SRMIST ENFUSE TEAM Student Chapter: “SRMIST-ENFUSE” – Reg.No:ENFUSE-SRM/2018/CR01 SE001/14032018 Event : Inauguration ceremony (2018-2019) Date : 14/03/2018 The long-awaited day finally came. The start of another student chapter at the institution was bestowed upon distinguished staff and students of a department of the institution. The chief guest attending the inauguration was the national president of ENFUSE, Mr.S. Ramalingam. He was born in 1937 and graduated as an electrical engineer from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras. He is the former Chairman and Managing Director of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited. Fig 1 Inaugurating the SRMIST-ENFUSE Chapter Fig 2 Honouring the Chief Guest Mr.S.Ramalingam, National President, ENFUSE, Senior Executive Fellow, WISE, Waterloo University, Canada. Fig 3 – The Team of SRMSIT-ENFUSE Fig 4 – Quiz winners with SRMIST-ENFUSE Team ********************************************** SE002/06042018 Event name : Industrial Visit - IGCAR BHAVINI Date : 06/04/2018 The first event on our student chapter, an Industrial visit to IGCAR BHAVINI in the presence of our respected Faculty advisor Mr.Senthil Murugan, Mr.Narayanamoorthy, and our honourable President Aswin. BHAVINI is currently constructing a 500MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam, 70 Kms away from Chennai. The PFBR is the forerunner of the future Fast Breeder Reactors and is expected to provide energy security to the country. Fig 5 Entrance of IGCAR, BHAVINI Fig 6 View of IGCAR, BHAVINI Fig 6 View of IGCAR, BHAVINI. SE003/16082018 Event name : Technical seminar - ENERGY MANAGEMENT Date : 16/08/2018 Resource Person: Mr.V.Sriram, DGM, Process Engg, CPCL, Chennai. Dr.K.Mamallan, Manager, EHS, CPCL, Chennai. Our esteemed organisation kick-started our official calendar year with a technical seminar on “Energy management system and its application” the event took place on our very own seminar hall with many enthusiastic participants who came in large numbers including few non ENFUSE members the event was a grand success satisfying the expected outcomes and it served as an enchanted ocean of knowledge amongst the baffled and enthusiastic audience, this initial success also gives lot of confidence for the ENFUSE members, so we are working towards more motivation to cope up with the exceeding expectations. SE004/21082018 Event name : IOT Workshop Date : 21/08/2018 Followed by the success of our technical seminar and the idea of conducting a workshop, we planned of conducting a national workshop on internet of things, and fixed our date on august 21 2018, with exceeding responses of over 50 students enrolling their selves in this workshop, there were many on spot registrations as well, The workshop was carried out in association with our very own pantech prolabs which is one of the well-known and established organization which conducts lots of workshops and learning programs throughout the city from where we had our delegates who came to teach various concepts about IOT. SE005/10092018 Event name: Guest lecture on Energy conservation (by PCRA) Date: 10/09/2018 Mr. Panneerselvam Premkumar (Energy Consultant, Former DGM – Delphi TVS) and Mr. Anil Kumar Kurapati (External Faculty – PCRA). Target Audience are Final year UG & PG in Mechanical Engineering & EEE. Energy conservation aims at reducing the need of energy without reducing the end use benefit, to Save money, in short run by reducing energy investment needs of the country and to avoid the tremendous social and environmental costs inflicted by energy facilities like emission of CO2 and other pollutants SE006/25012019 Event name : SEMINAR- ENERGY CONSERVATION Date : 25/01/2019 The seminar was performed by Mr. S. Ramalingam who is the former Chairman and Managing Director of Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd (CPCL). He spoke about the need for energy conservation in our country and where India ranks among the world in terms of energy production and consumption. A technical quiz was conducted and the winners were awarded . SE007/07022019 Event name : Theory to Practices at IITM , Chennai. Date : 07/02/2019 On February 7th 2019, the eight members of ENFUSE including the president along with the faculty advisor Mr Senthilmurugan sir visited Indian Institute of technology for a seminar on “Theory to practice lectures-Wind energy- Everlasting everywhere” at central lecture theatre conducted by PALS the Alumni association of IIT. SE008/09022019 Event name : Walkathon Date : 09/02/2019 All the preparations were put in place to conduct the Walkathon in the campus. It was 9th of February 2019, all the participants were in anticipation for the walkathon to start. The walkathon was sponsored by CPCL who provided T-Shirts and awareness placards, along with refreshments needed for the participants. The chief guestsare Dr.K.Mamallan (Manager SHEQ) CPCL, Mr.Murthy (Chief General Manager), Mr.S.Ramalingam(President Enfuse), Mr.S.Senthilmurugan, Dr.C.Naveen, Dr.C.Subramani, Mr.Naryanamoorthy , Mr.A.Sureshkumar. SE009/11032019 Event name : QUIZ – Energy Conservation and its Management Date : 11/03/2019 ACADEMIC YEAR 2019 to 2020 SE010/05082019 Event name : Industrial visit - Sunguvarchatram substation 400KV-230KV/110KV Date : 05/08/2019 ENFUSE members comprising of 60 students along with the faculty advisers Mr.Senthilmurugan and Dr.R.Sridhar , went for a Industrial visit to the substation at Sunguvarchatram . SE011/20082019 Event name : TRANSFORMING STUDENTS INTO INDUSTRY READY CANDIDATES Date : 20/08/2019 All the preparations were put in place to conduct the workshop by 8.30.The workshop was collabratively organized by ENFUSE and CLASS . The workshop focused on third and final year students aiming for placements in core industries , a total of 30 members participated . The workshop was lead by Mr.S.SaravanaKumar,B.E.,PGDBA,PMPCert.,LSSGB.,BusEx/OpEx Consultant & trainer,LSK9Forms Consulting. SE012/23082019 Event name : Inauguration function (2019-2020) Date : 23/08/2019 SRMIST TEAM ENFUSE is now stepping into its 3rd year ! We wish to thank every member for your kind support and continued patronage.We welcome the new members with immense pleasure and excitement. We have passed the one-year milestone. We were honoured to have Mr.S.Ramalingam , National President of ENFUSE ,( Former director - CPCL , Senior executive fellow - WISE , Waterloo University , Canada ) to lead the inauguration ceremony . SE013/13092019 Event name : Guest lecture on Electric Power Utilization and Conservation in Industries Date : 13/09/2019 All the preparations were put in place to conduct a guest lecture on the topic “Electric Power Utilization and Conservation in Industries”. The guest lecture was performed by Mr. R. Ragupathy who is the Manage/Product management , cutting systems , ESAB India Limited, Chennai. SE014/ International Workshop on “Access to affordable Clean Energy to the Humanity” in Association with, WISE, Waterloo University, Canada and ENFUSE, India. -05.12.2019 to 07.12.2019. Day 1: Date:December5,2019 Timings: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, organized a 3 day International Multidisciplinary workshop on “ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE CLEAN ENERGY TO HUMANITY “during December 5th -7th, 2019. This workshop was conducted in association with Energy and Fuel Users Association ENFUSE-India, co-sponsored by Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Energy (WISE), Waterloo University, Canada. The Inaugural function of the International workshop had a spectacular start at 9.30 AM in Mini hall-1 –TP Ganesan Auditorium. Dr. K. Vijayakumar, HOD EEE, welcomed the Vice Chancellor of SRMIST, Chief guest Prof. Maurice Dussaelat Professor, University of Waterloo Canada, Mr. S. Ramalingam national president of ENFUSE, Mr. Panneerselvam chief general manager CPCL, and other dignitaries on the dais and off the dais. There were around 80 bemused participants from various institutions like Sathyabama University,VIT,Sastra University,ASET, Ramakrishna mission ,etc.who were interested to take part in this workshop.Mr. S. Ramalingam apprised the audience about the importance of this workshop and also, he clearly explained session details of the next two days. He pointed out that this workshop may be the initiative for the collaborative research between WISE and SRM. The Presidential Address was given by Dr. Sandeep Sanchetti, Vice chancellor, SRMIST. In his talk on the significance renewable energy resources for alleviating the carbon footprints, his main focus was on floating solar power system which has many advantages. He further went on to explain the low efficiency of solar panels, which is around 20% and also how efficiency increases when it is placed on water bodies, which acts as a coolant for panels. Chief guest Intro was given by Dr. R. Sridhar, Associate professor EEE department. Professor Dussealut mainly focused on the need for sustainable development and the availability of affordable renewable energy. Honorary Address by Mr. B. Paneerselvam, has highlighted the impact of fossil fuels on the climatic change. He stated the usefulness of the workshop and asked the participants to utilize the opportunity. Vote thanks was proposed by Dr. A. Rathinam and Mr. S. Senthil murugan coordinated the program. The first technical session was given by Prof. JatinnAthwani, Director of WISE, University of Waterloo, Canada through audio visual presentation. He addressed the topics like affordable energy, and his ten commandments of design success, various inventions that give these solutions, and solar enabled off grid internet. His lecture was succeeded by the technical session given by Prof. Maurice Dusseault, WISE, Canada. He addressed topics like Decarburization, global heating, drawbacks of various non-conventional sources while also explaining about the practical difficulties in solar and wind energy. He also pointed out the easy implementation of Natural gas as fuel. He also coined various power storage methods like Pumped Hydro, CAES and P-H-P. The second technical session was render Mr. V. Sriram , AGM , CPCL who on behalf of Prof. Doug Bayan presented the very famous carbon di oxide to methanol project.