CALL FOR PAPERS

Topics of Interest

Following are some of the specified topics, which however in the wider aspect could be considered Inter linked in some manner affecting quality of life and environmental / ecological sustainability. Hence, the papers cutting across various topics and interrelating them on a broader perspective will be considered on priority. The authors are requested to emphasize the connectivity of their work to sustainability development.

Energy Efficiency:

Advance processes and materials; Steam related energy conversion; Advance power cycle; Fuel Cells (high temperature as well as low temperature); Energy conversion from steam, supercritical CO, and fuel cell; Combustion Efficiency Improvement; Low Grade Waste; Advance Heat Transfer; New Heat Pumping Process; Sorption Process (Zeolites, Silica gel); Coating Process; Micro-channels and Nano-fossils; Renewable energy (Geothermal. Solar, wind); LED-Technological possibilities in India; Large scale solar PV and thermal system designs; Multiple uses of space.

Demand Management:

Production at user point; Storage; Hydrogen as a storage material; thermal storage; storage element; Smart electronic systems; Distributed solar power generation at industries and agricultural farms; Related applications of Biotechnology and Biochemistry; Grid stability.

New Energy Materials and Concepts:

Sensors; Material aspects of distributed solar power generation; DC devices suitable for solar energy; Thermoelectric devices; Direct water splitting; Nuclear using nuclear waste for energy development; Materials related to photovoltaic applications and solar thermal applications; Surfactant applications in energy and environment; Bio-fuels.

Green Computing Initiatives:

Power optimization techniques in High Performance Computer (HPC) systems; Architectural approaches towards green computing including chip level; board level and system level initiatives; System software approaches towards green computing including scheduling algorithms; Heat management in dense integrated circuits; Application software approaches towards green computing: Use of HPC in understanding and predicting material properties, device characteristics, processes.

Waste Water Treatment:

Water quality issues and treatment; Materials and management Watershed development and management.

Green and Clean Environment:

Green mining, Green housing, Green house gas monitoring, Land contamination and rehabilitation: Innovative technologies for radiation control: Innovative methods in particular suspension; Oil sludge, oil spill bioremediation.

Health Safety and Environment:

Energy, food and environment; Carbon footprint and monitoring carbon sequestration.