Research Profile
Area of research
§ Dynamic simulation and process control of large-scale Chemical plants and Cryogenic liquefaction and refrigeration plants.
§ Post-combustion and Oxy-combustion CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS) methods in fossil fuel based thermal power plants.
§ Cryogenic energy storage for thermal power plants with CCS.
§ Packed bed thermal energy storage at low temperature.
§ Stirling cryocoolers.
Current project
2017-20 Liquid-nitrogen Energy Storage System (LESS): With the objective to provide flexibility in operation for the future thermal power plants with CCS, a method of energy storage using liquid cryogens such as Nitrogen etc. utilizing Rankine cycle as its basis is under development. This project will deliver an optimum cycle configuration with laboratory-scale experimental setup for identifying characteristics of various equipment such as evaporator-superheater, turbines, packed bed thermal storage etc.
Below are some pictures and a video of the experimental setup.
Academic publications
Journals:
1. Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. Application of parallel heat exchangers in helium refrigerators for mitigating effects of pulsed load from fusion devices. Fusion Engineering and Design, 86(4-5):296-306. (2011)
2. Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. Customization and validation of a commercial process simulator for dynamic simulation of helium liquefier. Energy, 36(5):3204-14. (2011)
3. Rijo J Thomas, Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. Applicability of simpler equations of state for modeling helium systems. Cryogenics, 52:375-381. (2012)
4. Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. Mitigation of effects of pulsed heat loads in helium refrigerators for fusion devices using supercritical helium storage. IEEE Transaction on Applied Superconductivity, 22(6). (2012)
5. Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. Mitigation of Effects of Pulsed Heat Load from Fusion Devices on Helium Refrigerator: A Novel Technique using Vapor Compression Cycle. International Journal of Refrigeration, 36(6):1776-1789. (2013)
6. Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. A cycle configuration for large-scale helium refrigerator for fusion devices towards complete mitigation of the effects of pulsed heat load. Fusion Engineering and Design, 88:2972– 2982. (2013)
7. Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. Identification of critical equipment and determination of operational limits in helium refrigerators under pulsed heat load. Cryogenics, 59:23-37. (2014)
8. Rohan Dutta, Lars O. Nord, Olav Bolland. Design of post-combustion CO2 capture process for 600 MW natural gas based thermal power plant constrained by operability. Energy, vol-121 (2017).
9. Rohan Dutta, Lars O. Nord, Olav Bolland. Prospects of using equilibrium-based column models in dynamic process simulation of post-combustion CO2 capture. Fuel, 202: 85-97, 2017.
10. Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, Kanchan Chowdhury, Process Configuration of Liquid-nitrogen Energy Storage System (LESS) for Maximum Turnaround Efficiency, Cryogenics; 88: 132-142; 2017.
11. Rohan Dutta, Parthasarthi Ghosh, Cryogenic Energy Storage: Prospects and Technological Overview, In Magazine of The Society of Air-conditioning and Refrigerating Engineering of Korea, 47(4): 44-49, 2018.
12. Bipul Kirshna Saha, Basab Chakrabarty, Rohan Dutta, Estimation of low-grade waste-heat recovery potential in Indian industries , Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 22: 1795-1814; 2020.
Conferences:
1. Parthasarathi Ghosh, Rijo J Thomas, Rohan Dutta and Kanchan Chowdhury. Design and Analysis of Large-scale Helium Liquefiers/Refrigerators: Issues with Modeling and Simulation. 23rd National Symposium on Cryogenics, NIT Rourkela, India, October 28-30, 2010. Published in Indian Journal of Cryogenics, 37(1-4):9-16 (2012).
2. Rohan Dutta, Rijo J Thomas, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. Dynamic simulation of large-scale helium liquefier using Aspen Hysys®: Problems, solutions and prospect. 23rd National Symposium on Cryogenics, NIT Rourkela, India, October 28-30, 2010. Published in Indian Journal of Cryogenics, 38(1-2):166-172 (2013).
3. Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. Performance of large-scale helium refrigerators subjected to pulsed heat load from fusion devices. Presented in International Cryogenic Engineering Conference 24-International Cryogenic Materials Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, May 14-18, 2012. Published in Proc. of 24-ICEC/ICMC-2012, 2013.
4. Rahul Verma, Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. Analysis of various liquid nitrogen pre-cooling schemes for large-scale helium liquefiers/ refrigerators. Presented in 24th National Symposium on Cryogenics, IPR, Gandhinagar, January’2013. In Indian Journal of Cryogenics. (2015)
5. Rohan Dutta, Rijo J Thomas, Parthasarathi Ghosh and Kanchan Chowdhury. Designing process plant with pulsating loads: Exergy analysis of helium plants for fusion reactors. Presented in National Conference on Energy Engineering, Analysis, Audit and Management, NIT Agarpara, Kolkata, India, July 8-10, 2013.
6. Rohan Dutta, Soumyarup Roy, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. Evaluation of a technique to mitigate effects of pulsed heat load of fusion devices on helium refrigerator. Presented in 24th National Symposium on Cryogenics, IPR, Gandhinagar, January’2013. In Indian Journal of Cryogenics. (2014) Received best paper award.
7. Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, and Kanchan Chowdhury. Mitigation of effects of pulsed heat load to helium refrigerator in fusion devices: use of a cold-compressor. Presented in 24th National Symposium on Cryogenics, IPR, Gandhinagar, January’2013. In Indian Journal of Cryogenics. (2015)
8. Rubén M. Montañés, Rohan Dutta, Lars O. Nord, Olav Bolland. Dynamic simulation of natural gas combined cycle power plant with post-combustion CO2 capture. Presented in 8th Trondheim CCS conference, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 2015.
9. Rohan Dutta, Lars O. Nord, Olav Bolland. Selection and validation of process simulator for dynamic simulation of post combustion co2 capture process. Presented in 8th Trondheim CCS conference, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway, 2015.
10. Rubén M. Montañés, Nina E. Flø, Rohan Dutta, Lars O. Nord, Olav Bolland. Dynamic process model development, parameter estimation and validation with transient plant data collected from an MEA test campaign at the CO2 Technology Center Mongstad. Presented in GHGT-13, Switzerland, 14th to 18th November, 2016. Energy Procedia, 114: 1538-1550; 2017.
11. Rohan Dutta, Lars O. Nord, Olav Bolland. Applicability and validation of use of equilibrium-based absorber models with reduced stage efficiency for dynamic simulation of post-combustion CO2 capture processes. Presented in GHGT-13, Switzerland, 14th to 18th November, 2016. Energy Procedia, 114: 1424-1433; 2017.
12. Aman Dhillon, Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, Exergetic analysis of reverse Brayton cryocooler for different cooling loads at 65 K for HTS cable, The 14th CRYOGENICS 2017, IIR International Conference, Dresden, Germany, DOI: 10.18462/iir.cryo.2017.027.
13. Rohan Dutta, Abhay Singh Gour, Pavitra Sandilya, Development of an Experimental Setup of a Cryogenic Packed-bed Thermal Energy Storage System, Presented at National Symposium in Cryogenics and Superconductivity-27 at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India on 16th to 18th January, 2019, Under review in Indian Journal of Cryogenics.
14. Aasheesh Bajpai, Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, Parameter Estimation of Equipment for Development of an Experimental Setup of a Reverse Brayton Cryocooler for Cooling High Temperature Superconducting Cables, Presented at National Symposium in Cryogenics and Superconductivity-27 at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India on 16th to 18th January, 2019, Under review in Indian Journal of Cryogenics.
15. Aasheesh Bajpai, Aman Dhillon, Rohan Dutta, Parthasarathi Ghosh, Root cause analysis of early performance deterioration of an existing helium liquefier using process simulation, 15th Cryogenics 2019, IIR international conference, April 7-11, 2019, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe, In proceedings, pp. 114-121, 2019, DOI: 10.18462/iir.cryo.2019.0047 .
16. Rohan Dutta, Pavitra Sandilya, Experimental Investigations on the Cold Recovery-Efficiency of a Packed-bed in a Cryogenic Energy Storage System, CEC/ICMC 2019, 21-25 July 2019, Connecticut Convention Center, Hartford, USA, 2019.
Invited talk:
1. Rohan Dutta, Large-scale Cryogenic Processes for Future Power Generation and Energy Storage Systems, IEEE invited lecture series, IIT Mandi, HP, 24th April, 2018.