Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Chetankumar Patel

 
Dr. Chetankumar Patel
Assistant Professor
Ph.D, IIT Kanpur
chetan[*AT]iitp.ac.in
Personal Webpage: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IEjaGF0AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Research Areas : Internal combustion engine, alternative fuels, spray and combustion investigation in optically accessible chamber and engine
Professional Experience :
  • Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at IIT Patna since October 2022
  • Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department at SNPIT & RC, Umrakh, Gujarat from January 2020 to May 2022
  • Post-doctoral research fellow at PRISME Laboratory, Université d'Orléans, Orleans, France from October 2018 to December 2019
  • Senior Project Engineer in Engine Research Laboratory, IIT Kanpur from October 2017 to July 2018
  • Project Scientist in Engine Research Laboratory, IIT Kanpur from December 2016 to August 2017.
Awards & Honours :
  • International travel support from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, for attending the SAE World Congress 2016, Detroit, Michigan, USA, April 2016.
  • Best Ph.D. Thesis Award-2017 from International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES).
  • Best Poster Award for “Droplet size and velocity measurement of Karanja biodiesel and its effects on engine performance and Emissions” at First International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges at CIAB Mohali, 2017.
Member of Professional bodies :
  • Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).
  • International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (ISEES).
Edited Books :
  • Droplets and Sprays, 430 pages, Published by Springer, Singapore (2018), (Eds.) Saptarshi Basu, Avinash K Agarwal, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Chetankumar Patel (ISBN # 978-981-10-7448-6).
  • Droplet and Spray Transport: Paradigms and Applications, 379 pages, Published by Springer, Singapore (2018), (Eds.) Saptarshi Basu, Avinash K Agarwal, Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Chetankumar Patel(ISBN # 978-981-10-7232-1).
  • Polymer-Based Advanced Functional Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications, Published by Springer, Singapore (2021), (Eds.) Nithin Kundachira Subramani, S. K. Nataraj, Chetankumar Patel, Sachhidananda Shivanna (978-981-16-8755-6).
Book Chapters :
    1. Chetankumar Patel, Joonsik Hwang, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Choongsik Bae." Characterization of Biodiesel Sprays." Two-Phase Flow for Automotive and Power Generation Sectors. Springer, Singapore, 2019. 203-219.
    2. Joonsik Hwang, Felix Sebastian Hirner, Choongsik Bae, Chetankumar Patel, Tarun Gupta, Avinash Kumar Agarwal."Image-Based Flame Temperature and Soot Analysis of Biofuel Spray Combustion." Engine Exhaust Particulates. Springer, Singapore, 2019. 41-54.
    3. Joonsik Hwang, Choongsik Bae, Chetankumar Patel, Tarun Gupta, Avinash Kumar Agarwal."Biodiesel Soot Characteristics." Air Pollution and Control. Springer, Singapore, 2018. 45-55.
Publications : International Refereed Journals:
  1. Chetankumar Patel, Sanghoon Lee, Nachiketa Tiwari, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Chang Sik Lee, Sungwook Park. “Spray characterization, combustion, noise and vibrations investigations of Jatropha biodiesel fuelled genset engine” Fuel 185 (2016) 410–420. (Impact Factor: 6.609 , SJM position: Q1)
  2. Chetankumar Patel, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Nachiketa Tiwari, Sanghoon Lee, Chang Sik Lee, Sungwook Park. “Combustion, Noise, Vibrations and Spray Characterization for Karanja Biodiesel Fuelled Engine”, Applied Thermal Engineering 106(2016):506-517. (Impact Factor: 5.295, SJM position: Q1)
  3. Chetankumar Patel, Joonsik Hwang,Krishn Chandra, Rashmi A Agarwal, Choongsik Bae, Tarun Gupta, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, “In-Cylinder Spray and Combustion Investigations in a Heavy-Duty Optical Engine Fueled with Waste Cooking Oil, Jatropha and Karanja Biodiesels”. ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology 141.1 (2019): 012201. (Impact Factor: 2.903, SJM position: Q2)
  4. Chetankumar Patel, Krishn Chandra, Joonsik Hwang, Rashmi A Agarwal, Neeraj Gupta, Choongsik Bae, Tarun Gupta, Avinash Kumar Agarwal. “Comparative compression ignition engine performance, combustion, and emission characteristics, and trace metals in particulates from Waste cooking oil, Jatropha and Karanja oil derived biodiesels”. Fuel(2019), 236:1366-1376. (Impact Factor: 6.609, SJM position: Q1)
  5. Chetankumar Patel, Nachiketa Tiwari, Avinash Kumar Agarwal. “Experimental investigations of Soyabean and Rapeseed SVO and biodiesels on engine noise, vibrations, and engine characteristics”. Fuel 238 (2019): 86-97. (Impact Factor:6.609, SJM position: Q1)
  6. Chetankumar Patel, Joonsik Hwang, Choongsik Bae, Rashmi A Agarwal, Avinash Kumar Agarwal. Microscopic Spray Characteristics of Biodiesels Derived from Karanja, Jatropha and Waste Cooking oil. ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol JERT-20-1353. (Impact Factor: 2.903, SJM position: Q2)
  7. Chetankumar Patel, Camille Hespel, Tung Lam Nguyen, Fabrice Foucher, Christine Mounaïm-Rousselle. Effect of Exhaust Gas Recirculation composition on soot in ECN Spray A  condition. Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Rev. IFP Energies Nouvelles 75, 34 (2020). https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2020028 (Impact Factor: 1.722, SJM position: Q2)
  8. Chetankumar Patel, Joonsik Hwang, Choongsik Bae, Avinash Kumar Agarwal. Regulated, Unregulated, and Particulate Emissions from Biodiesel Blend Fueled Transportation Engine. ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol , JERT-20-1890:1-15. (Impact Factor: 2.903, SJM position: Q2)
  9. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Pravesh Chandra Shukla, Jai Gopal Gupta, Chetankumar Patel, Rajesh Kumar Prasad, and Nikhil Sharma. "Unregulated emissions from a gasohol (E5, E15, M5, and M15) fuelled spark ignition engine." Applied Energy 154 (2015):732-741. (Impact Factor: 9.746, SJM position: Q1)
  10. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Pravesh Chandra Shukla, Chetankumar Patel, Jai Gopal Gupta, , Rajesh Kumar Prasad, Nikhil Sharma, Rashmi A. Agarwal. “Unregulated emissions and health risk potential from biodiesel (KB5, KB20) and methanol blend (M5) fuelled transportation diesel engines.” Renewable Energy 98 (2016):283-291. (Impact Factor:8.001, SJM position: Q1)
  11. Joonsik Hwang, Choongsik Bae, Chetankumar Patel, Rashmi A. Agarwal, Tarun Gupta, Avinash Kumar Agarwal.  “Investigations on air-fuel mixing and flame characteristics of biodiesel fuels for diesel engine application”. Applied Energy 206(2017):1203-1213. (Impact Factor: 9.746, SJM position: Q1)
  12. Felix Sebastian Hirner, Joonsik Hwang, Choongsik Bae, Chetankumar Patel, Tarun Gupta,Avinash Kumar Agarwal.“Nanostructure characterization of soot particles from biodiesel and diesel spray flame in a constant volume combustion chamber”.Fuel 235 (2019): 130-149. (Impact Factor:6.609, SJM position: Q1)
  13. Felix Sebastian Hirner, Joonsik Hwang, Choongsik Bae, Chetankumar Patel, Tarun Gupta,Avinash Kumar Agarwal. “Performance and emission evaluation of a small-bore biodiesel compression-ignition engine”. Energy 183(2019):971-982. (Impact Factor:7.147, SJM position: Q1)
  14. Nikhil Sharma, Chetankumar Patel, Nachiketa Tiwari, and Avinash Kumar Agarwal, “Experimental Investigations of Noise and Vibration Characteristics of Gasoline/Methanol Blend Fuelled Gasoline Direct Injection Engine and Their Relationship with Combustion Characteristics." Applied Thermal Engineering (2019): 113754. (Impact Factor: 5.295, SJM position: Q1)
  15. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Nikhil Sharma, Akhilendra Pratap Singh, Vikram Kumar, Dev Prakash Satsangi, Chetankumar Patel, “Adaptation of Methanol–Dodecanol–Diesel Blend in Diesel Genset Engine”.ASME. J. Energy Resour. Technol. 2019;141(10):102203-102203-9. (Impact Factor: 2.903, SJM position: Q2)
  16. Joonsik Hwang, Felix Sebastian Hirner, Choongsik Bae, Chetankumar Patel, Tarun Gupta, Avinash Kumar Agarwal "HRTEM evaluation of primary soot particles originated in a small-bore biofuel compression-ignition engine." Applied Thermal Engineering (2019): 113899. (Impact Factor:5.295, SJM position: Q1)
Presentations :
  1. Chetankumar Patel, Nachiketa Tiwari, and Avinash Kumar Agarwal. “Noise, Vibrations and Combustion Investigations of Preheated Jatropha Oil in a Single Cylinder Genset Engine”. SAE Technical Paper2015-01-1668, 2015, doi:10.4271/2015-01-1668. Presented at SAE world Congress 2015, Detroit, Michigan, USA on April 21, 2015. (Travel supported by IITK) (Indexed in Scopus)
  2. Chetankumar Patel, Nikhil Sharma, Nachiketa Tiwari and Avinash Kumar Agarwal, “Effects of Spray Droplet Size and Velocity Distributions on Emissions from a Single Cylinder Biofuel Engine”. SAE Technical Paper2016-01-0994. Presented at SAE world Congress 2016, Detroit, Michigan, USA on April 13, 2016. (Travel supported by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi) (Indexed in Scopus)
  3. Joonsik Hwang, Choongsik Bae, Chetankumar Patel, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Tarun Gupta, “An experimental investigation on spray characteristics of Waste cooking oil, Jatropha, and Karanja biodiesels in a constant volume combustion chamber2016-01-2263 at SAE 2016 International Powertrains, Fuels & Lubricants Meeting presented on 24th -26th October, 2016 at Baltimore, Maryland, USA. (Indexed in Scopus)
  4. Chetankumar Patel, Nikhil Sharma, Nachiketa Tiwari and Avinash Kumar Agarwal,“ Microscopic Spray Investigation of Karanja Biodiesel and its Effects on Engine Performance and Emissions”, presented in ILASS Asia-2016 between 7thNovember, 2016 at Chennai, India.
  5. Nikhil Sharma, Chetankumar Patel and Avinash Kumar Agarwal  “Spray Behavior of a GDI Injector at Constant Fuel Injection Pressure andVarying Engine Load”, submitted and will be presented in ILASS Asia-2016 between 7thNovember, 2016 at Chennai, India.
  6. Joonsik Hwang, Choongsik Bae, Chetankumar Patel, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Tarun Gupta.  ”Near Nozzle Flow and Atomization Characteristics of Biodiesel Fuels”, The SAE 2017 International Powertrains, Fuels and Lubricants Meeting, October 16-19, 2017 Beijing, China(Indexed in Scopus).

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