Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Insitute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad
India, 826004
ME, 2007, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
PhD, 2015, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
DRDO, Scientist 'B', 2004-2005
Generel Electrics (JFWTC), Process Engineer, 2007-2010
Research interest
Energy (Redox Flow Batteries, Static Batteries, Supercapacitors, Photovoltaic Cells, Fuel Cell)
Water (Capacitive De-Ionization, Selective Ion Recovery/Removal)
Hydrogen (Electrochemical Generation and Utilization)
Modeling and simulation (CFD, Population Balance Modeling)
Early career research award (2016-2019), SERB-DST, Natural Convection Driven Flow-Through Soluble Lead Redox Flow Battery With Inbuilt Sonication mechanism for Achieving Longer Cycle Life (completed)
Core Research Grant (2021-2024), SERB-DST, Development of scaled-up, Pumpless, free-convection-driven soluble lead redox flow battery (on-going)
Lab Group
Topic: Selective removal of ions using capacitive de-ionisation
Topic: Soluble lead-redox flow batteries
Topic: Modeling of sodium-ion battery
Topic: Experimental studies on sodium-ion battery
Project topic: Modeling and simulation of Redox Flow Batteries
Effect of Porous Nature of Anode on the Performance of the Soluble Lead Redox Flow Battery: A Modelling and Simulation Study, M Nandanwar, Journal of Power Sources 571, 233029, 2023, Impact Factor 9.7, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775323004044?via%3Dihub
P Verma, S Puravankara, MN Nandanwar, J Chakraborty, Journal of The Electrochemical Society 170 (3), 030529, 2023, Impact Factor 4.3, iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/1945-7111/acc211/meta
Numerical modelling and simulation of heat sink assisted thermal sintering of titania film on polymer substrates for the fabrication of high-performance flexible dye sensitized solar cell…KG Baiju, MN Nandanwar, K Jayanarayanan, D Kumaresan, Chemical Engineering Research and Design 181, 209-219, 2022, Impact Factor 4.1, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0263876222001113
Pump-less, free-convection-driven redox flow batteries: Modelling, simulation, and experimental demonstration for the soluble lead redox flow battery, MN Nandanwar, KS Kumar, SS Srinivas, DM Dinesh, Journal of Power Sources 454, 227918, 2020, Impact Factor 9.7, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378775320302214
A modelling and simulation study of soluble lead redox flow battery: Effect of presence of free convection on the battery characteristics, M Nandanwar, S Kumar, Journal of Power Sources 412, 536–544, 2018, Impact Factor 9.7, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S037877531831317X
Charge coup de fouet phenomenon in soluble lead redox flow battery, M Nandanwar, S Kumar, Chemical Engineering Science 154, 61-71, 2016, Impact Factor 4.4, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009250916303669
Modelling of effect of non-uniform current density on the performance of soluble lead redox flow batteries, MN Nandanwar, S Kumar, Journal of The Electrochemical Society 161 (10), A1602, 2014, Impact Factor 4.3, iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1149/2.0281410jes/meta
A new discretization of space for the solution of multi-dimensional population balance equations: Simultaneous breakup and aggregation of particles, MN Nandanwar, S Kumar, Chemical engineering science 63 (15), 3988-3997, 2008, Impact Factor 4.9, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009250908000316
A new discretization of space for the solution of multi-dimensional population balance equations, MN Nandanwar, S Kumar, Chemical Engineering Science 63 (8), 2198-2210, 2008, Impact Factor 4.9, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009250908002492
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