College of Agril Engg and Tech.

Renewable Energy Engineering

About the Department :

The Department of Renewable Energy Engineering earlier known as Dept. of Renewable Energy & Rural Engineering started in year 1984. The main aim of the department is to strengthen the Agricultural Engineering Faculty by carrying out teaching in the areas of Renewable Energy Engineering, Civil Engineering and Basic Sciences & Humanities as well as research and extension activities in the areas of Renewable Energy Engineering.

Mission :

1. To develop department as a Centre of excellence in the area of Renewable Energy
2. To impart quality education, generating competent, skilled and human manpower to face the scientific, technological, managerial and social challenges.
3. To develop technologies through qualitative research in Renewable Energy and Plasticulture Engg. & Technology area for helping the farmers.

Faculty and Staff :

Name of Faculty / Staff & Designation	Qualification	Specialization	Experience (Years)	Contact details
Dr. Mahendra S. Dulawat Professor & Head (I/C)	Ph.D. (Agril. Engg.)	Renewable Energy Engineering	16 years	dulawat@jau.in
Prof. Maldebhai J. Gojiya, Assistant Professor	M. Tech. (Agril. Engg.)	Renewable Energy Engineering	Tech. Asst.-17 years Asst. Prof. -16 years	mjgojiya@jau.in
Prof. Dhaval S. Thanki Assistant Professor	M.E (Civil Engineering)	Civil Engineering	16 Years	dhaval.thanki@jau.in
Dr. Sagar V. Kelaiya Assistant Professor	Ph.D. (Agril. Engg.)	Renewable Energy Engineering	09 Years	sagarkelaiya@jau.in
Dr. Divyangkumar A. Nakum Assistant Professor	Ph.D. (Agril. Engg.)	Renewable Energy Engineering	9 Months	danakum@jau.in
Prof. H. R. Sojaliya Assistant Professor	M. Tech. (Agril. Engg.)	Processing & Food Engineering	13 years	hrsojaliya@jau.in
Er. Geetaben Tomar Senior Research Assistant	B.Tech. (Agril. Engg.)	Agricultural Engineering	13 years	geetatomar@jau.in
Sh. A. C. Maru Laboratory Technician	Bsc (chemistry)	Soil Chemistry	27 years	acmaru@jau.in
Er. Bhavisha A. Karangiya Senior Research Assistant	M. Tech. (Agril. Engg.)	Soil and water Enginnering	02 years	bakarangiya@jau.in
AICRP ON PLASTICULTURE ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Dr. S. P. Cholera Associate Professor (CAS)	Ph.D. (Agril. Engg.)	Process and Food Engineering	35 year	spcholera@jau.in

Note: There are 1 SRF and 1 YP-2 assist in ICAR Projects.

Facilities :

The Department has teaching/research Labs with full facilities of instruments and equipments required to teach UG/PG level courses. The department is having LAN and Wi-Fi internet connection. The department has common facilities like A/C lecture hall of 50 seating capacity with LCD multimedia display system, PG lecture cum seminar hall, Departmental Library, A/C Computer Room, clean drinking water facilities, Greenhouse & Net houses complex.

List of Important Instruments/Equipment :

Name of Laboratory	Name of Equipments
Biomass Gasification Lab.	1. Biomass Gasifier Plant 2. Biomass Briquetting Machine 3. Biomass properties measuring instruments
Bioenergy Lab.	1. Automatic Methane Potential Test System 2. Lab-scale Biodiesel Plant 3. Biogas Plant 4. Online Biogas Analyser 5. Gas Chromatograph
Physics Lab.	1. E/M Apparatus 2. LCR Circuit 3. Zener characteristic circuit
Chemistry Lab.	1. B.O.D Incubator 2. Dissolved oxygen meter 3. C.O.D. digestion apparatus
Solar Lab.	1. Solar Concentrator System 2. Sunshine recorder 3. Solar Lantern 4. On Grid SPV System 5. Off Grid SPV System 6. Hybrid SPV System 7. Solar PV test set-up and PV Emulator 8. 45 KW Roof top solar power plant 9. Solar Tracking Robot 10. Solar water heater test set-up
Wind Energy Lab.	1. Wind turbine trainer 2. Wind Emulator 3. Wind measuring station 4. Small Wind turbine 5. Wind pump
AICRP on PEASEM Lab.	1. Modified atmosphere packagingmachine 2. Shrink Wrapping machine 3. Pre-cooler 4. Firmness tester 5. Greenhouse & Net-house structure
Experiential learning for Production and Management of RSE Lab.	1. Plate bending machine 2. Shearing machine 3. Precision lathe machine 4. Mechanical Press Brake
Civil Engineering Lab.	1. Computerized UTM 100 ton capacity 2. Load testing machine (electronic) 3. Rockwell hardness testing machine 4. Surveying equipments
Language Lab.	1. V with VCD 2. CDS/VCDS of different competitive & Foreign language learning 3. Modern language lab

Academic :

The faculty of the department is mainly engaged in teaching of UG and PG courses under B.Tech. (Ag. Engg.) and M.Tech. (Ag. Engg.) Programme. The department is offering PG programme in two areas (i) Renewable Energy and (ii) Rural Engineering.

COUSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN PG PROGRAMME :

Sr. No.	Subject Code	Course Title	Credits
For Ph.D. Scholar only
1	REE-601*	Biochemical Conversion of Biomass	3(2+1)
2	REE-602*	Thermo-Chemical Conversion of Biomass	3(2+1)
3	REE-603*	Advances in Renewable Energy Systems	3(2+1)
4	REE-604	New Alternate Energy Systems	3(2+1)
5	REE-605*	Fuel and Combustion	3(2+1)
6	REE-606	Advances in Biogas Technology	3(2+1)
7	REE-607	Solid Waste and Waste Water Management	3(2+1)
8	REE-608	Advanced Photovoltaic Power Generation	2(1+1)
9	REE-609	Energy Planning, Management and Economics	3(3+0)
10	REE-610	Renewable Energy for Industrial Applications	3(2+1)
11	REE-611	Biofuel Technologies and Applications	2(1+1)
12	REE-691	Doctoral Seminar-I	1(0+1)
13	REE-692	Doctoral Seminar-II	1(0+1)
14	REE-699	Doctoral Research	75
For M.Tech. Scholar only
1	REE-501*	Renewable Energy Technologies	3(2+1)
2	REE-502*	Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Technologies	3(2+1)
3	REE-503*	Biomass Energy Conversion Technologies	3(2+1)
4	REE-504	Energy Auditing, Conservation and Management	3(2+1)
5	REE-505	Wind Energy Conversion and Utilization	3(2+1)
6	REE-506	Solar Photovoltaic System Design and Analysis	2(1+1)
7	REE-507	Renewable Energy Policy, Planning and Economics	3(3+0)
8	REE-508	Alternate Fuels and Applications	3(2+1)
9	REE-509	Biogas Technology and Mechanism	2(1+1)
10	REE-510	Energy, Ecology and Environment	3(3+0)
11	REE-511	Design and Analysis of Renewable Energy Conversion Systems	3(2+1)
12	REE-512	Energy Generation from Agricultural Waste and By-products	3(2+1)
13	REE-513	Agro Energy Audit and Management	3(2+1)
14	REE-514	Green house Energetic and Passive Architecture	2(1+1)
15	REE-515	Energy Management in Food Processing Industries	2(1+1)
16	REE-591	Master's Seminar	1(0+1)
17	REE-599	Master's Research	30

COURSES OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT IN UG PROGRAMME :

Sr. No.		Sem.	Subject Code		Course Title	Credits
1		I	AE111		Deeksharambh	2(0+2)
2			CAE113		Introduction to Agricultural engineering	4(3+1)
3			CE114		Surveying and Levelling	3(1+2)
4		II	VAC-I		Environmental Studies and Disaster Management	3(2+1)
5			SEC8		Installation and maintenance of on-grid and off-grid solar system	4(0+4)
6		IIII	AS(E)-2.3.3		Communication Skills and Personality Development	2(1+1)
7			Math(E)-2.3.1		Engineering Mathematics-II	3(2+1)
8			CE-2.3.6		Design of Structured	2(1+1)
9		IV	Math(E)-2.4.1		Engineering Mathematics-III	3(2+1)
10			CE-2.4.2		Building Construction and Cost Estimation	2(2+0)
11			REE-2.4.8		Fundamental of Renewable Energy Sources	3(2+1)
12		V	REE-3.5.8		Renewable Power Sources	3(2+1)
13		VI	REE-3.6.8		Bio-energy Systems: Design and Applocations	3(2+1)
14		VII	CAE-4.7.2		10-Weeks Experiential Learning on Campus (Student Ready)	10(0+10)
Elective Courses
15		VIII	REE-4.8.10		Plastic Application in Agriculture	3(2+1)
16			REE-4.8.22		Photovoltaic Technology and Systems	3(2+1)
17			REE-4.8.23		Waste and By-products Utilization	3(2+1)
18			REE-4.8.26		Energy Conservation and Audit in Agricultural Industry	3(2+1)
19			CAE-4.8.4		Project Planning and Report Writing (Student Ready)	10(0+10)
Course Offered by the Department in Poly-technic Programme
1	I		AP-106	Basic Civil Engineering		3(2+1)
2	III		AP-304	Bio-Waste Management and Renewable Energy		3(3+0)
3	V		AP-507	Greenhouse Technology		3(2+1)