Innovative Materials & Technologies for Next Generation Green Buildings

To design and develop an Air- Conditioner energized by solar energy for residential buildings.

Scope of the Work:

1. Environmental chamber design & characterization of various adsorbent materials in the environmental chamber.
2. Solar Radiation data and incident energy levels
3. Observation of annual cooling load variations for different building configurations. (Building energy simulation).
4. Design of Adsorbent cooling system
5. Modification in cooling system configurations to enhance heat & mass transfer.
6. Vacuum sealing & coating (material testing)
7. PLC design and Electronic control system for valve operations & Optimization of the system.
8. Solar thermal collectors design
9. Development of testing facility for optimization of solar thermal collectors.
10. Advance reflector material design (Polymer film coatings, metal mirrors).
11. Study the Possibility to implement Fresnel lens to absorb & concentrate solar radiation.
12. Electronic control for sun tracking system
13. Efficient Design solar thermal collector system & optimization
14. System assembling, Optimization of the system to enhance solar energy absorption and heat transfer
15. Scaling down the system for domestic buildings & prototype
16. Guidelines for various climatic conditions of India
17. Paper publications & patent filing to be explored