Pradip Dutta
Professor
PhD, Columbia University, New York, 1992
MTech, IIT Madras, 1987
BTech, IIT Kharagpur, 1983
Research Interests
- Decarbonizing energy intensive manufacturing/ materials processing (renewable energy-based heating systems, solar thermal receivers, high temperature thermal storage systems).
- Sorption based hydrogen storage, multifunctional thermal battery, carbon capture.
- Integrated Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Storage Mix
- Active and passive cooling technologies for EV batteries, motors, power electronics.
- Heat Transfer in Manufacturing and Materials Processing
Teaching
- Renewable Energy Technologies (ER 201)
- Thermal Management of Electronics (ME 272)
- Design and Analysis of Thermal Systems (ER 205)
- Thermodynamics (ME 271)
- Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow (ME 282)
- Convective Heat Transfer (ME 274)
Selected Recent Publications
- MR Madhuri, K Srinivasan, P Dutta, “Experimental studies on the impact of adsorbent particle size on the adsorption chiller performance”, International Journal of Refrigeration, Volume 164, August 2024, Pages 154-166.
- Jain, S. Dash and P. Dutta, “A scaling procedure for designing thermochemical energy storage system”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Volume 220, March 2024, 124981.
- Malleswararao, Pramod Kumar, Pradip Dutta, S. Srinivasa Murthy, “Experimental studies on LaNi4.25Al0.75 alloy for hydrogen and thermal energy storage applications”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 48, Issue 69, 12 August 2023, Pages 26911-26920.
- Akshay Chate, Pradip Dutta, Srinivasa Murthy S, “Performance analysis of a thermochemical energy storage system for battery preheating in electric vehicles”, Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 219, Part A, 25 January 2023, 119439.
- Sayuj and P. Dutta, “Studies on thermal energy storage system with ceramic honeycomb channels”, Journal of Energy Storage, Volume 52, Part B, 15, 2022, 104867.
- Taisen Yan, Tingxian Li, Jiaxing Xu, Jingwei Chao, Ruzhu Wang, Yuri I. Aristov, Larisa G. Gordeeva, Pradip Dutta, and S. Srinivasa Murthy, “Ultrahigh-Energy-Density Sorption Thermal Battery Enabled by Graphene Aerogel-Based Composite Sorbents for Thermal Energy Harvesting from Air” ACS Energy Lett., 2021, 6, 1795−1802.
- Sachin Kumar, Pradip Dutta, S. Srinivasa Murthy, Y. Aristov, L.Gordeeva, T.X. Li, R.Z. Wang, “A Metal Hydride Based Year-Round Comfort Heating and Cooling System for Extreme Climates”, Energy and Buildings, Volume 244, 1 August 2021, 111042.
Sponsored Projects
- (PI) National Centre for Clean Coal R&D, 2018-2024, (DST)
- (Co-PI and Lead coordinator from India): Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the United States (SERIIUS) –(seriius.org), 2012-2018, (DST and US-DOE).
- (PI) Development of Metal Hydride based High Temperature Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Waste Heat Utilization, 2018-2023 (GAIL India Ltd.)
- (Co-Director) SHELL-IISc Collaborative Research Programme on Net-Zero Technologies (2023 – present)
Additional Information
- J.C. Bose National Fellowship, 2017 – present
- Distinguished Alumnus: IIT Kharagpur (2015), IIT Madras (2017).
- Elected Fellow: ASME (2010), ASTFE (2020), Indian National Academy of engineering (2005), Indian National Science Academy (2014), National Academy of Sciences (2014), Indian Academy of Sciences (2011).
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Madras (2017).
- Distinguished Alumnus Award, IIT Kharagpur (2015).
- Editorship: Applied Thermal Engineering (Subject Editor), Thermal Science and Engineering Progress (Associate Editor), IEEE Transactions TCPMT (Associate Editor), ASME JEP (Associate Editor – formerly).