INSTITUTE LEVEL RESEARCH GROUPS

Renewable Energy Sources & Management Group

Preamble

Continuous escalation of petroleum prices and the negative impact of fossil fuels on the environment have put tremendous pressure on the society to search for comprehendible renewable energy resources. Under the circumstance, intensified and emerging research in the area of renewable energy technology including processes such as anaerobic digestion, fermentation, trans-esterification, pyrolysis, gasification, and combustion makes a great sense. Presently, at GMRIT we are focusing on two of the above-mentioned processes viz. anaerobic digestion and trans-esterification. As the number of implementations of diversified renewable energy generation units like Solar, Wind, Biomass etc., are continuously growing they need to be connected to distribution grids. This group collaboratively works towards addressing research issues related to smart grid.

Group members

Name	Desigination	Department
Dr.Pammi Sri Venkata Narayana	Associate Dean - R&D	BS&H
Dr.Sthita Prajna Mishra	Assistant Professor	EEE
Dr.T.R.Vijay Babu	Associate Professor	MECH
Dr.G.Indira Kishore	Assistant Professor	EEE
Dr.A.Rambabu	Assistant Professor	BS&H
Dr.T.S.Kishore	Associate Professor	EEE
Dr.A.Jijin Prabhu	Assistant Professor	MECH
Dr.A.Avinash	Assistant Professor	MECH
Dr.V.Rambabu	Professor	MECH
Mr.J.Ravi Kumar	Assistant Professor	EEE
Mr.V.Manoj	Assistant Professor	EEE

Activities

• Survey of feasibility and challenges for setting up smart grid in the campus of GMRIT
• Survey of the performance of the existing 700 KW solar power plant
• Revised proposal on "Methane Production by Anaerobic digestion of pineapple processing waste" submitted to DST.
• Preparation and characterization of Bio Diesel from Edible and non Edible oils.
• Simulation of acrolin production from biodiesel derived glycerin using Aspenone.