Other Details
Other Resources

  • LCD projector - 1


  • OHP (Over Head Projector) - 1

  • Enhancement of the learning resources during the past five years
 
Online journals acess, Addition of text books and reference books in the central library concerned to the center. The Laboratories are Strengthened by the addition of the equipment viz. Weather station, boiling heat transfer unit, Mechanical heat pump, and infrared thermometer. Presentation methods are improved through power point and video lectures from different higher level institutions.
 
Modern Teaching methods in practice other than the lecture method
 
  • Using audio visuals for effective teaching.
  • Career Guidance and students counseling by the faculty
  • Industrial visits
  • Conducting expert lectures, seminars and workshops on current trends and emerging areas
  • In-plant training for students during vacation
  • Internet facility is made accessible to every student in addition to the conventional Library facility
  •  In addition to conventional teaching methods modern teaching methods like Collaborative and interactive teaching methods have been adopted.
  • New teaching aids like PPT presentation etc. are incorporated in the teaching methods

Participation of teachers in academic and personal counseling of students
 
Faculty members of the Centre actively involve in the academic activities like conducting conferences, seminars and short term courses and published papers in the conferences and journals. Students are encouraged to participate in quiz competitions, debates, Group discussions and seminars. The faculty members also advice the students about job opportunities and their career growth.
 
Collaborations with other departments and institutions at the national and international   level and their outcome during the past five years
 
The faculty interacts regularly with others working in Universities and institutions to undertake both academic and sponsored research and organizes programs in areas of mutual and current interest.
 
A sponsored research project “ Failure Analysis of BLISK at Blade Root” funding by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory; Visakhapatnam, is ongoing
 
A sponsored research project “The estimation of Heat Transfer Coefficient in two-phase flow condensation in semi-closed cycle” funded by naval Science and Technological Laboratory; Visakhapatnam with GITHAM University has been undertaken as a collaborative program.
 
Academic link with Andhra University have culminated in the award of PhD for two research scholars.
 
 
 If research is a significant activity, the thrust areas of the department
       
  1. Research in the areas of Renewable Solar Energy – Solar
  2. Heat transfer in two phase flow
  3. Enhancement of Heat transfer by using Nano fluids.
  4. Energy Management / Energy Audits
  5. Co-generation projects.
 
Details of the projects completed at the Centre for Energy studies last five years
 
Projects Completed
  1. The estimation of Heat Transfer Coefficient in two-phase flow condensation in semi-closed cycle”
  2. Failure Analysis of BLISK at Blade Root
  3. CAD projects sponsored by BHEL Ramachandrapuram,Hyderabad
  4. Experimental Design, Fabrication and analysis of solar flat plate collector system of different configurations and different working fluids
  5. Theoretical Analysis of solar Flat Plate Collectors for performance estimation using neural networks
  6. Performance Evaluation of Duct type Air heater with and without twisted tape insert for solar thermal application
  7. Theoretical evaluation of the performance of symmetric and cambered aerofoil blades

Any other highlights
 
  • The centre has organized an International Conference on Heat and Mass Transfer in January 2008
 
Energy Laboratory (Renewable Energy Lab)
 
Experimental Setups for Solar Thermal Energy Conversion for M.Tech Energy and Thermal Students
 
  • Two Flat Plate Collectors working on thermosyphon principle of dimensions (1 x 1) and (2 x 1) m
  • Flat Plate Collector working with Forced convection principle
  • Evacuated Tube Collector (working on thermosyphon principle)
  • Evacuated Tube with Concentration (working with forced convection principle)
  • Solar distillation plant with (2 x 1) m collector
  • Solar Air heating with (2 x 1) m collector
 
A) Solar Water Heating Systems
 
  
B) Solar Parabolic Concentrator
 
   
C) Solar Fuel Cell Trainer
 
Thermo Fluids Laboratory
 
Equipment fabricated / procured to estimate
  • Nucleate boiling heat transfer with refrigerant R114a as the working medium
  • Performance of mechanical heat pump
  • Nanofluid Forced convection heat transfer coefficients in plain tube and with twisted tape insert
  • Condensation heat transfer coefficient on a fin array
  • Emissivity of coated and uncoated surfaces
  • Natural convection heat transfer from a fin array
  • Heat transfer from a stationary or rotating cone
  • Efficiency of energy conversion to air flowing in a rectangular duct under laboratory conditions
  • Efficiency of energy conversion in evacuated and finned tube under laboratory conditions
 
 Photograph of the Experimental setup fabricated by the Centre
 
Aim: To estimate the outlet temperature of the fluid at different simulated solar heat flux input condition.  To study certain augmentation techniques
 
 
 Photograph of the Experimental Set-up fabricated by the Centre
 
Experimental setup to demonstrate heat transfer along the conical surface with timer with application in spray drying

 
Computer Laboratory
 
  • Twenty five Computer systems and Five Work Stations with student computer ratio of 1:1 is available for class work.
  • The faculty is provided with  computer for their research work