Areas of Research Interest

• Energy Integration of Distillation Processes (Multicomponent distillation, Thermally integrated distillation, Distillation sequences, Refinery columns, etc.)
• Pinch analysis and energy integration of different processes and processes equipments (Fired heaters, Evaporators, Cooling towers, Heat exchangers, Cogeneration, etc.)
• Application of pinch analysis to environmental pollution, waste-water management, hydrogen management, etc.
• Modelling, analysis and application of other separation processes (Liquid extraction, SCF extraction, Leaching, Drying, etc.)
• Modelling and analysis of direct energy conversion processes and its application (Photovoltaic, Fuel cell, etc.)
• Finite-time thermodynamics

Prejects

1. Development of a Megawatt-scale Solar Thermal Power Testing, Simulation and Research Facility, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of India, Ongoing
2. Wastewater, minimization in batch plants through on-site treatment, reuse and recycle processes: Indo-South African joint project, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, Ongoing.
3. Dynamic Data Driven Model Based Predictive Control of Nuclear Steam Generator: Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Govt. of India, Ongoing.
4. Development of Design Methodology to Optimally Integrate Solar Thermal Concentrator with industrial Process Heat Applications: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Govt. of India, Ongoing.
5. Solar Heat For Drying Na2S04: Heavy Water Board, Ongoing.
6. Modernisation of Energy Systems Laboratory: MODROB Grant from MHRD, Govt. of India, Feb. 2004-Feb. 2006.
7. Synthesis and Design of Energy Integrated Distillation Processes: Seed Grant from IRCC, IIT-Bombay, Jan. 2004-Jan. 2007.

Post Graduate Students

• Energy Conservation in Mining Industries: Lalit Sahoo (Ph.D.)
• Wind Solar Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: Sreeraj E.S. (Ph.D.)
• Optimal Design of Wind Hybrid Systems for Isolated Applications: A. Roy (Ph.D.)
• Optimal Design of Isolated Power Systems: Arun P. (Ph.D.-2009)
• Performance Analysis of Solar Thermal Storage Systems: Govind N. Kulkarni (Ph.D.-2008)
• Study of Supercritical Fluid Extractions for Bio-oils: Rajesh K. N. Patel (Ph.D.-2007)
• Energy Conservation for Fired Heater Integrated Processes: James Varghese (Ph.D.-2007)
  
  
  
• Modelling and Experimental Investigation of Biodiesel-Biogas based Dual Fuel Engine: Anurag Sachdev (DD-2007).
• Optimal Power Generation and Scheduling: Krishnakant Gupta (M.Tech.-2007).
• Energy Conservation in Distillation: Himanshu Raja (M.Tech.-2007).
• Water and Hydrogen Management: Ashish K. Das (M.Tech.-2007).
• Design and integration of multieffect evaporators: Amol S. Hukkerikar (M.Tech.-2006)
• Target and Synthesis of Cogeneration Systems: Virendra Dafane (M.Tech.-2005)
• Water Management in Process Industries: Mandar D. Ghanekar (M.Tech.-2005)
• Optimal Design of Air-Cooled Heat Exchanger: Nachiket Chilhatey (M.Tech.-2004)
• Efficient Steam Utilization Equipment Design: Milind Saindane (M.Tech.-2004)
• Energy Efficiency Studies in Distillation Systems: Harshit Patel (M.Tech.-2004)
• Targeting and Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks with Fouling: Nishant Chauhan (D.D.-2004)
• Thermodynamic Analysis of Room Temperature Magnetic Refrigerator: Sanjeev K. Chauhan (D.D.-2004)
• Optimal Synthesis of Heat and Power Network: Nachiket K. Apte (M.Tech.-2003)
• Optimising Distillation Process Utilising Waste Heat: Bharat F. Deshmukh (M.Tech.-2003)
• Optimisation of Utility Network for Heavy Water Plant, Manuguru: B. K. Jain (M.Tech.-2003)
• Modelling of Tube Fin Shell and Tube Compact Heat Exchanger: Ashish Bang (D.D.-2003)