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Dwarak Ravikumar

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Postdoctoral Researcher
Sustainable Systems
Climate + Energy
dtriplic@umich.edu

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Dwarak Ravikumar is a Research Fellow at the Center for Sustainable Systems (CSS) in the School for Environment and Sustainability. He is currently investigating the environmental trade-offs for a circular economy for carbon emissions and evaluating the environmental trade-offs from utilizing the captured carbon to manufacture commercial products such as chemicals and concrete. Dwarak’s research interests include developing environmentally improved technologies to recycle photovoltaic systems, advancing life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate emerging technologies, and improving the sustainability of renewable energy systems.

Publications

  • Illustrating anticipatory life cycle assessment for emerging photovoltaic technologies BA Wender, RW Foley, V Prado-Lopez, D Ravikumar, DA Eisenberg, .Environmental science & technology 48 (18), 10531-10538       
  • End-of-life management of photovoltaic panels: trends in PV module recycling technologies. K Komoto, JS Lee, J Zhang, D Ravikumar, P Sinha, A Wade, GA Heath National Renewable Energy Lab.(NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
  • A climate rationale for research and development on photovoltaics manufacture. D Ravikumar, B Wender, TP Seager, MP Fraser, M Tao. Applied Energy 189, 245-256
  • An anticipatory approach to quantify energetics of recycling CdTe photovoltaic systems. D Ravikumar, P Sinha, TP Seager, MP Fraser. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 24 (5), 735-746      
  • Sensitivity-based research prioritization through stochastic characterization modeling. BA Wender, V Prado, P Fantke, D Ravikumar, TP Seager. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 23 (2), 324-332         
  • Life cycle considerations of nano-enabled agrochemicals: are today's tools up to the task? L Pourzahedi, M Pandorf, D Ravikumar, JB Zimmerman, TP Seager…Environmental Science: Nano 5 (5), 1057-1069 
  • Novel method of sensitivity analysis improves the prioritization of research in anticipatory life cycle assessment of emerging technologies. D Ravikumar, TP Seager, S Cucurachi, V Prado, C Mutel. Environmental science & technology 52 (11), 6534-6543     
  • Intertemporal cumulative radiative forcing effects of photovoltaic deployments. D Ravikumar, TP Seager, MV Chester, MP Fraser. Environmental science & technology 48 (17), 10010-10018      
  • Towards Anticipatory Life Cycle Assessment of Photovoltaics’ published in Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC).T Dwarakanath, B Wender, T Seager, M Fraser. IEEE 39th   
  • Material constraints for indigenous production of CdTe PV: Evidence from a Monte Carlo experiment using India's National Solar Mission Benchmarks. D Ravikumar, D Malghan. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 25, 393-403
  • The impact of photovoltaic (PV) installations on downwind particulate matter concentrations: Results from field observations at a 550-MWAC utility-scale PV plant. D Ravikumar, P Sinha. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 67 (10), 1126-1136
  • Towards anticipatory life cycle assessment of photovoltaics. TR Dwarakanath, BA Wender, T Seager, MP Fraser. 2013 IEEE 39th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2392-2393
  • Photovoltaic Capacity Additions: The optimal rate of deployment with sensitivity to time-based GHG emissions. DT Ravikumar, M Chester, TP Seager, MP Fraser. Arizona State University  
  • An anticipatory-lifecycle approach towards increasing the environmental gains from photovoltaic systems through improved manufacturing and recycling. DT Ravikumar. Arizona State University  
  • The Need for and Path to Harmonized Life Cycle Assessment and Techno‐Economic Assessment for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Utilization. Energy Technology         
  • Sensitivity to weighting in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). V Prado, M Cinelli, SF Ter Haar, D Ravikumar, R Heijungs, J Guinée, ...The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 1-14
  • Designing with the System in Mind: Life Cycle Assessment of Nano-Enabled Agrochemicals. L Pourzahedi, M Pandorf, D Ravikumar, J Zimmerman, T Seager, T Theis, ...2018 AIChE Annual Meeting            
  • Transit-Oriented Development Deployment Strategies to Maximize Integrated Transportation and Land Use Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Reductions. M Chester, D Ravikumar.
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  • Supplementary Information to accompany the manuscript entitled. D Ravikumar, TP Seager, MV Chester, MP Fraser
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  • Environmentally improved CdTe photovoltaic recycling through novel technologies and facility location strategies. D Ravikumar, T Seager, P Sinha, MP Fraser, S Reed, E Harmon. A Power Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

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