Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Dr. Sushil Kumar Dhiman
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
B.E.(Mechanical Engg.), M.Tech.(Thermal Engg.), Ph.D.(Engineering) 		Contact Address
Permanent Address Mechanical Engineering Department B.I.T. Mesra Ranchi-835215
Local Address Mechanical Engineering Department B.I.T. Mesra Ranchi-835215
Phone (Office) 0651-2275924
Phone Residence 0651-
Email Id skdhiman@bitmesra.ac.in
Joined Institute on : 5-Jul-2007
  Work Experience
 
Teaching : 21 Years

Research : 10 Years

Individual: 21 Years
  Professional Background

Dr. Sushil Kumar Dhiman has received his PhD in Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi. He has completed his M.Tech. course in Thermal Engineering from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal and BE in Mechanical Engineering from Government Engineering College, Jabalpur MP. Since July 2007 he has been working in Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi. Before this he has served in three Engineering Colleges in Bhopal MP for about 7 years. He has served as Assistant Controller of Examination/Warden/ Assistant Warden/Advisor of some student's societies in BIT Mesra Ranchi. His basic field of research is Heat transfer & Fluid Mechanics. He has reviewed many papers of International Journals including Elsevier, Springer, etc.
  Research Areas
 
  • Thermal Engineering & Fluid Mechanics
  Publications
 

Journals (SCI/SCIE/SCOPUS):

  1. A.D.Roy, S.K.Dhiman, Estimation of Surface Temperature and Heat Flux over a Hollow Cylinder and Slab using Inverse Heat Conduction Approach, Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 70(2024)7-8, 342-354, 2024. https://doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2023.864 
  2. P.Hishikar, V.K.Gaba, S.K.Dhiman,A.K.Tiwari, Heat transfer analysis of nine cylinders arranged inline and staggered at subcritical Reynolds number, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, (Taylor&Francis) (online first) 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/10407782.2024.2363495
  3. A. Rahman, S.K. Dhiman, Investigations on Thermo-Fluid Performance of a Milti-pass Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger with a Novel Trapezoidal Deflector-Type Baffle Plate, Thermal Engineering “Heat and mass transfer and properties of working fluids and materials”, Vol. 71(10), pp. 878−889, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1134/s004060152470037x
  4. A. Rahman, S.K. Dhiman, Thermo-fluid performance of a heat exchanger with a novel perforated flow deflector type conical baffles, Journal of Thermal Engineering, J Ther Eng, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 868−879, July, 2024. DOI: 10.14744/thermal.0000846 
  5. A. Rahman, S.K. Dhiman, Investigations of the turbulent thermo-fluid performance in a circular heat exchanger with a novel flow deflector-type baffle plate, Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences,Vol.71(4),2023, Article no:e145939 DOI: 10.24425/bpasts.2023.145939
  6. A.Rahman, S.K. Dhiman, Performance evaluation of turbulent circular heat exchanger with a novel flow deflector-type baffle plate, Journal of Engineering Research (Elsevier), May 2023 (online first).  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jer.2023.100105
  7. P. Hishikar, V. K.Gaba, S.K. Dhiman, A.K.Tiwari, Thermal performance of four cylinders in different layouts of spacing ratios under cross-flow at Reynolds number of 35000, Ocean Engineering (Elsevier), Volume 281, 1 August 2023, 114834.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.114834
  8. A.D. Roy, S.K.Dhiman, Solutions of one-dimensional inverse heat conduction problems:a review, Trans. Can. Soc. Mech. Eng.,47:271-285 (2023).  https://doi.org/10.1139/tcsme-2022-0157
  9. Prafull Hishikar, S. K. Dhiman, Anil Kumar Tiwari1, Vivek Kumar Gaba, Analysis of flow characteristics of two circular cylinders in cross-flow with varying Reynolds number: a review, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Springer, 147,  5549–5574 (2022)  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-021-10933-w 
  10. C. Akshay, P. Soni, S.K. Dhiman, S. Bhowmick,V.K.Gaba, Thermal modelling of single and double slope passive solar stills for different climatic zones in India,Journal of Ambient Energy,(Taylor&Francis),vol.43(1)5258-5272(2022) https://doi.org/10.1080/01430750.2021.1946147
  11. H.Kumari, K.Patel, S.K.Dhiman, S.K.Mahajan, G.F.Ansari, Studies of structural and optical properties of tungsten tellurite glasses, Materials Today:Proceedings (Elsevier),vol.59,(Part 1), 2022, Pages 1127-1131., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.03.027
  12. R.P.Kumbhakar, S.K.Dhiman, S.K.Mahajan, Ghizal F.Ansari, Investigation of optical structural and physical properties of ternary bismuth tellurite glasses, Material Today: Proceedings (Elsevier) Vol. 56 (Part 3), 2022, Pages 1313-1316.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.11.319
  13. R.Kumar, O.P.Pandey,  S.K.Dhiman,  P.Kumar, Influence of Blanching and Drying Air Temperature on Drying Kinetics of Banana Slices, Journal of Biosystems Engineering, SPRINGER, vol. 46(4) 375–385 (2021)., https://doi.org/10.1007/s42853-021-00114-w
  14. Y.K. Jayaswal, Sunil Patidar, S.K. Mahajan, S.K. Dhiman, Ghizal F. Ansari, Synthesis and optical properties of Er/Yb/Ag modified bismuth –tellurite based glasses, Journal of Physics , 1921 (2021) 012111, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/1921/1/012111
  15. S. K. Dhiman, Arbind Kumar, J.K. Prasad, Heat transfer by satellite cluster of cylinders at subcritical Reynolds number, Heat and Mass Transfer, SPRINGER, (2019) vol.55: 595–612.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s00231-018-2426-z
  16. S.K. Dhiman, J.K. Prasad, Inverse estimation of heat flux from a hollow cylinder in cross-flow of air, Applied Thermal Engineering, Elsevier, (2017) vol.113:952-961.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.11.088
  17. S. K. Dhiman, J. K. Prasad, Arbind Kumar,  Unsteady convective heat transfer in cross flow past two tandem cylinders: an inverse heat conduction approach, Heat and Mass Transfer, SPRINGER (2017), vol:53(10):1761-1775. DOI 10.1007/s00231-016-1927-x
  18. S. K. Dhiman, Arbind Kumar, J. K. Prasad, Unsteady computation of flow field and convective heat transfer over tandem cylinders at subcritical Reynolds numbers, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, SPRINGER (2017), vol:31 (3):1241~1257. DOI 10.1007/s12206-017-0223-0
  19. S. K. Dhiman, J. K. Prasad, A Computational study on k-kl-w model for flow field and heat transfer on a cylinder in cross-flow, Carbon – Science and Technology (2016) vol:8(3 ):53-64  (ISSN 0974-0546)  
  20. S. K. Dhiman, J. K. Prasad, Investigation of flow field and heat transfer on two dimensional cylinders placed side-by-side and tandem at subsonic speed, Discovery (ANALYSIS) Journal , (2016) vol:52(246):1468-1478 (ISSN 2278-5469) 
  21. J.Prakash , C. Ranjan,S. K.Dhiman  A. Kumar, Performance study of four stroke S.I. engine using upgraded biogas fuel, Carbon – Science and Technology, (2016) vol:8(3):74-85 (ISSN 0974-0546) 
  22. Arvind Lal, S.K. Dhiman*, Arbind Kumar, A.K. Gupta and N.K. Yadav, Performance and Exhaust Emissions Study of Bio- Fuel Plant, Int. J. of Engineering Research and Technology (2011), vol.4(5), 521-533 (ISSN 0974-3154) 

International Conferences:

  1. A.D. Roy, S.K.Dhiman, Heat Transfer analysis around a heated tube under cross flow of air, Int. Conf. on Thermo-Fluids and System Design (ICTFSD2024) during 4-5 April 2024 organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering, BIT, Mesra Ranchi India.

  2. Kunal, S.K.Dhiman, Study of pressure distribution around circular cylinders, Int. Conf. on Thermo-Fluids and System Design (ICTFSD2024) during 4-5 April 2024 organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering, BIT, Mesra Ranchi India.

  3. Kunal, S.K.Dhiman, Heat transfer through a heated rod placed in different arrangements  , Int. Conf. on Thermo-Fluids and System Design (ICTFSD2024) during 4-5 April 2024 organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering, BIT, Mesra Ranchi India.

  4. Ramesh Kumar, S.K. Dhiman, Experimental and Numerical Analysis of ferrofluid in partially heated transparent enclosure microchannel under a non-uniform magnetic field generated by single, double, and circular ring permanent magnet, ISHMT-ASTFE, IHMTC-2023, Organised by IITPatna, 14-16 Dec 2023.
  5. Suresh Prasad Mahato, Ghizal F. Ansari, Sukhdev Bairagi, S. K. Dhiman, Physical and Photonic Properties of Ternary Lead-Tellurite Glasses, Third International Conference on Advances in Physical Sciences and Materials: ICAPSM 2022, AIP Conf. Proc. 2901, 040023-1–040023-7; Published by AIP Publishing. 978-0-7354-4765-3, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0178616.
  6. R.P.Kumbhakar, G.F.Ansari, S.K.Dhiman, A.A.Khan, Effect of ZnO on Structural, Physical and Optical Properties of Heavy Metal Oxides Doped Tellurite Glasses, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 1258 (2022) 012002. doi:10.1088/1757-899X/1258/1/012002
  7. Ramesh Kumar, Shivam Raj and S.K. Dhiman, Experimental and numerical analysis of ferro-fluid in partially heated closed rectangular micro-channel tube under non-uniform magnetic field, 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2022), December 14-16, 2022, IIT Roorkee.
  8. Shuvendu Shivam and Sushil Kumar Dhiman, Thermal Performance and Flow Characteristics of Elliptical Finned Tube Heat Exchanger with Novel Fin Design, ISHMT-ASTFE, IHMTC-2021, Organised by IITMadras, 17-20 Dec 2021, Begell House Digital Library pp827-833 DOI: 10.1615/IHMTC-2021.1240
  9. A.D. Roy and S. K. Dhiman, Estimation of heat transfer from a tube surface under varying Reynolds number, Int. Conf. on Progressive Research in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering (PRIME-2021), Organized by NIT Patna, 5-7 August 2021
  10. Sushil Kumar Dhiman, Om Prakash Pandey, Vivek Kumar Gaba, Onset ripe banana (Musa Acuminata) dehydrated via preheated air, Int. Conf. on Progressive Research in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering (PRIME-2021), Organized by NIT Patna, 5-7 August 2021
  11. R.K. Sharma, G.F. Ansari, S.K. Mahajan and S. K. Dhiman, Investigation of physical and optical properties of tellurite glasses doped with bismuth oxide, 6th Int. Conf. on Advanced Production and Industrial Engineering (ICAPIE-2021), Organized at Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi, during 18-19th June 2021.
  12. Apoorva Deep Roy, S. K. Dhiman,  Nusselt number correlations for heat transfer analysis around a tube at subcritical Reynolds numbers, Int. Conf. on Sustainability Innovation in Science & Technology, ICSIST 21, during 26-27 Feb, 2021, at G. D. Raisoni University, Chhindwara MP
  13. S. K. Dhiman and Om Prakash Pandey, Effect of blanching on drying kinetics during drying the banana slices: a heat–mass transfers study, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (ICAMIE 2020) 11-13 December, 2020 at School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
  14. Prafull Hishikar, Vivek Kumar Gaba, Anil Kumar Tiwari and S.K. Dhiman, Review of flow characteristics of two circular cylinders in cross flow for varying Reynolds number, : International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences [ICITFES-2020], NIT Rourkela, 2020
  15. Ramesh Kumar, Harry Garg, Brajesh Kumar, S. K. Dhiman, Micro-electronics cooling devices for heat extracting using nano ferro fluid, Int. Conf. on Vision Towards Emerging Trends in Communication and Networking (VITECON 2019), VIT Vellore, 30-31 March 2019, ISBN:978-1-5386-9353-7/19/$31.00©2019 IEEE; DOI: 10.1109/ViTECoN.2019.8899578
  16. S. K. Dhiman and Triweni Bharti, "Developing vortical sweeps over upstream of a tube at low Reynolds number", 2nd International Conf. on Multidisciplinary Research (ICMR-2018), Sept. 8-9, 2018, organised by MCCIA Pune. Proceedings: ISBN No.: 978-93-87793-45-3
  17. S. K. Dhiman, Arbind Kumar and J. K. Prasad, Investigation of heat transfer from satellite cluster of cylinders at Subcritical Reynolds number, 7th International Conf. on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics (ICTACEM-2017), 28-30 Dec. 2017, at IIT Kharagpur, India, 2017
  18. S. K. Dhiman, Arbind Kumar, J. K. Prasad, Unsteady computations of flow and heat transfer parameters for critical spacing between circular cylinders at subcritical Reynolds numbers, 6th International and 43rd National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP-2016), Dec. 15-17, 2016, at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, U.P., India, 2016, ISBN: 978-93-5267-407-7
  19. S. K. Dhiman and J K Prasad,Investigation of flow field and heat transfer on two dimensional cylinders placed side-by-side and tandem at subsonic speed, International Conference on Trends in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering (ICTIME - 2016), 4-6 February 2016, at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, 2016, ISBN: 978-93-84935-68-9
  20. S. K. Dhiman and J. K. Prasad, A Computational study on k-kl-ω model for flow field and heat transfer on a cylinder in cross-flow, International Conference on Alternate Energy Sources (ICAES 2016),  29-30 January 2016, at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, 2016, ISSN: 0974-0546
  21. Jai Prakash, Chikesh Ranjan, S. K. Dhiman and Arbind Kumar, Performance study of four stroke S.I. engine using upgraded biogas fuel, International Conference on Alternate Energy Sources (ICAES 2016),  29-30 January 2016, at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi, 2016, ISSN: 0974-0546
  22. Sagarika, S. K. Dhiman, A Computational Study on Augmentation of Heat Transfer from a tube, : International Conf. on Chemical Engineering & Advance Polymeric Material (ICEAPM 2016), August18-19, 2016 at Dept. of Chemical Engineering BIT Mesra Ranchi, 2016,  ISBN: 978-93-85777-83-7
  23. S.K. Dhiman and A.Kumar, “Bio-fuel plant for Rural Electrification”, Proceedings, International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy (ICARE - 2010), 24-26 June 2010, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal

National Conferences:

  1. S.K. Dhiman, Ashish Narula, A. K. Sahu, “Design of the liquid nitrogen pre-cooling heat exchanger for the kW class indigenous helium refrigerator/liquefier”, 24th National Symposium on Cryogenics (NSC-24, 2013), 21-24 January,2013, organized by Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, Gujrat, at Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabed, p183
  2. S.K. Dhiman, Prashant Kumar Gari, Amrit, Aditya Kumar Suman, “Optimization of Position of Squared Protrusions over a Fin for Augmentation of Heat Transfer”, Proceedings, National Conference on Evolving Techniques in Mechanical Engineering, ETME12, at Sri Venkateshwara College of Engg. & Tech, Tamil Nadu, August 23-24, 2012, pp-42-46
  3. S.K. Dhiman, A. K. Kapardar,  Amrit, ”Some Experimental Study of Semi-Circular Blades to Improve Savonius Rotor Performance”, Proceedings, National Conference on Evolving Techniques in Mechanical Engineering, ETME12, at Sri Venkateshwara College of Engg. & Tech, Tamil Nadu, August 23-24, 2012, pp 75-80.
  4. S.K Dhiman, Tejas Talak, “Experimental study of effect of overlap ratio and blade geometry on a Savonius turbine”, Proceedings, National Conference on Modeling and Simulation in Heat Transfer and fluid flow, July 09-10, 2010, NIT Jamshedpur.

Book (International Publications):

  1. S. K. Dhiman, Effect of some design parameters: A performance test on VAWT, ISBN (Book): 9783668798601 ISBN (Ebook):  9783668798595, Grin Verlag, GRIN Publishing, Munich, Germany, 2018

Book Chapters (International Publications):

  1. A.D. Roy, S.K. Dhiman “Estimation of heat transfer from a tube surface under varying Reynolds number”, Challenges and Opportunities in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering: A Progressive Research Outlook, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, PP 72-82, June 24, 2024, ISBN 9781032713229 (SCOPUS)  https://doi.org/10.1201/9781032713229
  2. R. Kumar, S. Raj, S.K. Dhiman,Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Ferrofluid in Partially Heated Closed Rectangular Microchannel Tube Under Non-uniform Magnetic Field, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer,: Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, Volume 4 pp 577–590, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7177-0_49  (SCOPUS )
  3. S.K. Dhiman and Om Prakash Pandey, Effect of blanching on drying kinetics during drying the banana slices: a heat–mass transfers study, Advances in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, 2022, pp35-40. ISBN: 978-1-003-21674-2(eBook) DOI: 10.1201/9781003216742 (SCOPUS)  
  4. S.K. Dhiman & Trinakshee Samrah, "Design and Analysis of Solar Cabinet Dryer for Drying of Potatoes",  Lecture Note of Mechanical Engineering "Advances in Engineering Design", Springer, 2019  DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6469-3_10    (SCOPUS )                                                 
  5. R. Kumar, H. Garg, B. Kumar, S.K. Dhiman, Micro-electronics cooling devices for heat extracting using nano ferro fluid, IEEE 2019, ISBN:978-1-5386-9353-7 DOI: 10.1109/ViTECoN.2019.8899578

  6. S. K. Dhiman and J K Prasad,Investigation of flow field and heat transfer on two dimensional cylinders placed side-by-side and tandem at subsonic speed, Trends in Industrial and Mechanical Engineering,  Excellent Publishing House, PP 165-177, 2016, ISBN: 978-93-84935-68-9

 

Ph.D. Guidance: Awarded: 1 and  On-going: 03
PG Students: 01 (on-going)
UG Students: 02 group (on-going)

 

Administrative Duties:

  1. Assistant Controller of  Examination (During Nov. 2017- Dec.2020)
  2. Warden, Hostel 7 and 10 (during 2015 -2017)
  Member of Professional Bodies
 

1. Institution of Engineers (India)

2. ISTE (India)

3. FMFP (India)
  Current Sponsored Projects
 
  1. “Atmospheric plasma surface treatment and development of graphene-reinforced zinc-rich nanocomposite coatings on aircraft structure materials for superior corrosion and wear resistance” SERB CRG (CRG/2022/004445) as CoPI (2023-26) Amt. 34 Lakhs.
  2. “Nanofluids based solar heat harvesting through modified hybrid PV-TEG panel for sustained solar output and extended life span ” SERB CRG (CRG/2023/008865) as PI (2024-27) Amt. 37.12 Lakhs