Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research (ICER)
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Interfacial Phase Change Phenomenon during Crystallization and Boiling in Droplets
Two-phase interaction of droplets on heated substrates is ubiquitous and has applications in power plants, industrial cooling, and particle drying. At temperatures significantly higher than the saturation temperature of ... -
Investigations on Flow in Supercritical CO2 Ejectors
Adopting natural eco-friendly refrigerant carbon dioxide (CO2) in energy conversion devices is gaining prominence globally. Supersonic ejectors are passive devices that energize and compress a secondary stream using a ... -
Investigations on Single DC Source Hybrid Multilevel Topologies with Extended Linear Modulation Range for Variable Speed Drives
Multilevel inverters (MLIs) are preferred for high and medium power applications due to their numerous advantages over traditional two-level inverters. MLIs generate output phase voltages with multiple levels, mitigating ... -
Interface Engineering and Optimization of Methylammonium Lead Iodide-Based Perovskite Solar Cells: From Fabrication Processes to Performance Enhancement
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have emerged as a promising technology for efficient and cost-effective photovoltaic energy conversion. Among the various perovskite materials investigated, Methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) ... -
Development of Dual Converters with DC Circuit breaker for DC Distribution Systems
Solar energy is rapidly gaining popularity due to its sustainability, clean, and wide availability. Adopting solar energy on a global scale can pave the way for a greener and more sustainable world, aligning with the goals ... -
Investigations into a novel process for high ash Indian coal gasification- a two-stage gasifier
India, in addressing climate change, has embarked on clean coal initiatives to reduce carbon emissions. Various measures are taken towards meeting the decarbonization process, and coal conversion through gasification is ... -
Unravelling the composition space of Zr2FeNiSb2 double half-Heusler thermoelectric material
More than half of annual energy consumption in thermal power plants are released in the form of waste heat. However, this waste heat could be harnessed with the help of thermoelectric (TE) devices which can convert this ... -
Liquid jet injection into a supersonic crossflow: Influence of jet orifice shape on penetration and atomization
Liquid jet injection into supersonic crossflow is one of the conceptually simple ways of fuel atomization in SCRAMJET engines. The success of these engines demands the efficient mixing of incoming supersonic air and the ... -
Advances in Architecturing of Large-Scale Photovoltaics: Packaging and Incidence Angle Agnostic Hierarchical Nanostructures
Encapsulant of Graphene embedded polymer that exhibits low permeability to moisture and oxygen were used as a packaging material for OPVDs. Graphene-Surlyn encapsulated and unencapsulated devices were stored both in ambient ... -
Hydrodynamic stability of shear flows : Jet in crossflow, particle laden planar and swirling jets
Jet in crossflow is a flow scenario that involves momentum exchange of a round jet injected into a crossflow. This flow configuration has industrial importance because of its application in gas turbine combustors which ... -
Experimental and Numerical Studies on High-pressure Trapped Vortex Combustion
Recent climate change issues demand stringent emission standards for natural gas-fired power generation applications. The Trapped Vortex Combustor (TVC) is a relatively new concept where the flame is stabilized using a ... -
Correlation between Morphology, Microstructure and Corrosion Behaviour of Nickel-Phosphorous (Ni-P) Based Electrodeposited Coatings
The Ni-P alloy coatings are widely studied due to their superior mechanical and tribological properties. Ni-P coatings are also considered to be a viable alternative to the chromium (Cr) coatings which utilize environmentally ... -
Studies on Rotary Atomization
In rotary fuel injection systems, the fuel is atomized with the help of centrifugal force provided by the rotation of the injector. The rotational power can be directly provided by the shaft of a gas turbine, which can go ... -
Experimental Investigation of Novel High Shear Injector at Elevated Pressure Conditions: Hydrodynamics, Spray and Combustion Characterization
The stringent pollution and emission norms due to the present climate change and global warming have pushed industries to meet these norms and cut down their emission levels. In the same pipeline, the aviation industries ... -
Exploring Soft Matter and Modified-Liquid Electrolytes for Alkali metal (Li, Na) Based Rechargeable Batteries
The current upsurge in demand for high energy density batteries for applications across industries ranging from small scale portable electronics, electric automobiles to storage grids, has led to research in next generation, ... -
Design and Development of Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring Techniques and Solar Photovoltaic-Thermoelectric Hybrid Energy Conversion Systems
Standalone Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems are deployed where access to the conventional Electric Grid is not present. It is necessary to extract most of the available power from the Solar PV modules as the supply is ... -
Interaction of PbTe with and its alloys at diffusion bonded interfaces: Temperature dependent evolution of phases and microstructure
The past years have seen an increasing interest in high-efficient thermoelectric materials because of their promising application to harvest the widely distributed waste heat. Realizing high-efficient TE materials into ... -
Studies on Pressurized Solar Thermal Receiver and Thermal Energy Storage System
High-efficiency power cycles for concentrating solar power (CSP) technology such as air or supercritical carbon-dioxide (s-CO2) based Brayton cycle require high-pressure high-temperature conditions at the gas turbine ... -
Studies on Mixing Characteristics in the Critical Flow Regime of Supersonic Ejectors
Ejectors are passive devices having ubiquitous applications in several engineering domains, including modern-day applications in supercritical CO2-based power and refrigeration cycles. The ejector compresses a low-enthalpy ... -
Cryomilled Group IV elements (Silicon & Germanium) for optoelectronic applications
Group IV elements such as silicon and germanium are elemental semiconductors and lead to the evolution of modern electronic applications. Synthesis of contamination-free nanoparticles of these materials in bulk quantity ...
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