Lalit Kumar
Professor
Department of Energy Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
India
Biography
Academic Background: PhD (chemical engineering) from NTNU Trondheim, Norway [2011-2014] M. Tech (chemical engineering) from IIT Kanpur, India [2002-2004] B. Tech (chemical engineering) from IIT Kanpur, India [1998-2002]
Research Interest
Wax deposition and pipeline shut-in and restart processes, Bulk and interfecial rheology, Population balance modeling in fluidized bed , Thermochemical heat storage system design , Water Purification/ Oil-water separation, Oil-rock interaction , Multiphase flow and complex fluid flow
Publications
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Kumar, Lalit*, Kristofer Paso and Johan Sjöblom, "Numerical study of flow restart in the pipeline filled with weakly compressible waxy crude oil in non-isothermal condition." Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 223. 9-19, (2015).
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Kumar, Lalit*, Olaf Skjaersean, Karin Hald, Kristofer Paso and Johan Sjöblom., "Nonlinear rheology and pressure wave propagation in a thixotropic elasto-viscoplastic fluid, in the context of flow restart." Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 231. 11-25 (20016).
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Kumar Lalit*, Konstantin Pougatch, Martha Salcudean, John Grace, Dana Grecov, Jennifer McMillan, "Population balance modeling for the growth of model agglomerates via primary and secondary agglomeration in gas-fluidized beds." Accepted for publication in Powder Technology, 2017
