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. Sheo Shankar Rai joined our department on 02 August 2024 as a Professor of Practice.
Departmental Events
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
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
31
Aug
Prof Husain Kanchwala, Assistant Professor in the Center of Automotive Engineering and Tribology at IIT Delhi delivered a talk on "Research paradigms in Automotive Engineering" 31st Aug 2024 (Saturday), 10:00-11:00 AM, LH-12. Poster Link
Selected Publications
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
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
PK Shakya, J Bhattacharya Scaling up of nanophotonics-enabled solar direct-contact membrane desalination system under ambient condition and sun tracking: Challenges, remedies and performance report Desalination 576, 117343
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, arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.11874