Current Research Projects- Key areas

• Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage
  
  
• Development of a cost-effective and energy efficient technique for drying Low Rank Coal (LRC)
  
  
• Heat Transfer Performance of Helical Coils

• Innovative industrial dryers-modeling

• Energy efficiency, energy conservation in drying

• Math models diverse for metals processing operations

• CFD analysis of hydrocyclones, erosion modeling

• PEMFC- Fuel cells Math modeling; thermal management

• Thermal mangement of electronics

• Pulse combustion(PC) and PC-based dryers

Research Interests

• Thermal Fluids Engineering & Science

• Energy Systems

• Modeling Transport Phenomena in Metal/Materials Processing

• Advanced Thermal Drying/Dewatering Processes