Welcome to R P Sarathy Institute of Technology, Salem, Tamilnadu, India

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Research

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESEARCH LABORATORY

Sustainable energy is an increasingly important component of the new energy mix. The lab experiments cover the technologies in energy conversion, utilization and storage in solar, wind, fuel cells, and hybrid systems. The smart micro-power grid will also be designed and optimized through a simulation with the consideration of cost and environmental effect.This lab is motivated from the strong need to prepare the next generation of inter-disciplinary engineers with a comprehensive background in sustainable energy. The experiments in this lab are designed to stimulate students’ interest in development and research.

At the end of the course, the students are expected to:
  • Estimate the solar irradiance on solar panels, set up solar panels, and evaluate their performance.
  • Estimate the wind energy, understand the working principle of wind turbine, and evaluate its performance.
  • Understand the working principles of fuel cell and electrolyzer, set up these instruments, evaluate their performance.
  • Design, simulate, and optimize energy systems for home or small community
Currently our projects are:
  • Solar Cell and Solar Energy
  • Power electronics
  • Simulation of micro power grid with sustainable energy

Power Electronics & Drives Research Laboratory

The Laboratory is part of the Center for Clean Energy Engineering and Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the University of Connecticut.The main research focus is on power electronics applications in electric motor drives, renewable energy systems, micro-grids, and the smart grid. Electric drives investigated cover a wide range of applications including plug-in, hybrid, and electric vehicles, and electric propulsion. Renewable energy integration is mainly focused on solar photovoltaic but covers several other areas. Efficiency, control, optimization, reliability, and real-time operation of most power electronic systems are of main interest.The lab has a very dynamic environment with several active research projects. New equipment is already up and running for various experiments.Talented students interested in power electronics, especially electric drives and solar photovoltaic energy conversion are welcome. Funding is very competitive if available. Self- or government-funded students with research skills and established academic performance are highly encouraged to apply.


Bio Gas Plant at our Campus

Biogas is a combination of Methane, carbon dioxide and traces of other gases produced through anaerobic (Oxygen free) digestion of organic compounds such as food waste, cattle dung, agricultural waste, industrial waste, etc. The energy-rich methane can be used for cost-effective cooking, heating, electricity generation and vehicle fuel (Bio-CNG). Moreover, the dig estate generated is a very nutrient-rich organic fertilizer. 1m3 of biogas is equivalent to close to 0.524 kg of LPG. The biogas can be used as replacement for LPG in cooking. 1 m3 of biogas is equivalent to approximately 1.1 KW of power if the gas is used for power generation. Nearly 40 to 50 kg of organic waste generated per day can able to replace nearly 1 cylinder of LPG for domestic purpose usage / month. Our Customers who installed our Biogas plant for Domestic usage (based on Vegetable Waste, Cow Dung) were given up their LPG connection. Biogas can also be further purified for generating Bio-CNG. Bio-CNG can be used as replacement for LPG, Natural gas in cooking applications. Bio-CNG can also be used a Vehicle fuel. Biogas is the only fuel which can be used in different forms unlike other Renewable Energy Sources. We replaced the need for Concrete or mild steel biogas digesters, which have a several operational issues, scale-up issues, Gas leakage, foam formation, Non-replaceable structure, stagnant area formation etc. Additionally, our expert support team will help you with installation, operation optimization and maintenance. We help you plan, start production, save costs and resolve your issues very quickly.

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