Renewable technologies are considered as clean sources of energy and optimal use of these resources minimize environmental impacts, produce minimum secondary wastes and are sustainable based on current and future economic and social societal needs. Sun is the source of all energies. The primary...

Cooking is the prime requirement for people all over the world. It accounts for a major share of energy consumption in developing countries. Solar energy is contributing major energy requirements of the world's population particularly in developing countries. Among the different energy end uses,...

Solar energy is a clean, abundant and freely available renewable energy sources. Energy and exergy analysis of solar thermal devices has drawn considerable interest among the researchers across the world. Solar drying is the promising option to utilize low grade energy to dry agricultural...

Greenhouses provide a suitable environment for the intensive production of various crops. They are designed to provide control as well as to maintain solar radiation, temperature, humidity and carbon dioxide levels in the aerial environment. CO2 enrichment decreases the oxygen inhibition of...

Utilisation of animal draft power in agricultural operation and milk production is highly dependent on the feed and fodder. Properly cooked feed is digestive in nature and enhance milk production. Solar energy is promising option for slow cooking. Keeping this in view a masonry animal feed solar...

India is a major future consumer of electric power due to the rapid economic growth and large population. In this article, the present state and perspectives of using various energy sources in India for electric power generation are depicted as well as the main tools for promoting their...

A walk-in type hemi cylindrical solar tunnel dryer has been built with heat protective north wall at College of Dairy and Food Science Technology, Udaipur, India for drying agricultural & horticulture product on large scale. In this paper attempt has been made to evaluate the performance of...

The environmental concern and availability of fuels are greatly affecting the trends of fuels for transportation vehicles. Biodiesel is one of the options as alternative transport fuel. This can be produced from straight vegetable oils (SVOs), oils extracted from various plant species and animal...

The ever increasing penetration of renewable energy systems (RESs) in today deregulated intelligent power grids, necessitates the use of electrical storage systems. Energy storage systems (ESSs) are helpful to make balance between generation and demand improving the performance of whole power...

Recent petroleum crises, rapidly increasing its prices and uncertainties concerning petroleum availability threaten the sustainable development of the world economy. Both the environmental concern and availability of fuels greatly affect fuel trends for transportation vehicles. The present work...