PIYUSH SHARMA

@srmist.edu.in

Assistant Professor, Engineering & Technology
SRM Institute of Science and Technology KTR Campus, Chennai

PIYUSH SHARMA


                  Download Compact PDF  
https://researchid.co/piyushsharma0487

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy (, 2017, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
14

Scopus Publications

149

Scholar Citations

6

Scholar h-index

5

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • A Comprehensive Review of Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage for High Temperature Applications
    Piyush Sharma, B. Debnath, Anoop Kumar Shukla, Jayant Pawar, Gurveer Singh
    Energy Storage, 2025
    Growing energy consumption and demand with the rapid development of countries lies in the upcoming usage of different renewable energies, as they are heavily researched to establish them as significant energy contributors to the world. Among them, solar energy is one of the most developed and majorly used power production methods alongside hydropower. Nevertheless, solar thermal energy generation still needs to be improved as major disadvantages hinder its quick progress compared to hydropower over the last decade. One of the major obstacles is the use of storage techniques of various types, which can facilitate thermal energy storage. This detailed review paper congregates all the charts and statistics of different energy consumption worldwide, specifically in India, and presents an extensive overview of sensible and latent thermal storage, potential materials used, current status, and some fundamental storage properties. Thermal energy storages are under heavy research as they do not resemble other types of energy storage like batteries, for which the former still needs more efficiency and required output for sustainable co‐generation with non‐renewable thermal energy production. Constant development in design and potential materials can lead to adequately establishing solar thermal energy plants in the coming years.
  • Innovative heat dissipation solution for air-cooled battery pack using stair-step arrangement
    Pankaj Kumar, Suriya Devalan AR, Sujal Porwal, Piyush Sharma
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and Energy, 2025
    The present study investigates a novel battery thermal management system employing air cooling with a stair-step configuration. Experimental research focused on a battery pack with nine lithium-ion cells, complemented by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations using an Ansys-Fluent battery module. Initially, the battery pack reached a temperature of 80°C under load, which was reduced to 60°C with air cooling. The introduction of an additional cooling fan at the top further lowered cell temperatures to 49°C. The incorporation of the stair-step design and secondary fan increased cooling efficiency from 10% to 14.2%. Numerical simulations identified hot-spots and convection currents within the battery module. Overall, the most desired design is a combination of the stair step configuration with an additional fan. These findings hold promise for enhancing the thermal management of lithium-ion batteries and optimizing their overall performance and safety.
  • EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A CONVERGENT NOZZLE FOR THERMAL HOMOGENIZATION OF AIR
    Piyush Sharma, Gurveer Singh, Rajiv Shekhar, Laltu Chandra, Partha S. Ghoshdastidar
    International Journal of Energy for A Clean Environment, 2025
    This study employed a 2 kW<sub>th</sub> solar air tower simulator system for experimental validation, explicitly focusing on the effectiveness of a custom-designed mixer assembly under conditions of even and uneven heat flux distribution. Non-uniform heat dispersion within the absorbers can create localized hotspots and temperature disparities, resulting in thermal stress within the pipeline system. To address this challenge, a mixer assembly was devised to equalize the temperature differential in the heated air. The study concentrates on scrutinizing the temperature variance along both the axial and azimuthal axes within the mixer assembly, examining scenarios with aperture power of 1000 W and 1500 W, as well as mass flow rates of 6.37 g/s and 14.87 g/s. Notably, the study identified a maximum temperature differential of 7°C at the mixer's outlet when the initial temperature variance at the inlet stood at 37°C.
  • Modeling the co-combustion of bi-fuel blends in a drop tube furnace: A numerical approach
    Subhajit Aich, Barun Kumar Nandi, Aditi Sengupta, Piyush Sharma
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and Energy, 2024
    The present study focuses on the numerical modeling of the co-combustion of reject coal (RC) and sal leaves (SL) in a drop tube furnace (DTF) under different conditions, including air-fuel and oxy-fuel environments. The numerical results highlight the significant influence of replacing the N2 atmosphere with CO2 on the temperature profiles of individual fuels and their blends. For instance, when exposed to a 21%O2/79%CO2 atmosphere, Blend SL3 and Blend SL5 experience a decrease in temperature from 1372 K to 1559 K to 1327 K and 1395 K, respectively. Conversely, increasing the O2 concentration to 35% leads to a temperature rise. Furthermore, the combustion analysis reveals that the addition of 10% SL to RC in a 21%O2/79%N2 environment enhances the devolatilization rate from 1.41 × 10−12 kg/s to 1.77 × 10−12 kg/s. Additionally, the char combustion process for all blends is completed closer to the DTF inlet at 0.28 m, compared to 0.32 m for RC alone. These findings indicate that blending SL with RC promotes a favorable combustion process. Moreover, increasing the O2 concentration to 35% in oxy-fuel conditions enhances the temperature profiles. The numerical analysis demonstrates good agreement with experimental data within a range of ±5%–11%. This suggests that the developed model can be effectively utilized for optimizing and designing biomass co-firing systems in industrial applications, considering both air-fuel and oxy-fuel conditions.
  • Characterizing pulverized coal combustion for high-ash content Indian coal
    Aditi Sengupta, Sandipan Kumar Das, Barun Kumar Nandi, Piyush Sharma
    Energy Sources Part A Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects, 2024
    ABSTRACTThe present study performs three-dimensional (3D) numerical simulations of coal combustion of four samples with varying ash content in a drop tube furnace (DTF) to mimic the particle heating rates observed in industrial furnaces. The numerical framework adopted is validated with prior experimental and simulation results using a 3D cylindrical geometry and a very good match is obtained for the axial temperature distribution and particle burnout rate. The combustion performance of coal samples with varying ash contents of 2.3, 16.6, 24.1, and 37.2 wt%, is explored through temperature profiles, burnout rates, particle tracking, and mass fractions of various products of combustion. A user-defined function is used to specify the 14 species, 10-step solid particle combustion with a modified eddy dissipation concept model for volatile combustion. The range of ash content considered is for Indian coal which has a high degree of heterogeneity, making the evaluation of its combustion performance, a challenge. The present work aims to provide benchmark set of results showing the evolution of the evaporated, charred, and volatile mass for the three ash contents, which has not been attempted before. It is found that the high-ash content Indian coal samples have a tendency to produce less NOx. A 9.52% reduction in the NOx is obtained for the coal sample with 37.2% ash compared to that with 16.6% ash. The results suggest that the combustion performance is enhanced when the ash content falls within an optimum range of 20−35%.KEYWORDS: Coal combustionhigh ash coaldrop tube furnaceparticle dynamicscomputational fluid dynamics Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementThe data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.Additional informationNotes on contributorsAditi SenguptaAditi Sengupta is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Dhanbad. She holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge, UK. Her current research interests are in high performance computing, computational combustion, hydrogen and flow control.Sandipan Kumar DasSandipan Kumar Das is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. He holds a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, USA and his current research interests are in Turbulence Modeling theory, Population Balance models in multiphase flows, Boundary Integral Methods and Green Energy.Barun Kumar NandiBarun Kumar Nandi is currently working as Associate Professor at the Department of Fuel and Mineral Engineering, IIT Dhanbad. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from IIT Guwahati. His current research interests include thermochemical conversion, coal and biomass processing, membrane separation process, wastewater treatment, fuel processing technology.Piyush SharmaPiyush Sharma is currently affiliated with SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai as Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He holds a Ph.D from I.I.T Kanpur in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering with specialization in Concentrated Solar Power and his current research interests are in experimental evaluation of high temperature thermal energy storage and volumetric absorbers for power production and metallurgical applications.
  • Modes of Operation, Design, and Experiments in a Laboratory Solar Convective Furnace System
    Vishwa Deepak Kumar, Laltu Chandra, Piyush Sharma, Rajiv Shekhar
    Minerals Metals and Materials Series, 2022
  • NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF HEAT TRANSFER OF Li-ION BATTERY PACK
    Pankaj Kumar, S. Narendran, V. M. Raaghavendhar, Piyush Sharma
    Heat Transfer Research, 2022
    Numerical study has been performed to identify the best configuration of high heat dissipation for nine cells in a box. The current study introduces a thermal management solution for commercially available 18650 Li-ion batteries which is preferred due to high power and energy densities. Battery thermal management system is built to maintain the Li-ion battery in an optimal temperature range to avoid performance degradation. The best configuration was identified based on maximum temperature and temperature uniformity out of four possible different configurations. Experimental setup with best configuration for heat dissipation and temperature uniformity with no mutual heating was made and three different modules were studied – Free convection, forced convection, Forced convection (Microchannel). All modules were conducted for the time period of 3600 sec. Forced convection using microchannel proved to be the best among the three modules studied. Further, best configuration was obtained as Rectangular based on the parametric analysis of simulation. It is observed that mutual heating in cell is negligible once the inter cell spacing is greater than 1mm.
  • Experimental characterization of a Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage using pebbles for charging
    P Sharma, C Kshetrimayum, T A Faruqui, A Chauhan, P Kumar
    Iop Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering, 2020
    In today’s world, where reduction in the carbon footprints is emphasised, people are looking for alternative source of energies for power production and heat treatment of metals and alloys. One such alternative source is solar energy but due to intermittent nature a thermal energy storage (TES) is required in order to deal with heat flux that varies throughout the day so as to supply a constant power. In the present study, the characterization of the sensible heat thermal energy storage (SHTES) packed with sensible heat storage material are considered. The size of pebbles varies between 20-25mm with porosity of the SHTES as 40%. The flow rate is 40 LPM and TES was charged for 8 hours. It has been noticed that when the temperature of the inlet air is around 180°C, the temperature of the top surface of the TES is around 70°C which states that for TES high thermal conductivity materials are required so that charging and discharging can take place at faster rate. The azimuthal and axial variation of temperature is also shown and it is concluded that even after low thermal conductivity of the material azimuthal variation can be neglected for the sake of modeling the TES.
  • A novel approach for modelling fluid flow and heat transfer in an Open Volumetric Air Receiver using ANSYS-FLUENT
    P. Sharma, L. Chandra, P.S. Ghoshdastidar, R. Shekhar
    Solar Energy, 2020
  • On the design and evaluation of open volumetric air receiver for process heat applications
    Piyush Sharma, Rakesh Sarma, Laltu Chandra, Rajiv Shekhar, P.S. Ghoshdastidar
    Solar Energy, 2015
  • Solar Convective Furnace for Metals Processing
    Deepesh Patidar, Sheetanshu Tiwari, Piyush Sharma, Ravindra Pardeshi, Laltu Chandra, Rajiv Shekhar
    JOM, 2015
  • Open Volumetric Air Receiver Based Solar Convective Aluminum Heat Treatment Furnace System
    D. Patidar, S. Tiwari, P.K. Sharma, L. Chandra, R. Shekhar
    Energy Procedia, 2015
  • Solar tower based aluminum heat treatment system: Part I. Design and evaluation of an open volumetric air receiver
    P. Sharma, R. Sarma, L. Chandra, R. Shekhar, P.S. Ghoshdastidar
    Solar Energy, 2015
  • On the design and evaluation of open volumetric air receiver for process heat applications
    Piyush Sharma, Rakesh Sarma, Laltu Chandra, Rajiv Shekhar, P.S. Ghoshdastidar
    Energy Procedia, 2014

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • A Comprehensive Review of Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage for High Temperature Applications
    GS Piyush Sharma, B. Debnath, Anoop Kumar Shukla, Jayant Pawar
    Energy Storage 7 (5), 1-14 , 2025
    2025
  • Innovative heat dissipation solution for air-cooled battery pack using stair-step arrangement
    PS Pankaj Kumar, Suriya Devalan AR, Sujal Porwal
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of … , 2025
    2025
  • EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A CONVERGENT NOZZLE FOR THERMAL HOMOGENIZATION OF AIR
    P Sharma, G Singh, R Shekhar, L Chandra, PS Ghoshdastidar
    International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment 26 (2), 1-12 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Modeling the co-combustion of bi-fuel blends in a drop tube furnace: A numerical approach
    S Aich, BK Nandi, A Sengupta, P Sharma
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Characterizing pulverized coal combustion for high-ash content Indian coal
    PS Aditi Sengupta,Sandipan Kumar Das,Barun Kumar Nandi
    Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 46 … , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Modes of Operation, Design, and Experiments in a Laboratory Solar Convective Furnace System
    VD Kumar, L Chandra, P Sharma, R Shekhar
    REWAS 2022: Energy Technologies and CO2 Management (Volume II), 105-113 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • Numerical and experimental study of heat transfer of li-ion battery pack
    P Kumar, S Narendran, VM Raaghavendhar, P Sharma
    Heat Transfer Research 53 (14) , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 4
  • A novel approach for modelling fluid flow and heat transfer in an Open Volumetric Air Receiver using ANSYS-FLUENT
    P Sharma, L Chandra, PS Ghoshdastidar, R Shekhar
    Solar energy 204, 246-255 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 27
  • Experimental and Computational Investigation of Heat Transfer in an Open Volumetric Air Receiver for Process Heat Application
    P Sharma, L Chandra, R Shekhar, PS Ghoshdastidar
    Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies: Recent Trends and … , 2017
    2017
  • Solar convective furnace for metals processing
    D Patidar, S Tiwari, P Sharma, R Pardeshi, L Chandra, R Shekhar
    Jom 67 (11), 2696-2704 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 22
  • On the design and evaluation of open volumetric air receiver for process heat applications
    P Sharma, R Sarma, L Chandra, R Shekhar, PS Ghoshdastidar
    Solar Energy 121, 41-55 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 23
  • Open volumetric air receiver based solar convective aluminum heat treatment furnace system
    D Patidar, S Tiwari, PK Sharma, L Chandra, R Shekhar
    Energy procedia 69, 506-517 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 13
  • Solar tower based aluminum heat treatment system: Part I. Design and evaluation of an open volumetric air receiver
    P Sharma, R Sarma, L Chandra, R Shekhar, PS Ghoshdastidar
    Solar energy 111, 135-150 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 38
  • On the design and evaluation of open volumetric air receiver for process heat applications
    P Sharma, R Sarma, L Chandra, R Shekhar, PS Ghoshdastidar
    Energy Procedia 57, 2994-3003 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 9
  • On the application of heat and fluid flow for designing solar thermal sub-system
    R Sarma, PK Sharma, D Kumar, L Chandra, PP Kumar, R Shekhar
    ICORE 2012, 219-229 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 4

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Solar tower based aluminum heat treatment system: Part I. Design and evaluation of an open volumetric air receiver
    P Sharma, R Sarma, L Chandra, R Shekhar, PS Ghoshdastidar
    Solar energy 111, 135-150 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 38
  • A novel approach for modelling fluid flow and heat transfer in an Open Volumetric Air Receiver using ANSYS-FLUENT
    P Sharma, L Chandra, PS Ghoshdastidar, R Shekhar
    Solar energy 204, 246-255 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 27
  • On the design and evaluation of open volumetric air receiver for process heat applications
    P Sharma, R Sarma, L Chandra, R Shekhar, PS Ghoshdastidar
    Solar Energy 121, 41-55 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 23
  • Solar convective furnace for metals processing
    D Patidar, S Tiwari, P Sharma, R Pardeshi, L Chandra, R Shekhar
    Jom 67 (11), 2696-2704 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 22
  • Open volumetric air receiver based solar convective aluminum heat treatment furnace system
    D Patidar, S Tiwari, PK Sharma, L Chandra, R Shekhar
    Energy procedia 69, 506-517 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 13
  • On the design and evaluation of open volumetric air receiver for process heat applications
    P Sharma, R Sarma, L Chandra, R Shekhar, PS Ghoshdastidar
    Energy Procedia 57, 2994-3003 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 9
  • Characterizing pulverized coal combustion for high-ash content Indian coal
    PS Aditi Sengupta,Sandipan Kumar Das,Barun Kumar Nandi
    Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 46 … , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Numerical and experimental study of heat transfer of li-ion battery pack
    P Kumar, S Narendran, VM Raaghavendhar, P Sharma
    Heat Transfer Research 53 (14) , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 4
  • On the application of heat and fluid flow for designing solar thermal sub-system
    R Sarma, PK Sharma, D Kumar, L Chandra, PP Kumar, R Shekhar
    ICORE 2012, 219-229 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 4
  • EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A CONVERGENT NOZZLE FOR THERMAL HOMOGENIZATION OF AIR
    P Sharma, G Singh, R Shekhar, L Chandra, PS Ghoshdastidar
    International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment 26 (2), 1-12 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Modeling the co-combustion of bi-fuel blends in a drop tube furnace: A numerical approach
    S Aich, BK Nandi, A Sengupta, P Sharma
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of … , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1
  • Modes of Operation, Design, and Experiments in a Laboratory Solar Convective Furnace System
    VD Kumar, L Chandra, P Sharma, R Shekhar
    REWAS 2022: Energy Technologies and CO2 Management (Volume II), 105-113 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 1
  • A Comprehensive Review of Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage for High Temperature Applications
    GS Piyush Sharma, B. Debnath, Anoop Kumar Shukla, Jayant Pawar
    Energy Storage 7 (5), 1-14 , 2025
    2025
  • Innovative heat dissipation solution for air-cooled battery pack using stair-step arrangement
    PS Pankaj Kumar, Suriya Devalan AR, Sujal Porwal
    Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A: Journal of … , 2025
    2025
  • Experimental and Computational Investigation of Heat Transfer in an Open Volumetric Air Receiver for Process Heat Application
    P Sharma, L Chandra, R Shekhar, PS Ghoshdastidar
    Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies: Recent Trends and … , 2017
    2017