IIT Kanpur Installs 775 TR HR Thermal Energy Storage System at CESE building under Indo-US proj

IIT Kanpur, country’s one of the most prestigious institutes, has installed a 775 TR HR thermal energy storage system at the Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE) building.

The unit was inaugurated by Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Director of IIT Kanpur as part of the urban pilot project.

IIT Kanpur is leading a joint Indo-US project which is called UI-ASSIST on smart grid and storage technology, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, through Indo US science and technology forum New Delhi.

Under this project, 5 demonstration pilot units are being set up in rural, semi-urban, and Urban/Institutional settings.

Moreover, this technology is quite effective in reducing the building air conditioning load and minimizing peak electricity demand in the system.

Also, this thermal storage system utilizes the latest concept of the use of phase change material with a Brine solution as coolant which takes low-cost energy during off-peak period to achieve the coolant temperature up to -4 degree Celsius and supports the air conditioning load during peak period to the tune of 77.5 TR for 10 hours.

This also results in significant energy saving that can be adopted in Smart City and data center applications.

Meanwhile, the project was led by Prof. S. C. Srivastava, Prof. Santanu Mishra, and Prof. Ankush Sharma from the Electrical Engineering department of IIT Kanpur and primarily executed by Vinay Kumar Tiwari, Executive engineering IWD and Shiv Kumar Singh, Research Establishment Officer, Electrical Engineering Department IIT Kanpur, with Kehems Technologies Indore as a service provider. Also, Prof Sameer Khandekar from Mechanical Engineering Department has provided periodic guidance for the selection of the technology.

With the best research infrastructure and state-of-the-art facilities, the institute encouraged students to innovate using technology and approach education with a problem- solving attitude. It was set up with a vision to "To create, disseminate and translate knowledge in science, engineering and allied disciplines that will best serve the society" and the recognition that the institute has garnered as a major centre of learning in Engineering, Science and several Inter-disciplinary Areas is testament to the success of this vision.