Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering

Dr. Pankaj Saha holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, India. Currently, he is an ORISE-ORAU research fellow in the Multiphase Flow team at DOE-NETL, Morgantown, WV, USA. He has developed complete in-house 3D NS solver implementing finite-difference-method in both serial and parallel architecture. His present work at NETL deals with the modeling of turbulent oil jet discharged into water. 

Dr. P M V Subbarao received his PhD from the department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India. Currently, he is Associate Dean and Professor in the department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi. His research interest includes analysis of supercritical vapour power cycles, steam generators and turbines, experimental and computational analysis of heat transfer enhancement, flame tomography, thermodynamic analysis of organic power generation cycles, design and development of pico-hydel power plants for rural applications, and development of bio-fuel systems. He haspublished more than hundred papers in international journals and conferences as well as several book chapters. 

Dr. Basant Singh Sikarwar obtained his PhD from IIT Kanpur, India followed by a postdoc at the Iowa State University, USA. Currently, he is Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amity University, Noida, India. He has published about 80 journal and conference papers. Dr. Sikarwar is a member of the Indian Society of Mechanical Engineering. He is a co-holder of four national and international patents, and also a recipient of DST and MSME funding for research.

Simple Analytical Method for Performance of an Absorber Plate in Flat-Plate Solar Collectors for Two-Dimensional Heat Flow.- Natural Convection Heat Transfer Enhancement Using Cooling Pipes In The Heat Generating Debris Bed.- Numerical Simulation Of Fluid Flow Inside Nozzle Check Valve.- Highly confined flow past a stationary square cylinder.-Design and Numerical Analysis to Visualize the Fluid Flow Pattern Inside Cryogenic Radial Turbine.- Performance Evaluation of Thermoelectric Refrigerator Based on Natural and Forced Mode of Cooling Processes.- Optimization of Electrical Power of Solar Cell of Photovoltaic Module for a Given Peak Power and Photovoltaic Module Area.- Steady state modelling and validation of a thermal power plant.- To Reduce Pollution Due to Burning Of Coal in Thermal Power Plant.- An Analysis of a Duct with Different Vortex Generators for Performance Enhancement of a Solar Air Heater: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).- Experimental Analysis of Thermal Conductive Properties on Aerogel filled Composite Structure.-Combustion Simulation of a Four Stroke Single Cylinder S.I Engine for Reducing Emissions.- Dynamics and Control of Thermally Heat Integrated Systems.- Flow of Ferro-fluid in a circular Tube under the Influence of Magnetic Forces.