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Mars Rovers, Deep Space Probes and home Biogas Generators and rooftop solar photovoltaic generators, are all Micro Renewable Energy Systems. In future, we will combine multiple technologies into Systems, that divert excess power (i.e., when the sun shines) into the power grid, or into power storage. The ideal target is to generate hydrogen and oxygen from water at the micro level, and storing them for use with fuel cells - or combustion, to generate power when needed. We see this as the short and sustainable route to real Energy Self-Sufficiency.
Papers
Komerath, N. M., and P. P. Komerath. "Are Distributed Energy Systems Optimal in India." Proc. of the WAVES Conference. 2006.
Komerath, Narayanan. "A Campus Wide Course on MicroRenewable Energy Systems." 2009 Annual Conference & Exposition. 2009.
Komerath, Narayanan. "Micro Renewable Energy Systems As A Vehicle For International Awareness." 2010 Annual Conference & Exposition. 2010.
Komerath, Narayanan, and Padma Komerath. "Prediction and Validation of a Micro Wind Turbine for Rural Family Use."
Komerath, Narayanan M. "Opportunities in power beaming for micro renewable energy." 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2011.
Komerath, Narayanan, and Aravinda Kar. "Retail beamed power using millimeter waves: survey." ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC) 8.3 (2012): 1-25.
Chowdhary, Girish, Rajeev Gadre, and Narayanan Komerath. "Policy issues for retail Beamed Power transmission." 2009 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy. IEEE, 2009.
Komerath, Narayanan, Aravinda Kar, and Rajkumar Pant. "Antenna considerations for retail beamed power delivery in india." 2011 International Symposium on Electronic System Design. IEEE, 2011.
Komerath, Narayanan. "The Space Power Grid: Synergy between space, energy and security policies." 2009 Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy. IEEE, 2009.
Komerath, Narayanan, and Padma Komerath. "Implications of inter-satellite power beaming using a space power grid." 2011 Aerospace Conference. IEEE, 2011.
Komerath, Narayanan, and Padma Komerath. "The Case for Millimeter Wave Power Beaming." IIIS Conference, Orlando, FL, 2011
Komerath, Narayanan, Vigneshwar Venkat, and Jason Fernandez. "Near‐Millimeter Wave Issues for a Space Power Grid." AIP Conference Proceedings. Vol. 1103. No. 1. American Institute of Physics, 2009.
Komerath, Narayanan M., Akshay Milind Pendharkar, and Vrishank Raghav. "The Low‐Cost Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Project: An exercise in learning across disciplines." 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. 2013.
Chowdhary, Girish, and N. M. Komerath. "Innovations required for retail beamed power transmission over short range." Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Engineering and Technology Innovation, Orlando, FL. 2010.
McGowan, Ryan, et al. "Vertical axis micro wind turbine design for low tip speed ratios." ASEE Annual Conference (2012).
Chowdhary, Girish, and N. M. Komerath. "Innovations required for retail beamed power transmission over short range." Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Engineering and Technology Innovation, Orlando, FL. 2010.
McGowan, Ryan, et al. "Vertical axis micro wind turbine design for low tip speed ratios." Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, United States (2012).
Srivastava, Akshaya, et al. "Conceptual design of a thermoelectric Edu-Kitchen system." 2012 International Conference on Power, Signals, Controls and Computation. IEEE, 2012.
Komerath, Narayanan, Vigneshwar Venkat, and Abhizna Butchibabu. "Parameter selection for a space power grid." AIAA SPACE 2008 Conference & Exposition. 2007.
Pendharkar, Akshay, et al. "Optimization of a vertical axis micro wind turbine for low tip speed ratio operation." 10th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference. 2012.
Komerath, Narayanan. "Conceptual design of a thermoelectric Edu-Kitchen system." 2012 International Conference on Power, Signals, Controls and Computation. 2012.
Komerath, N. M., and P. P. Komerath. "Terrestrial micro renewable energy applications of space technology. Phys. Proc.(2011)."
Komerath, Narayanan M. "Credit for Reducing Sunshine Narayanan M. Komerath, Ravi Deepak, Adarsh Deepak." (2021).
Micro Renewable Energy Systems (English Edition)
Micro Renewable Energy Systems (English Edition)
Textbook by Narayanan and Padma Komerath
English edition by Narayanan Komerath (Author), Padma Komerath (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
This morning some 2 billion people woke up without access to basic electric power. They are denied the modern privileges that we take for granted with such access. Generations of lost opportunity are too high a price to pay as we wait for governments to bring power to everyone, and nations are held hostage to energy shortages. At the same time, decades of research on small, rugged, efficient renewable power generators has been done for space missions, among other exotic purposes. These ideas languish with no market reach beyond the space agencies.
This extensively researched book takes a hard look at what we can do today to bring energy independence through a grassroots approach, tying advanced technology to rural energy problems. The real difficulties are more about knowledge and integration than about money and technology. The book collects and presents the essentials to reach everyone whose help is needed in this most ambitious of endeavors. It looks beyond to a future with abundant and wisely used energy. This book is written for and by learners like you. Each chapter starts at a simple level, then build on concepts and research work.
The book starts by presenting the overall problem and the solution avenue. It points to the need for hybrid systems integrating different technologies, rather than miracle machines. It explains essential nomenclature and numbers of the energy field, taking the learner on an experienced guided tour of thermodynamics. A chapter on Global Needs shows how to develop estimates for very large problems, as well as the needs of a simple home. The issues and opportunities in the debate over Climate Change are covered succinctly.
A chapter combining System Design with Business Planning brings together two aspects so essential to successful projects, and so difficult to find together in curricula. The expected foray into technologies is then undertaken, with uncompromising depth and breadth achieved through an extensive reference base. Next, this knowledge is all used in considering the problems of energy independence. Finally, the authors consider an energy-abundant future, and what Humanity should do to plan well for that.
The writing is at a simple level, but the unique depth and breadth of the 1035 references across a dizzying array of disciplines shows both the magnitude of the task undertaken by the authors, and their success in bringing it all together in one smooth and continuous story thread. That is the essential uniqueness of this book. It fills the timely role of a long-needed textbook, a simple introduction and an in-depth reference base for this neglected but utterly important field.
The authors combine several decades of intense experience in aerospace engineering, chemical engineering, energy-related research and computer science, along with expertise in education and teaching, across levels, cultures and continents.
Anyone with a high school education can understand this book. If you are a PhD specializing in energy science, engineering, economics or public policy, we trust that you will find the references in your field to be useful, and benefit from the simple explanations of the fields that you were too busy to explore. Enjoy!
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