Publications

Kumar Amit, Choudhary Rajesh, Kushwaha K. Pravesh, Agrawal Anshu, "System and Method for Harvesting Water from Atmospheric Air", Indian Product Patent, Patent No. 550502, Reg. No. 202321083343 (2024).

Pravesh Kumar Kushwaha, Amit Kumar, Rajesh Choudhary, "Numerical and experimental investigation of a solar-powered atmospheric water harvesting system based on two-stage desiccant wheel", Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 279, Part - A, 127545  (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2025.127545 

Sumit Kanchan, Abhishek Mukhija, Subhash Sharma, Rohitash Choudhary, Rajesh Choudhary, Ravinder Kumar, "Investigating the possibility of using waste plastic fuel and gasoline fuel mixture in gasoline direct injection engine through experimental studies and the Taguchi method", Fuel, Vol. 387, 134330  (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2025.134330 

Pravesh Kumar Kushwaha, Amit Kumar, Rajesh Choudhary, "Solar driven atmospheric water harvesting system with integration of desiccant wheel and desiccant bed: An experimental investigation" Solar Energy, Vol. 282, 112947 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2024.112947 

Pravesh Kumar Kushwaha, Amit Kumar, Rajesh Choudhary, "Solar-powered water generation from atmospheric air using desiccant wheel: Theoretical and experimental investigation" Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Vol. 274, 112969 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.112969 

Pravesh Kumar Kushwaha, Amit Kumar, Rajesh Choudhary, "Energy, exergy, economic, and environmental (4-E) analysis of atmospheric water harvesting system based on desiccant wheel using solar air heater " Journal of Water Process Engineering, Vol. 62, 105377 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.105377  

Pravesh Kumar Kushwaha, Amit Kumar, Rajesh Choudhary, "Effect of Operating Parameters of Desiccant Wheel on the Performance of Solar Desiccant Dehumidifier" Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/ep.14361  

Rajesh Choudhary, Abhishek Mukhija, Subhash Sharma, Rohitash Choudhary, Ami Chand, Ashok K. Dewangan, Gajendra Kumar Gaurav, Jiří Jaromír Klemeš, "Energy-saving COVID–19 biomedical plastic waste treatment using the thermal-Catalytic pyrolysis", Energy, Vol. 264, 126096 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.126096

Sandip Saha, Pankaj Biswas, Kanishka Jha, Apurba Narayan Das, Rajesh Choudhary, "Newtonian hydro-thermal fluid flow phenomena through a sudden expansion channel with or without baffles", Kuwait Journal of Science, Vol. 50 (3B) (2023). https://doi.org/10.48129/kjs.18147 

Rajesh Choudhary, Naveen Sharma, Sudhakar Subudhi, "A Taguchi approach for optimization of design parameters on Rayleigh-Bénard convection in water-based Al2O3 nanofluids", World Journal of Engineering, Vol. 19 (03), pp. 375-380 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1108/WJE-12-2020-0623.  

Sumit Kanchan, Rajesh Choudhary, Chavagani Brahmaiah, Shahid Qayoom, “Modeling for collective effect of Muffler geometric modifications and blended microalgae fuel use on exhaust performance of a four-stroke diesel engine: A Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach”, SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility, 2(2):1074-1084 (2020). https://doi.org/10.4271/2019-28-2377. 

Rajesh Choudhary, Adarsh Saini, Sudhakar Subudhi, “Oberbeck-Boussinesq approximations and geometrical confinement effects of free convection in open cavity”, Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 55 (08) (2019), pp. 2095 – 2102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-019-02563-8.

Rajesh Choudhary, Deepak Khurana, Aditya Kumar, Sudhakar Subudhi, “Stability analysis of Al2O3/water nanofluids”, Journal of Experimental Nanoscience, Vol. 12 (1) (2017), pp. 140 – 151. https://doi.org/10.1080/17458080.2017.1285445

Deepak Khurana, Rajesh Choudhary, Sudhakar Subudhi, “A critical review of forced convection heat transfer and pressure drop of Al2O3, TiO2 and CuO Nanofluids”, Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 53 (2017), pp. 343 – 361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-016-1810-9.

Rajesh Choudhary, Sudhakar Subudhi, “Aspect ratio dependence of turbulent natural convection in Al2O3/water nanofluids”, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 108 (2016), pp. 1095 – 1104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.08.016. 

Deepak Khurana, Rajesh Choudhary, Sudhakar Subudhi, “Investigation of Thermal Conductivity and Viscosity of Al2O3/Water Nanofluids using Full Factorial Design and Utility Concept”, Nano (2016), Vol. 11, No. 8 (2016) 1650093. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793292016500934

Rajesh Choudhary, Aman Singh, Aditya Kumar, Sudhakar Subudhi, “Experimental Investigations on the Thermal Contact Conductance using Al2O3 Nanoparticles in the Interfacial Material” Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (2024), Volume 1, pp. 729-740. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7827-4_57

Sumit Kanchan, Nihar Ranjan Swain, Rajesh Choudhary, CH Patel, "Combustion and Performance Characteristics of Algae and Diesel Fuel Blends in a DICI Engine: An Experimental Approach" In: Kumar R., Pandey A.K., Sharma R.K., Norkey G. (eds) Recent Trends in Thermal Engineering (2022), pp. 65-74, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3132-0_7. 

Anuj Kumar Mishra, Ajay Kumar, Himanshu Tripathi, Naveen Sharma, Sumit Kanchan, Rajesh Choudhary, "Numerical Simulation of the Turbulent Natural Convection in a Square Enclosure Filled with Water Based Al2O3 Nanofluids", In: Kumar R., Pandey A.K., Sharma R.K., Norkey G. (eds) Recent Trends in Thermal Engineering (2022), pp. 53-63. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3132-0_6.  

Naveen Sharma, Rajesh Choudhary, "Multi-objective performance optimization of a ribbed solar air heater", In: Tyagi H., Chakraborty P., Powar S., Agarwal A. (eds) Solar Energy. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (2019), pp. 77-93, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0675-8_6  

Aveek Gupta, Rajesh Choudhary, Sumit Kanchan, "Production and application of pyrolytic oil derived from waste plastic in four-stroke internal combustion engines: A review", AIP Proceedings of the International Conference on Materials for Emerging Technologies (ICMET 2021), 18–19 February 2022, Phagwara, India. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0162685 

Ankush Jangir, Md. Aquib Numan Siddiquee, Sahil Mankotia, Vivek Tiwari, Gaurav Vyas, Rajesh Choudhary, "A comparative study of ventilation system used for the bacteria prevention in operation room in healthcare units", Materials Today: Proceedings (ICFMMP - 2021), LPU Phagwara, India, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.10.237 

Rajesh Choudhary, Aman Singh, Aditya Kumar, and Sudhakar Subudhi, Experimental investigations on the improvement in thermal contact resistance with the Al2O3 nanoparticles as the filler material at the interface, 3rd European Symposium on Nanofluids (ESNf), September 9-10, 2021, Iasi, Romania.

Samish Mahendra Fale, Rajesh Choudhary, Sudhanshu Dogra, A study on the effect of absorbing medium on solar desalination system, Materials Today: Proceedings (ICFMMP - 2021), LPU Phagwara, India, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.08.138  

Dev Kumar Sahu, C.H.Patel, Sai Krishna Uppara, Sumit Kanchan, Rajesh Choudhary, Parametric evaluation of B20 blend of mahua biodiesel with nanomaterial additives, Materials Today: Proceedings (ICFMMP - 2021), LPU Phagwara, India, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.05.589

J. Vamshi, K.M. Anand, Archiman Sharma, Aditya Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Ankit Kotia, Rajesh Choudhary, A review on the utilization of nanoparticles in the refrigeration system as nano-refrigerant and nano-lubricant, Materials Today: Proceedings (ICFMMP - 2021), LPU Phagwara, India, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.05.538

A.H. Naidu, A. Singh, T.V.S. Yaswanth Mohan, K.K. Murthy, M. Mallela, Rajesh Choudhary, Numerical analysis of displacement ventilation for different locations of the outlets, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Volume 1116 012060 (International Conference on Futuristic and Sustainable Aspects in Engineering and Technology (FSAET 2020)), Mathura, India. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1116/1/012060.

Rajesh Choudhary, Himanshu Tripathi, Anuj Kumar Sharma, Sudhakar Subudhi, Statistical analysis of buoyancy induced turbulent flow in a square enclosure filled with water based Al2O3 nanofluids, Proc. of the 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2018), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, December 10-12, 2018

Rajesh Choudhary, Sudhakar Subudhi, Effect of particle size on turbulent natural convection in Al2O3/water nanofluids, Proc. of the 44th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2017), Amrita University, Kollam, Kerala, India, December 14 – 16, 2017.

Rajesh Choudhary, Sudhakar Subudhi, Combined effect of Rayleigh number and Prandtl number on natural convection in Al2O3/water nanofluid, Proc. of the 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2016), MNNIT Allahabad, U.P., India, December 15-17, 2016.

Rajesh Choudhary, Sudhakar Subudhi, Study of natural convection in an enclosure with water and a-Al2O3/water nanofluid for different aspect ratios using statistical analysis, Proc. of the International Conference on Multiphase Flow (ICMF-2016), Firenze, Italy, May 22-27, 2016.

Rajesh Choudhary, Aditya Kumar, Deepak Khurana, Sudhakar Subudhi, Effect of zeta potential and sonication time on the stability of water-based α-Al2O3 nanofluid, Proc. of the 23rd National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 1st International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC 2015), ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 17-20 December 2015.

Deepak Khurana, Aditya Kumar, Rajesh Choudhary, Sudhakar Subudhi, Time-dependent suspension stability of TiO2/water and Al2O3/water nanofluids, Proc. of the 23rd National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 1st International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2015), ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 17-20 December 2015.

Rajesh Choudhary, Adarsh Saini, Sudhakar Subudhi, Experimental investigation of natural convection in an enclosure with water and α – Al2O3/water nanofluid for different aspect ratios, Proc. of the 42nd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2015), NITK Surathkal, Karnataka, India, December 14-16, 2015.

Aditya Kumar, Deepak Khurana, Rajesh Choudhary, Sudhakar Subudhi, Preparation and stability analysis of water-based aluminum oxide nanofluids, Proc. of the International Conference on Energy Systems and Developments (ICESD-2015), Pune, India, Feb. 11 – 13, 2015.