Dr. Thota S S Bhaskara Rao
Qualification : Ph.D. (NIT, Rourkela)
Designation : Asst. Professor
Details of Educational Qualification:
| Course | Specialization | Group | College Name/University | Year of Passing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Thermal Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | National Institute of Technology, Rourkela | 2023 |
| M.Tech. | Thermal Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Gokul Group of Institutions, JNTU Kakinada | 2015 |
| B.Tech. | Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Kakinada Institute of Technology and Sciences, JNTU Kakinada | 2013 |
List of Publications
| S.No | Title of the Paper | Full Details of Journal Name / Conference Name, Volume number, page number, Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Assessment of energy, exergy, environmental, and economic study of an evacuated tube solar dryer for drying Krishna Tulsi. | Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer Nature, April 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-27085-z (Q1, SCIE, Impact factor: 5.8) |
| 2 | Experimental investigation of drying neem (Azadirachta indica) in an evacuated tube solar dryer: Performance, drying kinetics and characterization. | Solar Energy, Elsevier 2023 March 15:253:270-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2023.02.031 (Q1, SCIE, Impact factor: 6.7) |
| 3 | Solar drying of medicinal herbs: A review. | Solar Energy, Elsevier 2021 Jul 15;223:415-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.05.065 (Q1, SCIE, Impact factor: 6.7) |
| 4 | Performance investigation of drying Ashwagandha roots in a forced convection-evacuated tube indirect solar dryer. | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering. 2023;0(0). Sage Publications https://doi:10.1177/09544089231215949 (Q3, SCIE, Impact factor: 2.4) |
| 5 | Effect of color change and characterization of the Krishna tulsi leaves dried in a solar dryer | [11th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC), Feb 18-19, 2023, Kolkata, West Bengal, India]. |
| 6 | Energetic and exergetic performance of an evacuated tube U-type solar collector for medium temperature industrial process air heating: An experimental study | [9th International and 49th National conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), December 14-16, 2022, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, 247664, Uttarakhand, India]. |
| 7 | Performance Enhance- ment and Exergy Analysis of Thermosyphon ETSC with TiO2 + CuO Hybrid Nanofluid, | International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid and Engineering Sciences (ICITFES-2020, February 10-12 at NIT Rourkela]. |
| 8 | Innovations in Energy, Power and Thermal Engineering | Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Nature, Singapore (Pages: 53-59), 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4489-4_6 |
| 9 | Application of Metal Spraying in Decoration, Electrical and Other Engineering Industries | International Conference on Contemporary Design and Analysis of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Systems (CDAMIES-2018), organized by Department of Production Engineering, at NIT Trichy during 18th - 20th January 2018. |
| 10 | Mitigation of CO2 using solar dryers for environmental sustainability over conventional dryers. | National Conference on Waste to Energy, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (NCWECCUS-2023), organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Rourkela during 22-24 December 2023. |
| 11 | Heat dissipation investigation of grooved heat pipe. | International Journal of Innovative Technology and Research. 5-2017, 6477-6485. |
| 12 | CFD analysis on pulsating heat pipe to improve heat transfer | International Journal of Research and Innovation in Thermal Engineering, 3-2016, 107-111. |
Book Chapter
- Thota S S Bhaskara Rao, Murugan S. Solar Thermal Energy for Industrial Process Heating Applications, Chapter-4: Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Industries, in CRC Press, Taylor and Francis group (Pages: 99-199), 2023. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003263326