Renewable Energy and its Innovative Technologies

The book features innovative scientific research by scientists, academicians and students, presented at the International Conference on Energy, Materials and Information Technology, 2017 at Amity University Jharkhand, India. Covering all the promising renewable energies and their related technologies, such as wind, solar and biomass energy, it compiles current important scientific research in this field and addresses how it can be applied in an interdisciplinary manner. The selected conference papers provide important data and parameters for utilizing the main potential renewable energies, and allowing an economic and environmental assessment.


The book is a valuable resource for all those who are interested in the physical and technical principles of promising ways to utilize various renewable energies.

Jayeeta Chattopadhyay received her Bachelor of Science with Honours in Chemistry from Bethune College, Calcutta University. She got her Master of Science in Chemistry from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore (2003), and Master of Technology in Fuels and Combustion from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi (2005). She obtained her Ph.D. in New Energy Engineering with best doctoral thesis award from Seoul National University of Science and Technology, S. Korea (2010). She has obtained the prestigious Fast Track Young Scientist Award (2010) and Early Career Research Award (2017) from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. She has published more than 20 research and review articles in high-impact peer-reviewed international journals, and she is the owner of one international patent. She is the reviewer of more than ten high-impact international journals and has been included in the editorial board of two international journals. Her research interest includes nano-structured materials for energy applications and thermo-degradation of solid waste materials. She also works on oscillatory chemical reactions and pattern formation in reaction–diffusion system. Earlier she was working as Research Scientist in Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Deoghar Off-campus, Jharkhand. She is presently working as Senior Assistant Professor, Amity University, Jharkhand, Ranchi, India.

Mr. Rahul graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 2009 form BIT, postgraduated in Machine Design with distinction from BIT MESRA, Ranchi in 2014, and pursuing Ph.D. at National Institute of Technology, Patna since 2014. He is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering at AMITY University Jharkhand, Ranchi. He had served in various organizations like SSIPMT Raipur, Jain University Belgaum, and Sikkim Manipal University Gangtok. His specialized fields of research are: Design of machine components, Heat and mass transfer analysis, Renewable energy, assessment of wind power and Micro wind turbine. He has done more than 10 publications in the journal of national and international repute alongside conference proceedings. He had attended and organized seminar, workshop, and conference of national and international repute. Apart from research publication, he published four books on titles like fluid mechanics, fluid machinery and dynamics of machines. His subjects of interest are: Fluid mechanics, Heat and Mass transfer, Strength of materials, Kinematics of machines and machine design.

Prof.(Dr.) Om Prakash graduated in Mechanical engineering in 1994, postgraduated in Design and Production of Thermal Power Equipment from NIT Tiruchirappalli in 1997, and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2005. He is now a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of Faculty Welfare at National Institute of Technology, Patna. He had served in various organizations like Indian Airforce, Directorate of Training and Technical Education, Delhi College of Engineering, and Rajaram Sinde College of Engineering. His specialized fields of research are: Heat and mass transfer analysis, Energy audit and energy efficiency, biogas fueled diesel engine, and Micro wind turbine. He has done more than 30 publications in the journal of national and international repute. Apart from publication, he guided more than 15 students for M.Tech. and 10 students (completed and ongoing) for Ph.D. He had attended and organized seminar, workshop, and conference of national and international repute. He is the life member of professional bodies like SAEINDIA, Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers(ISHRAE), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), the Institution of Engineers (India), and Society of Energy Engineers and Managers (SEEM).