Kathmandu– Rabin Dhakal and Sirapa Shrestha, students of Institute of Engineering(IoE )Pulchowk Campus, participated in Capstone design context-CORE 15  has been awarded with the “special award” for their project entitled “Design Optimization of basin and testing of runner for Gravitational Water Vortex power plant” in Korea. “The team was praised and succeeded to receive an outstanding response from the jury members” said Rabin  Dhakal.

The team has participated with their project in the competition ‘International Conference on Renewable Energy Technology CORE-2015′  representing Nepal along with other 72 projects from various nations which was held in  Mokpo National University, Mokpo, South Korea . The research team successfuly demonstrate about  creating a new and innovative technology addressing the current energy crisis in Nepal.”Our Team including 9 students and 3 professors has developed a new micro hydro power plant that is efficiently applicable in low head region like the Terai Region. The success can be a revolution in electrifying various rural communities of the country” added Rabin Dhakal. 

Briefing about the project Rabin explained about the Gravitational Water Vortex Power Plant which is based on the principle of converting the potential energy of water with a powerful (GWV) in a rotation tank to kinetic energy. Rabin said “While participating in the CORE 2015 representing research, development and promotion team of 7 of Nepal among various other participants around the globe indeed was a great honor for me”. Also he showed his excitement being internationally recognize through this researched based competition. 

Rabin said that so held Capstone renewable energy design contest was one of the achievement for the entire researcher team  which helped them to pay off all the hard work they had done.At the end he said “We will be able to lead the globe in research and development if only we focus on the research based on technology that we have within Nepal.”