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Funded Projects

The faculty members of the Department have completed and engaged with many on-going sponsored research projects funded by Government and non-Government agencies in areas of Mechanical Engineering. The Department also takes active role to develop research infrastructure through R & D projects and laboratory development projects. Some of the major sponsored research projects by the faculty members of the Department are as follows:

FUNDED PROJECT -1: DROPWISE CONDENSATION OF VAPOR FROM MOIST AIR ON MESH-LIKE SURFACES

  • Principal Investigator: Dr. Basant Singh Sikarwar
  • Funding Agency: Science Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Gov. of India.
  • JRF: Ms. Vishakha Baghel
  • Duration: 4 Years (July 2016 to December 2021)
  • Project Cost: 49 Lakhs
  • File No: ECR/2016/000020
  • Patents:
    1. A Device for Water Recovery from Wastewater of RO Systems, Application No.: 201811015803.
    2. A method for the growth of super-hydrophobic silica nanostructures on metallic surfaces. Application No: 201811043152
    3. 'A micro-syringe pump assembly for multipurpose applications' Application No. 202111005388
  • Publications:
    1. Modeling of heat transfer through a liquid droplet. Heat Mass Transfer 55, 1371–1385 (2019).
    2. Dropwise condensation from moist air over a hydrophobic metallic substrate, Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 181,2020.

Schematic diagram for fabrication of various type super-hydrophobic surfaces; (a) plain copper, Hi-mesh surface, and mesh-like surfaces

A device for water recovery from wastewater of household RO systems. (a) Schematic representation of the experimental facility, (b) Photograph of the proposed device and (c) Photograph of the experimental setup for optimizing the parameters of the water recovery device

 

FUNDED PROJECT -2: STUDY OF DROPWISE CONDENSATION ON A PLASMA PATTERNED SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC METALLIC SURFACE FOR WATER HARVESTING

  • Principal Investigator: Dr. Basant Singh Sikarwar
  • Funding Agency: Bhabha Research Nuclear Science Govt. of India.
  • Duration: 3 Years (July 2020 to June 2023)
  • Project Cost: 38 Lakhs

 

FUNDED PROJECT -3: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF WETTABILITY GRADIENT METALLIC SUBSTRATE FOR DROPWISE CONDENSATION UNDER MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENT

  • Principal Investigator: Dr. Basant Singh Sikarwar
  • Funding Agency: SERB, Gov. of India
  • Duration: 36 months
  • Total Budget: 85,01,696 INR
  • Status: Sanction Order generated
  • File No: CRG/2021/005669

Temporal-spatial drop distribution underneath a horizontal substrate with wettability gradient