Assistant Professor
Phone: +91-xxxxxxxxxxx
Email: abhishek[at]mech.nits.ac.in 
Date of Joining: 09/07/2018
Academic/Industrial Experience: 10+ years
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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS 

• Ph.D. from NIT Agartala

 AREA OF INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION 

• Low-Temperature Combustion
• IC Engine
• Fuel Synthesis and Hybridization
• Waste to Energy

SUBJECTS TAUGHT 

• IC Engine
• Automobile Engineering
• Foundation of Energy Engineering
• Biomass and Bio Energy
• Renewable Energy
• Energy and Environment

 

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. Abhishek Paul is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar. He earned his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Agartala in 2008, followed by an M.Tech in Thermal Science and Engineering in 2011, and a Ph.D. from the same institute in 2015. Dr. Paul joined NIT Silchar in 2018 and his research interests include combustion, internal combustion engines, fuel hybridization, alternative fuels, and energy systems. He has published numerous journal articles and conference papers. Dr. Paul is also the principal investigator of significant research projects, including one on the development and testing of nano-doped hybridized bio-diesel for hydrogen dual-fuel operations, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

 Sponsored Project

1. “Development and testing of Nano-doped hybridized biodiesel as pilot fuel for hydrogen dual fuel operation in a stationary CI engine.” Sponsoring Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt. Of India; Duration: 2019-2023, Budget: 51.84 Lakhs

Publication Details

INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. Divyansh Singh, Abhishek Paul,(2024) An experimental study on enhancing performance and reducing emissions of CRDI engine operated on Co-pyrolysis oil using particle swarm optimization, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Volume 188,287-302, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2024.05.079.
2. Divyansh Singh, Abhishek Paul, (2024), Characterization and performance evaluation of co-pyrolysis oil from waste cooking oil and waste polyethylene as a potential diesel substitute, Fuel, 362,130739,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.130739 
3. Divyansh Singh, Abhishek Paul, (2024)  Synthesis of diesel-like fuels using waste cooking oil and waste polyethylene via Co-pyrolysis process. Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy. 2024; 43(4):e14413. doi:10.1002/ep.14413
4. Parthasarathi Deb, Abhishek Paul. (2024) Advancing RCCI engine performance via optimal acetylene premix ratios and advanced diesel injection timing: An experimental investigation. Environ Prog Sustainable Energy. 2024;e14375. doi:10.1002/ep.14375
5. Divyansh Singh, Abhishek Paul,(2023), Energy, exergy, emission, exergoeconomic, enviroeconomic, and sustainability analysis of diesel engine, fueled by waste cooking oil and waste polyethylene co-pyrolysis oil-diesel blends, Journal of Cleaner Production, 426, 139186, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139186. 
6. Parthasarathi Deb, Abhishek Paul,(2023) Effect of acetylene as a low reactivity fuel on performance, combustion, exergy and emissions of an acetylene/diesel RCCI engine with variable premix ratios,2023, Sustainable Energy & Fuels (Royal Society of Chemistry) https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SE00440F
7. Sunayana Saikia, Devesh Kumar, Subrata Bhoumik, Abhishek Paul, (2023). Influence of fuel injection timing and pressure on the performance, combustion and exhaust emissions of a compression ignition engine fueled by titanium dioxide-doped biodiesel. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-023-12169
8. Mukund Kumar, & Abhishek  Paul (2023). Comparative evaluation of combustion, performance, exergy and emission characteristics in  hydrogen-biodiesel dual fuel engine under RCCI mode. Energy & Environment, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X231167467
9. Dipak Debbarma, Krishna Murari Pandey & Abhishek Paul (2022) Truncated Double Layer Microchannel Heat Sink and Its Performance Improvement by Implicating Secondary Channel Combined along with Appropriate Cavities and Ribs in Channel Flow, Heat Transfer Engineering, DOI: 10.1080/01457632.2022.2148346
10. Abhishek Paul, Rajsekhar Panua, Dipankar Das, Mukund Kumar:(2023) Effect of Diesel–Turpentine binary blends on performance, combustion, exergy and emission parameters of a stationary compression ignition engine. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-022-11748-z
11. Mukund Kumar, Subrata Bhowmik, Abhishek Paul;(2022) Effect of pilot fuel injection pressure and injection timing on combustion, performance and emission of hydrogen-biodiesel dual fuel engine, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,47 (68),2022,29554-29567,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.06.260.
12. Dipak Debbarma,Krishna Murari Pandey, Abhishek Paul; Performance Enhancement of Double-Layer Microchannel Heat Sink by Employing Dimples and Protrusions on Channel Sidewalls; Mathematical Problems in Engineering; May 2022;2923661; https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/2923661
13. Pravin Ashok Madane, Subrata Bhowmik, Rajsekhar Panua, P. Sandeep Varma, Abhishek Paul. “Investigation and Optimization of Diesel Engine Outputs Under Undi Biodiesel-Diesel Strategies.” ASME. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. March 2022; 14(3): 031002. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4051377
14. Subrata Bhowmik;  Abhishek Paul; Rajsekhar Panua. Performance, exhaust emission and combustion of ethanol–diesel–compressed natural gas dual-fuel compression-ignition engine: a trade-off study. Clean Techn Environ Policy(2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-021-02256-z
15. Subrata Bhowmik;  Abhishek Paul; Rajsekhar Panua. Effect of pilot fuel injection timing on the performance, combustion, and exhaust emissions of biodiesel–ethanol–diethyl ether blend fueled CRDI engine under hydrogen dual fuel strategies. Environ Prog Sustainable Energy. 2021;e13784. doi:1002/ep.13784
16. Subrata Bhowmik; Nirupam Pal; Abhishek Paul; Rajsekhar Panua; Effect of pilot injection and injection pressure on combustion, performance, exergy and exhaust emission of a bioethanol-diesel fuelled common-rail direct injection engine; International Journal of Exergy (IJEX), Vol. 37, No. 4, 2022; 1504/IJEX.2022.122077
17. Dipak Debbarma, K.M. Pandey, Abhishek Paul, Numerical investigation on the impact of protrusions mounted on sidewalls of double layered microchannel heat sink, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 45, Part 7, 2021, Pages 7001-7005, ISSN 2214-7853, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.01.503.
18. Dipak Debbarma, K.M. Pandey, Abhishek Paul, Numerical study on double layered micro channel heat sink with partly diverged channel in top layer,Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 45, Part 7, 2021, Pages 6542-6546, ISSN 2214-7853,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.11.457.
19. Subrata Bhowmik, Abhishek Paul, Rajsekhar Panua, Subrata Kumar Ghosh, Durbadal Debroy, Performance-exhaust emission prediction of diesosenol fueled diesel engine: An ANN coupled MORSM based optimization, Energy , Volume 153,2018,Pages 212-222,ISSN 0360-5442,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.04.053.
20. Subrata Bhowmik, Rajsekhar Panua, Subrata Kumar Ghosh, Abhishek Paul, Durbadal Debroy, Prediction of Performance and Exhaust Emissions of Diesel Engine fuelled with Adulterated Diesel: An ANN Assisted Fuzzy-Based Topology Optimization. Energy & Environment (SAGE). https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X18779576
21. Abhishek Paul, Subrata Bhowmik, Rajsekhar Panua, Durbadal Debroy, Artificial Neural Network Based Prediction of Performances-Exhaust Emissions of Diesohol Piloted Dual Fuel Diesel Engine under Varying CNG Flowrates. Journal of Energy Resources Technology (ASME). 2018; 140(11):112201-112201-9. doi:10.1115/1.4040380.
22. Subrata Bhowmik, Abhishek Paul, Rajsekhar Panua, Durbadal Debroy; Artificial intelligence based gene expression programming (GEP) model prediction of Diesel engine performances and exhaust emissions under Diesosenol fuel strategies, Fuel (Elsevier), July 2018, Volume-235; Page- 317-325, DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.07.116.
23. Subrata Bhowmik, Rajsekhar Panua, Subrata Kumar Ghosh, Abhishek Paul, A comparative study of Artificial Intelligence based models to predict performance and emission characteristics of a single cylinder Diesel engine fueled with Diesosenol, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications (ASME), Volume 10 Issue-4, December 2017, DOI10.1115/1.4038709.
24. Subrata Bhowmik, Rajsekhar Panua,Durbadal Debroy, Abhishek Paul. Artificial Neural Network Prediction of Diesel Engine Performance and Emission Fueled With Diesel–Kerosene–Ethanol Blends: A Fuzzy-Based Optimization. Journal of Energy Resources Technology (ASME), 2017;139(4):042201-042201-10. doi:10.1115/1.4035886.
25. Abhishek Paul, Rajsekhar Panua, Durbadal Debroy, An experimental study of combustion, performance, exergy and emission characteristics of a CI engine fueled by Diesel-ethanol-biodiesel blends, Energy (Elsevier),Volume 141,2017,Pages 839-852,ISSN 0360-5442,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.09.137.
26. Subrata Bhowmik, Rajsekhar Panua, Durbadal Debroy, Abhishek Paul, ANN Prediction of Diesel engine performance and emission fuelled with Diesel-kerosene-ethanol blends: A fuzzy based optimization, Journal of Energy Resources Technology (ASME), Volume-139, Issue-4, February 2017, DOI10.1115/1.4035886.
27. Abhishek Paul, RajSekhar Panua, Durbadal Debroy, Probir Kumar Bose, A performance-emission tradeoff study of a CI engine fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG)/diesel–ethanol-PPME blend combination; Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy (Wiley).Volume 35, Issue 2 March/April 2016 Pages 517–530.
28. Abhishek Paul, RajSekhar Panua, Durbadal Debroy, Probir Kumar Bose; An experimental study of the performance, combustion and emission characteristics of a CI engine under dual fuel mode using CNG and oxygenated pilot fuel blends; Energy (Elsevier), Volume 86, 15 June 2015, Pages 560-573, ISSN 0360-5442.
29. Madhujit Deb, Abhishek Paul, Durbadal Debroy, G.R.K. Sastry, Raj Sekhar Panua, P.K. Bose; An experimental investigation of performance-emission trade off characteristics of a CI engine using hydrogen as dual fuel; Energy (Elsevier), Volume 85, 1 June 2015, Pages 569-585, ISSN 0360-5442.
30. Abhishek Paul, Raj Sekhar Panua, Durbadal Debroy, Probir Kumar Bose; Effect of Diesel–Ethanol–PPME (Pongamia piñata Methyl Ester) Blends as Pilot Fuel on CNG Dual-Fuel Operation of a CI Engine: A Performance-Emission Trade-Off Study.; Energy and Fuel (American Chemical Society, ACS),2015; Volume-29, Issue-4, Page2394-2407. https://doi.org/10.1021/ef502515h
31. Abhishek Paul, Probir Kumar Bose, RajSekhar Panua, Durbadal Debroy; Study of performance and emission characteristics of a single cylinder CI engine using diethyl ether and ethanol blends; Journal of the Energy Institute(Elsevier), Volume 88, Issue 1, February 2015, Pages 1-10, ISSN 1743-9671.
32. Abhishek Paul, RajSekhar Panua, Durbadal Debroy, Probir Kumar Bose; Effect of compressed natural gas dual fuel operation with diesel and Pongamia pinnata methyl ester (PPME) as pilot fuels on performance and emission characteristics of a CI (compression ignition) engine; Energy (Elsevier), Volume 68, 15 April 2014, Pages 495-509, ISSN 0360-5442.
33. Abhishek Paul, RajSekhar Panua, Durbadal Debroy, Probir Kumar Bose; Effect of diethyl ether and ethanol on performance, combustion, and emission of single-cylinder compression ignition engine; International Journal of Ambient Energy (Taylor and Francis), 2014, DOI:10.1080/01430750.2014.952843.
34. Abhishek Paul, Probir Kumar Bose, RajSekhar Panua, Rahul Banerjee; An experimental investigation of performance-emission trade off of a CI engine fueled by diesel–compressed natural gas (CNG) combination and diesel–ethanol blends with CNG enrichment, Energy (Elsevier), Volume 55, 15 June 2013, Pages 787-802, ISSN 0360-5442.

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Abhishek Paul, RajsekharPanua, Probir Kumar Bose, Rahul Banerjee; An experimental study of performance and emission parameters of a compression ignition engine fueled by different blends of Diesel-Ethanol-biodiesel; International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS), 2013.DOI- 10.1109/ICEETS.2013.6533485.
2. Varma, P.S., Bhowmik, S., Paul, A., Madane, P.A., Panua, R. (2021). AI-Based ANN Modeling of Performance–Emission Profiles of CRDI Engine under Diesel-Karanja Strategies. In: Pandey, K., Misra, R., Patowari, P., Dixit, U. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7711-6_1
3. Mishra, V.K., Bhowmik, S., Paul, A., Yadav, A., Panua, R. (2021). ANFIS Prediction of Performance and Exhaust Emission Characteristics of CRDI Engine Fueled with Diesel–Butanol Strategies. In: Pandey, K., Misra, R., Patowari, P., Dixit, U. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7711-6_2

 BOOKS

• Dr. Probir Kumar Bose, Dr Rahul Banerjee. Dr. Abhishek Paul; CNG and Diesohols: A Comprehensive Study of Performance, Combustion and Emission Parameters; 2012; LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co KG Germany.
• Dr. Probir Kumar Bose, DrMadhujit Deb, Dr. Abhishek Paul; Operation of diesel engine using waste cooking oil: It’s combustion and performance studies. 2012; LAP Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co KG Germany.
• Varma, P.S., Bhowmik, S., Paul, A., Madane, P.A., Panua, R. (2021). AI-Based ANN Modeling of Performance–Emission Profiles of CRDI Engine under Diesel-Karanja Strategies. In: Pandey, K., Misra, R., Patowari, P., Dixit, U. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7711-6_1
• Mishra, V.K., Bhowmik, S., Paul, A., Yadav, A., Panua, R. (2021). ANFIS Prediction of Performance and Exhaust Emission Characteristics of CRDI Engine Fueled with Diesel–Butanol Strategies. In: Pandey, K., Misra, R., Patowari, P., Dixit, U. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7711-6_2

Patents

[1] Debbarma, D., Pandey, K.M., and Paul, A., 2022 “A Microchannel Heat Sink Apparatus” German Patent, German application number: 202022105382, IPC main class: F28D 21/00 (2006.01), Nov 10, 2022.

[2] Debbarma, D., Pandey, K.M., and Paul, A., (published, March 03, 2023), “Microchannel heat sink with a novel channel structure introducing a channel pool”, Indian Patent, Application Number 202131039309, Patent No 534390.

 

RESEARCH SCHOLARS

Ph.D Degree Awarded

1. Dr. Dipak Debbarma (2023); Thesis Title: ” Analysis on Enhancement of Hydraulic and Thermal Performances of Microchannel Heat Sink through modification of the Channel Flow Structures“

2. Dr. Mukund Kumar (2024); Thesis Title: “Development of Fuel Injection Strategies for Combustion of Hydrogen under Advanced RCCI mode in CI engine-An Experimental Approach“

Ongoing

Sl. No.	Name of the Scholar	Research Area	Supervision	Status
1	Benjamin Baskar Enoch	Catalytic Converter	Joint Supervisor	Ongoing
2	Parthasarathi Deb	RCCI Combustion	Sole Supervisor	Synopsis Completed
3	Divyansh Singh	Waste to Energy	Sole Supervisor	Ongoing

 

POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARS

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:

1. Member: Society of Automotive Engineers (India)

 

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

• Departmental Exam Coordinator, Mech Engg
• Co-Coordinator MEREIT.
• Website Coordinator, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Member, DPC (2020-2023)

 Invited Talk:

1. Expert talk in 2 days DST (SERB) sponsored workshop on “Green Hydrogen Production, Storage and Transportation: A Green Energy Perspective”; 14-15th March 2024, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India.

2. Expert talk in 5 days STTP on “Recent Advancements in Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Storage”; 09-13th October 2023, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Anurag University.