science, UK, Vol.82, pp.1118-1130, 2008.

26.               Singal S.K. and Saini R.P., “Analysis for Quick Estimation of Canal Based Small Hydropower Schemes”, Renewable Energy (IEEMA), pp.76-80, September 2008.

27.               Singal S.K. and Saini R.P., “Cost analysis of low-head dam-toe small hydropower plants based on number of generating units”, Sustainable Development,  Vol. XII, No.3, pp.55-60, September 2008.

28.               Singh R., Saini R. P. and Saini J.S., “Simulated Performance of Packed Bed Solar Energy Storage System having Storage Material Elements of Large Size-Part I”, The Open Fuels & Energy Science Journal, Vol.1, pp.91-96, 2008.

29.               Singh R., Saini R. P. and Saini J.S., “Simulated Performance of Packed Bed Solar Energy Storage System having Storage Material Elements of Large Size-Part II”, The Open Fuels & Energy Science Journal, Vol.1, pp.97-101, 2008.

30.               Singh R., Saini R. P. and Saini J.S., “Simulated Performance of Packed Bed Solar Energy Storage System having Storage Material Elements of Large Size-Part III”, The Open Fuels & Energy Science Journal, Vol.1, pp.102-107, 2008.

31.               Singal S.K., Saini R.P. and Raghuvanshi C.S, “Cost Optimisation Based on Electro-Mechanical Equipment of Canal Based Low Head Small Hydropower Scheme”, The Open Energy Journal, Vol.1, pp.26-35, Dec. 2008.

32.               Akella A.K., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Social, economical and environmental impacts of renewable energy systems”, Renewable Energy (34), pp.390-396, 2009.

33.               Kumar Sharad and Saini R.P., “CFD based performance analysis of a solar air heater duct provided with artificial roughness”, Renewable Energy, Elsevier UK, Vol.34, pp.1285-1291, 2009.

34.               Hans V.S., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Performance of Artificially Roughened Solar Air Heaters-A Review”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews-Elsevier (UK), Vol.13, pp.1854-1869, 2009.

35.               Singh Ranjit, Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Optimization of system parameters of packed bed solar energy storage system having storage material elements of large size”, The Open Fuels & Energy Science Journal, Vol.2, 31-33, 2009.

36.               Padhy M.K. and Saini R.P., “Effect of size and concentration of silt particles on erosion of Pelton turbine buckets”, Energy, (Elsevier), 34, 1477-1483, July 2009.

37.               Varun, Patnaik Amar, Saini R.P., Singal S.K. and Siddharth, “Performance prediction of solar air heater having roughened duct provided with transverse and inclined ribs as artificial roughness”, Renewable Energy, (Elsevier), 34, 2914-2922, June 2009.

38.               Singh Ranjit, Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Models for predicting thermal performance of packed bed energy storage system for solar air heaters-A review”, The Open Fuels & Energy Science Journal, Vol.2, 47-53, 2009.

39.               Kanase-Patil A.B., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Integrated Renewable Energy Systems for Off Grid Electrification of Remote Rural Areas”, Renewable Energy, (Elsevier), 35 (6), 1342-1349, June 2010.

40.               Singh G.K., Senthil Kumar A., and Saini R.P., “A Self-Excited Six-Phase Induction Generator for Stand-Alone Renewable Energy Generation: Experimental Analysis”, European Transactions on Electrical Power, Vol.20, Issue 07, pp.884-900, 2010. (Article first published online: 17 JUL 2009, DOI: 10.1002/etep.372).

41.               Kumar Pardeep and Saini R.P., “Study of cavitation in hydro turbines-A review” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier UK, Vol.14 (1), 374-383, 2010.

42.               Hans V.S., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Heat transfer and friction factor correlations for a solar air heater duct roughened artificially with multiple v-ribs”, Solar Energy, (Elsevier) Vol.84 (2010), pp.898-911, 2010

43.               Singh Harmeet, Saini R.P., Saini J.S., “A review on packed bed solar energy storage systems” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier UK, Vol.14 (3), pp.1059-1069, 2010.

44.               Singal S.K., Kumar Anurag, and Saini R.P., “Installation of Bulb Turbines-in Small Hydro Plants : A Review”, The IUP Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol.3, No.2, pp.7-22, May 2010.

45.               Singh G.K., Senthil Kumar  A., and Saini R.P., “Steady-State Modeling and Analysis of Six-Phase Self-Excited Induction Generator For Renewable Energy Generation” International Journal of Electric power Components and Systems (Publisher Taylor & Francis), 38:2, pp.137-151, 2010.

46.               Gupta Ajai, Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Steady-state modelling of hybrid energy system for off grid electrification of cluster of villages” Renewable Energy, (Elsevier) UK, Vol.35 (2), pp.520-535, 2010. 

47.               Singh G.K., Senthil Kumar A. and Saini R.P., “Performance evaluation of series compensated self-excited Six-phase induction generator for Stand-Alone Renewable Energy Generation” Energy (Elsevier), UK, Vol.35, pp.288-297, 2010.

48.               Singal S.K., Saini R.P. and Raghuvanshi C.S, “Optimization of low-head, dam-toe, small hydropower projects”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Vol. 2 (4), 043109 (2010) on line published, pp.3273-3283, Aug. 2010.

49.               Singh G. K., Senthilkumar A., and Saini R. P., ‘Selection of Capacitance for Self-Excited Six-Phase Induction Generator for Stand-Alone Renewable Energy Generation’, Energy, Volume 35, Issue 8, pp.3273-3283, August 2010.

50.               Padhy M.K. and Saini R. P., “Study of silt erosion on performance of a Pelton turbine”, Energy (Elsevier) UK, Vol.36, Issue 1, pp.141-147, Dec. 2010.

51.               Singal S.K. and Saini R.P., and Raghuvanshi C.S., “Analysis for cost estimation of low head run-of-river small hydropower schemes”, International Journal Energy for Sustainable Development, Vol.14, pp.117-126, 2010.

52.               Singal S.K., Saini R.P. and Raghuvanshi C.S., “Effects of soil conditions on cost of low head SHP schemes”, Hydro Nepal: Journal of Water, Energy and Environment, issue No.8, January 2011.

53.               Singh G. K., Senthilkumar A., and Saini R.P., ‘Performance Analysis of a Simple Shunt and Series Compensated Six-Phase Self-Excited Induction Generator for Renewable Energy Generation’, Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier), Vol. 52, No. 3, pp.1688-1699, March 2011.

54.               Gupta Ajai, Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Modelling of hybrid energy system-Part I : Problem formulation and model development” Renewable Energy, (Elsevier) UK, Vol.36, pp.459-465, 2011. 

55.               Gupta Ajai, Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Modelling of hybrid energy system-Part II : Combined dispatch strategies and solution algorithm” Renewable Energy, (Elsevier) UK, Vol.36, pp.466-473, 2011.

56.               Gupta Ajai, Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Modelling of hybrid energy system-Part III : Case study with simulation results” Renewable Energy, (Elsevier) UK, Vol.36, pp.474-481, 2011.

57.               Kanase-Patil A.B., Saini R.P., Sharma M.P., “Development of IREOM model based on seasonally varying load profile for hilly remote areas of Uttarakhand state in India”  Energy, (Elsevier), Vol.36 (9), pp.5690-5702, July 2011. 

58.               Kanase-Patil A.B., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Sizing of integrated renewable energy system based on load profiles and reliability index for the state of Uttarakhand in India”, Renewable Energy (Elsevier), Vol.36, Issue 11, pp.2809-2821, Nov.2011.

59.               Padhy M.K. and Saini R. P., “Study of silt erosion Mechanism in Pelton turbine buckets”, Energy (Elsevier) UK, Vol.39, Issue 1, pp.286-293, Feb.2012.

60.               Vats Harsh, Saini R.P., “Investigation on combined effect of Cavitation and Silt Erosion on Francis turbine”, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering (IJMPE) ISSN 2315-489, Vol-1, Issue-1, 2012.

61.               Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Heat and fluid flow characteristics of roughned solar air heater ducts-A review” Renewable Energy (Elsevier Science) UK, Vol.47 (2012), pp.77-94, April 2012.

62.               Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Heat transfer and friction factor of solar air heater having duct roughened artificially with discrete multiple V-ribs”, AIP Journal of Renewable and Sustainable, Vol.4, Issue 3, pp.1733-1749, May 2012.

63.               Singh G. K., Singh S.N., and Saini R.P., “Steady-State Modeling and Analysis of Grid-Connected Six-Phase Induction Generator for Renewable Energy Generation”, Journal of Advance Materials Research, Vol. 516-517 (Electrical Power & Energy Systems), pp.645-659, May 2012.

64.               Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Experimental investigation on heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics of air flow in a rectangular duct with Multi v-shaped rib with gap roughness on the heated plate”, Solar Energy (Elsevier Science, UK), Vol.86, Issue 6, pp.1733-1749, June 2012.

65.               Singh Harmeet, Saini R.P., and Saini J.S., “Performance of a packed bed solar energy storage system having large sized elements with low void fraction” Solar Energy, Elsevier UK, Vol.87 (2013), pp.22-34, Jan.2013.

66.               Bansal Mohit, Saini R.P. and Khatod D.K., “Development of cooking sector in rural areas in India-A review” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, UK, Vol.17 (2013), pp.44-53, Jan.2013.

67.               Kumar Anil, Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Experimental investigations on thermo-hydraulic performance due to flow-attack-angle in multiple v-ribs with gap in a rectangular duct of solar air heaters” Journal of Sustainable Energy & Environment, Vol.4, Issue 1, pp.1-7, Jan.-March, 2013.

68.               Kumar Anil, Saini R.P., and Saini J.S., “Development of correlations for Nusselt number and friction factor for solar air heater with roughened duct having Multi v-shaped with gap rib as artificial roughness” Renewable Energy, Elsevier, UK, Vol.58 (2013), pp.151-163, 2013.

69.               H.N. Patel, S. K. Singal, and Saini R. P., “A New Approach for the Study of Silt Erosion of Hydro Turbine” International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering,  Vol.3, Issue 5, pp.599-602, May 2013.

70.               Bansal M., Saini R.P. and Khatod D.K., “Optimal sizing of a solar-biogas-based cooking system for a cluster of villages”, Int. Journal of Sustainable Energy (Taylor & Francis), 33 (5), pp.1017-1032, 2014 (May 2013 online).

71.               Shakya Uttara, Saini R.P., and Singhal M.K., “A Review on Artificial Roughness Geometry for Enhancement of Heat Transfer and Friction Characteristic on Roughened Duct of Solar Air Heater”, International Journal of Emerging Technology & Advanced Engineering, Vol.3, Issue 6, pp.279-287, June 2013.

72.               Gohil Pankaj and Saini R.P., “CFD based flow analysis in elbow type draft tube for small hydro power plant”, International Association for Small Hydro (IASH) Journal, Vol.2. No.2,   pp.10-13, July 2013.

73.               Alam T., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Use of turbulators for heat transfer augmentation in air duct - A review”, Renewable Energy, (Elsevier), Vol.62 (2014), pp.689-715, 2014.

74.               Alam Tabish., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Heat and flow characteristics of air heater ducts provided with turbulators - A review”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (Elsevier), Vol.31 (2014), pp.289-304, March 2014.

75.               Gohil Pankaj P. and Saini R.P., “Coalesced effect of cavitation and silt erosion in hydro turbines - A review”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (Elsevier), 33 (2014), pp.280-289, May 2014.

76.               Alam Tabish, Saini R.P., and Saini J. S., “Experimental Investigation of Thermohydraulic Performance of a Rectangular Solar Air Heater Duct Equipped with V-Shaped Perforated Blocks”,  International Journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering (Hindawi Publishing Corporation), Article ID 948313, 11 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/948313,Vol. 2014, pp.289-304, 2014.

77.               Kumar Anil, Saini R.P., and Saini J.S., “A review thermohydraulic performance of artificially roughened solar air heaters”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (Elsevier), 37 (2014), pp.100-122, 2014.

78.               Chauhan Anurag and Saini R.P., “A review on integrated renewable energy system based power generation for stand-alone applications: Configurations, storage options, sizing methodologies and control”, Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, (Elsevier), Vol. 38 (2014), pp.99-120, Oct.2014.

79.               Alam T., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Packed bed solar energy storage: A state-of –art review”, International Global Journal for Engineering Research (IGJER), Vol.9, Issue-I, July 2014.

80.               Alam, T., Saini, R. P. and Saini, J. S., “Effect of circularity of perforation holes in V-shaped blockages on heat transfer and friction characteristics of rectangular solar air heater duct”, Energy Conversion and Management, (Elsevier), Vol.86, pp.952-963, 2014.

81.               Alam, T., Saini, R. P. and Saini, J. S., “Experimental investigation on heat transfer enhancement due to V-shaped perforated blocks in a rectangular duct of solar air heater”, Energy Conversion and Management, (Elsevier), Vol. 81, pp.374-383, 2014.

82.               Alam T., Saini R. P. and Saini J. S., “Heat Transfer Enhancement due to V-Shaped Perforated Blocks in a Solar Air Heater Duct”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Trans Tech Publications, Vol. 619, pp.125-129, 2014.

83.               Suthar Mamta, Singh G.K. and Saini R.P. “Effects of air pollution for estimating global solar radiation in India”, International Journal of Sustainable Energy (Taylor & Francis), Vol.36 (1), pp.20-27, Nov. 2014.

84.               Anurag Kumar and Saini R. P., “Development of hydrokinetic power generation system: a review”, International Journal of Engineering Science & Advanced Technology (IJESAT), Vol. 4, Issue 6, pp.464-477, Nov.-Dec.2014.

85.               Kumar Anil, Saini R.P., and Saini J.S., “An experimental investigation of enhanced heat transfer due to a gap in a continuous multiple V-rib arrangement in a Solar air channel”, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, Vol.21 (1), pp.21-49, 2014.

86.               Kumar Anil, Saini R.P., and Saini J.S., “Effect of roughness width ratio in discrete Multi V-shaped rib roughness on thermo-hydraulic performance of solar air heater”, Heat Mass Transfer (Springer), Vol.51 (2), pp.209-220, 2014.

87.               Kunwar Sangram Singh Pundir, Singal S.K. and Saini R.P., “Performance of Solar photovoltaic plant installed in IIT Roorkee campus: A case study”, International Journal of Advance Research in Science and Engineering (IJARSE), Vol. No.4, Special Issue (01), pp.436-444, March 2015.

88.               Alam Tabhish, Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., "Experimental investigation of thermo hydraulic performance due to angle of attack in solar air heater duct equipped with V-shaped perforated blockages", International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology, Vol.6, No.2, pp.164-180, 2015.

89.               Chauhan Anurag and Saini R.P., “Renewable energy based off-grid rural electrification in Uttarakhand state of India: Technology options, modeling method, barriers and recommendations”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (Elsevier), Vol. 51 (2015), pp.662-681, Nov.2015.

90.               Gohil Pankaj P. and Saini R.P., “Effect of temperature, suction head and flow velocity on cavitation in a Francis turbine of small hydro power plant”, Energy, (Elsevier), Vol.93, Part 1 (2015), pp.613-624, Dec.2015.

91.               Rajanna S. and Saini R.P., “A review on planning, configurations, modelling and optimization techniques of hybrid renewable energy systems for off grid applications”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (Elsevier), Vol.58, (2016), pp.376-396, Dec.2015.

92.               Rajanna S. and Saini R.P., “Modelling of integrated renewable energy system for electrification of a remote area in India”, Renewable Energy, (Elsevier), Vol.90, (2016), pp.175-187, Dec.2015.

93.               Ravi Kant Ravi and Saini R.P., “A review on different techniques used for performance enhancement of double pass solar air heaters”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (Elsevier), Vol. 56 (2016), pp.941-952, Dec.2015.

94.               Kumar Anil, Saini R.P., and Saini J.S., “Numerical simulation of effective efficiency of a discrete multi V-pattern rib solar air channel”, Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme-und Stoffuebertragung (Springer), Vol. 52, pp.2051-2065, 2016.

95.               Gohil Pankaj P. And Saini R.P., “Numerical study of cavitation in Francis turbine of a small hydro power plant”, International Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 9 (1), pp.357-365, 2016.

96.               Chauhan Anurag and Saini R.P., “Techno-economic optimization based approach for energy management of a stand-alone integrated renewable energy system for remote area of India”, Energy, (Elsevier), Vol. 94 (2016), pp.138-156, Jan.2016.

97.               Chauhan Anurag and Saini R.P., “Techno-economic feasibility study on integrated renewable energy system for an isolated community of India”, International Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (Elsevier), Vol.59, pp.388-405, June 2016.

98.               Rajanna S. and Saini R.P., “Development of optimal integrated renewable energy model with battery storage for a remote Indian area”, Energy, (Elsevier), Vol.111, (2016), pp.803-817, June 2016.

99.               Kumar Anuj and Saini R.P., “Performance parameters of Savonius type hydrokinetic turbine-A Review”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (Elsevier), Vol.64, (2016), pp.289-310, June 2016.

100.            Bana Sangram and Saini R.P., “A mathematical modeling framework to evaluate the performance of single diode and double diode based SPV systems”, Energy Report, (Elsevier), Vol.2, (2016), pp.171-187, June 2016.

101.            Rajanna S. and Saini R.P., “Employing demand side management for selection of suitable scenario-wise isolated integrated renewable energy models in an Indian remote rural area”, Renewable Energy, (Elsevier), Vol.99, (2016), pp.1161-1180, Aug.2016.

102.            Ravi Kant Ravi and Saini R.P., “Experimental investigation on performance of a double pass artificial roughened solar air heater duct having roughness elements of the combination of discrete multi V shaped and staggered ribs”, Energy, (Elsevier), Vol. 116 (2016), pp.507-516, Sept.2016.

103.            Kumar Anil, Saini R.P., and Saini J.S., “Numerical optimization of the thermal performance of a solar air channel having discrete multi V-rib roughness on the absorber plate”, Journal of Heat Transfer Research, Vol.47 (5), pp.449-469, 2016.

104.            Chauhan Anurag and Saini R.P., “Discrete harmony search based size optimization if Integrated Renewable Energy System for remote rural areas of Uttarakhand state in India”, Renewable Energy, (Elsevier), Vol.94, pp.587-604, 2016.

105.            Bhatt Ankit, Sharma M.P. and Saini R.P., “Feasibility and sensitivity analysis of an off-grid micro hydro-photovoltaic-biomass and biogas-diesel-battery hybrid energy system for a remote area in Uttarakhand state, India”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, (Elsevier), Vol.61 (2016), pp.53-69, 2016.

106.           Singh Harmeet, Saini R.P.  and Saini J.S., “performance of a packed bed solar energy storage system having rectangular elements as storage material”, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering (ISSN: 2320-2092), Vol.4, Issue12, pp.36-42, Dec.2016.

107.            Bana Sangram and Saini R.P., “Identification of unknown parameters of a single diode photovoltaic model using particle swarm optimization with binary constraints”, Renewable Energy (Elsevier), Vol.101 (2017), pp.1299-1310, 2017.

108.            Kumar Anuj and Saini R.P., “Performance analysis of a Savonius hydrokinetic turbine having twisted blades”, Renewable Energy, (Elsevier), Vol.108 (2017), pp.502-522, March 2017.

109.            Bana Sangram and Saini R.P., “Experimental investigation on power output of different photovoltaic array configurations under uniform and partial shading scenarios”, Energy (Elsevier), Vol.127, (2017), pp.438-453, April 2017.

110.            Pankaj P. Gohil and Saini R.P., “Numerical investigation of cavitating flow in elbow type draft tube”, International Journal of Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, (Inderscience), Vol.17, No.3, pp.172-179, 2017.

111.            Ravi Kant Ravi and Saini R.P., “Effect of roughness elements on thermal and thermohydraulic performance of double pass solar air heater duct having discrete multi V- shaped and staggered rib roughness on both sides of the absorber plate”, Experimental Heat Transfer (Taylor & Francis), 31 (1), pp.47-67, 2018.

112.            Ravi Kant Ravi and Saini R.P., “Nusselt number and friction factor correlations for forced convective type counter flow solar air heater having discrete multi V shaped and staggered rib roughness on both sides of the absorber plate”, Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier), 129 (2018), pp.735–746.

113.           Sangal Saurabh, Singhal M.K. and Saini R.P., “Hydro-abrasive erosion in hydro turbines: a review”, International Journal of Green Energy (Taylor & Francis), Vol.15, No.4, pp. 232-253. Feb. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2018.1431546).

114.           Saini Gaurav, Saini R.P., “A numerical analysis to study the effect of radius ratio and attachment angle on hybrid hydrokinetic turbine performance”, Energy for Sustainable Development (Elsevier), 47 (2018), pp.94–106.

115.           Prakash Chandra,  Saini R.P., “Heat transfer and friction in rectangular solar air heater duct having spherical and inclined rib protrusions as roughness on absorber plate”, Experimental Heat Transfer (Taylor & Francis), Nov.2018, Doi: 10.1080/08916152.2018.1543367.

116.           Tenzin Namgay, Saini R.P., “Wind and Solar Power Potential Assessment in Bhutan” International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT), Vol. 8, Issue 3, Feb. 2019, pp.391-395.

117.           Prakash Chandra and Saini R.P., “Use of artificial roughness for performance enhancement of solar air heaters-a review, International Journal of Green Energy (Taylor & Francis), Vol.16 (7), April 2019, https://doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2019.1598418.

118.           Saini Gaurav, Saini R.P., “A review on technology, configurations, and performance of cross‐flow hydrokinetic turbines”, Energy Research (Wiley), May 2019, DOI: 10.1002/er.4625 pp.1–41. DOI:10.1002/er.4625.

119.           Tenzin Namgay, Saini R.P. “Voltage stability of integrated grid with solar & wind power along with LCOE: A case study in Bhutan” International Journal of Engineering (IOSRJEN), Vol. 9, Issue 6, June 2019, pp.1-14.

120.           Kumar Arun, Saini R.P., Gandhi B.K., Srivastava R.K. Chandra Pradeep and Dubey A.K., “Experiences in discharge measurements at Small Hydropower Stations in India”, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation (Elsevier), Vol.69, Aug. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2019.101605.

121.           Suresh C., Saini R.P., “Review on solar thermal energy storage technologies and their geometrical configurations”, International Journal Energy Research (Willey), 44 (6), Jan.2020, 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.5143.

122.           Gautam Abhishek, Saini R.P., “A review on technical, applications and economic aspect of packed bed solar thermal energy storage system”, Energy Storage (Elsevier) 27, Feb. 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2019.101046.

123.       Suresh C., Saini R.P., “Thermal performance of sensible and latent heat thermal energy storage systems”, International Journal Energy Research (Wiley), 44 (6), Feb.2020, https://doi.org/10.1002/er.5255.

124.           Saini Gaurav and Saini R.P.,”A computational investigation to analyze the effects of different rotor parameters on hybrid hydrokinetic turbine performance” Ocean Engineering, 199, Feb.2020.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107019.

125.           A. Gautam, Saini R.P., Experimental investigation of heat transfer and fluid flow behavior of packed bed solar thermal energy storage system having spheres as packing element with pores, Solar Energy (Elsevier), 204 (2020) 530–541, May 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.05.024.

126.           Ramesh M., Saini, R.P., “Effect of different batteries and diesel generator on the performance of a stand-alone hybrid renewable energy system”, Energy Sources Part A: Recovery Utilization, and Environmental Effects (Taylor & Francis), May 2020, https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2020.1763520.

127.           A. Gautam, R.P. Saini, “Thermal and hydraulic characteristics of packed bed solar energy storage system having spheres as packing element with pores”, Energy Storage, 30, May 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.101414.

128.           Ramesh M., Saini R.P., “Dispatch strategies based performance analysis of a hybrid renewable energy system for a remote rural area in India”, Journal of Cleaner Production (Elsevier), 259, 1-19,  June 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120697.

129.           Siddhita Yadav and Saini R.P., “Numerical investigation on the performance of a solar air heater using jet impingement with absorber plate”, Solar Energy (Elsevier), 208, pp.236-248, Aug. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.07.088. 

130.           A. Gautam, R.P. Saini, “A review on sensible heat based packed bed solar thermal energy storagesystem for low temperature applications”, Solar Energy, 207 (2020), Sept.2020, 937-956. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.07.027.

131.           Suresh C., Saini R.P., “Performance comparison of sensible and latent heat-based thermal storage system during discharging – an experimental study”, Experimental Heat Transfer (Taylor & Francis), Sept.2020, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/08916152.2020.1817178.

132.           Sanat K. Patro, Saini R.P., “Mathematical modeling framework of a PV model using novel differential evolution algorithm”, Solar Energy, 211 (2020), Sept. 2020, pp.210-226.

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.09.065

133.           Polamarasetty P Kumar, Saini, R.P., “Optimization of an off-grid integrated hybrid renewable energy system with different battery technologies for rural electrification in India,” Energy Storage, 32 (2020), pp.1-23, Sept.2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2020.101912.

134.           Anuj Kumar, Saini, R.P.,  Gaurav Saini, Gaurav Dwivedi, “Effect of number of stages on the performance characteristics of modified Savonius hydrokinetic turbine” Ocean Engineering, 217 (2020), Oct. 2020 (online).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.108090.  

135.           Polamarasetty P Kumar, Saini, R.P., “Optimization of an off-grid integrated hybrid renewable energy system with various energy storage technologies using different dispatch strategies”, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Oct. 2020 (online). https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2020.1824035.  

136.           Suresh C., Saini R.P., “An experimental study on the performance evaluation of a combined sensible-latent heat thermal energy storage”, International Journal of Energy Research (Willey), 45 (4), 5730-5746 (Oct.2020) DOI: 10.1002/er.6196.

137.           A. Gautam, R.P. Saini, “Development of correlations for Nusselt number and friction factor of packed bed solar thermal energy storage system having spheres with pores as packing elements”, Journal of Energy Storage 36 (2021), Feb.2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2021.102362.  

138.           Varun Goel, V.S. Hans, Sukhmeet Singh, Rajneesh Kumar, Sudhir Kumar Pathak, Mohit Singla, Suvanjan Bhattacharyya, Eydhah Almatrafi, R.S. Gill, and R.P. Saini, "A comprehensive study on the progressive development and applications of solar air heaters", Solar Energy, accepted July 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.07.040

 

B. PAPERS PUBLISHED IN SYMPOSIUM/CONFERENCES/SEMINARS

1.         Saini J.S., Prasad B. and Saini R.P., "Biomass energy system for rural development" presented at National Seminar on Non-Conventional Energy for Rural Development at Sultanpur (U.P.), Aug. 1-4, 1983.

2.         Saini R.P and Saini J.S., "Hydraulic air compression system for harnessing ultra low head hydro potential" Fourth National Convention of Chemical Engineers, Roorkee, II41-II44, Oct.3-4, 1988.

3.         Ahmad N. and Saini R.P. "Use of centrifugal pump as turbine for mini/micro hydro power stations", Fourth National Convention of Chemical Engineers, Roorkee, II36-II40, Oct.3-4, 1988.

4.         Saini R.P. and Ahmad N. "Cross flow-cum-under shot wooden water mill-a modified gharat for the Himalayas". Silver Jubilee Celebrations, Deptt. of Chemical Engg. U.O.R. Roorkee, II22-II24, 1989.

5.         Ahmad N. and Saini R.P., "A non-conventional water turbine for harnessing energy of a flowing stream” Silver Jubilee Celebrations, Deptt. of Chemical Engg. U.O.R. Roorkee, II14-II16, 1989.

6.         Prasad B., Kumar P., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., "Development of hydraulic air compressor for chemical process industries" Silver Jubilee Celebrations, Deptt. of Chemical Engg. U.O.R. Roorkee, I33-I37, 1989.

7.         Saini R.P. and Ahmad, N. and Jain M.P., "Direct applications of mechanical energy extracted from hydro potential available in flowing stream for rural development" 3rd International Congress and Exhibition, New Delhi, B-02, December 20-21, 1989.

8.         Saini R.P. and Ahmad N., "Development of mechanical actuator - a failsafe device for turgo wheels", National Conference on machine and mechanism (NACOMM-90), Roorkee, 157-162, March 16-17, 1990.

9.         Saini R.P. and Ahmad N., "Performance study of pumps in turbine mode", Eighth National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, Roorkee, I51-I55, October 30-November1, 1992.

10.       Saini R.P., Prasad B. and Saini J.S., "Effect of system parameters on the performance of hydraulic air compression system for low head hydro power" Eighth National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, Roorkee, I37-I41, October 30-November 1, 1992.

11.       Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., "Enhancement of performance of solar collector by using expanded metal as artificial roughness", Eighth National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, Roorkee, II29-I32, October30-Nov.1, 1992.

12.       Saini R.P. and Ahmad N., "Selection procedure of centrifugal pump to be used as turbine for small hydro stations", National Seminar on Small Hydro Power Project-CIVSEM'93, Coimbatore, 64-71, December 3-4, 1993.

13.       Saini R.P. and Ahmad N., "Development of a improved water mill", National Seminar on Small Hydro Power Project-CIVSEM'93, Coimbatore, 58-63, December 3-4, 1993.     

14.               Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., "Thermohydraulic performance of solar air heater having roughened duct provided with expanded metal mesh as artificial roughness", World Renewable Energy Congress-III, U.K., September 11-16, 1994.

15.               Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., "Thermohydraulic performance of solar energy collection system having roughened air duct provided with expanded metal as artificial roughness", National Solar Energy Convention-96, Calcutta, December 27-29, 1996.

16.               Saini R.P. and Ahmad N., "Method for selection of pumps used in turbine mode" Ist International Conference on Renewable Energy, Hydrabad, February 3-7, 1997.

17.       Saini R.P. and Paish O., "The development of Traditional Himalayan water mills for sustainable village scale micro-hydro power" Ist International Conference on Renewable Energy, Hydrabad, February 3-7, 1997.

18.       Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., "Thermal performance of artificially roughened solar energy collector using expanded metal as artificial roughness", International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Roorkee, February 6-8, 1997.

19.       Saini R.P. , “SHP turbines and their selection”, Proc. of International Short Term Course on Small Hydro Power, BUET, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 193-203, May 6-9,1999. 

20.       Saini R.P., “Low Head Water Mills In Remote Area”, Proc. of International Short Course On Small Hydro Power, BUET,Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 229-238, May 6-9, 1999.

21.       Kapil Vivek, Fernandez E. and Saini R.P., “Design of photo voltaic system for remote area”, National Renewable Energy Convention’99, Indore, December 20-22, 1999.

22.       Fernandez E., Saini R.P. and Devadas V., “An estimation of correlation for the output of a solar photovoltaic pump”, National Renewable Energy Convention’ 99, Indore, December 20-22, 1999.

23.       Fernandez E., Saini R.P. and Devadas V., “Impact of socio-economic factors on energy consumption pattern in rural hilly areas”, National Renewable Energy Convention’99, Indore, December 20-22, 1999.

24.       Saini R.P., Sharma M.P. and Bhardwaj A.K., “Development of integrated renewable energy systems for an Indian village”, National Renewable Energy Convention’99, Indore, December 20-22, 1999.

25.       Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Techno-economics of renewable energy based rural water supply systems”, International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Rural Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation, RUWATSS – 2000, Roorkee, October 12-13, 2000.

26.       Fernandez E., Saini R.P. and Devadas V., “Energy resource allocation for a decentralised system: an intuitive approach” International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, Deptt. of Mathematics, U.O.R. Roorkee, January 29-31,2001.

27.       Fernandez E., Saini R.P. and Devadas V., “Energy resource consumption within rural population: an assessment of energy consumption inequality levels in a typical Indian rural hilly village.” International Conference on Mathematical Modelling, Deptt. of Mathematics, U.O.R. Roorkee, January 29-31, 2001.

28.       Fernandez E., Saini R.P. and Devadas V., “Energy Resource Demand in Rural Setup:Role of Some Socio-Economic Considerations” National Seminar on Energy Applications in Rural Development (UGC Sponsored), Annamalai  University,  Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, February 9-10, 2001.

29.       Fernandez E., Saini R.P. and Devadas V., “Sensitivity of Family size, Annual household income and Education levels on Energy Resource preferences of Rural populations: a Case study of Kanvashram village, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttaranchal” International Workshop on Environment and Energy (IWEE-2001),Vallam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, November 1-3, 2001.

30.       Saini R.P., Sharma M.P. and Bhaskar P.K., “Development of a Hybrid SPV-Diesel Engine based Electricity Generation System.”  Proc. of  All India Seminar on Advances in Solar Energy Technologies, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), pp.91-98, January 29-30, 2002.

31.               Saini R.P., “Thermal Performance and Friction Loss Consideration For the Design of Artificially Roughened Plate Solar Air Heater.” Proc. of All India Seminar On Advances In Solar Energy Technologies, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), pp.206-213, January 29-30, 2002.

32.               Chandan Prakash, Saini R.P., “New Design Concepts of Micro Hydro Power Plants” National Symposium on Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, August 13-15, 2002.

33.               Saini R.P. and Saini S.K., “Solar Air Heaters with Artificial Roughened Absorber Plates” National Symposium on Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, August 13-15, 2002.

34.               Sharma M.P. and Saini R.P. “Solar Photovoltaic based Rural Electrification of Remote Areas” National  Symposium on  “Recent Advances in Renewable Energy Technologies” Shivaji University, Kollahapur, pp. 157-166 August 13-15, 2002.

35.               Akella A.K., Saini R.P. & Sharma M.P., “Electrification of Remote Areas through  Renewable Energy Sources” National seminar on “Global Summit on Infrastructure  Development of Jharkhand” RIT, Jamshedpur, January 11-12, 2003.

36.               Singh Ranjit and Saini R.P., “Energy Conservation – A Need of the Day”, Sixth Punjab Science Congress, Sustainable Innovations in Science & Technology for Regional Development, Sant Longowal Institute of Engg. & Technology, Longowal, Sangrur, Punjab, February 7-9, 2003.

37.               Singh R., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Packed Bed Solar Energy Storage Systems : A Critical Review” National Conference on Emerging Energy Technologies (NCEET-2003) Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (H.P.), March 28-29, 2003.

38.               Saini R.P., “Cost Effective Approach for the Development of Micro Hydropower” National Conference on Emerging Energy Technologies (NCEET-2003) Mechanical Engineering Department, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (H.P.), March 28-29, 2003.

39.               Kishor Nand, Saini R.P. and Singh S.P. “Most Appropriate Rationalized Transfer Function with Elastic Water Column Effect” Instrumentation & Control Engg. Conference, 2003, Tiruchirappalli, Dec. 4-6, 2003.

40.               Singh R., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Thermohydraulic Performance of Packed Bed Energy Storage System for Solar Air Heaters”, XIII National Conference of ISME, IIT Roorkee, Dec.30-31, 2003.

41.               Kishor Nand, Saini R.P. and Singh S.P.  “Governor Gain Influence on Stability of a Hydro Unit with Single Penstock and Multi-units with Common Penstock”, National Systems Conference, NSC, 2003.

42.               Kishor Nand, Saini R.P.  and Singh S.P., “LQG Controller for Speed Governing of a Hydro-turbine”, in Proc. Of International Conference on Systematics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Vol. I., Hyderabad, pp. 174-179, February 12-15, 2004.

43.               Kishor Nand, Saini R.P.  and Singh S.P., “LQG/LTR Controller for Speed Governing of Hydro-turbine”, in IEEE Proceedings of MELECON-2004, Dubronvik, Croatia, Vol.3, pp. 1125-1128, May 12-14, 2004.

44.               Singal S.K. and Saini R.P., “Cost Effective Approach for Low Head Small Hydro Power Installations”, HIDROENERGIA 04, International Conference and Exhibition on Small Hydropower, Falkenberg, Swenden, June 17-19, 2004.

45.               Singal S.K. and Saini R.P., “Cost Effective Development of Canal Based Hydropower Scheme-A Case Study” First International Conference on Renewable Energy, Central Board of Irrigation and Power, New Delhi, October 6-8, 2004.

46.               Singal S.K. and Saini R.P., “Small Hydro Power –A promising Source of Renewable Energy”, National Seminar on Renewable energy Technologies, Innovations and Market Penetration, Solar Energy Society of India, Kolkata October 8-9, 2004.

47.               Kishor Nand, Saini R.P. and Singh S.P., “Coordinated control for the exciter and governor in a small hydropower plant”, National Power Systems Conference (NPSC-2004), Indian Institute of Technolgy, Madras, Vol.1, pp. 431-436, December 27-30, 2004.

48.               Akella A.K., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “An aspects of small/mini/micro/pico/nano-hydro power for developing countries”, International Conference on Systematics, Cybernetics and Informatics, PENTAGRAM, Hyderabad, pp. 33-38, 2004.

49.               Singh Ranjit, Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Performance of packed bed solar energy storage system having bricks as storage material”, International Congress on Renewable Energy for Energy Security & Employment, Pune, India, January 20-22, 2005.

50.               Kishor Nand, Saini R.P. and Singh S.P., “The identification of nonlinear dynamics of hydropower plant using ARX structure”, National Conference of Control and Dynamical Systems, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, January 27-28, 2005.

51.               Singh Ranjit, Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Performance of packed bed solar energy storage system having large sized elements of spherical and cubical shapes”, 8th Punjab Science Congress, Punjabi University Patiala, February 07-09, 2005.

52.               Shafat Sultan, Fernandez E., Laway N.A., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Optimization of Renewable Energy Based Power Project or Remote Area of Jammu and Kashmir”, March 16, 2005.

53.               Verma H.K., Kumar Arun, Saini R.P. and Gandhi B.K., “Performance testing of hydropower stations : Need, scope and recommendations,” Conference on Development of Hydro Power Projects – A Prospective Challenge, Shimla, India, April 20-22, 2005.

54.               Singh, Ranjit, Saini R.P. and Saini, J.S., “Performance Analysis of Packed Bed Solar Energy Storage System Having Large Size Storage Material of Different Shapes”, Solar World Congress, Florida, USA, Aug. 8-12, 2005.

55.               Singh G.K., Yadav K.B. and Saini R.P., “Modeling and analysis of multi-phase (six-phase) self-excited induction generator”, the eight International Conference on electrical machines and systems, ICEMS 2005, Nanjing, China, Sept. 27-29, 2005.

56.               Kishor Nand, Saini R. P. and Singh S. P., “On-line Self-tuning controller for hydro plant using approximate transfer function, in International Conference on Computer Applications in Electrical Engineering: Recent Advances, CERA 05, IIT Roorkee, pp. 78-82, Sept. 28- Oct. 1, 2005.

57.               Saini, S.K. and Saini, R.P., “Solar air heaters with artificial roughned absorber plates”, Proceeding All India Seminar on Engineering Trends in Energy Conservation and Management, Institute of Engineers, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, pp. 267-282, Nov. 11-12, 2005.

58.               Sharma M.P., Saini R.P., Singal S.K. & R.D. Chauhan “Jatropha – A hope of biodiesel in Uttar Pradesh” In Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on “Plants & Environmental Pollution Organised by International Society of Environmental Botanists of National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow on, SVI/ P –13, Nov 28-Dec 02, 2005.

59.               Kishor Nand, Saini R.P. and Singh S.P., “Simulation of reduced order hydro turbine models to study its hydraulic transient characteristics”, 9th International Multi-topic Conference, IEEE INMIC 2005, Pakistan, pp. 440-445, December 24-25, 2005.

60.               Badar Ziaul, Saini R.P. and Kumar Krishen, “Wind tunnel testing of a typical wind turbine tower”, Wind Energy Trade and Issues”, NITTTR Bhopal (India), Jan. 05-07, 2006.

61.               Chauhan R.D., Sharma M.P., Saini R.P. and Kumar Vinod, “Biodiesel-A Case Study of UPSRTC”, in Proceeding of the Seminar on Recent Trends in Science, Technlogy & its Applications”, organized by S.D. College of Engineering & Technology, Muzaffarnagar, pp. 277-280, Jan.7-8, 2006.

62.               Kumar Vinod, Singh S.N. and Saini R.P., “Scope of Energy Conservation in Sugar Industry”, National Conference on Energy Conservation & Environmental Management for Sustainable Development of Process Industries, Institute of Technology, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), Section-I, pp. 3-8, February 25-26, 2006.

63.               Gupta A., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Methodology for Optimization of Integrated Renewable Energy System”, National Conference on Technical Challenges in Power Systems, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology (KNIT) Sultanpur (UP), pp. 30-34, March 24-25, 2006.

64.               Gupta A., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Renewable Energy Models-A Review”, National Conference on Technical Challenges in Power Systems, Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology (KNIT) Sultanpur (UP), pp. 137-140, March 24-25, 2006.

65.               Kumar Vinod, Singh S.N. and Saini R.P. “Energy Conservation in Sugar Industry”, National Conference on Energy Alternative for Rural Sector at IDC Foundation, New Delhi, pp.157-167, Apr. 27-28, 2006.

66.               Gupta A., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Photovoltaic Powered Rural Household in Uttaranchal”, International Conference on Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Energy Efficiency and Environment, U.P. Technical University, Lucknow (UP), pp 271-277, June 10-11, 2006.

67.               Saini R.P. and Kumar Arun, “Development of Standard Water Mills”, International Himalayan Small Hydropower Summit, Dehradun, pp. 282-293, Oct. 12-13, 2006.

68.               Srivastava A.K., Gairola A., Saini R.P., “Study of Wind Speed Profiles in a Hilly Terrain for Estimating Wind Energy Potential”, to be presented in 5th World Wind Energy Conferenc-cum-Exhibition-2006, New Delhi, Nov. 06-08, 2006.

69.               Padhy Mamata Kumari and Saini R.P. “Silt Erosion In Hydro Turbines-A Review”, National Conference on Recent Development in Mechanical Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala (India), Nov.10-11, 2006. (NCME-2006, paper ref.no.085)

70.               Bajracharya T.R., Joshi C.B., Saini R.P. and Dahlhaug O.G., “Analysis of sand particles led damages of Pelton turbines in Nepal”, 14th International Seminar on Hydropower plants, Vienna, Austria, Nov. 22-24, 2006.

71.               Gupta Ajai, Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Modelling of hybrid energy system for off grid electrification of clusters of villages”, IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems for Industrial Growth (IEEE PEDES-2006), Delhi, India, pp. 1-6, Dec. 12-15,  2006.

72.               Singh G.K., Yadav K.B. and Saini R.P., “Capacitive self-excitation in a six-phase induction generator for small hydro power – An experimental investigation”, International Conference on Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems, PEDES 06, New Delhi, December 12-15, 2006.

73.               Gupta Ajai, Saini R.P., Sharma M.P., “Economic Aspects of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems for Remote Area”, IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (IEEE  ICIT 2006), Mumbai, India, pp. 1706-1710, Dec.15-17, 2006.

74.               Gupta Ajai, Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Optimised application of hybrid renewable energy system in rural electrification”, IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics (IEEE IICPE-2006), Chennai, India, pp. 337-340, Dec. 19-21, 2006.

75.               Akella A.K., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Modelling of integrated renewable energy system”, AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol.941), Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development in the Asia Pacific Region Conference: Fremantle, Australia, pp.194-210, February 4-8, 2007.

76.               Akella A.K., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Sizing and cost analysis for integrated renewable energy system in a study area”, International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ’07), Sevilla (Spain), March 28-30, 2007.

77.               Hans V.S., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Heat transfer enhancement techniques – A saviour of energy in solar air heater”, Proceeding of All India Seminar on Energy: The Future Scenario, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, pp. 90-96, March 10-11, 2007.

78.               Gupta Ajai, Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Design of an optimal hybrid energy system model for remote rural area power generation”, IEEE International Conference on Electrical Engineering (IEEE ICEE-2007), Lahore, Pakistan, pp. 1-6, April 11-12, 2007.

79.               Singh G.K., Yadav K.B. and Saini R.P., “A Self-excited Six Phase Induction Generator for Stand-Alone Renewable Energy Generation”, Proceeding IEEE Conference Electrical Machines and Power Electronics-2007 (ACEMP-07), Turkey, pp. 690-695, Sept. 10-12, 2007.

80.               Kanase-Patil A.B., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Biomass Based Electricity Production Technologies”, 23rd National Conventional of Chemical Engineers on Recent Trends in Chemical Engineering, Oct. 5-7, 2007.

81.               Saini R.P. and Kumar Arun, “Water Mills for Multipurpose Applications”, International Conference on Small Hydropower “Hydro Sri Lanka”, Kandy, Sri Lanka, pp. 207-214, Oct. 22-24, 2007.

82.               Singal S.K. and Saini R.P., “Analytical Approach for Cost Estimation of Low Head Small Hydro Power Scheme”, International Conference on Small Hydropower “Hydro Sri Lanka”, Kandy, Sri Lanka,  pp. 513-518, Oct. 22-24, 2007.

83.               Kanase-Patil A.B., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Development of Integrated Renewable Energy Systems for Electrification of Rural Remote Areas”, All India Seminar on Energy, Environment & Economics, NIT Rourkela, Nov.3-4, 2007. 

84.               Jain Sanjay, Saini R.P. and Kumar Arun, “Review of Flow Analysis of Hydro Turbines Using Computational Fluid Dynamics”, National Conference on Current Trends in Technology, NUCONE-2007, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Nov.29-Dec.01, 2007.

85.               Hans V.S., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Heat Transfer and Friction Factor in Artificially Roughened Rectangular Ducts for Solar Energy Applications-A Review”, Proc. Of the International Conference on ‘Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Dec. 12-14, 2007.

86.               Hans V.S. and Saini R.P., “Performance Evaluation of Artificially Roughened Channels with Different V-Shaped Ribs”, 19th National and 8th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, JNTU, Hydereabad, Jan. 3-5, 2008.

87.               Kumar Anurag, Saini R.P.  and Singal S.K., “Design of Small Hydropower Plants with Bulb Turbines-A Review”, Proceeding of National Conference on Trends in Mechanical Engineering ‘TIME-2008’, Chandigarh Engineering College Landran, Mohali, pp.336-346, Feb.8-9, 2008.

88.               Singh Harmeet, Saini R.P.  and Saini J.S., “Sensible Heat Storage in Packed Bed for Solar Air Heaters”, Proceeding of National Conference on Advances in Fluid Flow and Thermal Sciences, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (Gujarat), pp.B-38-47, May 22-24, 2008.

89.               Gupta Ajai, Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Hybrid Energy System for Remote Area – An Action Plan for Cost Effective Power Generation”, IEEE Region 10 Colloquium and the Third ICIIS, Kharagpur, pp. 1-6, Dec.08-10, 2008.

90.               Kanase-Patil A.B., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Integrated Renewable Energy Systems for Off Grid Electrification of Remote Rural Areas”, Renewable Energy Asia 2008 : An International Conference & 4th SEE Forum Meeting, IIT Delhi, India,  pp. 159-165, Dec. 11-13, 2008.

91.               Padhy M.K. and Saini R.P., “Effect of Buckets Erosion due to Silt Laden Flow on Pelton Turbine Efficiency”, International Conference Renewable Energy Asia (REA-2008), IIT Delhi (India), pp. 1136-1140, Dec.11-13, 2008.

92.               Kanase-Patil A.B., Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Optimum Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources in Remote a Area”, Proc. Of the International Conference on ‘Advances in Mechanical Engineering’, Surat (Gujarat), pp. 229-234, Dec. 15-17, 2008.

93.               V.S. Hans, Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Experimental Investigation of Thermal Performance of a Solar Air Heater Roughened with Multiple V-ribs”, Proc. Of the International Conference on ‘Advances in Mechanical Engineering’, Surat (Gujarat), pp. 153-158, Dec. 15-17, 2008.

94.               Yadav Sanjai Kumar, Singh S.N. and Saini R.P., “Doubly Fed Induction Generator Control for Wind Power Generation”, First National Conference on Emerging Trends and Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy (NCEEERE-2008), Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim, Dec.22-24, 2008.

95.               Bansal Anubhuti, Singh S.N. and Saini R.P., “Sensorless Maximum Peak Power Tracking Control of Wind Turbine System”, First National Conference on Emerging Trends and Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy (NCEEERE-2008), Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim, Dec.22-24, 2008.

96.               Pandey Rahul, and Saini R.P., “Performance Analysis of Pumps as Turbine Using Artificial Neural Network Techniques”, First National Conference on Emerging Trends and Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering and Renewable Energy (NCEEERE-2008), Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim, Dec.22-24, 2008.

97.               Ajai Gupta, Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Computerized Modelling of Hybrid Energy System - Part I: Problem Formulation and Model Development”, Proceedings of IEEE 5th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (IEEE ICECE-2008), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 7-12, Dec. 20-22, 2008.

98.               Ajai Gupta, Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Computerized Modelling of Hybrid Energy System -Part II: Combined Dispatch Strategies and Solution Algorithm”, Proceedings of IEEE 5th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (IEEE ICECE-2008), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh , pp. 13-18, Dec. 20-22, 2008.

99.               Ajai Gupta, Saini R. P. and Sharma M.P., “Computerized Modelling of Hybrid Energy System - Part III: Case Study with Simulation Results”, Proceedings of IEEE 5th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (IEEE ICECE-2008), Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh pp. 19-24, Dec. 20-22, 2008.

100.           Singh G.K., Senthil Kumar A. and Saini R.P., “Selection of Capacitor for the Self- Excited Six Phase Induction Generator”, 3rd International Conference on Power Systems, IIT Kharagpur (India), Dec.27-29, 2009.

101.           Singh G.K., Senthil Kumar A. and Saini R.P., “Capacitive Excitation of a Six Phase Self Excited Induction Generator-An Experimental Results”, International Conference on Energy Engineering (ICEE 2009), Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry (India), Jan.07-09, 2009.

102.           V.S. Hans, Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Thermohydraulic Performance of Artificially Roughened Solar Air Heaters”, International Conference on Energy Engineering (ICEE 2009), Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry (India), Paper No.EEM 2312, Jan.07-09, 2009.

103.           Jain Sanjay, Saini R.P. and Kumar Arun, “CFD based flow analysis of a Francis turbine”, International Conference on Energy Engineering (ICEE 2009), Pondicherry Engineering College, Puducherry (India), Paper No.EEM 333, Jan.07-09, 2009.

104.           Jain Sanjay, Saini R.P., and Kumar Arun, “CFD Approach for Flow Investigations in Hydraulic Reaction Turbines – A Review”, Proceedings of National Conference on Innovations in Mechatronics Engineering 2009 (IME - 09), Mechatronics Engineering Department, G H Patel College of Engineering & Technology, Vallabh Vidyanagar, (Gujarat), pp. 101-106, March 13-14, 2009.

105.           Ajai Gupta, Saini R.P., M.P. Sharma, “Steady-state Modelling of Hybrid Energy System”, Proceedings of IEEE 3rd International Conference on Electrical           Engineering (IEEE ICEE-2009), University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, pp. 1-10, April 11-12, 2009.

106.           Ajai Gupta, Saini R. P., M. P. Sharma, “Steady-state Modelling of Hybrid Energy System - Part I: Development of model”, Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems and Power Electronics in Engineering Economies (ICEESPEEE-2009), SRM University, Chennai, India, pp. 954-961, April 16-17, 2009.

107.           Ajai Gupta, Saini R.P., M.P. Sharma, “Steady-state Modelling of Hybrid Energy System - Part II: Solution algorithm and case study”, Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical Energy Systems and Power Electronics in Engineering Economies (ICEESPEEE-2009), SRM University, Chennai, India, pp. 962-971, April 16-17, 2009.

108.           Singh G.K., Kumar Senthil A. and Saini R.P., “Steady-State Analysis of Self-excited Six-phase Induction Generator for Alternate Renewable Energy Generation”, 3rd IEEE, Conference on Power Electronics Systems and Applications-2009 (PESA-09), Hongkong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hongkong, May 20-22, 2009.

109.           Singh G.K., Kumar Senthil A. and Saini R.P., “Optimization-Based Steady State Analysis of Six-Phase Self-Excited Induction Generator”, International conference on Operation Research Applications in Engineering and Management (ICOREM-09), Anna University, Trichy, India, pp.2744-2748, May 27-29, 2009.

110.           Padhy M.K. and Saini R.P., “Effect of lower concentration on erosive wear of Pelton turbine bucket”, 33rd IAHGR Congress, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, 9-14 Aug. 2009.

111.           Ajai Gupta, Saini R.P., M.P. Sharma, “Hybrid Energy System Sizing Incorporating Battery  Storage : An Analysis via Simulation Calculation”, Proceedings of IEEE 3rd International Conference on Power Systems (IEEE ICPS-2009), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, pp. 1-6, Dec. 27-29, 2009.

112.           Ajai Gupta, Saini R.P., M.P. Sharma, “Assessment of Economic Penetration Levels of Photovoltaic Array Area in a Hybrid Energy System”, Proceedings of  IEEE 3rd International Conference on Power Systems (IEEE ICPS-2009), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, pp. 1-6, Dec. 27-29, 2009.

113.           Singh Harmeet, Saini R.P.  and Saini J.S., “Performance of a packed bed solar energy storage system with concrete spheres as storage material”, Proceeding of 20th National and 9th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Mumbai (India), pp. 391-395, 4-6 January, 2010.

114.           Hans V.S., Saini R.P.  and Saini J.S., “Experimental investigation of heat transfer and friction characteristics of a multiple V-rib roughened solar air heater”, Proceeding of 20th National and 9th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Mumbai (India), pp. 546-551, 4-6 January, 2010.

115.           Khan Imran, Saini R.P. and Singal S.K., “Development of Cross Flow turbine for small hydro power”, National Conference on Renewable Energy for Development of Underdeveloped areas with Particular Reference to North East India, Tezpur, Assam (India), March 23-25, 2010.

116.           Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Solar air heater optimized of collector thermal performance parameter”, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ETME), Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat (India), March 05-06, 2010.

117.           Singh Ravindra Kumar, Saini R. P. and Singal S. K., “Performance evaluation of pelton turbine using CFD”, National Seminar on “Renewable Energy and Environment”, organised by Arya College of Engineering and Information Technolgy, Jaipur, Rajasthan (India) April 10-11, 2010.

118.           Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Optimized of solar air heater using artificial roughness based on thermal efficiency”, National Seminar on Renewable Energy and Environment, Department of Automobile Engineering, Arya College of Engineering and Information Technology, Kukas, Jaipur (India), April 10-11, 2010.

119.           Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Thermohydraulic optimization of solar air heater based on maximum effective efficiency”, International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy (ICARE-2010), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (India), pp. 772-785, June 24-26, 2010.

120.           Khan Imran, Saini R.P. and Singal S.K., “Development of Cross Flow Turbine for SHP”, International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy (ICARE-2010), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh (India), pp. 753-756, June 24-26, 2010.

121.           Shekhawat Kuldeep Singh, Saini R.P. and Kumar Arun, “Finite Element Method (FEM) Analysis of Silt Erosion in Small Hydro Turbine”,  National Seminar on Advancement of Renewable Energy, presented at Arya College of Engineering, Jaipur (India), April 10-11, 2010.

122.           Shekhawat Kuldeep Singh, Thakur Lalit and Saini R. P., “Advance FEM Analysis of Erosion”, International Conference on Renewable Energy, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (India), June 24-26, 2010.

123.           Jain Sanjay,  Saini R.P. and Kumar Arun, “CFD approach for prediction of efficiency of Francis Turbine”, International Conference on Hydraulic Efficiency Measurement (IGHEM-2010), Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee (India), pp.257-263, Oct. (21-23) 2010.

124.           Reddy Madhava Pathakota, Saini R.P. and Singal S.K., “Overview of Cavitation in Hydro Turbines”, Proceedings on futuristic trends in Mechanical Engineering, GNDEC, Ludhiana,  Oct. 29-30, 2010.

125.           Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Optimization of effective efficiency of solar air heater using different type roughness elements on the absorber plate”, International Conference on Applications of Renewable and Sustainable Energy for Industry and Society (REIS 2010), Department of Physics, Osmania University, Hyderabad (India), December 16-18, 2010.

126.           Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Experimental investigation of heat transfer and friction factor characteristics of a multi v-shaped with gap ribs”, International Conference on Clean Energy Technologies and Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Development (ENERSTATE 2010), Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun (India), Dec.27-29, 2010.

127.           Dutt Nitesh and Saini R.P., “Study of thermal storage for solar thermal power plants - A review”, International Conference on Renewable Energy (ICRE 2011), Jaipur (India), Jan. 17-21, 2011.

128.           Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “CFD based analysis of heat transfer and fluid flow in multi v-shaped ribs with gap roughened surface solar air heater duct”, International Conference on Renewable Energy, University of Rajasthan, January 17-21, 2011.

129.           Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Heat transfer and friction characteristics of  rectangular solar air heater duct with multi v-shaped ribs with gap roughness on the absorber plate”, 21st National and 10th ISHMT-ASME Heat and mass transfer conference, IIT Madras, December 27-30, 2011.

130.           Bansal M., Saini R.P. and Khatod D.K., “An off-grid hybrid system scheduling for a remote area”, IEEE Students Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Science: Innovation for Humanity, SCEECS 2012, Bhopal, March 1-2, 2012.

131.           Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Augmented heat transfer in rectangular duct having artificial roughness in the form of multi V-shaped ribs with gap”, Proceedings of  National Conference on Emerging Trends in Energy Engineering (ETEE-2012),  Dehradun Institute of Technology, Dehradun (India), pp.34-43, March 23-24, 2012.

132.           Alam T., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Packed bed solar energy storage systems : A review”, Proceedings of  National Conference on Emerging Trends in Energy Engineering (ETEE-2012), Dehradun Institute of Technology, Dehradun (India), pp.14-22, March 23-24, 2012.

133.           Panwar S. and Saini R.P., “Development and Simulation of Solar Photovoltaic model using Matlab/simulink and its parameter extraction”, International Conference on Computing and Control Engineering-2012 (ICCCE-2012), Dr.M.G.R. University Adayalampattu, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, pp.1-8, 12-13 April 2012.

134.           Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Heat transfer enhancement in the multi v-shaped ribs with gap roughened solar air heater duct”, National Conference on Emerging Ternds in Renewable Energy Technology (ETRET-2012), UDML, Jaipur (Rajasthan), April 20-21, 2012.

135.           Kumar A., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “Analysis of heat transfer and fluid flow in v-shaped with gap downstream ribs roughened surface solar air heater duct”,  National Conference on Renewable Energy, Eternal University, Badu Sahib, Himachal Pradesh (India), May 5-6, 2012.

136.           Agarwal Tarang and Saini R.P., “Numerical analysis of silt erosion in Pump as Turbine (PAT)”, International Conference on Renewable Energy, Eternal University (Himachal Pradesh, India), May 5-6, 2012.

137.           Anuj Kumar, Saini R.P. and Singhal M.K., “CFD analysis for performance of modified pump used as turbine” Proceeding of National Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (ETME-2012), Department of Mechanical & Automobile Engineering, ITM University, Gurgaon, Haryana (India), pp.450-459, June 01, 2012.

138.           Panwar S. and Saini R.P., “A Sensorless Sun Tracker for Performance Enhancement of Solar PV System”, National Conference on Recent Trends in Mechanical Engineering, ITM University, Gurgaon, Haryana, pp.501-507, 1st June 2012.

139.           Vats Harsh, Saini R.P., “Investigation on combined effect of cavitation and silt ersosion on Francis turbine”, International Conference on Science & Information Technology (ICSIT)-Dehradun, pp.159-161, 3rd June, 2012.

140.           Panwar S. and Saini R.P., “Maximum Peak Power Tracking Techniques for Solar Photovoltaic System”, National Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical & Electrical Engineering (NCETMEE-12), Integral University, Lucknow (UP), 12-13 June 2012.

141.           Mishra A., Saini R.P. and Singhal M.K., “CFD Based Performance Analysis of Kaplan Turbine for Micro Hydro Power”, International Conference on Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (ICMIE), 17 June, 2012.

142.           Panwar S. and Saini R.P., “Combined Effect of Sun Tracking and MPPT on Performance of PV System”, International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ICEEE), Mysore, Karnataka, 23rd June 2012.

143.           Singh G. K., Singh S.N., and Saini R.P., “Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Six-Phase Induction Generator for Renewable Energy Generation”, 7th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Ohrid, Macedonia, 1-6 July 2012.

144.           Bansal M., Saini R.P. and Khatod D.K., “Evolutionary algorithm based optimal scheduling of wind/diesel/battery based off grid system”, IEEE 7th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems, ICIIS 2012, Chennai, August 6-9, 2012.

145.           Alam T., Saini R.P. and Saini J.S., “A review on performance measuring techniques of solar air heater duct” International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering (ACE 2013), IIT Roorkee, India, February 22-24, 2013.

146.           Singh Harmeet, Saini R. P. and Saini J. S., “Investigation on Stratification in a Packed Bed Solar Energy Storage System” International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering (ACE 2013), IIT Roorkee, India, February 22-24, 2013.

147.           Malik Monu, Saini R. P., “Techno-Economical Evaluation of Solar Thermal Power Plant” International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering (ACE 2013), IIT Roorkee, India, February 22-24, 2013.

148.           Dutt Nitesh, Saini R. P., and Sharma M.P., and Awasthi M.K., “Study of heat transfer characteristics of sensible heat storage for solar thermal energy” International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering (ACE 2013), IIT Roorkee, India, February 22-24, 2013.

149.           Suthar Mamta, Singh G.K. and  Saini R. P., “Comparison of Mathematical Models of Photo-Voltaic (PV) Module and effect of various Parameters on its Performance” 2013 International Conference on Energy Efficient Technology for Sustainability (ICEETS-2013), Nagercoil (Tamilnadu), pp.1354-1359, April 10-12, 2013.

150.           Chauhan A., Saini R.P., “Renewable energy based power generation for stand-alone applications : A review”, International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability, ICEETS 2013, Nagercoil (Tamilnadu), 10-12 April, 2013.

151.           Suthar Mamta, Singh G.K. and Saini R. P., “Performance evaluation of Sun tracking photovoltaic systems: A case study” 5th International Conference on Advances in Recent Technologies in Communication and Computing, (ARTCom-2013), Bangalore, Sept.19-20, 2013 (IET Conference Publication, 2013, pp.328-335).     

152.           Anurag Chauhan and Saini R.P., “Statistical analysis of wind speed data using weibull distribution parameters”, 1st International Conference on Non Conventional Energy (ICONCE 2014), JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani (West Bengal), January 15-18, 2014.

153.           Gohil Pankaj P., Saini R.P., “CFD: Numerical Analysis and Performance Prediction in Francis Turbine” 1st International Conference on Non Conventional Energy (ICONCE 2014), JIS College of Engineering, Kalyani (West Bengal), January 17, 2014.

154.           Kumar Dinesh, Saini R.P., “Prediction of hydro turbines performance from model testing”, All India Seminar on Recent Advances in Thermal Engineering (RATE-2014), Bhubaneswar (Odisha), 11-12 January 2014.

155.           Bansal M., Saini R.P. and Khatod D.K., "Modeling and optimization of integrated renewable energy system for a rural site”, International Conference on Reliability, Optimization and Information Technology (ICROIT), Faridabad (India), pp 25-28, Feb.6-8, 2014.

156.           Bana Sangram, Saini R.P., “A Framework to Optimize the Tilt Angle and Evaluate the Performance of a Solar Photovoltaic Cell” International Conference on Green technologies for environmental pollution prevention and pollution control, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (India) 27-29 Sept., 2014.

157.           Rajanna S. and Saini R.P., “Optimal modeling of Solar/Biogas/Biomass based IRE system for a remote area electrification”, 6th IEEE Power India International Conference (PIICON), Delhi Technological University, New Delhi, Dec.05-07, 2014.

158.           Chauhan Anurag, Saini R.P., “Optimal design of Integrated Renewable Energy System for remote rural areas of Uttarakhand state in India”, International Conference on Environment and Energy, JNTU, Kukatpally, Hyderabad (India), Dec. 15-17, 2014. 

159.           Chauhan Anurag, Upadhyay Subho, Saini R.P. and Sharma M.P., “Potential assessment of crop residue biomass in India”, International Conference on Environment and Energy, JNTU, Kukatpally, Hyderabad (India), Dec. 15-17, 2014. 

160.           Bana Sangram, Saini R.P., “Mathematical Modeling of Single and Two Diode based SPV module using MATLAB/Simulink Environment”, International Conference on Environment and Energy (ICEE-2014), Jawaharlal Nehru Auditorium, JNTUH, Kukatpally, Hyderabad (India), Dec. 15-17, 2014.

161.           Kumar Manoj, Saini R.P., “CFD Analysis of Silt Erosion on Pelton Turbine”, Proceeding of International Conference on Hydropower for Sustainable Development, Dehradun (India), pp.218-227, Feb. 05-07, 2015. 

162.           Saini R.P., Singal S.K., “Development of Cross Flow Turbine for Pico Hydro”, Proceeding Of International Conference on Hydropower for Sustainable Development, Dehradun (India), pp.259-267, Feb. 05-07, 2015. 

163.           Verma A.K., Saini R.P., “Efficiency Measurement Techniques of Hydro Kinetic Turbines: A Review”, Proceeding of International Conference on Hydropower for Sustainable Development, Dehradun (India), pp.268-285, Feb. 05-07, 2015. 

164.           Kumar Anuj, Saini R.P., “Investigation on Performance of Improved Savonius Rotor: An Overview”, International Conference on Recent Development in Control, Automation and Power Engineering, Amity University, Noida (India), March 12-13, 2015.

165.           Saini R.P., Singal S.K., “CFD simulation of cross flow turbine using Acusolve”, 2015 India Altair Technology Conference, Bengaluru (India), July 14-15, 2015. 

166.           Rajanna S., Saini R.P.,“GA based optimal modeling of integrated renewable energy system for electrification of a remote rural area”, 6th IEEE International Conference on Power Systems (ICPS-2016), New Delhi, March 04-06, 2016.

167.           Kaur Jasveer, Saini R.P., “Development of an efficient hydrokinetic turbine”, International Conference on Innovative trends in science, engineering and management (ICITSEM-16), New Delhi, May 27, 2016.

168.           Rajanna S., Saini R.P., “Optimal modeling of an integrated renewable energy system with battery storage for off grid electrification of remote rural area”, 1st IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES-2016), DTU, New Delhi, July 04-06, 2016.

169.           Rajanna S., Saini R.P., “Selection of suitable strategy with peak load shifting based DSM strategy of standalone integrated renewable energy system for a remote rural area”, 1st IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics, Intelligent Control and Energy Systems (ICPEICES-2016), DTU, New Delhi, July 04-06, 2016.

170.           Sangal Saurabh, Singhal M.K. and Saini R.P., “CFD based analysis of silt erosion in Kaplan hydraulic turbine”, IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Communication Power & Embedded System (SCOPES-2016), Paralakhemundi (Odisha), Oct. 03-05, 2016.

171.           Kumar Anuj, Saini R.P., “Numerical investigations on single stage and multi-stage twisted savonius hydrokinetic turbine”, Proceeding of the 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, MNNITA, Allahabad (U.P., India), December 15-17, 2016.  

172.           Penugonda Sunil Babu, Saini R.P. and Singhal M.K., “Scope of wind energy in India: A review”, IEEE, International Conference on 21st Century Energy Needs-Materials, Systems and Applications (ICTFCEN 2016), Kharagpur (India), Nov.17-19, 2016. 

173.           Tamta Deepika, Saini R.P.,“Design and investigation of parabolic trough solar concentrator”, Springer Proceeding in Energy, Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies, pp 55-65 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4576-9_6. 

174.           Garg Aditi, Saini R.P.,“Study on design of cavity receiver of concentrating solar power plants-A review”, Springer Proceeding in Energy, Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies, pp 69-77 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4576-9_7.

175.           Saini Gaurav, Saini R.P., “Numerical investigations for performance comparison of Savonius hydrokinetic turbine”, Proceeding of the 1st International Conference on New Frontiers in Engineering, Science & Technology, New Delhi (India), pp.395-400, Jan.8-12, 2018. 

176.           Kumar Anuj, Saini Gaurav and Saini R.P., “Flow field and performance study of S-type hydrokinetic turbine”, 1st International Conference on New Frontiers in Engineering, Science & Technology, New Delhi (India), pp.565-567, Jan.8-12, 2018. 

177.           Sangal Saurabh, Singhal M.K. and Saini R.P., “Hydro-abrasive erosion in hydro turbines: a review”, International Journal of Green Energy (Taylor & Francis), Vol.15, No.4, pp. 232-253. Feb. 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2018.1431546).

178.           Saini Gaurav, Saini R.P., “Performance study of cross flow hybrid hydrokinetic turbine”, International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Intelligent Water Management-STIWM 2018, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee (India), Feb.16-19, 2018. 

179.           Aeron Divyakshi, Saini R.P. and Padhy N.P., “Solar radiation forecasting using ANN for smart grid energy management”, International Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Intelligent Water Management (STIWM), IIT Roorkee, Roorkee (India), Feb.16-19, 2018.

180.           Saini R.P., Singal S.K., Ali Imtiyaz and Joshi R.C., “Development of modified Bageshwari wool charkha”, An International Conference on Rural Technology Development and Delivery: RuTAG and its Synergy with other Initiatives, IIT Delhi (India), March 9-11, 2018.

181.           Saini R.P., Kumar Anuj, “Investigations on the performance of drag based hydrokinetic turbine”, An International Conference on Rural Technology Development and Delivery: RuTAG and its Synergy with other Initiatives, IIT Delhi (India), March 9-11, 2018.

182.           Saini R.P., Singal S.K. and Ali Imtiyaz, “Development of modified pump used as turbine in micro hydro plants”, An International Conference on Rural Technology Development and Delivery: RuTAG and its Synergy with other Initiatives, IIT Delhi (India), March 9-11, 2018.

183.           Saini R.P., Singal S.K., Ali Imtiyaz and Joshi R.C., “ A Comprehensive Review on Projects carried out by RuTAG Centre IIT Roorkee”, An International Conference on Rural Technology Development and Delivery: RuTAG and its Synergy with other Initiatives, IIT Delhi (India), March 9-11, 2018.

184.           Saini R.P., Singal S.K. and Ali Imtiyaz, “Development of solar energy based Turpentine oil plant”, An International Conference on Rural Technology Development and Delivery: RuTAG and its Synergy with other Initiatives, IIT Delhi (India), March 9-11, 2018.

185.           Saini Gaurav, Saini R.P., “Numerical investigations on hybrid hydrokinetic turbine for electrification in remote area”, All India Seminar on Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development, The Institution of Engineers (India), Ghaziabad, July 27-28, 2018. 

186.           Srivastava Rahul K., Kumar Arun, Gandhi B.K. and R.P. Saini, “Experience with Ultrasonic Transit Time Flow Meter for Hydro Power Plant Efficiency Measurements”, 12th International conference on hydraulic efficiency measurement, IGHEM 2018, Beijing (China) September 10-13 , 2018.

187.           Pankaj P. Gohil., R.P. Saini, “Unsteady Simulation of Cavitating Turbulent Flow for Low Head Francis Turbine”, 9th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Kyoto- Japan, 16-21 September, 2018 Paper No: 031).

188.           Kumar Manoj, Saini R.P., “Energy and exergy analysis for heliostat based solar thermal power plant”, 2nd IEEE International conference on power electronics, intelligent control and energy systems (ICPEICES-2018), DTU Delhi (India), Oct. 22-24, 2018.

189.           Saini Gaurav, Saini R.P., “Numerical investigations of the effect of blade profile of a Darrieus hydrokinetic turbine”, 5th IEEE, Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON), MMMUT Gorakhpur (India), Nov.2-4, 2018. 

190.           Pankaj P. Gohil, R.P. Saini, “Transient Analysis of Cavitating Flow in Francis Turbine for Small Hydro Power Plants”, 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), IIT Bombay, Mumbai (India), December 10-12, 2018  (Paper No: 034).

191.           Shandilya Sonal, Saini R.P., Shelar Sujit P., Das S.P., Chatterjee D. “Performance evaluation of a bulb turbine designed for ultra-low head applications”, International conference on recent advances in fluid and thermal sciences, Dubai (UAE), 5-7 Dec. 2018. Journal of Physics: Conf. Series, Vol.1276, No. 1,  (2019) 012024. doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1276/1/012024.

192.           Pant, Shraiya, Saini R.P., “Role of solar photovoltaics in community development”, International Conference & Academic Awards Ceremony on Recent Engineering Trends in Community Development and Women’s Participation-II (ETCDWP-II, 2019), Jyoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University, Jaipur (Rajasthan), India, Feb.12-14, 2019. 

193.           Yadav Siddhita, Saini R.P., “Solar Thermal Energy Applications in Community Development”, International Conference & Academic Awards Ceremony on Recent Engineering Trends in Community Development and Women’s Participation-II (ETCDWP-II, 2019), Jyoti Vidyapeeth Women’s University, Jaipur (Rajasthan), India, Feb.12-14, 2019. 

194.           Pankaj P. Gohil, R.P. Saini, “Unsteady simulation of cavitating turbulent flow for low head Francis Turbine”, IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 240 (2019) 022007. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/240/2/022007.

195.           Saini Gaurav and Saini R.P., “Improvement of starting torque characteristics of Darrieus Hydrokinetic Turbine”, 11th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-11), Chennai, India, July 14-18, 2019.

196.           Saini Gaurav and Saini R.P., “Comparative Investigations for Performance and Self-starting Characteristics of Hybrid and Single Darrieus Hydrokinetic Turbine”, The 6th International Conference on Power and Energy Systems Engineering (CPESE 2019), Okinawa, Japan, 20-23 September 2019.

197.           Pant, S., Saini R.P., “Comparative study of MPPT techniques for solar photovoltaic system”, 6th International conference on electrical, electronics and computer engineering (UPCON 2019), AMU Aligarh, UP (India) 08-10 Nov., 2019. 1-6.

198.           Saini Gaurav and Saini R.P., “Study of Installations of Hydrokinetic Turbines and their Environmental Effects”, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Mechanical, Materials and Renewable Energy (ICMMRE 2019) Sikkim Manipal University, Rangpo (Sikkim), India, Dec.06-07, 2019.

199.           Yadav Siddhita, Saini R.P., “Comparative study of simple and impinging jet solar air heater using CFD analysis”, 2nd International conference on mechanical materials and renewable energy  (ICMMRE-2019), Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim (India), 6-7 Dec., 2019. (AIP Conference proceeding).

200.           Suresh C., Saini R.P., “Experimental investigation of combined sensible and latent thermal energy storage system” has been presented in 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India, December 28-31, 2019.

201.           Ramesh M., Saini R.P. (2020). “Techno-economic feasibility study of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System for a remote rural area of Karnataka”, 1st International conference on Mathematical Modeling, Computational Intelligence Techniques and Renewable Energy (MMCITRE), PDPU, Gandhinagar, India, 21-23 Feb, 2020.

202.           Saini R.P., Singal S.K., Ali Imtiyaz, Kumar Yogeshwar, “Development of Cold Storage Powered by Pico Hydro Power”, 2nd International Conference on Rural Technology Development and Delivery (RTDD) 2020, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India), 12-14 March 2020.

203.           Saini R.P., Singal S.K., Joshi Ramesh Chandra, Kumar Yogeshwar, “Technology Interventions taken by RuTAG Centre IIT Roorkee-A Review”, 2nd International Conference on Rural Technology Development and Delivery (RTDD) 2020, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India), 12-14 March 2020.

204.           Saini R.P., Singal S.K., Ali Imtiyaz, Kumar Yogeshwar, “Modified Bageshwari Wool Charkha”, 2nd International Conference on Rural Technology Development and Delivery (RTDD) 2020, Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India), 12-14 March 2020.

205.           Ramesh M., Saini R.P. (2020) (Selected for Springer “Algorithms for Intelligent systems”)  “Optimization of a stand-alone hybrid renewable energy system using demand side management for a remote rural area in India” International conference on Smart Energy and Communication (ICSEC), PIET, Jaipur (India), 21 March 2020.

206.           Saini Gaurav, Kumar Anuj, Saini, R.P., “Assessment of hydrokinetic energy – A case study of eastern Yamuna canal” International Conference on Innovations in Clean Energy Technologies, MANIT Bhopal, June 20-21, 2020 (Proceeding Material Today,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.08.595).

207.           Tiwari Saurabh, Saini R.P., “Experimental investigation of packed-bed solar thermal storage” Proceeding of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Energy (ICE Virtual Library), July 2020. https://doi.org/10.1680/jener.19.00067.

208.           Pant Shraiya, Saini R. P., “Solar Water Pumping System Modelling and Analysis using MATLAB/Simulink”, IEEE Student Conference on Engineering Systems (SCES), Prayagraj, India, July 10-12, 2021.

209.           Dev A., Kumar R., Saini R. P., “Performance, design and installation of a small solar thermal power station for rural energy support”, i-CONECTS-2021: International Conference on Energy Conversion and Thermo-Fluids System, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Jaipur, India, July 17-18, 2021.

C. Special Publication

       Book

  1. Monu Malik and R. P. Saini, “A techno-economic analysis of solar thermal power plant”,  Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Deutschland/Germany, 2012 (77 pages).

       Manuals

  1. R.P. Saini, Arun Kumar, “Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual for Multipurpose Power Unit” under TIFAC-DST sponsored project ‘Development of Standard Water Mills in Uttaranchal’, March 2004, (19 pages).
  1. R.P. Saini, Arun Kumar, “Installation, Operation and Maintenance Manual for Improved Water Mills” under TIFAC-DST sponsored project ‘Development of Standard Water Mills in Uttaranchal’, March 2004 (17 pages).

       Guide Book (in Hindi)

  1. R.P. Saini,, “Niyojan, Nirman Evam Rakh-Rakhav Marg Darshika,(Para Technician Hetu)”,  sponsored by UREDA, September 2006 (30 pages).

       Book Chapters

  1. "Rural Technology Development and Delivery", Springer, - Published by Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd., Chennai
    • Chapter – 5: A Comprehensive Review on Projects Carried Out by RuTAG Centre IIT Roorkee.
    • Chapter – 22: Development of Modified Pump Used as Turbine in Micro Hydro Plants
    • Chapter – 26: Development of Modified Bageshwari Wool Charkha
Honors And Awards
Honors
IIT Roorkee
2020
Star Performance Grading
IIT Roorkee
2020
Star Performance Grading
IIT Roorkee
2012
Best Teacher Award
India International Friendship Society
2015
Bharat Jyoti Award
Venus International Foundation, Chennai
2016
Lifetime Achievement-Venus International Faculty Awards
International Publishing House, Delhi
2016
Best Citizens of India Award
Friendship Forum, New Delhi
2018
Leading Educationist of India Award
Friendship Forum, New Delhi
2018
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award
MemberShips
Institute of Engineers, Roorkee
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Fellow
International Association for Small Hydro, New Delhi
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Life Member
Indian Society for Solar Energy, New Delhi
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Life Member
Indian Society of Hydrologists, Roorkee
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Member
Indian Society for Continuing Education, Roorkee
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Life Member
Alumni Association, IIT Roorkee
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Life Member
Central Board of Irrigation & Power, New Delhi
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Life Member
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Renewable Energy Sources Dev. Technology ( IAH-302 )
Autumn
Renewable Energy Resources Development Technology ( AHN-513 )
Autumn
Energy Conservation and Management ( AHN-542 )
Autumn
Design of Hydro Mechanical Equipment ( WRN-551 )
Autumn
Hydro-mechanical Equipment ( AHN-516 )
Spring
Solar Photo-voltaic Design and Application ( AHN-540 )
Spring
Students
SuperVisions
Modeling of decentralized integrated Energy System
07 Jul 1999 - 11 Jun 2004
Other Supervisors: Dr. V. Devdas, Ar. & P. Deptt., Scholar: Sh. E. Fernandez
Modeling of Integrated Renewable Energy Systems
30 Jul 2002 - 22 Jun 2006
Other Supervisors: Dr. M. P. Sharma, AHEC, Scholar: Sh. Ashok Kumar Akella
Performance of packed Bed Energy Storage System for Solar Air Heaters
30 Jul 2002 - 10 Aug 2006
Other Supervisors: Dr. J.S. Saini , MIED, Scholar: Sh. Ranjeet Singh
Integrated Control of Small Hydro Power Plants
03 Jan 2003 - 18 May 2006
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.P. Singh, EED, Scholar: Sh. Nand Kishor
Multi Phase Induction Generator for Small Hydro Scheme
11 Aug 2003 - 21 Aug 2007
Other Supervisors: Dr. G.K. Singh, EED, Scholar: Sh. Krishna Bihari Yadav
Efficiency deterioration in Pelton turbines due to sand-particle-led bucket erosion
06 Jan 2004 - 13 Dec 2007
Other Supervisors: Dr. C.B. Joshi, Tribuvan University, Nepal, Scholar: Mr. T.R. Bajracharya at Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Study of Solar air heater with roughened absorber plates
15 Jan 2001 - 15 Jul 2008
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Surender Kumar Saini
Optimization of Low Head Small Hydro Power Installations
07 Aug 2002 - 10 Jun 2009
Other Supervisors: Dr. C.S. Raghuvanshi , Former WRDTC, Scholar: Sh. Sunil Kumar Singal
Investigation of Parameters Affecting Turbine Performance due to Silt Erosion in Small Hydro Plants.
02 Jan 2006 - 13 Jul 2010
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ms. Mamta Kumari Padhy
Analysis of Six-Phase Self-Excited Induction Generator
01 Jan 2007 - 16 Apr 2010
Other Supervisors: Dr. G.K. Singh, EED, Scholar: Sh. A. Senthil Kumar
Heat Transfer and Friction Characteristics of Multiple V-Rib Roughened Solar Air Heater
25 Jul 2006 - 20 Aug 2009
Other Supervisors: Dr. J.S. Saini, MIED, Scholar: Sh. Vishavjeet Singh Hans
Modeling of Hybrid Renewable Energy System
24 Jul 2005 - 16 Jul 2010
Other Supervisors: Dr. M. P. Sharma, AHEC, Scholar: Sh. Ajai Gupta
Development of Integrated Renewable Energy System for a Remote Area
08 Jan 2007 - 22 Dec 2010
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Kanase Patil Amarsingh Baburao
Heat and Fluid Flow in Solar Air Heater Duct with Multi V-Shaped Ribs with Gap
24 Jul 2009 - 20 Jul 2012
Other Supervisors: Dr. J.S. Saini, MIED, Scholar: Sh. Anil Kumar
Investigation on Performance of a Packed Bed Solar Energy Storage System
25 Jul 2007 - 18 Dec 2012
Other Supervisors: Dr. J.S. Saini, MIED, Scholar: Sh. Harmeet Singh
Investigation of grid connected six phase induction generator for small hydro power
30 Dec 2010 - 17 Jul 2013
Other Supervisors: Dr. G.K. Singh, Scholar: Sh. S.N. Singh
Optimal Planning of Integrated Renewable Energy System
16 Jul 2010 - 18 Nov 2014
Other Supervisors: Dr. D.K. Khatod, Scholar: Sh. Mohit Bansal
Investigation of heat transfer enhancement by using V-shaped perforated blocks in rectangular solar
31 Dec 2010 - 12 May 2015
Other Supervisors: Dr. J.S. Saini, MIED, Scholar: Sh. Tabish Alam
Study of cavitation in Francis turbine for Small Hydro Power plants
16 Jul 2012 - 07 Aug 2015
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Gohil Pankajkuamr Paragbhai
Evolving optimal integrated renewable energy system model for stand-alone applications
23 Jul 2012 - 21 Dec 2015
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Anurag Chauhan
Integrated Renewable Energy System for a remote rural area
12 Jul 2013 - 14 Jul 2016
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Rajanna S.
Modeling of Solar Photovoltaic array under non-uniform insolation
16 Jul 2012 - 13 Jun 2017
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Sangram Bana
Investigations on performance of a savonius hydrokinetic turbine
01 Jan 2013 - 10 Aug 2017
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Anuj Kumar
Study of Double Pass Roughened Solar Air Heater with Discrete Multi V-Shaped and Staggered Ribs
12 Jul 2013 - 25 Oct 2017
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Ravi Kant Ravi
Study on solar air heater duct roughened with spherical and inclined rib protrusions
21 Jul 2014 - 21 Mar 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Chandra Prakash
Investigations on photovoltaic thermal solar collectors using phase change materials
28 Dec 2015 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr Ravi Kumar, Scholar: Sh. Ankit Dev
Performance investigation of photovoltaic systems under partial shading conditions
08 Jul 2016 - 23 Jul 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Sanat Kumar Patro
Performance investigations of hybrid cross flow hydrokinetic turbine
08 Jul 2016 - 25 Jun 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Gaurav Saini
Study of hydro-abrasive erosion of hydro turbine under different operating conditions
08 Jul 2016 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr MK Singhal, Scholar: Sh. Saurabh Sangal
Development of integrated renewable energy system for a rural Area
26 Dec 2016 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr SK Singal, Scholar: Sh. Patel Harshadkumar Dahyalal
Hybrid renewable energy system for a remote rural area in India
07 Jul 2017 - 11 Aug 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. M. Ramesh
Study of combined sensible and latent heat solar thermal energy storage system
07 Jul 2017 - 14 Jan 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Charmala Suresh
Evolving a mathematical model for estimating wind energy potential
07 Jul 2017 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr MK Singhal, Scholar: Sh. Penugonda Sunil Babu
Performance investigation of a packed bed solar energy storage system having spheres with pores as
28 Dec 2017 - 26 Jun 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Abhishek Gautam
Integrated renewable energy system for remote rural area
28 Dec 2017 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr SK Singal, Scholar: Sh. Vishal Saini
Integrated hybrid renewable energy system for off-grid rural electrification
09 Jul 2018 - 23 Aug 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Polamarasetty Praveen Kumar
Performance enhancement of solar air heater by using corrugated absorber plate with jet impringment
06 Jul 2018 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ms Siddhita Yadav
Integrated hybrid renewable energy system for a remote rural area in India
27 Dec 2018 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sh. Achintya Goswami
Development of monitoring technique for operation and maintenance of hydropower plant
12 Jul 2019 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Krishna Kumar
Performance enhancement of cross-flow hybrid hydrokinetic turbine
26 Dec 2019 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Md. Mustafa Kamal
Investigation and mitigation of major risks of electro-mechanical works in hydropower projects
26 Dec 2019 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sumeet Mazumdar
Solar assisted combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) system for remote area
30 Dec 2019 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof. Ravi Kumar, Scholar: Lokesh Chandra Joshi (MIED)
Performance investigation of corrugated double pass solar air heater integrated with PCM based thermal storage
17 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ankush Jageshwar Hedau
Development of an Optimal IntegratedRenewable Energy System for a Rural Area in Zambia
04 Sep 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof. F. D. Yamba, Scholar: Satnam Singh Virdy
Performance Investigation of Combined Sensible and Latent Heat Solar Thermal Energy Storage System
11 Feb 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr Varun Goel, NIT Hamirpur, Scholar: Ramesh Kumar
Investigation On Combined Effect Of Cavitation and Silt Erosion On The Performance Of Francis Turbine
10 Feb 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Prashant Kumar
Heat transfer and fluid flow investigation of solar air heater with jet impingement using corrugated absorber plate
23 Jul 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof S K Singal, Scholar: Jyoti Pal
Performance investigations of helical-bladed hydrokinetic turbine
23 Jul 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof Amit Bhosale, Scholar: Kommireddy Bheemalingeswarareddy
Performance investigations of solar air heater haing honeycomb as artificial roughness geometry
30 Jul 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof. Amit Bhosale, Scholar: Somar Ghanem
Reliability based optimal model of hybrid renewable energy system for a remote hilly region of Uttarakhand (India)
10 Feb 2021 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof. M.K. Singhal, Scholar: Mr Shaurya Varendra Tyagi
Design and Sizing of Photovoltaic System for Remote Area
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. E. Fernandez, Scholar: Vivek Kapil
Development of Integrated Renewable Energy Systems for Village Kanvasharam
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Alok Kumar Bharadwaj
Design of A small Hydro Power Plant for Grid Connected and Isolated Mode Operation
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.P. Singh, Scholar: Lalnithanga
Design Criteria of SHP Plants with Shunt Load Governor
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof. O.D. Thapar, Scholar: Lalrinmawia
Optimisation of Renewable Energy Based Power Generation Systems for Remote Area in J&K
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Shafat Sultan Marazi
New Design Concepts of Micro Hydro Power Plants
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Chandan Prakash
Study for Optimal Utilisation of Renewable Energy Sources in A Remote Area
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Himani Goyal
Development of A Hybrid SPV-Diesel Engine Based Electricity Generation System
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Prajjwal Kumar Bhaskar
Techno-Economic Study of Solar Photovoltaic Systems in Arunachal Pradesh
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Sarsing Gao
Development of Standard Sizes of Micro Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Amit Bajpai
Cost Effective Design of Solar Photovoltaic System for A Remote Area
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Bhawesh Agrawal
Development of Efficient Strategy for Performance Evaluation of SHP Hydro Mechanical Equipment
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof. O.D. Thapar, Scholar: Onkar Nath
Strategies for Development of Mini/Micro Hydro Power in Nagaland
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri S.K. Singal, Scholar: Shanchothung Odyuo
Cost-Effective Design for Micro Hydropower Schemes
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri M.K. Singhal, Scholar: Shirish Gupta
Optimum Selection of Hydromechanical Equipment for SHP Stations
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri M.K. Singhal, Scholar: Manoj Kumar Jaiswal
Integrated Renewable Energy System for A Remote Hilly Area
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Pravin Anirudha Motghare
Design of Water Mills for Multipurpose Applications
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Bhupesh Suryabhan Patil
Design of Low Cost Micro Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Jitendra Singh
Site Efficiency Measurement of Small Hydropower Stations
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof. O.D. Thapar, Scholar: Rakesh Khatri
Techno-Economic Analysis of Micro Hydropower Equipment
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri S.K. Singal, Scholar: Arun Kumar Tiwari
Optimisation of SHP Schemes in Uttaranchal State
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri M.K. Singhal, Scholar: Charlie D. Fulzele
Model Testing for SHP Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri Arun Kumar, Scholar: Debasis Mitra
Optimal Installation of Hydro-Mechanical Equipment for Low Head SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri S.K. Singal, Scholar: Gaurav Sinha
Field Testing of Hydro Mechanical Equipments of SHP Stations
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri Arun Kumar, Scholar: Prakash Mishra
Study of Thermo Hydraulic Performance of Solar Air Heaters Provided with Artificially Roughned Duct
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Varun
Techno-economic Study of Micro Hydro Turbine Governing Systems
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri M.K. Singhal, Scholar: Vivek Agarwal
Design of Tower for Windmill Systems and its Cost Effectiveness
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Krishan Kumar, Scholar: Ziaul Badar
StudyofSystem & WorkingParameter for Performance Enhancement of ArtificiallyRoughenedSolarAirHeater
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Jitendra Verma
Modeling of Hydraulic Transients in Small Hydropower Plant Operation
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri Arun Kumar, Scholar: Medidi V.M. Kishore
Development of a Model for Testing of SHP Electro Mechanical Machines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri Arun Kumar, Scholar: M. Bala Subrah- manyam
Modification in Centrifugal Pump Used as Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Anees Ahmad
Efficiency Improvement of Micro Hydel Turbine Through Manufacturing Techniques
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri S.K. Singal, Scholar: Rahul Jadhav
Quality Improvements in Wind Energy Generation
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri Arun Kumar, Scholar: Shrinivas U. Jawdekar
Impact of Age on Performance for Bio Diesel
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: R.D. Chauhan
Flow Analysis of a SHP Station
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri Arun Kumar, Scholar: K. Sridhar Reddy
Energy Conservation in Sugar Industry
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri S.N. Singh, Scholar: Vinod Kumar
Performance Evaluation of Hydro Turbine Using CFD Analysis
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri Arun Kumar, Scholar: Anil Kumar
Development of Cost Effective Technology for Harnessing Renewable Energy in Remote Area
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Bhupender Singh Kaneri
Flow Analysis of Multipurpose Low Capacity Turbines Using CFD
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri Arun Kumar, Scholar: Khalid Razi
Simulation of Variable Speed Small Hydro Power Plant
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. J.D. Sharma, Scholar: Manjul Tripathi
Analysis of Erosion in Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri S.K. Singal, Scholar: Ratnendra Singh
Powering of a Remote Area Through Renewable Energy Sources
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Suhashini Gudala
Sensorless maximum power point tracking control of wind energy
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri S.N. Singh, Scholar: Anubhuti Bansal
Optimum design of small hydro power plants using bulb turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri S.K. Singal, Scholar: Anurag Kumar
Performance evaluation of pump as turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri S.K. Singal, Scholar: Anurag Shukla
CFD based flow analysis of hilly small hydropower station
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri Arun Kumar, Scholar: Sanjay Jain
Technical evaluation of wind energy farms
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Chetan Bhaskar Meshram
Performance analysis of modified pump as turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Rahul Pandey
Doubly FED induction generator control for wind power generation
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri S.N. Singh, Scholar: Sanjai Kumar Yadav
CFD based heat transfer analysis of artificially roughened solar air heater
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Sharad Kumar
Assessment of a Suitable Site in a Hilly Terrain for Wind Power Generation
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Ajay Gairola, Scholar: Abhishek Kumar Srivastava
CFD based design modifications in cross flow turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Md. Asif Saghir
CFD based impact analysis of cavitation in Francis turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Pardeep Kumar
Development of wind energy farm in hilly area
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Rinku Saran
Experimental & numerical investigations on flow measurement using clamp-on type ultrasonic flowmeter
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. B.K. Gandhi, Scholar: Srinivasa Rao Suvvari
Performance evaluation of axial flow pump as turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Deepak S
Modification in cross flow turbine for efficiency improvement
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.K. Singal, Scholar: Imran Khan
Erosion analysis of hydro turbine materials
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Arun Kumar, Scholar: Kuldeep Singh Shekhawat
Economic analysis of silt erosion in hydro turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Arun Kumar, Scholar: Rahul Sinha
Performance evaluation of Pelton turbine using CFD
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.K. Singal, Scholar: Ravindra kumar Singh
Performance analysis of biomass gasifier system
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Praful Dinkar Sutkar
Design analysis of Bulb turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. B.K. Gandhi, Scholar: Vishwendra Singh
Performance analysis of cross flow turbine using a guide tube and a draft tube
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Ali Abbas
Hydro numerical modelling of turbines for floating OWC water power plants
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof.Dr.-Ing. habil. Kai-Uwe Graw, Scholar: Kartik Upadhyay
Study of cavitation effect on hydro turbine materials
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.K. Singal, Scholar: Madhava Reddy Pathakota
Study of heat transfer characteristics of a sensible heat storage for solar thermal energy
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Nitesh Dutt
A study of sediment transport and its impact on hydro-turbine in hydropower project
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. D.K. Srivastava & Dr. M.Perumal, Scholar: Anant Kr. Rai
CFD-Based Performance Analysis of Kaplan Turbine for Micro Hydro Range
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri M.K. Singhal, Scholar: Alok Mishra
Theoretical Simulation of Diffusivity of Porous Electrodes of Fuel Cell
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. Cornelia Breitkopf, Scholar: Dig Vijay
Investigation on Combined Effect of Cavitation and Silt Erosion on Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Harsh Vats
Performance Enhancement of Solar Photovoltaic System with Tracking System
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Sonal Panwar
Experimental Analysis of Silt Erosion in Pump as Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Tarang Agarwal
CFD Based Performance Analysis of Modified Pumps Used as Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri M.K. Singhal, Scholar: Anuj Kumar
Effect Of Non-Normality Onto Triggering In Thermoacoustic System
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof. Wolfgang Polifke, Scholar: Abhishek Kumar Singh
CFD Based Analysis of Silt Erosion on Pelton Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Arpit Garg
Design of Solar Photovoltaic system for a remote village in Tamilnadu
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. D.K. Khatod, Scholar: Chandramohan G
CFD based analysis on Combined Effect of Cavitation and Silt Erosion Kaplan Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Dinesh Kumar
Study of Sensible Heat Storage System for Solar Thermal Energy
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Monu Malik
Techno Economic study for maintenance of silt erosion affected hydro turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.K. Singal, Scholar: Patel Himanshukumar Nageenbhai
Cavitation Analysis on Propeller Turbine through CFD
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Pradeep Kumar Singh
Field Study on Silt Erosion in Hydro Turbines in Run of River Plants
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.K. Singal, Scholar: Ram Sevak Kushwaha
Silt Erosion analysis of Kaplan hydraulic turbine by using Computational fluid dynamics
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri M.K. Singhal, Scholar: Saurabh Sangal
Investigation of heat transfer augmentation by using arc shaped ribs with gap in a solar air heater
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Shri M.K. Singhal, Scholar: Uttara Shakya
Development of stand-alone hybrid energy system for a rural area
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Ankit Bhatt
Techno-economic analysis of ultra-low and zero head turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Anurag Kumar
Design and simulation of solar thermal cooling and heating system
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Arvind Gupta
Sizing of SPV system for Mbeya university of science and technology (MUST) Tanzania
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.N. Singh, Scholar: Fadhili Omari Cheo
Development of savonious type hydrokinetic turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Gaurav Saini
CFD analysis for silt erosion for different shapes of silt particles
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Manoj Kumar
PerformanceEnhancementOfARoughenedSolarAirHeaterDuctProvidedWithDiscreteExpandedMetalMeshAsArtificia
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Neha Purohit
Performance analysis of pump as turbine having impeller with coating
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Yogesh Kumar
Sizing of a hybrid energy system for remote load applications
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. E. Fernandez, Scholar: Ayush Rajoria
Performance evaluation of Savonious type hydrokinetic turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Ajay Kumar Verma
Numerical investigation of the effect of draft tube on the performance of a Cross Flow turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Charu Mittal
Performance enhancement of solar PV array using active cooling techniques
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Keshav Pandey
Performance evaluation of solar photovoltaic system installed in IIT Roorkee campus
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.K. Singal, Scholar: Kunwar Sangram Singh Pundir
Improved technique to evaluate performance of solar thermal power plant
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Md Zafar Alam
Cost optimization of small hydropower plant using improved particle swarm optimization technique
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Pragati Shinde
Techno-economic analysis of solar thermal power plants in India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Raj Kumar Bairwa
Techno economic analysis of pumps as turbine for micro hydro plants
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.P. Sharma, Scholar: Shivansh Tyagi
Development of hybrid energy system for Fungling town of Taplejung, Nepal
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Vidya Prasad Kafle
Development of Improved Receiver Cavity of a Solar Thermal Power Plant
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Aditi Garg
CFD Based performance Analysis of coating on Francis runner eroded due to cavitation
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr MK Singhal, Scholar: Amandeep Mehta
Performance Investigation of Parabolic trough Solar Concentrator of a Solar Thermal Power Plant
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Deepika Tamta
Experimental Investigation of Hybrid Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Collector
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Hitesh Khurana
Development of an efficient hydrokinetic turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Jasveer Kaur
Energy and Exergy analysis for heliostat based solar thermal power plant
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Manoj Kumar
Experimental study on performance of a double pass solar air heater
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Mohd Insha
Experimental investigation of packed bed solar thermal storage having large size packing materials
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Saurabh Tiwari
CFD based performance analysis of reaction turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr MK Singhal, Scholar: Siladitya Bag
Development of an Efficient Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage for Solar Thermal Power Plant
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Sonu Kumar
Performance Investigation of a Hybrid SPV Thermal Collector Having Turbulators in the Air Duct
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr MK Singhal, Scholar: Joshi Ram
Experimental Investigation on a Solar Thermal Energy Packed Bed Sensible Head Storage Combined with
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Abhishek Gupta
Experimental Investigation of a Packed Bed Thermal Energy Storage System with Different Heat Transfe
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ambuj Punia
Performance Analysis of CST Based Plant
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. S.K. Singal, Scholar: Gaurav Gangwar
Performance Investigation of a Hybrid SPV Thermal Collector Having Turbulators in the Air Duct
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.K.Singhal, Scholar: Joshi Ram
Numerical Analysis for Performance of a Parabolic Solar Concentrator
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Kovid Saini
Development of Standard Models of Cross Flow Turbine for Hilly Area in Myanmar
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Maung Phyoe Wai Aung
Development of a Small Size Solar Thermal Cooling Unit
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Nishab Ali
An Efficient Methodology for Wind Potential Assessment for Andhra Pradesh
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Penugonda Sunil Babu
Numerical Analysis Based Performance Evaluation of Pump as Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr. M.K.Singhal, Scholar: Satish Chand
Evolving an Efficient Strategy for Performance Analysis of a Solar Thermal Power Plant
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Shrinkhla Kanojiya
Development of an efficient latent heat storage system
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Siddhi Arya
Performance Analysis of a Phase Change Material Storage System for Solar Thermal Application
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Sneha Murali
Investigation of Cavitation in Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: ---, Scholar: Yatish Kaushal
Experimental Study of Silt Erosion in Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Dr MK Singhal, Scholar: Abhishek Rajput
Experimental Study of Performance of Hydro Kinetic Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Ajay Kumar
Simulation of Hybrid PV-DG
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof NP Padhy, Scholar: Divyakshi Aeron
Selecting Materials for Sensible Heat Solar Thermal Storages
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Dwijesh Kumar Singh
Assessment of Solar Photovoltaic potential in Rooftop of private housing sector of Kathmandu Valley
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Saroj Man Tamrakar
Study of Detection Techniques used for Cavitation in Hydroturbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Shivendra Pratap
Study of System Parameters of Savoneous Type Hydrokinetic Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Sourish Singha
Impact of Solar Photovoltaic Technology on Poverty Reduction in Mbeya City Tanzania
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: -, Scholar: Widson Kibasi
Performance Evaluation of Hydro Turbine in Field
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Other Supervisors: Prof. N.K. Goel, Scholar: Desh Deepak Verma
Investigation of sand erosion of Pelton turbine in Chenani hydro electric project-I (5x4.66 MW)
01 Jan 2019 - 30 Jun 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Amit Sharma
Performance analysis of solar photovoltaic thermal hybrid system
02 Jan 2019 - 28 Jun 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Himanshu Mishra
Investigation of characteristics and designing parameters of cross flow turbines
01 Jan 2019 - 29 Jun 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Iqbal
Study of erosion models of impulse turbines trough statistical analysis
02 Jan 2019 - 28 Jun 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Manish Singh
Analysis of system stability of grid integrated with renewable energy sources
01 Jan 2019 - 29 Jun 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Namgay Tenzin
Selection of hydrokinetic turbines
01 Jan 2019 - 28 Jun 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Neeraj Kumar
Performance investigation of different hydrokinetic turbines under different site condition
01 Jan 2019 - 28 Jun 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Rajiv Kumar Tripathi
Modeling and stability analysis of electro hydraulic governor in hydro power plants
02 Jan 2019 - 28 Jun 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Ranbir Chhetri
Development of solar photo voltaic system for the premises of Nepal oil corporation Ltd. Kathmandu in Nepal
03 Jan 2019 - 29 Jun 2019
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Tila Subedi
Investigation of performance of PCM based solar thermal energy storage
02 Jan 2020 - 29 Jun 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Imran Khan
Study on solar thermal energy application in industrial heating processes
02 Jan 2020 - 26 Jun 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Jitendra Prasad Sharma
Investigation on the effect of cavitation and wake formation in axial hydrokinetic turbine
02 Jan 2020 - 26 Jun 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Naman Verma
Development of Solar Thermal System for Cooling and Heating Buildings
01 Jan 2020 - 29 Jun 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Rahul Kumar
Investigation of the effect of silt parameters in hydro turbine
01 Jan 2020 - 30 Jun 2020
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Shubham Kumar Dhiman
Development of Micro- Hydropower Based Distributed Generation System for Provience-1 Nepal
04 Jan 2021 - 25 Jun 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Dinesh Kumar Sah
Investigation of Hydrokinetic Turbines For Different Site Conditions
01 Jan 2021 - 28 Jun 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Laukik Pandurang Nishane
Investigation on Sensible and Latent Heat Solar Thermal Energy Storage
01 Jan 2021 - 25 Jun 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Shubham Kumar Singh
Investigation on Hydropower Operation and Maintenance Practices
01 Jan 2021 - 28 Jun 2021
Other Supervisors: , Scholar: Tek Nath Adhikari
Miscellaneous
Events
SHP Development Including O&M Aspects
31 Aug 2020 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Equipment Selection-Turbines
01 Jan 2000 - Present
i)Development Of Water Mills-Identification. ii)Installation and Maintenance Of Improved Water Mills
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Solar Energy Applications
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Development of Small Hydropower –I & II
01 Jan 2004 - Present
i)Testing onWater Conductor system ii)Typical Examples of Local Technologyfor MicroHydel Development
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Governors for SHP Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Hydro Turbines for SHP in Rural Area & Multipurpose Micro Turbines for Power Generation
01 Jan 2005 - Present
Rural Electrification Through SHP–A Model
01 Jan 2005 - Present
Selection of Hydro Turbines for SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Selection Of Turbines and Generators
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Identifications, Planning and Investigation of SHP Project
31 Aug 2020 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
i) Improved Water Mills-Vertical Shaft ii)Development of Water Mills (MPPU)
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i) Present Status of Water Mills ii) Improved Water Mills-I (Vertical Shaft)
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i) Installation Operation and Maintenance ii) Improved Water Mills-II (MPPU)
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Hydro Turbines and Generators
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Introduction on Small Hydro & Water Mill Development ii)Installation, Operation and Maintenance
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Use of Water Mill on Micro Industry
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Water Mills for Multipurpose Applications
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Cavitation Erosion (Mechanism & Fundamental) ii)Components of Hydropower Plant
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Performance Evaluation : Slury Jet Erosion of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Development of Watermill in India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
International Course on Technology Selection for SHP Development
31 Aug 2020 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Small Hydro Power Development-Opportunities for entrepreneurs
01 Jan 2008 - Present
Small Hydro Power Development-Resource for Sustainable Energy Generation
01 Jan 2008 - Present
Selection of Turbines and Gates & Valves
01 Jan 2008 - Present
Turbine Governor, Penstock & Valve
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Selection Of Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Selection Of Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Development of Water Mills ii)Energy Audit of Small Hydro Power Plants
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Equipments for SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Indian Scenario of Small Hydro Plants
01 Jan 2009 - Present
Training on Rural Electrification through SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
TERI
Turbine governor, penstock & valve
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Basic of Hydro Turbine & Auxiliaries
01 Jan 2009 - Present
Selection of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2009 - Present
Different Techniques For Discharge Measurement And Their Demonstration
01 Jan 2009 - Present
Solar and Wind Power-Technology and Cost Aspects
01 Jan 2009 - Present
Selection Of Equipments For Water Mill And Case Study
01 Jan 2009 - Present
Head Measurements
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Selection of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Low Head Hydro-Machinery Selection
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Selection of Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Renovation, Modernisation and Uprating studies and testing of SHP stations
31 Aug 2020 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Solar Energy
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Selection Of Hydro Turbine ii)Water Mills iii)Multi Purpose Power Unit (MPPU)
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Hydro- Mechanical Equipment ii)Selection of Hydro Turbines For SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Selection Of Turbines For SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Experimental Studies On Silt Erosion In Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification And Construction Of Hydro Turbine And Governing System
01 Jan 2011 - Present
i) Small Hydro Power Generation ii) Large Scale Energy Storage Systems
01 Jan 2011 - Present
Classification and Selection of Hydro Turbine for SHP
01 Jan 2011 - Present
i)Renewable Energy Systems-Solar Energy and Wind Energy ii)Hydro Turbines Selection
01 Jan 2011 - Present
Classification and Construction of Hydro Turbine & Governing System
01 Jan 2011 - Present
International Course on SHP Development
31 Aug 2020 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Classification and Construction of Hydro Turbine & Governing System
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification and Construction of Hydro Turbine & Governing System
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Type Of Hydro Turbines & Governors
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Type Of Hydro Turbines & Governors
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Selection Of Hydro Turbines For SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Application of UTTF in field
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Type & Selection of Hydro Turbines & Governing System
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Selection of Turbines For SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Type of Hydro Turbines & Governor
01 Jan 2012 - Present
i)Turbine for Rural Electrification ii)Turbine Selection for Rural Electrification
01 Jan 2012 - Present
Training on Development of Water Mills
01 Jan 2004 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Equipment Selection
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Turbines and Water Mills for Rural Electrification
01 Jan 2012 - Present
i)Small Hydro Power : Different Schemes & Development in India ii)Selection of Hydro Turbines
01 Jan 2012 - Present
Type of Hydro Turbines & Governors
01 Jan 2012 - Present
i)Introduction: Solar Energy ii)Estimation of solar energy potential iii)Sizing of Solar PV Systems
01 Jan 2012 - Present
Types of Hydro Turbines & Governors
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Selection of hydro turbines for SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Types of Hydro Turbines & Governors
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Overview of Small Hydro Power Development ii)Turbines for SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Types of Turbines and Auxiliaries
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Training on Micro Hydro
01 Jan 2004 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Turbines for SHP
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Various Types of Hydro Turbine & Governors
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Selection of Turbine
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Types of Hydro Turbines & Governors
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Overview of SHP Development
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Types of Hydro Turbines & Governors
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Exposure for Discharge Measuring Devices
01 Jan 2013 - Present
i)Exposure for Discharge Measuring Devices ii)Turbines and Water Mills for Rural Electrification
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Turbine Selection for Rural Electrification
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine & Governing System
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Selection of Turbines For SHP
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Workshop on Performance Testing of SHP Stations
31 Aug 2020 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Turbines and Auxiliaries
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Selection and Specifications of Hydraulic Turbines : Part-I & II
01 Jan 2013 - Present
i)Selection & Specifications of Hydro Generators ii)Selection & Specifications of Power Evacuation
01 Jan 2013 - Present
Classification Of Hydro Turbine & Governing System
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification Of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i) Hydro Power Challenges ii) Integrated Renewable Energy systems
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i) Scope & Methodology of Performance Testing ii) Acoustic Methods of Discharge Measurement
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Application of UTTF in Field ii)Case Study
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Short Term Course on “Small Hydro Power Development”
01 Jan 2004 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Development of Small Hydro Power (SHP) and Job Opportunities in SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Development of Small Hydro Power in India
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Turbines for SHP
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbines
01 Jan 2014 - Present
i) Basic Knowledge of MHP- I & II ii) Sustainability Aspect of MHP- I & II
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Selection of Hydro Turbines for SHP ii)Water Mills (Pico Hydro) for Multipurpose Applications
31 Aug 2020 - Present
MakingIndianEngineeringWorld-Class:withSpecialEmphasistoDevelopment of RenewableEnergySourcesInIndia
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Performance Testing of SHP Stations
01 Jan 2004 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Classification of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Introduction of Electro-Mechanical Equipment of SHP ii)Types and Designs of Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Selection of Hydro Turbine ii)Cavitation Erosion
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Selection&Specificationsof HydraulicTurbines:I& II ii)Selection&Specificationsof PowerEvacuation
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Turbines and Auxiliaries
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2015 - Present
Selection of Turbines
01 Jan 2015 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2015 - Present
Selection of Turbines for SHP
01 Jan 2015 - Present
International Training Course on “Grid Based SHP Development”
31 Aug 2020 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Classification Of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2015 - Present
i) Small Hydro Power Development in India ii) SPV and Wind Energy Technologies
01 Jan 2015 - Present
Turbines And Auxiliaries
01 Jan 2015 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2015 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Turbine Selection
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Application of Artificial Roughness in Solar Air Heater
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
i)Types and Designs of Hydro Turbines ii)Selection of Hydro Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
International Training Course on ”Small Hydropower: Option for Rural Electrification”
01 Jan 2005 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Classification of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification Of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Roof Top Solar System – A Case Study
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Selection of Turbines
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Solar Energy-Potential Assessment and Technology
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Training Programme on Cost Benefit Appraisal of Renewable Energy Technologies For Power Generation
01 Jan 2005 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Planning, Design, Operation and Maintenance of SHP Projects
01 Jan 2005 - Present
TERI
International Training Course on “Small Hydropower Project Development in Developing Countries”
01 Jan 2005 - Present
UNIDO & MNES
Short term training course on “Performance testing and evaluation of SHP station”
01 Jan 2006 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
International Training Course on “Modern Trends in SHP Project Development”
31 Aug 2020 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Special International Training Course on “SHP Development”
01 Jan 2006 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Rural electrification through community participation
31 Aug 2020 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Rural Electrification by Mini Hydro Projects Development through Village Community Participation
01 Jan 2006 - Present
Uttaranchal Govt.
Training for Water Mills Technicians (Batch-I/II/III/IV)
31 Aug 2020 - Present
UREDA & ADB
3 days Course on Development of water Mills
01 Jan 2006 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Rural Electrification by Mini Hydro Projects Development Through Village Community Participation
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Uttaranchal Govt.
International Training Course on Small Hydropower : Assessment and Development
01 Jan 2007 - Present
MNES, Govt. Of India
Short term training on Small Hydro–Livelihood Options
01 Jan 2007 - Present
UREDA, Dehradun
Short Term Course on “Water Resources Development” for Teachers of Polytechnics in Uttarakhand
01 Jan 2007 - Present
Uttarakhand Technical Education Board
Short Term Course on “Hydro Power Engineering (Civil)” for Teachers of Polytechnics in Uttarakhand
01 Jan 2007 - Present
Uttarakhand Technical Education Board
Short Term Course on “Hydro Power Plant (Mechanical)” for Teachers of Polytechnics in Uttarakhand
01 Jan 2007 - Present
Uttarakhand Technical Education Board
Short Term Course on “Hydropower Development Engineering (Electrical)” for Teachers of Polytechnics
01 Jan 2007 - Present
Uttarakhand Technical Education Board
Short Training Programme on “Controlling Erosion in Hydro Turbines”
01 Jan 2007 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
International Training Course on “Small Hydropower Development”
01 Jan 2008 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on Performance Testing and Evaluation of SHP Stations
01 Jan 2008 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short term training course on “Detailed Project Report for Small Hydropower”
01 Jan 2008 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on “Planning, Report Preparation and Execution of MHPs”
01 Jan 2008 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on “Operation and Maintenance of SHP Projects”
01 Jan 2008 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Course on “Development of Renewable Energy Projects in Hilly Areas” for Teachers of Polytechnics & I
01 Jan 2008 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on “Execution of SHP Projects in Arunachal”
01 Jan 2009 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
International Training Course on "Small Hydropower Development"
01 Jan 2009 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on “Technical and Financial Issues of Small Hydropower”
01 Jan 2009 - Present
SBI, Mumbai
DPR Preparation and Evaluation for SHP Projects
01 Jan 2009 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
O&M of SHP Stations
01 Jan 2009 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2009 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short term course on Surveys, Investigation and DPR for Small hydropower officials of IREP Govt. of
01 Jan 2009 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Financing of Renewable Energy System
01 Jan 2009 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Electro-mechanical Design Engineering for Micro/Mini Hydro Power
01 Jan 2009 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Estimation, Formulation of Projects, Control of Quality
01 Jan 2009 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
International Training Course on SHP Development
01 Jan 2010 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training course on Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2010 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
STCourse Rural Electrification by MHPs Development Through Village Community Participaticipation
01 Jan 2010 - Present
UREDA, Dehradun
International Training Course on Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2011 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2011 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Performance Testing and evaluation for SHP Stations
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
International Training Course on Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Simulator based training for in-service SHP Plant Engineer
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Small hydropower Development
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Rural Electrification with Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Simulator based training for in service SHP plant technicians
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
DPR Preparation and Evaluation for SHP Projects
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Rural Electrification with Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Operation and Maintenance of Small Hydro Power
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Renewable Energy Technology specially solar
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Simulator based training for in service SHP plant technicians
01 Jan 2012 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
International Training Course On "Small Hydropower Development"
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
SHP Plant Engineers In-Service on Real Time Digital Simulator
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on “Training of ITI Trainers for SHP Development”
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
DPR Preparation and Evaluation for SHP projects
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient Projects
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
SHP Plant Technicians on Real Time Digital Simulator
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Rural Electrification with Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
O&M of SHP Stations
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Operation and Maintenance of SHP Stations
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
SHP Plant Technicians on Real Time Digital Simulator
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
SHP Plant Technicians on Real Time Digital Simulator
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
SHP Plant Technicians on Real Time Digital Simulator
01 Jan 2013 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Performance Testing and Evaluation for SHP Stations
01 Jan 2014 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
SHP Plant Engineers On Real Time Digital Simulator
01 Jan 2014 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2014 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
SHP Plant Technicians on Real Time Digital Simulator
01 Jan 2014 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on RTDS for Fresh SHP Plant Engineers
01 Jan 2014 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on RTDS for In Service SHP Plant Engineers
01 Jan 2014 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2014 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Selection & Design of Electro-Mechanical Equipment for SHP
01 Jan 2014 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on RTDS for Fresh SHP Plant Engineers
01 Jan 2014 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2014 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
International Training Programme on “small-scale hydropower project development”
01 Jan 2014 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Performance Testing and Evaluation for SHP stations
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Operation & Maintenance of SHP stations
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on RTDS for In Service SHP Plant Engineers
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on RTDS for Fresh SHP Plant Engineers
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Course on RTDS for In Service SHP Plant Engineers
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short-Term Training Course on Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course On RTDS for Fresh Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on Operation and Maintenance of Small Hydropower Station
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on RTDS for in Service Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course On RTDS for Fresh Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course On “DPR Preparation and Evaluation for SHP Projects”
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course RTDS for in Service Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course RTDS for Fresh Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on Selection & Design of Electro-Mechanical Equipment for SHP
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on Performance Testing and Evaluation of SHP Stations
01 Jan 2015 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course RTDS for in Service Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course On RTDS for Fresh Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on RTDS for in Service Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course On RTDS for Fresh Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on DPR preparation and evaluation for SHP projects
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on RTDS for in Service Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short-Term Training Course on Small Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course On RTDS for Fresh Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on RTDS for in Service Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course On RTDS for Fresh Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on Selection & Design of Electro-Mechanical Equipment for SHP
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course On RTDS for Fresh Plant Engineers of Small Hydro Power Plants
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course On Hydropower Development
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Short Term Training Course on Performance Testing and Evaluation for SHP Stations
01 Jan 2016 - Present
MNRE, Govt. of India
Classification Of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Turbine Selection
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Classification Of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Selection Of Turbines For SHP
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Classification Of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2016 - Present
(i) Types and design of hydro turbines (ii) Selection of hydro turbine (iii) Hydro turbines governor
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Classification of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Classification Of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Selection of Turbines and Governing System
01 Jan 2016 - Present
(i) Scope & Methodology of Performance Testing (ii) Report Preparation
01 Jan 2016 - Present
(i) Application of UTTF in field (ii) Case study
01 Jan 2016 - Present
Classification Of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2017 - Present
Classification Of Hydro Turbine
01 Jan 2017 - Present
Selection of Turbines
01 Jan 2017 - Present
Visits
Nepal
1996-01-01
For preparation of state of art report on Hydraulic Machines used in Micro Hydro Power Stations
Nepal
1997-01-01
For participation in exhibition for demonstration of Micro Hydro Power Plants model
Indonesia
1998-01-01
For participation in a workshop on Small Hydro
Dhaka, Bangladesh
1999-01-01
As resource person for International Course on Small Hydro Power Development
Kathmandu, Nepal
2000-01-01
For conducting International Course on Small Hydro Power Development
Norway
2000-01-01
Visit to manufacturers and SHP projects sites (study tour)
Czech Republic
2000-01-01
Visit to manufacturers and SHP projects sites (study tour)
United Kingdom
2000-01-01
Visit to manufacturers and SHP projects sites (study tour)
ICH, Trondheim, Norway
2003-01-01
For training on Hydro Power Development
Bhutwal, Nepal
2003-01-01
For inspection of Equipment at manufacturing Unit
CANMET, Canada
2004-01-01
For training on Micro Hydro
Croatia
2004-01-01
For paper presentation in International Conference
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
2007-01-01
For participation in workshop on “NUFU Supported Doctoral Research at the Institute of Engineering”
Colombo/Kandy, Sri Lanka
2007-01-01
to attend meeting for organization of Conference
Kandy, Sri Lanka
2007-01-01
For conducting International Conference “Hydro Sri Lanka”
France
2008-01-01
To attend International Conference IGHEM-2008
Milan, Italy
2008-01-01
To attend International Conference IGHEM-2008
Kathmandu, Nepal
2009-01-01
For inspection of turbines
Colombo, Sri Lanka
2010-01-01
Workshop on Low head hydro technology
Sri Lanka
2010-01-01
To participate and present in the low head hydropower workshop under renewable energy for rural economic development (RERED) project
Slovenia
2010-01-01
To visit technical institutions and laboratories of hydraulic turbine testing
Switzerland
2010-01-01
To visit technical institutions and laboratories of hydraulic turbine testing
Germany
2010-01-01
To visit technical institutions and laboratories of hydraulic turbine testing
Seville, Spain
2011-01-01
To attend Joint MICINN-DST Workshop on Renewable Energy
Beijing, China
2012-01-01
To attend a Seminar on Small Hydro Projects
UNIDO, Free Town, Sierra Leone
2013-01-01
To organize training workshop on hydropower project development in Sierra Leone
UNIDO, Monrovia, Liberia
2013-01-01
To organize training workshop on hydropower project development in Liberia
Surabaya, Indonesia
2014-01-01
To deliver lectures in the training programme on “Renewable Energy : Micro Hydro for Rural Development
Mokpo National University, South Korea
2018-01-01
To participate as speaker of invited lecture and to conduct collaborative research in 2018 “International Workshop on Renewable Energy”
National Institute of Metrology (Beijing) & ICSHP (Hangzhou), China
2018-01-01
2th International Conference on Hydraulic Efficiency Measurement (IGHEM 2018),
Kathmandu, Nepal
2018-01-01
Fourth International Conference on Renewable Energy Forward for Economic and Sustainable Development (RETRUD-18)
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
2019-01-01
To conduct Ph.D. viva-voce examination and to interact with the faculty regarding research activities in the area of hydro power
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
2019-01-01
To conduct Ph.D. viva-voce examination and to interact with the faculty regarding research activities in the area of hydro power
Administrative Positions
Professor-In-Charge
31 Aug 2020 - Present
Greater Noida Extension Centre
Head
01 Jan 2012 - 31 Jan 2015
AHEC
Chief Advisor
01 Jan 2010 - 01 Jan 2011
Hobbies Club
Member, Institute Academic Programme Committee
01 Jan 2015 - Present
IITR
Dy. Chief Advisor
01 Jan 2008 - 01 Jan 2011
Hobbies Club
Member
01 Jan 2006 - 01 Jan 2009
Community Dairy
Central Purchase Officer for Bhawan Mess
01 Jan 2006 - 01 Jan 2009
CCB
Chief Warden
01 Jan 2005 - 01 Jan 2009
Cautley Bhawan
Member
01 Jan 2005 - 01 Jan 2011
IPR Cell
Member, Advisory Committee
01 Jan 2005 - 01 Jan 2010
Deptt. of Continuing Education
Member, Board of PGS&R
01 Jan 2003 - 01 Jan 2011
IITR
Warden
01 Jan 2002 - 01 Jan 2004
Cautley Bhawan
Programme Advisor for PG Student
01 Jan 2002 - 01 Jan 2011
IITR
O.C. Examination & O.C. Tour
01 Jan 2007 - 01 Jan 2011
AHEC
Staff Advisor for Congnizance
01 Jan 2006 - 01 Jan 2011
AHEC
O.C. Academic Programme
01 Jan 2004 - 01 Jan 2011
AHEC
O.C. Time Table
01 Jan 2004 - 01 Jan 2011
AHEC
Coordinator for PG Admission
01 Jan 2004 - 01 Jan 2011
AHEC
O.C. Administration
01 Jan 2003 - 01 Jan 2011
AHEC
O.C. Building
01 Jan 2003 - 01 Jan 2011
AHEC
O.C. Vehicle
01 Jan 2001 - 01 Jan 2003
AHEC
O.C. Hydro-mechanical Laboratory
01 Jan 2001 - 01 Jan 2003
AHEC