Biography

Dr. Agnimitra Biswas did his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Regional Engineering College Silchar in 2001, M.Tech in Thermal Engineering from NIT Silchar in 2007, and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Silchar in 2010. His research area was Vertical Axis Wind Turbines using experimental and computational methods. He has more than 13 years of teaching and research experiences. Presently he is working as an Assistant Professor in ME Department, NIT Silchar since Nov 2012. His current research areas include hybrid renewable energy systems, vertical axis wind turbines, micro hydro-turbines, and solar energy systems. He has published more than 60 research papers till date in various referred international journals. He is an associate member of Institution of Engineers (India). He is a regular reviewer of various Energy related SCI indexed journals. He is also the principal investigator of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) sponsored solar RTC project of this institution, and an in-charge of MNRE recognized Regional Test Center for solar thermal devices at ME Department, NIT Silchar. This center had bagged the prestigious NABL accreditation for testing laboratory in 2017.

Area of Interest:

Mechanical Engineering

100%

Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

62%

Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

90%

Micro Hydro-Turbines

75%

Solar Energy Systems

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
3

Chapters
0

Articles
29

Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

Podder, B. and A. Biswas, 2021. Performance investigation of an innovative design of a small sized single glazed solar PV/T water collector for the climatic condition of a site in North East India: An experimental study. Energy Sour. Part A: Recovery Utilization Environ. Eff., 43: 2983-2995.
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Basumatary, M., A. Biswas and R.D. Misra, 2021. Experimental verification of improved performance of Savonius turbine with a combined lift and drag based blade profile for ultra-low head river application. Sustainable Energy Technol. Assess., Vol. 44. 10.1016/j.seta.2021.100999.
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Mazarbhuiya, H.M.S.M., A. Biswas and K.K. Sharma, 2020. Low wind speed aerodynamics of asymmetric blade H-Darrieus wind turbine-its desired blade pitch for performance improvement in the built environment. J. Braz. Soc. Mech. Sci. Eng., Vol. 42. 10.1007/s40430-020-02408-0.
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Mazarbhuiya, H.M.S.M., A. Biswas and K.K. Sharma, 2020. Effect of blade attachments on the performance of an asymmetric blade H-Darrieus turbine at low wind speed. Energy Sour., Part A: Recovery Util. Environ., 10.1080/15567036.2020.1826601.
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Mazarbhuiya, H.M.S.M., A. Biswas and K.K. Sharma, 2020. Blade thickness effect on the aerodynamic performance of an asymmetric NACA six series blade vertical axis wind turbine in low wind speed. Int. J. Green Energy, 17: 171-179.
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Maisanam, A.K.S., A. Biswas and K.K. Sharma, 2020. An innovative framework for electrical energy storage system selection for remote area electrification with renewable energy system: Case of a remote village in India. J. Renewable Sustainable Energy, Vol. 12. 10.1063/1.5126690.
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Basumatary, M., A. Biswas and R.D. Misra, 2020. Detailed hydrodynamic study for performance optimization of a combined lift and drag-based modified savonius water turbine. J. Energy Resour. Technol., Vol. 142. 10.1115/1.4045924.
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Thakur, N., A. Biswas, Y. Kumar and M. Basumatary, 2019. CFD analysis of performance improvement of the Savonius water turbine by using an impinging jet duct design. Chin. J. Chem. Eng., 27: 794-801.
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Sengupta, A.R., A. Biswas and R. Gupta, 2019. Comparison of low wind speed aerodynamics of unsymmetrical blade H-Darrieus rotors-blade camber and curvature signatures for performance improvement. Renewable Energy, 139: 1412-1427.
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Maisanam, A.K.S., B. Podder, A. Biswas and K.K. Sharma, 2019. Site-specific tailoring of an optimal design of renewable energy system for remote water supply station in Silchar, India. Sustainable Energy Technol. Assess., Vol. 36. 10.1016/j.seta.2019.100558.
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Das, M., M.A.K. Singh and A. Biswas, 2019. Techno-economic optimization of an off-grid hybrid renewable energy system using metaheuristic optimization approaches-case of a radio transmitter station in India. Energy Convers. Manage., 185: 339-352.
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Mazarbhuiya, H.M.S.M., A. Biswas and K.K. Sharma, 2018. Performance investigations of modified asymmetric blade H-Darrieus VAWT rotors. J. Renewable Sustainable Energy, Vol. 10. 10.1063/1.5026857.
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Basumatary, M., A. Biswas and R.D. Misra, 2018. CFD analysis of an innovative combined lift and drag (CLD) based modified Savonius water turbine. Energy Convers. Manage., 174: 72-87.
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Sengupta, A.R., B. Agnimitra and G. Rajat, 2017. Investigations of H-Darrieus rotors for different blade parameters at low wind speeds. Wind Struct., 25: 551-567.
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Sengupta, A.R., A. Biswas and R. Gupta, 2017. The aerodynamics of high solidity unsymmetrical and symmetrical blade H-Darrieus rotors in low wind speed conditions. J. Renewable Sustainable Energy, Vol. 9. 10.1063/1.4999965.
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Sengupta, A.R., A. Biswas and R. Gupta, 2016. Studies of some high solidity symmetrical and unsymmetrical blade H-Darrieus rotors with respect to starting characteristics, dynamic performances and flow physics in low wind streams. Renewable Energy, 93: 536-547.
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Borthakur, M.P. and A. Biswas, 2016. A novel Hermite Taylor Least Square based meshfree framework with adaptive upwind scheme for two dimensional incompressible flows. Comput. Fluids, 130: 37-48.
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Singh, M.A., A. Biswas and R.D. Misra, 2015. Investigation of self-starting and high rotor solidity on the performance of a three S1210 blade H-type Darrieus rotor. Renewable Energy, 76: 381-387.
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Ghosh, A., A. Biswas, K.K. Sharma and R. Gupta, 2015. Computational analysis of flow physics of a combined three bladed Darrieus Savonius wind rotor. J. Energy Inst., 88: 425-437.
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Gangwar, S., D. Bhanja and A. Biswas, 2015. Cost, reliability, and sensitivity of a stand-alone hybrid renewable energy system-A case study on a lecture building with low load factor. J. Renewable Sustainable Energy, Vol. 7. 10.1063/1.4906916.
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Sarma, N.K., A. Biswas and R.D. Misra, 2014. Experimental and computational evaluation of Savonius hydrokinetic turbine for low velocity condition with comparison to Savonius wind turbine at the same input power. Energy Convers. Manage., 83: 88-98.
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Biswas, A. and R. Gupta, 2014. Unsteady aerodynamics of a twist bladed H-Darrieus rotor in low Reynolds number flow. J. Renewable Sustainable Energy, Vol. 6. 10.1063/1.4878995.
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Bhuyan, S. and A. Biswas, 2014. Investigations on self-starting and performance characteristics of simple H and hybrid H-Savonius vertical axis wind rotors. Energy Convers. Manage., 87: 859-867.
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Gupta, R. and A. Biswas, 2010. Computational fluid dynamics analysis of a twisted three-bladed H-Darrieus rotor. J. Renewable Sustainable Energy, Vol. 2. 10.1063/1.3483487.
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Debnath, B.K., A. Biswas and R. Gupta, 2009. Computational fluid dynamics analysis of a combined three-bucket Savonius and three-bladed Darrieus rotor at various overlap conditions. J. Renewable Sustainable Energy, Vol. 1. 10.1063/1.3152431.
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Biswas, A. and K.K. Sharma, 2007. An experimental investigation on the fabrication and testing of mechanical properties of aluminum-silica gel metal matrix composite. Mater. Manuf. Processes, 22: 489-491.
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