Specialization

Particle and Bulk Solids Technologies and their associated Thermal and Fluid Aspects, Heat Transfer, Nanofluids, Refrigeration and Air conditioning.

Email

kundanlalrana@thapar.edu

Research Area

Powder Characterization and Flowability, Pneumatic Conveying, Bulk Solids, Nanofluids, Heat Transfer, Two-phase flows, Fluid Mechanics, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Thermodynamics, Thermal Engineering

Academic Profile

• Ph.D. Nanofluids and heat transfer, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET), Patiala, India, 2018
• M.E. Mechanical Engineering (Rotodynamic Machines, Mechanical Engineering, Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Panjab University Chandigarh, 2004
• B.Tech. National Institute of Technology (REC) Hamirpur (now NIT), Himachal Pradesh University Shimla, 2001

Teaching and Work Experience

• Assistant Professor, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET), Patiala (since 2009 )
• Sr. Lecturer, Technology Education & Research Institute (TERI) Kurukshetra, Kurukshetra University (HR) (2007 to 2009)
• Sr. Lecturer & lecturer Baddi Institute of Engg. & Technology, Solan, Himachal Pradesh University Shimla (2003 to 2007)

Research and Consultancy Projects

• Development of Affordable Dust Cleaning Systems with High Operational Flexibility for Mega Solar Power Projects, DST/TMD/CERI/RES/2020/29(G), (Co-PI) 2021-2023, Rs. 47,58,585/-
• To investigate the heat transfer performance of a nanofluid (TiO2/Ag in H2O+EG) based cross flow, heat exchanger, TIET (PI) 2019-21,  Rs. 5, 78, 000/-

Consultancy Projects

• Characterization and flow property study of fly ash, KC Cottrell,  (Co-PI) 2021
• Characterization and flow property study of powders, Airlock Pvt. Ltd., (PI) 2021
• Design review of pneumatic conveying of ash, TATA Power – MPL, (Co-PI) 2020
• Design review of pneumatic conveying of ash, TATA Power – PPGCL, (Co-PI) 2021July 2020-June 2022

Publications and other Research Outputs

SCI 09, Scopus 05, Non-SCI 14, Conference Papers 15

Journal Papers: SCI/SCIE/Scopus

• Rajneesh Kaushik, Lal Kundan and Rajeev Kamal Shrama, 2021, Investigating the performance of nano-refrigerant (R134a+CuO) based vapour compression cycle: a new scope, Heat Transfer Research (Beggel House) (in Press)
• Lal Kundan and M.B. Darshan, 2021, Performance  investigation of a concentric double tube heat exchanger using twisted tape inserts and nanofluid, Particulate Science and Technology (Taylors and Francis), (in Press)
• Lal Kundan and Kuljeet Singh, 2020, Improved performance of a nanorefrigerant-based vapour compression refrigeration system: A new alternative, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of Power and Energy (SAGE), vol. 235 (1), pp.106-123.  
• Lal Kundan and Soumaya Suddha Mallick, 2018, Effect of time-dependent morphological parameters of nanoclusters on perikinetic heat conduction and induced micro-convection mechanisms of oxide-based Nanofluids, Experimental Heat Transfer (Taylors and Francis), vol. 31(3), pp. 251-274.
• Lal Kundan, Soumya Suddha Mallick & Bonamali Pal, 2017, An investigation into the effect of nanoclusters growth on perikinetic heat conduction mechanism in an oxide-based nanofluid, Powder Technology (Elsevier), vol. 311, pp. 273-286.
• Lal Kundan, Soumya Suddha Mallick & Bonamali Pal, 2017, Effect of time-dependent nanoclusters morphology on the thermal conductivity and heat transport mechanism of TiO2 based nanofluid, Heat and Mass Transfer (Springer), vol. 53, pp. 1873-1892.
• Lal Kundan, Soumya Suddha Mallick & Bonamali Pal, 2016, Prediction and optimization of nanoclusters based thermal conductivity of nanofluids: Application of Box-Behnken Design (BBD), Particulate Science and Technology (Taylor and Francis), vol. 35 (3), pp. 265-276.
• Mishra A, Kundan L & Mallick SS, 2014, ‘Modelling thermal conductivity for alumina-water nanofluid’, International Journal of Particulate Science and Technology (Taylor Francis) vol. 32 (3), pp. 319-326.
• Mallick S.S., Mishra, A. & Kundan L. 2013, ‘An investigation into modelling thermal conductivity for alumina-water nanofluids’, Powder Technology (Elsevier), vol. 233, pp. 234-244.
• Mehta, Kashminder Singh,  Kundan, Lal and Mallick, S. S., 2019, A Study on Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop in a Turbulent Flow Regime of Thermally Insulated and Conducting Nanofluids, Journal of Nanofluids (American Scientific Publishers), Vol. 8 (3), pp. 490-499.
• Paras Verma, Satish Kumar, Kundan Lal, Jatinder Pal Singh, and SB Prasad, 2018, Prediction of pressure drop for the flow of zinc ore-water suspension in the horizontal pipeline, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 455, 012135.
• Ajay K. and Kundan L., 2016, ‘Combined Experimental and CFD Investigation of the Parabolic Shaped Solar Collector Utilizing Nanofluid (CuO-H2O and SiO2-H2O) as a Working Fluid’ Journal of Engineering, Vol. 2016, pp. 1-11 (Web of Sciences-Thomson Reuters).
• Ajay K. and Kundan L., 2016, Performance Evaluation of Nanofluid (Al2O3/H2O-C2H6O2) Based Parabolic Solar Collector Using Both Experimental and CFD Techniques. IJE TRANSACTIONS A: Basics Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 572-580.
• Ajay K. and Kundan L., 2016, Experimental and CFD Investigation on the Efficiency of Parabolic Solar Collector Involving Al2O3/H2O (DI) Nanofluid as a Working Fluid, “International Journal of Renewable Energy Research”, Vol.6, No.2, pp. 392-401.

Journal Publications: Non-SCI

• Singh S., Sharma K., Kundan L. and Tripathi N.M., 2015 (April), ‘To Study the Behavior of Nano-refrigerant in Vapour Compression Cycle- a Review’ International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology (e ISSN: 2319-1163 | p ISSN: 2321-7308), Volume 4, Iss. 4, pp. 648-652.
• Sharma T. and Kundan L., 2015 (March), ‘An Experimental Investigation of Nanorefrigerant Based Refrigeration System’ International Journal of Electronics, Electrical and Computational System IJEECS (ISSN 2348-117X), Volume 4, Special Issue, pp. 317-322.
• Ajay K. and Kundan L., 2015 (March), ‘An Experimental and CFD Analysis of CuO-H2O (DI) Nanofluid Based Parabolic Solar Collector’ IOSR-Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE) (e-ISSN: 2278-1684, p-ISSN: 2320-334X.), Special Issue, pp. 78-82.
• Kandwal S., Ajay K., and Kundan L., 2015 (March), ‘Measurement and Validation of Thermophysical Properties of Al2O3 Nanofluids’ International Journal of Engineering Technology, Management and Applied Sciences (ISSN 2349-4476), Volume 3 Special Issue, pp. 624-631.
• Kumar S, Kundan L and Sharma S, 2014, ‘Performance Evaluation of a Nanofluid Based Parabolic Solar Collector – An Experimental Study’ International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Volume- 2, Issue-10, Oct- 2014, pp. 61-67, (ISSN: 2320-2092).
• Sharma K. and Kundan L, 2014, ‘Nanofluid Based Concentrating Parabolic Solar Collector (NBCPSC): A New Alternative’ International Journal of Research in Mechanical Engineering & Technology, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Spl- 2 May - October 2014, pp. 158-162, (ISSN: 2249-5762 (Online) | ISSN: 2249-5770 (Print).
• Singh K. and Kundan L, 2014, ‘An Investigation into the Performance of a Nanorefrigerant (R134a+Al2O3) Based Refrigeration System’ International Journal of Research in Mechanical Engineering & Technology, Vol. 4, Issue 2, Spl- 2 May - October 2014, pp. 158-162, (ISSN: 2249-5762 (Online) | ISSN: 2249-5770 (Print).
• Singh, G, Kundan, L & Singh K, 2013, ‘Experimental investigation of various parameters on thermal conductivity of Al2O3 based nanorefrigerant’, International Journal of Engineering   Research & Technology (IJERT), vol. 2, issue 12, pp. 3408-3417 (ISSN: 2278 – 0181).
• Sharma G & Kundan L, 2013,‘Experimental investigation into thermal conductivity and viscosity of Al2O3 based engine coolant (Nano-coolant)’, International Journal of Research in Mechanical Engineering & Technology (IJRMET), vol. 3, issue 2, pp. 184-187. (ISSN: 2249-5762 (Online) | ISSN: 2249-5770 (Print), Pub: Cosmic Journals.
• Singh M, Kundan L, 2013, ‘An experimental study on thermal conductivity and viscosity of Al2O3 / Nano-transformer oil’, International Journal on Theoretical and Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering (IJTARME), vol. 2, issue 3, pp. 125-130 (ISSN: 2319 – 3182).
• Singh G and Kundan L, 2013, ‘An experimental investigation of the viscous behavior of Al2O3 based nanorefrigerant’, International Journal on Theoretical and Applied Research in Mechanical Engineering (IJTARME), vol. 2, issue 3, pp. 143-147 (ISSN: 2319 – 3182).
• Verma V & Kundan L, 2013, ‘Thermal performance evaluation of a direct absorption flat plate solar collector (DASC) using Al2O3-H2O based nanofluids’, IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE), vol. 6, issue 2, pp. 29-35. (Publisher: International Journal of Scientific Research, IOSR)
• Kundan L. & Sharma P., 2013, ‘Performance evaluation of a nanofluid (CuO-H2O) based low flux solar collector’, International Journal of Engineering Research (IJER)’, vol. 2, issue 2, pp. 108-112. (ISSN: 2319-6890)
• Singh K & Kundan L, 2012, ‘Effect of cetylpyridinium chloride, triton X-100 and sodium dodecyl sulfate on the rheology of fly ash, International Journal of Scientific and Research Publication (IJSRP), vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 1-5. (Online ISSN 2250-3153)

Conference Papers

• Rajneesh Kaushik, Rajeev Kamal Shrama, Mohit Kalsia and Lal Kundan, 2021, Experimental Analysis of Hydrocarbon Refrigerant and CuO Nano-Particles Based Vapour Compression System, 2nd  International Conference on Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME - 2020), 5th-7th August 2020, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida
• Lal Kundan, SS Mallick, 2019,  Effect of Time-Temperature Dependent Nanoclusters’ Morphology and Stoke’s Regime Induced Nano-convection on Thermal Conductivity of Nanofluids, 1st International Conference on Nanofluids (ICNf 2019), 2nd European Symposium on Nanofluids (ESNf2019),  Nanouptake COST Action, conference proceedings 304-307, ISBN eBook en PDF: 978-84-685-3917-1, 26-28 June 2019, Castellion, Spain, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6035/CA15119.03
• Paras Verma, Satish Kumar, Jatinder Pal Singh, and Kundan Lal, 2019, “CFD simulation of 90° pipe bend for the multiphase flow of zinc-tailing water slurry”, 4th thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference pages 1507-1517,  American Society of Thermal and Fluids Engineers (ASTFE), Las Vegas USA. DOI: 10.1615/TFEC2019.nmf.027203
• Lal Kundan and S.S. Malik, On developing particle-fluid coupled heat transfer model at nanoscale, “International Conference on Powder, Granule and Bulk Solids: Innovations and Applications (PGBSIA 2020)”, TIET Patiala, India, Feb. 26 to 28, 2020.
• Paras Verma, Satish Kumar, Kundan Lal, Jatinder Pal Singh, and SB Prasad, 2018, Prediction of pressure drop for the flow of zinc ore-water suspension in the horizontal pipeline, 2nd International Conference on Advancements in Aeromechanical Materials for Manufacturing 13th-14th July 2018, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad-500043, Telangana, INDIA.
• Lal Kundan and S.S. Mallick,  A critical role of the stability ratio, aggregation time constant and variable suspension concentration on the heat transport mechanisms of nanofluids, “International Conference and Exhibition on Powder, Granule and Bulk Solids: Innovations and Applications (PGBSIA 2016)”, pp. 40. Jaipur (Rajasthan), India, Dec. 1 to 3, 2016.
• Gurtej Singh, Lal Kundan, and Paramjit Singh Bilga.  An Investigation into the Performance of Heat Pipe Heat Exchanger using CFD. IJCA, Proceedings on International Conference on Advances in Emerging Technology ICAET 2016(7):1-5, September 2016.
• Kundan L and S.S. Mallick, An investigation into Thermophysical properties of alumina (Al2O3) based nanofluids for the convection heat transfer applications, “International Conference on the application of Fluid Engineering (CAFE-2012")”, G. L. Bajaj Institute of Technology and Management Greater Noida, pp-59, September 2012.
• Sharma K., Kundan L., A review on the performance of the nanofluid based solar collectors - solar energy, “National Conference on Recent Advances in Renewable Energy & Environment Sciences (NCRAREES)” Shoolini University H.P., pp.15, June 2013.
• Singh S., Kundan L., A review on the performance of the nanorefrigerant based vapor compression cycle, “National Conference on Recent Advances in Renewable Energy & Environment Sciences (NCRAREES)” Shoolini University, H.P. pp. 27, June 2013.
• Kundan L & Mallick SS, 2013, Effect of dispersion parameters on thermal conductivity of alumina and copper oxide nanofluid, “International Conference on Powder, Granule and Bulk Solids: Innovations and Applications (PGBSIA 2013")”, Nov. 28-30, 2013 (Poster Presentation)
• Kundan Lal and S.S. Mallick, Thermal conductivity evaluation for alumina-based nanofluids, “National Conference on Technological advancement in chemical and Environmental Engineering (TACEE-2012")”, CHED, BITS, Pilani, pp-189, March 2012.
• Vivek Verma, Kundan Lal & S.S. Mallick, Thermal performance review of a low flux solar collector using nanofluid, 3rd National Conference on Recent Innovation in Engineering and Technology (RIET)”, Galaxy Global Group of Institutions, Shahabad, Ambala, HR., pp-12, March 2012.
• Jaskaran Singh, Kundan Lal & S.S. Mallick, An evaluation of parameters affecting the viscous behavior of Al2O3-H2O based nanofluid, 3rd National Conference on Recent Innovation in Engineering and Technology (RIET)”, Galaxy Global Group of Institutions, Shahabad, Ambala, HR., pp-9, March 2012.
• Parshant Sharma & Kundan Lal, Performance evaluation of nanofluid based solar collectors, “National Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering”, ITM University, Gurgaon, HR., pp- 519, June 2012.
• Vishal Bhalla & Kundan Lal, A review on the viscous behavior of Al2O3 and CuO based nanofluid, “National Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering”, ITM University, Gurgaon, HR., pp- 414, June 2012.

Book Chapters/Book:

• Rajneesh Kaushik, Rajeev Kamal Shrama, Mohit Kalsia and Lal Kundan, 2021, Experimental Analysis of Hydrocarbon Refrigerant and CuO Nano-Particles Based Vapour Compression System, Advances in Engineering Materials, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Scientific Publishing Services (P) Ltd, Springer,   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6029-7_7

Ongoing Research Collaborations

• Research collaboration between Granutools (Belgium) and TIET

Thesis Supervision

• PhD (Doctorate thesis): 01 (ongoing)
• ME (Post Graduate thesis): 30 (completed)

Seminar/ Symposia / Conferences Organised/workshop:

• International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering” ICETME-2011, held in Feb at Mech Engg Deptt, Thapar University, Patiala. Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar University, Patiala. Feb. 24 – 26, 2011 (Member)
• 1st International Conference & Exhibition of Powder, Granule and Bulk Solids: Innovations and Applications, Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar University, Patiala. Nov. 28-30, 2013 (Member)
• 2nd International Conference & Exhibition of Powder, Granule and Bulk Solids: Innovations and Applications , Jaipur (Rajasthan), India under Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar University, Patiala, Dec 1-3, 2016 (Member)
• 3rd International Conference & Exhibition of Powder, Granule and Bulk Solids: Innovations and Applications, Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) Patiala. 26th -27th Feb 2020 (Co-Organizing Secretary)
• Reliable powder handling in pharmaceutical and food industries Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) Patiala. 26th Feb 2020 (Coordinator)
• e-symposium on pharmaceutical powders Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) Patiala, 26th  September 2020 (Coordinator)
• Workshop on Rotary valve sizing: Use of a “filling factor” predictable from particle characteristics, in combination with bulk density and throughput requirement Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) Patiala, 26th Feb 2020 (Co-coordinator)
• Workshop on Designing and Troubleshooting Industrial Pneumatic Conveying Systems Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) Patiala. 27th Feb, 2020  (Co-coordinator)
• Workshop on resolving powder flow problems: powder and granular material handling industries Mechanical Engineering Department, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) Patiala. 28 Feb, 2020  (Co-coordinator)

Reviewer

• Powder Technology (Elsevier)
• Particulate Science and Technology (Taylor’s and Francis) 
• Advances in Mechanical Engineering (SAGE)
• Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering (SAGE)
• Science Progress (SAGE)

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

• President of ASHRAE Society, Thapar University Student Chapter, form since 2010 to till date
• Member of Society of Automotive Engineers, Thapar University Chapter, from July 2010 to 2011
• Life Member of ISTE since 2005

Professional Responsibilities

• DPPC (secretary), Mechanical Department, TIET, July 2020 to June 2021,
• Warden, Hostel C, Thapar University Patiala, Feb. 2016 to March 2019
• In charge - Departmental  Information Compilation Work Departmental  Information Compilation, Nov. 2012 to March 2016 
• President ASHRAE Society, since 2010     
• Lab In-charge Heat Transfer lab, Thapar University,  July 2009 Till date       
• Lab In-charge of RAC Lab, July 2009 to April 2016,  Thapar University          

Foreign Visits

• Spain

Awards and Honours

• Academic excellence award, TIET  (2012-13, 2013-14, 2018-19)
• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE)
• Meritorious student at school level an 

Message to Students & Community:

• When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us- Alexander Graham Bell