Message from the Head
Welcome to the website of the Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering. The Department came into existence in December 2020 and has association of more than twenty faculty members drawing from various disciplines who are active in various thematic areas related to the Department. More details of research activities and associated faculty profiles can be found here. The department is committed to excellence in teaching, research & development and outreach related to science, engineering, technology development and policy matters related to energy sustainability.
Obituary to Prof. Kanwar Singh Nalwa
Latest News
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Satyam Sahay joined our department on 09 December 2024 as a Visiting Professor of Practice.
News
IIT Kanpur and Zynetic Electric Vehicles Charging sign a MoU to advance EV Charging technology!
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Sheo Shankar Rai joined our department on 02 August 2024 as a Professor of Practice.
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. Soumyabrata Roy joined our department on 14 May 2024 as an Assistant Professor.
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Departmental Events
19
Dec
Dr Sudhanshu Shukla, Senior Researcher at Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), Belgium will be delivering a talk on "Addressing the Material Challenges for Photoelectrochemical Solar Fuels Generation: Lessons from Photovoltaics"
19th Dec 2024 (Thursday), 04:00-05:00 PM, Seminar Room, 306, DJAC. Poster Link
05
Nov
Two Days Schmidt Sciences conference on "Energy Technologies for India's Decarbonization" on 05-06 November 2024, Outreach Auditorium, IIT Kanpur.
Workshop Poster | Website Link | Event Picture Link
09
Oct
Join us for the Hybrid Dialogue on Advancing Sustainable Urban Future (IEDASUF), organized by APSWDP!
Panel II: "Empowering Youth for a Sustainable Urban Future" Oct 9, 2024 | 11:00 a.m.
Do join us
Selected Publications
A. A. Yahaya, A. Edpuganti, V. Khadkikar and H. Zeineldin, "A Novel Simultaneous AC and DC Charging Scheme for Electric Vehicles," in IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, doi: 10.1109/TEC.2024.3381280. Impact factor: 4.877. 2024
K Brajesh, R Bhunia, S Gupta, R Gupta, A Dixit, A Garg, Low temperature magnetic and dielectric properties correlation in Fe-doped copper (II) oxide ceramics for potential device application, 2024.
A. Sharma, A. De, S. Kumar. Investigation of injector-coupled combustion dynamics in a methane-oxygen combustor using large eddy simulation and dynamic mode decomposition. Physics of Fluids, 2024, 36, 065116, 2024.
Yugesh Kumar, Lokesh Yadav, Anand Singh, Raju Kumar Gupta, Kanwar Singh Nalwa, Ashish Garg, "Waste-derived carbon quantum dots for improving the photostability of perovskite solar cells to > 1,000 h". Read full article
Arya, D., Awasthi, K., Hedau, G., Chandra, L. "A Novel Solar Tower Simulator for Hydrogen Regeneration by Thermo-Catalytic Cracking of Ammonia: Energy, Exergy, and CFD investigations, Applied Thermal Engineering", Vol. 256:124141 (25 pages), 2024. Read full article
Arghya Mallick, Abhishek Mishra, Ashish R. Hota, Prabodh Bajpai, "Distributed Coordination of Multi-Microgrids in Active Distribution Networks for Provisioning Ancillary Services", IEEE Systems Journal, 2024
Sahu, V., S.N. Tripathi, Sutaria, R., Dumka, N., Ghosh, K., Singh, R.K., 2024., Assessment of a clean cooking fuel distribution scheme in rural households of India – "Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), 81, 101492, DOI: 10.1016/j.esd.2024.101492.
Sidyant Kumar, Sudama, S.N. Tripathi and Sanjay Kumar, 2024., Drop breakup in bag regime under the impulsive condition, Journal of Multiphase Flow.
Soumyabrata Roy, Antony Joseph, Xiang Zhang, Sohini Bhattacharyya, Anand B. Puthirath Abhijit, Biswas Chandra, Sekhar Tiwary, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan, "Engineered Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Energy Conversion and Storage." Read full article
Saafan A.A, Khadkikar V, Edpuganti A, Moursi M.S.E, Zeineldin H.H., "A Novel Nonisolated Four-Port Converter for Flexible DC Microgrid Operation". IEEE.TIE. DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2023.3257360(2024).
Kushwaha R, Khadkikar V, Edpuganti A., "Electric Vehicle On-Board Fast Charging Through Converter Maximum Switch Utilization". IEEE.TPEL DOI:10.1109/TPEL.2023.3321760(2024).
Kumar R, Priyadershini S, Brajesh K, Gupta S, Dixit A, Garg A., "Interfacial polarization driven relaxation in CuO epitaxial thin films". Appl.Phys.Lett. DOI:10.1063/5.0191693(2024).
Prateek, Kumar P, Gupta R.K, Srivastava V.C, Mall I.D, Stangar U.L., "Agricultural waste for the production of biobased products for remediation of hydroquinone from wastewater". J.Jics DOI: 10.1016/j.jics.2024.101131(2024).
Saraf M, Prateek, Ranjan R, Balasubramaniam B, Thakur V.K, Gupta R.K., "Polydopamine Enabled Biomimetic Surface Engineering of Materials: New Insights and Promising Applications" Admi. DOI: 10.1002/admi.202300670(2024).
Tripathi V.K, Shrivastava M, Dwivedi J, Gupta R.K, Jangir L.K, Tripathi K.M., "Biomass based graphene aerogel for the removal of emerging pollutants from wastewater". J.ReChE. DOI:10.1039/d3re00526g(2024).
Atul Kumar Soni, Abheejeet Mohapatra and S. N. Singh, "Protection Coordination in AC Microgrid via Novel Voltage-Supervised Directional Over-Current Relays", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, accepted on Feb 19, 2024.
O. Singh, G. Saini, A. De. Hydrodynamic performance enhancement of Savonius hydrokinetic turbine using wedge-shaped triangular deflector in conjunction with circular deflector. Ocean Engineering , 2024, 292, 116572.
Verma. P.K., Devaprasad M., Dave. J., Meena., R., Bhowmik. S. H., S.N. Tripathi and Rostogi. N., 2024., Summertime oxidative potential of atmospheric PM2.5 over New Delhi: Effect of aerosol ageing., accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment.
N Surya R, SK Bhagat, H Metiu, V Agarwal, "Activation of Methane in Vapor and Molten Sodium Catalyst" 2024.
B. Bhatia, T. Johny, A. De. Primary Breakup instability of Liquid Jet in Cross Flow. Computational Thermal Sciences , 2024, 16(2), 15-31.
ADCA Babu, RS Srivastava, AC Rai Impact of climate change on the heating and cooling load components of an archetypical residential room in major Indian cities Building and Environment 250, 111181