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Prof. Morapakala Srinivas

Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Fluid and Thermal Engineering

Project/Research Collaborations

Completed Projects

1.       Project as PI: Sustainable technological solutions for energy efficiency in jaggery industry (STEEJ), Sponsored by: Royal Academy of Engineering, UK, Duration in Months:24, Rs. 4800000 (Rs 48 lakhs)

2.       Research collaboration: Spent the summer term 2016 at Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), University of Exeter, UK on the research assignment “Viability Evaluations of Building Integrated Solar Photovoltaics” in collaboration with Prof. Tapas Mallick, Chair in Clean Technologies (Renewable Energy), ESI

Submitted Projects

  1. Project as PI: Evaluation of Techno – Economic and other barriers and evolution of strategies for the commercialization of solar hot water systems in India”, under UGC minor project, Duration: 12 months.  (Sanctioned, but could not be used because of transfer to Dubai Campus)

      2.Project as PI: Green technologies for extracting oil from oil shales, BITS seed grant, 3 years, 20 lakhs, Duration: 2 years

      3.Project as CO-PI: Sustainable Built Residential Environment for Energy Demand Reduction in the UK and India: BREEDER; Submitted to: EPSRC call for Newton-Baba fund on UK-India Reducing Energy Demand in the Built Environment; total budget £1167711, BITS share Rs. 88.9664 lakhs; duration: 3 years Consortium members: Researchers from University of Exeter, UK; Loughborough University, UK; University of Nottingham, UK; IIT Madras; Tezpur University; CSIR; CEERI etc.

      4.Project as CO-PI: Sustainable Tribo-Cryo System for Machinability Enhancement of Al-TiC Metal Matrix Composites, UGC Major project, 3 years, around 20 lakhs.