Ongoing Collaborative Projects of OEC
Sl.
No.
Title of the R&D project
Name of the OEC
Project Manager
Collaborator Institute
1.
Assessment of Geothermal Potential and Setting up of
Geothermal Pilot Power Plant in Cambay basin, Gujarat
Shri Manoj Garg
Mr. Jan Louis (M/s Talboom Belgium)
2.
Investigation of Properties of Molten Salt as a Heat Storage
Medium
Shri Uday Shankar
Prof. G. D. Yadav , Institute of
Chemical Technology (ICT),
Mumbai
3.
Development of polymeric charged membranes for
thermochemical hydrogen generation processes.
Dr. D. Parvatalu
Dr. Vinod K. Shahi, Central Salt &
Marine Chemicals Research Institute
(CSMCRI)
4.
Studies on Naturally Occurring Uranium in Sedimentary Rocks
for Possible Extraction as Nuclear Fuel
Dr. D. Parvatalu
Dr. N. R. Karmalkar - Dept. of
Geology,
A. A. Athawale - Dept of Chemistry,
University of Pune
5.
Thermo-chemical Hydrogen generation through partially open
loop S-I process involving H2S inceneration; experimental
studies on Bunsen Reaction and HI decomposition.
Dr. D. Parvatalu
Dr. Subham Paul CSIR-IIP,
Dehradun
6.
Development of microbial process for in-situ generation /
enhancement of methane from underground coal seams.
Dr. Nimmi Singh
Dr. Banwari Lal, The Energy and
Resources Institute (TERI)
7.
Development of Solar PV and wind hybrid power plant with
large scale battery at Kaza, Himachal Pradesh
Shri. Manoj Garg
8.
Development of specialized Microbial Culture Bank for Energy Dr. Nimmi Singh
MNRE, SECI
Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
Recovery from Lignite and Matured Oil Reservoirs
9.
Development of materials as alternative to Platinum as electrode Dr. D. Parvatalu
ICT, Mumbai
materials in the Cu-Cl cycle
10.
Isolation and Characterization of SRB Lysing Bacteriophage for Dr. Nimmi Singh
Agharkar Research Institute, Pune
Inhibition of Petroleum field Souring and SRB Induced
Corrosion
11.
Continuation of Closed Loop Experimental Studies on ICT- Dr. D. Parvatalu
ICT, Mumbai
OEC Process for Copper-Chlorine (Cu-Cl) Thermochemical
Hydrogen Production
12.
Prolonged Stability Tests of IIT-D Developed Catalysts for HI Dr. D. Parvatalu
FITT, IIT-Delhi
Decomposition Reaction of S-I Cycle
13.
Characterization of supported metallic oxide catalysts and theirs Dr. D. Parvatalu
FITT, IIT-Delhi
stability in H2SO4 decomposition section of I-S cycle
14.
15.
Design and Development of a Single Cylinder Free Piston
Stirling Engine (FPSE) for net 3 kWe Electrical Output Using
Solar Energy and also other renewable energy as Input
In situ Leaching of Uranium
Shri Uday Shankar
IIT-Bombay
(Agreement is to be signed soon)
Dr. D. Parvatalu & Shri
Veerendra Singh
IIT-Kharagpur
(Agreement is to be signed soon)
16.
R&D project on Design, fabrication and erection of a 2 Mwe
Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plant based on beam down
technology
Shri Uday Shankar
BARC, MNRE
(Agreement is to be signed soon)