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Harender
Sinhmar
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
School of Engineering (SoE)
harender@snu.edu.in
334C
Block-D, Shiv Nadar University
Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh
India
01207170100
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Dr. Harender is currently Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Shiv Nadar University (SNU). He is associated with the Thermal Engineering group of the Department. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in the area of Renewable Energy (Wave Energy) from the Department of Ocean Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Prior to joining SNU, he worked as a project officer in IITM-NIOT cell in IIT Madras. His research interest includes Solar  Energy, Power Tower Plants, Solar Still, Water Desalination, and Alternative Fuels.
 

Educational Qualifications 
2013
Ph.D.
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
2009
M.Tech.
Rajasthan Technical University Kota
2003
B.Tech.
MDU Rohtak
Work Experience 
2013
Assistant Professor,
Shiv Nadar University,
Greater Noida
I currently work here
2012 – 2013
Project Officer,
IITM-NIOT Cell,
IIT M
2007 – 2009
Lecturer,
Amity University,
Noida
2005 – 2007
Lecturer,
Amity University,
Jaipur
2004 – 2005
Lecturer,
Shobhit Institute of Engineering & Technology,
Meerut
Teaching & Research Interests: 

Teaching Interest: Engineering Thermodynamics, Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics, Applied Thermodynamics, Power Plant Engineering, Non-Conventinal Energy Resources, Solar Energy, Solar Energy Systems, Green Energy Technologies
Research Interest: Solar  Energy, Power Tower Plants, Solar Still, Water Desalination, and Alternative Fuels.

Courses Taught(Selected) 
Solar Energy Systems (MED503)
Adv. Engg. Thermodynamics (MED507)
Manufacturing Processes (MED101)
Engineering Thermodynamics (MED205)
Applied Thermodynamics (MED301)
Power Plant Engineering (MED308)
Non-Cnvntl. Energy Resources (MED311)
Solar Energy (MED403)
Green Energy Technologies (CCC613)
Awards(Selected): 
2009

Dec. 2009- Sept. 2012: Doctoral scholarship, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.

Adjunct Department: 
Center for Environmental Sciences & Engineering (CESE)

Scholarly Activity

Conference Publications

2019

Harender Sinhmar, Jitendra Bhati, and Ritanshu Bhati, “Experimental Investigation of Solar Still With Varying Pressure” Proceedings of the ASME 2019 Gas Turbine India, (December 5-6, 2019, IIT Madras, India)
2019

Harender Sinhmar, Neelansh Kulshreshtha, Siddharth Jhawar, and V Abhishek Menon, “Improvement in Efficiency of Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) Cycle Using Heliostats” 11th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium, SRM Chennai, 14 - 18, July 2019.
2019

Nitin D. Banker, Rohit Pilligundla, Harshil Negi, Bhanu Prakash Reddy Bysani, and Harender Sinhmar*, “Thermodynamic investigation of a cogeneration system: a combination of concentrated PV/Thermal and an adsorption refrigeration system” 8th Global Conference on Global Warming (April 22 – 25, 2019, Doha, Qatar)
2019

Rakesh Singhai, Nitin D Banker, and Harender Sinhmar*, “Experimental Investigation of Wind Loads Acting on the Heliostats of Solar Power Tower Plant and Its Variation with Varying Aspect Ratios” 8th Global Conference on Global Warming (April 22 – 25, 2019, Doha, Qatar).
2019

Rakesh Singhai, N. D. Banker, and Harender, “Heliostat Design for Low Wind Terrain” 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Application February 23-26, 2019, PDPU Gandhinagar, India.
2018

Harender, Dhruv Mittal, Deepank Deo, S.Aditya and Arvind Kumar, “Computational Analysis of Active and Passive Evacuated Tube Solar Collector” 1st International Conference on Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME - 2018) October 3rd – 5th , 2018, Amity University, India.
2017

Arvind Kumar, Shiv Lal and Harender, “Thermodynamic analysis of factors affecting performance of solar collectors” International conference on “Advances in power generation from renewable energy sources” (APGRES 2017), December 22-23 2017, at Govt. Engineering College Banswara, Rajasthan India
2015

Harender, Shiv Lal, Ashok Kumar, Vijay Kumar and Pallav Koirala, “A comparative study of diesel, karanja and cotton-seed biodiesel” International conference on “Advances in power generation from renewable energy sources” (APGRES 2015), June 15-16 2015, at Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, India
2011

Srinivasan Chandrasekaran and Harender, “Design and efficiency analysis of Mechanical Wave Energy Converter” Proceedings of the ASME 2011 30th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, June 19-24, 2011, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2010

Shiv Lal and Harender, "A comparative study of karanja and soyabean biodiesel." Proceedings of Ist International conference on "New Frontiers in Biofuels" January 18-19, 2010, New Delhi, India.

Journal Articles

2020

Rakesh Singhai, Nitin D Banker, Harender Sinhmar, Sarthak Jain, and Shikhar Kulshresth, 2020, Effect of aspect ratio of heliostats on the optical efficiency of solar tower power plant–an experimental analysis, Energy Resources Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects, Taylor & Francis- https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2020.1751745
2019

Ashok Kumar Singh, D. B. Singh, Ashis Mallick, Harender , Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Navneet Kumar, and V. K. Dwivedi, “Performance analysis of specially designed single basin passive solar distillers incorporated with novel solar desalting stills: A review” Solar Energy 185 (2019) 146–164). (IF:4.37)
2019

D.B. Singh, N. Kumar; Harender, Satish Kumar; and Sanjeev Sharma, “Effect of depth of water on various efficiencies and productivity of N identical partially covered PVT collectors incorporated single slope solar distiller unit” Desalination and Water Treatment, 138, (2019), 99-112. (IF:1.63)
2019

Rakesh Singhai, Harender Sinhmar & N. D. Banker, “Effect of Aspect Ratio of Heliostat on Cost of Energy from Solar Power Tower Plants” Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering (Springer), 45, (2019) 877–890. (IF:1.7)
2018

Rakesh Singhai, Harender and Nitin Banker,” Theoretical Investigation of Aspect Ratio of Heliostat to Minimize Capital Cost of Solar Tower Plant" International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 13, (2018) 13652-13659.
2015

S. Chandrasekaran and Harender, “Failure mode and effects analysis of a Mechanical Wave Energy Converter” International Journal of Intelligent Engineering Informatics” Vol. 3, No. 1, (2015).
2012

Amar Karthick, Srinivasan Chandrasekaran, Karuppan Sivakumar and Harender Sinhmar, “Laboratory experiments on non-floating body to generate electric energy from ocean waves” Frontiers in Energy, 6, (2012) 361-365. (IF:0.72)
2012

S. Chandrasekaran and Harender, “Power generation using Mechanical Wave Energy Converter” International Journal of ocean and climate systems, 3, (2012) 57-70.