IITKGP

Sourav Mitra

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Mechanical Engineering

+91-3222-282914

sourav@mech.iitkgp.ac.in

Research Areas

  • Adsorption
  • Refrigeration
  • super-critical CO2 based thermal systems
  • Atmospheric water harvesting
Currently working on:
(i) Adsorption and its application in Thermal Systems
(ii) Thermal System design
(iii) Heat transfer aspects of supercritical carbon dioxide
  • Scaling of heat and mass transfer processes in adsorption column Mitra S., Dutta P. , Saha B. B. By Advances in Heat Transfer - (2023)
  • Scaling analysis of large pressure jump driven adsorption of water vapour in columnar porous silica gel bed Saren S., Mishra V.K., Thu K., Mitra S. By International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 135 - (2022)
  • Time adapted linear driving force model for gas adsorption onto solids Rupa M.J., Pal A., Mitra S., Saha B.B. By Chemical Engineering Journal 420 - (2021)
  • Studies on dynamics of two-stage air cooled water/silica gel adsorption system Manila M.R., Mitra S., Dutta P. By Applied Thermal Engineering 178 - (2020)
  • Thermodynamic feasibility evaluation of hybrid dehumidification mechanical vapour compression systems Thu K., Mitra S. , Saha B. B., Murthy S. S. By Applied Energy 213 31-44 (2018)
  • Theoretical framework to evaluate minimum desorption temperature for IUPAC classified adsorption isotherms Muttakin M., Mitra S. , Thu K. , Ito K. , Saha B. B. By International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 122 795-805 (2018)
  • Study on the influence of adsorbent particle size and heat exchanger aspect ratio on dynamic adsorption characteristics Mitra S., Muttakin M. , Thu K. , Saha B. B. By Applied Thermal Engineering 133 764-773 (2018)

Principal Investigator

  • Development of low GWP chemicals and their blends as alternatives to HCFCs and HFCs
  • Selection of Liquid Desiccant for an Air-Water-Harvester

Co-Principal Investigator

  • National Centre for Clean Coal Research and Development Department of Science and Technology (DST)
  • Oxygen Concentrator and Allied Technologies IITKGP FOUNDATION OF USA
  • Tesla turbine for Organic Rankine Cycles (TORC) Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

Ph. D. Students

Krupasindhu Sahoo

Area of Research: Thermofluids in microchannels

Mohd Abdullah Khan

Area of Research: Adsorption, Heat transfer, Refrigeration

Samir Nanda

Area of Research: Heat transfer, Supercritical CO2

Sauvik Sayan Bandyopadhyay

Area of Research: Heat transfer

Shaik Raheem

Area of Research: Refrigeration, Heat Transfer, Thermal system design

Vivek Kumar Mishra

Area of Research: Refrigeration, Adsorption, Heat transfer