Naval Vishwanath Koralkar,

Koralkar, Ph.D
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Profile
• Highly self-motivated Ph.D. candidate with demonstrated research expertise multiphase
flow in fluidized beds. Strong interpersonal skills
• Experimental techniques: Pressure drop studies, Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and
Particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) and corrosion studies
• Rich experience in modeling and numerical simulation using open source software MFIX,
commercial software Ansys Fluent. Additional experience in Open FOAM, Mathematica,
MATLAB, Origin Lab
• Computer skills: Windows, Linux, C and C++ (basics), FORTRAN (basic)

Research Interest
• Gas-solid fluidization
• Modeling and simulation of multiphase flow
• Regime transition in the fluidized bed
• Experimental studies in multiphase flow
• Heat transfer studies in molten coolants

Educational background
• Doctor of Philosophy, Energy Science & Engineering (2012- 18), Indian Institute of
Technology Bombay, India
• Master of Technology, Chemical Engineering (2009-11), Institute of Chemical
Technology, India
• Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering (2003-08), University of Mumbai, India

Research Work and Projects:

Projects:
CFD-
CFD-DEM Simulation to study the Effect of Drag Models on the Bubbling Fluidized Beds.
(Ph.D.. Project)
(Ph.D Project)
The objective of the thesis includes:
• To improve the reliability of computational modeling of multiphase flows by
validating with accurate and well-defined experimental data.
• To investigate the effect of scaling down the actual geometry on fluidization behavior.
• To study the stability of the fluidized beds by revisiting the transition criteria available
in the literature and express them in terms of independent variables.
 coolants
Pressure drop and heat transfer studies for various cool ants (Master’s Project)
The objective of the project was to understand the pressure drop and heat transfer
characteristics for various molten salt coolants
• Project work includes fabrication of the experimental set-up, experimental
investigations on heat transfer and pressure drop characteristics for various coolants.
• CFD simulation of molten salt heat transfer: Variation of thermophysical properties
with temperature has been incorporated in Open FOAM simulations.
• PIV experiments to study the interfacial turbulence in the liquid-liquid system in the
presence and absence of Marangoni convection.

Manufacture of Di-
Di-Sodium Phosphate (Anhydrous) (Bachelor’s Project)
Project)

The objective of the project was to understand the different methods of production of di-
sodium phosphate.

• The project emphasizes the brief discussion on the manufacturing process of Di-
Sodium Phosphate (anhydrous) and its applications.
• A comparison of various methods for the manufacture of Di-Sodium Phosphate is
carried out.
• Economic analysis to explain the feasibility of the process studies was done.

Experiences:
• Currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering,
ITM (SLS) Baroda University, Vadodara. (1st June, 2021 till date)

• Worked as an Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

(17th December, 2020 to 31st May, 2021)
Research work focuses on computational and experimental studies for multiphase flow
within micro-reactors.

• Post- Doctoral Research Fellow. (Dec 2018 to Dec 2020): School of Chemical Engineering
and Technology, Xi’an JiaoTong University, China.
Research work focuses on the development of an experimental facility to study the
hydrodynamics of clusters within the circulating fluidized bed. Experiments will be carried
out to study the fluidization behavior of Geldart group A particles.

• Worked in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay as a Research
Associate from 10th October 2017 to 9th April 2018.
• Worked in Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay as a Teaching
Assistant for Thermal and Fluid Engineering Laboratory from 3rd January 2012 to 3rd
January 2015
• Worked as a process engineer (trainee) at IBI Chematur from 15th July 2011 to 31st Dec
2011.
• Worked as a process engineer (trainee) at Chempro and Pharmach Equipments from 8th
June 2008 to 15th July 2009.
• Exposed to industrial operations such as distillation, absorption, etc. during the 3 days
Short Term Training Programme (STTP) in Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited.

Communication
Communication skills
• Writing: English, Hindi, Marathi
• Speaking: English, Hindi, Gujrati, Punjabi, Marathi
Co-
Co-curricular activities

• Assistant for Thermal and Fluid Engineering Laboratory at IIT Bombay (Dec 2011-Dec
2014).
• Student coordinator for placement cell at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
(June 2010-May 2011).
• Volunteer of international conference ICAER at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Mumbai (2014 and 2016).
Conference and Journal Papers
• N. V. Koralkar, G. Kottakota and, M. Bose, (2015), "Transition criteria for fluidized bed
Revisited”, Particulate Science and Technology, Vol. 33 (4), 393-405.
• N. V. Koralkar and, M. Bose, (2016) “Performance of drag models for simulation of
fluidized beds with Geldart D particles”, Advanced Powder Technology, Vol. 27, 2377-
2398.
• S. Karlapudi, N. V. Koralkar, V. Govinda, K. Siva Kumar and I. Bahadur, (2021), “Intra and
Intermolecular Interactions between 1-Alkanol and Benzonitrile: Computational and
Thermodynamic study. (Under Review).
• N. V. Koralkar, G. Kottakota and, M. Bose, (2013), “Stability Criteria for transition from
homogeneous to bubbling fluidization”, PGBSIA-2013, Patiala. India. (Poster
Presentation)
• N. V. Koralkar and, M. Bose, (2015), “CFD-DEM simulations for gas-solid flow in a fluidized
bed”, APCChE 2015 Congress incorporating Chemeca 2015, 27 Sept-01 Oct 2015,
Melbourne, Victoria. Paper no. 3135330.
• N. V. Koralkar and, Q. Zhou, (2019), “A review of experimental measurement to study
cluster dynamics in circulating fluidized bed”, ISMTMF-2019, November 3-7, 2019,
Zhenjiang, China. Paper No: ISMTMF-01-03-017.

Course Projects and Seminars

• Performed energy audit for hostel 14 at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay as a
course project and suggest measure to minimize the energy requirement. 2012
• Participated in all India Asteroid Search Campaign and discovered the asteroid Coinstar
• Attended AICHE Fluidization XVI conference held at Guilin, China from 26th May to 31st
May 2019

Personal Information:
Information:

Date of birth: : 30/04/1985

Nationality: : Indian
Permanent address: : T.G.-8-1/2, Amarsingh Chawl,
Near B.M.C. Pipeline, Mulund Colony,
Mulund-(West). Mumbai. Maharashtra State.
India.
Postal Code : 400082

List of Referees:
Referees:

Prof. Manaswita Bose, (Associate Professor) Prof. Qiang Zhou,

Department of Energy Science and
Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Powai. Mumbai-400076. India
Email id: manaswita.bose@iitb.ac.in
Contact No: +91-22-2576-7847
Zhou, (Professor)
School of Chemical Engineering and
Technology,
Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Xi’an,
Shaanxi. China-710049.
Email id: zhou.590@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
Contact No: 029-82665836

Prof. Partha Goswami, (Assistant Professor) Prof. Raghvendra Gupta,

Department of Chemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Powai. Mumbai-400076. India
Email id: psg@che.iitb.ac.in
Contact No: +91-22-2576-7230
Gupta, (Associate
Professor)
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati,
Assam-781039. India
Email id: guptar@iitg.ac.in
Contact No: +91-361-258-3530

Declaration
I, Naval Koralkar, hereby declare that the above information is true to my knowledge to date.

Place: Mumbai, Maharashtra Dr. Naval V.Koralkar

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