Kumar, Ravi
Areas of Interest
- Thermal Engineering, Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning, Two-phase Flow & Heat Transfer, Instrumentation and Measurements
Honors and Awards
| Award | Institute | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Teacher | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 2011 |
| Star Performer | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 2005-2006 |
| Star Performer | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 2004-2005 |
| Star performer | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 2003-2004 |
Educational Details
| Degree | Subject | University | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| B.E. | Mechancial | REC, Bhopal | 1987 |
| M.Tech. | Thermal Engg. | REC, Bhopal | 1990 |
| Ph..D. | Mechanical | University of Roorkee | 2000 |
Administrative Background
| From | To | Designation | Organisation | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Till date | Dean (Administration) | IIT Roorkee | |
| 2017 | Till date | Prof.-in-charge (Safety) | IIT Roorkee | |
| 2013 | Till date | Chairman,Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Committee | Bureau of Indian Standard, New Delhi | |
| 2010 | 2015 | Coordinator, Technology Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Society (TIDES) | IIT Roorkee | |
| 2010 | 2015 | Coordinator, Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP) | IIT Roorkee | |
| 2018 | Till date | Chairman (Centre Reseach Committee) | Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management, IIT Roorkee | |
| 2010 | 2015 | Chief Warden | IIT Roorkee | |
| 2004 | 2013 | Staff Advisor (Sports) | IIT Roorkee | |
| 2004 | 2007 | Vice-chairman (Grading & Registration) | IIT Roorkee | |
| 2006 | 2011 | Member IPR Cell | IIT Roorkee | |
| 2006 | 2011 | Member TepTech | IIT Roorkee | |
| 2004 | 2008 | Office-in-charge | Refrigeration & AIr-conditioning Section, IIC, IIT Roorkee | |
| 2003 | 2009 | Member, Editorial Committee | SciTech Magazine, IIT Roorkee | |
| 2003 | 2010 | Member, Editorial Committee | Institute Annual Report, IIT Roorkee | |
| 2004 | 2007 | Warden | IIT Roorkee |
Sponsored Research Projects
| Topic | Funding Agency | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Technologies fr Distributed Level Application and Energy Support to Rural Development- 2 | DST and Univ of Trento, Italy | 2019 |
| Enhancement of Inside Tube Flow Boiling Heat Transfer of Eco-friendly Refrigerants | DST | 2016 |
| Experimental Investigation of 700 MWe Specific Full Length Channel Deformation (Sagging) Behaviou | DAE | 2016 |
| Experiments in Design Fire Environment Facility Relevant to NPPS | DAE | 2016 |
| Channel heat-up Study under Slumped Fuel Condition for PHWR | DAE | 2016 |
| Sustainable Technologies for Distributed Level Application and Energy Support to Rural Development-1 | DST and Univ of Trento, Italy | 2015 |
| Assessment of Radiation Heat Transfer for 19 Pin PHWR fuel bundle under Heat-up Condition | DAE | 2012 |
| Studies on Effectiveness of Iodine and Heat Removal from PHWR Primary Containment during LOCA by Spr | DAE | 2010 |
| Enhancement of Heat Transfer During Condensation of Ozone Safe Refrigerants Over Single Horizont | DST | 2011 |
| Development of Fire Test Facility for Defining the Design Fire Environment Relevant for NPPs | DAE | 2010 |
| Full Length Channel Heat Up Experiments | DAE | 2009 |
| Experimental Investigation of the Rewetting of Fuel Rod Cluster | DAE | 2009 |
| Experimental Investigation of the Asymmetric Heating of Pressure Tubes | DAE | 2008 |
| Studies on The Enhancement of Heat Transfer and Ventilation Strategies during High Performance E | DST | 2009 |
| Development of Energy Efficient Heat Exchangers for Refrigeration & Air-conditioning Industries | DST | 2008 |
| A Parametric Study of Performance of a Coriolis Mass Flow Rate Meter | DST | 2007 |
| A Study of Forced Convection Condensation of Eco-friendly Refrigerants Inside a Horizontal Tube | DST | 2005 |
| Channel heat-up Experiment: ballooning of pressure tube | DAE | 2004 |
| Channel Heat-up Experiment: pressure tube sagging in accidental coolant loss | DAE | 2002 |
| Center for Heat Transfer Studies In Eco-friendly Refrigeration Systems | MHRD | 2002 |
Memberships
- Institution of Engineers (IE), India, Fellow
- Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE), Life Member
- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Member and Student Branch Advisor
- Institut International du Froid International Institute of Refrigeration (IIFIIR), Member
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Member
- Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT), Life Member
PHDs Supervised
| Topic | Scholar Name | Status of PHD | Registration Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Study of the Flow Characteristics of Refrigerant HFC-134a Flowing inside a Capillary Tube | Md. Kaleem Khan | A | 2004 |
| Investigations on Pool and Cross Flow Boling outside Tube Bundles | Vikas Lakhera | A | 2004 |
| Pool Boiling of Nanofluids | R. Kathir Ravan | A | 2006 |
| Augmentation of Heat Transfer During Forced Condensation of Refrigerants inside Horizontal Tubes | Ramakant Shrivastava | A | 2004 |
| Heat Transfer during Condensation of Refrigerants over Single Horizontal Finned tubes | Pravin P. Rathode | A | 2006 |
| Flow Characteristics of R-407C in Adiabatic and Diabatic Coiled Capillary Tubes | Madhup K. Mittal | A | 2007 |
| Heat Transfer Enhancement by inserts during Condensation of R-245fa inside a Horizontal Tube | Parmanand Kumar | A | 2006 |
| A Study on the Rewetting of Hot Surfaces by Impinging Jet Cooling | Chitranjan | A | 2009 |
| Enhancement of Heat Transfer during Condensation of Refrigerants | Abhinav Gupta | A | 2009 |
| Study of Flow Boiling Heat Transfer of Refrigerants through Tubes | Arijit Kundu | A | 2011 |
| Vapour Condensation of Refrigerant over a Horizontal Integral-Fin Tube | Sanjeev K. Sajjan | A | 2011 |
| A Study on the Flow of Refrigerants Through a Capillary Tube | D. Santosh Kumar | A | 2013 |
| Investigations on the Condensation of Refrigerants inside a Horizontal Tube | Anand Solanki | O | 2014 |
| Investigations on the High Efficiency Solar Heater for Rural Applications | Ankit Dev | O | 2016 |
| Enhancement of Boiling using inside Tube Structures and Related Numerical Under standing | Darshan M.B | O | 2016 |
| Large Scale Solid Fuel Fire in an Enclosure | Mahesh Kumar Tiwari | O | 2016 |
| Augmentation of Heat Transfer during Condensation over Single Horizontal Integral-fin Tubes | Maheshbhai J. Vanjara | O | 2017 |
| Large Scale Liquid Fuel Fire in an Enclosure | Raj Kumar Mishra | O | 2018 |
| Preservation of Perishable Food Products | Amit Kumar | O | 2018 |
| Condensation inside a Horizontal Tube | Anil Kumar | O | 2018 |
| Augmentation of Heat Transfer during Condensation over Single Horizontal Integral-fin Tubes | Ibrahim Mustafa | O | 2018 |
| Augmentation of Flow Boiling Heat Transfer | Sajal Gupta | O | 2019 |
| Characterization Synthesis of Thermal Barrier Coating | Akash Raj | O | 2019 |
Courses or Conferences Organised
| Conference Name | Sponsored By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| XIII ISME Conference | ISME | 31.12.2003 |
| 3rd Uttarakhand State S&T Conference | UCOST | 10.11.2008 |
| Indo-German Winter Academy 2009 | Univ. of Erlangen Germany | 13.12.2009 |
| National Conference on Fire Research and Engineering: FiRE 2014 | BARC, Mumbai | 1.3.2014 |
| 25th National & 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference | ISHMT | 28.12.2019 |
National International Collaboration
| Topic | Organisation | Level |
|---|---|---|
| India-Trento Program on Advanced Research (ITPAR – PHASE IV) | DST-FBK Trento Italy | RP |
| DST-MST (Ukraine) 2008-10 | Odessa State Academy of Refrigeration, Odessa, Ukraine | RP |
| DST-DFG (Germany) 2008-10. | Technical University, Dresden, Germany | RP |
| IIT-DAAD (Germany) faculty exchange, 2007 | Technical University, Dresden, Germany | RP |
| Indo-Ireland Cooperative Science Programme 2011-13 | Trinity College Dublin, Ireland | RP |
| India-Trento Program on Advanced Research (ITPAR – PHASE III) | DST-FBK Trento Italy | RP |
Refereed Journal Papers