Guest Lecture Report on “Recent Advances in Natural Gas, Biomass and Coal based Energy Systems”

Guest Lecture Report on “Recent Advances in Natural Gas, Biomass and Coal based Energy Systems”
Department of Mechanical Engineering has organized a guest lecture on “Recent Advances in Natural Gas, Biomass and Coal based Energy Systems” by inviting Dr. B. V. Reddy, Professor and Chair Department of Automotive, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) Oshawa, ON, Canada on 17th April, 2015. The lecture was attended by Dr. Sanjay Yadav, Head, ME Department, Dr. Vikas Dhawan, Dr. B. P. Sharma, Dr. Sanjay Mishra, Mr. Arvind Tiwari, Mr. Md. Kamal Asif Khan, Mr. Manvendra Yadav and other faculty of the
department and students.
Dr. B. V. Reddy elaborated about importance of non-conventional energy resources in the wide industrial applications. On the whole, Dr. B. V. Reddy demonstrated that the global energy demand is growing due to economic development in many countries and this has to be met with reduced pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions. Natural gas, biomass and coal based power generation systems are contributing significant share in the total electric power generated in many countries.
Natural gas fired combined cycle power generation systems are very popular due to high plant efficiency. Integrated coal gasification combined cycle power generation systems are also in use due to increased power generation efficiency and reduced emissions. In the presentation the advances and developments in natural gas, biomass and coal based power generation systems have been discussed.
Unlike the first law of thermodynamics which talks about energy balance for components or for the whole system, the second law provides insight into the performance of the energy system components and the whole energy system with quality point of view by analyzing the irreversibility and the performance with operating conditions. The role of exergy analysis for power generation systems has also been discussed. Dr. Reddy stated that in order to meet the growing demand for more flexibility the industries and academia required trained people from these areas for research and development. He suggested the gathered faculty members and students to adopt an interdisciplinary approach for solving the actual need of the modern research scenario. The lecture was extremely useful for both the
students and faculty members.