Publications (Year 2018-19)

ISSN (Online): 1882-9554

Anant Kumar Rai, Arun Kumar and Thomas Staubli | International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems | Vol. 12, No. 2, 2019

Optimization of hydropower plants regarding hydro-abrasive erosion

ISSN: 0955-5986

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Arun Kumar, R. P. Saini, B.K. Gandhi, R.K. Srivastava, Pradeep Chandra and A.K. Dubey | Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, Special Issue (Elsevier) | Vol 69, 2019, 101605

Experiences in Discharge Measurements at Small Hydropower Stations in India

ISSN: 0955-5986

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Ali Abbas and Arun Kumar | Flow Measurement and Instrumentation | Vol 65, 2019, Pages 297-308

Evaluation of uncertainty in flow and performance parameters in Francis turbine test rig

ISSN: 2156-3381

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Manish Kumar and Arun Kumar | IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics | 9 (3), 2019, pp. 722-732.

Performance Assessment of Different Photovoltaic Technologies for Canal-Top and Reservoir Applications in Subtropical Humid Climate

ISSN: 0306-2619

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Manish Kumar and Arun Kumar | Applied Energy | Vol 243, 2019, Pages 102-118,

Experimental validation of performance and degradation study of canal-top photovoltaic system

ISSN: 2250-0103 eISSN: 2250-0111

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Arora N. and Kumar A. | International Association for Small Hydro | Vol 7, Issue: 2, 2018, Pages 13-24.

Performance Analysis of Trench Weirs

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Epari Ritesh Patro, Thomas J. Voltz, Arun Kumar and Thomas Grischek | ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering | VOL. 26, No. 3, 2019, Pages 332-342.

Micro-hydropower in drinking water gravity pipelines: a case study in Uttarakhand, India

ISSN: 2320-0227

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Stephano M. Alphayo and M.P. Sharma | Journal of Scientific Research & Reports | 20 (3), pp 1-9, 2018

Water Quality Assessment of Ruvu River in Tanzania using NSFWQI

ISSN: 0974-4207 eISSN: 0974-4711

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Garg RK and Kumar Arun | Water and Energy International | Vol. 61r, Issue 2, May 2018, pp 46-53.

Water Hammer Analysis of a Run of River hydroelectric power plant in Lower Himalaya: A Case Study

ISSN: 2214-7853

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Mukesh Kumar and M.P. Sharma | Materials Today proceedings (Elsevier) | Volume 5, Issue 11, Part 2, 2018, Pages 23051-23056.

Investigating and Improving the Cold Flow Properties of Waste Cooking Biodiesel using Winterization and Blending

ISSN: 0973-4570

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Swati Kawade, Arun Kumar and M.P. Sharma | International Journal of Lakes and Rivers | Vol 11, No. 1 (2018), pp. 29-46

Carbon Dioxide Emission from a Reservoir in India

ISSN: 2471-9722 eISSN: 2471-9730

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Stephano M. Alphayo and M.P. Sharma | American Journal of Applied Scientific Research | 4 (4), pp 52-59, 2018.

Water Quality Mapping of Ruvu River in Tanzania

ISSN: 0973-0826

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Saini Gaurav and Saini R.P. | Energy for Sustainable Development (Elsevier) | 47 (2018), pp. 94–106.

A numerical analysis to study the effect of radius ratio and attachment angle on hybrid hydrokinetic turbine performance

ISSN: 2249-8958

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Namgay Tenzin and R.P. Saini | International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology (IJEAT) | Vol. 8, Issue 3, Feb. 2019, pp. 391-395.

Wind and Solar Power Potential Assessment in Bhutan

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Chandra Prakash and R.P. Saini | Experimental Heat Transfer (Taylor & Francis) | Vol 32, No. 5, 2019, Pages 469-487.

Heat transfer and friction in rectangular solar air heater duct having spherical and inclined rib protrusions as roughness on absorber plate

ISSN: 1470-160X

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Mansi Tripathi and Sunil Kumar Singal | International Journal of Ecological Indicators | Vol 96, Part 1, 2019, Pages 430-436.

Use of Principal Component Analysis for parameter selection for development of a novel Water Quality Index: A case study of river Ganga India

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Manoj Sood and S.K. Singal | Int Journal of Energy Research | 43, 2019, pp. 5552–5571.

Development of hydrokinetic energy technology: A review

2nd Global RE-INVEST 2018 India-ISA partnership Renewable Energy Investors Meet & Expo, Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh 201306 sponsored by MNRE, Oct. 03-05, 2018.

Media Sensitization Workshop for Faculty members at IIT Roorkee, Dec. 07, 2018.

Workshop on Enhancement for the collaboration in the area of Water with research and academic institutions along with user departments, Feb. 20, 2019, IIT Roorkee.

Stephano M. Alphayo and M.P. Sharma, “Impact of land Use on Water Quality in Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania”, in proceedings of the National Conference on Technology and Environment Management for Smart India, Challenges, Opportunities & Strategies held on April 21-22, 2018 at S.D. College of Engineering & Technology, Muzaffarnagar (UP), India, 21-27.

Ajinkya Shinde and M.P. Sharma, “Biodiesel Production from Binary Blends of Oils”, in proceedings of All India Seminar on Renewable Enegy for Sustainable Development held on July 27-28, 2018 at ABES Engg. College Ghaziabad.

Saini Gaurav, Saini R.P., “Numerical investigations on hybrid hydrokinetic turbine for electrification in remote area”, All India Seminar on Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development, The Institution of Engineers (India), Ghaziabad, July 27-28, 2018.

Arun Kumar, "Hydropower Development - A Trusted Technology", workshop on Technologies to address the Energy needs of India, IISc Bangalore, Oct, 2018.

Singh, R., 2019. Sustainability and Energy Conservation in Built Habitat through Daily Life Choices: A few Case Studies. Proceedings of Seminar on Renewable Energy and Efficiency Measures in Built Habitat, March 8, 2019, pp.210-217. CPWD, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Arun Kumar, "Hydropower: Challenges and Directions", IIT Bombay Diamond Jubilee Workshop on Future of Energy Research and Education, IIT Bombay, Dec, 2018

International Conference

Rai, A. K., Kumar, A. and Staubli T. (2018) "Financial analysis for optimization of hydropower plants regarding hydro-abrasive erosion: A study from Indian Himalayas", 29th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems – September 16-21, 2018 at Kyoto, Japan, IAHR2018-152.

Pankaj P. Gohil., R. P. Saini, "Unsteady Simulation of Cavitating Turbulent Flow for Low Head Francis Turbine", 9th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Kyoto- Japan, 16-21 September, 2018 (Paper No: 031).

Pradeep Chandra, Arun Kumar, RP Saini and BK Gandhi, "Comparative Discharge Measurement in Small Hydro Power Plants using different Methods", IGHEM 2018, Beijing, Sept 10-13, 2018

RK Srivastava, Arun Kumar, BK Gandhi and RP Saini, "Experience with Ultrasonic Transit Time Flow Meter for Hydro Power Plant Efficiency Measurements", IGHEM 2018, Beijing, Sept 10-13, 2018

Alpesh M. Patel and Sunil Kumar Singal, "Implementation Methodology of Integrated Renewable Energy System Modeling for Off-grid Rural Electrification: A review" ICUE 2018 on Green Energy for Sustainable Development Thavorn Palm Beach Resort Karon, Phuket, Thailand. 24-26 Oct 2018.

S.K. Singal, "Small Hydro in Rural Development" 1st International Conference on Smart Villages and Rural Development (COSVARD 2018), Assam Engineering College and the University of Melbourne, Guwahati, Dec. 12-14, 2018.

Ravi Kumar and SK Singal, "An Analysis of Operational Life Cycle of SHP Plant Components: A Study in Himalayan Region" International Conference Hydro-2018 at NIT Patna, Dec. 19-21, 2018.

Saini Gaurav, Saini R.P., "Numerical investigations of the effect of blade profile of a Darrieus hydrokinetic turbine", 5th IEEE, Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON), MMMUT Gorakhpur (India), Nov.2-4, 2018.

Kumar Manoj, Saini R.P., "Energy and exergy analysis for heliostat based solar thermal power plant", 2nd IEEE International conference on power electronics, intelligent control and energy systems (ICPEICES-2018), DTU Delhi (India), Oct. 22-24, 2018.

Pankaj P. Gohil, R.P. Saini, "Transient Analysis of Cavitating Flow in Francis Turbine for Small Hydro Power Plants", 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), IIT Bombay, Mumbai (India), Dec 10-12, 2018 (Paper No: 034).

Amit Kumar, M.P. Sharma and Tao Yang, "Co-Assessment of Soil Carbon Stock and Biomass in the Hydroelectric Catchment of Uttarakhand Himalayas, India", in proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Bioresources, Energy, Environment and Materials Technology (BEEM2018) held on June 10-13, 2018 at Vivaldi Park, Gangwon Province, Korea.

Yerra Bindu, Khatod D.K. and, Singhal, M. K., "Mitigation of Power Quality Issues in Solar Photovoltaic Systems", International Conference on Recent Innovations in Electrical, Electronics & Communication Engineering-(ICRIEECE) during 27th and 28th July 2018 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

Kumar Arun, Water Conservation Technologies Chapter in Hydraulic Rubber Dam Book, Applied Science Publishers, Elsevier, 2019, p 131, Oxford UK. (Invited)

Kumar Arun and Shahid Ul Islam, Inflation and deflation of rubber dam Chapter in Hydraulic Rubber Dam Book, Applied Science Publishers, Elsevier, 2019, p 131, Oxford UK. (Invited)

Shahid Ul Islam and Kumar Arun, Life Cycle Assessment of Rubber dam Chapter in Hydraulic Rubber Dam Book, Applied Science Publishers, Elsevier, 2019, p 131, Oxford UK. (Invited)

J. Dhillon, A. Kumar and SK Singal, “An Approach for Wind-Pumped Storage Plant Scheduling Under Uncertainty”, Book Chapter No. 8, Application of Geographical Information Systems and Soft Computation Techniques in Water and Waste Water Based Renewable Energy Problems, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 1st Edition, XIX, pp. 167-190, 2018.

Sachin Mishra, SK Singal and DK Khatod, “Cost Optimization of High Head Run of River Small Hydropower Projects”, Book Chapter No. 7, Application of Geographical Information Systems and Soft Computation Techniques in Water and Waste Water Based Renewable Energy Problems, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 1st Edition, XIX, pp. 141-166, 2018.