| Technical report on "Issues And Challenges In Energy Conversion And Management" by Dr. Debojyoti Mitra |
| TECHNICAL REPORT ON
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT HELD AT DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BENARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY VARANASI, UP – 221005
ATTENDED BY Dr. Debojyoti Mitra
The International Conference on Issues and Challenges in Energy Conversion & Management was organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IT-BHU, Varanasi, UP during 18-20 December 2009. This particular topic is of utmost importance at the juncture where the world is undergoing a period of global climate change. Growing demand for energy despite limited fossil fuel reserves and growing environment concerns due to increased emissions of carbon dioxide and methane, well-known greenhouse gases, is undoubtedly the major challenge of the 21st century. It is of international importance that technological solutions shall be discussed in aghast gatherings like the one mentioned above and new thoughts shall come out of that. The conference took place at the Swatantrata Bhawan, BHU, Varanasi. The inaugural function took place during 9:30 am to 11:30 am on 18 December 2009. The eminent guests and the organizers addressed the gathering and welcomed the participants. The whole conference was subdivided into the following sub-categories:
The first two topics were dealt with during the first day of the conference. The first keynote lecture of the conference was delivered by Prof. Arun S. Mujumdar of National University of Singapore. He discussed on computational modeling in electrochemical energy systems: current status and future direction. This was followed by a series of lectures by the participants. The second day saw two more topics being dealt with. It all began with another keynote lecture delivered by Prof. Yoginder P. Chugh of Southern Illinois University, USA. He gave a memorable lecture on global sustainable energy development: a review of different options. Following this, a number of participants presented their valuable papers. The author of this technical report also presented his paper in the second session of second day. The topic of the paper was “Fuel saving by reduction of drag on cars through proper selection of shapes”. The main aim of the paper was to select a suitable shape of domestic cars so that the fuel consumption related to the aerodynamic drag of the car is minimum. The author got good response from the audience and the main purpose of visiting the conference was thus fulfilled. The third and final day of the conference had two more sessions following a keynote lecture delivered by Prof. N.K. Tripathi of Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. He concentrated on using geospatial technologies for locating suitable sites for cassava plantation to support bio-fuel industry. The technical papers presented by the other participants were also of similar topics. It was a nice experience while attending this international conference. It was an international one in true sense as people from countries like USA, Serbia, Thailand and Japan attended the conference to discuss certain issues which are truly international. The main concern that was repeatedly spelt out during the whole conference was the scarcity of fossil fuel and a desperate search for alternative techniques. The second concern was the greenhouse gas effects and its remedies. Issues like Kyoto protocol and Copenhagen conference were also cited a number of times. Ultimately, it was a successful conference which not only enriched everybody with newer concepts and technologies in the relevant field, but also spelt out some certain warnings to the human kind regarding saving our planet earth from slow poisoning through environmental pollution and hazards. Dr. Debojyoti Mitra
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