My research area is emphasized on thermochemical gas-solid reaction for various applications like high temperature solar thermal energy storage, cabin heating in hybrid/electric vehicle and refrigeration/heat pump etc.
Research Interest
Thermochemical Gas-Solid Reactions (Specialized in NH3 and H2O based pairs)
Solar Energy Utilization
Thermal management (Hybrid Electric Vehicle & Batteries)
Thermal Energy Storage
Refrigeration/Heat Pump
PV/Wind Stand-alone Microgrid (Green Hydrogen, Green Ammonia, Polygeneration)
Experimental studies (Designing of test rig, Gas-Solid reactors, Visualization, Heat transfer, Refrigeration/Heat pump)
Numerical studies (CFD in COMSOL Multiphysics, Reactor modeling, Thermochemical reaction model, Reaction kinetics, Conjugate heat transfer, Thermo-fluid modeling, Microgrid modeling in HOMER)
Office Address:
F1-13, First Floor, Academic Block (AB) -1
Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka, 576104
Email ID: rakesh.sharma@manipal.edu: rrakesh.sharma88@gmail.comÂ