Ashwani Kumar

Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Mechanical Engineering, Technical Education Department Uttar Pradesh Kanpur (Under Government of Uttar Pradesh) India, Kanpur, India
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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

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

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10 September 2022 in Energies
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Chandan Swaroop MeenaChandan Swaroop Meena
Chandan Swaroop Meena
Ashwani KumarAshwani Kumar
Ashwani Kumar
Siddharth JainSiddharth Jain
Siddharth Jain
Ateeq Ur RehmanAteeq Ur Rehman
Ateeq Ur Rehman
Sachin MishraSachin Mishra
Sachin Mishra
EEElsayed Tag Eldin
Elsayed Tag Eldin
Recent advancements in green building technologies (GBTs) have grown substantially, as an outcome of the environmental, economic and societal benefits. It has the potential to move toward sustainable development, specifically related to climate change. In GBTs, the main objective is to use energy, water and other resources in a balanced way, without using them extensively. This will improve the environmental conditions. Green buildings (GBs) are beneficial when it comes to energy consumption and emissions; low maintenance and operation costs; boosting health and productivity; etc. There is a lack of a critical review of the past or present research work in the area of the Green Building Technology (GBT) sector to identify the future roadmap for sustainable green building technologies. A critical review, with the help of proper research methodology, was identified. The scope of this study is to analyze the existing work on different issues, and find different key issues in green building research, which has minimal use of natural resources, is cost-effective and is designed and constructed for a longer duration, considering future prospects. This paper examines the state of green building construction today and makes recommendations for further study and development which will be necessary for a sustainable future. In order to encourage research, this study also identified a few possible future research directions in sustainable development.

26 September 2022 in Sustainability
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VARUN PRATAP SINGHVARUN PRATAP SINGH
VARUN PRATAP SINGH
Siddharth JainSiddharth Jain
Siddharth Jain
Ashish KarnAshish Karn
Ashish Karn
Ashwani KumarAshwani Kumar
Ashwani Kumar
gaurav dwivedigaurav dwivedi
gaurav dwivedi
Aritra GhoshAritra Ghosh
Aritra Ghosh
The scientific literature extensively mentions the use of a solar air heater (SAH) by utilizing solar energy for heating purposes. The poor heat-transfer rate of an SAH with a flat plate is caused by developing a laminar sub-layer near the heated base plate. The plate temperatures improve significantly, resulting in losses and a decrease in performance. The passive approach entails the placement of fins/turbulators/pouring material/ribs to the surface where the boundary layer forms to disrupt it. Artificially roughened SAH for gathering and efficiently using solar radiations for thermal purposes is extensively described in the literature. This paper includes a thorough literature overview of the history, basics, roughness evolution, forms of SAH, and recent breakthroughs in thermal performance improvement techniques for SAH compiled by several researchers. This paper uses a comparative evaluation of several roughness geometries and kinds of SAH to uncover thermohydraulic performance factors that may be considered in future research to pick the optimal configuration.

1 October 2022 in Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
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VARUN PRATAP SINGHVARUN PRATAP SINGH
VARUN PRATAP SINGH
SJSiddharth Jain
Siddharth Jain
AKAshish Karn
Ashish Karn
GDGaurav Dwivedi
Gaurav Dwivedi
Ashwani KumarAshwani Kumar
Ashwani Kumar
SKSalah Kamel
Salah Kamel

18 April 2022 in Experimental Heat Transfer
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VARUN PRATAP SINGHVARUN PRATAP SINGH
VARUN PRATAP SINGH
Siddharth JainSiddharth Jain
Siddharth Jain
Ashwani KumarAshwani Kumar
Ashwani Kumar
The effect of variation in open area ratio (β) in a multi-V rib roughened Single-Pass Solar Air Heater (SPSAH) is analyzed in this work. Fixing values of other parameters, such as open area ratio (β) and relative roughness width (W/w), were studied with a certain range of Reynolds number (Re) ranging from 2000 to 18000. The improvement in Nusselt number ratio (Nu/Nus) and thermo-hydraulic performance (THPP) and the decline in duct friction ratio (f/fs) support the application of perforation. The empirical correlations of Nu and f are also generated with ±12% and ±7.5% accuracy. Graphical Abstract

24 August 2022 in Sustainability
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VARUN PRATAP SINGHVARUN PRATAP SINGH
VARUN PRATAP SINGH
Siddharth JainSiddharth Jain
Siddharth Jain
Ashish KarnAshish Karn
Ashish Karn
Ashwani KumarAshwani Kumar
Ashwani Kumar
gaurav dwivedigaurav dwivedi
gaurav dwivedi
Raffaello CozzolinoRaffaello Cozzolino
Raffaello Cozzolino
To investigate the influencing range and optimize values of different operational and system parameters on the double-pass parallel flow solar air heater’s (DPPFSAH) thermal, effective, and exergetic efficiencies, an iterative method was used to analyze the governing energy equations using a theoretical model written in MATLAB based on the Nusselt number (Nu) and friction factor (f) correlations developed in the work performed earlier. A comparison between double-pass and single-pass SAHs for mathematical and experimental outcomes was conducted, and the results were found to be fairly consistent. According to the thermo-hydraulic performance indicators, similar to single-pass SAHs, perforated multi-V rib-roughened DPPFSAHs achieve optimum thermal performance for lower Reynolds numbers, which does not change much as the Reynolds number increases above 18,000. This finding can be taken into account when designing any DPPFSAH.

8 August 2022 in Energies
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Chandan Swaroop MeenaChandan Swaroop Meena
Chandan Swaroop Meena
Ashwani KumarAshwani Kumar
Ashwani Kumar
SRSanghati Roy
Sanghati Roy
Alessandro CannavaleAlessandro Cannavale
Alessandro Cannavale
Aritra GhoshAritra Ghosh
Aritra Ghosh
Boiling is considered an important mode of heat transfer (HT) enhancement and has several industrial cooling applications. Boiling has the potential to minimize energy losses from HT devices, compared with other convection or conduction modes of HT enhancement. The purpose of this review article was to analyze, discuss, and compare existing research on boiling heat transfer enhancement techniques from the last few decades. We sought to understand the effect of nucleation sites on plain and curved surfaces and on HT enhancement, to suggest future guidelines for researchers to consider. This would help both research and industry communities to determine the best surface structure and surface manufacturing technique for a particular fluid. We discuss pool boiling HT enhancement, and present conclusions and recommendations for future research.