faculty-profile

Dr. Bohra Nitin Kumar

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Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering

IIT Madras

6 Years

Concentrating Solar Power Technologies, Computational Heat and Fluid Flow, Thermo-hydraulic Modelling of Energy Systems, Techno-economic Analyses of Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants

Concentrating Solar Thermal Technologies, Thermal Energy Storage

Mail: b.nitinkumar@sru.edu.in

Educational
Qualifications
(From Highest)

2021

Ph.D. (IIT Madras)

2008

M.Tech. (VNIT Nagpur)

2006

B.Tech. (JNTUH)

Professional
Experience

2020

Assistant Professor at SRU, Warangal, from 2020-12-07 to Till Date.

2008

Assistant Professor at IARE, Hyderabad, from 2008-10-03 to 2011-12-12.

Student
Supervision

20

UG

Key Publications

Kumar, B.N., Reddy, K.S, "Optimal sizing of collector field for DSG based stand-alone concentrating solar power plant", 11th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium, 14-18 July 2019, SRM IST, Chennai, India

Kumar, B.N., Reddy, K.S, "Thermo-hydraulic Modelling of Direct Steam Generation in a Solar Parabolic Trough Collector System", 13th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 17-19 July 2017, Portoroz , Slovenia

Boukelia, T. E., Mecibah, M. S., Kumar, B. N., Reddy, K. S., “Investigation of solar parabolic trough power plants with and without integrated TES (thermal energy storage) and FBS (fuel backup system) using thermic oil and solar salt”. Energy, 2015, 88, 292-303, IF:7.147

Boukelia, T. E., Mecibah, M. S., Kumar, B. N., Reddy, K. S., “Optimization, selection and feasibility study of solar parabolic trough power plants for Algerian conditions”. Energy conversion and Management, 2015, 101, 450-459, IF: 9.709

Reddy, K. S., Ajay, C. S., Kumar, B. N., “Sensitivity study of thermal performance characteristics based on optical parameters for direct steam generation in parabolic trough collectors”. Solar Energy, 2018, 169, 577-593, IF: 5.742

Kumar, B. N., Reddy, K. S.,“Comparison of two-phase flow correlations for thermo-hydraulic modeling of direct steam generation in a solar parabolic trough collector system”. Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications,2018, 10(4), IF: 1.47

Kumar, B. N., Reddy, K. S., “Numerical investigations on metal foam inserted solar parabolic trough DSG absorber tube for mitigating thermal gradients and enhancing heat transfer”. Applied Thermal Engineering,2020, 178, 115511, IF: 5.295

Awards and Honors / Achievements

award

National Fellowship from MHRD, India for Pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Madras

award

National Fellowship from MHRD, India for pursuing M.Tech. at VNIT Nagpur