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Prof. V P Chandra Mohan

PhD (IIT Delhi)

Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Room No: Old Bio Technology building +91-870-2462314
vpcm80@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Automobile battery design

 Computational Fluid Dynamics

 Drying and Simultaneous solution of heat and mass transfer

 Micro blower for electronics cooling

 Solar drying

 Solar Updraft Tower

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Thermal Engineering Laboratory(ME307)
  • Advanced Fluid Mechanics(ME16001)
  • Alternate Fuels(ME314)
  • Industrial Heat Transfer(ME16036)
  • Heat Transfer and Fuels Laboratory(ME255)
  • Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer(ME16028)
  • Thermodynamics(ME201)
  • Heat Transfer(ME253)
  • Basic Mechanical Science(MEI231)
  • Seminar - I(ME5548)
  • Seminar - II(ME5598)
  • Conduction and Radiation Heat Transfer(ME5164)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0002-8680-8363
  • ISI Researcher ID: L-1680-2015
  • SCOPUS ID: 57204159176
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=A0-TG90AAAAJ&hl=en


  • Performance studies on indirect forced convection solar dryer without and with thermal energy storage during drying muskmelon slices, By Vishnuvardhan Reddy Mugi, Mulatu C. Gilago, V. P. Chandramohan, Springer, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol.148, pp.9201–9216, 2023
  • A detailed assessment of paraffin waxed thermal energy storage medium for solar dryers, By Abhay Lingayat, Pritam Das, Mulatu C. Gilago, Chandramohan V.P., Elsevier, Solar Energy, vol.261, pp.14-27, 2023
  • Impact of dimensions and optimized dimensions of corrugation of solar air heater for an indirect solar dryer for better heat transfer, By Namith Vaman Naik, Shivam Prajapati, Chandramohan V.P, Elsevier, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, vol.42, pp.101916, 2023
  • Evaluating the environ-economic and exergy-energy impacts of drying carrots in passive and active mode solar dryers, By Mulatu Chake Gilago, Vishnuvardhan Reddy Mugi, V. P. Chandramohan , Elsevier, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, vol.43, pp.101956, 2023
  • Influence of input voltage on the structural and fluid flow characteristics and proposed working condition of a micro-blower, By Velmurugan K, Bharath Sanjeevi, Adarsh Shrivastav, Chandramohan VP, Karthik Balasubramanian, Karunanidhi S., Elsevier, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, vol.94, pp.102482, 2023
  • A critical assessment on micro-blowers and pumps for different engineering applications, By Velmurugan K, Abhay Lingayat, Chandramohan VP, Karthik Balasubramanian, Karunanidhi S, Elsevier, Sensors & Actuators: A. Physical, vol.365, pp.114855, 2024
  • Solar air collector with right‑angle triangle corrugations for an indirect type solar dryer for enhancement in performance, By Shekher Sheelam, Chandramohan V. P., Springer, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol.149, pp.311–326, 2024
  • Experimental evaluation of performance, drying and thermal parameters of guava slabs dried in a forced convection indirect solar dryer without and with thermal energy storage, By Vishnuvardhan Reddy Mugi, Mulatu C. Gilago, Chandramohan V.P., Suresh Babu Valasingam, Elsevier, Renewable Energy, vol.223, pp.120005, 2024
  • Numerical analysis of solar air collector with trapezoidal ribbed absorber plate of indirect solar dryer: estimation of performance parameters with proposed pitch for better performance, By Hari Krishna Mosuru, V. P. Chandramohan, Springer, Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol., pp., 2024
  • Analysis and comparison of the performance parameters of passive and active indirect solar dryers with heat storage facility while drying carrot, By Mulatu Chake Gilago, Vishnuvardhan Reddy Mugi, Chandramohan V.P., Springer, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol.30, pp.56246–56258, 2023

Thermal Management of Green Data Centers

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type SPARC Project
  • Sponsor SPARC-MHRD
  • Duration 60 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4360000
  • Status Completed

Development of active cooling for avionics

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DRDO-RCI, Hyderabad
  • Duration 33 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1439000
  • Status Completed

Design and Development of a Solar Updraft Power Plant

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST - SERB India
  • Duration 42 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3006000
  • Status Completed

Solar updraft tower power plant

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor TEQIP/CoE/2016 Dated 03-11-2016
  • Duration 37 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 650000
  • Status Completed

Estimation of initial moisture content of moist objects

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MHRD RSG, NIT Warangal
  • Duration 24 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 530000
  • Status Completed


Mr. Chinchedu Raghuvaran

  • Area of Research: Nano fluid, Heat pipe

Mr. K. VELMURUGAN

  • Area of Research: Micro blower for electronic cooling

Mr. Shekher Sheelam

  • Area of Research: Solar air collector, Performance improvement
  • Certificate of Appreciation
  • Guest Editor, Heat Transfer Engineering
  • Manak - Inspire Award
  • ScienceDirect TOP 25 Hottest Articles award
  • Chairman, Dept Nodal Committee Ranking, Newsletter, Annual Report, etc (June, 2022 - June, 2024)
  • Faculty Coordinator, News and Magazine Committee, NIT Warangal (August, 2021 - July, 2024)
  • NBA Coordinator for MTech Autombile Engineering (February, 2021 - February, 2023)
  • M.Tech. Automobile Engineering Coordinator, NITW (July, 2020 - July, 2022)
  • Warden, International Students Hostel, DASA, NIT Warangal (August, 2019 - April, 2022)
  • Member, Dept Nodal Committee Ranking, Newsletter, Annual Report, etc (March, 2019 - April, 2022)
  • Member of Centre of Excellence (COE) in NITW (December, 2017 - December, 2017)
  • Time table In-charge, Mechanical Engineering Department, NITW (May, 2017 - June, 2019)
  • B.Tech Final Year Project Co-ordinator, 2013-17 Batch MED/NITW (June, 2016 - July, 2017)
  • Refrigeration and AC Lab In-charge, MED/NITW (October, 2014 - June, 2019)