Dr. Saroj Kumar Panda - Chemical - SSN

Dr. Saroj Kumar Panda

Diploma, B.E, M.Tech (IITK), Ph.D (IITD)

Assistant Professor

Department Of Chemical Engineering

Email id:

sarojkumarp@ssn.edu.in

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Dr. Saroj Kumar Panda is a Chemical Engineer with over 15 years of experience in computational fluid dynamics (CFD), multiphase flow simulations, and experimental research. He holds a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and M.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Dr. Panda’s expertise lies in designing of process equipment for nuclear fuel reprocessing, conducting large-scale CFD simulations for liquid-liquid, solid-liquid and gas-liquid multiphase systems. He has contributed to the thermal management of the nuclear fuel storage vault for fast reactor and analysis of passive cooling systems. Prior to join SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, he was working as a postdoctoral researcher and later as a Scientist at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.

Qualification

Ph.D: Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, 2018.

M.Tech: Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2010.

B.E: Chemical Engineering, Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India, 2005.

Diploma: Chemical Engineering, U.C.P. Engineering School, Berhampur, Odisha, India, 1999.

Teaching Experience

  • 06/2024 – Present : Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Research Experience

  • 07/2021-07/2023 : Scientist, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.
  • 10/2018-07/2021 : Research Associate, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu.
  • 08/2011-07/2012 : Project Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka.
  • 08/2010-07/2011 : Scientist, CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, Uttrakhand.
  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of single-/multiphase fluid flows.
  • Discrete element method (DEM) and CFD in interdisciplinary research.
  • Population balance modelling (PBM) and particle/drop size distributions.
  • Experiments and simulations of multiphase flows in nuclear fuel reprocessing.
  • Process equipment design in nuclear reprocessing.
  • Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid flows and heat transfer.
  • Performance analysis of wet-pool storage facility for fast reactor spent fuel: A study of regular and off-normal operating conditions (IFFP-2024, SSN CE).
  • Continuous process equipment design in solid-liquid sedimentation relevant to Pu reconversion (IGCAR, Kalpakkam).
  • Airflow and heat transfer analysis in a nuclear fuel storage vault for optimization of ventilation system (IGCAR, Kalpakkam).
  • Numerical analysis of solid phase hydrodynamics in a continuous precipitator relevant to nuclear reprocessing (IGCAR, Kalpakkam).
  • Design and development of a thermosyphon for the passive cooling system of a nuclear fuel storage facility: Experiments and CFD simulations (IGCAR, Kalpakkam).
  • Performance evaluation of a continuous gravity settler with varying geometry and internals used for nuclear reprocessing (IIT Delhi- BARC/BRNS, Mumbai).
  • Potential of thermosyphon for passive cooling of nuclear fuel storage vault. Vivek K. Mishra, Saroj K. Panda, Biswanath Sen, Dipti Samantaray and M.P. Maiya. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 208 (2025) 109477.
  • Two-fluid and discrete population balance model for simulation of batch sedimentation relevant to plutonium reconversion. Saroj K. Panda, Vishnu Anand P., Vivek K. Mishra, Rajeev R., Venkatesan, K.A. and Ananthasivan K. Nuclear Technology, '211 (2025) 377-399'.
  • Risk assessment and numerical analysis of short-term accident scenarios in a nuclear fuel storage vault. Vivek K. Mishra, Saroj K. Panda, Biswanath Sen, and Dipti Samantaray. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, Applications, 85 (2024) 2896-2916.
  • Numerical analysis of solid phase hydrodynamics in a continuous precipitator relevant for plutonium reconversion. Saroj K. Panda, Vishnu Anand P., Vivek K. Mishra, Rajeev R., Venkatesan, K.A. and Ananthasivan K. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 198 (2023) 151-172.
  • Performance of cooling system of a fast reactor sub-assembly storage facility during station blackout. Vivek K. Mishra, Saroj K. Panda, Biswanath Sen, M. P. Maiya and Dipti Samantaray Progress in Nuclear Energy, 158 (2023) 104592.
  • VOF Simulations of evaporation and condensation phenomenon inside a closed-loop thermosyphon.

Vivek K. Mishra, Saroj K. Panda, Biswanath Sen, M.P. Maiya and Dipti Samantaray, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (Vol. 5), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, 49-58, 2024.

  • Numerical analysis of solid–liquid disengagement in a continuous precipitator relevant to plutonium reconversion.

Saroj K. Panda, P. Vishnu Anand, Vivek K. Mishra, R. Rajeev, K. A. Venkatesan & K. Ananthasivan, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (Vol. 3), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, 305-315, 2024.

  • Numerical analysis of short-term blackout scenario in a nuclear fuel storage vault.

Vivek K. Mishra, Saroj K. Panda, Biswanath Sen, M.P. Maiya and B.P.C. Rao, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (Vol. 2), Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, 451-455, 2023.

  • Research Fellowship:

Industrial Research & Development (IRD) Unit, IIT Delhi,      India (2016-2017)

  • Research Fellowship:

Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai, Government of India (2013-2018).

  • Research Fellowship:

Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT Delhi, India (2012-2013).

  • International Travel Grant:

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and IIT Delhi to attend an International Conference in Nice, France (2015).

  • Research Fellowship:

Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (2008-2010).

  • Award and Recognition:

Awarded by Resource Planning and Generation (RPG) of IIT Kanpur, for publishing high impact factor peer reviewed journal paper for two consecutive years (2010 and 2011).

  • Research, innovations and extension (Criterion 3), NAAC Preparation, 2024
  • Research coordinator
  • Minutes of meetings coordinator
  • Tracking of internal funding projects (faculty and students)
  • Department news letter incharge
  • Life member, International Association of Engineers (No: 107323).
  • Life member, The Indian Society for Technical Education (No: LM 140226).

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