Email ID: manjukmys@gmail.com , manjunath.k@dtu.ac.in

Office: Room no. FW4 SF6, Second Floor, Mechanical Block

Educational Qualifications: Ph.D. (Thermal Engineering)  IIT Delhi

M. Tech. (Energy Studies) IIT Delhi 

B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) Mysore University

Fellow of Institute of Engineers India (FIE)

Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)

Teaching Experience: 24 Years

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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7732-954X

Ph.D. Guided: 3 students, Guiding 6 students

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

International Journals

• Kaushik S.C., Manjunath K. 2011. Second law analysis of condenser by using new heat transfer and pressure drop model based on flow regimes. International Journal of Exergy, 9: 255–279. (SCI Journal – ISSN: 1742-8297)
• Kaushik S.C., Manjunath K. 2014. Entropy generation and thermoeconomic analysis of wire-and-tube condenser. International Journal of Ambient Energy, 35: 80–93.
• Manjunath K., Kaushik S. C. 2014. The Second law analysis of unbalanced constructal heat exchanger. International Journal of Green energy, 11: 173–192. (SCI Journal – ISSN: 1543-5075)
• Manjunath K., Kaushik S. C. 2014. Entropy generation and thermo-economic analysis of constructal heat exchanger. Heat transfer – Asian research, 43: 39-60.
• Manjunath K., Kaushik S. C. 2014. Second law efficiency analysis of heat exchangers. Heat transfer – Asian research, 44: 89-108. 
• Manjunath K., Kaushik S. C. 2014. Second Law Thermodynamic study of heat exchangers: A Review. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 40: 348–374. (SCI Journal – ISSN: 1364-0321)
• Varghese, J., Samsher and Manjunath, K., 2017. A parametric study of a concentrating integral storage solar water heater for domestic uses. Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier), 111, pp.734-744.
• Varghese, J., Samsher and Manjunath. K., 2017. Techno-economic analysis of an integrated collector storage (ICS) solar water heater with CPC reflector for households. International Journal of Ambient Energy (Taylor and Francis), DOI: 10.1080/01430750.2017.1354327, pp.1-20.​
• Sharma, O.P., Kaushik, S.C. and Manjunath, K., 2017. Thermodynamic analysis and optimization of a supercritical CO 2 regenerative recompression Brayton cycle coupled with a marine gas turbine for shipboard waste heat recovery. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress (Elsevier), 3, pp.62-74.​
• Jaji Varghese , Samsher , Manjunath K. 2015. Current trends in domestic Solar water heating- CPC an amicable alternative, a proposed distinct design. International Journal of Science, Technology & Management, 4: 956-961. â€‹
• Varghese, J., Samsher and Manjunath, K., 2017. Experimental investigation and comparison between an integrated compound parabolic domestic solar water heater with and without an air gap introduced at the arms of the CPC. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovation, 5(1), pp 90-93.
• Manjunath, K., Sharma, O.P., Tyagi, S.K. and Kaushik, S.C., 2018. Thermodynamic analysis of a supercritical/transcritical CO2 based waste heat recovery cycle for shipboard power and cooling applications. Energy Conversion and Management, 155, pp.262-275.
• Varghese, J., Samsher and Manjunath, K., 2020. Collector characterisation and heat loss tests on a novel batch solar water heater with CPC reflector for households. International Journal of Ambient Energy, 41(7), pp.759-766.
• Ansari N., Arora, A., Gautam, S. and Manjunath, K., 2020. Optimum parametric analysis based on thermodynamic modeling of a compression absorption cascade refrigeration system. Journal of Thermal Engineering, 6(4), pp.559-576.
• Manjunath, K., 2022. Second law thermodynamic analysis of nanofluid turbulent flow in heat exchanger. Advances in Energy Research, 8(3), pp.125-136.
• Baghel, N., Manjunath, K. and Kumar, A., 2023. Performance evaluation and optimization of albedo and tilt angle for solar photovoltaic system. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 110, p.108849. (Elsevier- SCI Journal).
• Manjunath K., Ajeet Singh Sikarwar, Naushad Ahmad Ansari. 2024. Flow through steam turbine cascade for roughness analysis. Journal of Mechanics of Continua and Mathematical sciences. 19 (7), pp.112-125.
• Baghel, N., Manjunath, K. and Kumar, A., 2024. Techno-economic analysis of hybrid renewable power generation system under different climatic zones in India. Electrical Engineering, pp.1-16. (SCI Journal)
• Yadav, D., Singh, R.K. and Kumarswamy, M., 2024. Numerical simulation of inter?stage of multistage centrifugal pump by varying number of blades. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. (SCIE Journal)
• Baghel, N., Manjunath, K. and Kumar, A., 2024. Assessment of solar-biomass hybrid power system for decarbonizing and sustainable energy transition for academic building. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 187, pp.1201-1212. (Elsevier-SCI Journal)
• Yadav D, Singh R.K., Manjunath K. 2024. Response surface method-based hydraulic performance optimization of a single-stage centrifugal pump. Int J Numer Meth Fluids. 1-24. doi: 10.1002/fld.5332 (SCIE Journal)

 International Conferences

• Manjunath K., Kaushik S. C. 2006. Second law analysis of heat exchangers. Second International Green Energy Conference, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, June 25-29: paper no. IGEC2-022.
• Kaushik S.C., Manjunath K. 2009. Second law analysis heat exchangers by using constructal theory. 1st International Exergy, Life Cycle Assessment, and Sustainability Workshop & Symposium, NISYROS, Greece, June 4-6: paper no. II 5.
• Manjunath K., S.N. Srivastava. 2007. Energy conservation opportunities in thermal power plant. Global conference on production and industrial engineering, NIT, Jalandhar, March 22-24: paper no.725.
• Manjunath K. 2013. Second law analysis of constructal heat exchangers. International Conference on Smart Technologies for Mechanical Engineering, DTU, Delhi, October 25-26, Paper no. 203.
• Sandeep Sudheer K., Manjunath K. Procedure for Optimum sizing of Photovoltaic pumping system according to the Irrigation requirement of Sugarcane crop in Northern India. International conference on “Advances in power generation from renewable energy sources” (APGRES 2015), June 15-16 2015, at Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, India. Page 283-291.​
• Manjunath K., 2015. Entropy generation minimization analysis of constructal heat exchanger. Constructal Law & Second Law Conference, Parma, Italy, 18th - 19th May.
• Manjunath, K., 2016. Thermoeconomic Comparative Analysis of Constructal and Conventional Heat Exchangers. International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, DTU Delhi, October 14^th to 15^th. ISBN 978-194523970-0. pp 347-360.
• Ansari, N.A., Arora, A., Samsher, Manjunath, K., 2018. Optimum Performance Analysis of a Hybrid Cascade Refrigeration System Using Alternative Refrigerants. Materials Today, 5(14), pp.28374-28383. (Elsevier)
• Jaji Varghese, Samsher, Manjunath K., Awari G.K. 2019. To study the effect of air gap on delivery temperature of a novel batch solar water heater with CPC reflector using multi linear regression tool in (SPSS). Renewable Energy Sources - Research and Business (RESRB) 2018 Conference held on July 8 - 9, 2019 in WrocÅ‚aw, Poland
• Ansari, N.A., Arora, A. Samsher, Manjunath, K., 2020. The Effect of Eco-friendly Refrigerants on Performance of Vapor Compression Refrigeration System with Dedicated Mechanical Subcooling. In Advances in Energy and Built Environment (pp. 43-54). Springer, Singapore.
• Manjunath, K., Sharma, O.P. and Kaushik, S.C., 2020. Entropy generation and thermoeconomic analysis of printed circuit heat exchanger using different materials for supercritical CO2 based waste heat recovery. Presented in International Conference of Mechanical and Energy Technologies (ICMET-2019) 7-8 Nov 2019. Galgotias College of Engineering & Technology, Greater Noida.
• Rashin Khera, Manjunath K., Second law analysis of waste heat recovery heat exchanger using supercritical carbon dioxide. Presented in National Conference on Trends and Advances in Mechanical Engineering (TAME 2019) 4-5 April 2019. J.C. Bose University of Science and Technology, YMCA, Faridabad.
• Manjunath, K., Second law thermodynamic analysis of imbalanced counter flow heat exchanger for energy conservation. Presented in International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, held on September 18-19, 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Delhi Technological University, New Delhi, India
• Manjunath, K., Thermoeconomic Analysis of Crossflow Printed Circuit Heat Exchanger. Presented in International conference on energy, materials sciences & mechanical engineering - 2020 EMSME-2020 October 30 - November 01, 2020 held at NIT Delhi, New Delhi, India
• Manjunath, K., Exergetic efficiency analysis of heat exchanger with nanofluid laminar flow. Presented in International Virtual Conference on Applied Science, Technology, Management and Language Studies (ASTMLS-2020) held from December 11-12, 2020 at Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.
• Manjunath, K., Effects of nano particles proportions in hybrid nano-fluid used in double-pipe heat exchanger. Presented in International Online Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Held from December 11-13, 2020 at KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
• Manjunath K., Thermal design and analysis of nanofluid turbulent flow in heat exchanger. Accepted in 4th Biennial International Conference on Nascent Technologies in Engineering (ICNTE2021). January 15 -16, 2021, Fr. C. Rodrigues Institute of Technology, Vashi, India.
• Manjunath K., Optimization of nanofluid parameters for double pipe heat exchanger. Accepted in International Conference on Future Technologies 2020 in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy (MADE@NITPY), 28^th - 30^th December 2020. Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Puducherry, Karaikal
• Manjunath K., Hybrid nanofluid laminar flow analysis in double pipe heat exchanger. Presented in 4^th International conference on systems, energy and environment ICSEE2021. 22-23 January 2021 held at Government college of Engg., Kannur, Kerala.
• Manjunath, K., 2022. Second law thermodynamic analysis of nanofluid turbulent flow in the heat exchanger. Presented in Recent Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Thermal Engineering (RAMMTE 2022). Held from 8^th to 9^th July 2022 at DTU, Delhi. 
• Manjunath, K., 2022. Rational efficiency analysis of laminar nanofluid flow in the heat exchanger. Presented in Recent Advances in Materials, Manufacturing and Thermal Engineering (RAMMTE 2022). Held from 8^th to 9^th July 2022 at DTU, Delhi. 
• Durvesh, Raj Kumar Singh,  Manjunath K. 2022. Stress And Deformation Analysis of Impeller Blade of Mixed Flow Pump Using ANSYS. International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid Mechanics (ICRAFM-22). Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal held from 4th to 6th October 2022.
• Baghel, N., Manjunath, K., Kumar A. 2022. Assessment of various software tools for designing hybrid renewable energy systems. 1st International Conference on Advances in Heat transfer and Fluid dynamics (AHTFD 22). AMU, Aligarh held from December 1st  - 3rd , 2022.
• O.P.Sharma, S.K.Tyagi, K.Manjunath, and S.C.Kaushik. 2022. 4E Performance Analyses of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Bottoming Cycle for Shipboard Applications. International Naval Engineering Conference and Exhibition 2022 (INEC 2022). TU Delft, Netherlands, from 8th to 10th November 2022.
• Durvesh, Raj Kumar Singh,  Manjunath K. 2023. Optimization of Single Stage Centrifugal Pump by Using Response Surface Methodology. International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid Mechanics and Nanoelectronics (ICRAFMN-2023). Manipal Institute of Technology, Bangalore held from July 12-14, 2023.
• Krishna Kumar Karothiya, K Manjunath, R. S. Mishra. 2023. Interfacial Solar Driven Steam Generation by heat Localization: A Review. 2nd International Conference on Innovations in Clean Energy Technologies (ICET 2023). MANIT Bhopal held from 8th to 10th April 2023.
• Shubham Ranjan, Vaibhav Roy, Dev Kumar Dahiya, K. Manjunath. 2023. Feasibility analysis of examining the effects electrifying public transportation buses in India’s Delhi city. Internal Conference on Innovative Research in Science and Technology (IRST 2023). Shobhit Institute of Engineering and Technology, Meerut held from 23rd to 25th May 2023.
• Aditya Punia, Aditya Narera, K. Manjunath.  2024. Thermal analysis of a Smart Solar Cooker. 22^nd  ISME International Conference on “Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering for Sustainable Development” (ISME-2024) held from July 11-13, 2024.
• Krishna Kumar Karothiya, K. Manjunath, R.S. Mishra.  2024. Recent Advancements in Biomass-Based Photothermal Material for Interfacial Solar Steam Generation. 22^nd  ISME International Conference on “Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering for Sustainable Development” (ISME-2024) held from July 11-13, 2024.
• Garima Bharti, Manjunath K., Kumar A. 2024. Thermodynamic Analysis of SCO2 recompression cycle for critical analysis of recompression fraction and pressure ratio to optimize pressurized water reactor plant efficiency. International Conference on “Sustainable Development in Chemical and Environmental Engineering” (SDCEE-2024) held from 22^nd to 24^th February 2024.
• Baghel, N., Manjunath K., Kumar A. 2024. Solar photovoltaic cell technologies: Advancement, challenges and Future Perspectives. 4^th  Biennial International Conference on Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME - 2024) held from 31^st  July to 2^nd  August, 2024.

National Conferences

• Manjunath K. 2013. Entropy generation and exergy analysis of heat exchangers. ISTE Convention on “Technological Universities and Institutions in New Knowledge Age: Future Perspectives and Action Plan” DTU, Delhi, September 5-6, Paper no. ISTE 153.

 National magazine

• Kaushik S.C., Manjunath K., Kaul S. 2013. Energy Efficiency Considerations in Heat Exchangers Designs. Cooling India, 8: 26-30.
• Manjunath K., Kaushik S.C. 2013. Thermoeconomic Analysis of Heat Exchangers for Energy Conservation. Cooling India, 9 (1): 72-75.

 COURSES TAUGHT :

Engineering Thermodynamics

Thermal Engineering

Power Plant Engineering

Heat Transfer 

Refrigeration and Air-conditioning

Non Conventional Energy Resources

Machine Drawing

Engineering Graphics

Laboratory Development:

Faculty In-charge of Power Plant Laboratory