Title: Engineered Concrete as a Solid-State Thermal Battery for Next-Generation Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plant
- Project Status: Ongoing
Project Summary:
- Project Status: Ongoing
This project proposes to develop an optimized geopolymer concrete engineered as a solid-state thermal battery for second-generation CSP systems. Geopolymers synthesized from industrial by-products such as fly ash, GGBS, and metakaolin, activated with alka
- Project Status: Ongoing
ANRF-PMECRG (Anusandhan National Research Foundation – Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant ANRF-PMECRG)
- Project Status: Ongoing
The transition to a renewable-energy-based power sector requires reliable and cost-effective energy storage systems (ESS). According to India’s Energy Storage Roadmap (2019–2032), the nation aims to reduce carbon emissions by 33–35% while integrating 40%
- Project Status: Ongoing
Amount: Rs. 51,24,480
- Project Status: Ongoing
Current TES systems predominantly use molten salts (e.g., nitrate salts, freezing point ≈220 °C), but they suffer from high material and anti-freezing costs, corrosion, and low thermal conductivity. Solid-state TES materials such as concrete offer a promi
- Project Status: Ongoing