Mr. Rajneesh Kumar

Research Scientist
Chandigarh Engineering College, India


Highest Degree
Ph.D. Student in Mechanical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India

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Area of Interest:

Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Heat Transfer
Thermal Engineering
Solar Energy

Selected Publications

  1. Kumar, R., S. Khurana, A. Kumar and V. Goel, 2019. Effect of dimple intrusions and curvature radius of rounded corner triangular duct on Fluid flow and heat transfer. J. Therm. Sci. Eng. Applic., Vol. 11. 10.1115/1.4041683.
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  2. Kumar, R., A.S. Kashyap, P. Singh, V. Goel and K. Kumar, 2019. Innovatively arranged curved ribbed solar assisted air heater: Performance and correlation development for heat and flow characteristics. J. Solar Energy Eng., 10.1115/1.4045827.
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  3. Kumar, R., A. Kumar and V. Goel, 2019. Simulation of flow and heat transfer in triangular cross-sectional solar-assisted air heater. J. Solar Energy Eng., Vol. 141 10.1115/1.4041098.
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  4. Kumar, R., A. Kumar and V. Goel, 2019. Performance improvement and development of correlation for friction factor and heat transfer using computational fluid dynamics for ribbed triangular duct solar air heater. Renew. Energy, 131: 788-799.
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  5. Kumar, R., V. Goel, A. Kumar, S. Khurana, P. Singh and S.B. Bopche, 2018. Numerical investigation of heat transfer and friction factor in ribbed triangular duct solar air heater using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). J. Mech. Sci. Technol., 32: 399-404.
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  6. Kumar, R., V. Goel and A. Kumar, 2018. Investigation of heat transfer augmentation and friction factor in triangular duct solar air heater due to forward facing chamfered rectangular ribs: A CFD based analysis. Renewable Energy, 115: 824-835.
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  7. Kumar, R., A. Kumar and V. Goel, 2018. Effect of rounded corners on heat transfer and fluid flow through triangular duct. J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 140. 10.1115/1.4040957.
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  8. Kumar, R., V. Goel and A. Kumar, 2017. A parametric study of the 2D model of solar air heater with elliptical rib roughness using CFD. J. Mech. Sci. Technol., 31: 959-964.
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  9. Kumar, R., A. Kumar and Varun, 2017. Computational fluid dynamics based study for analyzing heat transfer and friction factor in semi-circular rib-roughened equilateral triangular duct. Int. J. Numerical Methods Heat Fluid Flow, 27: 941-957.
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  10. Kumar, R., A. Kumar and V. Goel, 2017. Numerical simulation of flow through equilateral triangular duct under constant wall heat flux boundary condition. J. Inst. Eng. (India): Ser. C, 98: 313-323.
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  11. Kumar, R., A. Kumar and V. Goel, 2017. A parametric analysis of rectangular rib roughened triangular duct solar air heater using computational fluid dynamics. Solar Energy, 157: 1095-1107.
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  12. Kumar, R. and A. Kumar, 2017. Experimental and computational fluid dynamics study on fluid flow and heat transfer in triangular passage solar air heater of different configurations. J. Solar Energy Eng., Vol. 139. 10.1115/1.4036775.
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  13. Goel, V., P. Guleria and R. Kumar, 2017. Effect of apex angle variation on thermal and hydraulic performance of roughened triangular duct. Int. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer, 86: 239-244.
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  14. Bharadwaj, G., Varun, R. Kumar and A. Sharma, 2017. Heat transfer augmentation and flow characteristics in ribbed triangular duct solar air heater: An experimental analysis. Int. J. Green Energy, 14: 587-598.
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  15. Kumar, R., Varun and A. Kumar, 2016. Thermal and fluid dynamic characteristics of flow through triangular cross-sectional duct: A review. Renewable Sustainable Energy Rev., 61: 123-140.
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