NTPC Transactions on Energy Research

A NETRA Initiative
Editor(s):

S.Shaswattam, Anil Kumar Das, Subrata Sarkar, Prahlad Halder

ISBN:
978-94-6463-848-6
Type of Book:
Edited Volume
Copyright Year:
2025
Open Access

About the Book

The open access volume is a collection of technical papers related to different domains of the power sector. It provides a glimpse of the research and scientific activities in several key areas such as carbon capture and utilization (CCU), waste-to-resource technologies, metallurgical studies and advanced NDE for power plants, oil and water management, ash utilization, integration of artificial neural networks into DCS and PLC systems, hydrogen technology, and renewables etc. This volume will be of interest to power plant professionals, researchers and academicians.

Keywords

CO2 sequestrationMineral carbonationFly ash & Concrete

Table of Content

Utilization of CO2 for Methanol Synthesis from Coal-Fired Power Plant

Swapnil Patil, Ankit Gupta, Sahil Chopra, Subrata Sarkar, S. Shaswattam
Pages 1-14

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Experimental Investigation of CO2 Sequestration in Fly Ash and Lime Composites via Mineral Carbonation: A Lab-Scale Study

Gaurav Richhariya, Sunit Kumar Singh, Pranay Sharma, Aarti Sharma, G. D. Vani, Ch. Srinivasu, Anil Kumar Das
Pages 15-28

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Failure Analysis of Spillway Gate of a Hydro Project - A Metallurgical Perspective

Deepak Kumar Gope, Anand D. Varma, Anil Kumar Das, Prahlad Halder
Pages 29-37

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Failure Investigation of Boiler Tubes Failed Due to Thermal Fatigue and Corrosion Fatigue

Aditya Gokhale, Deepak Kumar Gope, Prahlad Halder, Anil Kumar Das, Anand D. Varma
Pages 38-49

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Coercivity Measurement as a Tool for Assessing the Quality of Post Weld Heat Treatment of T91 Boiler Tubes

Avijit Mondal, Anil Kumar Das, Satish Chand, Sandeep Kumar, Chandra Bhushan Kesari
Pages 61-78

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Design and Development of 10 kWh Solar Thermal Space Heating with Thermal Energy Storage

Ankit Gupta, Neeraj Goswami, Subrata Sarkar, S. Shaswattam
Pages 119-134

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Metal Hydride-Based Hydrogen Compressor for Hydrogen Microgrid

Shanta Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Ajay Kuntal, Yashwant Kumar Saini, Prabhat Ranjan, Manish Sonker
Pages 135-157

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Microgrid: A Blueprint for Decentralized Energy Systems

Shyam Manohar Gupta, Abhinav Ashish, Ravi Kumar, Partha Mukherjee
Pages 158-166

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Steam-Enhanced Gasification of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)/Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF)

Shanta Kumar, Rajesh Deshpande, Yashwant Kumar Saini, Jitendra Patidar, Manish Sonker, Subrata Sarkar
Pages 167-187

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From Waste to Resource: Elemental Characterization of Fly Ash Using EDXRF

Sunit Kumar Singh, G. D. Vani, Pranay Sharma, Anil Kumar Das
Pages 210-220

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Harnessing Indian Coal Fly Ashes for Rare Earth Elements Recovery: A Review

Akanksha Aggarwal, Raj K. Tripathi, A. Lakshman Kumar, Pranay Sharma, Anil Kumar Das
Pages 221-235

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Geospatial Mapping of Chlorine in NTPC-Linked Coalmines

Aarti Sharma, Gaurav Richhariya, Pranay Sharma, Anil Kumar Das
Pages 236-247

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Editors and Affiliations

S. Shaswattam is Executive Director in NTPC and is heading NETRA, the R&D centre of NTPC.

Anil Kumar Das is Chief General Manager at NTPC NETRA. He has more than 32 years of experience in the area of health & life assessment of power plants and is associated with development, adaptation and execution of various advanced NDE tools for increased availability & reliability. He is National NDT awardee with various patents, copyrights and technical publications in national & international journals & books.

Subrata Sarkar, Former General Manager of NETRA, NTPC Ltd., holds B.E. (Electrical Engg.) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and M. Tech (Machine Drives and Power Electronics) from IIT Kharagpur. He is Head of Technology Division of NETRA spearheading projects on CCUS, Green Hydrogen, Energy Storage, Waste to Energy and other areas.

Prahlad Halder, Deputy General Manager-NETRA, NTPC Ltd, is working in the diversified areas of power plant metallurgy with emphasis on failure analysis, condition assessment, material characterisation & different damage mechanisms of wide spectrum of power plant components.

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Publishing Information

Book Title:
NTPC Transactions on Energy Research
Book SubTitle:
A NETRA Initiative
Editors:
S.Shaswattam, Anil Kumar Das, Subrata Sarkar, Prahlad Halder
DOI:
10.2991/978-94-6463-849-3
Publisher:
Atlantis Press International BV
Hardcover ISBN:
978-94-6463-848-6
E-Book ISBN:
978-94-6463-849-3
Edition Number:
1
Number of Pages:
247
Number of illustrations:
106
Available online:
1 October 2025
Copyright Information:
The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2025. This book is an open access publication.
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