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Dr Aritra Ghosh

Lecturer in Renewable Engineering

 A.Ghosh@exeter.ac.uk


Overview

Profile

Dr Aritra Ghosh is a Lecturer at the Renewable Energy, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK. Prior to joining this position, he was Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the same department. Previously, he worked as a Research Associate at The Centre for Industrial and Engineering Optics, Technological University, Dublin, Ireland. He has a PhD in Building Engineering from Dublin Energy Lab, Technological University, Dublin, Ireland. He is a member of the Renewable Energy Group in the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences and also part of the interdisciplinary Environment and Sustainability Institute.He also acts as a Programme Director for MSc in Renewable Energy Engineering & Global Renewable Energy Engineering

Research Interest

  • Energy Positive Building
  • Smart switchable material (Electrochromic, Suspended Particle Device, Liquid Crystal)
  • Advanced glazing technologies (Vacuum, Aerogel)
  • First, second and third-generation PV for BIPV/BAPV
  • Low concentrating PV (LSC, CPC, Holography)
  • Building physics including materials science, solar radiation, thermal radiation, climate exposure, smart nanomaterials
  • Solar powered Electric Vehicle (EV)
  • Transparent Building Envelops (Transparent Wood)
  • Sensor Technology
  • Floating PV (Water based pv)
  • Agri-PV (Agrivoltaics)
  • Hydrogen Economy

Teaching

ENEM012 (Solar Energy & Innovation; MSc)

ENE2001 (Energy Management; UG2)

ENEM101 (Renewable Energy Systems, MSc)

ENE2004 ( Renewable Energy Systems, UG2)

ENE3011 ( Renewable Energy Dissertation, UG3)

ENEM104 ( MSc research Project)

Research grants

2018-2019: Autonomous Switchable Glazing (ESRC Impact Acceleration Award; £67,121) PI

2019-2021: Spectral dependent unified soiling losses of PV farms in India (EPSRC JUICE flexible grant; £120,000) Researcher Co-I

2020-2021: Smart material for adaptive building skin, (EPSRC travel grant; £2500) PI

2020-2021: Energy Performance of Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Shading Devices (PVSD) in Hot Desert Climate, (Research Deanship in University of Ha’il – Saudi Arabia through project number RG-20 105; £19000) External Consultant.

2021-2022: PDLC glazing for Building application (South Asia Partnership Development Fund, £5000) PI

Research Links

ResearchGate

Google Scholar

Scopus

ORCiD

Guest Editor

Journal of Molecular Structure-Elsevier-Editor  Molecular mechatronics in nanotechnology and supramolecular chemistryh

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments- Elsevier-Editor (Special Issue "Reshaping the built environment in the light of renewable and sustainable energy technologies

World Electric Vehicle Journal-MDPI-Editor (Special Issue " Electric Vehicles and Charging Facilities for a Sustainable Transport Sector")

Sustainability -MDPI -Editor (Special Issue " Solar Energy Materials for Advanced Window for Less Energy-Hungry Building")

Energies-MDPI-Editor (Special Issue “Recent Advances in Renewable Energy and Clean Energy”)

Energies-MDPI-Editor (Special Issue “Challenges and Opportunities in the Integration of Solar Photovoltaics in Developing Countries”)

World Electric Vehicle Journal-MDPI-Editor (Special Issue "Electric Vehicles—Solution toward Zero Emission from the Transport Sector")

Recent Progress in Materials- Lidsen- Editor (Special Issue “Smart Switchable Material for Adaptive Low Energy Building’s Window”)

Journal of Energy and Power Technology - Lidsen- Editor (Special Issue “Progress of Wind Energy Technology and Its Maintenance”)

Advances in Civil Engineering - Hindawi - Editor (Special Issue "Employing Smart Power Generation in Buildings")

Sustainable Design and Construction- Frontiers- Editor (Special Issue “Building Integrated Photovoltaic for Energy Positive Buildings - Energetic Analysis”)

Editorial Board Member

 Discover Energy

 Energy Conversion and Economics

 Results in Engineering

 Sensors

 Materials

 Sustainability

 International Journal of Recent Trends in Multidisciplinary Research

 Journal of Building Design and Environment

 International Journal of Advanced Engineering and Management Research

News & Media:

BBC Cornwall radio on food security ‘versus’ green energy (16/04/2024)

Water Based PV (PV Magazine; July 2023)

Reduction of Carbon foot print (Science News Explores; February 2023)

Expert Interview on Smart Window (Smart Glass World; January 2020)

Lowering PV panel temperature with phase change materials (PV Magazine; April 2020)

One step closer to self-powered switchable glazing? (Laurie Winkless; September 2016)

PhD/Post-doctoral Positions:

  • No PhD studentship available right now. Candidates are encouraged to discuss with CV, and research plan to be considered for the next call for PhD studentship. Self-funded PhD students are very welcome. Use the link to find more funding scheme. 

            PhD funding | Postgraduate Study - PhD and Research Degrees | University of Exeter

  • No post-doctoral opportunity opening right now. Candidates are encouraged to send CV, list of publications and research plan to discuss further for fellowship applications.

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Publications

Copyright Notice: Any articles made available for download are for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the copyright holder.

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2014

  • Ghosh A, Norton PB, Duffy PA. (2014) Multifunctional glazing system-solution for modern smart glazing, 30th International PLEA Conference: Sustainable Habitat for Developing Societies: Choosing the Way Forward - Proceedings, volume 2, pages 567-574.

2012

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Further information

Research Project

Below is the wider range of topics for PhD/ MSc projects/ UG projects that are available under my supervision. If you are, a self-funded/industry-funded student and willing to perform PhD research do not hesitate to contact me to discuss further.

Solar Photovoltaic

·       Ground or land based monofacial / bifacial PV

·       Water based/ Floating PV  using monofacial/ bifacial PV

·       Agri photovoltaic using monofacial/bifacial PV

·       Building integrated photovoltaic using monofacial/bifacial PV

·       Impact of nanofluid/air/water on the solar thermal/ photovoltaic thermal collector for various applications

·       Predicting and analysing soiling losses for Photovoltaic system

·       Cleaning mechanism for Soiled PV system

·       Solar-powered Electric Vehicle

        Solar powered hydrogen generation & Fuel Cell EV

Building Energy

·       Highly energy efficient building envelop for low/zero energy building

·       Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) for adaptive building application

·       Techno-economic analysis of Bifacial PV systems for building (BAPV/BIPV)

·       Urban Building Energy analysis

Previous UG/MENG/MSc Project

Solar Energy

An assessment of floating photovoltaic systems and energy storage methods: A comprehensive review - ScienceDirect

A review of bifacial solar photovoltaic applications | Frontiers in Energy (springer.com)

Do Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) windows propose a promising solution for the transition toward zero energy buildings? A review - ScienceDirect

Challenges | Free Full-Text | Agrivoltaic Engineering and Layout Optimization Approaches in the Transition to Renewable Energy Technologies: A Review (mdpi.com)

Clean Technol. | Free Full-Text | Floating Photovoltaics: A Review (mdpi.com)

Coatings | Free Full-Text | Perovskite Solar Cells: A Review of the Recent Advances (mdpi.com)

Building Energy

Energy assessment of gasochromic smart windows for a high-rise apartment block in a temperate climate - ScienceDirect

Energy assessment of advanced and switchable windows for less energy-hungry buildings in the UK - ScienceDirect

Exploring energy consumption for less energy-hungry building in UK using advanced aerogel window - ScienceDirect

Building energy analysis using EC and PDLC based smart switchable window in Oman - ScienceDirect

Energies | Free Full-Text | Investigation of Integrated and Non-Integrated Thermoelectric Systems for Buildings—A Review (mdpi.com)

Electrically powered active smart windows - ScienceDirect

Electric Vehicles

Optimisation of a standalone photovoltaic electric vehicle charging station using the loss of power supply probability: Heliyon (cell.com)

Aerospace | Free Full-Text | Assessing the Sustainability of Liquid Hydrogen for Future Hypersonic Aerospace Flight (mdpi.com)

Electronics | Free Full-Text | Exploring the Potential for Electric Retrofit Regulations and an Accreditation Scheme for the UK (mdpi.com)

Electronics | Free Full-Text | The Grid Independence of an Electric Vehicle Charging Station with Solar and Storage (mdpi.com)

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