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Dr. Teja Reddy Vakamalla
Dr. Teja Reddy Vakamalla

Assistant Professor (Grade-I)

Office Address:

Room No: 110-A, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala - 673601

Contact no:

0495 228 5465

Email ID:

teja@nitc.ac.in

Home Address:

  • Ph.D., IIT Hyderabad - 2016

  • M.Tech., IIT Hyderabad - 2011

  • B.Tech., Bapatla Engineering College - 2009

  • Educational Qualifications

    • Ph.D., IIT Hyderabad - 2016

    • M.Tech., IIT Hyderabad - 2011

    • B.Tech., Bapatla Engineering College - 2009

    Journals

    1. Stephy Jose, Sudev Das, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Dipak Sen, Amperometric Detection of Glucose Using Bimetallic Polymeric Film on Pencil Graphite Electrode, Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2023. IF – 2.22
    2. Y Vijrumbana, Anand Shankar Singh, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, V Mahendra Reddy, A chemical kinetic analysis: Influence of post-flame chemistry, combustion pressure, premixing degree (fully premixed to non-premixed), and secondary air supply on NOx emissions from NH3/CH4-air combustion, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2023, 40, 101750. IF – 4.56
    3. Venkata Charan Reddy Eppala, Mona Mary Varghese, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Effect of particle shape on the hydrodynamics of gas-solid fluidized bed, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2023, 189, 461-473. IF – 4.12
    4. Mona Mary Varghese, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Ravi Gujjula, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Prediction of solid circulation rate in an internal circulating fluidized bed: An empirical and ANN approach, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 2022, 88, 102274. IF – 2.42
    5. Mandakini Padhi, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Iron Ore Slimes Beneficiation using Optimized Hydrocyclone Operation, Chemosphere, 2022, 301, 134513. IF – 8.94
    6. Mona Mary Varghese, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Measurement of solids holdup in a gas-solid fluidized bed: An Experimental, Statistical and ANN approach, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2022. IF - 1.77
    7. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, A comprehensive dense slurry CFD model for performance evaluation of industrial hydrocyclones, Industrial Engineering & Chemistry Research. IF – 3.72
    8. Mona Mary Varghese, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Bhargav Mantravadi, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Effect of drag model on the numerical simulations of bubbling and turbulent fluidized beds, Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2021, 44 (5), 865-874. IF – 2.22
    9. Asha Kumari A V, Teja Reddy V, Narasimha M, Sreedhar G E, Shivakumar R, Rajan K, Numerical Simulation of Near Gravity Coal Particle behavior in a Dense Medium Cyclone using Mixture Model coupled with Discrete Phase Model, International Journal of Coal Preparation, 2021, 41 (8), 554-576. IF – 2.79
    10. Stephy Jose, Sudev Das, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Dipak Sen, Electrochemical Glucose Sensing Using Molecularly Imprinted Polyaniline- Copper Oxide Coated Electrode, Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry, 2021, 58 (3).
    11. Narasimha Mangadoddy, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Mayank Kumar, Aubrey Mainza, Computational Modelling of Particle-Fluid Dynamics in Comminution and Classification: A Review, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, 2020, 192 (2), 145-156.
    12. Mandakini Padhi, Narasimha Mangadoddy, T Sreenivas, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, A.N. Mainza, Study on Multi-Component Particle Behaviour in a Hydrocyclone Classifier Using Experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics Techniques, Separation and Purification Technology, 2019, 229, 115698.  IF – 9.14
    13. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, The dynamic behaviour of large-scale hydrocyclone: A CFD study, Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019, 14 (2), e2287. IF – 1.77
    14. Asha Kumari A V, Teja Reddy V, Narasimha M, Sreedhar G E, Shivakumar R, Rajan K, CFD Study on the effect of Near Gravity Material on DMC treating Coal using DPM and ASM Multiphase Model, Journal of Computational Multiphase flow, 2017, 9 (2), 58-70.
    15. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, CFD modelling of industrial cyclones performance: Role of turbulence modelling, Separation and Purification Technology, 2017, 176  23-39. IF – 9.14
    16. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Balraju Vadlakonda, Asha Kumari A V, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Multiphase CFD modelling of mineral separators performance: Validation against tomography data, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 2017, 70 (2), 323-340. IF – 1.39
    17. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, V Bhadrarao Koruprolu, Rakesh Arugonda, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Design of efficient hydrocyclone for ultra-fines classification using multi-phase CFD model, Separation and Purification Technology, 2017, 175, 481-497. IF – 9.14
    18. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Rheology based CFD modeling of magnetite medium segregation in a dense medium cyclone, Powder Technology, 2015, 277, 275-286. IF – 5.64
    19. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Kedar S Kumbhar, Ravi Gujjula, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Computational and experimental study of the effect of inclination on hydrocyclone performance, Separation and Purification Technology, 2014, 138, 104-117. IF – 9.14
    20. A Rakesh, V T S R Kumar Reddy, and Narasimha Mangadoddy, Air-core size measurement of operating Hydrocyclone by Electrical Resistance Tomography, Chemical Engineering & Technology, 2014, 37 (5), 795-805. IF – 2.22
    21. V T S R Kumar Reddy, V M Janardhanan, K C Sahu, Effects of wall-heating on the linear instability characteristics of pressure-driven two-layer channel flow, Chemical Engineering Science, 2011, 66, 6272-6279. IF – 4.89

    Conferences

    Peer Reviewed

    1. Rashi Verma, Raju Yellora, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Chandra Shekar Besta, Fault Diagnosis of Centrifugal Pump Using Parameter Estimation and Parity Equation, Advanced Engineering Optimization Through Intelligent Techniques (AEOTIT 2022), SVNIT Surat, September 26-30, 2022
    2. Mona Mary Varghese, Venkata Charan Reddy Eppala, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Numerical simulation of the NETL Small-scale Challenge Problem 1 using CFD-DEM and TFM approaches, 48th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2021), BITS Pilani, December 27-29, 2021
    3. Mona Mary Varghese, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Effect of turbulence model on the hydrodynamics of gas-solid fluidized bed, Recent Trends in Fluid Dynamics Research (RTFDR-21), Rourkela, April 2-4, 2021.
    4. Mona Mary Varghese, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Experimental Study of Gas-Solid Fluidized Bed Hydrodynamics using Optical Fiber Probe, 46th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2019), Coimbatore, December 9-11, 2019.
    5. Mandakini Padhi, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Understanding the interaction of multicomponent particles in hydrocyclone classifier using CFD model, PP. 583-593, XXIX International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC), Moscow, Russia, September 15-21, 2018. ISBN: 978-703022711-9.
    6. Bhargav M M S R S, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Granular multiphase CFD model for fluidized beds: Effect of drag model, PP. 583-593, 12th International conference on Fluidized Bed technology (CFB-12), Krakow, Poland, May 23-26, 2017. ISBN: 978-83-62079-16-2.
    7. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Detail flow field and performance analysis of inclined hydrocyclones by CFD and experiments, XXVIII International Mineral Processing Congress (IMPC), Canada, September 11-15, 2016. ISBN: 878-1-9268872-29-2.
    8. Mandakini Padhi, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Simulating multi-component particles behaviour during the classification process in a hydrocyclone using multiphase CFD model, 11th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Minerals and Process Industries (CFD 2015). Melbourne, Australia, December 7-9, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4863-0620-6.
    9. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Venkata Kowshik, A., Narasimha Mangadoddy, Dense slurry CFD model for hydrocyclone performance evaluation incorporating rheology, particle drag and lift forces, 11th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics in the Minerals and Process Industries (CFD 2015). Melbourne, Australia, December 7-9, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4863-0620-6.
    10. Narasimha Mangadoddy, V T S R Kumar Reddy, Simulating magnetite medium segregation in a dense medium cyclone using rheology based CFD model, PP. 3684-3695, XXVI International Mineral Processing Congress, New Delhi, September 24-28, 2012. ISBN: 81-901714-3-7.

    Non-Peer Reviewed

    1. Akshay Sundaran, Abhey Sujith, Robin Jose, Prasad Kopparthi, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Prediction of reflux classifier performance using slip velocity model, 72nd Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers CHEMCON–2019, IIT Delhi, December 15-19, 2019.
    2. Robin Jose, Abhey Sujith, Akshay Sundaran, Prasad Kopparthi, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, investigating the effects of novel reagents on coal floatation, 72nd Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers CHEMCON–2019, IIT Delhi, December 15-19, 2019.
    3. Abhey Sujith, Akshay Sundaran, Robin Jose, Prasad Kopparthi, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Selection of low cost collector for coal flotation, 72nd Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers CHEMCON–2019, IIT Delhi, December 15-19, 2019.
    4. Mandakini Padhi, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Reni John, Teja Reddy Vakamalla, A.N. Mainza, Iron ore slimes beneficiation using a hydraulic classifier – A multicomponent approach, International Conference on Minerals and Metals Outlook 2030, October 9-10, 2018.
    5. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Measurement of air core size and solids concentration in a hydrocyclone using ERT: validation against CFD, European Symposium on Comminution & Classification (ESCC), Izmir, Turkey, September 11-14, 2017.
    6. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Mandakini Padhi, Aubrey Mainza, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Turbulent vortex core flow behavior in hydrocyclones: Classification performance evaluation using CFD, European Symposium on Comminution & Classification (ESCC), Izmir, Turkey, September 11-14, 2017.
    7. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Analysis of Multiphase turbulence inside hydrocyclone using dense slurry CFD model, Mineral Processing Technology (MPT). Chennai, February 1-3, 2017.
    8. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Turbulent vortex core flow behavior in hydrocyclones: Classification performance evaluation using CFD, Complex Fluids (CompFlu). Hyderabad, December 11-14, 2016.
    9. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Measurement of solids concentration in hydrocyclone using ERT, Mineral Processing Technology (MPT). Pune, January 7-9, 2016.
    10. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Exploration of hydrocylone designs for improved ultra-fines classification using multiphase CFD model, International Communition and Classification Congress (ICCC-2015). San Luis Potosi, Mexico, August 11-15, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-329-01332-2.
    11. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, What happens when hydrocyclone operates at inclined positions? Detail flow field and performance analysis by CFD and Experiments, International Communition and Classification Congress (ICCC-2015). San Luis Potosi, Mexico, August 11-15, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-329-01332-2.
    12. Teja Reddy V, Asha Kumari A, Sreedhar G E, Shivakumar R, Sharma S K, Narasimha M, Raja Banerjee, Prediction of hydrodynamic performance of industrial cyclones: Role of turbulence modelling, Mineral Processing Technology (MPT). Vishakapatnam, March 12-14, 2015.
    13. Teja Reddy V, Asha Kumari A, Sreedhar G E, Shivakumar R, Sharma S K, Narasimha M, Raja Banerjee, Simulating coal partition of a dense medium cyclone using CFD model - Effect of NGM, Mineral Processing Technology (MPT). Vishakapatnam, March 12-14, 2015.
    14. Mandakini P, Teja Reddy V, Narasimha M, Beneficiation of Iron Ore Slimes using Optimized Hydrocyclone Operation, Mineral Processing Technology (MPT). Vishakapatnam, March 12-14, 2015.
    15. Teja Reddy Vakamalla, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Modelling turbulent flow of cyclone separation: Prediction of turbulence effect on particle classification, IUTAM Symposium on Multiphase flows with phase change: challenges and opportunities. Hyderabad, December 8-11, 2014.
    16. V T S R Kumar Reddy, Kedar S Kumbhar, Narasimha Mangadoddy, Computational and experimental study of the effect of inclination on hydrocyclone performance, Mineral Processing Technology (MPT). Bhubaneswar, December 10-12, 2013.
    17. Rakesh A, V T S R Kumar Reddy, and Narasimha Mangadoddy, Measurement of air-core size and shape using the Electrical Resistance Tomography of operating hydrocyclone: Validation with CFD predictions, European Symposium on Comminution & Classification (ESCC), Braunschweig, Germany, September 9-13, 2013.

    Professional Experience

    • Assistant Professor (Grade-I), NIT Calicut - December 2022 to Present

    • Assistant Professor (Grade-II), NIT Calicut - May 2018 to December 2022

    • Post-Doctoral Fellow, IIT Hyderabad - February 2018 to May 2018

    • Research Engineer, IIT Hyderabad - August 2017 to February 2018

    • Assistant Professor, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum Univeristy - December 2016 to August 2017

    CFD, Mineral Processing, Multiphase Flow Modelling, Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Fluidization, Cyclone separators

    • International Travel Support (ITS) by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to attend 12th International Conference on Fluidized Beds (CFB-12) in Krakow, Poland between May 23-26, 2017
    • Reviewer for Separation and Purification Technology, Powder Technology, Journal of Physics, Physico Chemical Problems of Mineral Processing 
    • Research Excellence Award for the year 2014, 2015 in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad

    Invited Talks

    • Role of CFD in Chemical processing industries, Webinar Lecture Series on Emerging Trends and Applications in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, August 5, 2022.
    • Adoption of multiphase CFD models for hydrocyclone design modifications, Faculty Development Program on Computational methods in Engineering: Applications in Research and Industry, Department of Chemical Engineering, Government Engineering College, Kozhikode, January 5-12, 2022.
    • Numerical Modelling of Fluidized Beds, Faculty Development Program on Thermal Analysis in Multiphase Flows/Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering, K L University, December 1-6, 2021.
    • Application of multiphase models for processing industries, International Conference on innovations and challenges in Mechanical Engineering-2021, K L University, June 28-29, 2021.
    • Multiphase modelling of hydrocyclone at high feed solids content, Mineral Processing Technology (MPT-2019) Conference, Hyderabad, December 16-18, 2019.
    • Turbulence Modeling of Cyclone Separators, GIAN course on Advances in Combustion Modeling, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut, March 4 – 9, 2019.
    • The role of Computational Fluid Dynamics in processing industries, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, IIChE VIT chapter, October 24, 2018.

    • High-End Workstations - 2
      • 2 X Intel® Xeon® Silver 4210R Processor (13.75 MB Cache, 12 Cores, 24 Threads, 2.40 Ghz)
      • 1 X 1TB M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe TLC SSD, 128 GB DDR4 2999 ECC Reg
    • ANSYS Fluent, ROCKY DEM (16 node parallel licenses), EDEM (4 node Parallel License)
    • In-House Fabricated Circular Fluidized Bed and Rectangular Fluidized bed with Differential Pressure Transducer and Vortex Flow Meter