Research Publications

 Journal Publications: 13

1. “Enhancing offshore wind resource assessment with LIDAR-validated reanalysis datasets: A case study in Gujarat, India”, International Journal of Thermofluids, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijft.2023.100320 (SCI, Scopus Q1)

2. “Energy, exergy, economic, environmental, advanced exergy and exergoeconomic (extended exergy) analysis of hybrid wind-solar power plant Energy”, Energy and Environment, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X221115095 (SCI, Scopus Q2, IF: 3.154)

3. “Temporal and spatial simultaneity assessment of wind-solar energy resources in India by statistical analysis and machine learning clustering approach”, Energy, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.123586 (SCI, Scopus Q1, IF: 8.857)

4. A brief review on recycling and reuse of wind turbine blade materials, Materials Today Proceedings, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.049 (Scopus)

5. “Hybrid wind-solar energy and resource simultaneity : An Indian case study for site selection and feasibility check”, Energy Reports, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.262 (SCI, Scopus Q1, IF: 4.937)

6. “Temporal Synergy - Complementarity of Wind-Solar Energy Resources for the establishment of Hybrid Power Project”, Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.102665 (SCI, Scopus Q1, IF: 7.632)

7. “Experimental and theoretical assessment of dual-slope single basin solar still with the circular cross-sectional hollow-fins”, Cleaner Engineering and Technology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2021.100231 (Scopus)

8. “Impact of orientation and water depth on productivity of single-basin dual-slope solar still with Al2O3 and CuO nanoparticles”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2021, 143(2), pp. 899–913. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-09351-1 (SCI, Scopus Q2, IF: 5.117)

9. “Wind and solar power deployment in India: Economic aspects and policy implications”, African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 2021, 13(3), pp. 357–375. https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1762302 (SCI, Scopus Q3, IF: 1.267)

10. “A comprehensive review of wind-solar hybrid energy policies in India: Barriers and Recommendations”, Renewable Energy Focus, 2020, 35, pp. 108–121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ref.2020.09.004 (SCI, Scopus Q2, IF: 5.718)

11. “Assessment of Factors Affecting Onshore Wind Power Deployment in India”, Environmental and Climate Technologies, 2020, 24(1), pp. 185–208. https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2020-0012 (SCI, Scopus Q3, IF: 1.771)

12. “Experimental performance evaluation of single basin dual slope solar still with circular and square cross-sectional hollow fins”, Solar Energy, 2019, 179, pp. 186–194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.12.054 (SCI, Scopus Q1, IF: 5.742)

13. “A review on numerous means of enhancing heat transfer rate in solar-thermal based desalination devices”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018, 93, pp. 302–317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2018.05.023 (SCI, Scopus Q1, IF: 16.799)

Book Chapters: 04

1. “Energetic and Exergetic Analyses of Hybrid Wind-Solar Energy Systems” (2022), Mathematical Modeling, Computational Intelligence Techniques and Renewable Energy. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 1405, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5952-2_39

2. “Comparative study and trend analysis of regional climate models and reanalysis wind speeds at Rameshwaram” (2021), Advances in Clean Energy Technologies. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0235-1_61

3. “Wind farm layout optimization using Teaching learning based optimization technique considering power and cost” (2020), Renewable Energy and Climate Change. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, Vol. 161. Springer Nature, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9578-0_2

4. “A Comparative Analysis of LiDAR and Wind Mast Measured Wind Data with the Reanalysis Datasets for an Offshore Location of Gujarat” (2020), Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9931-3_61

Conference Publications: 10

1. Hybrid wind-solar energy and resource simultaneity: An Indian case study for site selection and feasibility check, The 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environment Engineering (REEE 2022), University of Brest, France, August 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.262

2. A Brief Review on Recycling and Reuse of Wind Turbine Blade Materials, 1^st International Conference on Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Materials (AM2 2021), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, October 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.049

3. Hybrid wind-solar power deployment in India, The 8th International Conference on Energy, Infrastructure & Management (ICEIM-2022), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, July 2022.

4. “Assessment of synergy-complementarity scenario for the solar and wind energy resources”, Conference on Advances in Thermal-Fluids Engineering (ATFE 2021), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, India, March 2021.

5. “Impact of Policies on wind and solar power deployment in India”, 7th International Conference on Energy, Infrastructure & Management (ICEIM), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, India, February 2020.

6. “Estimation of uncertainty in offshore wind energy production using Monte-Carlo approach”, 12^th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, India, February 2019.

https://journals.library.ryerson.ca/index.php/ictea/article/view/1113

7. “Influence of Techno-Economic Factors on the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) of Wind and Solar Power Projects in India”, 12^th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, India, February 2019.

https://journals.library.ryerson.ca/index.php/ictea/article/view/1116

8. “Wind and Wave energy resource assessment along shallow water region of Indian coast”, 12^th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, India, February 2019.

https://journals.library.ryerson.ca/index.php/ictea/article/view/1119

9. “Comparative Study of Meteorological and Reanalysis Wind Data For offshore Wind Resource Assessment”, 12^th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, India, February 2019. https://journals.library.ryerson.ca/index.php/ictea/article/view/1125

10. “Analysis of selecting suitable Global Circulation Models for wind energy via Uncertainty and model reliability factor at Indian offshore locations”, 12^th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications (ICTEA), Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU), Gandhinagar, India, February 2019. https://journals.library.ryerson.ca/index.php/ictea/article/view/1302