Sonawane Chandrakant R
@ssitpune.edu.in
Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Symbiosis Institute of Technology, Pune
Dr. Chandrakant R. Sonawane, currently working as an Professor at the Mechanical Engineering Department, Symbiosis Institute of Technology (SIT), Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
He received his Ph.D from Aerospace Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai, India, in 2013. His PhD work includes the steady/unsteady incompressible flows simulations involving static/moving grids. His current research area involves advanced fluid mechanics, advanced heat and mass transfer, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), Numerical simulation of incompressible/compressible flows, moving boundary problems, fluid-structure interaction, problems involving complex heat transfer.
EDUCATION
PhD From IIT bombay
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes, Energy, Computational Mechanics
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Scopus Publications
Pankaj Dumka, Rishika Chauhan, Dhananjay R. Mishra, Feroz Shaik, Pavithra Govindaraj, Abhinav Kumar, Chandrakant Sonawane, and Vladimir Ivanovich Velkin
Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
<p>Chemical reaction balancing is a fundamental aspect of chemistry, ensuring the conservation of mass and atoms in reactions. This article introduces a specialized Python functions designed for automating the balancing of chemical reactions. Leveraging the versatility and simplicity of Python, the module employs advanced algorithms to provide an efficient and user-friendly solution for scientists, educators, and industry professionals. This article delves into the design, implementation, features, applications, and future developments of the Python functions for automated chemical reaction balancing. The functions thus developed were tested on some typical chemical reactions and the results are the same as that in the literature.</p>
Raju R. Yenare, Chandrakant R. Sonawane, Anirban Sur, Bharat Singh, Hitesh Panchal, Abhinav Kumar, Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni, Md Irfanul Haque Siddiqui, and Yogesh Bhalerao
Elsevier BV
Ganesh S. Wahile, Srikant Londhe, Shivshankar Trikal, Chandrakant Kothare, Prateek D. Malwe, Nitin P. Sherje, Prasad D. Kulkarni, Uday Aswalekar, Chandrakant Sonawane, Mustak Maher Abdul Zahra,et al.
Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science
Demand for energy is increasing as the world’s population grows, fossil fuels deplete on a daily basis, and climate conditions change. Renewable energy is more important than ever. Solar energy is the most accessible and cost-effective renewable energy source available today. Photovoltaic (PV) cells are the most promising way to convert solar energy into electricity. Wind speed, ambient temperature, incident radiation rate, and dust deposition are some of the internal and external variables that affect photovoltaic panel performance. Unwanted heat from the sun’s rays raises panel temperatures, reduces the amount of energy that solar cells can produce, and lowers conversion efficiency. Solar panels must be adequately cooled. The current research is focused on improving photovoltaic panel performance. The experimental system includes a fully automated photovoltaic panel, a microcontroller (NodeMCU8266), a DC pump, voltage and temperature sensors. The experiment was carried out with and without cooling of the PV panel. The findings suggest that keeping PV panel temperatures close to ambient temperatures improves performance. The Wi-Fi module collects real-time data on PV panel temperature, irradiation, ambient temperature, water temperature, and PV panel power output. The collected data was analyzed using machine learning. The PV panel’s performance was analyzed using the linear regression method.
Rudresh Kurhe, Sanskruti Ude, Akshath Nair, Siddharth Sharma, Chandrakant R. Sonawane, Anand Pandey, and Narendra Deore
AIP Publishing
Kalpesh Chavan, Prathamesh Kadam, Atharva Undale, Chandrakant R. Sonawane, Anand Pandey, and Narendra Deore
AIP Publishing
Abdelfattah Amari, Mohamed Boujelbene, Fatima Moayad Sami, Noureddine Elboughdiri, Chandrakant Sonawane, Sujay Raghavendra Naganna, and Saad Sh. Sammen
MDPI AG
Heavy metal pollution is a global problem that necessitates the development of innovative and environmentally friendly water treatment technologies. Polyoxazoline polymers, known for their biocompatibility, are explored for lead ion removal in water treatment. Poly 2-Methoxycarbonylpropyl-2-oxazoline is integrated into activated carbon via in situ polymer growth, optimizing loading through live polymerization. This study investigates intricate interactions between lead ions and functional groups, such as amide moieties and ester functionalities, in the resulting polyoxazoline-modified activated carbon composite (POZ-AC). This pioneering research opens avenues for the application of polyoxazoline polymers in water treatment, leveraging their established success in biomedical fields. The removal of lead ions by POZ-ACs followed the Langmuir isotherm and pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The results showed that POZ-AC-20 had excellent adsorption capacity of 365 mg/g, achieved in a relatively short time of 37 min. Furthermore, the adsorbent maintained its performance for seven cycles, demonstrating its high reusability potential. However, the adsorption performance of POZ-ACs after seven adsorption–desorption cycles was gradually decreased due to polymer release into the water media because of the high degree of solubility of polyoxazoline polymers in water. This study provides critical insight into the potential use of polyoxazoline polymers, demonstrating their superior potential in water treatment applications, particularly since it is the first time these polymers have been explored for this purpose. Future research should focus on developing polyoxazoline polymers with less solubility in water while maintaining a high removal performance.
Priyambada Praharaj, Chandrakant Sonawane, and Vikas Kumar
Springer Nature Singapore
Vishal Kumbhar, Anand Pandey, Fahad M. Alqahtani, Bharat Singh, Chandrakant Sonawane, Hitesh Panchal, Jayant Giri, and Abhinav Kumar
Elsevier BV
Ronakkumar Shah, Vishal Chaudhary, Manoj Kumar, Feroz Shaik, Digvijay Kulshrestha, Chandrakant Sonawane, Purva Saxena, Ankit Oza, and Abhinav Kumar
Art and Science Press Pte. Ltd.
The combustion chamber is a crucial component in power generation within a micro gas turbine. This paper prioritizes practical over theoretical considerations in designing an efficient, small-scale combustion chamber for micro gas turbine applications. The investigation covers the temperature profile within the combustion chamber, employing 19 reversible reactions and considering 9 different chemical species in reactive flow calculations. Preliminary experiments demonstrate hydrogen as a feasible fuel in a micro combustion chamber, generating approximately 1 kW of thermal power. Turbulence physics are assessed using the accurate k-Ɛ model. Findings indicate a reactant inlet temperature of 300 K and a primary zone temperature of 1750 K. This research suggests that minimizing the back pressure effect in a steady-state micro combustion chamber can improve turbine performance.
Amit R. Patil, Dipankar Kakati, Bharat Singh, Marc A. Rosen, Rupali Patil, Vijaykumar Javanjal, Chandrakant Sonawane, Hitesh Panchal, Abhinav Kumar, Md Irfanul Haque Siddiqui,et al.
Elsevier BV
Priyambada Praharaj, Chandrakant Sonawane, Anand Pandey, Vikas Kumar, Arundhati Warke, Hitesh Panchal, R. Ibrahim, and Chander Prakash
Elsevier BV
Anand Kumar Pandey, Milankumar Nandgaonkar, Anil Varghese, C sonawane, Ritesh Kohil, and Arundhati Warke
SAE International
<div class="section abstract"><div class="htmlview paragraph">Rapid depletion of petroleum crude oil resources, stringent regulations on gaseous emission, and global warming due to exhaust pollution have compelled us to use the alternative of diesel fuel. Biodiesel is a green alternative fuel that can be produced from edible as well as non-edible vegetable oils, waste cooking frying oils, and animal fats. Biodiesel is an oxygenated, bio-gradable, renewable, non-sulfur, and non-toxic fuel. JP-8 is an aviation turbine fuel and is readily available. Gasoline fuel is also available in surplus. Under the multi-fuel strategy program, optimization of fuel availability is required for both, military combat as well as highway commercial heavy-duty vehicles. It was essential to assess the performance, NOx reduction, nanoparticle emission, and engine wear by using Gasoline, JP-8, and esterified Karanja oil biodiesel fuels on a military heavy-duty diesel engine. EGR is a useful technique to reduce NOx emissions. A Military heavy-duty,12-cylinders,720 kW, compression ignition diesel injection (CIDI) engine was operated using all three test fuels applying 10% EGR. All tests were conducted at different engine speeds with load conditions between 20% and 100%. A slight deterioration (2-5%) in engine performance was observed for Gasoline, JP-8, and KOME biodiesel fuels as compared to diesel fuel. NOx emission was reduced by 15-26% along with lowered nanoparticle emission when the engine was operated with Gasoline, JP-8, and KOME biodiesel fuels. Engine wear was found maximum (1-2.6%) with Gasoline and JP-8 fuel.</div></div>
Nesakumar Dharmakkan, Periasamy Manikandan Srinivasan, Suresh Muthusamy, Amit Jomde, Sonal Shamkuwar, Chandrakant Sonawane, Kamal Sharma, Ali Jawad Alrubaie, A.S. El Shafay, and Hitesh Panchal
Elsevier BV
Chandrakant Sonawane, Priyambada Praharaj, Atul Kulkarni, Anand Pandey, and Hitesh Panchal
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Vishal Kumbhar, Anand Pandey, Chandrakant R. Sonawane, Hitesh Panchal, and Ümit Ağbulut
Elsevier BV
Priyambada Praharaj, Chandrakant R. Sonawane, Anand Pandey, and Atul Kulkarni
Springer Nature Singapore
Shahid Tamboli, Chand Pandey, Chandrakant Sonawane, and Chand Shaikh
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
If the attention is not paid to the crack in a structure, then it could suddenly propagate at a rapid rate and rip apart the structures. A small crack needs urgent attention and repair since replacing the parts with a small crack is not economically feasible at all the time. Repairs were used to be carried out through rivets, welding and nut-bolts, but recently composite materials are showing promising results in this field. Since composite material are anisotropic in nature their application needs careful study about the loading pattern on the repaired structure. In this study, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) was used as a composite material to repair Aluminium alloy specimens. These specimen were subjected to a three-point bending load to investigate the effectiveness of CFRP. By using innovative ply drop technique and design of experiment a configuration was selected to sustain three-point bending load. To suppress the CFRP’s peeling off tendency, attention was given to the interfacial shear stress rather than to the fracture toughness parameter.
Chandrakant R. Sonawane, Kuldeep Tolia, Anand Pandey, Atul Kulkarni, Hitesh Punchal, Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni, Anil Kumar, and Mohammad Khalid
Informa UK Limited
Abstract Heat pipes are a popular choice for many industries and research applications to extract heat effectively by maintaining desired device/location at almost isothermal conditions. Pulsating heat pipes, also known as wickless heat pipes, transfers the heat mainly by pumping phenomenon caused by the phase change which set the pulsating vapor-fluid motion. The evaluation of fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics inside the pulsating heat pipe is complex and challenging due to the oscillating two-phase flow between the heat source and heat sink sections. In this paper, a numerical investigation of the closed-loop pulsating heat pipe is performed to study the fluid flow dynamics and evaluate its thermal characteristics. The volume of fluid method is employed to numerically simulate the two-phase unsteady incompressible flow inside the pulsating heat pipe. The heat pipe tube has a 2 mm inside diameter filled with methanol as a working fluid at a preset pressure. The thermal performance of pulsating heat pipe is evaluated for various heat pipe filling ratios (50%, 65%, and 75%) where heat input loads of 5 − 15 W are supplied at the evaporator end for each filling ratio case. The thermal characteristics of the pulsating heat pipe are presented in terms of the thermal resistance, heat transfer coefficient, and effective thermal conductivity, whereas fluid flow dynamics are presented as flow patterns produced inside pulsating heat pipe. The numerical simulations are compared and validated with experimental results. From the present numerical and experimental study, a filling ratio of 65% is an optimized charge quality for the current configuration of the pulsating heat pipe.
Chandrakant Sonawane, Ali Jawad Alrubaie, Hitesh Panchal, Ali J. Chamkha, Mustafa Musa Jaber, Ankit D. Oza, Sasan Zahmatkesh, Dumitru Doru Burduhos-Nergis, and Diana Petronela Burduhos-Nergis
MDPI AG
Solar stills are one of the low water production desalination systems, but its low yield makes it necessary to investigate different design and performance parameters to improve its productivity. This paper aims to perform a parametric analysis of a solar still desalination system and study the effect of different absorber materials on the performance of a single-slope solar desalination unit employing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) numerical simulation via COMSOL® Multiphysics software. To consider the absorptivity of water with different absorbing materials, simulation was conducted with the application of effective emissivity for the solar still walls. In addition, the economic, exergoeconomic, and CO2 mitigation of solar stills were studied. The results revealed that the hourly water output of the solar desalination unit, with different absorbing materials (black ink, black dye, and black toner), reached the maximum values at 1:00 PM. On comparing the simulation results of solar stills with and without absorbing materials, it has been observed that the solar still painted with black toner shows the highest improvement in hourly productivity, the exergy of evaporation, and evaporative heat transfer coefficient with a maximum increase in respective values by 10.52%, 13.68% and 5.37%. The CO2 mitigation and enviroeconomic parameter of the solar still using black toner were equal to 31.4 tons and 455.3 USD, respectively. Moreover, the lowest cost per liter (CPL) of the solar still was obtained using black toner, which was about 0.0066 USD/L.
Selvakumar Pandiaraj, Kumaresan Govindasamy, Anand Pandey, Chandrakant Sonawane, Ali Jawad Alrubaie, Ali Majdi, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Mustafa Musa Jaber, Suresh Muthusamy, and Hitesh Panchal
Elsevier BV
Anand Kumar Pandey, Milankumar Nandgaonkar, C Sonawane, Vishal Kumbhar, and Anil Varghese
SAE International
Chandrakant R. Sonawane, Hitesh N. Panchal, Siamak Hoseinzadeh, Mohammad Hadi Ghasemi, Ali Jawad Alrubaie, and Ali Sohani
MDPI AG
Solar desalination is a sustainable approach to producing fresh water from saline water. Researchers have tried modifications to solar desalination systems to enhance the distillate output. This survey aims to recognize the characteristics of research work for investigating solar desalination systems. The essential terms to be focused on are computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and solar radiation consideration for the investigation. The data for this bibliometric study was taken from Scopus, with 1932 publications. The characteristics of the research work were analyzed by identifying the research publications, research subject areas, journals, most contributed countries, and data from the authors. The research trend was investigated utilizing yearly research growth, geographical contributions, source quality of publications, and participation of various institutions. VOSviewer software was used for network analysis of essential keywords used in relevant research works and to understand collaborations between the authors and co-authors. About 76% of the total publications belong to the document type articles. It illuminates research tendencies related to the topic under consideration. Results show that desalination research work concerned with CFD or solar radiation was mainly investigated in Engineering and Environmental Science, with their share of more than 50% of the total publications. Further study of relevant research works was assessed using network analysis that helped to link different keywords and authors’ collaborations. This survey helps to spot the increasing research trends and the necessity of further research.
Chandrakant Sonawane, Priyambada Praharaj, Anand Pandey, Atul Kulkarni, Ketan Kotecha, and Hitesh Panchal
Elsevier BV
Mahalingam Murugesan Matheswaran, Thottipalayam Vellingiri Arjunan, Suresh Muthusamy, L. Natrayan, Hitesh Panchal, Shankar Subramaniam, Nitin K. Khedkar, A.S. El-Shafay, and Chandrakanat Sonawane
Elsevier BV
Kamal Kumar Ghosh, Chandrakant R. Sonawane, Anand Pandey, Hitesh Panchal, A.S. El-Shafay, Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim, Mohammad S. Alsoufi, and Ammar Elsheikh
Elsevier BV