| Description | The project deals with increasing the capability of the inhouse developed potentiostat to 1 A with a compliance of +/- 10 V. The present capability is 20 mA. The device works well. The student is expected to work with electronic componenets including programming Arduino and python. Some help on electrochemistry is available but the supervisor does not have expertise in electronics. Hence, the students are expected to be self motivated and curiosity driven |
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| Number of students | 2 |
| Year of study | Students in their 1st year (Semester 1), Students in their 2nd year (Semester 3) |
| CPI | None |
| Prerequisites | Interest in electronics (arduino) and programming (python) |
| Duration | 6 months |
| Learning outcome | The student is expected to learn making gadgets and scientific instruments. The supervisor will also teach them basics of elecxtrochemistry that they may find helpful in understanding battery or such devices |
| Weekly time commitment | None |
| General expectations | None |
| Assignment | Mtech. thesis of Mr. Vikas Agarwal https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6t7Wj1NO9QimGZbVtJvrmyHedn8bTCL/view?usp=sharing |
| Instructions for assignment | Go through the thesis |
| Description | "THF hydrates have the potential for applications such as storage of gases including hydrogen at atmospheric pressures. Molecular simulation studies of THF hydrates will allow studying the thermodynamics of melting of this system and molecular - level understanding will provide guidelines for future applications" |
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| Number of students | 1 |
| Year of study | Students in their 2nd year (Semester 3), Students in their 3rd year (Semester 5), Students in their 4th/5th year (Semester 7/9) |
| CPI | None |
| Prerequisites | Interest in coding |
| Duration | 6 months |
| Learning outcome | Concepts in classical and statistical thermodynamics, molecular simulation basics, use of various open-source software tools, coding skills |
| Weekly time commitment | 5 hours |
| General expectations | Highly motivated students with interest in pursuing computational work and interest in coding or learning to code |
| Assignment |
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LtJY8A9eaZ-shuoOFbSqlA513Tj-aNdX?usp=sharing |
| Instructions for assignment | Prepare classical thermodynamics concepts |
| Description |
E-fuels are fuels produced from carbon dioxide and green hydrogen. Many E-fuels are being investigated at laboratory scale. The goal of this project is to:
• Identify promising carbon capture, green hydrogen and E-fuel options • Quantify life cycle environmental impacts and economic feasibility of selected E-fuels and understand their trade-offs (if any) • Estimate potential greenhouse gas emission reduction at national scale through adoption of E-fuels • Propose process performance targets for achieving sustainability • Develop early stage technology ranking for further exploration |
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| Number of students | 2 |
| Year of study | Students in their 3rd year (Semester 5), Students in their 4th/5th year (Semester 7/9) |
| CPI | 7.5 and above |
| Prerequisites | Completion of basic courses in mass and energy balance, thermodynamics, and reaction engineering |
| Duration | 6 months |
| Learning outcome | Understand the concept of sustainability and sustainable processes; Understand the process of synthetic fuel production; learn development of process flowsheet for a scaled up plant; perform LCA and preliminary TEA |
| Weekly time commitment | 6 hours |
| General expectations | Students will need to work in a team with other PhD, M.Tech., research scientists |
| Assignment |
Paper 1:
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/ya/d2ya00173j
Paper 2: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10098-019-01791-0 |
| Instructions for assignment | Prepare about a five page summary and review of both papers mentioned in the link here (five pages for both papers together). The summary should include the broad objectives of the work, key ideas proposed/discussed, and important conclusions. For paper 2, the summary should also provide a brief discussion on the methodology and results. In the end, discuss how these two papers are connected and will help in completing the work in the project. |
| Description | We have been developing a complete water quality monitoring system consisting of a core module hosting an array of electrode/optical probe-based sensors for monitoring standard water-body parameters such as pH, temperature conductivity, turbidity, oxidation-reduction potential (ORP), dissolved oxygen (DO) etc., and reagent based quantification modules for specific chemical pollutants (e.g., fluoride - an inorganic pollutant, arsenic, and chromium - metal pollutants etc.). Additional sensor modules can be installed to the core module, when required for a specific water body. The station is IOT enabled, and sensor readings are relayed to a wireless gateway at periodic intervals, which should be accessible anywhere in the world through a web interface. The entire system is envisaged to be locally powered at the deployment site, by a solar panel-battery combination, with uninterrupted operation over several weeks, without any manual intervention. One has to work in an interdisciplinary team and it will involve 3D printing, MEMS and microprocessors to advance the current working module. |
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| Number of students | 2 |
| Year of study | Students in their 3rd year (Semester 5), Students in their 4th/5th year (Semester 7/9) |
| CPI | 8 and above |
| Prerequisites | Exposure to one or more of the following: Sensors, Microelectromechanical systems, 3D printing, Microprocessors, Water Chemistry |
| Duration | Dec., 2023 to April, 2024 |
| Learning outcome | Hands-on work experience and field deployment of already developed technology, with fundamental lab. research |
| Weekly time commitment | 4 hours spread over 2 days |
| General expectations | - |
| Assignment | - |
| Instructions for assignment | - |
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