SUPRAVA CHAKRABORTY
@mits.ac.in
Associate Professor , EEE
Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science
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Jhanvi Gupta, Sanskar Jain, Suprava Chakraborty, Vladimir Panchenko, Alexandr Smirnov, and Igor Yudaev
MDPI AG
Advancing the sustainable energy transition is a major need in nations that are constantly evolving and developing in terms of their energy economy. India has been chosen for the purpose of analysis due to the heterogenous nature of its polity, topographies, infrastructural capabilities and diverse framework. In accordance with the sustainable development goals proposed by the UN, a metamorphosis is observed within the renewable energy sector of the nation. Blockchain technology that facilitates a transparent transition is incorporated on various upcoming platforms. This is backed up by peer-to-peer trading of energy providing a prosumer with an autonomous environment. The goal of this paper is to highlight the struggles and challenges faced by the energy sector as it takes up unconventional and non-traditional approaches within the country. It also aims to discover potential ways that would help a nation like India facilitate such a transition by studying its ongoing trends. The need is eminent for a practical study that is specific to a developing nation like India in terms of P2P energy trading enabled by blockchain technology to promote the use of open-sourced electricity and achieve a decentralized system.
V. Gunasekaran and Suprava Chakraborty
IWA Publishing
Abstract Several sectors including agriculture and farming rely on renewable source-based water pumping due to recurrent hikes in fossil fuel prices and contaminant environment. In recent decades, a solar photovoltaic-based water pumping system (SPVWPS) has been a more popularly chosen technique for its feasibility and economic solution to the end-users. The initial cost, efficiency, orientation, auxiliary storage, head, and payback period are the technical issues, whereas transportation, lack of skilled people, theft, vandalism community, and politics are the social challenges that may prevent the solar pumps from being widely adopted. However, more subsidies, training, tax breaks, and remote monitoring can make this technology more accessible. Also, this article emphasizes various parameters affecting system performance, such as the suitable selection of panels, power conditioning units, motors, pumps, the payback period of the energy, and cost. Moreover, this article covers the technical and environmental facets of the SPVWPS, which helps researchers, policymakers, manufacturers, and end-users to design and choose a suitable pumping system. Major findings are stand-alone SPVWPS is highly recommended in areas with a maximum of 50 m dynamic head and a minimum of 2,000 m from local grid power. Moreover, along with the 25-year life span of the 25-kW SPVWPS could generate 150 MWh/year and reduce about 86,500 kg of CO2 emissions.
Santanu Kumar Dash, Suprava Chakraborty, and Devaraj Elangovan
MDPI AG
Hydrogen is emerging as a new energy vector outside of its traditional role and gaining more recognition internationally as a viable fuel route. This review paper offers a crisp analysis of the most recent developments in hydrogen production techniques using conventional and renewable energy sources, in addition to key challenges in the production of Hydrogen. Among the most potential renewable energy sources for hydrogen production are solar and wind. The production of H2 from renewable sources derived from agricultural or other waste streams increases the flexibility and improves the economics of distributed and semi-centralized reforming with little or no net greenhouse gas emissions. Water electrolysis equipment driven by off-grid solar or wind energy can also be employed in remote areas that are away from the grid. Each H2 manufacturing technique has technological challenges. These challenges include feedstock type, conversion efficiency, and the need for the safe integration of H2 production systems with H2 purification and storage technologies.
Suprava Chakraborty, Avinash Kumar Haldkar, and Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar
Elsevier BV
Ephraim Bonah Agyekum, Tomiwa Sunday Adebayo, Jeffrey Dankwa Ampah, Suprava Chakraborty, Usman Mehmood, and Christabel Nutakor
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Onur Elma, Santanu Kumar Dash, and Suprava Chakraborty
Elsevier
Suprava Chakraborty and Abhishek Nemani
Springer International Publishing
Abinands Ramshanker, Suprava Chakraborty, Devaraj Elangovan, Hossam Kotb, Kareem M. Aboras, Nimay Chandra Giri, and Ephraim Bonah Agyekum
MDPI AG
Renewable energy and electric vehicle technology are the two pillars for achieving a sustainable future. Floating solar power plants use PV modules on water infrastructure to save the land and increase module efficiency. Furthermore, the reduction in evaporation saves water. Electric vehicles are one of the fastest-growing markets and the most successful technologies to combat the problem of energy and climate change. This research aims to construct a floating PV system on the lake of the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), to analyze electric vehicle performance and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions when charged using the installed floating PV system. To address this, a 1.5 MWP floating PV system was simulated and analyzed using Helioscope software. When charged from the proposed floating PV plant, electric bikes, scooters, and cars saved CO2 emissions. When charged from a floating PV, E-bike, E-scooter, and E-car Net CO2 emissions became zero in 25.5, 12.1, and 7.7 months, respectively. After the aforementioned time periods, all three electric vehicle types were zero-emission vehicles. The required charge for all three types of vehicles (1,000,000 km) was analyzed using a floating PV system. E-bike, E-scooter, and E-car CO2 emission savings were −8,516,000 g/kWh, −328,000 g/kWh, and 525,600,000 g/kWh, respectively. All three types of electric vehicles can reduce CO2 emissions for nations that rely on renewable energy, but only electric cars save carbon emissions over fixed distances. Through this research, we finally conclude that electric cars reduce CO2 emissions the most compared to other electric vehicles.
Suprava Chakraborty, Devaraj Elangovan, Karthikeyan Palaniswamy, Ashley Fly, Dineshkumar Ravi, Denis Ashok Sathia Seelan, and Thundil Karuppa Raj Rajagopal
MDPI AG
Climate change and the major threat it poses to the environment and human lives is the major challenge the world faces today. To overcome this challenge, it is recommended that future automobiles have zero carbon exhaust emissions. Even though battery electric vehicles reduce carbon emissions relative to combustion engines, a carbon footprint still remains in the overall ecosystem unless the battery is powered by renewable energy sources. The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is an alternate source for automotive mobility which, similar to battery electric vehicles, has zero carbon emissions from its exhaust pipe. Moreover, the typical system level efficiency of a PEMFC is higher than an equivalent internal combustion powertrain. This review article covers the background history, working principles, challenges and applications of PEMFCs for automotive transportation and power generation in industries. Since the performance of a PEMFC is greatly influenced by the design of the anode and cathode flow channels, an in-depth review has been carried out on different types of flow channel designs. This review reveals the importance of flow channel design with respect to uniform gas (reactant) distribution, membrane proton conductivity, water flooding and thermal management. An exhaustive study has been carried out on different types of flow channels, such as parallel, serpentine, interdigitated and bio-inspired, with respect to their performance and applications.
Rajan Kumar Jaysawal, Suprava Chakraborty, D. Elangovan, and Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban
Elsevier BV
Suprava Chakraborty, Devaraj Elangovan, Padma Lakshmi Govindarajan, Mohamed F. ELnaggar, Mohammed M. Alrashed, and Salah Kamel
MDPI AG
The population of the world is predicted to reach nine billion by 2050, implying that agricultural output must continue to rise. To deal with population expansion, agricultural chores must be mechanized and automated. Over the last decade, ground robots have been developed for a variety of agricultural applications, with autonomous and safe navigation being one of the most difficult hurdles in this development. When a mobile platform moves autonomously, it must perform a variety of tasks, including localization, route planning, motion control, and mapping, which is a critical stage in autonomous operations. This research examines several agricultural applications as well as the path planning approach used. The purpose of this study is to investigate the current literature on path/trajectory planning aspects of ground robots in agriculture using a systematic literature review technique, to contribute to the goal of contributing new information in the field. Coverage route planning appears to be less advanced in agriculture than point-to-point path routing, according to the finding, which is due to the fact that covering activities are usually required for agricultural applications, but precision agriculture necessitates point-to-point navigation. In the recent era, precision agriculture is getting more attention. The conclusion presented here demonstrates that both field coverage and point-to-point navigation have been applied successfully in path planning for agricultural robots.
Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar, Suprava Chakraborty, Satish Kumar Yadav, Jyotsna Singh, and Shauhrat S. Chopra
Elsevier BV
Santanu Kumar Dash, Suprava Chakraborty, Michele Roccotelli, and Umesh Kumar Sahu
MDPI AG
Nowadays, the combustion of fossil fuels for transportation has a major negative impact on the environment. All nations are concerned with environmental safety and the regulation of pollution, motivating researchers across the world to find an alternate transportation fuel. The transition of the transportation sector towards sustainability for environmental safety can be achieved by the manifestation and commercialization of clean hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen fuel for sustainable mobility has its own effectiveness in terms of its generation and refueling processes. As the fuel requirement of vehicles cannot be anticipated because it depends on its utilization, choosing hydrogen refueling and onboard generation can be a point of major concern. This review article describes the present status of hydrogen fuel utilization with a particular focus on the transportation industry. The advantages of onboard hydrogen generation and refueling hydrogen for internal combustion are discussed. In terms of performance, affordability, and lifetime, onboard hydrogen-generating subsystems must compete with what automobile manufacturers and consumers have seen in modern vehicles to date. In internal combustion engines, hydrogen has various benefits in terms of combustive properties, but it needs a careful engine design to avoid anomalous combustion, which is a major difficulty with hydrogen engines. Automobile makers and buyers will not invest in fuel cell technology until the technologies that make up the various components of a fuel cell automobile have advanced to acceptable levels of cost, performance, reliability, durability, and safety. Above all, a substantial advancement in the fuel cell stack is required.
Suprava Chakraborty, Santanu Kumar Dash, Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan, Arshdeep Kaur, Devaraj Elangovan, Sheikh Tanzim Meraj, Padmanathan Kasinathan, and Zafar Said
Frontiers Media SA
Conventional fuels for vehicular applications generate hazardous pollutants which have an adverse effect on the environment. Therefore, there is a high demand to shift towards environment-friendly vehicles for the present mobility sector. This paper highlights sustainable mobility and specifically sustainable transportation as a solution to reduce GHG emissions. Thus, hydrogen fuel-based vehicular technologies have started blooming and have gained significance following the zero-emission policy, focusing on various types of sustainable motilities and their limitations. Serving an incredible deliverance of energy by hydrogen fuel combustion engines, hydrogen can revolution various transportation sectors. In this study, the aspects of hydrogen as a fuel for sustainable mobility sectors have been investigated. In order to reduce the GHG (Green House Gas) emission from fossil fuel vehicles, researchers have paid their focus for research and development on hydrogen fuel vehicles and proton exchange fuel cells. Also, its development and progress in all mobility sectors in various countries have been scrutinized to measure the feasibility of sustainable mobility as a future. This, paper is an inclusive review of hydrogen-based mobility in various sectors of transportation, in particular fuel cell cars, that provides information on various technologies adapted with time to add more towards perfection. When compared to electric vehicles with a 200-mile range, fuel cell cars have a lower driving cost in all of the 2035 and 2050 scenarios. To stimulate the use of hydrogen as a passenger automobile fuel, the cost of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (FCV) must be brought down to at least the same level as an electric vehicle. Compared to gasoline cars, fuel cell vehicles use 43% less energy and generate 40% less CO2.
Sonal Uppal, Suprava Chakraborty, Avinash Kumar Haldkar, and Rajesh Kumar
Green Energy and Technology Springer Nature Singapore
Santanu Kumar Dash, Priyanka Garg, Soumya Mishra, Suprava Chakraborty, and Devaraj Elangovan
Informa UK Limited
Nirmal Kumar Agarwal, Pradip Kumar Sadhu, and Suprava Chakraborty
Informa UK Limited
ABSTRACTIn view of the recent development and phenomenal growth in the field of electrical/power engineering, various new enhanced and sophisticated power control techniques have emerged which have...
Suprava Chakraborty, Nallapaneni Manoj Kumar, Arunkumar Jayakumar, Santanu Kumar Dash, and Devaraj Elangovan
MDPI AG
The transportation sector plays a prominent role in driving the economy of any given nation. However, with the recent tensions arising in and around the transportation sector, sustainable mobility concepts have evolved. However, it is quite unclear whether sustainable mobility is feasible and exhibits economic returns, environmental benefits, and societal advantages. Hence, taking into account the environmental, economic, and social impact, and technical possibilities, this study intends to analyse sustainable mobility in relation to economic returns, environmental benefits and societal advantages using bibliometric analysis. For this study, we considered two decades of research, from 2001 to 2021. An in-depth search was performed on articles generated in the last two decades to assess the state of the literature on sustainable mobility. The most reverent, frequently referenced papers and influential journals in the field of sustainable mobility were identified. The acquired findings highlight the most prominent publications, journals, and authors who have made significant contributions to sustainable mobility studies, as well as the sub-areas or themes linked to sustainable mobility. Overall, the analysis discovered current paradigms, significant research topics, and a relationship between the domains of sustainable mobility studies. Meanwhile, this study also demonstrates advancements in the primary themes and sub-areas during the previous 20 years and alterations in future research fields. In addition, this study identified the promotion of rapid-reliable-safe-convenient (RRSC) transportation services, reduction in urban car traffic, and support to low transportation demand as the critical steps that require immediate attention in order to build a sustainable mobility future. We also observed that hydrogen would be a promising fuel and potential technology for the future mobility sector in the post-COVID era.
Suprava Chakraborty, Sumit Verma, Aprajita Salgotra, Rajvikram Madurai Elavarasan, Devaraj Elangovan, and Lucian Mihet-Popa
MDPI AG
The restructuring of power systems and the ever-increasing demand for electricity have given rise to congestion in power networks. The use of distributed generators (DGs) may play a significant role in tackling such issues. DGs may be integrated with electrical power networks to regulate the drift of power in the transmission lines, thereby increasing the power transfer capabilities of lines and improving the overall performance of electrical networks. In this article, an effective method based on the Harris hawks optimization (HHO) algorithm is used to select the optimum capacity, number, and site of solar-based DGs to reduce real power losses and voltage deviation. The proposed HHO has been tested with a complex benchmark function then applied to the IEEE 33 and IEEE 69 bus radial distribution systems. The single and multiple solar-based DGs are optimized for the optimum size and site with a unity power factor. It is observed that the overall performance of the systems is enhanced when additional DGs are installed. Moreover, considering the stochastic and sporadic nature of solar irradiance, the practical size of DG has been suggested based on analysis that may be adopted while designing the actual photovoltaic (PV) plant for usage. The obtained simulation outcomes are compared with the latest state-of-the-art literature and suggest that the proposed HHO is capable of processing complex high dimensional benchmark functions and has capability to handle problems pertaining to electrical distribution in an effective manner.
Utpal Goswami, Arnab Ganguly, Prabir Kumar Dash, Suprava Chakraborty, and Arvind Kumar
Springer Singapore
Suprava Chakraborty
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
This paper presents a mathematical model to predict the energy generation of photovoltaic power plant in hot and humid climatic condition. This model is based on meteorological data and laboratory tested solar module parameters with twenty-four inputs and one output. In addition the twenty-four inputs drive an equation to calculate final energy generation from photovoltaic power plant. Validation of the proposed model was done by comparing the results of predicted energy generation using proposed model and PVWATT software model for two existing PV power plants of India. Monthly and annual energy production and errors will be the main criteria for the selection of batter model. The result shows that in comparison with PVWATT software proposed model was found to be more efficient and accurate to predict energy generation and proposed model also reduces mean absolute percentage error and root mean square error significantly compared to PVWATT software for hot and humid climatic condition.
P K Dash, N C Gupta, Pooja Rani, Suprava Chakraborty, and P K Sadhu
IEEE
This paper presents a detailed analysis of solar radiation resources available at Tura, Meghalaya and the techno-economic performance analysis of four photovoltaic (PV) technologies such as Amorphous Silicon (a-Si), Multi-Crystalline Silicon (mC-Si), Heterogeneous Intrinsic Thin film (HiT) and Cadmium Telluride (CdTe). The study reveals that, out of the total global horizontal radiation received annually the diffused component contributes more than 50 percent. Further the daytime temperature distribution reveals that, 60 percent of time the PV Module will be at a temperature higher than the standard test condition temperature of 25oC. The Annual energy generation (AEG) from four PV technology shows that, CdTe has the maximum generating capacity in terms of unit capacity installed and the lowest Levelised Cost of Energy (LCOE) is estimated for mCSi technology in the range of Rs. 3.11/kWh.