DEPARTMENTS
Dr. Rohini kumar B
Dr. Rohini kumar B

Assistant Professor

Office Address:

Assistant Professor Dept. of Mechanical Engineering NIT-Calicut NIT Campus P.O Calicut-673601, Kerala, India

Contact no:

0495-2286436

Home Address:

D-31, Staff Quarters, NIT-Calicut NIT Campus P.O Calicut-673601 Kerala, India

  • Ph. D September 2018 - NIT Calicut

  • M.E (Thermal Power Equipment) - February 2002 - REC, Trichy

  • B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) - May 2000 - S.V.University, Tirupati

  • Educational Qualifications

    • Ph. D September 2018 - NIT Calicut

    • M.E (Thermal Power Equipment) - February 2002 - REC, Trichy

    • B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) - May 2000 - S.V.University, Tirupati

    Journals

    INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

    • Milan K John, Rohinikumar B*, Muraleedharan C, “Experimental analysis of wavy mesh assisted solar drying system with a survey of common drying technologies employed by farmers”, Sutainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, Vol 56, https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1gS927tDQ9OZ5T, 2023.
    • Unnikrishnan K S, Rohinikumar B, “Thermal management of photovoltaic panel with nano‑enhanced phase change material at diferent inclinations”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research,  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-18075-0, 2021.
    • Sabareesh V, Milan K John, Muraleedharan C, Rohinikumar B, “Improved solar drying Performance by ultrasonic desiccant dehumidification in indirect forced convection solar drying of ginger with phase change material”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 169, pp. 1280-1293, 2021.
    • Rohinikumar. Bandaru, C. Muraleedharan, M. V. Pavan Kumar, 2019, “Modelling and Dynamic Simulation of Solar-Thermal Energy Conversion in an Unconventional Solar Thermal Water Pump”, Renewable Energy, 134, 292-305, 2019. 
    • Rohinikumar. B, C. Muraleedharan, “Performance prediction of Solar Thermal Water Pump Using Artificial Neural Networks”, International Journal of Thermal and Environmental Engineering, 15, 1-8, 2017.

    Conferences

    INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

    • Milan K John, Rohinikumar B*, Muraleedharan C, Vishnu N, “Simulation and Experimental Investigation of Thermal Performance of the Performance of a modified Solar Collector with Hemispherical Indentations”, Materials Today-Proceedings, 58, 260-266, 2022.
    • Unnikrishnan K S, Rohinikumar B, “Modelling and Numerical Simulation of Nano-enhanced Finned PV-PCM System”, 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Madras, 2021.
    • A. Sowndarya Rani*, Rohinikumar B*, C. Muraleedharan, “Design and analysis of a gravity based dual-axis solar tracker”, International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE 2021),  2021.
    • Vishnu N, Milan K John, Rohinikumar B*, Muraleedharan C, “Modelling, dynamic simulation and parametric studies of double pass solar air heater for solar drying application”, International Conference on Advances in Thermal Engineering and Applications (ICATEA), 2021..
    • Balavinayagam, Unnikrishana K S, Rohinikumar B, “Numerical investigations on phase change material based battery thermal management system”, International Conference on Advances in Thermal Engineering and Applications (ICATEA), 2021.
    • B Charles Divyateja , Unnikrishnan K S, Rohinikumar B, “Modelling and Numerical simulation of Nano-enhanced PV-PCM System for Heat Transfer Augmentation from the Panel”, International Conference on Advances in Thermal Engineering and Applications (ICATEA), 2021.
    • Unnikrishnan K S, Rohinikumar B, “Thermal Management of Photovoltaic Panel with Nano Enhanced Phase Change Material at Different Inclinations”, International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE 2021), 2021.
    • Sabareesh V, Milan K John, Muraleedharan C, Rohinikumar B, “Experimentation and Mathematical modelling: Indirect forced convection solar drying of tomato with novel drying chamber arrangement using phase change material as thermal energy storage”, International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability(ICIMES),  2020.
    • Aravind S, Milan K John, Rohinikumar B, Muraleedharan C, “Performance assessment of  Banana drying using a Forced Convection Solar Dryer”, International conference on Sustainable Technology Applications for Green Engineering Solutions (STAGE 2020), 2020.
    • Sabareesh V, Milan K John, Muraleedharan C, Rohinikumar B, “Design and Analysis of a Novel Drying Chamber in indirect forced Convection Solar Drying”, International conference on Sustainable Technology Applications for Green Engineering Solutions (STAGE 2020), 2020.
    • Rohinikumar. B, C. Muraleedharan, “Performance Prediction of Solar Thermal Water Pump using Artificial Neural Networks”, International Conference on Energy and Environment(ICEE) ,  2014.
    • Rohinikumar. B, C. Muraleedharan, “Experimental Analysis of Solar Thermal Water Pump”, International conference on Electrical, Electronics, Engineering trends, Communication, Optimization and Sciences, 2014.

    • Thermodynamics                                                                                                                                              
    • Fluid Mechanics                                                                                                                                              
    • Heat Transfer                                                                                                                                                      
    • Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Energy Systems                                                                                      
    • Analytical Methods in Heat Transfer                                                                                                          
    • Thermodynamic Preoperty Relations and Exergy Analysis                                                                                      
    • Design and Analysis of Energy Systems                                                                                                    
    • Computional Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer

    • Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer                                                                                
    • Modelling and Simulation of Solar Energy Syatems                                               
    • Experimental investigations on Solar Energy Systems                                     
    • Refrigeration and Air-Conditiong