E-News Letter
Issue - Sep 2016
Edition - 5
PIE Tech
POLLACHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE and Affiliated to Anna University)
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From the Editor's Desk
We are delighted to present the fifth edition of PIE
Tech - Impressions for this delightful year 2016.
“Impressions” aims to bring out the buzz in the
campus for the month of August 2016.The three
sections of this Newsletter – College Buzz, Faculty
Buzz and Student Buzz throw light on the activities
& happenings in our Institution.
COLLEGE BUZZ
Aug04 : In association with Government Primary
Health Centre Gudimangalam, we organized a
voluntary blood donation camp in the college
campus. The Secretary, Dr. G. Arulmozhi
inaugurated the function and Dr. Geetha Rani
presided the proceedings. 71 Students of PIE Tech,
PCAS donated 50 units of blood as an expression of
love to mankind.
Aug 06 : A proposal to start Career Guidance Cell
(CGC) for the Hayagreeva Group of Institutions was
initiated. Dr. K. P. Dhanabalakrishnan, Principal, PIE
Tech and Dr. N. Ganesan, Principal, PCAS were
appointed as the overall coordinators for the
respective Institutions. Mr. A. Krishnak kumar M.E.
AP/E.E.E. and Mr. L.K. Senthilkumar AP/ English
were assigned as the Head Trainers for PIE Tech and
PCAS respectively.
Aug09 : CSE Department organized a two day
workshop for II, III and Final year CSE students on
August 9th &10th. Mr. Sai Natarajan gave hands-on
training to students on the topics Big Data and
Hadoop.
Aug 13 : Association of Electrical Sciences was
inaugurated and the Chief Guest
Mr. S. Saravanakumar, Team Lead, ROTN, Aircel Ltd.,
Coimbatore graced the occasion. The Principal
Dr. K. P. Dhanabalakrishnan, HODs of E.E.E., E.C.E.,
and C.S.E Departments, Faculty, Staff and Students
of Department of E.E.E, E.C.E and C.S.E participated
in the function.
Aug 19 : Association of Mechanical Engineering was
inaugurated and the Chief Guest Mr. Arun
Ramanathan, Materials Engineer, GKN Aerospace
Sweden graced the occasion. The Secretary
Dr. G. Arulmozhi, Dr. R. Amudha, Principal, Faculty,
Staff and Students of Department of Mechanical
Engineering participated in the function. A Guest
Lecture on “Characteristics of Welding Defects” was
presented by Mr. Arun Ramanathan.
Aug 23 : The CGC was expanded to Hayagreeva
Career Guidance Centre and the first orientation
session was held for the HCGC Faculty Members.
The logo of HCGC is depicted below.
HAYAGREEVA CAREER
GUIDANCE CENTER (HCGC)
Aug 24 : As a part of HCGC initiative, a
session on“Opportunities in Banking Sector”
was organized. The Principal
Dr. K. P. Dhanabalakrishnan inaugurated the
Programme. The Chief Guest Mr. Maharajan
Murugan, Director-Academics & Technology, RACE
Banking Institute, Coimbatore, addressed the
gathering about the job opportunities in Banking
Sector, International Career, and preparation for
TNPSC Civil service exams. Final year students of all
Engineering streams participated in the
Programme.
FACULTY BUZZ
In-house Research:
FDTP Attended:
As an initiative to promote In-house research, Mr. D.
Shanmugavel Asst. Prof., Dept. of E.E.E. with student
team R. Arunkumar, M. Prakash and K.Senthil kumar
of IV-EEE,installed a Solar TREE in our campus. The
TREE producing 16 Watts of electricity costs around
Rs. 10000 and covers area of 0.5 sq.ft. foot print with
life span of 25 years. A brief write-up about this
project is included at the end of this newsletter. We
congratulate the entire team for their innovative
effort, and feel proud that we are third in the Nation
after IIT – Kanpur and Central Mechanical
Engineering Research Institute, New Delhi to
implement this Solar TREE in India.
Mr. V. Eswaramurthy AP of CSE Department,
attended a FDTP on “Network Security” at Er.
Perumal Manimekalai College of Engineering, Hosur
on 20th August.
Conference Attended:
Mr. B. Sudhakar, Mr. T. Karthick Kumar of Mechanical
D e p a r t m e n t a t t e n d e d “A d v a n c e d C A M
Programming” conference sponsored by CAD Edge
on August 18th.
Journal Publication:
Our Librarian, Mr. S. Vijayakumar, has published a
paper “The open source software and its impact for
libraries in digital environment” in International
Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Vol:
II Issue No. VIII, Aug 2016 (ISSN : 2454-8499)
Impact factor: 1.3599(GIF)
STUDENT BUZZ
Paper Presentation:
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6 students of III EEE and 4 students of IV EEE
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participated in Paper Presentation in CIET on 3
August.
Workshops Attended:
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3 students of IV EEE and 4 students of IV ECE
participated in Paper Presentation in SNS
College of Technology on 11th& 12th August.
2 students of IV CSE presented a paper on “E-ball
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Technology” at CIET on 3 August.
2 students of IV Civil participated in one day
national level technical symposium in “CADD
Drawing” and 4 students presented a paper on
“Earthquake Resistant Structures”at SNS College
of Engineering on 11th August.
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4 students of IV ECE participated in the “Two Day
National Workshop on Life and Career with
Indian Navy” held at PSG College of Technology
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on 19 & 20 August.
4 students of III ECE attended a Two Day
National Level Workshop on “DSP System Design
with FPGAs” held at Karpagam College of
Engineering on 5th to 6th August.
19 students of III ECE attended a workshop on
“Raspberry Pi” at HANDSONLAB during August
2016.
7 students of III ECE attended the “3D Printing”
workshop held at SNS College of Engineering on
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11 to 12 August.
6 students of III EEE attended a hands-on
training on “Weka Tool” in SNS College of
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Engineering on 11 and 12 August.
Events Attended:
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1 student of III EEE and2 students of IV EEE
attended a 2 day National Level workshop on
“FPGA Programming and its Applications” in
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Dr. MCET on 26 and 27 August.
4 students of IV EEE attended 2 day National
Interactive workshop on “Life and Career with
Indian Navy” at PSG College of Technology on
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19 and 20 August.
3 students of III CSE attended a 2 day workshop
on “2D- Graphics” , 1 student of III CSE attended
“PHP workshop” and 1 student of IV CSE
attended “Mediatica Workshop” at SNS College of
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Engineering on 11 and 12 August.
17 students of III Mechanical attended MEEMICrd
2016 workshop at CIET on 3 August.
8 students of III Mechanical attended MEEMIC2016 workshop at Sri Krishna College of
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Engineering and Technology on 11 August.
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6 students of IV Civil participated in one day
workshop on“Skill Development” at SNS College
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of Engineering on 11 August.
Seminars Attended:
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6 students of IV ECE and 9 students of IV EEE
participated in ISRO sponsored Two Day
National Level Seminar on “Research Focus on
Radar Technology and its Applications” held at
P.A. College of Engineering and Technology on
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19 & 20 August 2016.
4 students of III Mechanical attended a seminar
on 3D-printing-2016 at Erode Sengunthar
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College on 11 August.
2 students of III ECE participated in the Circuit
Debugging and 3 students of III ECE participated
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in the Technical Quiz on 3 August at Coimbatore
Institute of Engineering & Technology.
5 students of II ECE participated in ADZAPP
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Event at SNS College of Engineering on 11 & 12
August.
5 students of II ECE participated in TECHNO
RAZZ Event at SNS College of Engineering on
11th& 12th August.
5 students of II ECE participated in CRUNCH
CRACKS Event at SNS College of Engineering on
11th& 12th August.
5 students of II ECE participated in CODE
CRACKERS Event at SNS College of Engineering
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on 11 & 12 August.
5 students of II ECE participated in TECHOFUN
Event at SNS College of Engineering on 11th& 12th
August and 3 students A. Kavitha, E. Nandhini,
J.R. Dhivyalakshmi secured third place in this
event.
Field Trip:
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30 students of II- Civil visited Elysium
Construction at Coimbatore to gain practical
knowledge.
SOLAR TREE
Let the Sun do the work..!
Introduction
In developed countries the energy consumption has
been increasing at a very fast rate. Because of
increasing energy and growing population one
option to fulfill the increasing demand of energy is
renewable energy source. Keeping this option in
mind, care should be taken that energy should not
cause pollution and other natural hazards.
Therefore nonconventional energy sources such as
ocean tides, geothermal, sun and wind are good
option. In all these alternatives solar energy has
more advantages for the mankind i.e. Solar Energy is
free, inexhaustible an nonpolluting. Solar energy is
most advantageous for countries having very less
space to produce energy efficiently and having very
large population like India.
Photo-voltaic cells are arranged in Fibonacci series
in place of leaves in solar tree which looks is an
artificial tree. The amount of energy produced by
solar tree is more than an array of solar cells. Solar
Tree is made of metal structure and have solar
panels at the top instead of branches of real tree.
Solar energy is collected by Solar panel and converts
it into electricity and uses it for batteries, charging
of mobile phones, portable computer sand tablets.
The panels and lighting use this collected energy.
No. of solar panels are used to give the shape of a
tree and arranged in a tall tower/pole.Solar Trees
are efficient for capturing energy from sunlight.
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Application
Solar tree can be applicable in following fields:
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In Airports, Highways, Mountainous regions,
Deserts
In New housing estates&in Crop Protection
Less Land Requirement : In comparison
traditional PV system, Solar Tree requires less land
.Therefore a plant is generating maximum energy by
using minimum land.
Efficient Energy Generation : Solar Tree can
generate energy very efficiently.
Collection of Energy from Wind: Solar Tree with
flexible stem rotating in any direction and by
shaking themselves is able to produce energy also
from wind like a natural tree.
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TREE Stands For:
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Construction
The solar tree consists of some importance parts in
it design. They are as follows
In Recreational parks, City parks, Private
garden, Balconies&Verandas of houses
Uses to the Society
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T - Tree generating
R - Renewable
E - Energy and
E - Electricity
Solar panels
Battery
Long tower
Stems for connecting the panels
Charge controller
Strip Light
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The day to day running and maintenance cost
is less
There is a positive environmental impact as
opposed to a negative one.
On street lighting in the area, power outages
have no impact.
In all locations Solar street lights can be easily
erected.
No air pollution energy sources.
In poor country people would access
electricity
Solar tree gracefully plays both the role of
decorative item and useful gadget.
The lack of wiring to be installed minimizes
the disruption caused to, for example, road
users during installation.
What we have done in PIE Tech
Solar TREE Consist of following parts
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Solar panels (6 No's-18 W)
Long tower(10 Feet)
Charge controller (Up to 10 Amps)
Battery(7 AH)
Stems for connecting the panels
(6 No's- 3 Feet)
Strip Light (Green-5m, White -5m)
We have implemented a solar tree structure with
solar panels having power generating capacity of
18Watts. LED strip lights mounted on the tree are
connected to the battery and supplied with the
power generated from the solar panels. The charge
controller controls the LED lights on based on the
LDR sensor, which senses the illumination. If the
illumination is absent, charge controller switches
ON the LEDs and in presence of light, it switches OFF
the LEDs. The project budget costs around Rs.
10000 and occupies area of 0.5 sq.ft. foot print and
aerial space of 6 ft. diameter.
The above model collected 8 hours of sunlight
during the day. The tree design made 50% more
electricity and the collection time of sunlight was
up to 50% longer. The solar tree produces 18
watts in a parallel-series circuit. Output
fluctuations of solar cell are eliminated by the day
and night cycle or weather shifts. Solar tree panels
can charge batteries during the day time. Solar trees
automatically switches on its LED Strip light by
using Charge Controller. The internal control can
also regulate the amount of light produced.
Usage of Solar Tree at PIE Tech
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Decorating the Garden by Strip Lights
(Green and White)
Mobile Charging
Street Lamp
Who all have contributed
Head : Mr. D. Shanmugavel M.E. AP/EEE, PIE Tech
Student Team : R. Arunkumar, M. Prakash,
K. Senthil Kumar (IV- EEE),
PIE Tech
Conclusion
To fulfill the increasing energy demand of the
people, saving of land, The solar tree concept is very
successful one And should be implemented in India
to provide electricity without the problem of power
cut and the extra energy can be provided to the grid.
India as the 2nd largest country of the world in the
increasing demands of the energy and try to find a
way from which efficient and abundant source of
energy cab be available. Also solar tree is a non
conventional source having many advantages of
producing electricity as compared to the other
sources. It is therefore the responsibility on the
shoulders of the youngsters of the earth to think
smartly and take the right decision. Everyone should
starts as an individual to co-operate with the
government to make life favorable for mankind.
PIE Tech
POLLACHI INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
(Approved by AICTE and Affiliated to Anna University)
Editorial Board
Head
Dr. K. P. Dhanabalakrishnan
Principal
Chief Editor
A. Deepa, Asst. Prof, Dept. of E.E.E.
Faculty
M. Jawahar, Asst. Prof, Dept. of Civil Engg.
N. Vijayakumar, Asst. Prof, Dept. of C.S.E.
K. Janani, Asst. Prof, Dept. of E.E.E.
M. Brindha, Asst. Prof, Dept. of E.C.E.
T. Karthickkumar, Asst. Prof, Dept. of Mech Engg.
T. Nidya, Asst. Prof, Dept. of S&H
Hayagreeva Educational Institutions
Pollachi Institute of Engineering and Technology [PIE Tech]
Pollachi College of Arts and Science [PCAS]
107/1B, - Dharapuram Main Road, Poosaripatti, Pollachi - 642 205.
Website : www.pietech.edu.in, www.pcas.edu.in
E-mail ID : pollachitechnology@pietech.co.in
Mobile No. : 96882 45777, 96884 45777
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