Title: Determination of droplet dispersion characteristics of the liquid fuel sprays in gaseous crossflow
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding agency: RUSA 2.0, Jadavpur University
Month of submission: March, 2019
Duration: 2 years
Cost in lakhs: 1.98
Status: Completed
Title: Determination of Heat Transfer and Phase Transformation of Hot-Rolled Steel in Run-out Table
Role: CO Principal Investigator
Month of Submission: May , 2018
Funding agency: Tata Steel
Duration:
Cost in lakhs: 34.74
Status: ongoing
Title: Development of a biofuel based liquid film microreactor for onboard hydrogen generation through non-catalytic reforming
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding agency: SERB DST
Duration: 3 years
Cost in lakhs: 15
Status: Ongoing
Title: : Molten Jet Fragmentation Study
Role: CO Principal Investigator,
Funding agency:: BARC, DAE, Govt. of India, 2023-2025
Status: Ongoing (2023-2025)
Cost in lakhs (INR): 35.64
Title: Development of System for Early Detection of Battery Faults using Data-Driven and Dynamical Systems-based Approaches
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Funding agency: SERB CRG
Cost in lakhs: 32.26
Status: Ongoing
Title: Development of an integrated portable Syngas/Hydrogen micro-combustor- thermoelectric power generator
Role: Principal Investigator
Funding agency: WBDST
Cost in lakhs: 18.30
Status: Ongoing
Title: Development of combustion instability model for LOX-Methane engine
Role: CO-Investigator
Funding agency: ISRO
Cost in lakhs: 17. 704
Status: Ongoing
Reacting Flow/ Combustion Simulation
Brief Description
Reacting flow past bluff bodies
Flame dynamics inside micro-combustor
Publications
D. Kundu, A Bhattacharya, S. Sarkar, S. Sarkar, and A. Mukhopadhyay, An investigation of the effects of wall materials on flame dynamics inside a H2-air micro-combustor" Physics of Fluids, 35, 044110 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0144679
U. Sen, S. Sarkar, S. Bagchi, A. Mukhopadhyay and S. Sen, “Dynamics of Non-reacting and Reacting Flows Past Bluff Bodies” in “Innovations in Sustainable Energy and Cleaner Environment”, A. K. Gupta, A. De, S. K. Aggarwal, A. Kushari, A. Runchal, eds. Singapore: Springer, 2020, pp. 411-428.
S. Bagchi, S. Sarkar, A. Mukhopadhyay and S. Sen, “Numerical Simulation of Vortex Shedding from Cylindrical Bluff Body Flame Stabiliser,” in First International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, INCOM 2018, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2017. link
A. Mandal, S. Sarkar, A. Chakravarty and A. Mukhopadhyay, “Flame Stabilization and Formation of Flame Street in a H2/Air Non-Premixed Micro-combustor with a Bluff Body”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Accepted for publication (2024).
EV's Battery Thermal Management
Brief Description:
Publications
A. Jana, R. Saha, D. Pal, S. Sarkar, A. Mukhopadhyay, Early detection and management of thermal runaway in batteries using water mist for air precooling, International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment, 24(4):1–16 (2023)
A. Jana, R. Saha, S. Ray, D. Pal, S. Sarkar and A. Mukhopadhyay, Management of Thermal Runaway in Batteries using Water Mist for Air Precooling , in 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Madras, India, 2022. link
S. N. Mishra, S. Sarkar, A. Chakravarty and A. Mukhopadhyay Prevention of thermal runaway propagation in Li-ion Battery Pack introducing baffles into forced air cooling system, in 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Madras, India, 2022. link
Mishra, S.N., Banerjee, S., Sarkar, S., Mukhopadhyay, A., Sen, S. (2024). "Investigation on Passive Thermal Management Using Phase Change Materials Encapsulated Over 18,650 Lithium-Ion Battery." In: Singh, K.M., Dutta, S., Subudhi, S., Singh, N.K. (eds) Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Volume 1. FMFP 2022. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore.
S. N. Mishra, S. Sarkar, A. Mukhopadhyay, and S. Sen, "A lumped electrochemical-thermal model for simulating detection and mitigation of thermal runaway in lithium-ion batteries under different ambient conditions," Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, vol. 53, p. 102764, 2024.
Patent :
Online Health Monitoring and Hazard Prevention in Lithium-Ion Battery in Electric Vehicles , Jadavpur University, Status : Published
Two-Phase Flow / Bubble Column
Brief Description
Publications
R. Pal, S. Roy, B. Maji, S. Guin, S. Sarkar and A. Mukhopadhyay, “Flow Regime Identification of Two Phase Flow Based on Image Processing Techniques” in 2019 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Techniques in Control, Optimization and Signal Processing (INCOS), Srivilliputhur, 2019.
P. Saha, R. Pal, S. Sarkar, & A. Mukhopadhyay, "A novel image processing technique for detection of pseudo occluded bubbles and identification of flow regimes in a bubble column reactor", Measurement. Volume 189, 15, 110568 (2022).
R. Pal, S. Ganguly, S. De, S. Sarkar and A. Mukhopadhyay, A novel recurrence-based approach for investigating multiphase flow dynamics in in bubble column reactors, Chaos
Droplets and Sprays
Brief Description
Publications
A. Pal, R. Biswas, R. Pal, S. Sarkar, A. Mukhopadhyay, "A Novel Approach to Preventing SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in Classrooms: A Numerical Study", Physics of Fluids, Vol. 35, 013308 (2023)
R. Biswas, A. Pal, R. Pal, S. Sarkar, and A. Mukhopadhyay, "Risk Assessment of COVID Infection by Respiratory Droplets from Cough for Various Ventilation Scenarios Inside an Elevator: An OpenFOAM based Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis ", Phys. Fluids, 34, 013318 (2022).
A. Pal, R. Biswas, S. Sarkar and A. Mukhopadhyay, The effect of ventilation and climatic conditions on covid-19 transmission through respiratory droplet transport via both airborne and fomite mode inside an elevator, Physics of Fluids 34, 083319 (2022) ; https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0101127.
Experiments