IDF No 2319 An Electrolyzer System with Nonprecious Electrocatalysts for Green Hydrogen Production by Electrolysis of Water

An Electrolyzer System with Nonprecious Electrocatalysts for Green Hydrogen Production by Electrolysis of Water

Technology Category/Market

Sustainable Energy and Material Science:  Green Hydrogen Production, Hydrogen Electrolyzer

Applications: Renewable Green Hydrogen Production

Market: The global green Hydrogen market was valued at USD 676 million in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 7,314 million by 2027, growing at a CARG of 61.0% during the forecast period.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

Electronic circuits

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Problem Statement

  • In the present era, the cost-effective production of hydrogen (H2) is the vital research area, wherein clean water splitting driven by electricity or solar power is one of the most promising approaches.
  • Further, using of clean Aqua water is costlier and resources are limited.
  • In this instant, the clean water can be replaced by natural resource water like sea water with or without treatment for the process of production of H2.
  • One of the major issues cause while using of real sea water during electrolysis process is that said water contains several salts, and that form participates on the cathode surface, which obstructs to reach the benchmark of current density.
  • Thus, there is need for an electrolyzer system & framework to overcome above issues.

Technology

Electrocatalyst development:

  • Anode Catalyst layer is designed by using a framework type structure i.e Cobalt hexacyanoferrate (Co-FePBA) mixed with nitrogen doped carbon nanotube (NCNT) and heated at different temperatures (300-400oC) to obtain Co-FePBA/NCNT composite.
  • Cathode Catalyst layer is designed by Metallic nickel particles encapsulated inside nitrogen-doped carbon tubules (Ni/NCT).
  • Carbon based substrate is used as catalyst support instead costly metallic foam.
  • In present electrolyzer system, the KOH treated sea water is used as an electrolyte for testing purpose. Further, the ground water or salty ground water may be used as electrolyte as discussed in the Patent.
  • Design Framework: The electrolyzer system comprises an anode catalyst layer, a cathode catalyst layer and a catalytic support for the anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer.
  • Problem Solution: Best anode-cathode assembly of the present invention shows overall water splitting voltage of 1.88V in 1M KOH treated seawater with a benchmark current density of 10mA/cm2 required for a 12.8% efficiency solar cell driven electrolyzer.

Key Features/Value Proposition

Industrial Perspective:

  • The present electrolyzer system is feasible to produce green hydrogen from the natural resource of water i.e., Treated Seawater, Ground Water, Salty Ground Water.

Technical Perspective:

  • The deployment method of the present electrolyzer system is non-precious, cost effective and straightforward synthesis of cathode and anode catalysis of sea water electrolysis for efficient H2 production.
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Research Lab

Prof. S Ramaprabhu

Department of Physics

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref: 2319

  • IN Patent No. 419116 (Granted)

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 2310 Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Tape Based Flexible Strain Sensor

Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Tape Based Flexible Strain Sensor

Technology Category/Market

Electronics–Strain / Tactile Sensor.

Industry- Healthcare, Biomedical Engineering,

Applications-Structural Health Monitoring device, wearable electronics, robotics rehabilitation and bio-functional prosthetics.

Market – The Global Strain Sensor Market is projected to grow from USD 1.02 billion in 2017 to USD 2.06 billion by 2030, at 7.5% CAGR from 2017 to 2030.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

Electronic circuits

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Problem Statement

  • A strain gauge is a sensor which converts mechanical deformation of the substrate to the change in electrical resistance, the resilience and gauge factor are existing limitation of current strain sensor.
  • In sensor installation phase, using of inappropriate adhesives from the market, long curing time for certain kinds of adhesives and no control over the manual adhesive coating, which causes uneven thickness profile which affects sensor performance.
  • Hindrance of Flexible Sensors to Reach Market: Most design often ignorespackaging feasibility and non-compatibility with existing industrial manufacturing process.

Technology

  • Nanomaterial Functionalization: Carbon nanotube is polymer functionalized to achieve consistent sensing performance throughout the sensor tape.
  • Polymer Nanocomposite: flexible strain sensor film is a homogenized mixture of the carbon nanotube and polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC).
  • Design Framework: Flexible strain sensor tape comprises of one polymer nanocomposite flexible stain sensor film; one acrylic based pressure sensitive adhesive layer in bottom; and one copper electrode layer on top.
  • Problem Addressed: This strain sensor tape design solves laborious and time consumed installation process and provides viable sensor packaging and easily adaptable industrial manufacturing process.

Key Features/Value Proposition

User Perspective:

  • The strain sensor tape allows to peel sensor flexibly from the big roll based on the required length.
  • Smart peel and stick model enables effortless installation process to the user.
  • Using of PSA avoids long curing time and enables quick fabrication process to the user.

Industrial Perspective:

  • This design framework ensures viable packaging to the flexible strain sensor.
  • Easily adaptable in the industrial manufacturing process.
  • Sensor, adhesive and contact pad are designed in a single entity make the product smart and competitive.

Technical Perspective:

  • Effective Strain Transmission: The uniform thin coating of PSA layer with controlled thickness helps in effective transfer of strain experienced by the substrate to sensor.
  • High sensitivity: The PSA tape based flexible strain sensor shows the gauge factor of 25 which is 12 times higher than the commercial metallic strain gauge.
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Research Lab

Prof. S Ramaprabhu

Department of Physics

Prof. Krishnan Balasubramanian

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IDF Ref: 2310

  • IN 202241015602.

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 2308 A Device to Displace and Remove Liquids for Thermal and Humidity Management and A Method Thereof

A Device to Displace and Remove Liquids for Thermal and Humidity Management and a Method Thereof

Technology Category/Market

Chemical Engineering- Condenser, heat pipes

Electronics– Cooling system for Processors inbuilt in tablets and mobiles

Industry- Testing Equipment i.e., Condenser used in Space applications, cooling devices used in Tablets, Mobiles

Applications–Horizontal or inverted oriented Condenser, Condenser for Space applications for Humidity and Thermal Management, Environmental Control Applications, a two-phase cooling device, a spray cooling system for thermal management, and Cooling System for Processors inbuilt in tablets, mobiles.

Market–The global thermal management market was valued at USD 10.7 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 19.3 billion by 2028, a CAGR of 9.7% during the forecast period.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

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Problem Statement

  • The concept of liquid removal from a horizontal surface and the harness of liquid are important factor in space application to maintain the perfect operation.
  • In the existing condenser, the condensates had removed by external force or gravity and such a mode of removal was impossible for horizontal orientation surface under micro gravity conditions.
  • In space application, maintenance of humidity and temperature of the international space station or space shuttle is necessary and important.
  • Further, the increase in humidity was causing water accumulation on electronic devices, inside the space shuttle which further leads to short circuit and the possibility of igniting a fire.
  • Furthermore, warm and high humidity conditions can lead to the growth of micro-organisms within the space station, and human gets sick after inhaling those microorganisms.
  • Therefore, there is a need for a device and method to address above issues.

Technology

  • The present invention relates to a platform and method for thermal and humidity management in condensation application.
  • The claimed platform (or a device) and method are used for removing the liquids without any external force or gravity.
  • The device comprises a substrate and a wicking reservoir for displacing liquids and removing the liquids.
  • The substrate comprising a wettability patterned surface which comprises of one super hydrophobic region and the liquid displacement occurs due to surface forces resulting from the wettability patterned surface.
  • The wicking reservoir is placed around the surface in such a manner that the liquid displaced to outer edges of substrate is absorbed by wicking reservoir.
  • Further a method for designing and fabrication of said platform is claimed in the invention. FIG. 1(a) and FIG. 1(b): Illustrates a platform or device to remove liquid without any external force.

Key Features/Value Proposition

  • The present invention is achieved a complete passive displacement of liquids on the platform.
  • The platform can be displaced and removed liquids continuously from the platform surface without flooding the liquid in the horizontally oriented surface or a surface.
  • The effective exchanged of heat can be accomplished with the surrounding fluid media in the surface.
  • The surface comprises super hydrophilic patterns laid on a super hydrophobic or hydrophobic background.
  • The platform and method are used for removing the liquids without any external force or zero-gravity condition.
  • Important element i.e. the wicking material is placed surrounding the substrate in order to absorb the accumulated liquid from the side edges of the surface.
  • The absorbed liquid from the wicking material can be displaced or stored to other locations and the displaced liquid can be recycled for different purpose.
  • Excellent features are discussed on thermal and humidity management for condensation application, applicable in space application like space shuttle.
  • The condensation experimental test results are shown to provide more clarity.
  • FIG: 2A and 2B Illustrates time lapse images of condensation test on the substrate for pattern P1 and pattern P2.
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Research lab

Prof. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IDF Ref: 2308

  • IN 202241019050

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 2267 Aluminium Ferrite (AlFeO3): Recyclable and Leach Resistant Magnetic Photocatalyst for Wastewater Treatment

Aluminium Ferrite (AlFeO3): Recyclable and Leach Resistant Magnetic Photocatalyst for Wastewater Treatment

Technology Category/Market

Technology: Photocatalyst Aluminum ferrite (AlFeO3).

Industry: Wastewater treatment plant, textile, pharmaceutical industries, Air purification, PV cell, solar energy-based companies.

Applications: Waste- water treatment, air purification and etc.

Market: The global photocatalyst AlFeO3 is expected to reach to $4.685B with a CAGR of 5 to 9% during forecast period (2021-2030).

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

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Problem Statement

  • There are uses of photocatalytic materials for wastewater treatment. These materials are semiconductors & others.
  • A few photocatalysts like TiO2 based materials are used commercially, however retrieving & recycling of said photocatalysts are challenged in terms of scale, when said photocatalyst are used in the process of slurry-based water treatment.
  • Further other photocatalyst materials discussed present problems with assaying of its toxicity & other issues.
  • Hence, there is a requirement of an improvised process to address the above issues efficiently.

Technology

  • Patent literature talks about a process of synthesis of magnetic photocatalyst Aluminium ferrite (AlFeO3) as shown in smart charts.
  • The AlFeO3 having optical bandgap of 2.0eV, enables sunlight driven photoactivity.
  • Further, the subject matter describes the process for treatment of water using said photocatalyst AlFeO3 as shown in smart charts.
  • The process of treatment of water using photocatalyst AlFeO3 achieves better performance shown in figures.

Key Features/Value Proposition

  • Technical Perspective: Claimed Patent provides simple fabrication process to develop zinc oxide (ZnO) superstructures, by coupling anodic aluminum oxide template-assisted synthesis with alkali etching.
  • Industrial Perspective:  Patented Process is cost-effective, less time taking, scalable technique to grow zinc oxide (ZnO) SSs with file tunable morphologies and modifier/catalysts/seed layers free.
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Research lab

Prof. Tiju Thomas,

Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 2267

  • IN Patent No: 421520 (Granted)

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 2249 AAO Template-Assisted Synthesis Process Coupled with Alkali Etching to Develop Zinc Oxide Branched Superstructures

AAO Template-assisted Synthesis Process Coupled with Alkali Etching to Develop Zinc Oxide Branched Superstructures

Technology Category/Market

Technology: Zinc Oxide branched superstructures

Industry: Chemical, Renewable energy, Pharmaceutical

Applications: Catalysis, Sensing, Electronics

Market: The global nano zinc oxide market was valued at $0.3 billion in 2021, projected to reach $1.1 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 13.2% from 2022 to 2031.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

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Problem Statement

  • In the prior arts, patent and non patent literature, there are few processes discussed for production of zinc oxide superstructures which incur high initial equipment cost & requires modifiers, seed layers, or surface directing agents which can compromise the purity of the developed nanostructures.
  • Further, the above prior art techniques require variety of organic or inorganic ingredients with time-consuming processing steps, including heat treatment. Hence, there is a requirement of a simple process to address the above issues efficiently.

Technology

Present Patent talks about a process for preparation of zinc oxide (ZnO) superstructures by coupling Anodic Aluminum Oxide (AAO) template-assisted synthesis with alkali etching, wherein the process comprises a step of:

  • Electro polishing ultrasonicallycleaned aluminum strips.
  • Conducting first anodizationfor 1 hour;
  • Oxide etching at 60ºC for 1 hour.
  • Conducting second anodization for 2 hours.
  • Thinning the alumina dielectric barrier layer by sequentially reducing the anodization voltage.
  • Etching the sample in 5 wt. % phosphoric acids at 20°C for 45 min to widen the pores.
  • Electrochemical deposition of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanowires within the AAO nanochannels.
  • Hydroxide etching of ZnO nanowires embedded in the AAO template to obtain ZnO superstructures.

Further, it talks about various features for obtaining ZnO superstructure as shown: 

  1. The Electro-polishing step is done at 20V DC, at 100C for 60s including a mixture of perchloric acid & ethanol in 1:4 v/v ratio.
  2. First & second anodization steps are conducted in an electrolyte of 0.3M oxalic acid solution at 20°C with a constant voltage of 45V DC.
  3. In the hydroxide etching step, the nanowires are etched further for a period of 0 to 60 minutes under concentration range of 0.5 to 2M NaOH at a Temp. between 5 to 50°C.

In this instant, the process of obtaining ZnO superstructure along with outcomes are depicted in the figures.

Key Features/Value Proposition

Technical Perspective:

Claimed Patent provides simple fabrication process to develop zinc oxide (ZnO) superstructures, by coupling anodic aluminum oxide template-assisted synthesis with alkali etching.

Industrial Perspective: 

Patented Process is cost-effective, less time taking, scalable technique to grow zinc oxide (ZnO) SSs with file tunable morphologies and modifier/catalysts/seed layers free.

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Research lab

Prof. Lakshman Neelakantan,

Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan

Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 2249.

  • IN Patent No: 421576 (Granted)

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 2053 System and Method for Performing Self-stabilizing Compilation

System and Method for Performing Self-stabilizing Compilation

Technology Category/Market

Computer Science & Engineering – Compiler software, Self-stabilization Compilation

Applications – Programming Software, Application Software, System Software

Market – The Source Code Compiler Market was worth USD 656.7 million in 2022 and is expected to reach USD 1.3 billion by 2030, growing at an 8.6% CAGR from 2022 to 2030.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

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Problem Statement

  • Mainstream compilers perform multitude of optimizations and transformations.
  • In the present era, the existing compiler frameworks need manual stabilization of abstractions which leads the optimization writer to take on additional burden of identifying various factors related to stabilization.
  • In addition to this, the existing compilers face issues in ensuring correct stabilization during parallel language compilations which leads to incorrect and unsatisfactory results.
  • Therefore, there is a need for requirement of a system and method for performing self-stabilizing compilation to address the above issues.

Technology

The method for self-stabilizing compilation comprises steps to perform one or more optimization operations on a plurality of abstractions of input program and stabilizing one or more of the plurality of abstractions by using other inter-related process, depicted in the flowchart shown in FIG 1.

Key Features/Value Proposition

  • Self-stabilizing compiler framework eliminates manual stabilization process
  • Easy to Extend: The compiler framework design is easily extended to any industry-level compiler frameworks (for example, LLVM compiler, Roslyn compiler, and so on).
  • The compiler is more reliable output, secure while compilation process.
  • The self-stabilizing compilation software has been tested on IMOP (IIT Madras OpenMP Compiler Framework) successfully.
  • The compiler provides error-less processed output in less time compared to manual stabilization
  • The performance of the compiler process is faster due to less memory consumption.
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Research lab

Prof: Krishna Nandivada

PACE Lab

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IDF Ref: 2053

  • IN Patent No. 383458 (Granted)

  • PCT Application No. PCT/IN2021/051108

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 2017 A Remote Monitoring System for a Stand-alone Power Generation System and Method Thereof

A Remote Monitoring System for a Stand-alone Power Generation System and Method Thereof

Technology Category/Market

Solar PV Technology: Smart Power Monitoring system.

Electronics & Communication: Sensors, Long Range (LoRa) transceiver, LoRa WAN.

Industry: Solar and Communication Industry.

Applications: Solar home systems, solar microgrid systems, other off grid systems (AC/DC mode).

Market: The global smart solar power market size was valued at USD 13.4 billion in 2021, and is projected to reach USD 47.7 billion by 2031, growing at a CAGR of 13.6% during forecast period of 2022 to 2031.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

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Problem Statement

  • There is a huge demand for implementation of solar PV unit or solar power plant in the rural areas. As the PV modules and their auxiliary components have reliability challenges, faults can and do occur. On the other hand, the repair and maintenance services in remote areas are expensive and time consuming.
  • Thus, there is a need for remote monitoring system to forecast and monitor energy production and consumption from distributed PV unit remotely.
  • The system consists of transmitter (remote location) and receiver (central station), wherein in case of any failure in communication in these standalone units, it reflects the overall performance of the system.
  • Further, the system includes Low Power WAN technology that extends range of cellular communication with additional infrastructure & other deficiencies.
  • The drawback of currently available monitoring systems is that they do not provide a means of calculating the expected performance of a PV system, and the present invention provides the solution by addressing above issues.

Technology

Instant invention describes an IoT solution by claiming a remote monitoring system for a stand-alone power generation system (AC/DC) and a method thereof.

  • The LoRaWAN based remote monitoring system comprises at least one solar PV stand alone system remotely located, a LoRaWAN end node operably coupled to said stand-alone system, includes a microcontroller unit, LoRa transceiver with antenna, a plurality of sensors, a measurement circuit & a battery for measurement circuit; a charge controller, wherein the LoRa WAN end-node is interfaced with respective positive and negative terminals of charge controller; a LoRa WAN gateway, a network server integrated with the LoRa WAN gateway and an application server integrated with the network server provide access and enabling visualization of different operational parameters, wherein the network server is provided with an inbuilt capacity to integrate application server involving database enabling IoT applications.
  • The present system provides information of solar energy generation, electric energy consumption, battery performance, and other indicators, etc.

Key Features/Value Proposition

USER Perspective:

The present system is user friendly, reliable, real time operable with the help of Lora WAN communication technology.

Technical Perspective:

  1. Lora WAN end-node platform is Adafruit Feather model with on-board LoRa module, wherein antenna used in conjunction with the LoRa transceiver is a directional GSM antenna.
  2. LoRa WAN end node collects data and transmits to the LoRa WAN gateway via Radio Frequency (RF) communication.
  3. Said monitoring system measures various parameters of standalone PV system such as load voltage, load current, battery voltage, solar voltage, solar current, ambient temperature and relative humidity.

Industrial Perspective:

  1. Cost effective system, and operational cost is low.
  2. The present system enables easy control and management of the solar PV system to make informed decisions about the performance of the solar PV system.
  3. Lora WAN makes the remote monitoring of stand-alone power generation system more appropriate because of long range coverage area, low power requirement, small data requirement of sensors for IoT applications, no requirement of service subscription, low cost and security based on end-to-end encryption, mutual authentication and integrity protection and confidentiality.
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Research Lab

 Prof. Raghuram Chetty

Department of Chemical Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 2017.

  • IN Patent No. 202041033249

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 1839 Method for Preparing Porous Mullite Ceramic from Pickering Emulsions

Method for Preparing Porous Mullite Ceramic from Pickering Emulsions

Technology Category/Market

Chemical Engineering: Porous Mullite Ceramic

Industry: Manufacturing, Chemical Engineering

Applications: Advanced materials, medical devices, Equipment to meet stringent.

Market: The global porous ceramic market size was valued at USD 5.98billion in 2020 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 10.4% from 2021 to 2028.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

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Problem Statement

  • Porous mullite ceramic used in a wide range of applications such as high temperature insulation, filter membrane for highly corrosive and high-pressure environments.
  • However, the functional properties desirable for a given application is highly dependent on the composition and microstructure of the porous network, which in turn depends on the processing technique which described lengthy inefficient processing method and inefficient properties of particles as final ceramic.
  • Hence, there is a need of improved method to overcome above issues.

Technology

Present invention describes a method for preparing porous mullite ceramic from Pickering emulsions stabilized by hetero aggregate of oppositely charged fumed oxide particles.

  • The pore size of final ceramic structure is controlled by tuning the emulsion droplet size wherein the droplet size largely depends on the mixing fraction of the particles, aqueous phase pH and the homogenization speed which eventually control the pore size in the final ceramic.
  • The porous ceramic is prepared by drying and sintering of emulsion get stabilized by oppositely charged particles.

The method comprises steps mentioned in below:

  1. Using oppositely charged fumed oxide particles to stabilize oil-in-water Pickering emulsions, wherein the volume ratio of oil phase to aqueous phase fixed at 1:1.
  2. Using Pickering emulsions template that is formulated with fumed oxide nano particles (silica & alumina) to produce green body which is transformed into solid porous material with a controlled porosity and pore size by sintering.
  3. Emulsifying the resulting sample consisting of oil and aqueous phases with a homogenizer (IKA T25 ULTRA TURRAX) at 13000rpm for 3 min.

Key Features/Value Proposition

Technical Perspective:

  1. Current invention facilitates high stability of the particle due to their microstructure.
  2. Extended control over the mouldability of emulsion is ensured by its gel-like behavior.

Industrial Perspective:

  1. The Microstructure of the final ceramic consisting of micron sized pores with nano-porous struts adds to the effective tortuosity, porosity and surface area of the porous mullite material.
  2. The process as claimed in the invention is comparatively less time consuming, and energy consumption reduced.
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Research Lab

 Prof. Basavaraj M. Gurappa

Department of Chemical Engineering

 Prof. Manas Mukherjee

Department of Metallurgical and     Materials Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 1839;
  • Patent No. 379956 (Granted)
  • PCT Application No. PCT/IN2020/050457
  • US Application No. US 17/595,893

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 1655 Redox Electrolytic Fuel Cell for Desalination Coupled Wastewater Treatment and Methods Thereof

Redox Electrolytic Fuel Cell for Desalination Coupled Wastewater Treatment and Methods Thereof

Technology Category/Market

Chemical Engineering: Electrochemical cell.

Applications: Fuel cell or batteries, Serve as a source of clean environment with power production from various water bodies in several remote location, wastewater treatment plant. Wastewater treatment plant, Clean Energy, Test Equipment, Automotive, Advanced material.

Market: The global water electrochemical cell market is projected to reach US $1252.00 M by the end of 2027, at 25.05% CAGR during forecast period of 2021 to 2027.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

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Problem Statement

  • In the present era, it is utmost important to save water and reuse wastewater to overcome the water scarcity.
  • Owing to limited access to freshwater resources, desalination is widely practiced as an alternate source of portable water.
  • There have been discussed a few non-patent and patent literatures regarding desalination techniques for wastewater treatment.
  • The prior arts techniques required huge cost and need external power as input for proper desalination and tedious process to remove metal contaminated wastewater.
  • The prior art literatures has failed to disclose the solution as described in the present invention which address above issues efficiently.

Technology

Present Patent describes a fuel cell, and electrochemical method using redox species for simultaneous wastewater treatment and desalination.

Further, said patent does not require any external energy to be supplied as input. It talks about an electrochemical fuel cell comprising plurality of chambers:

  1. 1st chamber filled with nitrogenous waste wherein anode is submerged in the nitrogenous waste; (Anode is nickel foam), wherein 1st chamber responsible for organic electrooxidation and electric production.
  2. 2nd chamber filled with brine, & the 3rd chamber (cathode chamber) filled with Cr(VI). Cathode chamber for Cr(VI) reduction; & middle chamber for desalination (cathode is catalyst free carbon brush).
  3. Cow Urine/urea is chosen as anolyte which leads to organic oxidation at anode & inorganic reduction in terms of Cr(VI) reduction at cathode, which further leads to the redox reaction simultaneously.

The process leads to the nitrogenous waste (urea/cow urine) oxidation and reduction of Cr (VI) along with desalination in a redox cell.

Key Features/Value Proposition

Technical Perspective:

  1. An electrochemical fuel cell compacts in size, used for reduction of Cr (VI) to Cr (III) from wastewater.
  2. Said cell generates power from contaminated wastewater.

Industrial Perspective:

  1. Power production from the electrochemical cell and this technology is a standalone process or can be suitably combined with conventional reverse osmosis to save on cost.
  2. Industrial usage for chromium reduction, desalination, wastewater treatment, urea oxidation.
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Research Lab

Prof. Raghuram Chetty

Department of Chemical Engineering

Prof. Indumathi M Nambi

Department of Civil Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 1655.

  • IN Patent No. 354452 (Granted)

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 1480 Linear and Rotary Displacement Sensor

Linear and Rotary Displacement Sensor

Technology Category/Market

Electrical Engineering: Capacitive displacement sensor, 

Applications:  Robotics, Industrial and automotive applications.

Market: The global capacitive sensor market size is expected to reach the value of USD 87.89 billion by 2029, at 15.6% CAGR during forecast period 2022 to 2029.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

Electronic circuits

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Problem Statement

  • Traditionally, linear and angular displacements are measured using potentiometric, capacitive, inductive, magnetic or optical methods.
  • Said sensors or sensing techniques are used to measure either angle or displacement i.e., suitable measurement of a single variable (angular/linear displacement) at a time.
  • Those sensors have mechanical and physical limitations that will prevent them from being rotated and translated at the same time.
  • In this instance, a few prior arts are discussed, however said prior arts do not provide solutions of said issues.
  • Hence, there is a requirement to address the above issues efficiently.

Technology

Present Patent talks about capacitive displacement sensor capable of performing linear as well as angular displacement measurement.

  • The sensor includes an electrically conductive cylindrical shaft configured to move linearly along its axis and rotate about it as well.
  • Further, a semi-cylindrical shell is attached to the center of the cylindrical shaft.
  • An electrode assembly made of two pairs of semi-cylindrical shells surrounds the central shaft symmetrically.
  • By measuring the electrode capacitances and performing simple calculations, the displacements can be estimated.

Key Features/Value Proposition

Technical Perspective:

  1. Claimed Patent subject matter teaches the simultaneous measurement of linear and angular displacement.

Industrial Perspective:

  1. The device resolution for linear displacement is 18µm or lower.
  2. The device resolution for angular displacement is 0.06° or lower.
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Research Lab

Prof. Boby George,

Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 1480

  • Patent No: 418645 (Granted)

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 1422 Improved Lab-on-chip Devices and Methods of Recycling Fluids Using Electro Kinetics

Improved Lab-on-chip Devices and Methods of Recycling Fluids Using Electro Kinetics

Technology Category/Market

Chemical Engineering: Micro-fluidic device or lab-on-chip device

Applications: Pharmaceuticals, Biomedical and chemical sciences

Market: The market of Lab-on-Chip device is projected to reach USD 9.15Billion by 2030 at a CAGR of 8.97%.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

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Problem Statement

  • Generally, integrated microfluidic device process fluids of extremely small size components and the sample fluid analyzed inside the device by moving the fluid one direction to other direction.
  • The fluid flow in the micro-channel arises from an applied pressure difference or electro osmosis. And in pressure driven flows, the pressure at inlet is higher than that the outlet.
  • The residence of time of the sample is important, and there is high demand of development of microfluidic device in increase the residence time.
  • Hence, the present patent provides the solution to address the above issues.

Technology

Present invention describes about a microfluidic device to increase the residence time in the lab-on-chip devices and reuse expensive chemicals and raw materials.

  • The substrate is adapted to receive an electric field in the recycle channel to reverse the flow of the fluid thereby increasing the residence time of the fluid.
  • The recycle flow is initiated once the applied electric field reaches beyond its critical value.
  • Present invention talks about a microfluidic device and a method of recycling fluid in micro-fluidic device.

The microfluidic device comprises a few elements mentioned hereinbelow:

  1. A substrate including two parallel channels for fluid communication, wherein first channel with an inlet to receive a fluid and an outlet to exit the fluid.
  2. A pump coupled to the inlet of the first channel to create pressure difference between inlet and exit and determine direction of the fluid flow in the channels.
  3. The second channel is adapted to receive an electric field by means of electrodes to reverse the fluid flow and increase residence time.

The method of recycling fluid in micro-fluidic device comprising the steps of

a) receiving sample fluid in the first channel.

b) applying an electric field sufficient to reverse the fluid flow in the second channel.

Key Features/Value Proposition

Technical Perspective:

  1. A microfluidic device facilitates the increased residence time in the lab-on-chip devices and reuse expensive chemicals and raw materials.
  2. The device includes a substrate which may be any glass including P-type silicon and N-type silicon.
  3. Said fluid may be a polar compound or an electrolyte solution and the pump is a syringe pump disclosed in the invention disclosure.

Industrial Perspective:

  1. Lab-on-chip or micro microfluidic device is compact in size and economic, easy portable, having increased residence time.
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Research Lab

 Prof. Pushpavanam S

and

Prof. Renganathan T

Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 1422.

  • IN Patent No. 421221 (Granted)

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 2392 A System and Method for Ultrasound Imaging Using Arbitrary Virtual Array Sources of Aperture Excitation

A System and Method for Ultrasound Imaging Using Arbitrary Virtual Array Sources of Aperture Excitation

Technology Category/Market

System and Method for ultrasound imaging using arbitrary virtual array sources aperture (AVASA)

Application: Automated Defect Recognition, material Inspection; Software for automated Defect identification and recognition.

Market: The global ultrasound imaging system and software market growth is expected to accelerate at a whopping of (7.5% to 11.1%) of CAGR, during period of assessment from 2022 to 2031.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

Electronic circuits

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Problem Statement

  • Non-destructive testing (NDT) is widely used to evaluate the properties of material or system without causing damage.
  • Further there are other techniques like phase array, total focusing method which are used to generate images with other deficiencies like in terms of taking higher computation time, more extensive data recording during experimentation and other associate problem.
  • The technical problems underlying the prior arts inventions are overcome by introducing the present Invention which provides the technical solution to the technical problems efficiently. 

Technology

  • Present invention describes a system and method for ultrasound imaging using arbitrary virtual array sources of aperture (AVASA) excitation.
  • The system comprises a data acquisition and control module, transducer array multiple AVASA, a pulse delay module, atleast one ultrasound beam transmitted from the activated transducer element into at least one sample module and a reflected ultrasound beam from sample module received and recorded by all transducer elements.
  • The system and method explained with a test specimen in few steps depicted in the smart chart and figures shown herein.
  1. AVASA technique is applied to the defect test specimen and observed SNR values for 2mmand 1mm defects, the SDHs have lesser SNR due to lesser interaction of incident ultrasound.
  2. In FMC-TFM technique, the API for 2mm and 1mm SDHs is better because the defect size at -6dB is smaller due to unfocused beam transmitted into the medium.
  3. The 2mm SDHs imaging with AVASA is comparable to the actual defect size and the maximum time the ultrasound beam interacts with the defects which helps to create better defect shape than a few no of excitations.

Key Features/Value Proposition

Technical Perspective:

  1. Present invention facilitates enhanced image resolution and reduce imaging artifacts and image processing time by creating beam forming at random virtual source locations.
  2. Enables increased energy transmission by activating a group of elements in the phased array transducer by employing a computed predetermined focal law for each arbitrary virtual source position.

Industrial Perspective: 

  1. Claimed system facilitates an enhanced image resolution in terms of defect identification, reduced inspection time, efficiency in generating image.
  2. Claimed invention is objected to manufacture the pulse-received device cost-effective manner.
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Research lab

Prof. Krishnan Balasubramanian

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 2392; 

  • IP Application No. 202241060172 (Prosecution Stage)

  • IN Patent No. 533930 (Granted)

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 2100 Method for Selective Extraction of Gold by Niacin

Method for Selective Extraction of Gold by Niacin

Technology Category/Market

Chemical Technology: Extraction of Gold.

Industry: Chemicals, Electronics, Healthcare; Applications: Nanomedicines, Imaging, sensors, Probes, catalysts, Life-sciences

Market: The global gold nanoparticles market

size was USD4.4 billion in 2021 and expected to register a revenue CAGR of 12.6% during the forecast period (2022 to 2030).

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

Electronic circuits

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Problem Statement

  • In the present era, it is necessary to recover gold from waste including nano waste and electronic waste to meet the growing demand of the metal.
  • There are a few methods used for recovery of gold, as discussed in the prior art, which are Expensive, time consuming and unsustainable.
  • The present invention overcomes the above-mentioned deficiencies by providing an environment-friendly solution.

Technology

Present Patent describes a method for selectively precipitating and extracting gold in aqueous solutions and the method comprises of steps given below:

1. Adding conc. HCl and HNO3 in 3:1 ratio to the gold bearing raw materials to get dissolved gold solution of HAuCl4.

2. Adding saturated niacin in water to the dissolved gold solution HAuCl4 to precipitate [AuCl4] – [2Niacin+H] + complex.

3. Filtering the obtained precipitate of the second step to remove impurities.

4. Adding a reductant to the recovered [AuCl4] – [2Niacin+H] + complex of third step to reduce the complex and to extract gold metal.

Thus, niacin selectively precipitates and recovers gold from gold containing acidic mixtures at concentrations as low as 300ppb.

The other ions in the solution can be any common ion such as sodium, calcium, aluminum, etc.

Key Features/Value Proposition

Technical Prospective:

  1. Raw material comprises waste samples including chemical wastes, electronic wastes and laboratory Nano-wastes, and precipitation occurs at room temperature.
  2. The niacin precipitates and recovers about 5% of gold in 2 minutes from an electronic waste composed of Au, Cu and Ni.

Industrial Prospective:

  1. The present invention discloses a fast precipitation and extraction method of gold in waterby a simple biomolecule, niacin, which is cost effective & efficient.
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Research lab

Prof. Pradeep T;

Department of Chemistry

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 2100;
  • Patent No. 374251
  • PCT/IN2021/051021

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3/4

Proof of Concept Ready & tested and validated in Laboratory stage.  

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IDF No 1289 Method for Colocalization of Plasmonic Nanoparticles and Molecules with Plasmonic and Raman Scattering Microspectroscopy

Method for Colocalization of Plasmonic Nanoparticles and Molecules with Plasmonic and Raman Scattering Microspectroscopy

Technology Category/Market

Manufacturing/Chemical Engineering

Industry: Nano Technology

Applications: Medicine, biological applications and optical micro spectroscopic technique.

Market: The global plasmonic materials market was around US$ 10.7B in 2022, expected rising at CAGR of 15.5% and reaching US$ 39.4B by 2031.

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Problem Statement

  • The temporal behavior of theragnostic is vital to improve the efficacy in biological applications.
  • Variety of nanoprobes are used as theragnostic of which plasmonic nanobiolabels have optical, photothermal and surface enhanced RS properties.
  • However, due to complexity of biological environment resulting in multiple interfering molecules mislead the signals.

The aforesaid problems are eased with a combined  optical microspectroscopic technique as claimed in  present patent subject matter.

Technology

A method for the patent comprising:

1. A high resolution dark field condenser from Dark field scattering Micro- spectroscopy (DFSMS)

2. A Raman scattering Micro spectroscopy (RSMS)

  • Wherein the high-resolution dark field condenser is integrated with conventional point-scan confocal RSMS set-up that utilizes light source with wavelength of 400-1000 nm to excite plasmonic modes of noble metal nanoparticles and a 532 nm laser to excite Raman spectra for colocalization of both plasmonic nanobiolabels and biomolecules in biological samples.
  • The plasmonic nanobiolabels (silver and gold nanoparticles) is identified in chemical and biological nature using their inherent spectroscopic features. It is located in vicinity of Escherichia coli using SERS.
  • The biomolecules include proteins, DNA and RNA molecules; the biological samples include bacteria (Escherichia coli), mammalian cells (HEK293 cells). 
  • The plasmonic nanobiolabels are located in HEK293 cells and biomolecules are colocalized with them.
  • The state of plasmonic nanobiolabels is identified in terms of size, shape or state as a single, dimer or aggregated particles.
  • The plasmonic & Raman scattering spectroscopy is performed on chemical-biological systems.

Key Features/Value Proposition

  • The molecules adsorbed on Plasmonic NanoBio labels surface is used for colocalization.
  • Plasmonic NanoBio labels are important due to optical, photothermal and surface enhanced Raman scattering properties.
  • To eliminate the possibility of defocused imaging in PRSMS set-up, care is taken to focus the desired plane of imaging by using a laser spot used for confocal RSMS.
  • Polydisperse silver nanoparticles with SPR centered around 410 nm are used as NanoBio labels in Colocalization experiments, wherein AuNPs (size ~40 nm) are the NanoBio labels in the experiments performed on chemical and biological systems using plasmonic & Raman scattering spectroscopy.
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Research Lab

Prof. Pradeep T

Department of Chemistry

Intellectual Property

IITM IDF Number: 1289

IP Patent Number: 419154 (Granted)

Technology Readiness Level

TRL – 3

Proof of Concept

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IDF No 2293 Smart Mask Fabrication: A Conducting Cloth Based Breath Humidity Sensor

Smart Mask Fabrication: A Conducting Cloth Based Breath Humidity Sensor

Technology Category/Market

Chemicals Polymers, Sensors

Computer Sciences & IT – Deep Learning

Applications – Smart Textile, Consumer electronics and  Healthcare.

Market: The global humidity sensor market size is projected to grow $11.85 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 14.2% from 2020 to 2027.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

Electronic circuits

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Problem Statement

  • Humidity monitoring is essential in many fields beyond personal usage, including food processing and medicine.
  • Millions of people in the world suffer from a variety of common respiratory problems like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and cystic fibrosis.
  • These problems can be regulated by monitoring the components such as carbon dioxide (CO2), water vapour, and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) contained in the individual’s exhaled breath.
  • Examining breath samples for disease prognosis is a promising non-invasive option. However, the widespread deployment of traditionally used methods like Mass spectrometry and Raman spectroscopy has been hampered by a number of factors, such as high cost, need for trained staff, and inflexibility.
  • Thus, the conducting cloth-based breath humidity sensors in the form of wearable face mask have proven to be a useful solution to a few of the problems.

Technology

The System comprises of 3 parts:

1. Fabricating the conducting cloth based breath humidity sensor:

  • The non-woven polypropylene (PP) cloth is soaked in water for 12h, after which the cloth is immersed in aniline solution for 2 min and later soaked in clean water. Thereafter, the cloth is soaked in ammonium persulfate and after which again immersed in clean water (SILAR method).
  • This cycle is repeated for 17 times for growth of Polyaniline (PANI) on the cloth, which turns the colour from blue to green. (Fig. 1)
  • The next step is Interdigitated silver electrodes were screen-printed on the conducting cloth and was stitched on a mask and transforming it into a smart mask. The sensor was then connected to the measurement circuit via conducting thread using silver paste.

2. Microcontroller: It measures the voltage drop across the sensor.

3. Android application

  • An application is developed to collect and visualize the data from the microcontroller. 
  • Using deep learning, the data collected is analyzed to classify and detect the patterns in breathing.

Key Features/Value Proposition

  • This humidity sensor using conducting polymers is capable of differentiating slow, normal and fast breathing patterns from nose as well as the mouth.
  • Quick response time – The sensors have very quick response time of about one second and can detect a range of relative humidity from 0 – 95%.
  • Textile such as PP, cotton, silk, nylon, polyester were used as substrate and poly aniline was in-situ polymerized on the substrate using SILAR.
  • Portable sensor – Uses Arduino prototyping platform coupled with Bluetooth module for collecting data wirelessly.
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Research Lab

Prof. Pradeep Thalappil,

Department of Chemistry

Intellectual Property

  • IN 202241008331
  • IITM IDF Ref. 2293

Technology Readiness Level

TRL 3

Technology is at a Proof of Concept (PoC) stage.

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IDF No 1481 Split Fifth Wheel Coupling

Split Fifth Wheel Coupling

Technology Category/Market

Machine Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering

Applications: To connect the tractor and trailer of an articulated semitrailer and load bearing, Automobiles, Vehicles Designing.

Market: The global automotive fifth wheel coupling market is projected to record a CAGR of 5.8% from 2023 to 2033. The market is valued at US$ 637.1M as of 2023, and by 2033, the market might reach a valuation of US$ 1.1B.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

Electronic circuits

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Problem Statement

  • The tractor-semitrailer combinations are  becoming larger and longer, face the problem of off  tracking, which is the ensuing difference in path  radii between the front & rear axles as it  manoeuvres a turn.
  • Despite steering the rear axle of the semitrailer, a  way of mitigating off-tracking is to shift the fifth  wheel coupling rearwards. But, it is limited by the  distribution of the semitrailer’s load; any rearward  shift of the fifth wheel coupling results in reduction of  the total static load on prime mover’s front axle  and available traction, leading to directional  instability of the vehicle.

The aforesaid issues are eased with a mechanism to  reduce off tracking without affecting the load  distribution among the axles of the tractor.

Technology

The Present Patent discloses a fifth wheel coupling mechanism for coupling a prime mover and a semitrailer comprising of a roller mechanism and a cylindrical joint. The method for above mentioned subject matter comprising:

  • A roller mechanism and a cylindrical joint on either side of the rear axle of the prime mover.
  • Roller mechanism comprising plurality of rollers rotatable around their axis, fixed to chassis of prime mover, a track fixed beneath chassis of semitrailer, where rollers roll on track disposed above while articulating.
  • The cylindrical joint comprises of a kingpin, a cylindrical mating part adapted to engageably receive the kingpin, guide plate to guide the kingpin, a locking mechanism to lock kingpin in position.

Key Features/Value Proposition

Technical Prospective:

  • A hitch mechanism to join a tractor and a semitrailer consist of the cylindrical joint that offers reaction forces in the x-y plane of the vehicle and  most of the vertical forces are taken care of by the  roller mechanism.
  • The roller mechanism is to enable load transfer even when the vehicle is articulating.
  • The weight of semitrailer is distributed between its axle and the roller mechanism according to their respective distances from semitrailer’s center of gravity (CG).

User Prospective:

  • It does not involve any hydraulic/pneumatic circuits, nor Complex control circuits. It is of simple mechanism and requires minimal maintenance effort.
  • No additional drives or actuators are needed and hence it is economic. Also, no extra power is required, hence running cost is negligible.
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Research Lab

Prof. Sujatha C

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Number: 1481
  • IP Patent Number: 418981 (Granted)

Technology Readiness Level

TRL 3

Proof of Concept

 

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IDF No 2305 System and Method for Malware Detection by Cross-Dimensional Behavioral Analysis

System and Method for Malware Detection by Cross-Dimensional behavioural Analysis

Technology Category/Market

Computer Sciences & IT –Machine Learning, Cyber Security

Applications – BFSI, Aerospace, Defense and Healthcare

Market – The global malware analysis market is growing at a CAGR of 28.5% from 2019-26 & projected to reach $24 M by 2026.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

Electronic circuits

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Problem Statement

  • There is a need for cross dimensional analysis of malware behavior since different types of malwares have different effects on the network, OS and hardware components of a system.
  • The present solution employs either software based or hardware based solutions for detection, thus not utilizing the synergistic benefit of combining both solutions.
  • At present, the malware detection products apply a one-size-fits-all approach to identifying malware, whereas malware classes are different requiring specialized handling of different classes.

Technology

SYSTEM: The system comprises of

  1. Client device, which may include smartphones, laptops and traditional workstations.
  2. A middle box server (or the device may also function as a server).
  3. Gateway (implemented through internet protocol) to connect to the Internet.

The data from the client devices is collected in the following ways:

  • The network data is collected by the modules comprising the gateway. Modules which typically form part of the network such as network protocol analyzer collects this data from the network.
  • The OS data is collected with the help of data profilers running in the background.
  • The hardware data is collected with the help of Performance Measurement Units (PMU), which are already part of the drivers installed along with the system (Diagrammatic representation in Fig. 4).

METHOD: The method comprises of following steps

  1. Program executed; Data collection initiated.

  2. Collected data is sent to malware detection models (labelled as P1, P2, Pn).

  3. Predictions from the individual models fed into model aggregator; further shared with component aggregator.

  4. Component aggregator makes final prediction of program maliciousness with sub classification of malware species.

Key Features/Value Proposition

  • This technology is novel due to the integrated analysis of network, hardware and OS components.
  • The usage of model and component aggregators helps achieve an F1-Score of 1 for most classes.
  • Specialized predictors and aggregator functions helps in better detection and user response, (10% higher accuracy and 89% lower false positives than prior solutions).
  • The holistic analysis increases resilience to system noise.
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Research Lab

Prof. Prof. Kamakoti Veezhinathan

Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering

Prof. Chester Dominic Rebeiro

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 2305
  • IN 202241007976
  • PCT/IN2023/050086

Technology Readiness Level

TRL – 4,

Technology is at a Proof of Concept (PoC) stage, and early-stage validation has been done at laboratory scale.

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IDF No 2321 System and Method to Predict and Control Blowout in Combustion Systems

System and Method to Predict and Control Blowout in Combustion Systems

Technology Category/Market

  • Electronics & Circuits
  • Engines & Motors

Applications – Aerospace, Power Generation, Defense, Marine, Oil & Gas

Market – The Global Combustion Controls System Market size was valued at USD 131.72 B in 2021 and is projected to reach USD 196.34 B by 2030, growing at 4.61% CAGR from 2022 to 2030.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

Electronic circuits

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Problem Statement

  • Blowout is a severe problem for engines and one of the major concerns in the power and aviation industry.
  • The lean fuel-air mixture in combustion engines where the number of air molecules per molecule is high and causes a significant reduction of the flame temperature inside a combustor near the reactant flame due to the pressure reduction of the flame temperature inside. Such lean conditions make an engine susceptible.
  • The invention addresses, the lean flame blowout (LFO) problem which leads to unplanned power outages and can increase operational costs.

Technology

  • The invention will predict the exact time to blowout in a combustor, which can be several seconds in advance.
  • The core of this technology is that, instead of producing another warning method about an impending blowout, it predicts the time of its occurrence without using any user defined threshold values.
  • It performs the prediction by fitting a log-periodic power law curve (LPPL) to the experimentally obtained time series data of an appropriate variable such as (but not limited to) fluctuating pressure or heat release rate.
  • The observed variable data can be acoustic pressure fluctuations which are measured using a pressure transducer such as a microphone or a piezoelectric transducer but not limited to it, or heat release rate obtained from a photomultiplier or camera.

FIG. 1 is a graphical representation of the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates the Block diagram of control unit representing various modules of the prototypical system used for controlling blowout.

FIG. 3 illustrates Flowchart for performing the control action.

Key Features/Value Proposition

  • This invention requires time series data of a fluctuating variable of the underlying system to find an impending blowout several seconds in advance.
  • Works on the basis, whether difference between the predicted time of blowout and the time of the last input is smaller than the system’s response time.
  • Control actions include adjusting fuel-air ratio, fuel flow rate, airflow rate, secondary injections, turning on a pilot frame.
  • Enables engine downsizing.
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Research lab

Prof. Sujith . R. I.

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 2321
  • IN 202241007800

Technology Readiness Level

TRL – 4/5, Technology validated in relevant environment. 

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IDF 1355 Method and means for controlling flowrate of molten fluid

Method and means for controlling flowrate of molten fluid

Technology Category/Market

Chemical Engineering: Device for controlling flow of molten liquid

Applications: Fluid Dynamics, Semiconductor Manufacturing devices, Pharmaceuticals, Chemical plants.

Market: The global computation fluid dynamics market attained a value of USD 1.8 billion in 2020 and is expected to grow in the forecast period of 2023 to 2028 at a CAGR of 12% to reach USD 3.5 billion by 2026.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

Electronic circuits

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Problem Statement

  • Generally, in many applications, there is an indeed requirement of controlled flow of molten liquid materials.
  • In the prior arts, the motors/regulators/ other media had discussed for controlling fluid flow.
  • In essence of prior arts literature survey, there is no separate device for precise control of molten liquid and cold liquids, including control of molten liquid at low flow rates.
  • Another issue stated that the solidification of the molten liquid due to cooling below the melting point. Hence, the present patent provides the solution to address the issues.

Technology

  • Present invention describes about a device for controlling flow of a molten liquid at a precise low flow rates, wherein maximum flowrate can be achieved is equal to the natural flow rate of the liquid, when it is not controlled.
  • The device includes following elements as listed in below:
    1. A metal container with top and bottom nozzles with an on-off valves, wherein said container is partially filled with molten fluid & partially with air, & said nozzle and non-conducting pipe are filled with air ;
    2. A syringe or any airtight pump wherein syringe discharges said air into the metal container;
    3. A non conducting pipe to connect the syringe with metal container, and air released displaces the molten metal where the flow of air from the syringe pump controls the flow of molten liquid.
  • The usage of a syringe pump helps to achieve very low rate with precision.
  • The flow of air from the syringe pump controls the flow of molten liquid.
  • Said device controls the flow of molten fluids, cold fluids and any other fluids, where control flow rates are required.
  • Entire device is kept airtight together with the syringe pump.

Key Features/Value Proposition

Technical Perspective:

  1. The device can control the flow rate of molten fluid to avoid solidification of the molten liquid inside the device.
  2. The device can control the flow rate of molten fluids and cold fluids and any other fluids, wherein the controlled flow rates are required.

Industrial Perspective:

  1. Patent literature used to control the flow-rates of corrosive chemicals since it minimizes the exposure of the liquid to the surfaces.
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Research Lab

Prof. Pushpavanam S

Department of Chemical Engineering

Intellectual Property

IITM IDF Ref. 1355

IN Patent No. 377501 (Granted)

Technology Readiness Level

TRL- 3, Proof of Concept Ready Stage

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IDF No 1210 System and Method for Generating Precursors for Early Detection of Impending Aeroelastic Instabilities

System and Method for Generating Precursors for Early Detection of Impending Aeroelastic Instabilities

Technology Category/Market

Aircraft – Aeroelastic Modelling

Applications Aircraft Structures, Wind Energy, Turbomachinery.

Market – Global Aircraft Manufacturing market was valued at USD 413.51 Billion in 2021 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.7% by 2030.

Targeted Industries

Watermarking IP design,

Electronic circuits

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Problem Statement

  • The problems associated with aeroelastic instabilities are not only restricted to aircraft wings or helicopter blades, but also to the blades of modern wind turbines.
  • A decrease in power generation is observed when modern wind turbines suffer from aeroelastic instabilities. Similarly, rotor blades in turbo machineries are also airfoil like structures which are susceptible to these aeroelastic instabilities.
  • The aeroelastic instabilities in the rotor blades can have disastrous consequences in which the broken components behave as high speed projectiles having the potential to cause catastrophic damage.
  • It is therefore necessary to have mechanisms that can forewarn of impending aeroelastic instabilities.

Technology

Method:

  1. Acquire data from a set of contact sensors.
  2. Analyze data acquired from the set of contact sensors.
  3. Determine recurrence quantification of intermittent states in the data.
  4. Compare data acquired from contact sensors with one or more schemes.
  5. Generate precursors for detecting impending aeroelastic instability.
  6. A suite of measures for foretelling an impending flutter instability is obtained from time series analysis techniques wherein the features, patterns and recurring nature of trajectories in the aeroelastic response data are suitably quantified.

FIG. 1 illustrates a system for generating precursors to detect aeroelastic instabilities in offline mode.

FIG. 2. illustrates a wind tunnel in which the system for generating precursors in offline mode is placed.

Key Features/Value Proposition

  • In case online measurements are not available, the proposed system and method provide an offline setup to systematically to carryout a scaled airfoil and acquire airfoil response continuously under offline conditions.
  • The current method prevents aeroelastic instability enormous expenditures incurred due to fatigued airfoil like structures. 
  • Other undesirable phenomenon like loss in power generation (in case of wind turbines) and abrupt structural failures can be eliminated.
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Research Lab

Prof. Sujith. R. I.

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Prof. Sunetra Sarkar,

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Prof. Sayan Gupta,

Department of Applied Mechanics

Intellectual Property

IITM IDF Ref. 1210
IN 426834 (Granted)

Technology Readiness Level

TRL 3/4; Proof of concept (PoC) stage

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