National Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning NCRAC 2011 At Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

National Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning NCRAC 2011 At Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

About the Conference

Aspirations and needs of mankind are ever growing, and so also the need for refrigeration and air conditioning (RAC). Now it is an important aspect of human life including essential applications from submarines to airplanes, underground mines to space, comfort purpose to manufacturing industries. The importance of ‘cold chain’ in the national food security has now been recognized. In the recent years, RAC industry recorded an annual growth of over 25 % in India, next only to Information Technology and Automobile sectors. However, RAC is also an energy guzzler accounting to nearly one sixth of the world energy consumption. Even though the objective of Montreal Protocol governing the ozone depletion is nearly met, those of Kyoto Protocol centered on the emissions leading to Global Warming are yet to be realized. Thus both energy and environmental aspects play an important role in the development of RAC sector world over.

The National Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (NCRAC-2011) is scheduled to be held during 7 – 9 July 2011 at IIT Madras. The Conference aims to bring together leading experts in the field from academia, industry and consultancy from all over India. It provides a platform to discuss the latest trends and ongoing research,and share/disseminate the knowledge, thereby popularizing the subject amongst budding engineers and scientists. The conference offers an excellent opportunity to exchange information amongst researchers working in Academic Institutions / R&D organizations, to present and publish research findings and interact with the experts.

TOPICS

The conference will cover all areas of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning and Indoor Air Quality, including:

1. RAC components, standards and test facilities
2. CFD simulation and modeling in RAC
3. Natural / New refrigerants and mixtures
4. Sorption cooling and heating systems
5. Desiccant and evaporative cooling
6. Novel/alternate systems
7. Poly-generation
8. Refrigerated cold chain, transport, and cold storage
9. Heat and Mass transfer in RAC systems
10. Cold/heat recovery and energy efficiency
11. Low temperature applications
12. Automobile air conditioning
13. Green buildings
14. Indoor air quality management
15. District heating/cooling
16. Building services and automation
17. Industrial ventilation
18. Acoustics and noise control
19. Smoke and fire controls in RAC
20. Solar cooling techniques

Paper Submission

Authors intending to present papers must submit a short abstract of 250 words to NCRAC2011@iitm.ac.in.

Upon acceptance of the abstract, authors are required to send the full paper for peer review by the Technical Committee.

Important Dates

1. Abstract (250 words) 20th January 2011
2. Abstract acceptancenotification to authors 31st January 2011
3. Manuscript of full paper 31st March 2011
4. Paper acceptance/revision notification to authors 15th May 2011
5. Submission of revised paper 15th June 2011
6. Conference dates 7-9th July 2011

REGISTRATION FORM

Contact Persons

Prof. M. P. Maiya
Chairman,NCRAC2011 Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Madras,
Chennai – 600036
Phone : (044) 2257 4665 (D) 5720 (O)
FAX: (044) 2257 4652, 0545, 0509
Email:NCRAC2011@iitm.ac.in

Dr. S. M. Shiva Nagendra
Secretary,NCRAC2011 Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Division
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Madras,
Chennai – 600036
Phone : (044) 2257 4290 (O)6290 (R)
Email:NCRAC2011@iitm.ac.in

Dr. Shaligram Tiwari
Treasurer,NCRAC2011 Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Laboratory Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Madras,
Chennai – 600036
Phone : (044) 2257 4729 (D)FAX: (044) 2257 4652,
Email:NCRAC2011@iitm.ac.in