Centre of Excellence in Solar Thermal Energy Storage at TERI University, New Delhi
This project entails establishing a Centre of Excellence in Solar Thermal Energy Storage at TERI University, New Delhi, under the FAST scheme of MHRD. It focuses on advancing research in the field of solar energy storage technology.
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Establishment of Centre of Excellence in Solar Thermal Energy Storage under FAST scheme of MHRD at TERI University, New Delhi
Objectives To establish a centre of excellence (CoE) in solar thermal energy storage (STES) to act as a capacity building mechanism with special emphasis on advanced research, training and education in STES conduct advanced research and training at the masters, doctoral and post-doctoral levels. conduct collaborative research with existing research institutes within and outside India. organize seminars, symposia, workshops, conferences as well as short term training programmes including summer schools and winter schools. produce outstanding faculty members for various institutes across the country.
Activities completed A. CoE infrastructure development Following equipment have been received at TU as part of the CoE facility for testing and characterization of PCMs and Sensible heat storage materials: Thermal Conductivity Meter (TCM) Thermo-Gravimetric Analyser(TGA) Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) Environmental Chamber Auxiliary Equipment This facility will intensify the capacity building and research collaboration with academic/industrial organizations TCM TCM data The facility will help in revenue generation and thereby make the CoE sustainable Environmental Chamber DSC
B. Collaborations An MoU has been signed with M/s. PLUSS Polymers , Gurgaon to conduct collaborative research in development of PCMs for medium and low temperature applications Collaborative project with SWATHI Sun Source Power , Anantpur, on development of high temperature storage application has been initiated TESSOL, CRISTOPIA , ECOZEN, PROMETHEAN are the industrial research and development partners identified. Possibility of collaborative project with Centre of Energy Studies , IIT Delhi is being explored
C. Research (Contd..) Basic solar air dryer with thermal energy storage has been designed - to continue the drying process of agricultural products during low radiation or at no-sunshine condition. System designed shows that a collector area of 3.96 m2 and 94 kg of Phase Change Material (PCM with 200 kJ/kg) is required to maintain 50oC for 16 hours overnight Financial analysis (for grapes) suggests that the cost of the integrated system is Rs. 52,000 with 1.25 years of Payback Period. Dynamic analysis and prototype building under progress.
C. Research PCM based solar refrigerator for storing vaccine at remote location with intermittent/no grid supply is also being experimented. Load testing of freezer 20 Performance simulation of DC powered PHOCOS 80W, 150 L refrigerator under load conditions 15 T1 10 Temperature (OC) T2 5 0 T3 15 35 55 75 95 Time,min 115 135 155 175 195 215 235 -5 T4 -10 T Avg With Load -15 -20 Other research interest includes: Solar PV performance enhancement by thermal management using PCM Development of PCMs for cold chain for fruits and stationary and mobile application
D. Monitoring, Outreach and capacity building Steering committee members of the project: Dr. Ashvini Kumar, MD, SECI Dr. Dharam Buddhi, Prof. & VC, SGV University, Jaipur Dr. P. K. Vijayan, Head, Reactor Engineering Div., BARC Organized workshops on Innovations in Solar Thermal Energy Storage and its future Prospects at TERI University on 23rd April, 2015 Outreach activities: Lecture on Renewable Energy for Cold Chain with focus on use of PCMs at NIFTEM, Sonepat Lecture on thermal energy storage system at NPTI, Faridabad Lecture on thermal energy storage at the ITEC, New Delhi event held in Feb 2016. 6 Nos. M.Tech and one Ph.D students have been given training/orientation on Solar Thermal Energy Storage systems and lab facilities
Financial Status All figures (in lacs) Approved Budget Expense Balance as on 1-10- 2016 Activity 1st release 1st year 2nd Last six months year Improvements in research and development facilities Coordinated work with other research institutes in India / abroad Capacity development Seminars, workshops and IEC Seed Grant Operation and Maintenance Grand Total Interest earned Final balance as on 1-10-2016 180 110 1.25 54.35 19.06 35.34 40 5 10 10 5 250 20 2.5 10 5 2.5 150 20 2.48 9.8 5 2.5 75.12 0.02 0.2 1.47 54.35 19.06 2.83 77.95
Project plan for next six months Likely cost (in lakh Rs) Deliverable Schedule Start Finish Submission of 2 research papers in peer reviewed journals Conduct introductory lecture series on Thermal energy in various colleges across India (5 lectures) Conduct 2 workshops Project staff, PhD and Post Doc recruitment Prototype Development - Solar air dryer, Solar PV TES , Equipment purchase ( Digital balance, Data logger, chemical bench etc.) MoU with research institutes Total 0.5 Nov-16 Mar-17 2 Oct-16 Jan-17 3.5 Dec-16 Feb-17 12 Oct-16 Jan-17 10 Oct-16 Mar-17 10 Oct-16 Jan-17 2 Aug-16 Nov-16 40
Acknowledgement Thanks are due to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), GoI, for support and constant encouragement for establishment of Centre of Excellence in Solar Thermal Energy Storage under FAST scheme. Thank you
