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Prof. Santanu Prasad Datta

Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Compact Heat Exchangers, Energy and Environmental Impact on Society, Evaporative Cooling, Experimental Thermo-Fluid Science, Fluid and Thermal Engineering, Hybrid Vehicle Thermal Management, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

Sponsored Projects

Sponsored Projects

 

Sl. No.

Sponsoring Agency

Title of the Project

Duration/ Status

Role

1

BITS Pilani — Hyderabad Campus

 An Energy Efficient Regenerative Evaporative Cooling (REC) System for Building Air-Conditioning with Cross and Counter-Flow Configuration

August 2017 to August 2019

PI

2

Additional Competitive Research Grant, BITS Pilani — Hyderabad Campus

An Indigenous Energy Efficient Thermal Management Strategy of Buildings for all Climatic Conditions across India

May 2019 to May 2021

PI

3

SERB, Early Career Research (ECR) Grant

 Experimental Investigation on an Energy Efficient Thermal Management Technique for Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV)

May 2019 to May 2022

PI

4

DST Young Scientist


A solar assisted combined cooling, heating and power plant: an alternate rural energy source

Sept 2019 to Sept 2022

PI

 

 5

 SERB, Core Research Grant (CRG), 2021

 Development of a Cost Effective Solar Energy based Drinking Water cum Cold Storage Facility for Coastal Communities in India

 Dec 2021 to Dec 2024

 Co-PI

6

DSIR

An Indigenous Air-Conditioning Facility for Hospitals during the Covid-19 Pandemic

June 2022 to June 2024

PI

 

Note: A few are in under review stage at different external funding agencies

 

Research Interest

  • Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning

  • Hybrid Vehicle Thermal Management

  • Energy and Environmental Impact on Society

  • Compact Heat Exchangers

  • Evaporative Cooling

  • Experimental Thermo-Fluid Science