MASTERS' THESES (HRED): Recent submissions

  • DEVELOPMENT OF SMART GRID 
    Verma, Gaurav (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    Smart gird is being very useful in power industry for its vast potential and it provides various benefits which include efficient management, self- healing of the network, smart metering system, load forecasting and dynamic ...
  • HYDRAULIC TRANSIENT ANALYSIS FOR SMALL HYDROPOWER 
    Kumar, Manoj (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    The term hydraulic transient describes the effect of unsteady flow of fluid in pipeline. It is in the form of the rise and fall of pressure from the steady state condition. Therefore it is necessary to analyze hydraulic ...
  • OPTIMAL PLANNING OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION FOR DISTRIBUTION NETWORK 
    Jagriti (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    As the power demand in the world is increasing continuously. Therefore there is a need of efficient system along with increased generation. Distributed Generation minimizes the overall cost along with increase in reliability. ...
  • REDUCTION OF EMISSION OF NOX IN DIESEL ENGINE USING BIODIESEL AND BLENDS 
    Kumar, Kaushal (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    Rise in energy demand, emission standards and reduction of oil resources have initiated the researchers to invent substitute fuels for an IC engines. Biodiesel is a substitute fuel to diesel fuel and can be used in IC ...
  • OPTIMIZATION OF BIOMASS BRIQUETTING SYSTEM USED FOR POWER GENERATION 
    Sadashiv, Dani Nikhil (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    Biomass, such as agricultural residue, can be converted into briquette fuel using technology to expand the possible applications of biomass and improve biomass utilization efficiency. The major machines required in a ...
  • CONTROL OF MINIGRID 
    Dwivedi, Mahendra Dutt (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    The remote areas far away from grid supply are electrified by the autonomous power supply which are based on diesel-engine generator sets and work at relatively high cost. Integration of renewable energy sources (RESs), ...
  • DEVELOPMENT OF HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEM IN RUBESA, BHUTAN 
    Norbu, Thinley (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    With increase in population, the dependent on fossil fuel increases and depletion of fossil fuel reserve and the environment concern became more issues these days. It has been thought for renewable energy which is inexhaustible ...
  • PERFORMANCE INVESTIGATION OF PARABOLIC TROUGH SOLAR CONCENTRATOR OF A SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANT 
    Deepika, Tamta (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    There is a huge potential of solar energy available in India, given that technology routes for conversion of solar radiation into heat and electricity. Solar thermal and solar photovoltaic routes are viable to harness ...
  • EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF HYBRID SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMAL COLLECTOR 
    Khurana, Hitesh (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    World’s energy demand is mainly dependent on coal, oil and natural gas which are obtained from the fossil fuels. Energy demand is expected to increase by almost half over the next two decades. This will put us in a ...
  • CFD BASED PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF REACTION TURBINE 
    Bag, Siladitya (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    India is one of the fastest growing economy in the world. And energy plays a vital role in the development of country’s economy. Day by day the gradual crisis of electricity and pollution from conventional energy sources ...
  • POWER LOSS REDUCTION IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 
    Aung, Tun Lin (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    Power loss reduction initiative in distribution systems leads to reduce the cost of energy purchase and increase the distribution infrastructurers’ capacities. Therefore it is a vital objective in the sound management ...
  • POWER FACTOR IMPROVEMENT IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM 
    Nazir Jaheesh, Ahmad (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    Improvement of power factor in distribution networking, Howe can decreased loses, voltage drop, over current and searching away for solution. power Factor Improvement is one of the technique which helps in consenlation of ...
  • PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION IN HYDROPOWER PROJECT 
    Tun, Sein Win (2016)
    Hydropower development plays a leading role in renewable energy generation, which is of great importance for the socio-economic development of the countries, especially in developing countries in large transition. It will ...
  • DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED RECEIVER CAVITY OF A SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANT 
    Aditi, Garg (AHEC, IIT ROORKEE, 2016)
    The ever increasing urbanisation and industrialisation has led to the increase in demand for energy supply which has imposed a high pressure on the existing conventional energy sources. As these resources are available ...
  • ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT OF A RIVER IN MYANMAR 
    Naing Oo, Kyaw (2012)
    The Chindwin river is one of the most useful and important rivers in Myanmar. Chindwin River is the largest tributary of the Ayeyarwady River. Chindwin River has a mountainous forested terrain with the only exception of ...
  • EROSION ANALYSIS OF HYDRO TURBINE MATERIALS 
    Shekhawat, Kuldeep Singh (2010)
    In the Himalayan region main and suitable source of energy is hydro power potential of the resion . Many hydro plants have been in operation over last 50 years utilizing the hydro potential for electricity generation. Rain ...
  • PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF DIESEL ENGINE USING BLENDS OF KARANJA OIL 
    Prabhakar, Jadhav Vishal (2010)
    Karanja (Pongamia pinnata) oil, a non-edible high viscosity (27.84 cSt at 40°C) straight vegetable oil, is blended with conventional diesel in various proportions to evaluate the performance and emission characteristics ...
  • MODIFICATION IN CROSS FLOW TURBINE FOR EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT 
    Khan, Imran (2010)
    The popularity of the turbines under micro hydro lies in the fact that they are less costly and can be fabricated locally. There are various types of turbines that can be used in micro hydro. Cross-Flow turbine has been ...
  • IMPACT OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN DESERT DISTRICT OF RAJASTHAN 
    Dashora, ILa (2010)
    Renewable energy sources have a large potential to contribute to the sustainable development of specific territories by providing them with a wide variety of socio-economic and environmental benefits. The present time puts ...
  • PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF AXIAL FLOW PUMP AS TURBINE 
    S, Deepak (2010)
    Energy is the basic requirement for economic development. Every sector of a country's economy needs input of energy. As the nonrenewable fossil energy sources continues to deplete and realizing the summits -held at . Brazil ...