Shyam Singh Chandel

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Energy & Environment Issues, Geothermal energy, Renewable Energy: Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Biomass Energy Solar Photovoltaics Systems, Solar Thermal Systems: Solar Radiation, Concentrated Solar Power, Passive Solar building Technology, Solar Greenhouse technology; Solar. Wind Bioenergy, Hybrid Power Systems; Energy Storage. ANN & Machine learning Techniques

RESEARCH / FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE

• Vast administrative experience of working with   Central, State Institutions of HP Govt. and   Govt. of India, Ministries of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), Science & Technology (Ministry of Science & Technology-DST) and Human Resource Development (MHRD)& National Institute of Solar Energy, Delhi.
• Catalyzed the establishment of   scientific & technical research facilities namely Solar Cities Shimla & Hamirpur, National Research & Technology Consortium, Parwanoo, Appropriate Technology Research and Development Centre at Sunder Nagar etc. in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
• Formulated and coordinated 30 International and externally   funded   Research &Development projects, Consultancy projects out of which 2 projects funded under Australian Aid and World Bank on Passive solar building technology.
• Assessed the Solar PV power generation potential of Himachal Pradesh recently under a consultancy Project for HP Electricity Regulatory Commission (HPERC)by the identifying sites for Megawatt Scale Solar photovoltaic power plants in the 4 districts of Himachal Pradesh which will prove a milestone in the field of Solar power generation in the state.

Catalyzed a number of Policy Initiatives on:

• Solar Power generation under Solar Policy for HP  
• Solar Water Pumping for irrigation & drinking water supplies
• Policy for making Solar Passive Housing Technology mandatory in Himachal Pradesh making HP as the first state in the country to take such a decision in 1994.-2000,2005.
• Policy for the incorporation of Solar Passive building features in building Byelaws in HP notified by HP Govt. in 2009.
• Policy for the Registration of Geographical Indications (GI) of Himachal Pradesh in 2004.
• Registered Kangra Tea, Kullu Shawl, Chamba Rumal  as GIs as the C0-ordinator of HP Patent Information Centre, HP Science, Technology, & Environment Council, Shimla
• Coordinated the established a 500kWp grid connected Solar power plant project to be installed at NIT Hamirpur under MHRD & MNRE, GOI programme which will be upgraded to 1MW capacity. under the National Solar Mission of Govt of India.
• Editor of International Journal of Energy & Environment (JREE);Reviewer of more than 30 International Energy research journals Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Springer etc. 

HONORS / AWARDS/REOGNITIONS 

• Word wide recognition among Top 2 % Researchers in Energy as per Stanford University World Ranking of Scientists. (Ranked Top %: 1.5536465) among the top 100,000 across all fields as Researcher in Energy in Lifetime Research Career-long Category: Research from 1978-May 6 2020; Impact up to the end of 2019 (Table-S6-career-2019) as published in Oct.16,2020. https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918 
• Nov. 12, 2018   Life time Achievement Award in Science   Promotion in the State of Himachal Pradesh by State Council for Science & Technology & Environment, Himachal Pradesh.
• April 29, 2016, National Award for Excellence on promoting Concentrated Solar Technologies in Educational Institutions for National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India 
• June 30, 2002 Shri Sohan Raj Dali Chand Shah Life Time Achievement in the fields of Science, Technology and Environment and Popularisation of Science in the Country by Indian Planetary Society, Mumbai, India.

 

S.No	Title	Inventors
1	A solar cooking system based on preheated water to reduce co2 emission	Dr. Rajesh Kumar, Er Ankit Gupta, Prof Raja Sekhar Y, Prof SS Chandel
2	A single platform multi-temperature solar powered orbital shaker incubator for growing microorganisms at different temperature and method of use thereof	Adit Rana, Prof Kamal Dev, Dr. Raj Kumar, Prof. (Dr.) Sham Singh Chandel, Nidhi Kapoor, Prof. Anuradha Sourirajan
3	Solar power assisted distillation plant and method of use thereof.	ADIT RANA, KAMAL DEV, RAJ KUMAR, SHAM SINGH CHANDEL, NIDHI KAPOOR, ANURADHA SOURIRAJAN.

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS: 85

Publications in International SCI Journals:

• Gorjian, S., Ebadi, H., Najafi, G., Chandel, S. S., & Yildizhan, H (2021). Recent advances in net-zero energy greenhouses and adapted thermal energy storage systems. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 43, 100940. (Impact Factor 3.427, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta(  .2020.100940)
• Sinha, S., & Chandel, S. S. (2020). Analysis of fixed tilt and sun tracking photovoltaic micro wind based hybrid power systems [ECM 115 (2016) 265–275]: Response to comments on Letter to Editor. Energy Conversion and Management, 222, 113285. (Impact Factor 8.208, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113285)
• Malik, P., & Chandel, S. S. (2020). A new integrated single‐diode solar cell model for photovoltaic power prediction with experimental validation under real outdoor conditions. International Journal of Energy Research. (Impact Factor 3.741, https://doi.org/10.1002/er.5881)
• Kumar, M., Chandel, S. S., & Kumar, A. (2020). Performance analysis of a 10 MWp utility scale grid-connected canal-top photovoltaic power plant under Indian climatic conditions. Energy, 117903. (Impact Factor 6.028, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.117903)
• Malik, P., & Chandel, S. S. (2020). Performance enhancement of multi-crystalline silicon photovoltaic modules using mirror reflectors under Western Himalayan climatic conditions. Renewable Energy. (Impact Factor 6.274, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.03.048)
• Kumar, R., Nadda, R., Rana, A., Chauhan, R., & Chandel, S. S. (2020). Performance investigation of a solar thermal collector provided with air jets impingement on multi V-shaped protrusion ribs absorber plate. Heat and Mass Transfer, 56(3), 913-930. (Impact Factor 1.867 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-019-02755-2)
• Amit Kumar Yadav, S.S. Chandel. 2018. Formulation of New Correlations in terms 
• of extraterrestrial radiation by optimization of tilt angle for installation of solar photovoltaic systems for maximum power generation-Case study 26 cities in India" Sadhana 2018) 43-81 (Springer Impact Factor 0.465, SCI, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-018-0858-2)
•  Amit Kumar Yadav, Vikrant Sharma, Hasmat Malik, S.S. Chandel.2018  Daily Array Yield Prediction of Grid-Interactive Photovoltaic Plant using Relief attribute evaluator based Radial Basis Function Neural Network. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2018),81 (Part 2) 2115-2127.
• Amit Kumar Yadav, S.S. Chandel. 2017. Identification of relevant input variables for prediction of 1-minute time-step photovoltaic module power using Artificial Neural Network and Multiple Linear Regression Models. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews(2017) 77; 955–969. (Elsevier Journal Impact Factor 8.050, Science Citation Index)]. 
• Chandel, S. S. and Tanya Agarwal. "Review of cooling techniques using phase change materials for enhancing efficiency of photovoltaic power systems." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 73 (2017): 1342-1351.
• Chandel, S. S., M. Nagaraju Naik, and Rahul Chandel. "Review of performance studies of direct coupled photovoltaic water pumping systems and case study." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 76 (2017): 163-175.
• Sinha, Sunanda, and S. S. Chandel. "Improving the reliability of photovoltaic-based hybrid power system with battery storage in low wind locations." Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 19 (2017): 146-159.
• Chandel, S. S., and Tanya Agarwal. "Review of current state of research on energy storage, toxicity, health hazards and commercialization of phase changing materials." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 67 (2017): 581-596.
• Chandel, S. S., Vandna Sharma, and Bhanu M. Marwaha. “ Review of energy efficient features in vernacular architecture for improving indoor thermal comfort conditions”. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 65 (2016): 459-477.
• Sharma, Vikrant, and S. S. Chandel. "A novel study for determining early life degradation of multi-crystalline-silicon photovoltaic modules observed in western Himalayan Indian climatic conditions." Solar Energy 134 (2016): 32-44.
• Sinha, Sunanda, and S. S. Chandel. "Analysis of fixed tilt and sun tracking photovoltaic-micro wind based hybrid power systems." Energy Conversion and Management 115 (2016):  265–275
• Chandel, S. S., Aniket Sharma, and Bhanu M. Marwaha. "Review of energy efficiency initiatives and regulations for residential buildings in India."Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 54 (2016): 1443-1458.
• Chandel, S. S., Rajnish Shrivastva, Vikrant Sharma, and P. Ramasamy. "Overview of the initiatives in renewable energy sector under the national action plan on climate change in India." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 54 (2016): 866-873.
• Yadav, Amit Kumar, Hasmat Malik, and S. S. Chandel. "Application of rapid miner in ANN based prediction of solar radiation for assessment of solar energy resource potential of 76 sites in Northwestern India." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 52 (2015): 1093-1106.
• Sinha, Sunanda, and S. S. Chandel. "Prospects of solar photovoltaic–micro-wind based hybrid power systems in western Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh in India." Energy Conversion and Management 105 (2015): 1340-1351.
• Sinha, Sunanda, and S. S. Chandel. "Review of recent trends in optimization techniques for solar photovoltaic–wind based hybrid energy systems."Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 50 (2015): 755-769.
• Yadav, Amit Kumar, and S. S. Chandel. "Solar energy potential assessment of western Himalayan Indian state of Himachal Pradesh using J48 algorithm of WEKA in ANN based prediction model." Renewable Energy 75 (2015): 675-693
• Chandel, S. S., M. Nagaraju Naik, Vikrant Sharma, and Rahul Chandel. "Degradation analysis of 28 year field exposed mono-c-Si photovoltaic modules of a direct coupled solar water pumping system in western Himalayan region of India." Renewable Energy 78 (2015): 193-202.
• Ramasamy, P., S. S. Chandel, and Amit Kumar Yadav. "Wind speed prediction in the mountainous region of India using an artificial neural network model." Renewable Energy 80 (2015): 338-347.
• Chandel, S. S., and Amitava Sarkar. "Performance assessment of a passive solar building for thermal comfort and energy saving in a hilly terrain of India." Energy and Buildings 86 (2015): 873-885.
• Chandel, S. S., M. Nagaraju Naik, and Rahul Chandel. "Review of solar photovoltaic water pumping system technology for irrigation and community drinking water supplies." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 49 (2015): 1084-1099.
• Sinha, Sunanda, and S. S. Chandel. "Review of software tools for hybrid renewable energy systems." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 32 (2014): 192-205.
• Yadav, Amit Kumar, and S. S. Chandel. "Solar radiation prediction using Artificial Neural Network techniques: A review." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 33 (2014): 772-781.
• Yadav, Amit Kumar, Hasmat Malik, and S. S. Chandel. "Selection of most relevant input parameters using WEKA for artificial neural network based solar radiation prediction models." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 31 (2014): 509-519.
• Chandel, S. S., K. S. R. Murthy, and P. Ramasamy. "Wind resource assessment for decentralised power generation: Case study of a complex hilly terrain in western Himalayan region." Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 8 (2014): 18-33.
• Chandel, S. S., P. Ramasamy, and K. S. R. Murthy. "Wind power potential assessment of 12 locations in western Himalayan region of India."Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 39 (2014): 530-545
• Sharma, Vikrant, O. S. Sastry, Arun Kumar, Birinchi Bora, and S. S. Chandel. "Degradation analysis of a-Si,(HIT) hetro-junction intrinsic thin layer silicon and mC-Si solar photovoltaic technologies under outdoor conditions."Energy 72 (2014): 536-546.
• Yadav, Priya, and S. S. Chandel. "Comparative analysis of diffused solar radiation models for optimum tilt angle determination for Indian locations."Applied Solar Energy 50, no. 1 (2014): 53.
• Yadav, Amit Kumar, and S. S. Chandel. "Tilt angle optimization to maximize incident solar radiation: A review." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 23 (2013): 503-513.
• Sharma, Vikrant, and S. S. Chandel. "Performance and degradation analysis for long term reliability of solar photovoltaic systems: A review." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 27 (2013): 753-767
• Sharma, Vikrant, and S. S. Chandel. "Performance analysis of a 190 kWp grid interactive solar photovoltaic power plant in India." Energy 55 (2013): 476-485.
• Bhardwaj, Saurabh, Vikrant Sharma, Smriti Srivastava, O. S. Sastry, B. Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Chandel, and J. R. P. Gupta. "Estimation of solar radiation using a combination of Hidden Markov Model and generalized Fuzzy model." Solar Energy 93 (2013): 43-54.
• Sharma, Vikrant, Arun Kumar, O. S. Sastry, and S. S. Chandel. "Performance assessment of different solar photovoltaic technologies under similar outdoor conditions." Energy 58 (2013): 511-518.
• Rawat, Rahul, and S. S. Chandel. "Simulation and Optimization of Solar Photovoltaic-Wind Stand Alone Hybrid System in Hilly Terrain of India."International Journal of Renewable Energy Research (IJRER) 3, no. 3 (2013): 595-604.
• Sinha, Sunanda, and S. S. Chandel. "Pre-feasibility analysis of solar-wind hybrid system potential in a complex hilly terrain." International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering 3 (2013): 277-282.
• Yadav, Amit Kumar, and S. S. Chandel. "Artificial neural network based prediction of solar radiation for Indian stations." International Journal of Computer Applications 50, no. 9 (2012): 1-4
• Chandel, S. S., and R. K. Aggarwal. "Thermal Comfort Temperature Standards for Cold Regions." Innovative Energy Policies 2 (2012).
• Chandel, Shyam S., and Rajeev K. Aggarwal. "Estimation of hourly solar radiation on horizontal and inclined surfaces in Western Himalayas." Smart grid and renewable energy 2, no. 01 (2011): 45.
• Aggarwal, R. K., and S. S. Chandel. "Emerging energy scenario in Western Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh." Energy Policy 38, no. 5 (2010): 2545-2551.
• Chandel, S. S., and R. K. Aggarwal. "Performance evaluation of a passive solar building in Western Himalayas." Renewable energy 33, no. 10 (2008): 2166-2173.
• Chandel, S. S., R. K. Aggarawal, and A. N. Pandey. "New correlation to estimate global solar radiation on horizontal surface from using sunshine duration and temperature data." ASME Transactions Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 127, no. 3 (2007): 417-420.
• Chandel, S. S. "Strategy for the promotion of passive solar housing technology in western Himalayas." Int Energy Jornal 7, no. 4 (2006): 273-277.
• Chandel, S. S., R. K. Aggarwal, and A. N. Pandey. "New correlation to estimate global solar radiation on horizontal surfaces using sunshine hour and temperature data for Indian sites." Journal of Solar Energy Engineering127, no. 3 (2005): 417-420.
• Aggarwal, R. K., and S. S. Chandel. "Review of improved cookstoves programme in Western Himalayan State of India." Biomass and bioenergy27, no. 2 (2004): 131-144.
• Chandel, S. S., R. K. Aggarwal, and A. N. Pandey. "A new approach to estimate global solar radiation on horizontal surfaces from temperature data.SESI J 12, no. 2 (2002): 109-14.
• Aggarwal, Rajeev, and S. S. Chandel. "Thermal performance comparison of metal cooking stove for snow bound areas of Himachal Pradesh.SESI Journal 7, no. 1 (1997):15-21.
• Aggarwal, Rajeev, and S. S. Chandel. "Low Cost Space heating green house for Cold Climates," SESI Journal 7, no. 1 (1997): 21-26.
• Chandel, S. S., and S. Mukherjee. "Phase shifts for electron scattering from a two-centre potential." Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 12, no. 3 (1979): 329.
• Mukherjee, S., and S. S. Chandel. "Relativistic electron scattering from a two-centre potential." Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 11,no.7(1978):1257.   
• Chandel S.S. On the modified JWKB method for two-centre phase shifts, Physics Letters A, Vol. 120, no. 3(1987), 107-110.

Publications in    Conferences 30

Publications in National Conferences:17

S.No.	Author(s)	Year of Publication		Title of Paper		Conference details
1	Sunanda Sinha, S.S.Chandel	2016		Optimum Tilt Angles for Maximum Power Generation by Photovoltaic Systems in Western Himalayan State of Himachal Pradesh,India		7th IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics.( IICPE-2016), Thapar University Patiala, Punjab, India, 17-19 Nov. 2016
	Kishan Agrawal, S.S. Chandel,	2016		Current status of research  on PV wind hybrid system in India		International Conference on Technology Management (ICTM-2016) from 14-15 July, 2016.NIT-Hamirpur, HP
	Sunanda Sinha, S.S.Chandel	2016		Wind Shear Analysis for Different Wind Turbine Hub Heights in a Western Himalayan Terrain		7th IEEE India International Conference on Power Electronics.( IICPE-2016), Thapar University Patiala, Punjab, India, 17-19 November 2016.
	Amit Kumar Yadav, Hasmat Malik, S.S. Chandel.	2016		Tilt Angle Calculation for Installation of PV Systems for Mountainous Regions of Himachal Pradesh India.		International Conference on Electrical Power and Energy Systems (ICEPES) Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, India. Dec 14-16, 2016. 205-9.
	Amit Kumar Yadav, Hasmat Malik, S.S. Chandel.	2015		ANN Based Prediction of Daily Global Solar Radiation for Photovoltaics Applications.		12th IEEE India International Conference, INDICON 2015, on Electronics, Energy, Environment, Communication, Computer, Control, (E3-C3).
2	Nitin Kumar, Priya Yadav, S.S. Chandel,	2015		Comparative Analysis of Four Different Solar Photovoltaic Technologies.		International Conference on Energy Economics and Environment (ICEEE-2015)
3	Priya Yadav, Nitin Kumar, S.S. Chandel,	2015		Simulation and Performance Analysis of a 1 kWp Solar Photovoltaic System Using PVsyst.		International conference on computation of Power, Energy, Information & Communication (ICCPEIC -2015).
4	Sunanda Sinha, S.S.Chandel	2014		Study of PV-wind hybrid system using fixed slope PV systems and various PV tracking systems using HOMER		ICAMET-2014, BESU, Howrah , West Bengal
5	S.S.Chandel, Sunanda Sinha, P.Ramasamy	2014		Feasibility Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic-Wind with Battery Storage System in Western Himalayan Region of India		7th International Conference on PV Hybrids and Mini Grids , Bad Hersfeld, Germany
6	Sunanda Sinha, S.S.Chandel	2013		Pre-feasibility analysis of solar-wind hybrid system potential in a complex hilly terrain		ICERSTD-2013, BESU, Howrah , West Bengal
7	S.S.Chandel	2009		Implementation of Passive Solar Housing Technology in Himachal Pradesh,		International Conference on Energy & Climate Change in Cold Regions of Asia, Leh, J& K.      P-151-154 April 21-24,
8	S.S.Chandel	2009		Strategy for passive Heating of building in cold Regions of India, Renewables: helping rural development		Proceedings of International Congress on Renewable Energy, Delhi. P-77-82
9	S.S.Chandel, Steve King, Deo Prasad	2001		Bringing Solar Down To Earth		International Solar Energy Society 2001 Solar World Congress            pp-183-189
10	S. S Chandel,., S. King, and D. Prasad	2001		Implementing passive solar housing technology in mountains.		In Bringing Solar Down To Earth Proceedings of ISES, Solar World Congress, edited by Saman, WY, and Charters, W. WS, pp. 183-189.., Sydney, Australia
11	S. S Chandel,  R K Gupta	1990		Electron Scattering from two-centre Coulomb and potential,		International Conference on Particles and Nuclei, USA
12	S. S Chandel , R K Gupta	1989		Two centre electron Scattering phase shifts and calculated to higher orders using the generalized JWKB method.		International Centre for Theoretical Physics (Italy),
13	S. S Chandel	1988		The relativistic two centre problem in strong fields.		Proceedings of the 12th International Nathiagali Summer College on Physics and Contemporary Needs, Nathiagali (Pakistan)
Publications in National Conferences:
1	S.S.Chandel		2000		Implementation of Solar Passive Housing in H.P.	Proceedings of National Workshop on Energy Efficient Materials & Building Technologies, pp- 28-30,
2	S.S.Chandel		1997		Relevance of Solar Passive Housing Technology for hills,	Proceedings of   Workshop on Urban Affairs, Academy of Mountain Environics, Regional Housing &Urban Development Organisation [RHUDO],USAID]
3	S.S.Chandel		1997		Strategy for Implementing Passive Solar Housing Technology in Mountains	Proceedings of Regional Experts Consultation on Implications of National Policies on Renewable Energy Technologies [ICIMOD],
4	S.S.Chandel		1995		Solar passive housing strategy for Shimla town.	Proceedings of  National Mayors conference on Environmental issues
5	S.S.Chandel, N K Dhiman, P K Raina		1994		Global Solar radiation Estimates for Solan	Himachal  Pradesh  National  Solar  Energy Convention     pp-152 156
6	S.S.Chandel		1993		Strategy for Solar passive house programme in Himachal Pradesh	Proceedings of   National Workshop on Solar passive housing for Cold Climates (April 17 18)
7	R K Aggarwal, S.S.Chandel		1990		Status of Improved Chulha programme in Himachal Pradesh Renewable Energy and Environment,	Proceeding of the National Solar Energy Convention, Udaipur, India  pages. 249- 252
8	S.S.Chandel , D Gupta ,  P K Khosla		1989		Solar drying of Chilgoza pine cones for seed extraction.	Proc. Third Forestry Conference, Dehradun             90
9	S.S.Chandel		1987		On the relativistic two centre continuum Waves.	International Conference on Changing faces of Physics of Particles and Nuclei Varanasi India
10	P K Raina, S.S.Chandel		1986		The Positron production in heavy ion collisions.	Proceedings of Nuclear Physics Symposium, BARC 187- 188
11	S D Sharma, S.S.Chandel		1977		A two centre model for deformed nuclei.	Proceedings of  Nuclear Physics and Solid State Physics Symposium, BARC pp-74 76
12	S. Mukherjee, S.S.Chandel		1976		Phase shifts for Electron scattering from a spheroidal potential.	Proceedings of Nuclear Physics and Solid State Physics Symposium, BARC pp-73 75
13	S. Mukherjee, S.S.Chandel		1975		Phase shift analysis for high energy and electron scattering from two centre potentials.	Proceedings of Nuclear and Solid state Physics symposium         BARC pp-100 200