Dr. Abhishek Paul

 

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

 

SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. Abhishek Paul did his B.E in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Agartala in 2008, M.Tech in Thermal Science and Engineering from NIT Agartala in 2011, and Ph.D. from NIT Agartala in 2015. He joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Silchar in July 2018. He also worked as a faculty in the National Institute of Technology Agartala. His primary research area is IC engine combustion and alternative fuels. He has more than 25 research articles in his research field to date in various prestigious International Journals. He is a regular reviewer of various Energy related SCI indexed journals.

 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), 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 
2. 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
3. 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. 
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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.
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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
19. 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.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. 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.
26. 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.
27. 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.
28. 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
29. 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.
30. 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.
31. 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.
32. 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

RESEARCH SCHOLARS

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”

Ongoing

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

 

POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARS

 

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

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