This book presents selected and peer-reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Thermofluids (KIIT Thermo 2020). It focuses on the latest studies and findings in the areas of fluid dynamics, heat transfer, thermodynamics, and combustion. Some of the topics covered in the book include electronic cooling, HVAC system analysis, inverse heat transfer, combustion, nano-fluids, multiphase flow, high-speed flow, and shock waves. The book includes both experimental and numerical studies along with a few review chapters from experienced researchers, and is expected to lead to new research in this important area. This book is of interest to students, researchers as well as practitioners working in the areas of fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and combustion.
Dr. Shripad Revankar is a Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Director of Multiphase and Fuel Cell Research Laboratory in the School of Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. He received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from Karnatak University, India, and M.Eng. in Nuclear Engineering from McMaster University, Canada. He has worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and at the Nuclear Engineering Department, University of California, Berkeley, from 1984 to 1987. Then, in August 1987, he joined the School of Nuclear Engineering as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Since then, he has been serving SNE, currently as a Professor. He also serves as BK21 Plus Visiting Professor in the Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea. Dr. Revankar has published over 375 peer-reviewed technical articles in archival scientific journals and conference proceedings and author/co-author of three recent books: Advances in Nuclear Fuels, InTech publisher 2012, Fuel Cells-Principles, Design, and Analysis, CRC Press 2014, and Storage and Hybridization of Nuclear Energy: Techno-economic Integration of Renewable and Nuclear Energy, Academic Press, recently published in November 2018. He has chaired 25 M.S. thesis, and 12 Ph.D. thesis and has served on 90 M.S. and Ph.D. thesis committees. He has mentored over 35 Visiting Scholars and Postdoctoral Researchers. He has presented over 110 invited seminars. Dr. Revankar has served as research and educational Consultant to academia, national laboratories and industries in Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, South Korea, and USA. He is Chief Editor of Frontier in Energy – Nuclear Energy – and Chief Editor of the International Journal of Magnetism & Nuclear Science. He is also on editorial boards of other six international journals including Heat Transfer Engineering, Journal of Thermodynamics, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, and has served as Guest Editor for Nuclear Engineering and Design. Dr. Revankar is a Life Member of American Nuclear Society (ANS), American Society of Mechanical Engineer (ASME), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Korean Nuclear Society, (KNS), and Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT). He is also a Member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Electrochemical Society (ECS) and American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS). He was Chair of Thermal Hydraulics Division of ANS in 2007–2008, Chair of ASME K-13 Committee on Heat Transfer in Multiphase Systems in 2009-2011, Executive Member of the AIChE Transport and Energy Processes Division in 2006–2009, and Chair of the ASEE Nuclear and Radiological Division in 2008–2009. He is currently Vice Chair and Chair Elect Nuclear Engineering Division of ASME. He was elected as a Fellow of ASME in 2008, Fellow of ANS in 2015 and Fellow of AIChE in 2017.
Prof. (Dr.) Swarnendu Sen has been involved in teaching and research since 1988 at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He is serving this esteemed institute as a Professor since 2007. Prior to academics, he worked for HCL Ltd. He was a Visiting Research Fellow in the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2002–2003 and a Visiting Scholar at Virginia Tech in 2006. He received DAAD fellowship from Germany in 2011 as well as in 2013. His research area includes combustion dynamics, transport processes in nanofluids and carbon nanostructure synthesis. Prof. Sen has guided more than 15 Ph.D.s and more than 150 papers and his h-index is 35. He is one among the pioneers in the field of natural circulation loop. He is a Member of Indian Society for Heating Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers, Associate Member of The Institution of Engineers (India), Life Member of The Combustion Institute, Indian Section, and Life Member of Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer.
Dr. Debjyoti Sahu currently serves as an Assistant Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. Dr. Sahu obtained his B.E. in Automobile Engineering from Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, and M.Tech. in Energy Systems Engineering from BVB College of Engineering and Technology Hubli, Karnataka. He obtained his Ph.D. in Energy Technology from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. He has taught various subjects in UG and PG levels at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Bengaluru, during 2008–2018. Now he teaches Fuels and Emission, Automobile Engineering and IC Engine and Gas Turbines at KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. He has been involved in several experimental research including hydrogen adsorption, metal organic frameworks, refrigeration and bio-digestion. His work on portable bio-digestion is mentioned in an article published by ENSIA, the most popular environment magazine. He has published several papers on refrigeration, adsorption and IC engine performance. Dr. Sahu is a Life Member of Indian Science Congress and Institute of Engineers, India.
