Decentralized solar pv solution, is it viable as a permanent long term solution for India mostly in rural areas, if not what are the issues?

Main issues behind permanent solar energy solution in India

09 October 2017 4,659 10 View

Any good software to calculate and simulate levelized cost of electricity from power plants?

Any simulation based software to calculate LCE(generation) ?

09 October 2017 4,162 5 View

Can we use sand as a low temp sensible heat storage medium in solar thermal applications like solar water heater and others?

What is the value of specific heat of sand?

05 June 2017 1,222 3 View

Difference between COP and EER of an air conditioner?

I found from few sources that: 1.COP is unit less but EER has unit(BTU/Kwh) 2.In cop work input is Mechanical work but in EER Work input is electrical 3.COP=EER*0.293 Is this correct?If you have...

05 June 2017 1,038 3 View

In thermosyphonic solar water heater what is the max height up to which water will move up?

05 June 2017 9,286 4 View

Like Ansys, Fluent Software for various applications Is there any specific software for Energy and Exergy modeling of Thermodynamics cycles?

Kindly provide details about the switch like opencource or paid? Where to get what is the price? which platform is used to develop them Is it possible to develop using EXCEL and Vb?

05 June 2017 5,276 3 View

Mode of heat transfer in this case between the top and bottom surface.

Gas is kept in a closed contained, side walls are insulated.Top surface is heated bottom one is cooled.

05 June 2017 1,885 4 View

What is the value of LMTD when temp diff is constant through out for a counter flow heat exchanger?It will be 0/0 indeterminate?

Suppose Thi=150, Tho=90,Tci=40, Tco=100 Value of LMTD?

05 June 2017 7,923 12 View

What is the exactly the condition to be satisfied for a thermodynamic process to be identified as adiabatic?Is it q=0 or gamma=1.4(for air) or both?

I mean lets say there is a polytropic process with air having index n other than 1.4 but it is insulated such that q=0.Then can we term it as adiabatic. Another situation lets say for a given...

05 June 2017 1,683 3 View

With load variation does the turbine shaft rotates with same speed or different equilibrium speed is achieved?

consider a hydroturibine as an example. suppose it is rotating at X rpm at a given load.Suppose load changed the new equilibrium speed(mass flow rate of working fluid changes wrt load) will be X...

04 May 2017 3,911 6 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

I need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles that are in ~100 nm size and do high resolution TEM to look at mesopores. what grids should I use?

Need to image mesoporous silica nanoparticles using the TEM. Also, need high resolution TEM images to see the mesoporous structure. Kindly suggest what kind of grids to use. Thanks, Shatadru

02 March 2021 1,787 2 View

Is there any published or unpublished statistics on dropout rate (Dose1 to Dose-2) for Covid-19 vaccination in India, US, UK or any other country?

Are there any published or unpublished statistics or papers on the dropout rate (Dose1 to Dose-2) for Covid-19 vaccination in India, USA, UK, or any other country where vaccination has started at...

28 February 2021 4,237 1 View

How to clean up TEM grid with plasma cleaner?

I need to clean the hydrocarbon contamination on the carbon substrate of TEM grid. However, I heard that substrate could be broken by the powerful plasma. My substrate is pure carbon, with ~3nm,...

23 February 2021 3,262 5 View

What is difference between In-line transmission (%) and Total transmission (%) value of optically transparent Ceramics?

I am working on transparent/translucent zirconia-based ceramics. In many papers, I have seen that they are reporting both In-line transmission (%) & Total transmission (%) value of...

20 February 2021 9,405 6 View

Specify the Burgers vectors for dislocations, which cannot be uniquely identified.?

1. A bcc metal single crystal was sliced along (1 -1 0) plane for TEM study. Assuming that the TEM available is equipped with a goniometer stage which tilts up to 45o. The Burgers vector of...

20 February 2021 2,370 1 View

Please suggest the website or link for the collection of data for (Cancer Incidance Rates in India)?

We are doing research for the prediction of cancer incidance rates increases in India upto next five years. Please help us to get the exact data for Cancer Incidance Rates in India. This will...

19 February 2021 8,478 2 View

Dissertation Topic Ideas for MSc Business Management?

Hello, I hope everyone reading this is doing well during these tough times. I am doing my masters in business management and considering dissertation topics. I'm interested in taking an...

15 February 2021 594 26 View

Access to supercomputer resources in India?

Hello everyone, I want to perform some gaussian calculations and want to use Materials studio for my research work. Can anyone guide me how to get access to supercomputer resources in India for...

15 February 2021 8,264 3 View

What could be an interesting topic for a bachelor's thesis in a finance/marketing/computer science field?

Hi everyone! I would like to write my bachelor's thesis on a topic that's currently relevant in the sphere of finance, marketing or computer science (or if it's possible a topic concerning all the...

08 February 2021 1,300 12 View