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MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING
Dr. Achintya
Mukhopadhyay
Reader
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| Date of Birth |
4th April, 1968 |
| Qualification |
BME, MME, Ph.D.
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| Contact
No. |
- +91-33-24146177/6532
(O)
- +91-33-24166935 (R) |
| E-mail |
a_mukho@vsnl.net |
| Areas
of Specialisation |
* Combustion
* Heat Transfer |
| Teaching
Experience |
* Lecturer
in Mechanical Engg., Jadavpur University
from 1991-2001
*Reader in Mechanical Engg., Jadavpur University
since 2001 |
| Research
Projects |
*
"Analysis of Phase Change of Water around a Molten Metal
Drop in a Finite Domain", sponsored by Board of Research
in Nuclear Science, Govt. of India (Co-investigator).
* "Development of Experimental Facility for Liquid Fuel
Droplet Combustion under Natural Convective and Mixed Convective
Conditions using Porous Sphere" in the Infrastructure
Development Programme of Mechanical Engineering Department,
Jadavpur University under the Fund for Improvement of S&T
Infrastructure in Universities and Higher Educational Institutions
(FIST) programme, sponsored by Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India (Co-investigator).
* "Dross Formation during the Oxidation of Molten Aluminum",
sponsored by National Science Foundation, USA and Environmental
Protection Agency, USA under the scheme of Technology for
Sustainable Environment (Co-investigator)
* "Self-Optimising Combustion Systems", sponsored
by Department of Energy, USA (Co-investigator)
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Research Publications
Journal Publications
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2003
1. A.Mukhopadhyay, X.Qin, S.K.Aggarwal and I.K.Puri,
Visualization of Scalar Transport in Nonreacting and Reacting
Jets through a Unified "Heatline" and "Massline"
Formulation, Numerical Heat Transfer Part-A: Applications, In
press, Vol. 44, 2003.
2. A.Mukhopadhyay and I.K.Puri, An Assessment of Stretch
Effects on a Flame Tip Using the Thin Flame and Thick Flame
Formulations, Combustion and Flame, Vol. 133 pp. 499 - 502,
2003.
3. M.K.Tiwari, A.Mukhopadhyay and D. Sanyal, Numerical
Simulation of Optimal Multiple Input Multiple Output Control
for Jet Impingement Cooling of Glass Plates, Numerical Heat
Transfer Part-A: Applications, Communicated, 2003.
4. A.K.De, A.Mukhopadhyay, S.Sen and I.K.Puri, Numerical
Simulation of Early Stages of Oxide Formation During Melting
of Aluminum-Magnesium Alloys in Reverberatory Furnaces, Modeling
and Simulation in Material Science, Communicated, 2003.
2002
5. A.Mukhopadhyay, X.Qin, S.K.Aggarwal and I.K.Puri,
On Extension of "Heat Line" and "Mass Line"
Concepts to Reacting Flows through Use of Conserved Scalars,
Transactions of ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, Vol. 124 pp.
791 - 799, 2002.
6. A.Mukhopdhyay and D.Sanyal, Effects of Droplet Radius
Regression and Gas Phase Lewis Number on Sphericosymmetric Combustion
of Fuel Droplets, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer,
in press, 2002.
7. A.Mukhopadhyay, P.Stralin, I.K.Puri, S.Zelepouga and
I.K.Puri, A Parametric Investigation of Turbulent Nozzle-Mix
Burners, Transcations of the ASME Journal of Engineering for
Gas Turbines and Power, Communicated, 2002.
2001
8. A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, A Spherical Cell Model
for Multicomponent Droplet Combustion in a Dilute Spray, International
Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 25 No.14, pp. 1275 - 1294,
2001.
9. A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, A Parametric Study of
Burning of Multicomponent Droplets in a Dilute Spray, International
Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 25 No. 14, pp. 1295 - 1314,
2001.
10. A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, A Theoretical Study
of Quasisteady Sphericosymmetric Combustion of Alcohol Droplets,
International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.
28 No. 5, pp. 713 -721, 2001.
1999
11. A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, A Study of Thin-Flame
Quasisteady Sphericosymmetric Combustion of Multicomponent Fuel
Droplets: Part-I. Modelling for Droplet Surface Regression and
Non-unity Gas-Phase Lewis Number, International Journal of Energy
Research, Vol.23, No. 11, pp.963-977, 1999.
12. A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, A Study of Thin-Flame
Quasisteady Sphericosymmetric Combustion of Multicomponent Fuel
Droplets: Part-II. Parametric Studies, International Journal
of Energy Research, Vol.23, No. 11, pp.979-987, 1999.
1998
13. A.Mukhopadhyay and S.Ray, Conjugate Laminar Natural
Convection in an Enclosure: Adiabatic and Perfectly Conducting
Limits, Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.20, No.4,
pp.117-125, 1998. |
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Research Publications
Conference Publications / Presentations
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2003
1. A.Mukhopadhyay and S.K.Mitra, Thermodynamic Analysis
of Closed Endoreversible Brayton Cycles with Finite- Conductance
Finite-Capacity Reservoirs, 6th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer
Conference and 17th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference,
Kalpakkam, January, 2004, Accepted.
2. A.Mukhopadhyay, D.Sanyal and G.V.Rao, Analysis of
Dense Cluster of Fuel Drops using Cell Model, 6th ISHMT-ASME
Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 17th National Heat and
Mass Transfer Conference, Kalpakkam, January, 2004, Communicated.
3. A.Mukhopadhyay, D.Sanyal and S.Datta, Modeling and
Analysis of the Nonlinear Dynamics of a Thermal Pulse Combustor,
30th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power,
Surathkal, December, 2003, Communicated.
4. M.K.Tiwari, A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, Optimal Tracking
Control of Air Jet Quenching of a Glass Plate, National Systems
Conference, Kharagpur, December, 2003, Accepted.
5. A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, An Efficient Droplet
Evaporation Model for Simulation of Spray Combustion, 18th National
Conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, Trivandrum, December
2003, Accepted.
6. A.Mukhopadhyay, S.Datta, S.Gupta, A.Ray and V.Yang,
Anomaly Detection in Generic Thermal Pulse Combustors, Fall
Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion
Institute, University Park (USA),October 2003.
7. A.K.De, S.Sen, I.K.Puri and A.Mukhopadhyay, Modeling
of Oxide Formation in Secondary Aluminum Furnaces, Third Joint
Meeting of the U.S. Sections of the Combustion Institute, Chicago
(USA), 2003.
2002
8. A.Mukhopadhyay and I.K.Puri, New Developments and
Applications of Partially Premixed Flames, International Workshop
on Turbulent Reacting Flows (Invited Contribution), IIT,Madras,
Chennai, 2002.
9. S.Sen, A.K.De, A.Mukhopadhyay, D.Sanyal and K. Ghosh,
Numerical Study of a Stationary Gas Bubble in Liquid Medium,
1st National Conference on Nuclear Reactor Safety, November,
2002, Paper#NRT1193.
10. R.Ganguly, A.Mukhopadhyay and A.Datta, Transient
Analysis of Confined Laminar Diffusion Flames at Different Gravity
Levels, International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition,
New Orleans (USA), November 2002
11. A.Mukhopadhyay and I.K.Puri, A Comparative Assessment
of Stretch Effects on Flame Tips using Thick Flame and Thin
Flame Formulations, 29th International Symposium on Combustion,
Sapporo, Japan, July 2002, Poster#5-4-1488.
12. P.Stralin, A.Mukhopadhyay and I.K.Puri, Numerical
Simulation of Industrial Nozzle-Mix Burners, Technical Meeting
of the Central States Section (USA) of Combustion Institute,
Knoxville, April 2002, Paper#B006.
13. C.W.Choi, X.Qin, A.Mukhopadhyay and I.K.Puri, Flame
Propagation in Premixed Laminar Coannular Jets, 40th AIAA Aerospace
Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno(USA), January, 2002, Paper#
AIAA-2002-0484.
14. R.Ganguly, A.Mukhopadhyay and A.Datta, A Numerical
Study on Confined Laminar Diffusion Flames under Reduced Gravity
Conditions, 5th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference
and 16th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Kolkata,
January, 2002, pp. 952 - 957.
15. A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, Effects of Moisture
Absorption and Liquid-phase Mass Diffusivity on Combustion of
Droplets, 5th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and
16th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Kolkata, January,
2002, pp. 929 - 933.
16. K.Nandi and A.Mukhopadhyay, An Analytical Solution
of Temperature Distribution in Three-dimensional Solid due to
a Pulsed Gaussian Heat Source, 5th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass
Transfer Conference and 16th National Heat and Mass Transfer
Conference, Kolkata, January, 2002, pp. 215 - 220.
2001
17. A.Mukhopadhyay, I.K.Puri, S.Zelepouga and D.M.Rue,
Numerical Simulation of Methane-Air Nozzle burners for Aluminum
Remelt Furnaces, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress
and Exposition, New York City, November, 2001, Paper # IMECE2001/HTD-24234.
18. A.Jhalani, A.Mukhopadhyay and I.K.Puri, An Investigation
of Stretch Effects in Rich Premixed Burner-Stabilised Flames,
Fall 2001 Meeting of the Western States Section of the Combustion
Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, October, 2001.
19. P.Berta, A.Mukhopadhyay, I.K.Puri, S.Granata, T.Faravelli
and E.Ranzi, Investigation of Soot and NOx Formation in Partially
Premixed Heptane-Air Flames, 24th Event of the Italian Section
of the Combustion Institute, Santa Margherita (Italy), September,
2001.
2000
20. A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, Sphericosymmetric Combustion
of a Multicomponent Fuel Droplet in a Dilute Spray Proc. 4th
ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 15th National
Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Pune, pp.1069-1074, 2000.
21. S.Vinay Kumar, A.Mukhopadhyay and S.Mandal, A Model
for Ignition of Isolated Stationary Multicomponent Fuel Droplets,
Proc.16th National Conference on I.C.Engines and Combustion,
Kolkata, pp.457-462, 2000.
1999
22. A.Chatterjee, A.Mukhopadhyay and S.Sen, Conjugate
Laminar Forced Convection through a Channel with Multiple Flushed
Heaters on One Wall, Proc. 3rd International Conference on Fluid
Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Dhaka, pp. 84-93, 1999
23. A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, An Analytical Model
for Combustion of a Dilute Spray of Slowly Moving Multicomponent
Fuel Drops, Proc. 26th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics
and Fluid Power, Kharagpur, pp. 465-472, 1999.
1998
24. A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, Effect of Ambient Pressure
on Combustion of Multicomponent Fuel Droplets, Proc. 3rd Asian
Computational Fluid Dynamics Conference, Bangalore, Vol.2, pp.
150-155, 1998.
25. P.K.Guchhait, A.Mukhopadhyay and S.Sen, Conjugate
Laminar Forced Convection in Channels with Discrete Isoflux
Heaters on One Wall, Proc. 5th Annual Paper Meet, APM'98 of
Mech. Engg. Division, Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh, Chittagong,
pp. 37-46, 1998.
1997
26. S.K.Mitra and A.Mukhopadhyay, Brayton Cycle Optimisation
, Proc. ASME Asia, Singapore, Paper# 97-AA-087, 1997.
27. P.K.Guchhait, A.K.Pramanick, A.Mukhopadhyay and S.Sen,
Numerical Simulation of Heat Transfer Processes in an Electric
Resistance Type Batch Annealing Furnace, Presented at 3rd ISHMT-ASME
Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 14th National Heat and
Mass Transfer Conference, Kanpur, 1997.
28. A.Mukhopadhyay and D.Sanyal, Effects of Droplet Radius
Regression and Gas Phase Lewis Number on Sphericosymmetric Combustion
of Liquid Droplets, Presented at 3rd ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass
Transfer Conference and 14th National Heat and Mass Transfer
Conference, Kanpur, 1997.
1994
29. A.Mukhopadhyay and S.Ray, Limiting Cases of Conjugate
Laminar Natural Convection in a Differentially Heated Square
Cavity, Proc. 1st ASME-ISHMT Heat and Mass Transfer Conference
and 12th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Bombay,
319-324, 1994. |
| Awards |
* University
Gold Medal for securing first class first in Mechanical Engineering
(1993)
* National Scholarship for securing high position in Secondary
Examination (1982) |
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