Centre for Net Zero Technologies (CNET)

Projects

CNET faculty members have obtained numerous projects from various extramural funding agencies like DST, DRDO, CNET- New Delhi and other international collaborative projects. The research center takes up funded research projects under the broad areas of automotive Infotronics sustainable mobility, fuel cell powered electric bicycles, hydrogen vehicle and renewable powered smart charging infrastructure for EVs.

Funded Projects

S.NO. YEAR PROJECT TITLE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR NATIONAL / INTER NATIONAL FUNDING AGENCY DURATION TOTAL PROJECT COST (LAKH)
S. No Year Project Title Principle Investigator National/International Funding Agency Duration Total Project Cost (Lakhs)
1 2025-2027 Innovative strategies Empowering Sustainable Livelihoods: AI-Driven Smart Approaches for Poly Generation, Innovative Farming, and Biopharmaceutical Research Dr. Rajasekar N National Anusandhan National Research Foundation 2 years 230,00,000
2 2024-2027 Design, Development and Demonstration of Scalable Smart Hybrid Solar/Biogas Stand-alone System for Energy Sustainable Livelihood Dr. Rajasekar N National DST (climate, energy and sustainable technology) 3 years 123,58,955
3 2024-2026 Development of Artificial Intelligence model for estimation, analysis and prediction of soiling and PV losses for solar photovoltaic plants Dr. Rajasekar N National ASEAN-India S&T Development Fund (AISTDF 2 years 16,07,898
4 2022-2024 Intelligent Self-powered Autonomous Solar PV Cleaning Robot Dr. Rajasekar N National VIT, Vellore 2 years 5,00,000
5 2022-2024 Design and development of energy-efficient hybrid portable chula Dr. Rajasekar N National VIT, Vellore 2 years 5,00,000
6 2022-2024 A Clean Energy Kit for Sustainable Hydrogen Production from wastewater through Hybrid Microbial-Photo- Electrochemical System Dr. Rajasekar N National VIT, Vellore 2 years 5,00,000
7 2019- 2022 Intelligent Off-Grid System for Energy Sustainable Village Dr. Rajasekar N National DST, Mission Innovation (off-grid energy access) 3 years 2,40,87,557
8 2018- 2020 Real Time Investigation on the Challenges involved in Fault Detection of PV systems Dr. Rajasekar N National VIT, Vellore 2 years 2,00,000
9 2019- 2021 Recovery of chromium from the Industrial Dump using Electro- kinetic Remediation Dr. Rajasekar N National VIT, Vellore 2 years 3,00,000
10 2014- 2016 A Strategic Power Management Technique for Integration of Renewable Energy Resources in autonomous Microgrid Dr. Rajasekar N National VIT, Vellore 2 years 10,00,000
11 2013-2014 Design and Implementation of a Maximum Power Point tracking method for solar PV system Dr. Rajasekar N National VIT, Vellore 1 year 50,000
1 2023 Development of fuel cell three-wheeler for urban green transportation in India Prof Thundil Karupparaj, professor, SMEC – PI Co-PI: Prof. Elangovan D, Professor & Deputy Director Tiffac core and Prof. S. Denis Ashok Professor – HAG , SMEC, with Prof. Senthilarasu Sundaram from Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland, UK as the UK collaborator International Royal academy of engineering, UK (Distinguished International Associates Round 3 Award) 2 years 10,000 UK pounds
2 2023 Smart Energy Management for DC Microgrid Dr. Santanu Kumar Dash International VIT (VIT International Research Award Scheme (VIN)) 2 years 5 Lakh
3 2022 Nano filled natural ester impregnated surface modified pressboards for suppressing partial discharges in transformers Co-PI-Dr. Thirumurugan C National DST-SERB 2022-25 50.73
4 2021 Fuel Cell Powered Electric Bicycles With Solar Generator Based RefuelingTechnique For Sustainable Transportation Dr. Elangovan D International DST/INT/Egypt/P-01/2019 2021-2023 9.1
5 2017 Image Processing Techniques for Extracting Ocean Features from SatelliteImagery Dr. K GanesanDr. Don, National DRDO (Sanction Order No. NPOL/18CR0003/240/PR-240) 2017 9.95
6 2014 TIFAC-MSME Internship Scheme Dr. K Ganesan National TIFAC, New Delhi 2014-till date 13.17
7 2010 Chaos Based security systems in Transform Domain Dr. K Ganesan National DST (Sanction order No : SR/S2/HEP-16/2009) 2010-2013 19.44
8 2005 TIFAC-CORE in Automotive Infotronics VIT National TIFAC, New Delhi 2005-till date 200
Faculty Start-up Venture
12024Design and develop a sustainable solar vehicle for medical emergencyDr.N.KalaiselvanNationalE-cell VIT11 months1,65,000
S.NO. YEAR PROJECT TITLE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR NATIONAL / INTER NATIONAL FUNDING AGENCY DURATION TOTAL PROJECT COST (LAKH)
SEED MONEY
S.NO. YEAR PROJECT TITLE PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR NATIONAL / INTER NATIONAL FUNDING AGENCY DURATION TOTAL PROJECT COST (LAKH)
1 2023 Design Development and Validation of Novel-Switched-Capacitors Converters used in Electric Vehicles 19703 – Dr. Shivam Prakash Gautam National VIT 23-06-2023 3,50,000
2 2023 Design and Development of Portable Solar Power Station 20094 – Dr. Arjun Singh National VIT 23-06-20232,50,000 2,50,000
3 2023 Design And Fabrication of New Dye Sensitized Solar Cell with Supercapacitor for High Solar Applications 20104 – Dr. Kalaiselvan National VIT 23-06-20234,00,000 4,00,000
4 2022 Nano-Insulating Liquids for Improved Insulation Performance: Partial Discharge Measurements. Dr.Thirumurugan C, Dr. Suprava Chakraborty Dr. Asha rani National Seed Grant-VIT 2022 – 2024 Seventy Thousand (70,000)
5 2022 Active thermal management based Smart charge controller for EV application Dr. Santanu Kumar Dash Dr. Rammohan A. ARC National Seed Grant-VIT 2022-2024 One Lac. Only (100000/-)
6 2021 Design and development of solar powered unmanned multi-purpose vehicle for agricultural applications along with business model to address farmer welfare Dr. Suprava Chakraborty,  Dr.Elangovan D., Dr. Thundil Karuppa Raj R,  Dr. Padma Lakshmi G National Seed Grant-VIT 2021 – 2023 1.89
7 2016 Design of IOT Enabled Engine Lubrication Oil Contamination DetectionSystem for Improving Fuel Efficiency. Dr. Rammohan National RGMS 2016-2017 2.5
8 2016 Foot Pressure distribution measurement system. Dr. K Ganesan National RGMS 2016-2017 3

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