Prof. Saptarshi Basu Research Group 

TITLE: Insight into Flickering/Shedding in Buoyant Droplet-Diffusion Flame during Interaction with Vortex TEAM: Thirumalaikumaran. K., Gautham V. and Saptarshi Basu ABSTRACT: The interaction of incident vortex with buoyant diffusion flame of a pendant fuel droplet (n-dodecane) is investigated in the present study. The flame stretching/shedding events occur depending on vortex strengths, which are characterized using vortex Reynolds number (Rev). Different flame response reg

Title: Assessing the impact of a novel hemispherical diffuser on a single-tank sensible thermal energy storage system Team: Dipti Ranjan Parida, S. Advaith, Nikhil Dani and Saptarshi Basu Abstract: The effects of an inlet inertial jet on the thermal blending of hot and cold heat transfer fluid (molten salt) for a single tank sensible thermal energy storage system are studied using numerical simulations. The simulations show the evolution of the initial stratified layer (therm

Title : Laser-induced deformation and fragmentation of droplets in an array Team: D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, Awanish Pratap Singh and Saptarshi Basu Abstract: Droplet–droplet interactions is ubiquitous in various applications ranging from medical diagnostics to enhancing and optimizing liquid jet propulsion. We employ an experimental technique where the laser pulse interacts with a micron-sized droplet and causes optical breakdown. The interaction of a nanosecond laser pulse and