Dr. S. K.SHUKLA

Academic Qualification:

Ph. D. (Mech. Engg.), M. Tech. (M/C Design), B.E. (Mech. Engg.), FIE (India)

Contact Details:

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Indian Institute of Technology, BHU,

VARANASI – 221 005, INDIA

Tel.: +91-542-6702825(Office), 09450011123, 09235791504(mobiles)

E-mail: shail-shukla @hotmail.com , skshukla.mec@itbhu.ac.in

 Area of Specialization:

 Non Conventional Energy, Renewable Energy

Recent Research Publications from Last 5 Years:

International Journals

 (i)            S.K.Shukla and V.P.S.Sorayan, (2005) Thermal Modelling of Solar Stills: An Experimental validation “Renewable Energy”. Vol. 30 (5), 683-699. . ( In SCOPOUS of sciencedirect.com, Cited by 21)

(ii)          S.K.Shukla., V.P.S.Sorayan and S.K.Gupta (2004) Parametric Studies of Passive/Active Solar Stills by using Modified Convective Mass transfer relations, “Ambient Energy” Vol.25 (3), 212-232.

(iii)         S.K.Shukla. D.C.Saraswat and T.Raj, (2008), Evaluation of Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Open Sun and Green House Drying, International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy,Vol.6(5/6), 543-553.

(iv)         S.K.Shukla and A.K.ai 2008) Analytical Thermal Modelling of Double Slope Solar Still by Using Inner Glass Cover temperature, Thermal Science, Vol.12(3),139-152

(v)          S.K.Shukla (2009), Product Cost Calculations of Various Designs of Conventional Solar Still Systems, Int. Journal of Agile Systems and Mgmt. Vol. 4, Nos. 1/2, 86-97.

(vi)         S.K.Shukla and Nitesh Rathore., (2009) Experimental Investigations and Comparison of Energy and Exergy Efficiencies of the Box-type and Parabolic Solar Cooker” International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, Vol.7(2),201-212.

(vii)        J.V.Tirkey, H.N.Gupta and S.K.Shukla, (2009), Integrated Gas Dynamic and Thermodynamic Computational Modeling of Multicylinder 4-stroke Spark Ignition engine using Gasoline as a fuel, Thermal Science. Vol. 13(3), 113-130.

(viii)      S.K.Shukla and A.K.Rai, Estimation of Solar Still output Under Indoor Environment,  International Journal of Applied Engineering Research: 2010, Vol. 5( 2), 343-350.

(ix)         S.K.Shukla, (2009) Comparison of Energy and Exergy Efficiencies of Community and Domestic Solar Cookers, International Journal of Green Energy, Vol.6 (5), 437-449.

(x)          J.V.Tirkey, H.N.Gupta and S.K.Shukla, (2009), Integrated Gas Dynamic and Thermodynamic Computational Modeling of Multicylinder 4-stroke Spark Ignition engine using CNG as a fuel, International Journal of Sustainable Energy, Vol.29(2), 59-75..

(xi)         J.V.Tirkey, H.N.Gupta and S.K.Shukla, (2010), Analytical study to Minimize the Engine exhaust Emission and safe knock limit of CNG powered Four stroke engine, International Journal of Energy and Environment, Vol1(1), 31-52.

(xii)        S.K.Shukla and Ali A. Farhan, Modeling of Tubular solar still by Using Inner Glass Cover Temperatures, accepted for publication International Journal of Applied Energy.

(xiii)      Alka Gupta, Om Prakash and S.K.Shukla (2011) Thermodynamic Analysis of Gas – Steam Combined Cycle with Carbon dioxide (CO₂) Emissions Saving, International Journal of Energy and Environment Vol.2(2), 219-230.

(xiv)      S.K.Shukla and A.K.Sharma (2010) Design and Performance Evaluation of a Solar Assisted Drying System Int. Journal of Materials Engineering Innovation Vol.1, Nos.3/4, 338-349.

(xv)        S.K.Shukla,^* and S.K.Singh, Analytical Study and Optimization of Thermal Performance of Flat Plate Solar Air Heater, accepted for publication in Int. Journal of Sust.Man. and Renewable Energy.

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(xvi)      S.K.Shukla* Ali Abdul R. Farhan and Ajeet Kumar Analytical Study of Tubular Multiwick Solar Stills by Using Inner Glass Cover Temperatures, accepted for publication in Int. Journal of Sust.Man. and Renewable Energy.

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(xvii)     S.K.Gupta, V.P.Singh and S.K.Shukla, Discussion of Iterative formula and estimation formula for computing normal depth of horseshoe cross section tunnel, accepted by Journal of ASCE.

(xviii)    S.K.Shukla and S.K.Singh, Analysis of PCM storage unit for night coolness storage in summer season, accepted for publication in International Journal of Sustainable Energy.

International and National Conferences (With Paper Presentation/Submission)

 1.      S.K.Shukla, Performance Evaluation of Solar Distillation Systems under Indian Climatic Conditions, ASME-ISES conference proceedings 2005, Florida, USA.

2.      S.K.Shukla etal., Experimental Studies on Passive/Active Solar Stills, WREC proceedings 2005, University of Aberdeen, U.K

3.      S.K.Shukla etal.,Performance Evaluation of Concentrating Solar Cookers under Indian Climatic Conditions-ES2008-54030 accepted in ASME 2^nd International conference on Energy Sustainability to be held at Jacksonville, FL., USA between August 10-14,2008

4.      S.K.Shukla etal. Distillation Cost calculations of various Designs of Solar Still Systems-ES2008-54245. accepted in ASME 2^nd International conference on Energy Sustainability held at Jacksonville, FL., USA between August 10-14,2008

5.      S.K.Shukla etal.   Evaluation of Heat and Mass Transfer Coefficients in Open Sun and Greenhouse Drying.-HT2008-56162 accepted in ASME2008-Summer Heat transfer Conference held at Jacksonville, FL., USA between August 10-14, 2008

6.      S.K.Shukla et al.,Integrated Gas Dynamic and Thermodynamic Computational Modeling of Multicylinder 4-stroke Spark Ignition engine using Gasoline as  fuel Proceedings of 2008 ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, August 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, Florida USA.

7.       S.K.Shukla et al Performance Evaluation of Concentrating Solar Cooker    under Indian Climatic Conditions, Proceedings of ASME Energy Sustainability - 2008 August 10-14, 2008, Jacksonville, Florida USA.

8.       S.K.Shukla, Performance Studies of a Focusing Solar Cooker, Proceedings of IV IGEC, Oct.20-22, 2008, Beijing, China.

9.       A.Sharma, P.Bhardwaj, S.Kumar and S.K.Shukla, Development of Commercial Solar Drier for Aonla Drying, published in Proceedings of National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (NCAME-2009), Feb.28-March01, 2009 held at MIT Moradabad, U.P., pp. 545-550.

10.  S.K.Shukla and Ali A. Farhan, Tubular Multiwick Solar Stills by Using Inner Glass Cover Temperatures published in conference proceedings of ICAE2010 held at Singapore.

11.  S.K.Shukla and Ali A. Farhan, Thermal Modelling of Solar Stills Using PCM as Storage Medium, accepted for oral presentation at ASME-ES Fuel Cell 2011 conference to be held at Washington D.C. USA during August 7-10, 2011.

 Academic Visits/ Invited Talks Delivered (2006-11):

a.       Visited North Electric China University, Beijing, China during 20-22 October 2008 for attending IV International Green Energy Conference-2008 and presented research paper entitled “Performance Studies of a Focusing Solar Cooker”.

b.          Invited Speaker in  International Workshop on Energy Security Concepts and Indicators for Asia, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy NUS Singapore, November 14-16, 2009, Singapore

c.    Appointed and worked as visiting faculty in Energy field of study at School of Environment and Resources Development at Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok from 18.08.2009 -30.12.2009. (MHRD-Indian Secondment Sanction)

Academic Honors

1.      Reviewer of Energy Policy, an International Journal Under www.sciencedirect.com, Elsevier Publication.

2.      Reviewer of Energy, an International Journal Under www.sciencedirect.com, Elsevier Publication.

3.      Reviewer of ASME-ES2008, ASME-ES2009 and Session Chairman of IMECE-ASME 2009 Conferences.

4.      Session Organizer of Energy Systems: Analysis, Thermodynamics and Sustainability session at ASME-IMECE2009 conference to be held during 13-19 November 2009 at Florida.

5.      Reviewer of IJPRE and Journals at Scholarlink Resources.

6.      Member in Editorial Advisory Board of International Journal of Energy and Environment.

7.      Member in Editorial Advisory Board  of  "Journal of SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING & RENEWABLE ENERGY-JSM&RE "

8.      Member in Editorial Advisory Board Journal of Mechanical and Production Engg.

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10.  Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development

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Editor /Author of Books:

“Energy Conversion and Management”   Editor(s): S. K. Shukla, J. V. Tirkey, ISBN:    978-81-8487-078-7, Publication Year:   2010

  International Conferences/ Workshops/ Seminars/ Symposia Organized:

a)      Co-Convener and Organizing Secretary of International Conference on “Issues and Challenges in Energy Conversion and Management (ICEM-2009)” held during December 18-20, 2009 at Mechanical Engg. Deptt., I.T., B.H.U.

b)    Coordinator of short term course on “Energy Conversion and Management” April 03-09, 2009, under staff development programme for AICTE approved Engineering Colleges Teachers sponsored by AICTE, New Delhi.

c)      Convener of National Workshop on Clean Energy Technology (NWCET-2010) held BBS College of Engineering Allahabad on October 27, 2010.

 Sponsored Projects: 1

                                                              i.      Design and Development of Commercial Solar Dryer for Aonla Drying- AICTE Funded, Amount: 8 Lacs

 Thesis Supervised:

Ph. D. Thesis            : Completed - 02; On going  -  02

M. Tech                    : Completed - 10

 Administrative Responsibility:

(1) Warden, Limbdi Hostel, I.T.B.H.U. 2008-09

 (2) Coordinator CCA Wing, I.T. Gymkhana, B.H.U. 2008-09

(3) Coordinator Magnum Opus (Technical Festival of I.T., BHU) 2008-09.