Arya, D., Awasthi, K., Hedau, G., Chandra, L. A Novel Solar Tower Simulator for Hydrogen Regeneration by Thermo-Catalytic Cracking of Ammonia: Energy, Exergy, and CFD investigations, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 256:124141 (25 pages), 2024.
Kumar, V. D., Chandra, L., Mukhopadhyay, S., Shekhar, R., Simulated Experimental Assessment of a Laboratory-Scale Solar Convective Furnace System, ASME Trans. J. Sol. Energy Eng., Vol. 145(4):041011 (11 pages), 2023.
Upadhyay, S., Chandra, L., Sarkar, J ., New Insights in Turbulent Heat Transfer with Oil and Hybrid Nano-Oils, Subject to Discrete Heating, for Parabolic Trough Absorbers," ASME Trans. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 145 (8):083901 (17 pages), 2023.
Sahu, M, Sarkar, J., Chandra, L., Experimental Thermal-Hydraulic Characteristics of Single-phase Natural Circulation Loop using Water-based Hybrid Nanofluids, Int. J. Thermal Sciences, Vol. 147:108198 (12 pages), 2023.
Kumar,V. D. , Singh, G., Chandra, L., Mukhopadhyay, S., Shekhar, R., A multi-zone unsteady heat transfer model for an open volumetric air receiver: A step towards scale-up and design optimization. Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 191, ID: 122747, pp.,1-25, 2022, Elsevier.
Agarwal S. Shaswat, Kumar K., Chandra L., Ghosh P, Improved wake velocity distribution behind a rising bubble for isothermal and thermally stratified liquid layers, J. Heat Transfer-Transactions of ASME, 2022 (in press)
Upadhyay, S., Savant, P. R., Chandra, L., Sarkar, J., Generalized Nusselt number correlation for binary hybrid nano-oils as heat transfer fluid in solar thermal systems, J. Heat Transfer-Transactions of ASME, Vol. 144 (7). pp. 072901-10, 2022.
Mukesh, B. S., Mukhopadhyay, S., Mondal, A., Chandra, L., Numerical design and studies of multipurpose concentrated solar thermal heating system, J. Thermal Science and Engineering Applications-Transactions of ASME, Vol. 14 (7), pp. 071011-1-13, 2022.
Sahu M., Sarkar J., Chandra L., Effects of various modeling assumptions on steady-state and transient performances of single-phase natural circulation loop, Int. Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 124, Paper ID: 105247, pp. 1-13, 2021, Elsevier.
Agarwal S. Shaswat, Kumar K., Chandra L., Ghosh P., Assessment of VoF based numerical scheme for bubble rise in isothermal liquid layer, and some new insight in thermally stratified liquid layers, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 169, 11 pp., 2021, Elsevier.
Sahu M., Sarkar J., Chandra L., Steady-state and transient hydrothermal analyses of single-phase natural circulation loop using water-based tri-hybrid nanofluids, AIChE J., 2021, Vol. 16 (6), 12 pp. (DOI: 10.1002/aic.17179).
Upadhyay S., Chandra L., Sarkar J., A generalized Nusselt number correlation for nanofluids and look-up diagrams to select a heat transfer fluid for medium temperature solar thermal applications, Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 190, ID:116469, pp. 1-16, 2021, Elsevier.
Kumar V. D., Upadhyay V. K., Singh G., Mukhopadhyay S., Chandra L., Open Volumetric Air Solar Receiver: An Innovative Application and a Major Challenge, WIREs: Energy and Environment (Invited), 2021, Wiley.
Sahu M., Sarkar J., Chandra L., Single-phase natural circulation loop using oils and ternary hybrid nanofluids: Steady-state and transient thermo-hydraulics, J. Thermal Science and Engineering Applications - Transactions of ASME, Vol. 13 (2). pp. 021030- 1- 10, 2021, ASME. (DOI: 0.1115/1.4049428)
Singh G., Kumar V. D., Chandra L., Shekhar R., Ghoshdastidar P. S., One-dimensional Zonal-model for the Unsteady Heat Transfer Analysis in an Open Volumetric Air Receiver, Vol. 13 (1), J. Thermal Science and Engineering Applications - Transactions of ASME, pp. 011011- 1-14, J. 2021, ASME.
Upadhyay V. K., Singh G., Chandra L., Bandyopadhyay B., On the dust deposition and its effects on heat transfer in absorber pores of an open volumetric air receiver, Solar Energy, Vol. 211, pp. 1206-1213, 2020. Elsevier.
Sharma P., Chandra L., Ghoshdastidar P. S., Shekhar R., A Novel Approach for Modelling Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in an Open Volumetric Air Receiver using ANSYS-FLUENT, Solar Energy, Vol. 204, pp. 246-255, 2020, Elsevier.
Sahu M., Sarkar J., Chandra L., Transient Thermo-hydraulics and Performance Characteristics of Single-phase Natural Circulation Loop using Hybrid Nanofluids, Int. Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 110, Paper ID: 104433, pp. 1-11, January 2020, Elsevier.
Yadav U., Chandra L., Bandyopadhyay B., Hydraulically and Thermally Developing Laminar Flow Induced Isolated Inelastic Particle Transport and Deposition on a Flat Plate , Solar Energy, Vol. 188, pp. 1298-1305, 2019, Elsevier.
Verma R. N., Kumar R., Dixit A., Chandra L., A Low Temperature Water-cooled Radiation Calorimeter for Estimation of Concentrated Solar Irradiance, Solar Energy, Vol. 167, pp. 194-209, 2018, Elsevier.
Boddupalli N., Yadav, N. K., Chandra L., The Unsteady Flow Features Behind a Heliostat in a Narrow Channel at a high Reynolds number: Experiment and Large Eddy Simulation, Int. J. Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 136, pp. 424-438, 2018, Elsevier.
Boddupalli N., Singh G., Chandra L., Bandyopadhyay B., Dealing with Dust - Some Challenges and Solutions for Enabling Solar Energy in Desert Regions, Solar Energy, Vol. 150, pp. 166-176, 2017, Elsevier. (Selected and reprinted for a special edition)
Singh G., Saini D., Chandra L., On the Evaluation of a Cyclone Separator for Cleaning of Open Volumetric Air Receiver, Applied Thermal Engineering (ICP 2015 special edition), Vol. 97 (25), pp. 48-58, 2016 Elsevier.
Patidar D., Tiwari S., Sharma P., Pardeshi R., Chandra L., Shekhar R., Solar Convective Furnace for Metals Processing, J. Metals (JOM), Vol. 67 (11), pp. 2696-2704, 2015, Springer.
Sharma P. K., Sarma R., Chandra L., Shekhar R., Ghoshdastidar P. S., On the Design and Evaluation of Open Volumetric Air Receiver for Process Heat Applications, Solar Energy, (ISES SWC 2013 special edition), Vol. 121, pp. 41-55, 2015, Elsevier.
Sharma P. K., Sharma R., Chandra L., Shekhar R., Ghoshdastidar P. S., Solar Tower Based Aluminum Heat Treatment System: Part I. Design and Evaluation of an Open Volumetric Air Receiver, Solar Energy, Vol. 111, pp. 135-150, 2015, Elsevier.
Singh G., Saini D., Yadav N., Sarma R., Chandra L., Shekhar Rajiv, Dust Deposition Mechanism and Cleaning Strategy for Open Volumetric Air Receiver based Solar Tower Sub-systems, Energy Procedia., Vol. 69, pp. 2081-2089, 2015, Elsevier.
Patidar D., Tiwari S., Sharma K. P., Chandra L., Shekhar R., Open Volumetric Air Receiver Based Solar Convective Aluminum Heat Treatment Furnace System, Energy Procedia, Vol. 69, pp. 506-517, 2015, Elsevier.
Sharma P. K., Sarma R., Chandra L., Shekhar R., Ghoshdastidar P. S., On the Design and Evaluation of Open Volumetric Air Receiver for Process Heat Applications, Energy Procedia, Vol. 57, pp. 2994-3003, 2014, Elsevier.
Yadav N. K, Pala D., Chandra L., On the Understanding and Analyses of Dust Deposition on Heliostat, ISES Solar World Congress, Energy Procedia, Vol. 57, pp. 3004-3013, 2014, Elsevier.
Roelofs F., Gopala V. R., Chandra L., Viellieber M., Class A., Simulating Fuel Assemblies with Low Resolution CFD Approaches, NURETH 14 special issue with Nucl. Eng. and Design (among the hottest 25 articles), Vol. 250, pp. 548-559, 2012, Elsevier.
Chandra L., Roelofs F., CFD Analyses of Liquid Metal Flow in Sub-Channels for Gen IV Reactor, Nucl. Eng. and Design (NURETH-13 special issue), Vol. 241, pp. 4391-4403, 2011, Elsevier.
Audouin L., Chandra L., Consalvi J-L., Gay L., Gorza E., Hohm V., Hostikka S., Ito T., Klein-Hessling W., Lallemand C., Magnusson T, Noterman N, Park J. S, Peco J, Rigollet L, Suard S, Van-Hees P, Quantifying Differences Between Computational Results and Measurements in the Case of a Large-Scale Well-confined Fire Scenario, Nucl. Eng. and Design (among the hottest 25 articles), Vol. 241, pp. 18-31, 2011, Elsevier.
Chandra L., Roelofs F., Inter Fuel-Assembly Thermal-Hydraulics for the ELSY Square Open Reactor Core Design, Nucl. Eng. and Design, Vol. 240, pp. 3009-3019, 2010, Elsevier.
Chandra L., Roelofs F., Houkema M., Jonker B., A Stepwise Development and Validation of a RANS Based CFD Modeling Approach for the Hydraulic and Thermal-Hydraulic Analyses of Liquid Metal Flow in a Fuel Assembly, Nucl. Eng. and Design, Vol. 239, pp. 1988-2003, 2009, Elsevier.
Chandra L., Grotzbach G., Analysis and Modeling of the Turbulent Diffusion of Turbulent Heat Fluxes in Natural Convection, Special TSFP5 issue of Int. Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 29 (3), pp. 743-751, 2008, Elsevier.
Chandra L., Grotzbach G., Analysis and Modeling of the Turbulent Diffusion of Turbulent Kinetic Energy in Natural Convection, Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, Vol. 79(2), pp. 133-154, 2007, Springer.
Book Chapters (14)
Modes of Operation, Design, and Experiments in a Laboratory Solar Convective Furnace System, In book: REWAS 2022: Energy Technologies and CO2 Management, Volume II, pp.105-113. (DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-92559-8_11)
Kumar, V. D., Surolia, Y., Mukhopadhyay, S., Chandra, L., Experimental Investigation of a Sensible Thermal Energy Storage System, pp. 365-382, In: New Research Directions in Solar Energy Technologies. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore, 2021. (doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0594-9_13)
Kumar, K., Aswal, K., Rajwade, M. K., Kumar A., Mondal, S. S., Chandra, L. Revisiting T+ Versus Pry+ Scaling in Turbulent Flows With 0.01 = Pr = 760 Using RANS, In: Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, 2021. (doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0698-4_45)
Mukesh, B. S., Ravi, P., Mukhopadhyay, S., Chandra, L., Design and Development of a Concentrated Solar Water Heating System, In: Solar Energy, Springer Proceedings, pp. 61-75, 2020. (10.1007/978-981-15-0675-8_5)
Singh G, Luque S., Aguilar-Gonzalez J., Romero M., Chandra L., Open Volumetric Air Receiver: Current Status, Challenges and Innovative Solutions, In: Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Vol. 1, 2020, Elsevier. (DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-803581-8.11263-9)
Singh G., Kumar R., Chandra L., Dixit A., Thermal and Materials Perspective on the Design of Open Volumetric Air Receiver for Process Heat Applications, Monograph 10: Applications of Solar Energy (Accepted), 14 pages, 2017, Springer. (DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-7206-2_7)
Saha, A. K., Chandra, L., Dixit, A., Transition Metal-Based Spectrally Selective Coatings Using In-House Developed Spray System, 11 pages, Progress in Energy: Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies - recent trends and applications, Eds: L. Chandra and A. Dixit, 2018, Springer. (DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-4576-9_14)
Sachdeva M., Chandra L., Transient Heat Transfer Analysis in Insulated Pipe with Constant and Time-Dependent Inlet Air Temperature for Solar Convective Furnace, Chapter 22, 15 pages, Progress in Energy: Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies - recent trends and applications, Eds: L. Chandra and A. Dixit, 2018, Springer.( DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-4576-9_22)
Sharma P., Chandra L., Shekhar R., Ghoshdastidar P. S., Experimental and Computational Investigation of Heat Transfer in an Open Volumetric Air Receiver for Process Heat Application, Chapter 10, 12 pages, Progress in Energy: Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies - recent trends and applications, Eds: L. Chandra and A. Dixit, 2018, Springer. (DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-4576-9_10)
Dirbude S., Khalifa N., Chandra L., Selective Design of an Experiment for Evaluating Air-Water Hybrid Steam Condenser for Concentrated Solar Power, Chapter 9, 14 pages, Progress in Energy: Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies - recent trends and applications, Eds: L. Chandra and A. Dixit, 2018, Springer.
Patidar D., Pardeshi R., Chandra L., Shekhar R., Solar Convective Furnace for Heat Treatment of Aluminium, Lecture Notes in Mech. Engineering: Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power - Contemporary Research, pp. 15431-1541, Eds: Saha et al., 2016, Springer.
Singh G., Saini D., Chandra L., Shekhar R., Design of a Cyclone Separator for Collection of Dust from Volumetric Air Receiver, Lecture Notes in Mech. Engineering: Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power - Contemporary Research, pp. 83-93, Eds: Saha et al., 2016, Springer.
Verma Ram Niwas, Jaya Kumar P.K. , Chandra Laltu, Shekhar Rajiv, Development of a Technique for Measurement of High Heat Flux, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering , Vol.327, Chapter 27, pp. 307-317, ISBN 978-81-322-2140-1, 2015, Springer.
Chandra L., Grotzbach G., A RANS Model for the Velocity Pressure Fluctuation Correlation, Progress in Turbulence II, Series: Springer Proceedings in Physics, Vol. 109, pp. 185-188, 2007, Springer.
Book (Co-edited)
Chandra, L., Dixit, A., Concentrated Solar Thermal Technologies - Recent Trends and Applications, Springer Proceedings in Energy, Springer Nature Singapore, Jan. 2018. (DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-4576-9)
49. Deb, D., Dixit, A., Chandra, L., Renewable Energy and Climate Change : Smart Innovation, Springer Proceedings in Energy, Springer Nature Singapore, July 2019. (DOI:10.1007/978-981-32-9578-0)
Conference proceedings:
More than 40 IEEE, ISES, ASME, ASTEF, ANS etc. sponsored, peer-reviewed, papers
