| Faculty | Co-Guide | Project Title | Project Abstract | Prerequisites | Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sayak Banerjee | Raja Banerjee | Development of an Ammonia-Diesel CI Engine | Ammonia a promising carbon free fuel with superior energy densities compared to hydrigen, making it ideal for transportation systems. The project aims to perform an experimental and CFD modelling study on an ammonia fueled CI engine with diesel and biodiesel as pilot fuel. Project is funded by DST. | BE/B.Tech/M.Tech in Mechanical/Chemical/Thermal Engineering | DST-INSPIRE, UGC JRF/Asst. Prof., MoE, External |
| Sayak Banerjee | Raja Banerjee | CFD modelling and AI/ML Optimization of Biomass and Coal Gasifier for Hydrogen and Syngas Production | Gasification of biomass and coal to generate syngas and hydrogen is an economically attractive and environmnetally friendly way to generate clean fuel for power and heating applications. The project will develop a CFD model that can simulate the gasification of biomass in a gasifier and use the simulation data to optimie the design and operation of an experimental biomass and coal gasifier system under development at IITH. Project is funded by DST and likely funded by Coal India in the future. | BE/B.Tech/M.Tech in Mechanical/Chemical/Thermal Engineering | DST-INSPIRE, UGC JRF/Asst. Prof., MoE, External |
| Niranjan Ghaisas | Sayak Banerjee | Large eddy simulation of hydrogen combustion | This project combines high-fidelity simulations of fluid flows (large eddy simulations) and detailed reaction mechanisms towards predicting combusting hydrogen jets. Validation with experiments will be performed followed by application to hydrogen-fueled scramjet engines. | BE/BTech and ME/MTech in Mechanical or Civil (Environmental) Engineering with interest in fluid mechanics and computer programming | DST-INSPIRE, UGC JRF/Asst. Prof., MoE, External |
| Niranjan Ghaisas | Satish Regonda | CFD studies of urban canopy in the atmospheric boundary layer | High-fidelity CFD simulations using the large eddy simulation technique will be carried out of the urban canopy in the atmospheric boundary layer. The flow around buildings of different heights and sizes will be simulated and simple models will be developed for the mean wind flow. This will inform applications such as placement of small, urban, wind turbines and mitigating risks of pollutant dispersion. | BE/B.Tech/M.Tech in Mechanical/Chemical/Thermal/Civil/Environmental Engineering | - |
| Niranjan Ghaisas | - | Wind Power Forecasting on Complex Terrain | A key to increasing the utilization of wind resource is the ability to predict in advance how much energy will be generated. This project will focus on high-performance computing, WRF and regional simulations and machine learning to perform day-ahead forecasting in an accurate manner. | BE/B.Tech/M.Tech in Mechanical/Chemical/Thermal/Civil/Environmental Engineering | - |
| Asif Qureshi | - | Sustainable solutions to climate change addressing environmental security | State of the art techniques will be applied to solve important environmental and climate problems | - | DST-INSPIRE, UGC JRF, MoE, External |
| Shruti Upadhyaya | - | Fusing Multi-Source Satellites and Reanalysis datasets for studying deep convective systems | - | Should have meteorology and/or geospatial data analysis background | DST-INSPIRE, UGC, JRF, MoE, External/Project |
| Pritha Chatterjee | - | Biomass to Biohydrogen for Industrial Application | The project aims to develop technology for conversion of biomass to biohydrogen using a two step bioelectrolyzer. Electrode material, catalyst material, reactor design and pretreatment options will be explored | BE/B.Tech/M.Tech/Msc. in Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Material Science, Microbiology, Biotechnology or Chemistry | DST-INSPIRE, UGC, JRF, MoE, External/Project |
| Ambika S | - | Agriculture and climate | Impact of agrifood systems on climate and vice versa will be explored | None, if matching the basic requirements, skills and interest will be checked | DST-INSPIRE, UGC, JRF, MoE, External/Project |
| Ambika S | - | Pollution-climate-health nexus | The interconnections between pollution, climate and health will be studied with data collection, analysis and interpretation. | None, if matching the basic requirements, skills and interest will be checked | DST-INSPIRE, UGC, JRF, MoE, External/Project |
| Ambika S | - | AI/ML/engineering solutions connecting climate-environment-sustainability | Engineering solutions (waste to wealth/solar energy based systems) for or AI/ML applications on climate change mitigation and adaptation will be focused. | None, if matching the basic requirements, skills and interest will be checked | DST-INSPIRE, UGC, JRF, MoE, External/Project |