Nanotechnology for energy and water : proceedings of the International Conference NEW-2017

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This volume originates from the proceedings of the International Conference on Nano for Energy and Water (NEW) & Indo French Workshop on Water Networking, 22-24 February, 2017 in Dehar. NEW-2017 is aimed at students, educators, researchers, scientists, engineers and industrialists, engaged in a wide range of nanotechnology fields and related applications. NEW-2017 will provide an ideal environment to develop new collaborations and meet experts of thematic areas. The conference aims to exchange the technical/scientific information with the representatives of various industries and R & D Organisations, to provide technical support to government and non-government agencies across the globe in policy planning and implementation in the relevant areas, to promote and document the recent developments in nanotechnology for energy and water applications and to highlight the future need of nanotechnology in different fields. Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Application of Nano Particle/Fluid in Performance Enhancement of Solar Still: A Review (Anil Kumar, Perapong Tekasakul, Prashant Singh Chauhan)....Pages 1-7 Comparative Analysis of Floating Aerogenerators (Amit Kumar Mondal, Ravi Kumar Patel, Abhishek Sharma, Vindhya Devalla, Surajit Mondal)....Pages 9-18 Development of Environment Friendly Superhydrophobic Polystyrene/SiO2 Coatings via Sol-gel Route (Sachin Mahato, Amit Gupta, Joel Justin, Abhishek Tiwari, Amrita Hooda, R. K. Singh et al.)....Pages 19-24 Development of Polystyrene/SiO2 Superhydrophobic Coating on Metal Substrates for Corrosion Protection (Sachin Mahato, Amit Gupta, Joel Justin, Abhishek Tiwari, Amrita Hooda, Rajeev Gupta et al.)....Pages 25-29 Electrochemical Materials from the Fungal Mineralization of Manganese (Amneesh Singla, S. Krishna Moorthi, Adil Rahiman)....Pages 31-37 Experimental Analysis of 3D Printed Microfluidic Device for Detection of Adulteration in Fluids (Ravi Kumar Patel, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi)....Pages 39-46 Exploitation and Utilization of Oilfield Geothermal Resources in INDIA (Manan Shah, Dwijen Vaidya, Shubhra Dhale, Anirbid Sircar, Shreya Sahajpal, Kriti Yadav)....Pages 47-52 Graphene-TiO2 Photocatalyst for Efficient Sunlight-Driven Degradation of Methyl Orange (K. Alamelu, B. M. Jaffar Ali)....Pages 53-60 Influence of Nanoparticle Type, Size and Concentration on Performance and Safety of Epoxy Composite Adhesively Bonded Metal Joints: A Critical Review (Guillaume Louchaert, Rajnish Garg, Amneesh Singla, Rajeev Gupta, M. S. Goyat)....Pages 61-66 Nano Based Synthesis of PV Panels for Minimizing E-Waste (Meenal Arora, Madhu Sharma, Praveen K. Ghodke)....Pages 67-72 Nano Particle Based Polymer Flooding for Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Review (Ch M. Sukesh, Barasha Deka)....Pages 73-79 One Pot Synthesis of Cu2O-RGO Composite Using Mango Bark Extract for Supercapacitor Application (J. Sharath Kumar, Milan Jana, Pranab Samanta, Naresh Chandra Murmu, Tapas Kuila)....Pages 81-88 Performance Analysis of a Geothermal Air Conditioner Using Nanofluid (Suvanjan Bhattacharyya, Plaban Das, Ayan Haldar, Aritra Rakshit)....Pages 89-95 Performance Improvement of a Novel Flat Plate Photovoltaic Thermal (PV/T) System Using Copper Oxide Nanoparticle—Water as Coolant (Dudul Das, Pankaj Kalita)....Pages 97-104 Production of Biofuel from Animal Fat Using Nano-catalyst via Single Step Transesterification Process (Booramurthy Vijaya Kumar, Kasimani Ramesh, Pandian Sivakumar)....Pages 105-111 Production of Biofuel from Shorea Robusta Seed Oil Using Nano MgO Catalyst (Arumugamurthi Sakthi Saravanan, Siva Periyasamy, Pandian SivaKumar)....Pages 113-118 Productivity Comparison of Solar Still with Nano Fluid and Phase Changing Material with Same Depth of Water (Amrit Kumar Thakur, Prashant Khandelwal, Bhushan Sharma)....Pages 119-129 Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Lipid Derived via Cell Disruption Techniques from Chlorella vulgaris for Biodiesel Production (N. Nirmala, S. S. Dawn, S. Shiyam Rengith)....Pages 131-139 Simulation of Three Phase Voltage Source Inverter Based on SVPWM Technique (Shivani Sachan, Shivam Saway, Ankit Singhal)....Pages 141-146 Structural and Optical Properties of Zn1-XCoxS Nanoparticles Prepared by Solvothermal Technique (Sudesh Sharma, Sanjay Kumar, M.S. Goyat, Charu Pant, P. Mandal)....Pages 147-151 Sustainable Energy Harvesting Using Efficient α-Fe2O3 Photoanode Through Photocatalytic Water Splitting Using Facile Chemical Route (Avinash Rokade, Vidhika Sharma, Mohit Prasad, Sandesh Jadkar)....Pages 153-161 SVPWM Based Inverter Design for Synchronization of Renewable Energy with Grid (Shivam Saway, Shivani Sachan, Ankit Singhal)....Pages 163-173 Synthesis and Characterization of Surface Functionalized Maghemite Nano Particle for Biofuel Applications (Ragunathan Balasubramanian, Anirbid Sircar, Pandian Sivakumar)....Pages 175-178 Synthesis and Optoelectronic Studies of Low Band Gap Polymers and Their Role in Highly Efficient Solar Cells: An Overview (Sonika Pathania, Satbir Singh)....Pages 179-185 Synthesis of Silver Nano Particles on Sol-Gel Base and Its Effect Against Water Purification (Amneesh Singla, Manjeet Singh Goyat, Suridhi Sahu)....Pages 187-191 The Role of Various Spinel Ferrites Magnetic Nanoparticles in the Improvement of Photovoltaic Performance of Organic Solar Cell: A Review (Ruchi Sharma, Satbir Singh)....Pages 193-199 Tyre Pyrolysis by Using Nano-catalyst to Improve Energy Efficiency and Fuel Quality (Chandresh Gabani, Yash Ranchh, Riddhi Barodia, Pandian Sivakumar)....Pages 201-206 Utilization of Geo-Solar Hybrid System for Efficient Power Production in India (Anirbid Sircar, Shishir Chandra, Manan Shah)....Pages 207-212 Wear Properties of A356/Al2O3 Metal Matrix Composites Produced by Insitu Squeeze Casting Techniques (Amneesh Singla, Rajnish Garg, Mukesh Saxena)....Pages 213-217 Effect of Heterogeneous Catalyst on Esterification of Pyrolysis Oil (Praveen Ghodke, S. Vamsi Krishna)....Pages 219-229 Visible Frequency Plasmonic Metamaterial Perfect Absorber for Solar Energy Harvesting (P. Mandal, Mayank Ranakoti, Kapil K. Shukla)....Pages 231-235 Derivatives of Extra Low Frequency on the Cardiovascular System (Anil Sirswal, Sonal Modi)....Pages 237-246