Uttam Rana

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India,2020
M.Tech. (Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences, ME),Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India 2005
B.E. (Mechanical Engineering), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2003

Research Statement

Combustion
Heat transfer and fluid flow analysis.
Renewable Energy

2 V. P. Prajina, Nirmal K. Manna, Uttam Rana & Ashim Guha, Influence of Central Restriction Height on Average Static Pressure in Dump Diffusers, Page(347-360), International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, 2025

3 Ajay Vishwakarma ; Uttam Rana, Exploring serpentine cold-plate designs for efficient cooling of Li-ion pouch cells: A computational analysis, 244 (2025) 126896, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2025

4 Bilkan John Hemrom, Uttam Rana and Aritra Ganguly, Enhancement of the Thermal Performance of a Parabolic Trough Collector with Cavity Receiver, Paper ID 59, KIIT THERMO-2020, an International Conference on Thermofluids – 2020, January 23-25., 2020, 2020

5 Uttam Rana, Suman Chakraborty & Sankar Kumar Som, Dynamics and thermodynamics of co-flow non-premixed methane–air flame in a cylindrical microcombustor with heat recirculating wall, 21(4), 677–69, Combustion Theory and Modelling, 2017

6 Uttam Rana, Suman Chakraborty, S.K. Som, Prediction of flame speed and exergy analysis of premixed flame in a heat recirculating cylindrical micro combustor, 126, 658-670, Energy, 2017

7 Tanoy Kahali and Uttam Rana, Extinction and blow-off characteristics of premixed methane-air flame in a micro-channel combustor., Paper No-600, CHEMCON-2016, 2016

8 S.K. Som, Uttam Rana, Wall heat recirculation and exergy preservation in flow through a small tube with thin heat source, 64, 1–6, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2015

9 Uttam Rana, Suman Chakraborty, S.K. Som, Thermodynamics of premixed combustion in a heat recirculating micro combustor, 68, 510-518, Energy, 2014

10 Aritra Ganguly; Uttam Rana, Modeling and experimental validation of an evacuated tube solar water heater for the climatic conditions of Gangetic Bengal”, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and its Interdisciplinary AreasAt: Kolaghat, West Bengal, India, 2012

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Research Areas

Micro scale Combustors, Microfluidic based bio-reactors, Thermofluids

Teachings

PG Courses

1 Combustion science and engineering. 2 Gas turbine and compressors.

UG Courses

1 Computational Methods Laboratory -Dx(ME) 2 Computational Methods 3 Applied Thermodynamics 4 Computation fluid dynamics 5 Numerical methods in engineering 6 Circulating fluidized bed technology 7 Automobile engineering 8 Basic mechanical engineering 9 Solar energy and its applications 10 Heat Transfer

Publications

1 Ajay Vishwakarma ; Uttam Rana, Exploring serpentine cold-plate designs for efficient cooling of Li-ion pouch cells: A computational analysis, 244 (2025) 126896, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2025

2 Uttam Rana, Suman Chakraborty & Sankar Kumar Som, Dynamics and thermodynamics of co-flow non-premixed methane–air flame in a cylindrical microcombustor with heat recirculating wall, 21(4), 677–69, Combustion Theory and Modelling, 2017

3 Uttam Rana, Suman Chakraborty, S.K. Som, Prediction of flame speed and exergy analysis of premixed flame in a heat recirculating cylindrical micro combustor, 126, 658-670, Energy, 2017

4 S.K. Som, Uttam Rana, Wall heat recirculation and exergy preservation in flow through a small tube with thin heat source, 64, 1–6, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 2015

5 Uttam Rana, Suman Chakraborty, S.K. Som, Thermodynamics of premixed combustion in a heat recirculating micro combustor, 68, 510-518, Energy, 2014

1 V. P. Prajina, Nirmal K. Manna, Uttam Rana & Ashim Guha, Performance Analysis of Sudden Expansion and Dump Diffuser Geometries Across Three Reynolds Number Regime, pp 389–401, International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (INCOM 2024), 2025 2 V. P. Prajina, Nirmal K. Manna, Uttam Rana & Ashim Guha, Influence of Central Restriction Height on Average Static Pressure in Dump Diffusers, Page(347-360), International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, 2025

3 Bilkan John Hemrom, Uttam Rana and Aritra Ganguly, Enhancement of the Thermal Performance of a Parabolic Trough Collector with Cavity Receiver, Paper ID 59, KIIT THERMO-2020, an International Conference on Thermofluids – 2020, January 23-25., 2020, 2020

4 Tanoy Kahali and Uttam Rana, Extinction and blow-off characteristics of premixed methane-air flame in a micro-channel combustor., Paper No-600, CHEMCON-2016, 2016

5 Aritra Ganguly; Uttam Rana, Modeling and experimental validation of an evacuated tube solar water heater for the climatic conditions of Gangetic Bengal”, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering and its Interdisciplinary AreasAt: Kolaghat, West Bengal, India, 2012