Manish Agrawal

Manish Kumar Agrawal

Associate Professor
manish.agrawal@mahindrauniversity.edu.in

Prof. Manish Agrawal is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Centrale School of Engineering at Mahindra University, Hyderabad. He has obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Thermal Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (2014).

Previously he has worked as Senior Researcher, Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics at Environment and Energy Technology Inc. at Deajeon, South Korea (2015-2016) and also as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2016-2017).

2014

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, IIT Indore; 2014

2009

  • M.Tech, Mechanical Engineering; VJTI, Mumbai; 2009

2007

  • B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering; BIT Durg; 2007

2021 - Present

  • Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Mahindra University (2021-present)

2017 - 2021

  • Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Mahindra University (2017-2021)

2016 - 2017

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay (2016-2017)

2015 - 2016

Senior Researcher, Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics, Environment and Energy Technology Inc., Daejeon, South Korea (2015-2016)

Selected Publications: Journals

2024

  • Nagaraju Napa, Manish Agrawal, Bhaskar Tamma, Development of Electro-Thermal Model for Prismatic Lithium-ion Cell Subjected to Electric Vehicle Drive Cycle Using Converging Fluid Channel, International Journal of Thermal Sciences 199 (2024) 108935, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2024.108936
  • Nagaraju Napa, Manish Agrawal, Bhaskar Tamma, “Phase change material properties identification for the design of efficient thermal management system for cylindrical lithium-ion battery module”, Journal of Energy Storage, Vol 99 (2024) 113241, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.113241
  • Sruthi Kalivendi, Bharghavi Gorthi, Nagaraju Napa, Manish Kumar Agrawal and Bhaskar Tamma, Characterization and Performance Evaluation of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine, ICFTES2024, Paper ID: 102, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems, June 6-8, 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India
  • Manoj Kumar Desu, Nagaraju Napa, Abhishek M, Manish Kumar Agrawal and Bhaskar Tamma, Analysis of Air based Thermal Management System for Lithium-ion Battery Pack, ICFTES2024, Paper ID: 101, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems, June 6-8, 2024, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India (Best paper award)
  • Abhishek M, Nagaraju Napa, Manish Kumar Agrawal, Bhaskar Tamma, Akhil Garg, Thermal Modeling of Large Format Prismatic Lithium-Ion Cell – A Comparative Study 2024-28-0144, 11th SAEINDIA International Mobility Conference (SIIMC 2024), DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/2024-28-0144
  • Nagaraju Napa, Manish Kumar Agrawal, Bhaskar Tamma, Development of electro-thermal model for air cooling study of electric vehicle lithium-ion battery module operating in Indian conditions and drive cycle, Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 240, 2024, 122233, ISSN 1359-4311, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.122233

2023

  • Nagaraju Napa, Manish Agrawal, Bhaskar Tamma, “Thermal management of battery pack by employing NC, FC and immersion cooling” 27th National and 5th International ISHMT – ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference – 2023, IIT Patna
  • Nagaraju Napa, Manish Agrawal, Bhaskar Tamma, Converging Fluid Channel Design to Improve Thermal Performance of Prismatic Lithium-ion Cell (2023), IEEE 1st International conference on Cyber Physical Systems, Power Electronics, and Electric Vehicles (ICPEEV 2023), Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India
  • Nagaraju Napa, Manish Kumar Agrawal, Bhaskar Tamma, Design of novel thermal management system for Li-ion battery module using metal matrix based passive cooling method, Journal of Energy Storage, Volume 73, Part C, 2023, 109119, ISSN 2352-152X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.109119

2016

  • Agrawal M K, Sahu S. K., (2016) An experimental study on the rewetting of a hot vertical surface by circular water jet impingement, Experimental Heat Transfer, 29:2 pp 151-172. (DOI: 10.1080/08916152.2014.973973)
  • Agrawal M K, Sahu S. K., (2016) Analysis of Three-Region Conduction-Controlled Rewetting of a Hot Surface by Variational Method, Heat Transfer Engineering, 37:9 pp 763-773. (DOI:10.1080/01457632.2015.1080563)

    • 2015

  • M. Modak, S. Srinivasan, K Garg, S S Chougule, M K Agrawal, S K Sahu, (2015) Experimental investigation of hea transfer characteristics of the hot surface using Al2O3-water nano-fluids, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification, 91 pp 104-113. (DOI:10.1016/j.cep.2015.03.006)

    • 2014

  • Agrawal M K, Sahu SK, (2014) Analysis of Multi-Region Conduction-Controlled Rewetting of a Hot Surface Under The Influence of Precursory Cooling by Variational Integral Method, Applied Thermal Engineering, 73:1 pp 267-276. (DOI:10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2014.07.062)

    • 2013

  • Agrawal M K, Sahu S K, (2013) Analysis of Conduction-Controlled Rewetting of a Hot Surface by Variational Method, Heat and Mass Transfer, 49:7 pp 963-971. (DOI: 10.1007/s00231-013-1139-6)

    • Conferences

    2023

  • Napa, Nagaraju; Agrawal, Manish Kumar; Tamma, Bhaskar; Design of an Air-Based Thermal Management and Predictions of Thermal Characteristics of Lithium-Ion Cell Using 1D Numerical Model, 2023 IEEE 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Future Electric Transportation (SEFET), Bhubaneswar, India, 6-Jan 2023, doi:10.1109/SeFeT57834.2023.10244838

    • 2022

  • Pushkar, K; Napa, Nagaraju; Madichetty, Sreedhar; Agrawal, Manish Kumar; Tamma, Bhaskar; Thermal Analysis of Lithium Ion Battery Pack with Different Cooling Media 2022 SAE Technical Paper (No. 2022-28-0043) DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/2022-28-0043

    • 2021

  • Napa, Nagaraju; Agrawal, Manish; Tamma, Bhaskar; Bendaram, Anirudh Reddy; Heat Transfer Characteristics of electrochemical cell− A numerical study, Proceedings of the 26thNational and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India 2021, pg. 1259-1265, Begel House Inc. DOI: 10.1615/IHMTC-2021.1900
  • Reddy Gade, V., Seth, D., Agrawal, M.K., Tamma, B. (2021). Development of Autonomous UVC Disinfectant Robot. In: Duffy, V.G. (eds) Digital Human Modeling and Applications in Health, Safety, Ergonomics and Risk Management. AI, Product and Service. HCII 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12778. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77820-0_11
  • S. S. Samavedam, A. R. Bandaram, M. K. Agrawal and B. Tamma, "Multizone Modelling of Heat Transfer Characteristics of an Electrochemical Cell Pack," 2021 IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference (ITEC-India), New Delhi, India, 2021, pp. 1-7, doi: 10.1109/ITEC-India53713.2021.9932491

    • 2018

  • Manish Kumar Agrawal, Santosh Sahu, (2018) Rewetting analysis of hot surface with property variation and precursory cooling, Paper No. 414, Proceedings of the 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

    • 2014

  • Manish K Agrawal, Krati Garg, Aditya Singh, Santosh K Sahu, (2014) An analysis of a three-region conduction controlled rewetting of hot surface by variational method, 22nd International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, ICONE22, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Manish K Agrawal, Mayank Modak, Santosh K Sahu, (2014) Heat transfer characteristics of hot surfaces using high alcohol surfactant by impinging liquid jet, Lect. Notes Mechanical Engineering, Arun K. Saha et al., FLUID MECHANICS AND FLUID POWER - CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, FMFP 2014, IIT Kanpur, India.
  • Satish Chandra, Palash Gupta, Manish K Agrawal, Santosh K Sahu, (2014) An experimental investigation to analyse the heat transfer characteristics of hot surface by obliquely impinging liquid jet, Lect.Notes Mechanical Engineering, Arun K. Saha et al., FLUID MECHANICS AND FLUID POWER - CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH, 5th International and 41st National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, FMFP 2014, IIT Kanpur, India.

    • 2013

  • Agrawal M K, Sahu SK, (2013) Conduction controlled rewetting analysis of a hot surface by variational method, 22nd National and 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Kharagpur.
  • Gupta P, Chandra S, Agrawal M K, Sahu SK, (2013) Heat transfer characteristics of an obliquely impinging liquid jet, 40th National conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power”, FMFP- 2013, NIT Hamirpur.
  • Santosh K Sahu, Manish K Agrawal, (2013) Application of Various Measurement Techniques to Analyze Rewetting of Hot Surfaces, The Institution of Engineers (India), All India semiar on ‘Computer application in Engineering: Emerging trends and technologies, IIST, Indore, MP, India.

    • Book Chapters

    2020

  • Avadhesh Kumar Sharma, Mayank Modak, Santosh Kumar Sahu and Manish Kumar Agrawal (2020) Infrared Thermal Imaging Technique for Temperature Measurement in Various Energy Systems, Dynamics and Control of Energy Systems, Chapter 20, pg. 465-496, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

    • 2018

  • Manish Kumar Agrawal, Santosh Sahu, (2018) Application of variational integral method to analyze variety of rewetting problems, Heat Conduction: Methods, Application and Research, Nova Science Publishers, Inc
    • Jet impingement cooling
    • Thermal management of electric vehicle batter pack
    • Flow through channels at low Reynolds number