Department of Energy Systems Engineering - Research Projects

Sr.
No.

Project Title

Funding Agency

Worth
(Million Rs.)

Duration

1

Value addition to agricultural products using solar energy

International Center for development and decent work (ICDD), Germany

4.720

Two years
(2011-12)

2

Ergonomics and Occupational health in sugar industry of Pakistan

International Center for development and decent work (ICDD) Germany

2.50

One Year
(2011)

3

Fabrication, Installation and Operation of Biogas at UAF

Endow. Fund Secretariat , UAF

5.134

Two Years
(2012-13)

4

Renewable Energy Technologies in Pakistan (PI)

German Academic Exchange Service
(DAAD), Germany

15.0

Three Years
(2013-15)

5

Design, development and modeling of a Scheffler fixed focus solar concentrator for the post-harvest processing of different agricultural products (PI)

Agricultural Linkage Program (ALP), PARC, Islamabad

3.9826

Three Years
(2015-17)

6

Commercialization of IC engines for power generation from agricultural waste (PI)

Endow. Fund Secretariat , UAF

2.4011

One Year
(2015-16)

8

Skills for Biogas funded by” amount 22.207 Million for the training of Biogas Supervisors and Technicians.

Punjab Skills Development Funds (PSDF) Lahore

22.207

One Year
(2015)

9

Evaluating the Potential of Bioenergy from Weeds

British Council, UK
And HEC Islamabad

3.70

Three Years
(2015-17)

10

Income Generation using Solar Based Food Processing Technologies for Rural Community (PI)

International Center for development and decent work (ICDD)
Germany

7.604

One Year
(2015-16)

11

Awareness Campaign regarding Energy Saving Strategies in Faisalabad

Higher Education Commission
(HEC), Islamabad

1.0

One Year
2015

12

Income Generation through Development and Indigenization of Energy Efficient e-pedelic Rikshaw and Solar Assisted Milk Powder Machine for Rural Community.

International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD), Germany.

3.862

One Year
2017

13

Development of solar assisted multi-crop dryers and energy efficient storage structures for value addition and food security”.

US-PAK Center for Advanced Studies in Agricultural Food Security  (USPCAS-AFS), UAF

5.5

2017-19

14

Development of Quality Oriented Solar Assisted Diagonal Batch Dryer for Perishable Products”

HEC under NRPU Program

2.656

2017-19

15

Development of locally fabricated flat plate solar collector and solar driven desalination system through Reverse Osmosis (PV-RO).

HEC under NRPU Program

1.819

Two Years (2017-2019)

16

Design and Development of Solar Assisted Cold Storage System for the Preservation of Perishables

HEC under Technology Development Fund (TDF)

3.317

2017-19

17

Numerical and experimental based optimization of design and operating conditions of solar-based innovative food processing technologies (prototypes) for outreach

Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan, Start-Up Research Grant Program.

0.5

One Year
(2017-18)

18

Design and development of solar hybrid seed dryer (SHSD) using ANSYS

HEC-Establishment of Technology Development Fund

3.03

Two Years
(2017-19)

19

Design, development and computational modeling of a solar assisted cold storage system for the preservation of perishables agricultural products.

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council; Agricultural Linkages Programme (ALP-8th Batch)

5.448

Three years
(2018-21)

20

Development and Experimental Investigation of Self-propelled Row Crops Variable Height Crop Sprayer for Efficient Crop Spraying

HEC under NRPU Program

1.90

Two Years (2018-20)