Deepak Sharma, Manish K Rathod and Purnaanand V. Bhale Phase change material as a heat sink for solar photovoltaic: A numerical study on the thermo‐physical properties and thickness effects under actual weather conditions. Energy Storage. Vol. 5(6), e539, 2023.

Ali, Hafiz Muhammad, Tauseef-ur Rehman, Müslüm Arıcı, Zafar Said, Benjamin Duraković, Hayder I. Mohammed, Rajan Kumar, Manish K. Rathod, Ozge Buyukdagli, and Mohamed Teggar. Advances in thermal energy storage: Fundamentals and applications. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science 100 (2024): 101109.

Chaudhari Jaynil, Singh Gourav K., Rathod Manish K., Ali Hafiz M. Experimental and computational analysis on lithium-ion battery thermal management system utilizing air cooling with radial fins. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2023.

Deepak Sharma, Manish K Rathod and Purnaanand V. Bhale. Enhancement in Thermal and Electrical Characteristics of Solar Photovoltaic Module through a Direct Contact Water Jacketed Cooling System, Journal of Thermal Engineering, (accepted, published in March 2024).

Hemish Vaidya, Rathod Manish and Salim Channiwala. Design, development, and analysis of a box type solar,   , Vol 9(3), pp. 637-647, 2023.

Abhishek Tiwari, Manish K Rathod and Amit Kumar. Experimental investigation of a desalination system based on evacuated tube collector. Environment, Development and Sustainability, pp. 1-18, 2023.

Dnyandip K. Bhamare, Rathod Manish K, Jyotirmay Banerjee, Arici Muslum. Investigation of the Effect of Air Layer Thickness on the Thermal Performance of the PCM Integrated Roof. Building. Vo. 13(2), 488, 2023.

Jay R. Patel and Manish K. Rathod. Novel approach for the performance augmentation of phase change material integrated battery thermal management system for number of charging/discharging cycles. Energy Storage, e456, 2023.

Abhishek Tiwari, Manish K. Rathod, Amit Kumar. Experimental investigation of a desalination system based on evacuated tube collector. Environment, Development and Sustainability. 2023.

Bhamare Dnyandip K, Manish K Rathod, Banerjee Jyotirmay and Arici Muslum. Investigation of the Effect of Air Layer Thickness on the Thermal Performance of the PCM Integrated Roof. Buildings, Vol. 13, No. 2, 488, 2023.

Zafar Said, Prabhakar Sharma, Rajvikram M. Elavarasan, Arun Kumar Tiwari, and Manish K. Rathod. Exploring the specific heat capacity of water-based hybrid nanofluids for solar energy applications: A comparative evaluation of modern ensemble machine learning techniques. Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 54, 105230, 2022.

Ashish J Modi, and Manish K Rathod. Experimental investigation of heat transfer enhancement and pressure drop of fin-and-circular tube heat exchangers with modified rectangular winglet vortex generator. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 189, 122742, 2022.

Jay R. Patel, Manish K. Rathod and Mikhail Sheremet. Heat transfer augmentation of triplex type latent heat thermal energy storage using combined eccentricity and longitudinal fin. Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 50, 104167, 2022.

Jay R. Patel and Manish K. Rathod. Phase change material selection using simulation-oriented optimization to improve the thermal performance of lithium-ion battery. Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 49, 103974, 2022.

Jay R. Patel, Manish K. Rathod, Rajvikram M.Elavarasan, and Zafar Said. Influence of longitudinal fin arrangement on the melting and solidification inside the triplex tube latent heat thermal storage system. Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 46, 103778, 2022.

Abhishek Tiwari, Manish K Rathod and Amit Kumar. A comprehensive review of solar-driven desalination systems and its advancements. Environment, Development and Sustainability, pp. 1-32, 2022.

Mehta Digant, Vaghela Bhavesh, Rathod Manish K. and Banerjee Jyotirmay. Heat transfer enhancement using spiral fins in different orientations of Latent Heat Storage Unit. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Volume 169, 107060, 2021.

Dnyandip K Bhamare, Pranaynil Saikia, Rathod Manish K, Dibakar Rakshit and Banerjee Jyotirmay. A machine learning and deep learning based approach to predict the thermal performance of phase change material integrated building envelope. Building and Environment Volume 199, 107927, 2021

Dnyandip K. Bhamare, Rathod Manish K, Jyotirmay Banerjee. Proposal of a unique index for selection of optimum phase change material for effective thermal performance of a building envelope. Solar energy, Volume 218, pp. 129-141, 2021.

Jay R Patel, Rathod Manish K. Recent developments in the passive and hybrid thermal management techniques of lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Power Sources. Vol. 480, 228820, 2020.

Dnyandip K. Bhamare, Manish K Rathod, Jyotirmay Banerjee. Selection of phase change material and establishment of thermophysical properties of phase change material integrated with roof of a building using Measure of Key Response index: Proposal of a new parameter. Journal of Energy Storage. Vol. 32, 101812, 2020.

Mehta Digant, Vaghela Bhavesh, Rathod Manish K. and Banerjee Jyotirmay. Thermal performance augmentation in latent heat storage unit using spiral fin: An experimental analysis. Journal of Energy Storage. Vol. 31, 101776, 2020.

Jay R Patel, Joshi Varun, Rathod Manish K. Thermal performance investigations of the melting and solidification in differently shaped macro-capsules saturated with phase change material. Journal of Energy Storage. Vol. 31, 101635, 2020.

Ashish J Modi, Navnath A Kalel, Manish K Rathod. Thermal performance augmentation of fin-and-tube heat exchanger using rectangular winglet vortex generators having circular punched holes. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Vol. 158, 119724, 2020.

Joshi Varun, Rathod Manish K. Experimental and numerical assessments of thermal transport in fins and metal foam infused latent heat thermal energy storage systems: A comparative evaluation. Applied Thermal Engineering. Vol. 178, 115518, 2020.

Dnyandip K. Bhamare, Manish K Rathod, Jyotirmay Banerjee. Evaluation of cooling potential of passive strategies using bioclimatic approach for different Indian climatic zones. Journal of Building Engineering. Vol. 31, 101356, 2020

Dnyandip K. Bhamare, Manish K Rathod, Jyotirmay Banerjee. Numerical model for evaluating thermal performance of residential building roof integrated with inclined phase change material (PCM) layer. Journal of Building Engineering. Vol 28, 101018, 2020.

Joshi Varun, Rathod Manish K. Thermal performance augmentation of metal foam infused phase change material using a partial filling strategy: An evaluation for fill height ratio and porosity. Applied Energy. Vol 253, 113621, 2019.

Ashish J Modi, Manish K Rathod. Comparative study of heat transfer enhancement and pressure drop for fin-and-circular tube compact heat exchangers with sinusoidal wavy and elliptical curved rectangular winglet vortex generator. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. Vol. 141, pp. 310-326, 2019.

Dnyandip K. Bhamare, Manish K Rathod, Jyotirmay Banerjee. Passive cooling techniques for building and their applicability in different climatic zones—The state of art. Energy & Building. Vol. 198, pp. 467-490. 2019.

M. B. Maisuria, D. M. Sonal, Manish K Rathod, Manhar K Bhatt. Experimental and analytical investigation on an automobile radiator with CuO/EG‐water based nanofluid as coolant. Heat Transfer – Asian Research. Pp. 1-17, 2019.

Joshi Varun, Rathod Manish K. Constructal enhancement of thermal transport in latent heat storage systems assisted with fins. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. Vol 145, 105984, 2019.

Mehta Digant, Vaghela Bhavesh, Rathod Manish K. and Banerjee Jyotirmay. Influence of orientation on thermal performance of shell and tube latent heat storage unit. Applied Thermal Engineering Vol. 157, 113719, 2019.

Mehta Digant, Vaghela Bhavesh, Rathod Manish K. and Banerjee Jyotirmay Heat transfer intensification in horizontal shell and tube latent heat storage unit. Numerical heat transfer, Part A: Applications. Vol. 75, pp. 489-508, 2019.

Mehta Digant, Solanki Karan, Rathod Manish K. and Banerjee Jyotirmay. Thermal performance of shell and tube latent heat storage unit: comparative assessment of horizontal and vertical orientation. Journal of Energy Storage Vol 23, pp. 344-362, 2019.

Joshi Varun, Rathod Manish K. Constructal Enhancement of Thermal Transport in Metal Foam-PCM Composite Assisted Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System. Numerical heat transfer, Part A: Applications. Vol. 75, pp. 413-433, 2019.

Joshi Varun, Rathod Manish K. Thermal transport augmentation in latent heat thermal energy storage system by partially filled metal foam: A novel configuration. Journal of Energy Storage. Vol. 22, pp. 270-282, 2019.

Patel JR, Rathod Manish K. Numerical Investigation on the phase change process of different shaped macro encapsulated PCM. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, Vol.7, pp. 587-590, 2018.

Maisuria MB, Sonar DM, Rathod Manish K. Nano Fluid Selection Used for Coolant in Heat Exchanger by Multiple Attributes Decision Making Method. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, Vol.7, 2018.

Patel JR, Rathod Manish K. Thermal performance enhancement of melting and solidification process of phase‐change material in triplex tube heat exchanger using longitudinal fins. Heat Transfer—Asian Research. Pp.1-19, 2018.

Varun Joshi, Rathod Manish K, Constructal Enhancement of Fins Design Integrated to Phase Change Materials, International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, Vol:12, No:3, 2018.

Dnyandip K. Bhamare, Rathod Manish K, Jyotirmay Banerjee. Performance Evaluation of Thermosiphon Based Solar Water Heater in India, International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, Vol: 12, No: 1, 2018.

Dnyandip K Bhamre, Rathod Manish K.  Numerical Study of Melting Process of Phase Change Material Filled in Rectangular Cavity with Partially Active Walls, Journal of Thermal Engineering & Applications, Vol.4, pp. 32-38, 2017.

Rathod Manish K. Thermal Performance of Flat Tube Louver Fin Heat Exchanger using Artificial Neural Network. Journal of Thermal Engineering & Applications, Vol.4, pp. 6-12, 2017.

Rathod Manish K and Jyotirmay Banerjee. Development of Correlation for Melting Time of Phase Change Material in Latent Heat Storage Unit, the 7th international conference on Applied Energy(ICAE-2015), Energy Procedia, Vol. 75, pp. 2125-2130, 2015.

Rathod Manish K, Purnanad V. Bhale and LaxmikantSahoo, Thermal analysis of a concentrating system integrated with sensible and latent heat storage, the 7th international conference on Applied Energy(ICAE-2015), Energy Procedia, Vol. 75, pp.2157-2162, 2015.

Rathod Manish K and Jyotirmay Banerjee. Thermal Performance Enhancement of Shell and Tube Latent Heat Storage Unit using Longitudinal Fins, Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 75, pp.1084-1092,2015

Rathod Manish K and Jyotirmay Banerjee. Entropy generation assessment of shell and tube latent heat energy storage unit, International Journal of Exergy, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 97-108, 2015.

Rathod Manish K and Jyotirmay Banerjee. Thermal performance of phase change material based latent heat storage unit, Heat transfer –Asian Research, Vol. 43, No. 8, pp. 706-719, 2014.

Chaudhari V N, Rathod M K, Chaudhari K A, Stearic Acid as Phase Change Material: Thermal Reliability Test and Compatibility with some Construction Materials, International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 1-6, 2013.

Rathod Manish K and Jyotirmay Banerjee. Experimental investigations on latent heat storage unit using paraffin wax as phase change material. Experimental Heat Transfer. Volume 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-55.

Rathod Manish K and Jyotirmay Banerjee. Thermal stability of phase change materials used in latent heat energy storage systems: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Volume 18, 2013, 246-258.

Rathod Manish K and Jyotirmay Banerjee. Numerical investigation on latent heat storage unit of different configurations. International Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Volume 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 100-105.

Rathod Manish K, KanzariaHiren V. A methodological concept for phase change material selection based on multiple criteria decision analysis with and without fuzzy environment. Materials and Design Volume 32, Issue 6, June 2011, Pages 3578-3585.

Rathod M. K., Shah Niyati K, Prabhakaran P. Performance evaluation of flat finned tube fin heat exchanger with different fin surfaces. Applied Thermal Engineering. Volume 27, Issues 11-12, August 2007, Pages 2131-2137. 

1. Bhavesh Vaghela, Digant Mehta, Manish Rathod, Jyotirmay Banerjee. Investigations on Thermal Performance of Spiral Finned Latent Heat Storage Unit. Proceedings of the 46th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP). December 09-11, 2019, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, India.

2. Digant Mehta, Manish Rathod, Jyotirmay Banerjee. Accelerated Charging of PCM in Horizontal Latent Heat Storage Unit Using Different Multitube Arrangement. Volume 02: Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Applied Energy, Part 1.  Aug 12-15, 2019, Västerås, Sweden.

3. Varun Joshi, Akhil KV, Manish K. Rathod. Real-Time Visual and Quantitative Investigation on Melting Characteristics in Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System Infused with Partial Fins. Volume 06: Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Applied Energy, Part 5.  Aug 12-15, 2019, Västerås, Sweden.

4. Bhavesh Vaghela, Digant Mehta, Manish Rathod, Jyotirmay Banerjee. Augmentation of Heat Transfer in Horizontal Shell and Tube Type Latent Heat Storage. 12th International Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications, February 23-26, 2019, Gandhinagar India

5. Digant Mehta, Bhavesh Vaghela, Manish K Rathod, Jyotirmay Banerjee. Performance of Shell and Tube Latent Heat Storage Unit under different Orientation. 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP). December 10-12, 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India

6. Maisuria MB, Sonar DM, Rathod Manish K. Nano Fluid Selection Used for Coolant in Heat Exchanger by Multiple Attributes Decision Making Method. International Conference on Materials, Applied Physics & Engineering (ICMAE), Indore, India. November 3-4, 2018.

7. Patel JR, Rathod Manish K. Numerical Investigation on the phase change process of different shaped macro encapsulated PCM. International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering & Science, Visakhapatnam. February 10-11, 2018.

8. Shinde SB, Trambadia VG, Rathod Manish K, Numerical Investigation on Thermal Performance of Two Phase Closed Thermosyphon. 19th International Heat Pipe Conference & 13th International Heat Pipe Symposium, Pisa, Italy, June 10-14, 2018.

9. Varun Joshi, Rathod Manish K, Constructal Enhancement of Fins Design Integrated to Phase Change Materials, ICRETRER 2018: 20th International Conference on Renewable Energy Technologies and Regenerative Energy Recovery, World Academy of Science and Technology, Sydney, Australia, February, 1-2, 2018.

10. Dnyandip K. Bhamare, Rathod Manish K, Jyotirmay Banerjee. Performance Evaluation of Thermosiphon Based Solar Water Heater in India, ICEEMRE 2018: 20th International Conference on Energy Efficiency Management and Renewable Energy, World Academy of Science and Technology, Sydney, Australia

11. Mehta D, Chaudhary C, Rathod Manish K, Jyotirmay Banerjee, Effect of Orientation of Shell and Tube Latent Heat Storage Unit on Melting Phenomena of Phase Change Material. Proceedings of the 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE, Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, India.

12. Sagar Chaudhari and Rathod Manish K, Numerical investigation on phase change process of Spherical & Rectangular shaped Macro-encapsulated PCM in International Conference on Futuristic Trends in Engineering, Science, Pharmacy & Management at Vadodara, 23rd Dec, 2016.

13. Nilesh K. Patil, and Manish K. Rathod. Numerical investigation on effect of operating parameters on plate fin heat exchanger. Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science: Proceedings of The World Congress on Engineering 2012, WCE 2012, 4-6 July, 2012, London, U.K., pp1681-1686.

14. Rathod Manish K, Jyotirmay Banerjee and Chaudhari Vimal N. Thermal reliability of stearic acid as phase change material used in latent heat storage. International conference on Advances and Trends in Engineering Materials and their Applications, Montreal, Canada, August 1-5 2011.

15. Rathod Manish K and Jyotirmay Banerjee. Numerical investigation on thermal performance of a shell and tube latent thermal energy storage unit. 37th National and 4th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Madras, India. (FMFP-2010). December 16-18, 2010.

16. KanzariaHiren V and Rathod Manish K. Numerical investigation of rectangular latent heat storage unit encapsulated with phase change material. 4th International Conference on Advances in mechanical engineering (ICAME_2010) Sep 23-25, 2010.

17. Rathod M K and J Banerjee. Thermal performance enhancement of shell-and-tube latent thermal energy storage unit using multiple PCMs. 20th National and 9th International ISHMT-ASME Heat & Mass Transfer Conf. IIT Bombay Jan. 2010.

18. Patel P M, Rathod M K and J Banerjee. Numerical analysis and comparison of phase change process in rectangular and cylindrical latent heat thermal storage system. International Conference on Advances in mechanical engineering (ICAME_2009) August 3-5, 2009.

19. Rathod M K and Banerjee J. Energy and exergy analysis of reheat regenerative cycle steam power plants. International Conference on Advances in mechanical engineering (ICAME_2008) December-15-17, 2008.

20. Rathod M. K., Shah Niyati K and Prabhakaran P. Performance evaluation of flat finned tube fin heat exchanger with different fin surfaces. 33rd National and 3rd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Bombay Dec 7-9, 2006.

21. Rathod M. K., Shah Niyati K and Prabhakaran P. Performance evaluation of plate fin cross flow heat exchanger with rectangular, offset strip, triangular and perforated fin surfaces. 33rd National and 3rd International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Bombay Dec 7-9, 2006.

Rathod M. K., Patel A. R. and Prabhakaran P., Determination of shell side thermal and hydrodynamic performance of latter section of a commercial hot air generator system, Journal of Engineering and Technology, Sardar Patel University, Issue 17, 2004. 

Mehta Digant, Rathod Manish K and Jyotirmay Banerjee, Numerical study of solidification process of molten plastic inside rectangular cavity in National Conference on Emerging Research Trends in Engineering at VGEC-Chandkheda, SPFU, CTE-Gujarat, 4th to 6th April, 2016.

Modi A. J., Rathod M. K. and P. Prabhakaran, Experimental studies on thermal performance of a tube fin type automobile radiator National Conference on Advances in Fluid Flow and Thermal Sciences, SVNIT, Surat May 22-24, 2008.

Kargathara S. V., Patel A. R., Rathod M. K. and P. Prabhakaran, Exergo-economic analysis as a superior costing tool in comparison of energy analysis as applied to a combined cycle power plant – a case study, National Conference on Advances in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics, Aligarth Muslim University, Sept, 16-17, 2006.

Rathod M. K., Patel A. R., Prabhakaran P., Thermal analysis of commercially available LDO fired hot air generator system, 14th National Symposium on Thermal Analysis, BARC, Mumbai and MSU, Baroda Jan, 2004.