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Personal Details
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| Name | Prof Surendra Singh Kachhwaha |
| Designation | Professor |
| Department | Mechanical, School of Technology |
| Email | Surendra.Singh@sot.pdpu.ac.in |
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Educational Qualifications
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| Ph.D (Evaporative cooling, IIT Delhi), 1996 |
| M.Tech. (Heat Power, IIT BHU), 1988 |
| B.E. (Mechanical Engineering, M. B. M. Engineering College, University of Jodhpur), 1985 |
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Professional Affiliation
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| NIT, Kurushetra
SAC, ISRO, Ahmedabad |
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Awards
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| 1. Bry air award, 2012
2. Working as “Chair Professor Suzlon” since March 2018. |
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Publications / Articles / Conference
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| Articles/Chapters Published in the books |
| 'Unlocking Wind Energy Potential in India's Coastal Region: A Climate Change Resilience', Springer Nature, Jul 2024 |
| 'Hybrid Wind-Solar Power Deployment in India', Allied Publishers, Aug 2022 |
| 'Analysis of RSM Method for Optimization of Ultrasound-Assisted KOH Catalyzed Biodiesel Production from Waste Cotton-Seed Cooking Oil', , Jan 2021 |
| 'Comparison of Optimization Results of RSM Approaches for Transesterification of Waste Cooking Oil Using Microwave-Assisted Method Catalyzed by CaO', , Dec 2021 |
| 'Comparative Study and Trend Analysis of Regional Climate Models and Reanalysis Wind Speeds at Rameshwaram', , May 2021 |
| 'Energetic and Exergetic Analyses of Hybrid Wind-Solar Energy Systems', , Dec 2021 |
| 'A Comparative Analysis of LiDAR and Wind Mast Measured Wind Data with the Reanalysis Datasets for an Offshore Location of Gujarat', , Jan 2020 |
| 'Experimental investigation of in-situ biodiesel production from Castor seeds (Ricinus Communis) using combination of microwave and ultrasound irradiation', , Oct 2019 |
| 'Performance evaluation of various wave energy converters along the western side of Indian EEZ', , Oct 2018 |
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| Published Papers in Journals |
| 'A novel high-speed homogenizer assisted process intensification technique for biodiesel production using soya acid oil: Process optimization, kinetic and thermodynamic modelling', Energy Conversion and Management, pp. 119302-119319, Jan 2025, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2024.119302 |
| 'Shock-wave power reactor assisted esterification of blended non-edible oils: optimization and kinetics studies', Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, pp. 103337-103337, Feb 2025, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2025.103337 |
| 'Analysis of a novel high-speed homogenizer technique for methyl ester production using waste cooking oil: Multi-objective optimization and energy analysis', Chemical Engineering Research and Design, pp. 478-491, Jan 2024, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2024.01.038 |
| 'A review on sustainable and scalable biodiesel production using ultra-sonication technology', Renewable Energy, pp. 00-17, Mar 2024, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.120399 |
| 'Thermo-economic analysis of Insulation thickness for disctrict cooling piping system', Journal of Material Science and Mechanical Engineering (JMSME), pp. 26-31, Mar 2023, DOI : http://www.krishisanskriti.org/publications.htlm |
| 'Enhanced castor seed oil extraction assisted by the synergistic effect of ultrasound and microwave: Impact on extraction effectiveness and oil quality', Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, pp. 0-0, Apr 2023, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2023.109307 |
| 'Utilizing an ultra-sonication process to optimize a two-step biodiesel production from Karanja oil. ', Environ Sci Pollut Res , pp. 00-00, Jul 2023, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28711-6 |
| 'Can offshore wind energy help to attain carbon neutrality amid climate change? A GIS-MCDM based analysis to unravel the facts using CORDEX-SA', Renewable Energy, pp. 119400-119400, Dec 2023, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.119400 |
| 'Techno-economic Analysis of Wave Energy Resource for India.', J Indian Soc Remote Sens , pp. 371-381 , Feb 2023, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-022-01538-3 |
| 'Influence of environmental stress on microalgae growth and lipid profile: a systematic review', Phytochem Rev , pp. 879-901 , Aug 2023, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-022-09810-7 |
| 'Energy, exergy, economic, environmental, advanced exergy and exergoeconomic (extended exergy) analysis of hybrid wind-solar power plant', Energy & Environment, pp. 2668-2704, Nov 2023, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X221115095 |
| 'Temporal and spatial simultaneity assessment of wind-solar energy resources in India by statistical analysis and machine learning clustering approach', Energy, pp. 123586-123586, Jun 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.123586 |
| 'Multi-response optimization of transesterification reaction for biodiesel production from castor oil assisted by hydrodynamic cavitation', Fuel, Jan 2022 |
| 'Future wind speed trends in the Indian offshore region', Energy Reports, pp. 513-519, Nov 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.061 |
| 'Multi-response optimization of transesterification reaction for biodiesel production from castor oil assisted by hydrodynamic cavitation', Fuel, Jan 2022 |
| 'Comparison of RSM Based FFD and CCD Methods for Biodiesel Production Using Microwave Technique', Materials Today: Proceedings, Jan 2022 |
| 'Analysis of RSM Based BBD and CCD Techniques Applied for Biodiesel Production from Waste Cotton-Seed Cooking Oil via Ultrasound Method', Analytical Chemistry Letters, Feb 2022 |
| 'Hybrid wind–solar energy and resource simultaneity: An Indian case study for site selection and feasibility check', Energy Reports , Oct 2022 |
| 'Temporal Synergy - Complementarity of Wind-Solar Energy Resources for the establishment of Hybrid Power Project', Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Oct 2022 |
| 'Climate change impacts the future offshore wind energy resources in India: Evidence drawn from CORDEX-SA Regional Climate Models', Regional Studies in Marine Science, pp. 102717-27, Nov 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102717 |
| 'Hybrid wind–solar energy and resource simultaneity: An Indian case study for site selection and feasibility check,', Energy Reports, pp. 593-598, Nov 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.262 |
| 'Biodiesel production with enhanced fuel properties via appropriation of non-edible oil mixture using conjoint ultrasound and microwave reactor: Process optimization and kinetic studies', Fuel Processing Technology, Jun 2022 |
| 'Analysis of RSM Based BBD and CCD Techniques Applied for Biodiesel Production from Waste Cotton-Seed Cooking Oil via Ultrasound Method', Analytical Chemistry Letters, pp. 86-101, Aug 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1080/22297928.2021.2019611 |
| 'Simultaneity of wind and solar energy: A spatio-temporal analysis to delineate the plausible regions to harness', Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, pp. 102665-72, Oct 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.102665 |
| 'Energy, exergy, economic, environmental, advanced exergy and exergoeconomic (extended exergy) analysis of hybrid wind-solar power plant', Energy & Environment, Jul 2022 |
| 'A revised offshore wind resource assessment and site selection along the Indian coast using ERA5 near-hub-height wind products', Ocean Engineering, Jun 2022 |
| 'A novel approach for improved in-situ biodiesel production process from gamma-irradiated castor seeds using synergistic ultrasound and microwave irradiation: Process optimization and kinetic study', Industrial Crops & Products, Jul 2022 |
| 'Techno-economic Analysis of Wave Energy Resource for India', Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, pp. 1-11, Apr 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-022-01538-3 |
| 'Temporal and spatial simultaneity assessment of wind-solar energy resources in India by statistical analysis and machine learning clustering approach', Energy, pp. 123586-123586, Jun 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.123586 |
| 'Techno-economic Analysis of Wave Energy Resource for India', Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, pp. 1-11, Apr 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-022-01538-3 |
| 'Combined wind and wave resource assessment and energy extraction along the Indian coast', Renewable Energy, pp. 931-945, Aug 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.06.082 |
| 'A brief review on recycling and reuse of wind turbine blade materials', Materials Today: Proceedings, pp. 7124-7130, Feb 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.049 |
| 'Microwave assisted biodiesel production: Assessment of optimization via RSM techniques', Materials Today: Proceedings, Dec 2021 |
| 'Wind speed trend analysis along the Indian coast for 40 years', International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, Nov 2021 |
| 'Analysis of RSM Based BBD and CCD Techniques Applied for Biodiesel Production from Waste Cotton-Seed Cooking Oil via Ultrasound Method', Analytical Chemistry Letters, Apr 2021 |
| 'Assessment of Factors Affecting Onshore Wind Power Deployment in India', Environment and Climate Technology, 2020, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 185–208 , Feb 2020 |
| 'Investigation of ultrasound-assisted KOH and CaO catalyzed transesterification for biodiesel production from waste cotton-seed cooking oil: Process optimization and conversion rate evaluation', Journal of Cleaner Production, 259 (2020) 120982 (Elsevier), Mar 2020 |
| 'Biodiesel production from waste cotton-seed cooking oil using microwave assisted transesterification: Optimization and kinetic modeling', Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 116 (2019) 109394, Dec 2019 |
| 'Thermodynamic analysis of ejector assisted vapor compression-absorption hybrid refrigeration system', International Journal of Ambient Energy, Jan 2019 |
| 'Performance analyses and multi-objective optimization of cooling tower assisted vapor compression-absorption cascaded and hybrid refrigeration systems', International Journal of Green Energy (2019), https://doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2019.1653874Taylor and Francis, Aug 2019 |
| '‘In-situ reactive extraction of castor seeds for bio diesel production using the coordinated ultrasound-microwave irradiation: Process optimization and kinetic modeling', Ultrasonics Sonochemistry Journal, Jan 2019 |
| 'Comparative performance study and advanced exergy analysis of novel vapor compression-absorption integrated refrigeration system', Energy Conversion and Management, Jun 2018 |
| 'Exergy analysis of a Vapour Compression–Absorption Cascaded Refrigeration System using modified Gouy–Stodola equation', Int. J. Exergy, Jan 2014 |
| 'Digraph and matrix method for assessing the role of design parameters in Gas Turbine Power Plant efficiency', Alexandria Engineering Journal , Jan 2014 |
| 'GTA modeling of combined cycle power plant analysis', Ain Shams Engineering Journal , Jan 2013 |
| 'GTA-based framework for evaluating the role of design parameters in cogeneration cycle power plant efficiency', Ain Shams Engineering Journal, Apr 2013 |
| 'Exergy analysis and simulation of a 30MW cogeneration cycle', Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2013 |
| 'Exergy analysis and simulation of a 30MW cogeneration cycle,', Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2013 |
| 'Thermodynamic performance analysis of a vapor compression–absorption cascaded refrigeration system', Energy Conversion and Management , Mar 2013 |
| 'Performance Study of Cascade Refrigeration system Using Alternative Refrigerants', International Journal of Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial and Mechatronics Engineering, Jan 2013 |
| 'Exergy analysis of a vapor compression vapour absorption cascade system', International Journal of Air-conditioning and Refrigeration, Apr 2013 |
| 'System modeling and analysis of a combined cycle power plant', Int J Syst Assur Eng Manag, Aug 2012 |
| 'Perforamnce improvement of a simple gas turbine cycle through integrated inlet air evaporative cooling and steam injection', J. Scientific and Industrial Research, Jul 2011 |
| 'Perforamnce improvement of a simple gas turbine cycle through integrated inlet air evaporative cooling and steam injection', J. Scientific and Industrial Research, Jul 2011 |
| 'Biodiesel production through hydrodynamic cavitation and performance testing', Renewable Energy, Oct 2010 |
| 'Heat and mass transfer study in a direct evaporative cooler', J. Scientific and Industrial Research, Oct 2010 |
| 'Thumba (citrullus colocyntis) seed oil: A sustainable source of renewable energy for biodiesel production', J. Scientific and Industrial Research, May 2010 |
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| Full Papers in Conference Proceedings |
| 'Unlocking Wind Energy Potential in India's Coastal Region: A Climate Change Resilience', International Conference on: Climate Change and Ocean Renewable Energy, pp. 47-58, Jun 2024, DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-71555-6 |
| 'Energy and Exergy Analysis of 82 MWe Cogeneration Thermal Power Plant', Twelve International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications, pp. 1-6, May 2023, DOI : https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85182009707&origin=resultslist |
| 'Comparative analysis of mechanical stirring and process intensification techniques for biodiesel production using waste cotton-seed cooking oil', Twelve International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications, pp. 1-4, May 2023, DOI : https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85182008565&origin=resultslist |
| 'Experimental Investigation on In-Situ Biodiesel Production using Hybrid Intensification and CI Engine Testing', Twelve International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications, pp. 1-6, May 2023, DOI : https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85182002719&origin=resultslist |
| 'Biodiesel Production from Castor Seeds (Ricinus communis) oil using Hydrodynamic Cavitation', Twelve International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications, pp. 1-5, Jul 2023, DOI : https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85169249549&origin=resultslist |
| 'Impact of Policies on wind and solar power deployment in India', The 7th International Conference on Energy, Infrastructure & Management (ICEIM-2020) (Feb 27-28, 2020), at SPM, PDPU, Gandhinagar, Feb 2020 |
| 'Effectiveness of RSM based Box Behnken DOE over conventional method for process optimization of biodiesel production', 1st International Conference on Mathematical Modeling, Computational Intelligence Techniques and Renewable Energy held during February 21 - 23, 2020 at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India., Feb 2020 |
| 'Experimental Investigation on In-Situ Biodiesel Production using Hybrid Intensification and CI Engine Testing', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| ', Energy and Exergy Analysis of 82 MWe Cogeneration Thermal Power Plant,', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'Influence of Techno-Economic Factors on the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) of Wind and Solar Power Projects in India', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'Wind and Wave energy resource assessment along shallow water region of Indian coast', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'Experimental Investigation on In-Situ Biodiesel Production using Hybrid Intensification and CI Engine Testing', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'Comparative analysis of mechanical stirring and process intensification techniques for biodiesel production using waste cotton-seed cooking oil', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'Evaluation of meteorological and reanalysis wind data for the offshore wind resource assessment', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| ', Numerical study on performance improvements of small scale wind turbine', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'Biodiesel Production from Castor Seeds (Ricinus communis) oil using Hydrodynamic Cavitation', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'Analysis of selecting suitable General Circulation Models for wind energy via uncertainty and model reliability factor at Indian offshore locations', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'Estimation of uncertainty in offshore wind energy production', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'Performance study of a solar assisted vapour compression-absorption cascaded refrigeration system, ', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'Analysis of selecting suitable General Circulation Models for wind energy via uncertainty and model reliability factor at Indian offshore locations,', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'Experimental investigation of in-situ biodiesel production from Castor seeds (Ricinus Communis) using combination of microwave and ultrasound irradiation', IAPE '19, Oxford, United Kingdom ISBN: 978-1-912532-05-6, Mar 2019 |
| 'Analysis of selecting suitable General,Thermal modeling of a closed high pressure feedwater heater design with dry wall safety margin', 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), February 23-26, 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar, India., Feb 2019 |
| 'ESTIMATION OF TECHNICAL WAVE ENERGY POTENTIAL IN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OF INDIA', Proceedings of the ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering OMAE2018, Jun 2018 |
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| Papers presented in Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Symposia |
| 'Energy, Exergy, Economic, Environmental, Exergo-economic and Exergoenvironmental (6E) Analyses of 105 KLPD Commercial Bioethanol Plan', 1st International Conference on Innovation at the Interface: Chemistry, Biotechnology & Beyond (IICB-2024), Dec 2024 |
| 'Analysis of a novel hydrodynamic cavitation assisted biodiesel production process from waste cooking oil: Economics and business model in Indian scenario', 9th International Conference on Energy, Infrastructure and Management, Dec 2024 |
| 'Development of a Business Model for a 105 KLPD Molasses Based Bioethanol Plant ', 9th International Conference on Energy, Infrastructure and Management, Dec 2024 |
| 'Determination of Minimum Energy Consumption of an Industrial Reverse Osmosis (RO) Desalination System', 1st International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainability (ICGTS-2024), jan 2024 |
| 'Ultrasound-assisted biodiesel production of blended castor and Karanja oil using nano-magnetic Sr-Fe₃O₄ catalyst: Optimization and Kinetic study', 9th International Conference on Energy, Infrastructure and Management, Dec 2024 |
| 'Unlocking Wind Energy Potential in India's Coastal Region: A Climate Change Resilience Assessment', The 2nd International Conference on Climate Change and Ocean Renewable Energy (CCORE 2023) , Nov 2023 |
| 'Hydrodynamic cavitation-based intensification using a high-speed homogenizer for two-stage biodiesel production from waste cooking oil', 1st International Conference on Green Hydrogen for global de-carbonization (ICGHGD-23), mar 2023 |
| 'Use of hybrid techniques in biodiesel for wastewater treatment application', International conference on advances in Water Treatment and Management (ICAWTM-23), mar 2023 |
| 'Predictive Modelling of Biodiesel Yield from Waste Cooking Oil Using Extreme Learning Machine with Cuckoo Search Optimization', International Conference on Computational Modeling and Sustainable Energy (ICCMSE2023), , Dec 2023 |
| 'Technoeconomic Analysis of 105 KLPD Molasses based Bioethanol Plant', 4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Bio-Energy Research (ICRABR - 2023), Oct 2023 |
| 'Thermo-economic analysis of Insulation thickness for disctrict cooling piping system', 3rd International Conference On Innovative Research in Sciences, Technology, Agriculture, Environment, Business Management and Humanities (STAEBM-2023), , may 2023 |
| 'Impact of Climate Change on LCOE of Wind Energy along the Indian EEZ', International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Clean Technologies (ICSECT-2022), sep 2022 |
| 'Future wind speed trends in the Indian offshore region', The 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environment Engineering (REEE 2022), aug 2022 |
| 'Climate change impact on wind energy potential in Rameshwaram', Innovations in smart and sustainable infrastructure (ISSI-2022), aug 2022 |
| 'Novel Experimental Studies for Biodiesel Production using Clean and Green Process Intensification Techniques Developed at PDEU', 8th Biennial International Conference on Energy and Infrastructure Management (ICEIM-2022), jul 2022 |
| 'Biodiesel Production: Feedstock and Techniques', Two days Conference and Exhibition on APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN FOOD & AGRICULTURE, WATER, INDUSTRY AND SEWAGE TREATMENT 25-26 March 2019, PDPU, Gandhinagar,, Mar 2019 |
| 'Performance evaluation of various wave energy converters along the western side of Indian EEZ', Advances in Renewable Energies Offshore – Guedes Soares (Ed.) © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-58535-5, Oct 2018 |
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