Dr. Sateesh Gedupudi

Dr. Sateesh Gedupudi
Date of joining : 16/07/2010
Date of relieving : 07/12/2011

Research interests

  • Thermo-fluids
  • Two-phase heat transfer
  • Flow boiling and instabilities in mini/micro-channels.
  • Energy conservation and storage, renewable energy resources

Education

  • B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University, 1998.
  • M. Tech in Mechanical Engineering (Specialisation: Thermal, Energy and Environmental Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2001.
  • Ph.D. (Pool boiling studies on inclined tubes), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2006.

Experience

  • Postdoctoral research fellow, Brunel University, U. K., June 2006 - June 2009.
  • Postdoctoral research fellow (Honorary), Brunel University, U. K., June 2009 - February 2010.
  • Project Officer, IIT Madras, December 2001 - December 2002.
  • Assistant Professor, S. V. College of Engineering and Technology, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, August - December, 2001.

Research Publications

Journal Publications

  • S. Gedupudi, Y.Q. Zu, T.G. Karayiannis, D.B.R. Kenning, Y.Y. Yan, Confined bubble growth during flow boiling in a mini/micro-channel of rectangular cross-section Part I: Experiments and 1-D modelling, International Journal of Thermal Sciences (2010), doi:10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.09.001
  • Y.Q. Zu, Y.Y. Yan, S. Gedupudi, T.G. Karayiannis, D.B.R. Kenning, Confined bubble growth during flow boiling in a mini/micro-channel of rectangular cross-section Part II: Approximate 3-D numerical simulation, International Journal of Thermal Sciences (2010), doi:10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2010.09.004
  • G. Sateesh, Sarit K. Das and A.R. Balakrishnan, Experimental studies on the effect of tube inclination on nucleate pool boiling. Heat and Mass Transfer (Springer), 45, pp. 1493-1502 (2009).
  • G. Prakash Narayan, K. B. Anoop, G. Sateesh, Sarit K. Das, Effect of surface orientation on pool boiling heat transfer of nanoparticale suspensions, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, Vol. 34, pp. 145-160 (2008).
  • G. Sateesh, Sarit K. Das and A.R. Balakrishnan, Analysis of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer: Effect of Bubbles Sliding On the Heating Surface, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 48, pp. 1543-1553 (2005).
  • Ch. S. Y. Suresh, G. Sateesh, Sarit K. Das, S. P. Venkateshan and M. Rajan, Heat Transfer from a Totally Blocked Fuel Subassembly of a Liquid Metal Fast Breeder Reactor - 1 Experimental Investigation, Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 235, Issue 8, pp. 885-895 (2005).
  • K. Hari Krishna, Harish Ganapathy, G. Sateesh and Sarit K. Das, Pool Boiling Characteristics of Metallic Nanofluids, ( Accepted, ASME Journal of Heat Transfer).

Conference Publications

  • Gedupudi, S., Karayiannis, T.G and Kenning, D.B.R., Approaches to 1-D modelling of flow reversal during flow boiling in a microchannel, The Eleventh UK National Heat Transfer Conference, UKHTC2009, London, U.K., September 6-8, 2009.
  • Gedupudi, S., Kenning, D.B.R. and Karayiannis, T.G., 1-D Modelling of pressure fluctuations due to confined bubble growth during flow boiling in a microchannel, 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference, West London, U.K., September 1-2, 2009.
  • Gedupudi, S., Karayiannis, T.G. and Kenning, D.B.R., Modelling pressure fluctuations during flow boiling in microchannels with inlet compressibility and resistance, Proc. 7th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Krakow, Poland, 28 June - 03 July 2009.
  • Gedupudi, S., Zu, Y.Q., Karayiannis, T.G., Kenning, D.B.R. and Yan, Y.Y., 1-D modelling and 3-D simulation of confined bubble formation and pressure fluctuations during flow boiling in a microchannel with a rectangular cross-section of high aspect ratio, Proc. 7th Int. ASME Conf. on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, paper no. ICNMM2009-82119, Pohang, South Korea, June 22-24, 2009.
  • Zu, Y.Q., Gedupudi, S., Yan, Y.Y., Karayiannis, T.G. and Kenning, D.B.R., Numerical simulation and experimental observations of confined bubble growth during flow boiling in a microchannel with a rectangular cross-section of high aspect ratio, Proc. 7th Int. ASME Conf. on Nanochannels, Microchannels and Minichannels, paper no. ICNMM2009-82118, Pohang, South Korea, June 22-24, 2009.
  • Gedupudi, S., Cummins, G.P., Lin, H., Walton, A.J., Sefiane, K., Karayiannis, T.G. and Kenning, D.B.R., Fabrication of silicon microchannel with integrated heater and temperature sensors for flow boiling studies, Proc. Int. ASME Conf. on Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer, MNHT2008, paper no. MNHT2008-52212, Tainan, Taiwan, January 6-9, 2008.
  • G. Sateesh and P. K. Nag, Thermodynamic Analysis of a Steam-Injected Gas Turbine Power Plant, Proceedings of the Fifth ISHMT-ASME Conference and Sixteenth National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, pp 1370-1376, held at Science City, Kolkata, India, January 3-5, 2002.
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