Specialization

Pressure signal processing, two phase flow, Heat transfer applications

Email

anu.mittal@thapar.edu

Contact No.

+91-9996312318

 

Biography

Anu Mittal, PhD (TIET Patiala, India), MTech (NIT, Kurukshetra India), BE (BCET Gurdaspur, India) and is presently working as Assistant Professor at Mechanical Engineering Department of Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (Deemed to be University), Patiala. She worked as a stress analysis engineer at Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd. (2001-2009), as a faculty at GIMT, Kurukshetra India (2010–2013) and at NIT Kurukshetra (2013 – 2014) . He has published 12 International Journal papers. She has supervised 8 Master students and 1 PhD scholars in the area of pneumatic conveying and two-phase flow. She has also completed project of worth Rs. 1.15 Crores from NTPC India. Her research interests are two phase flow, heat exchangers design, freeze drying of food products and tubular day lighlihting system design.

 

Academic Profile

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Pneumatic Conveying, TIET, Patiala, India
• M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, NIT, Kurukshetra, India, First Class First (82.5%)
• B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, BCET, Gurdaspur India, (76.4%)

 

Teaching and Industrial Experience

• Assistant Professor, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India
  • July 2017-Contd.
• Lecturer, Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, India
  • July 2015- June 2017
• Assistant Professor (On Contract), NIT Kurukshetra, India
  • July 2013-November 2014
• Assistant Professor, GIMT, Kurukshetra, India
  • February 2010 – June 2013
• Piping Stress Engineer, Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, India
  • May 2001 – October 2009

 

Research Interests

• Pneumatic Conveying:  Solid gas flow through the pipeline
• Heat Exchangers: Performance analysis and fluid flow analysis
• Process piping stress analysis
• Tubular Daylighting
• Freeze Drying

 

Research Projects

Year of Funding	Sponsoring Organisation	Title of Project	Amount of Grant (in Lakhs)	Co-Investigators (if any)
2018-2020	NTPC, India	On Developing Reliable Scale-up Procedures and Design Optimization for Pneumatic Fly Ash Conveying Systems for 500/800/1000 MW Units, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)	115	Dr. S.S. Mallick (PI) Dr. Anu Mittal (Co-PI) Dr. Gautam Setia (Co-PI) Dr. Atul Sharma (Co-PI)

 

Membership of Professional Institutions, Associations, Societies

 

Publications in Peer Reviewed International Journals (12)

 

• Sharma, K., Mallick, S.S. and Mittal, A., 2021. An evaluation of testing and modeling procedure for solids friction factor for fluidized dense-phase pneumatic conveying of fine powders. Particulate Science and Technology, 39(1), pp.62-73.

 

• Sharma, K., Mallick, S.S., Mittal, A. and Wypych, P., 2020. Modelling solids friction for fluidized dense-phase pneumatic conveying. Particulate Science and Technology, 38(4), pp.391-403.

 

• Sharma, K., Mallick, S.S. and Mittal, A., 2020. A study of energy loss due to particle to particle and wall collisions during fluidized dense-phase pneumatic transport. Powder Technology, 362, pp.707-716.

 

 

• Sharma, K., Mallick, S.S., Mittal, A. and Pan, R., 2018. On developing improved modelling for particle velocity and solids friction for fluidized dense-phase pneumatic transport systems. Powder Technology, 332, pp.41-55.

 

• Kaur, B., Mittal, A., Jana, S., Mallick, S.S. and Wypych, P., 2018. Stability and phase space analysis of fluidized-dense phase pneumatic transport system. Powder Technology, 330, pp.190-200.

 

 

• Kaur, B., Mittal, A., Mallick, S.S., Pan, R. and Jana, S., 2017. Numerical simulation of fluidized dense-phase pneumatic conveying of powders to develop improved model for solids friction factor. Particuology, 35, pp.42-50.

 

• Kaur, B., Mittal, A., Wypych, P., Mallick, S.S. and Jana, S., 2017. On developing improved modelling and scale-up procedures for pneumatic conveying of fine powders. Powder Technology, 305, pp.270-278.

 

• Goel, A., Mittal, A., Mallick, S.S. and Sharma, A., 2016. Experimental investigation into transient pressure pulses during pneumatic conveying of fine powders using Shannon entropy. Particuology, 29, pp.143-153.

 

 

• Mittal, A., Mallick, S.S. and Wypych, P.W., 2016. An investigation into the transition of flow mechanism during fluidized dense-phase pneumatic conveying of fine powders. Particulate Science and Technology, 34(1), pp.23-32.

 

• Mittal, A., Mallick, S.S. and Wypych, P.W., 2015. An investigation into pressure fluctuations for fluidized dense-phase pneumatic transport of fine powders. Powder Technology, 277, pp.163-170.

 

 

• Mittal, A., Setia, G., Mallick, S.S. and Wypych, P.W., 2015. An investigation into pressure fluctuations and improved modeling of solids friction for dense-phase pneumatic conveying of powders. Particulate Science and Technology, 33(1), pp.67-75.

 

• Mittal, A., Mallick, S.S. and Wypych, P.W., 2014. An investigation into flow mode transition and pressure fluctuations for fluidized dense-phase pneumatic conveying of fine powders. Particuology, 16, pp.187-195.

Conference Papers

Publication of Book Chapters

Ongoing Research Collaborations

Sl. No.	Name of Collaborative Agency	Area	Person
1.	CSIO/CSIR Chandigarh	Daylighting Systems	Dr. Harry Garg Head, Sr. Principal Scientist Manufacturing Science & Instrumentation (MSI) CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh - 160030 Contact:0172-2672207(O) +91-8725018014(M)
2.	Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd.	Process piping and equipment design	Mr. V.D. Bharani Team Lead, Piping Stress Analysis   Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Ltd. vd.bharani @ fluor.com

 

Courses of Interest

• Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
• Heat Transfer
• Applied Thermodynamics
• Fluid Machines
• Gas Dynamics
• Thermal Modelling and Analysis
• Two phase flow and heat transfer
• Internal combustion engines

 

PhD Thesis Guided

Sl. No.	Title of the Thesis	Name of the Supervisor(s)	Student Name	Year	Status
1	Studies towards Development of Improved Modelling and Scale-Up Procedures for Dense-Phase Pneumatic Conveying of Fine Powders	Dr. S. S. Mallick Dr. Anu Mittal	Dr. Kapil Sharma	2016-2020	Awarded
2	Microstructural evolution and mechanical behavior investigation of bulk nano grain sheet metal fabricated using LSEM	Dr. Prabhat Chand Yadav Dr. Anu Mittal	Mr. Mayank Dhiman	2023	Ongoing

 

 

 

ME Thesis Guided

08 (Eight)

 

Invited Talks

NA

Reviewer

NA

 

Course/Short term program/Workshop conducted

1. 2 nd International Conference on Powder, Granule and Bulk Solids: Innovations and Applications December 1-3, 2016 Jaipur (Rajasthan), India

 

Professional Responsibilities

Sl. No.	Work	Duration	Institute/Organization
1	Project semester coordinator	2024- till date	TIET, Patiala, Punjab
2.	PhD Coordinator	2021- 2024	TIET, Patiala, Punjab
3.	Member DPPC	2016-2017,    2023-2024	TIET, Patiala, Punjab

 

Foreign Visits

NA

Awards and Honours

• Awarded best teacher award under PIS scheme at TIET Patiala
• Award for material saving and cost cutting at Fluor Daniel India Pvt. Limited
• Best Teacher Award at GIMT, Kurukshetra
• First Class First in M.E
• First Class in B.E
• GATE Qualified (91.34 Percentile)