D C Baruah Tezpur University (Napaam, Tezpur, Assam, India Phone: + 91 3712 27 5301 (Work) + 91 3712 27 3677 (Home) + 91 9435 508 563 (Cell) Fax +91 3712 267005 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Web: www.tezu.ernet.in ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8235-2354 Education B.E. (Ag), Rajasthan Agricultural University, Udaipur, 1988 M. Tech., IIT, Kharagpur, 1990 Ph.D., Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2000 Work: Professor, Department of Energy, Tezpur University (2009 – till date) Associate Professor, Department of Energy, Tezpur University (2006 –2009) Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam Agricultural University (2003 – 2006) Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Assam Agricultural University (1991 – 2003) Major administrative responsibilities: Head, Department of Energy (2019-2022) Director, IQAC (2017-2020) Coordinator, Centre for University-Industry Interface (2017-2019) Dean, Student Welfare, Tezpur University (2013-2017) Head, Department of Energy (2010-2013) Coordinating Tezpur University Intellectual Property Cell (2009-2012) Coordinating Front Line Demonstration Programme of farm machinery (2000-2006) Area of specialization/Research: Renewable Energy, Energy Planning and Thermal Energy Management, Rural Energy Access Teaching Courses: Heat Transfer Power Plant Engineering Doctoral Research Methodology Numerical Methods and Computational Techniques External funded projects as Principle Investigator (list of projects appended) Ongoing: 5 Completed: 7 Ph.D. Research Supervision (list appended) Completed: 10 Ongoing: 7 M.Tech Projects Supervision Completed: 32 Ongoing: 0 1 | of P a g e s 1 3 : Number of Publications (list of publications appended): Journal: 68 (Scopus h index 18; Citations 831) (Google Scholar h index 22; Citations 1531) International/National Conference Proceedings: 32 Book Chapters: 08 Technical Reports: 09 Technology developed Multi Utility High Performance Biomass Cook Stove Instrumented Solar Hot Air Generator External funded projects as Principle Investigator: Ongoing Projects 1. Multi crop Residue Processing Technology Package for Production of Fuel and Fertiliser, funded by DST-SERB, 2019, Duration : 36 months 2. Design and development of an all-purpose smart biogas reactor for household applications, funded by All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) (funding amount: 11 lakhs INR, Duration : 2019-2022) 3. Strengthening education, research and innovation for climate smart crops in India AdaptNET, funded by Erasmus and Capacity Building in Higher Education, (funding amount: 0.97 million USD, Duration: 2018-19) 4. Smart Hybrid Energy systems for heat, electricity and crop nutrients, funded by Pamoja Cleantech AB, Sweden. ( funding amount: 950 USD, Duration: 2018-19) 5. Rural Hybrid Energy Enterprise Systems, RCUK-DST Joint sponsorship, (Funding amount: 0.3 million USD, Duration: 2013-2018) 6. Bioenergy from waste: exploring the multiplier benefits to poor communities of medium-scale technology interventions, HEFCE Newton fund through University of Nottingham Collaboration, (Funding amount: 42000 USD; Duration:2017-18) 7. Enhancing Food Security in Rural India, EPSRC funding through University of Nottingham Collaboration, (Funding amount: 4600 USD; Duration:2017-18) Completed Projects 8. Development of a fuel efficient all-purpose biomass cook stove: Assam Science Technology and Environment Council sponsored, (Funding amount: 3000 USD, Duration: 2014-2017) 9. Instrumented solar hot air generator (ISHAG) for optimum thermal load in tea processing, Department of Science & Technology, GoI sponsored, (Funding amount: 56 000 USD), (Duration: 2013-2017) 10. Capacity building for mitigation of climate change using precision agriculture, Asia Pacific Network sponsored (Funding amount: 6800 USD), (Duration: 2014-2015) 11. Optimizing phosphate recovery from community bio-energy system: low cost sustainable fertilizer production for rural community, UGC-UKIERI (Indo-UK) sponsored (Funding amount: 24000 USD, Duration: 2013-2016) 12. Utilization of Bio-energy By-product for value addition and nutrient enhancement, EPSRC (Indo- UK) sponsored, (Funding amount: 5000 USD, Duration: 2012-2013) 13. Design and development of a Renewable Energy Hybrid Tea Drier for fossil fuel substitution in Tea Industry, All India Council for Technical Education, Govt. of India, New Delhi, sponsored (Funding amount: 19000 USD, Duration: 2010-2012) 14. Agro-Climatic Zone Based Mapping of Renewable Energy Resources in Assam, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi sponsored (Funding amount: 28000 USD, Duration: 2008-2011) 2 | of P a g e s 1 3 : PhD research supervision Completed PhD 1. Assessment of Water Resources and Hydro Power Potential in Kopili River Basin of Assam using Modeling Technique (Dr. B C Kusre, 2008) 2. Performance evaluation of bio-diesel run IC engine through experimentally validated simulation model (Dr. Tapan Gogoi, 2011) 3. Effect of formation water disposal on ground water in the oilfields of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia district s of Assam (Dr. B N Sahoo, 2012) 4. Production, characterization and testing of biodiesel from terminalia belerica r. and sapindus mukorossi g. oil seeds available in north east India (Dr. Maumita Chakraborty, 2012) 5. Investigation of Microwave assisted hot air drying behavior of CTC Tea (Camellia assamica) (Dr. Diganta Hatibaruah, 2014) 6. Prospect of Renewable Thermal energy in black tea processing in Assam: an investigation for energy resources and technology (Dr. Partha Pratim Dutta, 2014) 7. Decentralised renewable energy generation from rice straw residue in Sonitpur District of Assam, India: A study on resource assessment and potential greenhouse gas emission (Dr. Moonmoon Hiloidhari, 2015) 8. Hoof Type Lug Cage Wheel for Traction Improvement in Wetland (Dr. Arvind Kumar, 2016) 9. Assessment of Bioenergy by-products (Anaerobic Digestate and Biochar) as Potential Crop Production Inputs (Dr. Sampriti Kataki, 2017) 10. Development of a Semi-empirical model for assessment of Solar Air Heater (Dr. P K Choudhury, 2017) Ongoing PhD 11. Numerical Simulation of biomass gasification system (Dipal Baruah) 12. Multi utility high performance biomass cook stove based on users’ choice (Biswajeet Gogoi) 13. Feedstock pre-treatment strategy for performance enhancement of Biogas system (Dipam Patowary) 14. TEG integrated improved cook stove (Rupam Patowary) 15. Solar Thermal Applications in Industrial and Domestic Heat Processing (Barkhang Brahma) 16. External combustion engine and biomass gasification (Trinakshee Sarmah) 17. Renewable energy planning using GIS (Bharat Terang) Master degree research supervised/supervising Thirty two M. Tech research projects are supervised in the fields of • Bio-diesel • Solar thermal • Application of GIS in energy management • Bio-energy by-product utilization • Biomass cook stove • Rural energy planning Publications Journal 1. Patowary, R. and Baruah, D.C., Feasibility study of TEG-integrated biomass cook stove for electrical power generation specific to rural areas with inadequate electricity. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 1-22 (2019) 3 | of P a g e s 1 3 : 2. Brahma, B., Narzary, R. and Baruah, D.C., Acetamide for latent heat storage: Thermal stability and metal corrosivity with varying thermal cycles. Renewable Energy, 145: 1932- 1940 (2019) 3. Hiloidhari M., Baruah D.C., Kumari M., Kumari S. &Thakur I.S., Prospect and potential of biomass power to mitigate climate change: A case study in India, Journal of Cleaner Production, (2019) 4. Baruah, DC., Enweremadu, CC., Prospects of decentralized renewable energy to improve energy access: A resource-inventory-based analysis of South Africa, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 103:328-341 (2019) 5. Baruah, J., Nath, B. K., Sharma, R., Kumar, S., Deka, R.C., Baruah, DC, & Kalita, E., Recent trends in the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for value-added products. Frontiers in Energy Research, 6, 141 (2018). 6. Kataki, S.,, Hazarika, S., Baruah, DC, By-products of bioenergy systems (anaerobic digestion and gasification) as sources of plant nutrients: scope of processed application and effect on soil and crop, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, DOI: 10.1007/s10163-018- 00816-y (2018) 7. Kataki, S.,, Hazarika, S., Baruah, DC, Recycling of Bioenergy By-Products as Crop Nutrient: Application in Different Phases for Improvement of Soil and Crop, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy DOI:10.1002/ep (2018) 8. Patowary, D., Baruah, DC, Effect of combined chemical and thermal pretreatments on biogas production from lignocellulosic biomasses, Industrial Crops & Products, 124: 735- 746 (2018) 9. Nath, B. K., Chaliha, C., Bhuyan, B., Kalita, E., Baruah, DC, & Bhagabati, A. K., GIS mapping- based impact assessment of groundwater contamination by arsenic and other heavy metal contaminants in the Brahmaputra River valley: A water quality assessment study. Journal of Cleaner Production, 201, 1001-1011 (2018) 10. Das, K., Hiloidhari, M., Baruah, DC. and Nonhebel, S. Impact of Time Expenditure on Household Preferences for Cooking Fuels. Energy, 151: 309-316 (2018) 11. Patowary, R., Baruah, DC, Thermoelectric conversion of waste heat from IC engine driven vehicles: A review of its application, issues and solutions, International Journal of Energy Research, doi: 10.1002/er.4021 (2018) 12. Hiloidhari, M., Araújo, K., Kumari, S., Baruah, DC, Ramachandra, TV, Kataki,