Dr. Balaji Kumar Choudhury

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Name Dr. Balaji Kumar Choudhury
Designation Assistant Professor
Qualification

B.Tech (BU), M.Tech (NIT Rourkela), Ph.D. (NIT Rourkela)

Specialization

Thermal Engineering

Web Link

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=4Dc9nNAAAAAJ&hl=en

E - Mail

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Phone No.

8763626758, 9777078330

Experience

7 Years 9 months

Subject

Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Heat transfer, Power Plant Engineering, Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, Basic Mechanical Engineering

Research Area Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Cryogenics, Heat Exchanger Renewable source of energy, Turboexpander
 Journals

1. B. K. Choudhury, S. A. Alur, R. K. Sahoo and S. K. Sarangi, Optimization Analysis of Liquefaction Cycles for Nitrogen, Indian Journal of Cryogenics, volume 37 No (1-4), pp 34-38, 2012.
2. B. K. Choudhury, R. K. Sahoo and S. K. Sarangi, Dynamic Simulation of Modified Claude Cycle, Indian Journal of Cryogenics, volume 40, pp48-53, 2015.
3. B. K. Choudhury, R. K. Sahoo and S. K. Sarangi, Design of Backward Swept Turbine Wheel for Cryogenic Turboexpander, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, V9(4), pp 423-431, 2014.
4. S. K. Rout, B. K. Choudhury, R. K. Sahoo and S. K. Sarangi, CFD based Multi-objective parametric optimization of Inertance type pulse tube refrigerator using response surface methodology and non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm, Cryogenics, 62, pp 71-83, 2014.
5. S. K. Rout, B. K. Choudhury, R. K. Sahoo and S. K. Sarangi, Numerical Study and Analysis of Inertance-Type Pulse Tube Refrigerator, Wseas Transactions on Heat and Mass Transfer, V9, pp 1-7, 2014.
6. S. K. Rout,A. K. Gupta, B. K. Choudhury, R. K.Sahoo and S. K.Sarangi, Influence of Porosity on the Performance of a Pulse Tube Refrigerator: A CFD Study, Procedia Engineering, 51(0) (2013) 609-616.
7. S. K. Rout, R. Mukare, B. K. Choudhury, R. K. Sahoo and S. K. Sarangi, CFD Simulation to Optimize Single Stage Pulse Tube Refrigerator Temperature Below 60K, Procedia Engineering, 2012. 38(0): p. 1524-1530.

Conferences/

Book/ Book Chapter 

Conferences

1. B. K. Choudhury, R. K. Swain, Design and Performance Analysis of Counter flow induced Draft wet cooling tower, Technical Annual of IE, 60th Session, pp 175-182, 2019
2. H. Dimri, B. K. Choudhury, R. K. Sahoo, Computational Fluid Flow Analysis of Cryogenic Turboexpander, International Conference of Advance Research and Innovation (ICARI-2014), February 1, 2014, New Delhi, India.
3. S. A. Alur, B. K. Choudhury, R. K. Sahoo and S. K. Sarangi, Performance Analysis of Plate Fin Heat Exchangers, Asian conference on Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics, November 16-18, 2011, I.U.A.C. New Delhi.

4. S. A. Alur, B. K. Choudhury, R. K. Sahoo and S. K. Sarangi, Simulation of Turboexpander Based Nitrogen Liquefier. Proceedings of the 20th National and 9th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, January 4-6, 2010, Mumbai, India.

5. B. K. Choudhury, S. A. Alur, R. K. Sahoo and S. K. Sarangi, Design of High Expansion Ratio Turboexpander for Nitrogen Liquefier. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, January 4-6, 2010., S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat, India.
6. S. K. Rout, B. K. Choudhury, R. K. Sahoo and S. K. Sarangi, Perfomance Prediction of Pulse Tube Refrigerator using an Adaptive Neruro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) Model, Recent Advances in Thermal Engineering, January 11-12, 2014., KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

Book/ Book Chapter

1. Choudhury B.K., Gouda M.K. (2021) CFD Analysis of Heat Transfer in Liquid-Cooled Heat Sink for Different Microchannel Flow Field Configuration. In: Ramgopal M., Rout S.K., Sarangi S.K. (eds) Advances in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6360-7_35
2. Rout S.K., Choudhury B.K., Behera S.K., Sarangi S.K. (2021) Development of Indigenous Technology for Large Cooling Capacity GM Cryorefrigerator for Application to High Tc Superconducting Magnets—Prospects and Problems. In: Ramgopal M., Rout S.K., Sarangi S.K. (eds) Advances in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6360-7_17
3. Acharya P., Choudhury B.K., Rout S.K. (2021) Effect of Speed of Condenser Fan Motor on Vapor Compression Refrigeration System. In: Ramgopal M., Rout S.K., Sarangi S.K. (eds) Advances in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6360-7_36

Research Projects

1. Received research project under OURIP for seed funding “Thermo-hydraulic Analysis of Plate Heat Exchanger for Different Plate Geometry and Fluid Flow Conditions” of Amount- 4.7 Lakh
2. Received research project under CRIS of TEQIP-III from BPUT, Rourkela “Development of an affordable liquid nitrogen generator for medical, veterinary and life science application” of Amount- 3 Lakh

3. Received research project under CRIS of TEQIP-III from BPUT, Rourkela “ A multipurpose solar dryer for BPL people of Amount 1.5 Lakh

Research Guidance

   M.TECH: 05

Awards & Honors
  1. Award of First position in P.G. Thermal Engineering first year examination 2007-08, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela.

  2. Institution Prize for the paper entitled “Design and Performance analysis of Counter flow induced draft wet cooling tower” in the 60th Annual Technical Session held on 30th March 2019 by the Institution of Engineers, Odisha state centre, Bhubaneswar.
Members of professional Bodies
  1. ICC Indian Cryogenics Council
  2. ISHRAE Indian Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
  3. Member of Institution of Engineers (India)
Extra Responsibility
  1. HoD in-charge Department of Automobile Engineering, PMEC Berhampur.

  2. Faculty in charge of CAD Lab and Refrigeration & Air conditioning Lab

Editor - Edited Books/Conference Proceeding
  1. Energy Procedia(Elsevier), Volume 109, Pages 1-496 (March 2017). International Conference on Recent Advancement in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, RAAR 2016, 10-12 November 2016, Bhubaneswar, India. Edited by Balaji Kumar Choudhury, Muthukumar P, Sachindra Kumar Rout, Ranjit Kumar Sahoo and Sudhansu Sekhar Sahoo
Seminar/ Conference / Workshop / Webinar Organized
  1. A one-day Seminar on Engine Calibration & Automotive Testing Facility on 14th March 2019
  2. A one-day webinar on "Project-Based Learning for Innovation and Entrepreneurship" on 3rd September 2020.
  3. A three-day National webinar on “Cryogenic Engineering” from 10-12 Sep-2020.
Resource Person
  1. Guest Lecture on “SolidWorks for Engineering and Research” in the event of SolidWorks innovation day 2018 held on 15th Nov 2017 organised by M/s Embesys Technologies, Bhubaneswar

Workshop/ FDP/ STC/ Other Courses attended

  1. TEQIP-III sponsored CEP course on IoT Fundamentals and Case Studies, IIT Bombay, 16th-20th September 2019
  2. TEQIP-III sponsored Faculty Development Program on “Recent trends and Challenges on Smart Grid Environment” on 9th -14th December 2019.
  3. Successfully completed the four weeks online NPTEL course “Laws of Thermodynamics” from Jan-Feb 2020.
  4. Attended a workshop on Guidance on Accreditation at SCTE&VT, Bhubaneswar on 25th Oct 2019
  5. Attended a Seminar on URJAVARAN 2019-20 by ISHRAE held on 7th November 2020 at Bhubaneswar.
  6. Attended a National Webinar on “unlocking the lockdown through E-examination” organized by SPIU, UP on 20th April 2020.
  7. End to End Innovation Program, Tata Centre for Technology and Design, IIT Bombay, 20th-24th August, 2018
  8. Attended Fresher’s induction program-2018 on “Universal Human Values” held on 21st August 2018 at PMEC, Berhampur.
  9. Attended a workshop on AIRA, SIH, IIC, AICTE initiatives at IMIT, Cuttack on 10th January 2019.
  10. Attended the event “REFCOLD INDIA 2018” held from 22nd – 24th November 2018 at Gandhinagar, Gujrat organized by ISHRAE.
  11. Faculty-Mentors on induction Program, GEC Raipur, 4th-6th Sep 2017
  12. All India seminar on Emerging Cities by ISHRAE Bhubaneswar, 12th Jan 2018
  13. Future Technology in industry, CTTC Bhubaneswar, 10th Feb 2018
  14. Personal Development Training-II at IIM Udaipur from 14th-18th May, 2018
  15. Summer Training Program on Active Learning Workshop, IIT Bombay, 4th-8th June, 2018
  16. Awareness Generation on Intellectual Property Rights(IPR) by Patent Information Centre, Science & Technology Department, Govt. of Odisha on 25th Oct 2017
  17. Three-day workshop on “Faculty-Mentors on Induction Programme for New Students at GEC Raipur from 4th to 6th September 2017.
  18. Attended Two-day workshop on “Outcome based Education” held on 23rd -24th February 2018 at PMEC, Berhampur.
  19. “Role of technical institution in CSR activities to bring Socio-Economic Change in Rural India” held on 20th -21st Jan 2018 at PMEC, Berhampur.
  20. Two days National Seminar on Computational and Mathematical Engineering held on 3rd-4th February 2018 at PMEC, Berhampur.
  21. ISHRAE-AICTE One Week Refresher Course On Refrigeration and Air Conditioning held on 19th – 23rd June 2017 at CVRCE, Bhubaneswar
  22. Workshop on “HVAC&R Industry‟s Challenge – Trained & Skilled Professionals” on 6th Sept 2014 at CVRCE, Bhubaneswar.
  23. A short term courses on “Basics and Applications of HVAC/R” from 22nd -27th December 2014 at CVRCE, Bhubaneswar.
  24. Faculty development program on “Geometric Modeling using AutoCAD” from 23rd-28th May 2016 at C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar.
  25. “6th International Conference on Solar Air Conditioning 2015” 24th-25thSeptember 2015 at Rome, Italy.
  26. Faculty development Program on “Building Energy Efficiency” 14th August 2015 at CEPT University, Ahmedabad.
  27. Faculty development program on “Optimization Techniques and Its Engineering Applications” from 09th-13th June 2015 at CVRCE, Bhubaneswar.
  28. Short Term Course on “Use of ICT in Teaching –Learning Process” from 01st -05th June 2015 at C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar.
  29. Training Program “FIRSTLOCAL ISFT 2014” at South Korea, from 28th April – 03rd May 2014.
  30. Workshop on “Large Air Conditioning Systems-Design and Construction (LACS-2013)” from 22nd -24th July 2013 at NIT Rourkela.
  31. Pre-Symposium course on “Cryogenics” from 26th -27th October 2010 at NIT Rourkela.
  32. Workshop on “Cryogenics in Biology and Medicine” from 18-19th June 2010 at NIT Rourkela.
  33. National workshop on “Helium Cryogenics” held from 10th – 11th July 2008 at NIT Rourkela.
  34. Short Term Course on “Fundamentals of cryogenic engineering” held from 5th -6th July 2008 at NIT Rourkela.
  35. National workshop on “Theory and Application of Finite and Boundary Elements Methods” from 27th Feb – 1st March 2007 at S.I.E.T. Dhenkanal.
  36. Short Term Course on “Fundamentals of cryogenic engineering” held from 5th -6th July 2008 at NIT Rourkela.
  37. National workshop on “Theory and Application of Finite and Boundary Elements Methods” from 27th Feb – 1st March 2007 at S.I.E.T. Dhenkanal.
Present Address

Room No. 320
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
PMEC Berhampur,
At- Sitalapalli, P.O.- Tanganapalli,
Dist: Ganjam, Odisha, PIN: 761003

Permanent Address

Qtr No. E-2/4
PMEC Berhampur,
At- Sitalapalli, P.O.- Tanganapalli,
Dist: Ganjam, Odisha, PIN: 761003