Advances in Thermal System, Materials and Design Engineering

1. Heat Pump Dryer for Agricultural Produce

Mohammed Rafi M. Qureshi and Cleta Pereira

2. Experimental Study on A House Model with A Solar Chimney

Pavan Kulkarni, Cliff Murzello, Jheel Carvalho, Ricky Rodrigues and Sandeep Sabnis

3. Performance Analysis of Microchannel Heat Sink with Fan-Shaped Cavities

Atharvasingh Bais and Ashish Mahalle

4. Mathematical and Simulation Analysis of Various LED Bulb Arrays

Nitin Namdeo Pawar and Hameshbabu Nanvala

5. Numerical Analysis of Nusselt Number and Friction Factor in Rhombus Type Artificial

Roughness in Solar Air Collector

Mayank Tripathi, J. L. Bhagoria, Kapil Chaudhri, Brijendra Kumar Yadav and

Jailal Prabhakar Patel

6. The Influence of Thermal Conductivity and Embedded Tubes on The Hydrogen Storage

Performance in The LaNi5 Reactor

Datta Wakshe and Pratibha Sharma

7. Experimental Investigation of Different Shapes of Perforated Fins with Natural Convection

Lobhi Devidas Damodar and Meeta S. Vedpathak

8. Development of Artificial Neural Network Model to Investigate Performance Parameter of

Inclined Ribs with Gaps Roughened Solar Air Heater

Kapil Chaudhri, Jiwan lal Bhagoria, Vikash Kumar, Birjendra Kumar Yadav and

Mayank Tripathi

9. Investigation of Flat Heat-Pipe-Based Tab Cooling Thermal Management for Battery Pack

Akshay B. Padalkar, Mangesh B. Chaudhari, Adinath M. Funde, Manoj S. Kadam,

Kiran T. Adsure and Sunil M. Patange

10. Thermal Performance of Al2O3-Water Nanofluid in Copper Metal Foam: An Experimental Analysis

Swapnil Belorkar and Shrikant Londhe

11. Evaluating Tilt Angles and Reflector Types for Enhanced Irradiance in Vertical Bifacial

Photovoltaic Systems

Haseen Shaikh and Balwant Bhasme

12. CFD Simulation for Jet Interaction with Flow Obstruction and Erosion of The Stratified Layer

Pankaj Wani, Meghaben Rajguru, T. A. Khan and S. Hajela

13. Thermal Performance of Heat Pipe—An Experimental Study

Rashmi Khobragade, Nishit Bedi and Pawan V. Chilbule

14. Comparative Performance Analysis of Air-Cooled Versus Evaporative Condensers with

Different Cooling Pad Materials

R. S. N. Sahai and Umais M. Momin

15. Estimation of Shock Strength for Conical Supersonic Underexpanded Nozzle in Stable Atmospheric

Condition

Meiraj A. Shaikh, Milind D. Limaye and Vikas M. Phalle

16. Vapour Compression System using CO2 as a Refrigerant

Ajit Mishra, Omkar Ghankutkar, Prasad Das,

Parminder Singh Mudder and Manju Lata

17. Numerical Investigations of Li-Ion Batteries Cooling System Used in Electric Vehicle

Tushar Sathe, Pankaj Wankhede, Abhijeet Raut, Chidanand Mangrulkar and

Fahim Sheikh

18. Effect of Intermittent Impingement on Heat Transfer Characteristics

Rohit M. Patil, A. M. Rathod, Siddique Mohammed Umair and

Nitin P. Gulhane

19. Heat Transfer Analysis in Gun Barrels

Sonali Khamkar, Vijay S. Patil and P. A. Rajiwade

20. Thermal Characteristics of a Phase Change Material (PCM) During Separate and

Simultaneous Charging and Discharging in the Presence of Inclined Fins

Amarendra Talagana, Tarun Sai Durga Mutyala and Satyanand Abraham

21. An Experimental Investigation of Impinging Air Jet on Rectangular Grooved Surface

A. M. Rathod, Nitin P. Gulhane, Swapnil Shinde, Jan Taler, Dawid Taler and Nishit Bedi

22. Experimental Investigation and Exergy Analysis of a Two-Stage Humidification-Dehumidification

(HDH) Based Desalination System by Varying Water and Air Temperature

Kolanu Sai Sandeep, Amal Mohamed MP, Sandip S. Deshmukh and Santanu Prasad Datta

23. Experimental Investigation of Flame Stabilization in Standalone Liquid Fuel Film Combustor

Imaduddin Khateeb, Umesh Potdar and Narendra Deore

24. Evaluation of Pressure Based and Density Based Solver to Investigate Supersonic Jet Flow

through the Confined Wall

Atharva Shingnapurkar, Avick Sinha, Nitin Gulhane and P. A. Rajiwade

25. Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Heat Source Designs on Standalone Liquid Fuel

Film Combustor

Imaduddin Khateeb, Atharva Borse, Parth Deshmukh, Shubham Gangurde and Umesh Potdar

26. Approaches Used for Cooling Load Computation Based on ASHRAE and ISHRAE Standards

Shyamvishal Dangi, Rakesh R. Bhavsar, Shashi Kumar Jain, Ashish Jain and Gaurav Goswami

27. Three-Dimensional Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer Analysis of Reflector Tank for a Research

Reactor

Swaroopsinh B. Bore, Samiran Sengupta, S. K. Satpati and Vikram Shukla

28. Ray Tracing-based Discrete Aiming Strategy for Heliostat Field to Obtain Uniform Solar

Flux Distribution in 1MW Cavity Receiver

Sainath A. Waghmare, Ramon Pujol-Nadal and Venkatakrishnan Narayanan

29. Experimental Evaluation of Methyl Ester Blend Emissions for Compression Engines

Shrikant Baste and Sudhakar Umale

30. Assessing k-ε Family Turbulence Models for a Study of Sonic Jet Flow in a Quiescent Environment

Avick Sinha and P. A. Rajiwade

31. Study on Axial Conduction in Microchannels

Nishit Bedi, N.P. Gulhane, Komal Bedi and A. M. Rathod

32. A Note on Non-modal, Transient Decay in Linearly Unstable Flows

Abhijit Mitra

33. Numerical Modeling and Optimization of Counterflow Wet Cooling Towers

Swapnil S. Shinde, Nitin P. Gulhane, A. M. Rathod, Kushal Wasankar and

Pawel Oclon

34. Drag Reduction Using Flow Separation Control in Decelerating Duct of Marine Propeller

Md. Ayaz J. Khan, Sanjay D. Pohekar and Pramodkumar M. Bagade

35. An Investigation of Construction Strength of M25 Concrete Added with Polystyrene for

Plastic Waste Management

Abhishek Madhav Shitole, Amol Gulabrao Kamble and Shrikant Charhate

36. Experimental Investigation of MWCNT Nanocomposite and Effect of Infill Ratio Variation on

Flexural Strength

Sachin C. Kulkarni, Suhas A. Uthale, Nilesh Shahapure, Dattaji Shinde and M.D. Nadar

37. Evaluation of Mechanical Properties in Al-SiC Metal Matrix Composites Fabricated via

Stir Casting Process

Amol A. Chavan and D. N. Raut

38. Investigation of Zeta Enhances the Surface Charge with pH Stability of Phase Change Materials

Bhushan Y. Patil, Nilesh P. Salunke and Vijay R. Diware

39. Micro-Structuring on Polyimide using Excimer Laser Lithography

T. K. Dewangan, Aishwarya Sastry, Nikita Mankar, Priti Mali,

R.M. Tayade and Kallol Bandyopadhyay

40. Impact of Coolant Temperature on Machining Performance During Turning of SS304

Pravin Patil and Prasad Karande

41. Experimental Study of Post-Consumer Recyclates (PCR) in Primary Non-Food Packaging

Deepankar Biswas, Vivek R. Gaval and Durgesh Jaiswal

42. State of the Art on Reverse Engineering in Manufacturing Applications

Kailash Roy, Sudip Santra and Biswanath Doloi

43. Influence of Infill Density, Raster Angle, and Pattern on the Tensile Strength of PLA+ and

ABS+ in FDM 3D Printing

Chitta Ranjan Tripathy, Arvind Katyayn and Harwinder Singh

44. Experimental Investigation of Torsional Fatigue Behaviour in Pure Epoxy Resin

Sachin R. Vankar and Megha S. Nagrale

45. Predictive Optimization Framework for Die-Punch Clearance in Copper Sheet Metal

Blanking to Control Burr Formation

Swapnil Bhoir, Manoj Dongare and Munna Verma

46. Visual Vibration Analysis for High Amplitude Movements using Pixel Matching

Aatmaj Mhatre, Advait Nagvekar, Sonali Patil, Bhakti Palkar,

Bharati P. Khedkar and Dinesh Chawde

47. Spring-back Analysis in V Bending Process of Sheet Metal Through Finite Element Method

Varsha M. Magar and Naveen Kumar Agrawal

48. Cellular Materials for Multifaceted Applications

D.P. Mondal, Anurag Choubey, Hemant Jain and Rajeev Kumar

49. Mathematical Modelling and Design Calculator for Cup-Shaped Forging

Sayali Kulkarni, D. N. Raut and Rahul Warghane

50. Manufacturing and Characterization of Jute/Glass PLA Hybrid Composites

Nehal Muchhala, Vinod Suryawanshi and Raju Tayade

51. Finite Element Analysis of Straight Horizontal Flat Clamps Hinged at One End Milling

Fixture for Friction Stirs Joining Process of Aluminium AA3103

Ganesh Jagannath Pagar and Gajanan N. Shelke

52. Comparative Study of Topological Optimized Bio-Inspired Structure for Its Superior

Mechanical Strength

Pankaj Wankhede, Tushar Sathe, Sarvesh Biyani and Fahim Sheikh

53. Using Artificial Neural Network and Finite Element Method to Predict the Spring Back in

Deep Drawing

Dipak Wagre, Nikita Nankar and Suyash Shinde

54. Binder Jet 3D Printed Alumina Substrates: Sintering and Dielectric Property Study

Dhanajay Mali, Manish D Shinde, Govind Umarji, Narendra R. Deore and Sunit B. Rane

55. Designing of bi-Phase Electrolyte Material for Low-Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells

Ankit W. Talwekar and Shraddha Shirbhate

56. Performance Evaluation of Turning Bearing Steel: Insights into Cooling Techniques and

Machining Parameters

Avinash Somatkar, Mahendra Gaikwad, Tushar Ankush Jadhav, Baban Suryatal and

Dattatray Nalawade

57. Influence of Quenching Media and CuO Nanomaterial Concentration on the Temperature

Gradient and Hardness Properties of EN-8 Material

Kamlesh Sasane and Sanjay Rukhande

58. Development and Evaluation of Easy to Apply Nano Fire-Retardant Composite Coating for

Cotton/Polyester Fabric

Dhiraj S. Mahajan, Swati A. Sonawane, Jitendra S. Narkhede, Ravindra G. Puri and

Tushar D. Deshpande

59. Chemically Synthesized Monoclinic BiVO4 for Photoelectrocatalytic Water Splitting

Kanchan Pawar, Oshnik Maurya, Girish Gund and Archana Kalekar

60. Material Selection Aerospace Components by Micro-WEDG Process with m-Polar Fuzzy

ELECTRE-I: New Approach

Monalisa Das, Madan Jagtap, P.M. Karande and R.M. Tayade

61. Sustainable Corrosion Inhibition: Exploring the Role of Bael Extract in Corrosion Mitigation

Vibhavari P. Jadhav, Prabhakar L. Shetti, Nilesh N. Wankhede, Priya Deshpande and

Sujatha Parameswaran

62. Assessing Electric Vehicle Ranks: A Comparative Study of Normalization Techniques in

Multi-Criteria Decision Making

Pradeep Yadav, Madan Jagtap and Prasad Karande

63. Pneumatically Operated Upper Body Exoskeleton

Prathamesh Bodhe and Dhananjay Panchagade

64. Modifications in Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar to Study the Response of TPB Specimen under

High Strain Rate Loading: A Combined Experimental and Numerical Study

J. V. Mane, Sudhanshu Sharma, Sagar Chandra and V. M. Chavan

65. Emergency Rapid Deflation Device [ERDD] for Lighter Than Air Systems

Nawaz I. Motiwala, N.P. Gulhane and Rajkumar S. Pant

66. Detection of L- and Inverted T- Shaped Crack in Cantilever Beam Using Artificial Neural Network

Pharande Aishwarya and Naik Sachin

67. Development of Eco-Friendly Filtration Technique and Water Treatment Solution

During Indian Rituals

Shyamsing Thakur, Lalitrao Amrutsagar, Chaya Tirvi, Pravin Nitnaware, Lalit Betwal,

Mohit Vedhane, Rushabh Awhad and Yash Khabale

68. Multi-Fault Detection in Bearings Using Voting Classifier: A Machine Learning Approach

R. V. Bhandare, V. C. Handikherkar, Shubham Phatak and V. M. Phalle

69. Design and Development of Test Rig for Electric Propulsion System for an Unmanned

Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Jasmeet S. Joshi, Meiraj A. Shaikh and Vikas M. Phalle

70. Exploring the Oil Analysis of Damaged Crankshafts in Gensets for Advanced Design and

Development

Bhupendra Jadhav, Arvind Avhad, Sanjay Ghorpade, Madhavi Avhad,

Shashay Rampersad and Vaibhav Pawar

71. Design Analysis of Helium Compressor for GM Cryocooler 408

Parag. K. Muley, Dylan Oliveira, Vishva Shah, Nachiket Narlawar,

Brain David and Snehal Wakchaure

72. Assessing the Influence of Particle Size and Filling Ratio on Response Reduction of a

Particle Damper

Sunil Kumar and Anil Kumar

73. An Extensive Exploration in Integration of Robotics to Amplify Efficiency within Logistics

through Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems

Sagar Wankhede, Shree Choudhari and Yash Prasad

74. Experimental Performance of Automated Zinc Flake Coating in Wind Energy Applications

Shivaji Jalagekar and Sagar Wankhede

75. Optimized Design of a Motorcycle Disc Brake Plate through Material Selection and

Weight Reduction

Saurabh Desai

76. Design and Applications of a Multi-Functional Foldable Staircase Mechanism

Avinash A. Somatkar, Mahendra U. Gaikwad, Abhijeet R. Deshpande,

Prashant Anerao and Nitin H. Ambhore

77. Parametric Analysis and Parametric Study of Kinematics, Load Distribution, and Torque

Dynamics in Quadruped Robot Design

Sagar Wankhede, Vaibhav Kanade and Priti Kale

Biography

Dr. P. A. Rajiwade - Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai- 400019, Maharashtra, India. Email: [email protected]

Dr. P. A. Rajiwade is currently working as an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He graduated in Aeronautical Engineering in the year 2010 and took a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with a specialization in turbomachines in the year 2013 in India. He pursued a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, in 2020. He has more than 5 years of teaching and research experience in defense technology and also has published more than 15 research articles in national and international peer-reviewed conferences/journals/book chapters. His area of interest includes computational aerodynamics, subsonic/supersonic jet flow, aerospace propulsion, heat transfer in turbomachines, passive cooling flow analysis, computational fluid flow and heat transfer, and similar topics in the field of thermal and fluid engineering research.

Dr. N. P. Gulhane - Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai- 400019, Maharashtra, India. Email: [email protected]

Dr. Nitin P. Gulhane is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department and Professor in Charge of Training and Placement and Associate Dean at VJTI, Mumbai, India. He has also served as Head of the Mechanical Engineering Department and Head of the Mathematics Department at VJTI. He is a visiting professor at TU Delft (Netherlands), Cracow University of Technology (Poland), Tor Vergata University (Rome, Italy), and TUHH (Germany). Dr. Gulhane graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1992 and earned his master’s degree in Thermal Engineering in 1998 from the Government College of Engineering. He obtained his PhD from the Aerospace Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay in 2010, where he received the Best PhD Thesis Award, along with the Excellence in Research Award from the MHRD, Government of India. With over 32 years of experience in teaching and research, Dr. Gulhane has authored more than 200 publications in international journals, conferences, and book chapters. He was honored as Best Teacher in 2018 by the Maharashtra Teachers’ Association. He has played a key role in organizing 50+ national and international conferences, faculty development programs, and workshops in mechanical engineering.He is a reviewer for over 10 reputed technical journals and an active member of several professional bodies in India and abroad. He is also extensively involved in 45+ industrial consultancy and 14+ research projects for both private and government organizations. Under his supervision, 11 research scholars have successfully completed their doctoral degrees, and over 66 students have completed postgraduate dissertations. Currently, 5 research scholars are pursuing research in thermal and fluid engineering under his guidance. His research interests include thermal management in microfluidics, MEMS design and heat transfer modelling, design optimization in renewable energy devices, and CFD in aerothermodynamics