Prof. Ravi Prakash
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: rprakash[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 9336668662(O)
Research Publications
Book Chapter:
Ravi Prakash; “Energy and material constraints in India’s economic growth"; Chapter 31 of the book titled “Transition towards 100% renewable energy”, Springer International Publishing AG, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69844-1_31Dilawar Husain, Ravi Prakash; "Carbon reduction strategies for the built environment in a tropical city"; Urban Ecology-Emerging Patterns and Social-Ecological Systems, 2020, (Chapter-9) Pages 145-162, (Elsevier). 2020. ISBN: 0128207310, 9780128207314, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-820730-7.00009-4 Vishal Nawander, Dilawar Husain, Ravi Prakash; “Ecological Footprint Assessment and Its Reduction for Packaging Industry”; Chapter 2 of the book “Assessment of Ecological Footprints”, pp 41-78 (Springer), 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0096-8_2Rahul Singh Yadav, Dilawar Husain, Ravi Prakash; “Sustainability improvement opportunities for an industrial complex”; Chapter 13 of the book “Methods in Sustainability Science”, pp 215-226 (Elsevier), 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/C2020-0-00430-5Dilawar Husain, Ansari Abu Usama, Ismail Ansari A. S. A., Manish Sharma, Akbar Ahmad, and Ravi Prakash; “Life Cycle Ecological Footprint Reduction for a Residential Building”; Chapter 4 of the book “Ecological Footprints: Management, Reduction, and Environmental Impacts”, (Nova Science Publishers), 2022; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.52305/KJOY6010 Dilawar Husain, Akbar Ahmad, Manish Sharma, Kirti Tewari, and Ravi Prakash; “Ecological Footprint of Jatropha Biodiesel Production at Low Scale”; Chapter 5 of the book “Ecological Footprints: Management, Reduction, and Environmental Impacts”; (Nova Science Publishers), 2022; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.52305/KJOY6010 Dilawar Husain, Kirti Tewari, Manish Sharma, Akbar Ahmad, and Ravi Prakash; “Ecological Footprint of Multi-silicon Photovoltaic Module Recycling”; Chapter 3 of the book “Environmental Footprints of Recycled Products”; (Springer), 2022; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8426-5_3 Ansari Yakub Zafar Abid, Ansari Abu Usama, Dilawar Husain, Manish Sharma, Ravi Prakash; “Ecological Footprint Assessment of Recycled Asphalt Pavement Construction”; Chapter 5 of the book “Environmental Footprints of Recycled Products”; (Springer), 2022; DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8426-5_3
Journals:
Prakash R, Henham A; 'Energy Analysis of India’s nuclear power program' International Journal: PAJE (Pacific and Asian Journal of Energy), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) press, New Delhi, Vol.3, No.1, pp 147-158, 1993. Available on Surrey Research Insights Open Access: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/851788/Prakash R, Bansal N K; 'Energy Analysis of Solar Photovoltaic Module Production in India'; International Journal: ENERGY SOURCES (Taylor & Francis), Vol.17, No.6, pp 605-613, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00908319508946107Prakash R, Henham A, Bhat I K; 'Net Energy and Gross Pollution from bioethanol production in India'; International Journal: FUEL (Elsevier), Vol.77, No.14, pp 1629-1633, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0016-2361(98)00085-4Prakash R, Henham A, Bhat I K; ‘‘Gross Carbon Emissions from Alternative Transport Fuels in India'; International Journal: ENERGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (Elsevier), Volume IX, No.2, pp 10 -16, June 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0973-0826(08)60488-3Varun, I.K.Bhat, Ravi Prakash; “Life Cycle Analysis of Run of River Small Hydro Power Plants in India”; International Journal: The Open Renewable Energy Journal (Bentham Open), Volume 1, pp 11 – 16, 2008. [DOI: 10.2174/1876387100901010011]Varun, I.K.Bhat and Ravi Prakash; “LCA of Renewable Energy for Electricity Generation Systems: A Review”; International Journal: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier), Volume 13 (5), pp 1067 - 73, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2008.08.004Varun, Ravi Prakash and Bhat, I.K; “Energy, economics and environmental analysis of Renewable Energy Systems”; International Journal: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier), Volume 13 (9), pp 2716-2721, 2009.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2009.05.007
Varun, Ravi Prakash and Bhat IK, “A Figure of Merit for Evaluating Sustainability of Renewable Energy Systems”, International Journal: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier), Volume 14 (6), pp 1640-1643, 2010.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2010.02.003
Varun, Ravi Prakash and Bhat IK, "Life Cycle Energy and GHG Analysis of Hydro-Electric Power Development in India", International Journal of Green Energy (Taylor & Francis), Volume 7(4), pp. 361-375, 2010. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2010.493803T. Ramesh, Ravi Prakash, KK Shukla; “Life cycle energy analysis of buildings: An overview”, International Journal: Energy and Buildings (Elsevier), Volume 42, pp 1592 – 1600, 2010. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2010.05.007Ravi Prakash and Alex Henham; “Sustainable Energy through Multigeneration Systems” International Journal of Sustainability, Common Ground Publishing, Volume 7, Issue 4, pp 311-326, 2011. DOI: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/834854Ravi Prakash; “Is the concept of a green economy a useful way of framing policy discussions and policymaking to promote sustainable development?”; Viewpoints section of the Natural Resources Forum, a United Nations Sustainable Development Journal (Wiley Blackwell), Vol.35, No.1, pp 63 – 72, 2011. DOI:10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01347.x T. Ramesh, Ravi Prakash, KK Shukla; “Life cycle energy analysis of a residential building with different envelopes and climates in Indian context"; International Journal: Applied Energy (Elsevier), Volume 89, pp 193-202, 2012. DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.05.054 Varun, Ravi Prakash, and Bhat IK; “Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions estimation for small hydropower schemes in India”; International Journal: Energy (Elsevier), Volume 44, pp 498 – 508, 2012 DOI:10.1016/j.energy.2012.05.052 T.Ramesh, Ravi Prakash, KK Shukla; "Life cycle approach in evaluating the energy performance of residential buildings in Indian context"; International Journal: Energy and Buildings (Elsevier), Volume 54, pp 259-265, 2012. DOI:10.1016/j.enbuild.2012.07.016 Ravi Prakash, Alex Henham; “Decentralized energy systems for dairy industry”; International Journal of Environmental Sustainability (Common Ground Publishing), Volume 9, Issue 3, pp 1-9, 2014. DOI:10.18848/2325-1077/CGP/v09i03/55096 T. Ramesh, Ravi Prakash, KK Shukla; "Life cycle energy analysis of a multifamily residential house: a case study in Indian context"; International Journal: Open Journal of Energy Efficiency (Scientific Research Publishing), Vol.2, pp 34-41, 2013. DOI: 10.4236/ojee.2013.21006 Ravi Prakash; “Looking beyond the GDP: quantitative evaluation of the ‘Holistic Progress Index’ (HPI)”; International Journal: Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues, Vol.2, No.4, pp 57-64, 2013. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.9770/jssi.2013.2.4(6)T. Ramesh, Ravi Prakash, KK Shukla; "Life cycle energy of low rise residential buildings in Indian context"; Open Journal of Energy Efficiency (Scientific Research Publishing), Vol. 3, pp 108-118, 2014. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojee.2014.34012Hemant Kumar Singh, Ravi Prakash, K. K. Shukla; “Energy and emission reduction potential for bank ATM units in India”; Open Journal of Energy Efficiency (Scientific Research Publishing), Vol. 5, pp 107-120, 2016. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojee.2016.54010Husain, D., Shukla, S., Umrao, V.K. and Prakash, R. “Thermal Load Reduction with Green Building Envelope”; Open Journal of Energy Efficiency (Scientific Research Publishing), Vol.6, pp 112-127, 2017. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojee.2017.63009Husain, D., Prakash, R., “Ecological Footprint Assessment and Reduction of an Academic Building in Shahdol (India)” European Journal of Sustainable Development Research, (Lectito Publication), 2(4), 42, 2018. https://doi.org/10.20897/ejosdr/3910.Ashok Kumar Pandey, Ravi Prakash; “Energy Conservation Opportunities in Pulp & Paper Industry”; Open Journal of Energy Efficiency (Scientific Research Publishing), Vol.7, pp 89-99, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojee.2018.74006Ashok Kumar Pandey, Ravi Prakash; “Industrial Sustainability Index and its possible improvement for the paper industry”; Open Journal of Energy Efficiency (Scientific Research Publishing), Vol.7, pp 118-128, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojee.2018.74008Husain Dilawar, Prakash Ravi; “Ecological Footprint Reduction of Building Envelope in a Tropical Climate” Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A (Springer) 2019, Volume 100, Issue 1, pp 41–48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-018-0333-4Husain Dilawar, Prakash Ravi; “Life Cycle Ecological Footprint Assessment of an Academic Building” Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A (Springer) 2019, Volume 100, Issue 1, pp 97–110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-018-0334-3Dilawar Husain, Ravi Prakash; “Ecological Footprint Reduction of Built Envelope in India” Journal of Building Engineering published by Elsevier, Vol. 21, pp 278-286, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2018.10.018Ravi Prakash, Pulkit Garg; "Comparative assessment of HDI with Composite Development Index (CDI)"; Insights into Regional Development, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, Vol.1, Number 1, pp 58-76, 2019. http://doi.org/10.9770/IRD.2019.1.1(5)Ashok Kumar Pandey, Ravi Prakash; "Impact of Industrial Symbiosis on Sustainability"; Open Journal of Energy Efficiency (Scientific Research Publishing), Vol. 8, pp 81-93, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojee.2019.82006Dilawar Husain, Pulkit Garg, Ravi Prakash; "Ecological Footprint Assessment and its Reduction for Industrial Food Products" International Journal of Sustainable Engineering (Taylor & Francis), 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/19397038.2019.1665119Amit Singh, Dilawar Husain, Ravi Prakash; "Assessment of Constructional Ecological Footprint of Various Roof Designs"; Annual Technical Volume of the Institution of Engineers (India): Architectural Engineering Division; Volume 3, pp 43-50, 2020. (ISBN: 978-81-942561-8-2). URL: https://www.ieindia.org/webui/IEI-Publication.aspx#annual-technical-volumeAshok Kumar Pandey, Ravi Prakash; "Opportunities for sustainability improvement in aluminum industry"; Engineering Reports (John Wiley), 2 (5) 2020; https://doi.org/10.1002/eng2.12160 (May 25, 2020)Ajay Biswas, Dilawar Husain, Ravi Prakash “Life-cycle Ecological Footprint Assessment of Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar PV System” International Journal of Sustainable Engineering (Taylor & Francis), 2020, https://doi.org/10.1080/19397038.2020.1783719 (June 28, 2020)Ravi Prakash (2021). “Net energy and feasible economic growth: a developing country perspective from India”, Insights into Regional Development (Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center) 3 (3): 106-113. https://doi.org/10.9770/IRD.2021.3.3(6)Satyajit Malode, Jagadish Chandra Mohanta, Ravi Prakash (2022) “A review on life cycle assessment approach on thermal power generation” Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.02.258
Conference Proceedings:
Prakash R, Henham A, Bhat I K; "Bioethanol: A sustainable energy option for India" XIII International Symposium on Alcohol Fuels (ISAF XIII), part III, No. 21, Swedish National Energy Administration, Stockholm; July 3-6, 2000.Prakash R; “Combined Cooling and Power Plants: A Comparative Assessment”; 10th International Conference on Energy and Environment (organized by the National Research Centre, Egypt and the Wayne State University, U.S.A) held in Luxor, Egypt during March 11 – 15, 2007.Henham A, Prakash R; “Alternative Fuels for Vehicles: A Carbon Footprint Analysis”; International Conference on Alternative Fuels organized by the University of Maribor at Maribor, Slovenia during January 10 – 11, 2008.Ravi Prakash and Alex Henham; “Sustainable Energy through Multigeneration Systems”; 7th International Conference on Sustainability held at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand during January 5-7, 2011.Ravi Prakash; “Looking beyond GDP in the 21st century: Quantitative Evaluation of the Holistic Progress Index (HPI)”; ANZEA conference on “Evaluation in a changing landscape” held at Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand during August 8-10, 2011.Ravi Prakash, Alex Henham; “Decentralized energy systems for dairy industry”; 9th International Conference on Sustainability held at the International Conference Centre Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan during January 23-25, 2013.Ravi Prakash; “Energy and material constraints in India’s economic growth”; World Renewable Energy Congress (WREC 2017) held at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia during February 5-9, 2017.Nikhil Malviya, Prashant Akhilesh Tiwari, Dilawar Husain, Ravi Prakash; “Eco-friendly Cooling System Design for a Hostel Building”; 8th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development organized by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), New York, U.S.A held (on-line) during September 21-22, 2020.Rishabh Singh, Rahul Kumar Thakur, Nikhil Kalal, Shamsh Praveen, Dilawar Husain, Ravi Prakash; “Energy Efficient Design of Cold Storage”; 8th Annual International Conference on Sustainable Development organized by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), New York, U.S.A held (on-line) during September 21-22, 2020.Ashok Kumar Pandey, Ravi Prakash; “Energy use and carbon dioxide emission for paper industry in India”; 3rd International Conference on “Advances in Steel, Power and Construction Technology” organized by OP Jindal University, Raigarh (CG) in association with Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) USA, and Jindal Steel and Power Limited, Raigarh, India during March 22-23, 2017.Ravi Prakash; “Academia and MSMEs: fostering a partnership”; Annual Conference 2018 on ‘Resource Efficiency and Jobs: Opportunities for Business and Policy’ organized by the Indian National Association for the Club of Rome held at Bombay Stock Exchange, Mumbai, India during October 11-12, 2018.