Kunj Bihari Ranamechanical editor2021-07-17T10:59:03+00:00

Dr. K. B. Rana

Faculty Profile
Dr. K. B. Rana Designation Assistant Professor Qualifications Ph.D. (MNIT, Jaipur) Contact Detail Email [email protected], [email protected] Phone No. 0744-2473923 (O-C210) 9468855055 (M)

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Research Interests

Thermal Engineering, Heat Transfer, Energy Management, Nanofluid Technology

Brief Research Profile

Journal Publication Details:

Name of the faculty Authors name Paper title Journal name Volume no. Issue no Page nos. Year and month DOI no. SCI (Yes/No)  K. B. Rana Chandan Kumar, K. B. Rana, B. Tripathi, Ashish Nayyar Properties and effects of organic additives on performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine: A comprehensive review Environmental Science and Pollution Research Vol. 25 Issue 23 pp. 22475–22498 2018 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2537-6 (Springer, SCI), Impact Factor: 2.8  K. B. Rana  Chandan Kumar, K. B. Rana, B. Tripathi Combustion characteristics of methanol blended diesel fuel in CI engine International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research vol. 50  pp. 101-104 2018  K. B. Rana Chandan Kumar, K. B. Rana, B. Tripathi, Ashish Nayyar A comparative study of oxygenated additives for diesel in compression ignition engine” International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology (Inder-Science), vol. 9  Issue-1/2 pp. 16-27 2018 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJRET.2018.090101  Kunj Bihari Rana Chandan Kumar, Kunj Bihari Rana, Brajesh Tripathi Effect of diesel-methanol- nitromethane blends combustion on VCR stationary CI engine performance and exhaust emissions Environmental Science and Pollution Research  Vol. 26 Issue 7 pp. 6517-6531, 2019 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-04058-1. (Springer, SCI), Impact Factor: 2.8  Kunj Bihari Rana Chandan Kumar, Kunj Bihari Rana, Brajesh Tripathi Evaluation of Combustion Characteristics of Diethyl Ether–Nitromethane–Diesel Blends in CI Engine Journalof Energy and Environmental Sustainability  Vol. 7 pp. 47-51 2019  Kunj Bihari Rana Vinod Kumar Verma, Brajesh Tripathi, Kunj Bihari Rana, Rahul Chhibber Factors Affecting the Performance of Glass Metal Seal of Solar Receiver Tubes: A Review International Journal of Applied Engineering Research Vol. 13, Issue 8 pp. 81-92 2018  Kunj Bihari Rana Amit Kumar Mandal, Kunj Bihari Rana, Brajesh Tripathi Experimental and Numerical Analysis on Small Scale Wind Turbines: A Review  International Journal of Applied Engineering Research Vol. 13 Issue 8 pp. 97-111 2018  Kunj Bihari Rana Pushpendra Upadhyay, B. Tripathi, and Kunj Bihari Rana Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine  SSRN series (March 20, 2019). http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3356388.  Kunj Bihari Rana Mahendra Kumar Verma, Vikas Bansal, Kunj Bihari Rana Study on Performance Analysis of Earth-Air-Pipe Heat Exchanger as Passive Cooling and Heating System Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering pp. 821-836 2019 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6416-7_77 (Springer) SCOPUS Kunj Bihari Rana Amit Kumar Mandal, Kunj Bihari Rana, Brajesh Tripathi Experimental study on performance improvement of a Savonius turbine by equipping with a cylindrical cowling Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects (Taylor & Francis) 2020 https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2020.1772907 SCI Kunj Bihari Rana Naveen Kumar Sain, Ashish Nayyar, Chandan Kumar, KB Rana, B Tripathi Effect of Nitromethane–n-Butanol–Diesel Blends on Diesel Engine Emissions Advances in Energy Research (Springer) 2020 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2662-6_42 SCOPUS Kunj Bihari Rana Sanjay Kumar, Anuj Mathur, Manoj Kumar Singh Adaptive thermal comfort study of workers in a mini-industrial unit during summer and winter season in a tropical country, India Building and Environment (Elsevier) 197 107874 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2021.107874 SCI IF: 6.5 Kunj Bihari Rana Piyush Kumar Jain, Atul Lanjewar, Rahul Jain Performance analysis of multi-gap V-roughness with staggered elements of solar air heater based on artificial neural network and experimental investigations Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer) 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12875-0 SCI IF: 2.8 Kunj Bihari Rana Rahul Jain, Makkhan Lal Meena An integrated multi-criteria decision-making approach for identifying the risk level of musculoskeletal disorders among handheld device users Soft Computing (Springer) 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-021-05592-w SCI Kunj Bihari Rana Kumar C, Rana KB and Tripathi B Combustion, Performance and Emission Analysis of Diesel-Methanol Fuel Blend in CI Engine Methanol  (Springer) 229-246 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1280-0_9 SCI Kunj Bihari Rana Pushpendra Upadhyay, KB Rana, B Tripathi Performance analysis of HCCI and PCCI engines using computational fluid dynamics International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development 20 2 129-149 2021 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJESD.2021.114561 SCI Kunj Bihari Rana Rahul Jain, Kunj Bihari Rana, Makkhan Lal Meena, Shivratan Sidh Ergonomic assessment and hand tool redesign for the small scale furniture industry Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier) 44 4952-4955 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.12.762 SCOPUS Kunj Bihari Rana Shyam Sunder Sharma, Khushboo Sharma, Rajveer Singh, Subodh Srivastava, Kunj Bihari Rana, Rahul Singhal Natural pigments: Origin and applications in dye sensitized solar cells Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier) 42 1744-1748 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.10.979 SCOPUS Kunj Bihari Rana Chandan Kumar, Kunj Bihari Rana, Priyanka Verma, Meghna Mahar, Shyam Sundar Sharma Use of 2–methoxyethyl ether and nitromethane as oxygenated additives for performance improvement and emission reduction of CI engine: experimental investigation and numerical simulation Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer) 28 4 3960-3971 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11547-9 SCI Kunj Bihari Rana Vikas Verma, Kunj Bihari Rana, Shyam Sunder Sharma Experimental study and comparative analysis of modified solar paraboloidal dish–thermoelectric generator systems Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer) 28 4 3983-3993 2021 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09647-7 SCI Kunj Bihari Rana Chandan Kumar, Kunj Bihari Rana, Brajesh Tripathi Performance evaluation of diesel–additives ternary fuel blends: An experimental investigation, numerical simulation using hybrid Entropy–TOPSIS method and economic analysis Thermal Science and Engineering Progress (Elsevier) 20 100675 2020 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2020.100675 SCI Kunj Bihari Rana Piyush Kumar Jain, Atul Lanjewar, Kunj Bihari Rana, Makkhan Lal Meena Effect of fabricated V-rib roughness experimentally investigated in a rectangular channel of solar air heater: a comprehensive review Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer) 2020 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11415-6 SCI Kunj Bihari Rana Mahendra Kumar Verma, Vikas Bansal, Kunj Bihari Rana Development of Passive Energy Source as Earth Air Pipe Heat Exchangers (EAPHE) System-A Review Journal of Thermal Engineering 6 5 651-676 2020 https://doi.org/10.18186/thermal.790173 SCOPUS Kunj Bihari Rana Chandan Kumar, Kunj Bihari Rana, Brajesh Tripathi Effect of ternary fuel blends on performance and emission characteristics of stationary VCR diesel engine Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects (Taylor & Francis) 2020 https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2020.1785591 SCI Kunj Bihari Rana Amit Kumar Mandal, Kunj Bihari Rana, Brajesh Tripathi Performance improvement of Savonius turbine by design modifications: a review International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology 11 4 297-318 2020 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJRET.2020.113766 SCOPUS (Inderscience Publishers)

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Name of the Faculty Authors name Paper title Conference Name K. B. Rana Chandan Kumar, K. B. Rana, B. Tripathi, Priyanka Verma Combustion characteristic of diethyl ether blended diesel fuel on diesel engine  International Conference on Advances in Science & Technology (ICAST-2018), SKIT, Jaipur K. B. Rana Chandan Kumar, K. B. Rana, B. Tripathi, Meghna Mahar Effect of oxygenated additive on diesel engine combustion: A review  International Conference on Advances in Science & Technology (ICAST-2018), SKIT, Jaipur K. B. Rana Chandan Kumar, K. B. Rana, B. Tripathi, Mukesh Kumar  Effect of methanol blended diesel fuel on agriculture based C.I. Engine International Conference on Recent innovations and technological development in mechanical engineering, Jaipur Engineering College and Research Center, Jaipur K. B. Rana Chandan Kumar, K. B. Rana, B. Tripathi, Naveen Sain, Ashish Nayyar Effect of nitromethane–n-butanol–diesel blends on the emission of a diesel engine,  6th International conference on Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay, Mumbai Kunj Bihari Rana Chandan Kumar, Kunj Bihari Rana, Brajesh Tripathi, Ashish Nayyar Evaluation of Combustion Characteristics of Diethyl Ether–Nitromethane–Diesel Blends in CI Engine International Conference on Sustainable Energy and EnvironmentalChallenges (3rd SEEC), IIT Roorkee, India KB Rana Chandan Kumar, KB Rana, B Tripathi, Raju Malani, Ankit Agarwal The influence of D-DEE-E blend and various operating parameters on CI engine performance SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Ankush Jain, KB Rana, B Tripathi Aerodynamic Analysis of Small-Scale Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade Profiles Using CFD SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Ankit Kumar Agarwal, B Tripathi, KB Rana, Deepak Tanwar Influence of Various Parameters on Performance of Solar Tunnel Dryer: A Review SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Rajat Arya, Brajesh Tripathi, KB Rana A Study of In-cylinder Cold Flow Simulation of diesel Engine using Computational Fluid Dynamics SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Rajendra Singh Chundawat, Ankit Agarwal, Sumit Jhalani, B Tripathi, KB Rana Recent advances in Solar Dryer for drying agriculture produce: A Review SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Chandan Kumar, KB Rana, ML Meena, Prashant Soni Fertilizer/seeds spreading machine: Development and Testing SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Chandan Kumar, KB Rana, B Tripathi, Ashish Nayyar The Influence of diesel-additives ternary fuel blends on non-road VCR diesel engine using hybrid Entropy-VIKOR technique: Experimental analysis and numerical simulation SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Amit Kumar Mandal, Kunj Bihari Rana, Brajesh Tripathi Performance Improvement of Savonius Turbine by Design Modifications: A review SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana K. B. Rana, Anuj Mathur, Sanjay Kumar Chandan Kumar A building bio-climatic design tool incorporating passive strategies in residential dwellings design of composite climate of India SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Sachin Yadav, Naveen Sain, Manu Augustine, K. B. Rana, Chandan Kumar Review of effect of ternary blends on the performance and emissions of stationary VCR diesel engine SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Piyush Kumar Jain, Dr K B Rana Thermal Augmentation and Flow Analysis of Solar Air Heater Using Artificial Roughness SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Sanjay Kumar, Brajesh Tripathi, K B Rana Effects of metallic additives on performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine: A review SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Raj Kumar Bairwa, Kunj Bihari Rana, Brajesh Tripathi, Makkhan Lal Meena A Review of Efficient Solar Stills SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Vinod Kumar Verma, Kunj Bihari Rana, Brajesh Tripathi A Review Paper on the Vital Role of Oxide Layer in the Formation of Glass-Metal Seal, in Solar Receiver Tube SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future KB Rana Deepak Tanwar, Dr. Kunj Bihari Rana, Dr. Brajesh Tripathi, AjaytaTanwar, Ankit Kumar Agarwal, Chandan Kumar Biodiesel production from abundantly available wastes and their potential as a fuel for use in a Diesel Engine- A review SERB Sponsored 2nd International Conference on New and Renewable Energy Resources for Sustainable Future

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