1. Project title: "Design and development of an optimized electrical interface for Smart Hybrid Microgrid and Energy Storage for peak load shaving, demand side management and energy security"
PI: Dr. Ankur Bhattacharjee
Funded agency: BITS Research Initiation Grant (RIG)
Sanction date: 13.09.2019
Completed: 12.09.2021
Amount: 2 Lakh
Duration: 2 years
Ongoing Projects:
1. Project title: "Industrial-scale thermophilic biomethanation of food waste and sewage sludge for production of bio-energy and bio-fertilizer".
Funding agency: Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India.
Investigator(S): Prof. Sankar Ganesh Palani (PI), Dr. Ankur Bhattacharjee (Co-I), Dr. K Supradeepan (Co-I)
Date of sanction: 24.08.2020
Amount: 29.65 Lakh
Duration: 2 years
2. Project title: "Waste to Energy:Technology integration for production of clean energy from organic waste".
Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology (DST), PURSE-2020 Call, Govt. of India.
Investigator(S): Institute level PI : Prof. Souvik Bhattacharya (VC, BITS-Pilani), BITS- Hyderabad campus Investigator(s): Prof. P Sankar Ganesh (Lead), Dr. Ankur Bhattacharjee (Co-I), Dr. Chanchal Chakraborty (Co-I), Dr. Satyapaul Singh (Co-I), Dr. K Supradeepan (Co-I)
Date of sanction: 15.02.2021
Amount: Total sanctioned Rs. 581.27 Lakh (Own portion: Rs. 39.144 Lakh)
Duration: 4 years
3. Project title: Regeneration of Graphite anode and Li Metal recovery from used LFP Batteries
Funding agency: Hyderabad Batteries Ltd. (HBL)
Investigator(S): Dr. Afkham Mir, Prof. Alivelu M Parimi, Prof. Sandip Deshmukh,
Dr. Ankur BhattacharjeeDate of sanction: 14.07.2022
Amount: Rs. 15.56 Lakh