Chandrayaan
Vipnet Club of PG Department of Physics of Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya,
Jalandhar organized a one day educational visit under the guidance of Principal
Prof. Dr. Ajay Sareen.A team of 48 students accompanied by two teachers Mrs.
Saloni Sharma and Mr. Sushil Kumar to Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of
Renewable Energy (SSS-NIRE), Kapurthala (Punjab). Spread over a sprawling
campus of about 75 acres, the carries out and facilitates research, design,
development, testing, standardization & technology demonstration eventually
leading to commercialization of RD&D bio fuel. Students visited four
research laboratories operational on synthesis, characterization and testing of
biofuels Bioenergy and synthetic fuels in solid, liquid and gaseous forms for
transportation, portable and stationary applications as well as Development of
hybrid/integrated energy systems based on solar energy and wind energy. They
learnt about the various processes for production of Bio-fuel in chemical
conversion R&D Lab and BioChemical conversion of R&D Lab, Designing,
testing experimental efficiency of different models of Cook Stoves developed at
NIRE and improving biomass Cook stove. In the hybrid/integrated energy systems
labs, students learnt about working of solar panels for conversion of solar
energy to electricity and various control factors for improving the output of
solar panels. They also learnt about the application of Solar Panels for
heating water in Solar Water heaters/Geysers. Students also saw the working
model of Wind Mill, learnt about finding the threshold speed of wind required
for converting wind energy to electricity. The students also interacted with
Post Doc researchers as well as Research Scientist, to learn from their
experience. Some students also enquired about the various study paths to get
into such research institutes. The visit was very informative and students were
motivated to undertake research as a career and utilize their knowledge for
betterment of Society. After the educational visit the students also visited
Gurudwara Baba Ber Sahib at Sultanpur Lodhi . Principal Prof. Dr. ( Mrs.) Ajay
Sareen motivated the students to participate in more such visits to have
practical experience and exposure with such research labs. She also
congratulated the Faculty of the department on successfully organizing the
trip.
