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Nabin Sarmah

Assistant Professor

Qualification: PhD
Contact Address:
Department of Energy,
Tezpur University,
P.O.- Napaam, Tezpur,
Assam - 784028, India

Phone: +91 3712275314 (Office);
Fax: +91 3712 267005
E-mail: nabin@tezu.ernet.in;

Curriculum Vitae

Area of Specialization/ Research:

Research Publications (Recent Publications):

  • G. P. Smestad, T. A. Germer, H. Alrashidi, E. F. Fernandez, S. Dey, H. Brahma, N. Sarmah, A. Ghosh, N. Sellami, I. A. I. Hassan, M. Desouky, A. Kasry, B. Pesala, S. Sundaram, F. Almonacid, K. S. Reddy, T. K. Mallick, L. Micheli, Modelling photovoltaic soiling losses through optical characterization, Scientific Reports, 10:58, 1-13 (2020)
  • A. Ghosh, N. Sarmah, S. Sundaram, T. K. Mallick, Numerical studies of thermal comfort for semi-transparent building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV)-vacuum glazing system, Solar Energy, 190, 608-616, (2019)
  • B. J. Saharia, H. Brahma, N. Sarmah, A review of algorithms for control and optimization for energy management of hybrid renewable energy systems, Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 10, 053502, (2018)
  • B. Talukdara, S. Buragohain, S. Kumar, V. Umakanth, N. Sarmah, S. Mahapatra, Effect of spectral response of solar cells on the module output when individual cells are shaded, Solar Energy, 137, 303-307, (2016)
  • L. Micheli, E. Fernandez, N. Sarmah, S. Senthilarasu, K. S. Reddy, T. K. Mallick, Small-Volume Fabrication of a 144-Cell Assembly for High-Concentrating Photovoltaic Receivers, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 138, 0310081-03100810, (2016)

Papers in Conference Proceedings:

  • H. Brahma, L. Baruah and N. Sarmah, Electrical and thermal modelling to evaluate photovoltaic module performance in varying outdoor condition, 2nd International Conference on Energy, Power and Environment (ICEPE), 1-2 June, 2018, Meghalaya
  • J. Mahanta, B. J. Saharia and N. Sarmah, Comparative Performance Analysis of Chopper circuits in MPPT for Solar PV applications, IEEE International Conference on Current Trends towards converging technologies (ICCTCT), 1-3 March, 2018, Tamil Nadu
  • J. Mahanta, P. Barman, B. Sharma and N. Sarmah, A Prototype Model of Flap like Propulsion system, IEEE International Conference on Current Trends towards converging technologies (ICCTCT), 1-3 March, 2018, Tamil Nadu
  • B. J. Saharia, J. Mahanta and N. Sarmah, Control and energy management of a hybrid PV-microhyrdo power generation system- A conceptual framework, National Conference on Non Conventional Energy: Harvesting Technology and Its Challenges, 10-11 November, 2017, AEC, Assam
  • L. Micheli, E. F. Fernandez, G. P. Smestad, H. Alrashidi, N. Sarmah, N. Sellami, I. AI. Hassan, A. Kasry, G. Nofuentes, N. Sood, B. Pesala, S. Senthilarasu, F. Almonacid, K. S. Reddy, M. Muller, T. K. Mallick, A unified global investigation on the spectral effects of soiling losses of PV glass substrates: preliminary results,IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC), June 2017, USA

Other Publications (Books/ Book Chapters, etc.):

 Book Chapters:
  • B. J. Saharia and N. Sarmah, A Soft Computing Approach for Optimal Design of a DC-DC Buck Converter, Pages: 297-305, 2019, Publisher: Springer
  • H.Baig, H. Brahma, T. K. Mallick, N. Sarmah, Technological Development for Capturing Regeneration, Standardization, and Storage of Solar Energy: Current Status and Future Direction, Pages: 391-432, 2017, Publisher: Spinger

Research Projects:

  • Multi-Crop Residue Processing Technology Package for Production of Fuel and Fertilizer; Grant amount INR 1,40,78,592 (IMP/2019/000247); 2019; Funded by: DST-SERB; (Co-I)
  • India-UK Center for Education and Research in Clean Energy (IUCERCE); Grant amount: INR74,56,400 (DST/RCUK/JVCCE/2015/04(4)(G)); 2017; Funded by: DST; (PI)
  • Project: Development and validation of a spectrum dependence integrated optical-thermal-electrical model to evaluate the performance of high concentrating photovoltaic module (UGC Start-Up Grant); Grant amount:INR 6,00,000 (F.30-33/2014 (BSR)); 2015; Funded by: UGC; (PI)