Recent Trends in Thermal Engineering

This book presents the select proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Technologies (ICAST 2020), organized by Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. It gives an overview of recent developments in the field of fluid dynamics and thermal engineering. Some of the topics covered in this book include HVAC systems, alternative fuels, renewable energy, nano fluids, industrial advancements in energy systems, energy storage, multiphase transport and phase change, conventional and non-conventional energy theoretical and experimental fluid dynamics, numerical methods in heat transfer and fluid mechanics, different modes of heat transfer, fluid machinery, turbo machinery, and fluid power. The book will be useful for researchers and professionals working in the field of fluid dynamics and thermal engineering. 

Dr. Ritunesh Kumar is working as an Assistant Professor in the department since October 2009. He was conferred doctoral degree by Ph.D. (Thermal Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), New Delhi, India, (2008) for his work on desiccant cooling. His focus is on refrigeration & air-conditioning, renewable energy, and heat transfer. He did his M.Tech. (Thermal Engineering) from Indian institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India, (2002) and B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) from M.M.M. Engineering College, Gorakhpur, India (2000). Before joining IIT Indore, he was working for Tata Consulting Engineers Limited Mumbai. He has over 25 high impact articles and he is also a reviewer of many reputed journals.

Dr. Adarsh Kumar Pandey is associated with Research Centre for Nano-Materials and Energy Technology, Sunway University Malaysia. He obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Rural (Renewable) Energy Technology and Doctorate degree in the field of Energy from SMVD University, India, and also earned two post-doctoral fellowships. He has also guided many Ph.D and Master's thesis. His major areas of research interests include phase change materials, nano-enhanced phase change materials (NEPCMS), hybrid solar photovoltaic (PV/T) systems, dye sensitized solar cells, self cleaning of PV modules, energy and energy analysis of renewable energy systems. He has published nearly 100 papers in respected international journals. Dr. Pandey is a reviewer in many reputed journals and also shares responsibilities of editorial board member in various journals.

Dr. Ravi Sharma is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Manipal University, Jaipur. He obtained his doctorate degree in the field of Heat Transfer Enhancement from University of Malaya, Malaysia. His major areas of research interests include thermal energy storage, phase change materials, nano enhanced phase changematerials, shape stabilized phase change materials. He has published 12 papers in respected international journals. Dr. Ravi Sharma is a reviewer in many reputed journals like Energy Conversion and Management, Applied Thermal Engineering, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry and many more.

Dr. Gavendra Norkey is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India. He obtained his B.E. (Mechanical) and M.Tech. (Production Engineering) from the Madhav Institute of Technology and Science, Gwalior (M.P.), and Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) from the Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, Guna (M.P.). His major areas of research interests include production (manufacturing), advanced machining processes, laser materials processing, design of experiments, micro-manufacturing processes. He has published 24 research papers in different national and international journals and conferences of repute. He has guided 5 M.Tech and 1 Ph.D. thesis and 2 candidates are pursuing Ph.D. with him presently. He is the life time member of Indian Laser Association (ILA) and International Association of Engineers (IAENG). He is the reviewer of reputed journals. He has 18 years of teaching and 1.5 years of industrial experience to his credit.