User:Bhupendra.khandelwal

E-mail :- bhupendra.khandelwal@gmail.com

Education Ph.D Cranfield University 2012 Masters of Business Administration, 2010 Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering, 2008

Dr. Bhupendra Khandelwal joined The University of Sheffield (Low Carbon Combustion Center) as a Research Associate in June, 2012. Presently he is working on combustion and performance of alternative fuel to be used in gas turbine engines. Prior to this position, he held a Researcher position in Aerospace Engineering at the Cranfield University, where he worked on gas turbine combustors. At Cranfield University, he technically led a team of 11 MSc Researchers for project related to combustors. Dr. Khandelwal completed his bachelors from India in 2008 and joined one of India’s top technical institutes, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay as a research/project engineer. He worked there for 2 years on topics related to micro combustion and spray combustion; during the due course his work on combustion was widely published in various journals and conferences. While working at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Dr. Khandelwal also completed his MBA in Project Management. In addition to research, presently Dr. Khandelwal is also responsible for delivering lectures, supervising MSc and PhD students on Aerospace Propulsion and Combustion in Mechanical Engineering Department of The University of Sheffield. He is also leading a team of MSc researchers for projects related to novel gas turbine combustors at Cranfield University, UK.

Dr. Khandelwal is a Royal Aeronautical Society Member, the recipient of a Royal Aeronautical Society Centennial Scholar, ASME IGTI Student Scholar for two consecutive years 2011 and 2012, IMechE Grant along with 15 national/international scholarships/awards. He has also delivered guest lectures at different conferences including Aero India 2009. Dr. Khandelwal speaks three different languages fluently and serves as the technical area organizer for AIAA and as a reviewer for different scientific journals.

Dr. Khandelwal has developed three novel ideas for gas turbine combustors and is in process of getting patent granted on them. These combustors would help in decreasing emissions and fuel consumption in a gas turbine engine. His research on combustion and combustors is widely published in journals and conferences.

Publications (Few)

List of Publications

   B Khandelwal, GPS Sahota, S Kumar, “Flame stabilization studies in a backward facing step configuration based microcombustor with premixed methane-air mixtures” International J. Micromech. Microeng., Vol .20 (9), Sept’2011.
   GPS Sahota, B Khandelwal, S Kumar, “Experimental investigations on a new active swirl based microcombustor for an integrated micro-reformer system” Energy Conversion and Management, Volume 52, Issue 10, September 2011, Pages 3206-3213.
   B Khandelwal, S Kumar, “Experimental investigation on flame stabilization behavior in a diverging micro channel” International Journal on Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 30, Issues 17-18, December 2010, Pages 2718-2723.
   B Khandelwal, S R. Paulas, A Karakurt, V Sethi, R Singh, “Hydrogen: The future of air transport” Journal of Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2012 (In-press).
   B Khandelwal “Future of Ramjet and Scramjet engine with options of using Nuclear Energy”, Journal of Aerospace by “Institution of Engineers” in Nov 2010.
   B Khandelwal, S Kumar,“Flame stabilization studies on a backward facing step configuration based microcombustor” in proceedings of International Conference of Fluid Dynamics 2009.
   B Khandelwal, A Prakash, T Mahmood, V Sethi, “Study on Nuclear Energy Powered Novel Air Transport Model and its Fesability study” AIAA Paper Number AIAA 2011-6038.
   P Murthy, B Khandelwal, V Sethi, R Singh, “Hydrogen as a fuel for gas turbine engines with novel micromix type combustors” AIAA Paper Number AIAA 2011-5806.
   B Khandelwal, “Future of Ramjet and Scramjet engine with options of using Nuclear energy” in Aero India 2009 International Seminar.
   B Khandelwal, M Yan, G Hegde, V Sethi, R Singh, “Design Procedure of a Reverse Flow Combustor for a Helicopter Engine with High Temperature Rise” SAE Paper Number 2011-01-2562.
   B Khandelwal, L Bao, K Kumar, V Sethi, R Singh, “Study of Hybrid Diffusers for Use in Gas Turbine Combustors” SAE Paper Number 2011-01-2496.
   B Khandelwal, GPS Sahota, S Kumar, “Experimental investigations on a single backward facing step based microcombustor with premixed methane-air mixtures” in 21st National Conference on combustion by Combustion Institute, 2009.
   B Khandelwal, S Kumar, AA Deshpande, “Flame Stabilization Studies in a Three Backward Facing Step Configuration Based Microcombustor with Premixed Methane-Air Mixtures” in ISABE-2011-1115.
   B Khandelwal, Y Li, P Murthy, V Sethi, R Singh, “Implication of Different Fuel Injector Configurations for Hydrogen Fuelled Micromix Combustors” in ASME Turbo Expo 2011, GT2011-46845.
   GB Hegde, B Khandelwal, V Sethi, R Singh, “Design, Evaluation and Performance Analysis of Staged Low Emission Combustors” accepted for publication in ASME Turbo Expo 2012, GT2012-69215.
   B Khandelwal, “Future of Ramjet and Scramjet engine with options of using Nuclear Energy – Concept, Design and Development”. This paper was presented at SAE India International Mobility Conference’08 as a student, only 6 student papers were been selected from all over India.
   A Karakurt, B Khandelwal, V Sethi, R Singh, “Study of Novel Micromix Combustors to be used in Gas Turbines; using Hydrogen, Hydrogen-Methane, Methane and Kerosene as a fuel” 48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, AIAA-2012-4265.
   B Khandelwal, K Agarwal, A Karakurt, V Sethi, R Singh, “Preliminary Study of a Novel Gas Turbine Combustor Concept based on Hydrogen Synthesis from Kerosene Reformation” 48thAIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, AIAA-2012-4070.
   B Khandelwal, S R. Paulas, A Karakurt, V Sethi, R Singh, “A Review of Hydrogen as a Fuel for Future Air Transport” 48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, AIAA 2012-4267.
   A Karakurt, B Khandelwal, V Sethi, R Singh, “Hydrogen Combustors in Gas Turbines” 10th International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, AIAA 2012-4227.
   B Khandelwal, L Dong, V Sethi, R Singh, “Design and Study on Performance of Axial Swirler for Annular Combustor by changing different design Parameters” under review for publication in an International Journal.
   B Khandelwal, M Zhang, V Sethi, R Singh, “Preliminary Design and Performance analysis of a Low Emission Aero-Derived Gas Turbine Combustor” under review for publication in International Journal.
   M Akram, B Khandelwal, S Blakey, C W Wilson, “Post Combustion Carbon Capture from Gas Turbines” under review for publication in ASME Turbo Expo 2013.