Dr. Rahul Dev
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: rahuldsurya[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 0532-227-1526(O) +91-8004757265(R) +91-8004757265(M)
Thesis Supervised
| S.No | Research Topic | Name of Student | Completion/Registration Year | Ph.D. Completed: |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power Generation Using Solar Energy Based Organic Rankine Cycle | Manish Sharma | 2020/2013 |
| 2 | Design and Performance Study of Domestic Solar Water Heating System | Kirti Tewari | 2020/2014 |
| 3 | Design and Performance Study of Modified Solar Stills | Piyush Pal | 2020/2014 |
| 4 | Solar Greenhouse Drying (Jointly with Prof. Ravi Prakash) | Snigdha Lal | 2023/2013 | Ph.D. Ongoing |
| 1 | Solar Cooker | Bhupendra Koshti | --/2019 |
| 2 | Solar Distillation | Rahul Patel | --/2020 |
| 3 | Solar Energy Materials and Their Applications | Aman Kumar Agrahari | --/2021 |
| 4 | Development of New Solar Energy System (Jointly with Dr. Rajat Subhra Das, NIT Meghalaya) | Nikhil Singh | --/2021 |
| 5 | Solar Photovoltaics | Shivani Singh | --/2022 | M.Tech Students |
| 1 | Performance Study of Modified Double Slope Solar Distillation System | Ajaya Ketan Nayak | 2014/2012 |
| 2 | Performance Study of a Fin Type Modified Solar Photovoltaic Module for Maintaining it’s Electrical Efficiency | Anurag Sharma | 2014/2012 |
| 3 | Design & Parametric Study of Modified Solar Water Heater | Rakesh Dwivedi | 2014/2012 |
| 4 | Design, fabrication and performance study of modified basin type single slope multi-wick solar distillation system | Suresh Kumar | 2014/2012 |
| 5 | Experimental Study of Solar Dryer for Domestic Applications | Keshav Yadav | 2015/2013 |
| 6 | Experimental Study of Modified Solar Water Heating System | Nisha Agrahari | 2015/2013 |
| 7 | Experimental study and thermal behaviour of Ferrocement Web Sandwich Panel for practical application (Jointly with Dr. Anupam Rawat) | Vishal Rai Chhindra | 2015/2013 |
| 8 | Assessment of Performance of Modified Solar Greenhouse Dryer | Amit Kumar Singh | 2016/2014 |
| 9 | Heating/Cooling of a Room with Phase Change Material | Arjun Diwakar | 2016/2014 |
| 10 | Comparative Study of Different Solar Stills | Pankaj Yadav | 2016/2014 |
| 11 | Designing and Thermal Modeling of Photovoltaic based Solar Water Heater | Seemab Akhtar | 2016/2014 |
| 12 | Simulation Study of Domestic Solar Greenhouse Dryer | Sandeep Singh | 2017/2015 |
| 13 | Annual Performance of Domestic Greenhouse Solar Dryer with PV Module | Deepu Kumar | 2017/2015 |
| 14 | Simulation Study of Parabolic Trough Collector for Allahabad Climatic Condition on Annual Basis | Praveen Kumar | 2017/2015 |
| 15 | Design, Fabrication and Experimental Analysis of Solar Water Heater with Photovoltaic Module | Dhanbhadra Singh | 2017/2015 |
| 16 | Theoretical Analysis of Single Slope Solar Still Integrated With PV Module | Akshay Kumar Gautam | 2018/2016 |
| 17 | Theoretical analysis of double slope solar still integrated with PV module | Rohit Purohit | 2018/2016 |
| 18 | Swimming Pool Heating Using Evacuated Tubular Collector Installed at Roof | Km. Pooja | 2019/2017 |
| 19 | Experimental Study of Triple Angle Solar Still | Pulkit Agarwal | 2019/2017 |
| 20 | Effect of Resizing of Triple Slope Solar Still on its Performance: A Theoretical Analysis | Vinay Patel | 2021/2019 |
| 21 | Design and Assessment of Solar Powered Vehicle (Jointly with Dr. Samir Saraswati) | Kapil Kumar | 2022/2020 |
| 22 | Design and Analysis of Box-Type Stepped Solar Cooker | Priyank Srivastava | 2022/2020 |
| 23 | Some Studies on Triple Slope Multi-wick Solar still | Abhay Kumar | 2023/2021 |
| 24 | Some Studies on Triple Slope Solar still | Ashutosh Kumar | 2023/2021 |
| 25 | Some Studies on Phase Change Materials Based Solar Cooker | Ramu Lukalapu | 2023/2021 | B.Tech Students |
| 1 | Design, Fabrication and Performance of Modified Single Slope Solar Still | Anant Agarwal, Deepak Kushwaha, Ayush Mittal, Bimlesh Yadav, Anurag Sonal | 2014/2010 |
| 2 | Experimental Study of Modified Basin Type Double Slope Multiwick Solar Still | Manoj Kumar Gound, Manoj Yadav, Rahul Kumar | 2015/2011 |
| 3 | Experimental Study of Modified Solar Greenhouse Dryer | Rajat Singh Jadaun, Rohit Kumar, Sambhav Jain | 2015/2011 |
| 4 | Design, Fabrication and Testing of Parabolic Trough Collector | Shubham Singh, Suhas Bansod, Sunny Kumar | 2016/2012 |
| 5 | Storage of Solar Energy In Molten Salt And Its Applications (Air Heating) | Ritesh Kumar, Shubham Kumar, Rakesh Kumar | 2016/2012 |
| 6 | An Investigation of Daylight Performance and Monthly Energy Saving in a Laboratory | Sidhartha Chowdhury, Vivek Bansal, Vivek Kumar, Santha Ramesh, Deepak Nishad | 2017/2013 |
| 7 | An Experimental Analysis of Domestic Greenhouse System | Sarvoday Pandey, Varun Dutt, Sahil Verma, Vishad Pandey, Tarun Jaiswal | 2017/2013 |
| 8 | Estimation of Energy and Cost Saving Using Day Light in a Solar House | Aman Kumar, Amaresh Kumar Singh, Amarendra Kumar, Ankit Meena | 2018/2014 |
| 9 | Designing, Fabrication And Analysis of Paraboloid Dish Collector Integrated With Instant Water Heating And Cooking Facility | Ashutosh Singh, Kumar Bibhuti, Ravi Shanker, Bishnu Kant Adhikari | 2018/2014 |
| 10 | Solar Energy Operated Swing Coupled with Power Generating Exerciser | Kshitiz Mittal, Bibek Kumar Yadav, Deepanshu Gautam, Jitendra Kumar | 2019/2015 |
| 11 | Design and Fabrication of Solar Operated Crop Cutting Machine | Piyush Sharma, Viral Sharma, Arunesh Kumar Tripathi, Abhijit Verma | 2019/2015 |
| 12 | Parametric Study of Triple Angle Solar Still | Anshuman Singh Chauhan , Anmol | 2020/2016 |
| 13 | Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of Various Cooling Methods in a Solar House | Shailesh Chandra Jha, Premjeet Singh , Sundaram Kumar | 2020/2016 |
| 14 | Design and Study of Multi-utility Solar Energy Sprayer | Manideep Mishra, Dashrath Kumar, Naman Singh | 2021/2017 |
| 15 | Design and Study of a Solar Architectural Classroom for COVID-19 Era with Modified Air-Conditioning Unit | Vipul Kumar Tiwary, Vishal Shrivastava, Vivek Singh | 2021/2017 |
| 16 | Design and Study of PV-T Air Collector for a Classroom (Jointly with Dr. Tej Pratap) | Aman Kumar, Mohammad Altamash Siddiqui, Sudhanshu Shankhdhar | 2021/2017 |
| 17 | Design and Analysis of Solar operated Earth-Air Heat Exchanger | Vikas Singh, Vaibhav Rathore, Rishabh Rathore | 2018/2022 |
| 18 | Battery Life Prediction and Minimization of Breakdown Losses Using Predictive Maintenance | Nishant Sati, Piyush Pratap Singh, Priyanshu Rai | 2018/2022 |
| 19 | Development of Solar Cooker for Off-Sunshine Operations | Anushka Saxena, Aaryan, Aman Verma, Ram Pravesh | 2019/2023 |
| 20 | Thermal and Safety Solutions for Underpass Tunnel | Mohit Kumar Pandey, Lokendra Singh, Aman Tripathi, Aashirwad Sharma | 2019/2023 |