Energy Research Centre

Research and Development Programmes

Our Focus is on

• Energy conservation & management and control strategies for maintaining indoor air quality, industrial effluents in the states of Punjab and Haryana

Research and Development

• Keeping in View the National Mission on Technology Development , Energy Research Centre has recently diversified its R&D activities under various thrust areas like :
  • Nano fluids: characterization, hydrodynamics and thermal performance of nanofluids.
  • Development of environmental friendly heterogenous catalysts for various industrially important esterification reactions.
  • Studies on Photo catalytic degradation of effluents from dye and pesticide industry.
  • Complex flow hydrodynamics: theoretical and experimental studies on flow through porous media.
  • Development of hybrid PV-SWH systems
  • High temperature solar energy storage systems

Our Past Record

• Research and Extension projects amounting to Rs. 2.85 Crores funded by MNES, GOI, AICTE, UGC and MHRD have been undertaken at ERC till date.
• More than 100 research papers have been published in national and international journals of high repute.
• A number of scholars have been awarded Ph.D degree in areas related to energy and environment.
• Number of students from countries like Nepal and Germany have undergone training in the area of energy and environment at the centre.
• The faculty associated with Energy Research Centre have won a number of International Fellowships and national awards for their contribution.