November 08, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur has developed a Thermal Energy Storage System that has been placed on university grounds. The development was led by the IIT-K Director Professor Abhay Karandikar.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur developed Thermal Energy Storage System will store a total of 75 turns an hour of capacity. The Energy Storage System was established on November 03, 2020, on campus grounds.
The newly developed thermal energy storage has been placed in the Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE) building of the campus.
Delighted to share that today inaugurated a 775 TR HR Thermal Energy Storage System implemented in the CESE building under the joint Indo-US project called UI-ASSIST on Smart Grid & Storage Technology funded by @IndiaDST through @IUSSTF in which @IITKanpur is playing a lead role pic.twitter.com/P7vOCEOQR7
— Abhay Karandikar (@karandi65) November 5, 2020
IIT Kanpur professor and lead member of the Thermal Energy Storage system, professor Abhay Karandikar stated that IIT Kanpur has started the Joint Indo US Project called "UIASSIST" which has been carried out for smart grid and storage technology development.
The project "UIASSIST" has been funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) in accordance with Indo-US Science and Technology Forum of New Delhi, India.
IIT Kanpur Thermal Energy Storage System Highlights
As per IIT K professor, professor Abhay Karandikar’s statement, the thermal energy storage project has a total of five demonstration pilot units. The development units have been set up in rural, semi-urban, and urban or institutional settings under the guidance of university.
The urban thermal storage plant will provide a total of 775 turns per hour energy storage system, added the director. Key highlights of IITK newly developed energy storage system are as follows:
- The thermal energy storage system will provide effective energy capacity, and reduce the building energy load.
- The minimum peak electricity demand will also be reduced with the help of an energy storage system.
- Thermal energy storage system works on the concept of phase change material with Brine Solution as coolant.
- The system takes low-cost energy during its off period and archives the coolest temperature of -4 degree celsius.
- Thermal Energy Storage System supports the load of air conditioner during its peak time with the tune of 77.5 TR for a duration of 10 hours.
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The results produced by Thermal Energy Storage System has come out to be energy-saving and adaptable for smart cities and data center applications.
The IITK Thermal Storage Project has been led by researchers and experts of the university including Prof. SC Srivastava, Prof. Santanu Mishra, and Prof. Ankush Sharma of the Electrical Engineering Department.
Guidance and for the selection of technology has been provided by Prof Sameer Khandekar from the mechanical engineering department of IIT K.
The project has been primarily executed by Vinay Tiwari, Executive Engineer of IIT K, Shiv Kumar Singh, Research Establishment Officer, and Kehems Technologies, Indore.
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