Souman Rudra

Dr. Souman Rudra

Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Agder, Jon Lilletuns vei 9, 4879 Grimstad, Norway
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Academic Career Length

18Years (2009-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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20 September 2024 in Energy Conversion and Management: X
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ODOpy Das
Opy Das
MZMuhammad Hamza Zafar
Muhammad Hamza Zafar
FSFilippo Sanfilippo
Filippo Sanfilippo
SRSouman Rudra
Souman Rudra
MKMohan Lal Kolhe
Mohan Lal Kolhe

1 August 2019 in Energy
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SRSouman Rudra
Souman Rudra
YTYohannes Kifle Tesfagaber
Yohannes Kifle Tesfagaber

19 August 2017 in Energies
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MJMadhawa Jayathilake
Madhawa Jayathilake
SRSouman Rudra
Souman Rudra
This paper discusses the characteristics of Birchwood gasification using the simulated results of a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model. The CFD model is developed and validated with the experimental results obtained with the fixed bed downdraft gasifier available at the University of Agder (UIA), Norway. In this work, several parameters are examined and given importance, such as producer gas yield, syngas composition, lower heating value (LHV), and cold gas efficiency (CGE) of the syngas. The behavior of the parameters mentioned above is examined by varying the biomass particle size. The diameters of the two biomass particles are 11.5 mm and 9.18 mm. All the parameters investigate within the Equivalences Ratio (ER) range from 0.2 to 0.5. In the simulations, a variable air inflow rate is used to achieve different ER values. For the different biomass particle sizes, CO, CO2, CH4, and H2 mass fractions of the syngas are analyzed along with syngas yield, LHV, and CGE. At an ER value of 0.35, 9.18 mm diameter particle shows average maximum values of 60% of CGE and 2.79 Nm3/h of syngas yield, in turn showing 3.4% and 0.09 Nm3/h improvement in the respective parameters over the 11.5 mm diameter biomass particle.

1 February 2013 in Bioresource Technology
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JHJessica Hoffmann
Jessica Hoffmann
SRSouman Rudra
Souman Rudra
STSaqib S. Toor
Saqib S. Toor
JHJens Bo Holm-Nielsen
Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen
Lasse RosendahlLasse Rosendahl
Lasse Rosendahl

16 March 2024 in Materials Today Communications
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FTFoysal Kabir Tareq
Foysal Kabir Tareq
SRSouman Rudra
Souman Rudra

1 November 2020 in Fuel
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MJMadhawa Jayathilake
Madhawa Jayathilake
SRSouman Rudra
Souman Rudra
Lasse RosendahlLasse Rosendahl
Lasse Rosendahl