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IITK
Malay Kumar Das

Malay Kumar Das

PhD (Pennsylvania State University)

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Interest

Energy Conversion and Storage Hydrodynamic Instability

Office

Southern Lab 210 ,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Specialization

Fluid and Thermal Science

Education

PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 2008. PhD thesis title: Characterization Electrothermal-Chemical Plasma Jet and its Interaction with Double-base Propellant. PhD thesis supervisor: S. Thynell

M.Tech, IIT Kanpur, 2003

B.E., University of Calcutta (Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur), 1989

Selected Publications

Paul C., Das M. K., Muralidhar K., "Three-dimensional Simulation of Pulsatile Flow in a Porous Bulge", Transport in Porous Media, Vol 107(3), 2015, 843-870

Vishal Agarwal, Chandan Paul, M.K. Das, and K. Muralidhar, "Effect of Coil Embolization on Blood Flow through a Saccular Cerebral Aneurysm", Sadhana, Vol. 40(3), pp. 875-887, 2015

Banerjee S., Kar K. K., Das M. K., "Electrolyte Membranes for Fuel Cells: Synthesis, Characterization and Degradation Analysis", Recent patents on Material Science, 7(3), 173-203, 2014

Khetan A., Das M. K., Muralidhar K., "Analysis of Methane Production from a Porous Reservoirvia Simultaneous Depressurization and CO2 Sequestration", Special Topics and Reviews in PorousMedia, Vol 4 (3), 2013, 237-252

Kosti S., Das M. K., Saha A. K., "Buoyancy-driven Flow and Heat Transfer in a Nanofluid-filled Square Enclosure", Nanomaterials and Energy, 2(4), 2013, 200-211

Das, M. K., Chowdhury, A., and Thynell, S. T., "Radiative Pyrolysis of a Double-base Propellant",AIAA Joint Propulsion Conference, Denver, USA, Aug 2009.

Das, M. K., and Thynell, S. T., "Corona, Spark, and Electrothermal_chemical Plasma IgnitionSystems", Book chapter submitted to Wiely-VCH, Germany for the 'Handbook of Combustion,Vol 5', March 2009.

Das, M. K., Chowdhury, A., and Thynell, S. T., "Radiative Pyrolysis of JA2 Propellant", Proceedingsof the Combustion Institute, 5th Eastern State Combustion Institute Meeting, University ofVirginia, Charlottesville, USA, March, 2007.

Das, M., and Thynell, S. T., "Two-dimensional Conduction Effect in Estimating Radiative HeatFlux from a Capillary Discharge", Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 20, No. 4,2006, pp. 903-911.

Extra Curricular Activities

Adventure Sports, Photography, Aerobics

Keywords

Thermal Science, Energy Conversion

Research Group

 PhD: 09 ongoing MTech: 22 completed, 03 ongoing

Professional Experience

West Bengal Power Development Corporation: 1990-2001