Major Contribution/Recognition
  1. Experimental Set-ups For Premixed And Diffusion Flame Studies
  2. Flame Impingement Heat Transfer Set-up

  3. Impingement Heat Transfer Set-up

  4. Design And Development of Producer Gas Burner

  5. Design And Development of LPG Burner

  6. Design And Development of Tandoor Oven

  7. Heat Flux Meter

  8. Temperature Calibration System

  9. Thermocouple Welding System

  10. CFD code Development: Heat Transfer Problems

  1. Establishment of Combustion Lab: A new combustion lab  has been established in the aerospace engineering department to carry out research work in the field of combustion and allied fields.  Several experimental rigs have designed and developed in the lab from the scratch.

  2. Design and Development of Laser Ignition System:  For the first time in India, laser ignition of liquid fuel in laboratory scale swirl combustor  is established successfully

  3. Experimental Set-up for Impingement Premixed Flame: This work is very important of improving the energy efficient particularly material processing industries.

  4. Flame Synthesis of Nanomaterials: The silica nanomaterials  are produced for the first time in India by us which can revolutionize the future technology.

  5. Microgravity Combustion Facility: Currently, efforts are made to create a  microgravity combustion facility to carryout droplet combustion which will be unique facility in India.  

Other Contributions

Reviewer: Combustion & flame, Fuel, Energy & Fuel, Applied Thermal Engineering, Journal of propulsion and power, Combustion Science and Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, International Journal of Turbo & Jet Engine, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Atomization and Spray, combustion institute proceedings (USA) and in certain national and internal conferences.

 

NPTEL Course Development : (i) Fundamentals of Combustion
(ii) Introduction to Propulsion

 

MOOC course : (i) Engineering Thermodynamics
(ii)  Introduction to  Rocket Propulsion
(iii) Fundamental of Propulsion
(iv) Fundamentals of Combustion: part
(v) Fundamentals of Combustion: part II
(vi) Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology

 

Swayamprava TV Lecture : (i) Glimpses of Ancient Science and Technology