Publications

P. Alam and U. Madanan. Numerical investigation into effect of sidewall thermal conductance in Darcy-Bénard convection. In International Conference in Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems, pages 577–588, Springer, 2022.

P. Alam, and U. Madanan (February 2026). Boundaries Matter: Impact of Sidewall Conductance on Porous-media Thermal Convection. International Communications of Heat and Mass Transfer, 173, p.110773.

P.  Alam and U. Madanan (October 2025). Thermal transport in porous media: Effect of grain size in Darcy-Bénard systems at high Rayleigh numbers. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 220, p.110409.

A. Bhadwal, P. Alam, G. Kumar and U. Madanan (May 2025). A Semi-Analytical Approach to Estimate Sidewall Thermal Conductance for Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection with Uninsulated Sidewalls. International Communications of Heat and Mass Transfer, 165:108993, 2025.

P. Alam and U. Madanan (February 2025). Addressing the Nusselt number divergence across varied fluid–solid combinations in Darcy–Bénard convection. International Communications of Heat and Mass Transfer, 161:108403, 2024.

G. Kumar, and P. Alam, S. Gole, and D.S. Murthy (September 2024). Pressure drop analysis for potential heat transfer applications using metallic foam packing in Rotating Packed Bed. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 2024.

P. Alam and U. Madanan (March 2024). Effect of finite thermal conductivity bounding walls on Darcy-Bénard convection. ASME Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 146(5):052701.

P. Alam, G. Kumar, and U. Madanan. Sidewall Thermal Conductance in Turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard Convection: Effect of Uninsulated Sidewalls. In International Heat Transfer Conference Digital Library. Begel House Inc., August 14-18, 2023, Begel House Inc.

R. Barik, P. Alam, G. Kumar, and U. Madanan, 2024. Enhancement of Free Convective Heat Transfer Inside an Enclosure with Discrete Heat Sources. In Proceedings of the 27th National and 5th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, December 14-17, 2023, IIT Patna, Patna-801106, Bihar, India. Begel House Inc.

P. Alam and U. Madanan. Effect of Aspect Ratio on Heat Transfer Characteristics in Fine- and Coarse-Grained Porous Media. In International Heat Transfer Conference, August 02-07 2026, [Accepted]

P. Alam and U. Madanan. Thermal Convection in Darcy-Bénard System: Effect of Sidewall Thermal Conductance. International Conference on Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media: Fundamentals and Applications, Xi'an, China, November 07-10, 2024.

D. S. Murthy, Gaurav Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Parvez Alam, Anjali Herbola. Compact Centrifugal Evaporative Heat Exchanger with Porous Packing, Indian Patent, Application No.: 202511053349.