Research on various industry related topics gives us the opportunity to dive deep into a given topic and build your confidence in us to serve you better.
Our Collaborators
We collaborate with academic experts in various subjects of relevance to Industry.
Ph.D Research Scholars
In collaboration with academic experts, we have guided several research scholars in their Ph.D research
| Name | Year | Thesis Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anand Chavan | 2020 | Solar Drying : Modeling and Equipment Design | |
| Chaitanya Moholkar | 2022 | Cavitation Modeling | |
| Pulkit kumar | 2022 | ||
| Pruthviraj Nimalipuri | 2022 | Numerical Simulation for Quantitative Risk Assessment of Domino Effect Caused by Thermal Radiation of Pool Fire in Industries | |
| Sumit Hazare | 2023 | Application of computational fluid dynamics & machine learning methods for the estimation of design parameters & scale-up of the stirred tanks and bubble columns | |
| Sumit Joshi | 2023 | Application of Machine learning (AI) for the estimation of design parameters and prediction of multiphase reactor performance | |
| Vasujeet Singh | |||
Masters Research Scholars
We have guided several research scholars for their Masters program. Their studies have helped to analyse the research topics in greater details.
| Name | Year | Thesis Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aniket Shewale | CFD Modeling of Tangential Fired Furnace | ||
| Venkat Koti | CFD Modeling of Tangential Fired Furnace | ||
| Bhargava Saikia | CFD Modeling of liquid Jet combustion | ||
| Ajay Pawar | CFD Modeling of Fluidized beds | ||
| Priyansh Garg | CFD Modeling of Li-ion battery | ||
| Suyog Katkar | CFD Modeling of Blast Furnace | ||
| Mohit Taneja | CFD modeling of Stirred tanks using OpenFoam | ||
| Survesh Mohite | CFD Modeling and Validation of Combustion Process | ||
| Uday Deore | CFD Modeling of Liquid Oxygen and Hydrogen combustion | ||
| Pushparaj Bobde | CFD Modeling of Pressure drop in blast Furnace | ||
| DebJyoti Adak | CFD Modeling of Fluidized beds | ||
| Ankur Kumar Singh | Jet Fire Modeling: Development of CFD Methodology | ||
| Shrinivas Mudda | CFD Modeling and Validation of solid fuel combustion | ||
| Shubham Kinikar | CFD Design of Cement Calciner for NOx Reduction | ||
| Madhura Kulkarni | 2019 | CFD Design of Cyclone Separators using OpenFoam | |
| Shital Mone | 2019 | CFD Design of Cement Calciner | |
| Utkarsha Malshe | 2018 | CFD Design of Spray Driers | |
| Justin K George | 2017 | CFD Design of Stirred Tank Reactors | |
| Kalyani Mishra | 2017 | CFD Design of Spray Drier | |
| Kiran Chavan | 2017 | CFD Design of Crystallizers | |
| Shital Zhope | 2017 | CFD Design of Cyclone Separators | |
Research Publications
The hard work by our Ph.D and Masters research scholars and able guidance from our collaborators has lead to several publications international and national journals of reputation. We have also contributed to book chapters and conference proceedings.
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| Hazare, S.R., Patil, C.S., Vala, S. V., Joshi, A.J., Joshi, J.B., Vitankar, V.S., Patwardhan, A.W., 2022a. Predictive analysis of gas holdup in bubble column using machine learning methods. Chemical Engineering Research and Design 184, 724–739. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2022.06.007 | |
| Hazare, S.R., Vala, S. V., Patil, C.S., Joshi, A.J., Joshi, J.B., Vitankar, V.S., Patwardhan, A.W., 2022b. Correlating Interfacial Area and Volumetric Mass Transfer Coefficient in Bubble Column with the Help of Machine Learning Methods. Ind Eng Chem Res. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02820 | |
| Chaitanya D. Moholkar, Shivam V. Vala, Channamallikarjun S. Mathpati, Aniruddha J. Joshi, Vivek S Vitankar, Jyeshtharaj B. Joshi, Artificial Intelligence-based correlation: Process side heat transfer coefficient for helical coils in stirred tank reactors, December 2021, Heat Transfer 51(4) https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.22439 |
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| A Kumar, J. B. Joshi, V. Vitankar, Numerical simulations of jacket side thermal-hydraulic performance for large stirred vessels, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications 79 (7), 513-536, Feb 4, 2021 | |
| Pulkit Kumar, Ajit K. Parwani, Dileep Kumar Gupta, Vivek Vitankar, Transient Cold Flow Simulation of Fast-Fluidized Bed Air Reactor with Hematite as an Oxygen Carrier for Chemical Looping Combustion, Appl. Sci. 2021, 11(5), 2288; https://doi.org/10.3390/app11052288 | |
| Shubham G Kinekar, Shital S. Mone, Pravin A Mane, Vivek Vitankar, “NOx Reduction in Calciner Using Air Staging and Raw meal Split Technology”, International Conference on Advances in Materials Research, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.12.143 |
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| A P. Chavan, V. Vitankar, N. Shinde, B. Thorat, CFD simulation of solar grain dryer, Drying Technology, Volume 39 (8), 2021, Pages 1101-1113, https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2020.1863422 | |
| A P. Chavan, V. Vitankar, B. Thorat, CFD modeling and experimental study of solar conduction dryer, Drying Technology, Volume 39 (8), 2021, Pages 1087-1100, https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2020.1846051 | |
| A P. Chavan, V. Vitankar, A. Mujumdar, B. Thorat, Natural convection and direct type (NCDT) solar dryers: A Review, Drying Technology, Volume 39 (13), 2021, Pages 1969-1990, https://doi.org/10.1080/07373937.2020.1753065. | |
| Vivek Vitankar, Ravindra Aglave, Application of computational fluid & particle dynamics for cement industry, INDIAN CEMENT REVIEW, July 2020 | |
| Ravindra Aglave, Vivek Vitankar, Thomas Eppinger, Julian Gaenz, Deploying simulation-based engineering for Process optimization and Enhanced profitability, International Conference (SMCSTP 2020) at Jamshedpur, India (February 6 – 7, 2020), https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341056789_Deploying_simulation based_engineering_for_Process_Optimization_and_Enhanced_profitability | |
| Balamurugan Manavalan, Tushar V. Tamhane, Jaysree Patra, Aniruddha J. Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B. Joshi, Niranjan K. Pandey, Shekhar Kumar, Kamachi U. Mudali, Natarajan Rajamani, Vivek S. Vitankar, and Raosaheb N. Patil, Separation Characteristics of Liquid– Liquid Dispersions: Gravity and Centrifugal Settlers, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2017, 56 (27), pp 7814–7823, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b00119 | |
| S. Monahan, V. S. Vitankar, R. O. Fox, CFD Predictions of flow regime transitions in Bubble Column, AIChE J., 2005, 51, 7, 1897-1923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.10425 | |
| M. T. Dhotre ,V. S. Vitankar, and J. B. Joshi, CFD simulation of steady state heat transfer in bubble columns, Chemical Engineering journal, 2005, 108, 117-126 | |
| V. S. Vitankar, S.Monahan, R.O.Fox, Turbulence model for bubbly flows, presented at Computational Fluid Dynamics in Chemical Reaction Engineering, AIChE 2003 Annual Meeting. | |
| S. Monahan, V. S. Vitankar, R.O. Fox, Effect of Bubble-Bubble Interactions in Bubble Flows, Accepted for Engineering Conference International, Computational Fluid Dynamics in Chemical Reaction Engineering III, Switzerland, May 2003 | |
| V. S. Vitankar and J. B. Joshi, A comprehensive one-dimensional model for prediction of flow pattern in bubble columns, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2002, 80, 5, 499-512 https://doi.org/10.1205/026387602320224076 | |
| V. S. Vitankar, M. T. Dhotre and J. B. Joshi, A low Reynolds number k- model for the preiction of flow pattern and pressure drop in bubble column reactors, Chemical Engineering Science, 2002, 57,3235-3250 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00196-3 | |
| J. B. Joshi, V. S. Vitankar, A. A. Kulkarni, M. T. Dhotre, and K. Ekambara, Coherent flow structures in bubble column reactors, Chemical Engineering Science, 2002, 57, 3157-3183 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0009-2509(02)00192-6 | |
| Joshi, S.S., Vitankar, V.S., Dalvi, V.H., Joshi, J.B. (2023). “Solid Suspension and Solid-Liquid Mass Transfer in Stirred Reactors.” Published In: Yeoh, G.H., Joshi, J.B. (eds) Handbook of Multiphase Flow Science and Technology, Springer, Singapore. | |
| Joshi, S. S., Dalvi, V. H., Vitankar, V. S., Joshi, A. J., & Joshi, J. B. (2023). “Novel Correlation for Critical Speed for Solid Suspension in Stirred Tanks Developed Using Machine Learning Models Trained on Literature Data.” Published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. | |
| Joshi, S. S., Dalvi, V. H., Vitankar, V. S., Joshi, A. J., & Joshi, J. B. (2023). “Novel Correlation for Solid-Liquid Mass Transfer Coefficient in Stirred Tanks Developed by Interpreting Machine Learning Models Trained on Literature Data.” Published in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. | |
| Kumar P.; Parwani A.K.; Vitankar.V; Multiphase CFD Simulation of Air and Fuel Reactors of Chemical Looping Combustion, Heat Transfer Engineering, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1080/01457632.2022.2079052 IF: 2.172 | |
| Nemalipuri P, Singh V, Das HC, Pradhan MK, Vitankar V. Consequence analysis of heptane multiple pool fire in a dike. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/09544062231181813 | |
| Nemalipuri P, Singh V, Vitankar V, Das HC, Pradhan MK. Numerical prediction of fire dynamics and the safety zone in large‐scale multiple pool fire in a dike using flamelet model. Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2023;0(0). doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25094 | |
| Kumar, A., Nemalipuri, P., Singh, V., Vitankar, V., Das, H. C., Pradhan, M. K., & Panda, M. K. (2022). Simulation of Natural Gas Combustor Using CFD. In Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICRAMERD 2021 (pp. 667-679). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. | |
| Singh, V., Nemalipuri, P., Vitankar, V., & Das, H. C. (2023). Multifluid computational fluid dynamics simulation for sawdust gasification inside an industrial scale fluidized bed gasifier. Materials Today: Proceedings. | |
| Singh, V., Nemalipuri, P., Vitankar, V., & Das, H. C. (2023, January). Thermo-hydraulic performance of electronic chip cooling through micro-channel heat sink with ribs and cavities on side wall. In 2023 Third International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Computing, Communication and Sustainable Technologies (ICAECT) (pp. 1-8). IEEE. | |
| Singh, V., Nemalipuri, P., Das, H. C., Vitankar, V., Pradhan, M. K., Rath, A. K., & Jena, S. (2022). Thermo-Hydraulic Performance of High Heat Flux Electronic Chip Cooling Through Microchannel Heat Sinks with Fins on Base Plate. In Energy Storage Systems: Optimization and Applications (pp. 385-413). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. | |
| Singh, V., Nemalipuri, P., Vitankar, V., Das, H. C., Prdhan, M. K., & Jena, S. (2022). Numerical Study on Hydrodynamics Analysis of Geldart B Group of Particles in a 2D Fluidized Bed Drier. In Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering: Select Proceedings of ICRAMERD 2021 (pp. 653-665). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. | |