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Aditya Saurabh
PhD (Technical University Berlin)
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interest
Dynamics of gas turbine (GT) combustors, flame dynamics, atomization of liquid fuels, alternative and biofuels in GT engines, suppression of noise and instabilities in combustors.
Specialization
Thermoacoustic instability; experiments, diagnostics of reacting flows
Education
2017: PhD, Chair of Fluid Dynamics, TU Berlin
2010: Dual degree (BTech + MTech), Dept. Aerospace Eng., IIT Madras
Teaching Area
ME 341 – Heat transfer lab (2019)
ME 401 – Energy Systems II (2019)
Selected Publications
Journal Reviews
https://publons.com/researcher/1273605/aditya-saurabh/
Awards & Fellowships
2018: DST-INSPIRE faculty
2016: Best Poster, Dynamic Days XXXVI
2015: TU Anschubfinanzierung (TU Berlin seed funding for reserach projects)
2012: IGTI Student Scholar
2010: Boeing Student Travel Grant
Research Group
Christian Oliver Paschereit, TU Berlin (http://fd.tu-berlin.de/en/about-us/staff/44/)
Navid Nayeri, TU Berlin (http://fd.tu-berlin.de/en/about-us/staff/7/)
Lipika Kabiraj, IIT Ropar (http://www.iitrpr.ac.in/smmee/lipika)
Satyanarayanan R. Chakravarthy, IIT Madras (http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/people/faculty/chakravarthy.html)
R. I. Sujith, IIT Madras (http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/~sujith/)
Pankaj Wahi, IIT Kanpur (iitk.ac.in/new/pankaj-wahi)
Ephraim Gutmark, University of Cincinnati (http://www.ase.uc.edu/tmel/public_html/people/info/gutmark.html)
Vikrant Gupta, Southern University, China
Hiroshi Gotoda, Tokyo University of Science (https://www.rs.tus.ac.jp/gotodalab/index.html)
Professional Experience
Experience on diagnostics of reacting flows
LDA, Hotwire anemometry, PIV, OH PLIF, Chemiluminescenece, microphones (unsteady pressure measurement)
Papers
Premixed Flame Dynamics in Response to Two-Dimensional Acoustic Forcing, Combustion Science Technology 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2018.1516648)
Dynamics of premixed swirl flames under the influence of transverse acoustic fluctuations, Combustion and Flame 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2017.04.014)
Numerical results on noise-induced dynamics in the subthreshold regime for thermoacoustic systems, Journal of Sound and Vibration 2017 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2016.12.004)
Fractal Characteristics of Combustion Noise, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4038766)
Recurrence Analysis of Combustion Noise, AIAA Journal 2015 (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J053285)
Noise-Induced Dynamics in the Subthreshold Region in Thermoacoustic Systems, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power 2018 (https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034544)
Route to chaos for combustion instability in ducted laminar premixed flames, Chaos 2012 (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4718725)
Combustion Instability in a Swirl Flow Combustor With Transverse Extensions, ASME Turbo Expo, Combustion and Fuels 2013 (https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2013-95732
See ResearcherID for an updated list: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-5923-2018
Other Academic Activities
Postdoctoral research, Chair of Fluid Dynamics, TU Berlin 2017–2018
Announcements
- Nov 3–7, 2019: Course on ULTRA CLEAN AND LOW PULSATION GAS TURBINES (Link to brochure), by Prof. C. O. Paschereit and me; hosted by Dr. Devendra Deskmukh at IIT Indore.
- Presently accepting Masters and PhD students for research and development activities on liquid fuel atomization, thermoacoustic instability, combustion.