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Clean Energy Research Center

Objective

  • To provide solutions to the acute problems that humankind is facing due to the gradual depletion of the earth’s fossil fuel resources. Exploring the role of clean energy in urban and rural infrastructure development.
  • Incubation of new idea on solar PV technology in association with R&D laboratories/industry.
  • To upgrade the existing solar PV systems as well as develop new type solar PV systems.
  • To learn the design and analysis methodology and bring the concept to the working level and commerice.

Scope

  • Collaborative work with industry on high efficiency solar cells and modules.
  • Possibility to bring the innovative projects in the field of Renewable Energy.
  • To develop the culture of energy saving and bring the decipiline among the users.
  • Create awarness to involve students/public community along with capacity building in establishing, operating and managing Renewable Energy.
  • To provide decentralized energy supply to agriculture, industry, commercial and household sector.
  • Development of smart grid through photovoltaic power system.
  • Entrepreneur development.

Facilities

  • 100m3 Night soil based Biogas plant is woring in our campus.
  • Fuel testing facilities (to find the calorific value of the various gas).
  • Water treatment plant is available.
  • Mini wind turbine power generator.
  • Solar panel performance testing with tracking analysis facilities.
  • 125 kW solar PV – Grid tie plant is established in the college.
  • The kitchen waste are used in digester to produce biogas.

Consultation work

  • Collaborative work with industry on high efficiency solar cells and modules.
  • Solar cell modeling and simulation works are done in college primises.
  • Design and development of roof top PV systems.
  • Inhouse strength with basic fundamental knowledge for analysis and research.
  • Projects (Solar street light, Solar water heating) are done in and around the college premises.
  • Various innovative and new projects in energy have been carried out with the help of industry.

Centre for Measurement and Metrology

Objectives

The main objective of Centre for Measurement and Metrology is to undertake industrial consultation for performing reverse engineering, calibration of measuring instruments and also providing training for the metrologist.

Scope

  • To perform Calibration of instruments
  • To obtain High-speed acquisition to measuring
  • To measure deviation maps from CAD for industrial products
  • To analyse deviation maps from CAD for reverse engineering work
  • To check angularity, circularity, symmetry, cylindricity of industrial shafts

Facilities available

  • coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
  • Profile Projector
  • Autocollimator
  • 3D – Printer

Using CMM, lot of research work has been done for reverse engineering and concurrent engineering. Number of consultancy work has been done in the above said fields.

Consultation works done:

  • Implementation of Concurrent Redesign & Manufacture procedure for an Automotive Component.
  • Implementation of Reverse Engineering for Crankshaft Industry.

BIO-FUEL RESEARCH CENTRE

Objective

  • To create the awareness to the students about the alternative fuels derived from organic matters. Since, biofuelsderived from organic mattershas played a vital role in the environmental issues to reduce the emissions.
  • Also, to impart the knowledge to the students about the different methods ofpreparation of biodiesel.

Scope

  • To have the opportunity to tie-up with the industries.
  • Exchange of technical ideas between the industry and the institution has been strengthened.
  • Students have most benefited from them to acquire the knowledge in the field of the latest advancement in engines as well as in alternative fuels.
  • The industry and institution gap has been bridged.
  • Possibility to bring the innovative projects in the field of I.C.engines.

Facilities

  • The biodiesel preparation unit is available.
  • Variable Compression Ratio a research engine is available to conduct the experiments.
  • Exhaust gas analyzer (five gas analyzer) unit is available.
  • Various testing equipment such as Viscometer, bomb calorimeter etc. is available to measure the properties of biodiesel.
  • Combustion analyzer is equipped with the engine to plot the various graphs such as pressure-crank angle, heat release rate and mass fraction burnt etc. while the engine is on running.

Consultation work

  • A few research project works have been carried out for the research scholars.
  • Research and consultation works in the field of alternative fuels have been carried out in the small industry which is situated in and around the college premises.
  • Various student projects in alternative fuels have been carried out.

MATERIAL RESEARCH CENTRE

Materials are real blessings to mankind; in the modern technological worlds the need of the day is advanced materials for growing technological advancements. The Composites are most sought engineering materials due to its wide span of applications in well prominent field of engineering.

Objectives:

To provide

  • Hands on training in preparing composite materials.
  • Information’s pertaining to composite material strength and its mechanical behavior.
  • Provide consultancy work in the area of metal matrix composites.
  • Carry out fiber reinforced Laminate design for different combinations of plies with different orientations of the fiber.
  • Carry out corrosion study on Engineering materials.

Scope:

  • To find avenues in most appropriate composite material development.
  • To develop composite materials in an optimized way.
  • To characterize the various important aspects of Composite materials.

Facilities available:

Bottom pouring type stir casting furnace for Aluminium / Magnesium

The equipment is used for Aluminium& Magnesium research purposes in which the user can melt the metal, preheat the nano/micro particles, drop it to the melt and stir it at high speed. Once the mixing is complete, just by a button press the composite/melt is poured into the die/mould of desired shape. A special provision for inert gas supply is available for the furnace to control unwanted atmospheric reaction.

Cryogenic & Heat Treatment Setup with Multipurpose Heat Treatment Furnace:

Heat Treatment:

Maximum attainable temperature: 1150 0C
Exterior: Fitted on a M.S. frame with split door at the top with provision for inert gas.
Temperature control: PID based Programmable Temperature controller.

Cryogenic Treatment test rig:

Stainless steel vacuum chamber with temperature indicator and suitable sensor to read temperature of (minus) -196 deg.C.

Salt Fog Corrosion Study test Setup:

Salt Spray Chamber :

600 mm X 400 X400 mm chamber size with cover and water sealing.
Acrylic material, nozzle and water can for holding the electrolyte.
Rods for suspending the specimen, hose and other accessories
Compressor of 3 hp capacity operating at along with pressure adjuster to along with water filter.

CENTRE FOR FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM

Objectives:

The Flexible Manufacturing System Centre has been established to provide training on par with the requirement of the industry. This Centre entered into a collaboration arrangement to extent the knowledge to the students, Industries and practicing professionals. The vision behind it is to promote and encourage student activities, research projects and relevant courses related to this field.

Scope:

  • Establish Research facilities in the area machining.
  • Undertake the research projects to meet the requirements of the Industry
  • To serve as a link between Industry and Academia and provide Consultancy
  • To provide hands on training on Robot Programming

Facilities Available:

  • CNC Vertical Milling Centre
  • CNC Lathe
  • Robot – Five Axis rotation – Articulated 5-Axis, 360º rotation
  • Simulation software using Siemens

Consultation work

  • A few research project works have been carried out for the research scholars.
  • Research and consultation works have been carried out in the small industry which is situated in and around the college premises.

CENTRE FOR PRODUCT DESIGN AND ANALYSIS

Introduction

The Centre for Product Design and Analysis has been established to facilitate the students to learn design and analysis of products/components using various modelling and analysis software through direct forum based training and online educational platform. We focus on providing the advanced engineering coursework/training to Mechanical Engineers. Our courses are offered to students through faculties and by expert members who have been working in design and analysis field.

Objectives

  • To impart the basic theoretical and practical knowledge on design and analysis
  • To train the students in the field of design and analysis to meet the industrial needs.
  • To create an awareness in the recent trends in the field of design and analysis through a forum.

Training Platforms

Design and Analysis Forum

This forum has been established to train the interested students in the design and analysis field inside the campus through our faculties. The main objective of this forum is to impart the knowledge on the fundamental software to design the basic components. The details of the basic Software are as follows:

  • AUTOCAD
  • PROE
  • SOLID WORKS
  • CATIA
  • NX CAD/CAM – UNI GRAPHICS
  • EDGECAM
  • ANSYS

3.2EDX Engine (Online Education Platform)

EdXengine is an online educational platform; which focuses on providing the basic and advanced engineering coursework to Mechanical Engineers. The courses are developed by experts who work in companies like Convergent Science – USA, Altair, Mercedes Benz, Roush etc. In the last one year over 12,000+ students used EdXengine to enhance their skill sets.

The students enrolled in the courses use the Leaderboard Platform to continuously implement and assess the skill sets they learn through the coursework. At present EdX engine is offering the below advanced Mechanical Engineering coursework that would unique particular Mechanical Engineering skill sets. The details of the courses are as follows,

  • Product Design Formula using SolidWorks, SolidWorks Visualize, PhotoView 360 & Adobe Photoshop
  • Internal Combustion Engine simulation using Converge-CFD
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics using Matlab&OpenFOAM
  • Automotive Body in White – Design of critical sheet metal components
  • Computational Combustion using Python and Cantera
  • Advanced OpenFOAM
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics using C, ANSYS FLUENT & Particle Image Velocimetry
  • Matlab for Mechanical Engineers
  • Advanced Structural Analysis of Automotive Components for FSAE & BAJA Engineers
  • Introduction to Vehicle Dynamics using MATLAB.