Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Volume 7

Prof. Krishna Mohan Singh is Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. His research interests include the areas of computational mechanics, development of novel parallel algorithms, meshfree methods, shape and topology optimization, fluid dynamics, DNS/LES of turbulent flows, CAE, computer-aided analysis and design of thermo-fluid and multi-physics systems, computational fluid dynamics, modeling and simulation of flow and heat transfer in turbomachines, transport and energy systems. Prof. Sushanta Dutta is Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. His research interests are in the areas of experimental fluid mechanics, experimental heat transfer, optical measurement techniques, active and passive control of flow field, wake dynamics, turbulence study, Schlieren, HWA, PIV, LCT, PSP, microfluidics and heat transfer augmentation using phase change material. Prof. Sudhakar Subudhi is Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. His research interests are in the area of experimental heat transfer and fluid mechanics, heat transfer enhancement of natural and forced convection in water/nanofluids, natural ventilation and unconventional energy systems. Dr. Nikhil Kumar Singh is Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. His broad research interests include direct numerical simulations of two-phase flows and phase change, computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer, numerical methods and turbulent flows.

Part I: Renewable Energy.- Performance exploration of impinging jet solar air heater: A comparative study.- Performance evaluation of single pass solar air heater with stepped type arrangement of metal foam by a numerical study.- Energetic and exergetic performance of an evacuated tube U-type solar collector for medium temperature industrial process air heating: An experimental study.- Comparison of Analytical Wake Models with CFD Study of Savonius Vertical Axis Wind Turbine.- Floating Solar PV Systems – Global research reported in the year 2022.- Topology Optimization for Maximum Daily Solar Radiation for a Large-Scale NonTracking Heliostat Solar Reflector Using CFD Analysis.- CFD Investigations on a Pitch Type Wave Energy Converter for a Potential Site along the Indian Coast.- Thermohydraulic Performance of a Photovoltaic Thermal System using CuO/EG Nanofluid.- Performance analysis of solar air heater with circular finned absorber plate.- Effect of concentration ratio on flow patternin solar CPC cavity.- Vortex Bladeless Turbines with Wings. etc.