Dr. Neeraj Agrawal
Associate Professor
B. E. (Mechanical Engg), S. A. T. I. Vidisha (M.P.)
M. Tech. (Ref. & AC, Mech. Engg.) IIT Madras
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engg.) IIT Kharagpur
Phone No:
Residence: Krushna 02, DBATU Campus Lonere
Phone: 02140 275142
Email:[email protected], [email protected]
Research Areas:
Refrigeration & Air-conditioning, Thermal sciences, Natural refrigerant based transcritical heating cooling systems, Energy Engg.
Award & Honour:
5th and 6th Bry-Air award in Excellence in HVAC&R at national level
Current sponsored project:
Research Project from ISHRAE Chapter, Mumbai
Selected publications:
1. Agrawal N, Bhattacharyya S. Performance evaluation of a non-adiabatic capillary tube in a transcritical CO2 heat pump cycle, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, 2008; 47(4); 423-430.
2. Agrawal N, Bhattacharyya S. Optimized transcritical CO2 heat pumps: performance comparison of capillary tubes against expansion valve, Int J Refrigeration, 2008; 31(3); 388-395.
3. Agrawal N, Bhattacharyya S. Homogeneous versus separated flow models: capillary tube flow in a transcritical CO2 heat pump, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, 2008; 47; 1555-1562.
4. Agrawal N, Bhattacharyya S. Parametric study of a capillary tube-suction line heat exchanger in a transcritical CO2 heat pump cycle, Energy Convers Mgmt, 2008; 49; 2979-2985.
5. Agrawal N, Bhattacharyya S. Exergy assessment of an optimized capillary tube based transcritical CO2 heat pump cycle, Int. J. Energy Research, 2009; 33(14); 1278-1289.
6. Sarkar J, Agrawal N. Performance evaluation and optimization of transcritical CO2 cycle with parallel compression economization, Int. J Thermal Sciences 2010; 49; 838-843.
7. Agrawal N, Bhattacharyya S. Experimental investigations on adiabatic capillary tube in a transcritical CO2 system for simultaneous water cooling and heating, Int. J Refrigeration, 2011 34(2) 476 – 483.
8. Agrawal N, Sarkar J, Bhattacharyya S. Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of novel two-stage transcritical N2O cycle, Int. J Refrigeration, 2011 34 991-999 .
9. Sawant Aditya, Agrawal N, Nanda P. Performance assessment of an evaporative cooling assisted window air-conditioner, Int. J Low Carbon Technology, 2012 7(2) 128 – 136.
10. Dyma Amol, Agrawal N, Nanda P. Energetic and exergetic assessment of transcritical N2O heat pump system, Int. J Low Carbon Technology (accepted).