Arun P.                                       

Lecturer                                    
Mechanical Engineering Department
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat

email: arun.p[AT]med.svnit.ac.in

Academic Background

• Ph.D. (Energy Science and Engineering), IIT Bombay (2009)

                    Thesis Advisors: Prof. Santanu Bandyopadhyay, Prof. Rangan Banerjee

• M.Tech (Mechanical Engineering with specialisation in Energy Management), NIT Calicut  (2004)

• B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), NSS College of Engineering affiliated to University of Calicut (2002)

Research Interests

• Modelling and Optimisation of Energy Systems
• Energy Management

Teaching

• Energy Systems
• Basic Mechanical Systems
• Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machines (Hydraulic Machines component for students of Civil Engineering)
• Measurement Systems (Laboratory)

Publications

Journal Papers

• Arun P., R. Banerjee, and S. Bandyopadhyay, Optimum Design of Battery Integrated Diesel Generator Systems Incorporating Demand Uncertainty, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 48(10), 4908-4916, 2009. (Journal Impact Factor, 2007: 1.749)

• Arun P., R. Banerjee, and S. Bandyopadhyay, Optimum Sizing of Photovoltaic Battery Systems Incorporating Uncertainty Through Design-Space Approach, Solar Energy, accepted January 8 2009, available online. (Journal Impact Factor, 2007: 1.519)

• Arun P., R. Banerjee, and S. Bandyopadhyay, Optimum Sizing of Battery Integrated Diesel Generator for Remote Electrification through Design-Space Approach, Energy, 33(7), 1155-1168, 2008. (Journal Impact Factor, 2007: 1.172)

• A. Roy, Arun P., and S. Bandyopadhyay, Design and Optimization of Renewable Energy Based Isolated Power Systems, SESI Journal, 17(1-2), 54-69, 2007.

• Arun P., R. Banerjee, and S. Bandyopadhyay, Sizing Curve for Design of Isolated Power Systems, Energy for Sustainable Development, 11(4), 21-28, 2007.

Conference Papers

• Arun P., R. Banerjee, and S. Bandyopadhyay, Sizing Curve for Design of Isolated Power Systems, Proceedings of the 1st National Conference on Advances in Energy Research (AER 2006), Mumbai, 239-244, December 4-5, 2006.

• S. Jayaraj, K. Padmakumari, E. Sreevalsan, and Arun P, Wind Speed and Power Prediction using Artificial Neural Networks, European Wind Energy Conference 2004, London, UK, November 22-25, 2004.