Akshay Dalvi

• Title - System design and battery degradation estimation of a transportable BESS of 1 MWh capacity. • Technical design and system sizing to achieve 1 MWh capacity. • Logical arrangement of Li-Ion batteries and components considering environmental health and safety aspects. • System assembly inside a 20 ft container for system portability. • Lifting frame design in Autodesk Inventor to safer transport. • Studied the system performance.

• Studied the working of BESS and its applications. • Gained hands-on experience in BESS assembly • Visited the manufacturer/suppliers for BESS components • Studied an application-specific mechanical and electrical design, component selection and the required tools/software for BESS.

• Mechanical design engineer (AutoCAD) for machine tool department and product assembly system. • Reconditioning and retrofitting of heavy machine tools • Acquired skills in product development, cost-efficient design, timely delivery, quality control and testing.

• Industry know-how with a team of design engineers. • Technical drafting and CAD modelling for the projects. • Gained knowledge of industrial requirements for engineering design criteria, standards and specifications.

• Final grade: 1.9 • Renewable Energy (PV, Wind, Battery storage, hybrid systems). • Energy Economics, Project Development, Geoinformatics system. • Data analysis (R Language), Artificial Intelligence.

• Theory and hands-on experience on mechanical and thermal devices, machines and tools. • Fluid Mechanics, Numerical methods and optimisation, Energy Audit Management. • Bachelor Thesis: Design and Fabrication of a Pneumatic Conveyor. • Mechanical Design Head (CATIA V5, CREO Parametric) for international competition 'ABU ROBOCON 2014'.