Dr.(Mrs.)M.Premalatha

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Qualification

  • B.Tech.,(Chemical Engineering), Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, 1991
  • M.Tech., (Energy Engineering), Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, 1994
  • Ph.D., (Solar Energy Engineering), National Institute Technology,), Bharathidasan University,Tiruchirappalli, 2005.
  • Passed National Certification Examination for Energy Auditors held in 2006,conducted on behalf of The Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Ministry of Power, Government of India by National Productivity Council, Chennai.
  • Underwent a staff development training in Energy Efficiency through Process Integration in UK from January 1998 to June 1998.

Membership In Professional Bodies

  • Life Member of ISTE
  • RE-NET

Professional Interests

  • Solar Energy
  • Energy Audit
  • Energy Management
  • Combined Heat and Power
  • Environmental Engineering

Contact Address

Mrs.M.Premalatha,
Assistant Professor,
CeeSat,
NIT Trichy -620015.
Tel. :- +91 - 431 - 2503108.
 

Publications

International Journals

  • Improving Piping Design”, Hydrocarbon Processing, P. 59-61,May 1996.
  • “Development of Novel Anaerobic Digester- Apoorva Lakshmi”, Biogas Forum Impressum,1996/II No.65, Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA), Germany,1996.
  • “Modelling of Once Through Solar Water Heating system”, Solar Energy Journal, Manuscript No: SEJ # 04-05-05-144 Re-submitted,2006.

National Journals

  • “Energy Conservation in Lightly loaded induction motors in cement plants – A case study”, Cement, Energy and Environment, Vol 5, No.3, P. 7-9, July-September 2001,
  • “Energy Conservation in Lighting in cement plants – A case study”, Cement, Energy and Environment, Vol 5, No.3, P 10-11, July-September 2001.
  • “Investigation of Energy Recovery from Poultry Litter and Municipal Solid Waste by Thermochemical Conversion Method in India”, Journal of Environmental Science & Technology, Vol.47, No.4, P.266-275, October 2005.

International Conferences

  • “Bagasse Power in India: Meeting challenges of Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development – Case study in Arignar Anna Sugar Mill TamilNadu” (ID No:008), Proceedings of International Conference on Biofuels Vision 2015,Engineering College,Bikaner,Rajasthan P.57,October 13-15th 2006.
  • “Tapioca –a renewable energy of biofuel for India” (ID No:006), Proceedings of International Conference on Biofuels Vision 2015,Engineering College, Bikaner,Rajasthan P.55,October 13-15th 2006.
  • “Solar Energy for drinking water/effluent treatment”, Poster presentation in RENET workshop at IIT Madras on 27th -28th September 2006.
  • “Compuatational Fluid Dynamic Modeling of Biomass Gasifier for Renewable Energy Applications” (HMT-2006-C210), Proceedings of the ISHMT – ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, P.323, January 4 – 6,2006.
  • “Studies on effect of component of biomass and size of wooden pellet on gasification” Proceedings of International conference on Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Congress (APCCHE), P.637, August 27-30, 2006, Malaysia.
  • “Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation and Experimental Investigation of Flow Distribution in a Solar Flat Plate Collector” (HMT-2006-C134), in the Proceedings of the ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, P.290,January 4-6,2006
  • “Sustainable Technology for Drinking water system through Combined Heating and Cooling”, Proceedings of the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Environmental Protection,Coimbatore Institute of Technology,Coimbatore,P.97, January 7-9,2006.
  • “Possibilities of increasing PV panels Utilization in India”, Proceedings of the International Interdisciplinary Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Environmental Protection, Coimbatore Institute of Technology,Coimbatore,P.92, January 7-9,2006.
  • “Environmental Impacts of Poultry Litter Disposal and Sustainable Technology for Energy Production”, Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Environmental Protection, Coimbatore Institute of Technology,Coimbatore,P.41, January 7-9,2006
  • “Analysis of low cost fuel for Energy Conservation in Industrial Furnaces”, CHEMCON 2005 at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, December 14 – 17,2005.
  • “Implementing the Gasification Technology and Waste Heat Recovery System for an Indian Restaurant – a Case study on Combined Heat and Power for Eco-friendly Environment” CHEMCON 2005 at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, December14-17,2005.
  • “CFD Simulation of flow through Pipe Bends for Energy Conservation used in Process Industries”, in the CHEMCON 2005 at Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, during December 14 – 17,2005.
  • “Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation for Evaluation of flow performance of wind rotor”, International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, IIT, Madras,1-6, December 2005.
  • “Segregated Flow Modeling for Solar Flat Plate Collector”(ST-25), Accepted for oral presentation in 3rd International Conference on Solar Radiation and Day Lighting SOLARIS –2007 Conference at IIT, Delhi, February 7 – 9th, 2007.
  • “Establishing Auto-gasification of bagasse using Thermo-Gravimetric Analysis” (ID No: RP064_2), Accepted for oral presentation inInternational Conference on Cleaner Technologies and Environmental Management, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry, India,4 – 6thJanuary 2007.
  • “Coupled Solar Bio Process for Industrial Effluent Treatment” (ID No: RP064_1), Accepted for oral presentation in International Conference on Cleaner Technologies and Environmental Management, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry,India.,4 – 6th January 2007.
  • “Problems in solar water heating systems” Accepted for oral presentation in International Conference on Cleaner Technologies and Environmental Management, Pondicherry Engineering College, Pondicherry,India.,4 – 6th January 2007.
  • “Solar heat pipe water heater” International Conference on IWEE-2001, Periyar Maniammai college of Technology for women, India, September 2001.

National Conferences/Seminars

  • “Experimental Investigation of Inclination Angle on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Wickless Solar Heat Pipe” (MS#AER06/MP/034), Accepted for oral presentation in Advances in Energy Research, 2006 at IIT, Bombay, 4th -5th December 2006.
  • “Energy from bagasse-Some aspects of Agricultural Waste Management”, Proceedings of one-day state level seminar on “Renewable Energy & Energy Conservation for Rural Development”, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Dindigul, TamilNadu, P.32,1st November 2006.
  • "Modelling of Temperature, Flow rate and Flow Patterns in Thermosyphoning Solar Water Heaters”, Proceedings of one-day state level seminar on “Renewable Energy & Energy Conservation for Rural Development”, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Dindigul, TamilNadu, P.53, 1stNovember 2006.

 

Sponsored projects

  • Principal Investigator - R & D project on “Solar Heat pipe for air and water heater”,Rs 5,00,000/- MHRD, New Delhi, 2002.
  • Co-coordinator - “Creating Infrastructure for Environmental Engineering Laboratory” Rs 6,00,000/- MHRD, New Delhi, 2000.
  • Co-coordinator - “Establishment of Solar Energy Laboratory” Rs10,00,000/- MHRD, New Delhi,2002.
  • Co-investigator – R & D project on “Development, Design and Demonstration of a Self Circulating Bio-Gas Generator for Bone Wash and Sinews”, Rs 8,00,000/- MHRD, New Delhi,2003.

 

Trainings

Trainings in UK

  • “Heat Pipes and Heat Pumps”, The Energy Group, Department of Engineering at The University of Reading, 20th April – 29th May 1998, UK.
  • “Photovoltaic Systems Course in Building Integrated PV systems Stand alone PV systems”, The Energy Group, Department of Engineering at The University of Reading, UK, 21st – 22nd May 1998.
  • “Training of IR thermal imaging, data loggers and Energy Management”, Energy Design advise scheme (EDAS), Sheffield University, UK,1st – 25th February 1998.
  • “Construction of Hospital Waste Incineration and Hybrid Energy Sytem”, Innovative Technology Group, De Mont Fort University, Lincoln, School of Agriculture and Horticulture, UK, 1st-15th June 1998.
  • “Energy audit for buildings” in Building Research Establishment, Garston –March 1998.
  • “Energy audit for buildings” in University of Salford, Salford. January, June-1998.

Activities carried out in UK

  • Energy Audit for Newton Building in University of Salford,Salford.
  • Energy Audit for Royal Manchester Childern’s Hospital, Manchester.
  • Calibration of hot chamber and air-conditioning chamber, Energy Design Advice Scheme (EDAS), University of Sheffield, Sheffield.
  • Heat Pipe at forced and natural convection conditions, University of Reading, Reading.
  • Effect of feed size on biogas production by anaerobic digestion process, Innovative Technology Group, De Mont Fort University, Lincoln.

 

Training Programme Attended

  • “Short Term Course on Environmental Impact Assessment”, at Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 17th to 19th June 1996.
  • “Education Technology and Orientation Programme”, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, December 22 to 27th 1997.
  • Short Term Training Programme on “Emerging Energy Technologies” at Centre for Energy & Environmental Science And Technology (CEESAT), REC, Tiruchirappalli, Sponsored by AICTE & ISTE, New Delhi from 17-28th May 2004.
  • “Energy Audit & Conservation in Process industries” on 4th - 5th March 2004 at Power Systems Training Institute, Bangalore
  • International Workshop on “Standards and Labeling for Consumer Appliances” by 
    Union Ministry of Power on October 13 – 14th, 2004 at Hotel Le Meridien, Bangalore, 
    India.
  • Attended a four day training programme on “Renewable Energy Technologies” jointly organised by Periyar Renewable Energy Training Institute and Renewable Energy, Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources,Chennai from 23rd – 26th February 2004. Technologies
  • Attended a programme on “Identification of Training Needs of Teaching” on 21st July 2004 to 24th July 2004 organised by National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chennai at NIT Trichy. 

Workshops/Training Programme Organised/Attended 

  • One day workshop on “Solar Passive Architecture” on 22nd July 2006 sponsored by TamilNadu Energy Development Agency, Chennai & Ministry for Non conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi.
  • One day workshop on “Renewable Energy – Today and Tomorrow” on 18th August 2006 sponsored by TamilNadu Energy Development Agency, Chennai & Ministry for Non conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi.
  • One Day Workshop on “Renewable Energy – Energy of the Future” on 20th August 2005 Sponsored by TamilNadu Energy Development Agency, Chennai & Ministry for Non conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi
  • One-day workshop on “Instrumentation for Thermal Analysis” sponsored by M/s Perkin-Elmer (India) P Ltd., Chennai on 30th April 2005.
  • Two-day workshop cum discussion on “Small Hydro Power Projects” sponsored by Ministry of Non conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi Jointly organized with Alternate Hydro Energy Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee on 22nd –23rd April 2005.
  • Coordinator for the “Basic Training Programme on CFD-CFX 5.7.1” from 01-05th March 2005.
  • One -day workshop on “Solar Home Appliances” on 05th March 2005.
  • National Conference on “Environment Awareness & Pollution Impacts” Sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi on 26th November 2004.
  • Short Term Training Programme on “Emerging Energy Technologies” Sponsored by AICTE & ISTE, New Delhi from 17-28th May 2004.
  • “Sustainable Customerization for Sustainable Energy” conducted by Intermediate Technology Consultants (ITC), Rugby, UK, 3rd to 5thDecember 1998 at Trichy.
  • “Non-Conventional Energy Systems Theory and Practice” on 21st July 1997 – 1st August 1997,sponsored by State Project Implementation Unit, Directorate of Technical Education, Chennai and organized by CEESAT, NIT, Trichy.