Aritra Ganguly

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Academic Qualifications

• B.E. (Ist Division with Distinction) in Mechanical Engineering from Nagpur University, 2000
• M.E (Ist Class Gold Medalist)in Mechanical Engineering (Heat Power Engineering Specialization) from Bengal Engineering & Science University, Shibpur (Now IIEST, Shibpur), 2004
• Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Ist Class) from Annamalai University, DDE, 2006
• Ph. D in Engineering from Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur (Now IIEST, Shibpur), 2012

Contact

Phone

1. Office: 2668 4561-4564 (Ext. 795)
2. Residence: +91 94330 32840

Address

1. E-mail: aritra@mech.iiests.ac.in, aritra78@rediffmail.com

Area of Research

• Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic System
• Greenhouse Technology
• Solar Hydrogen Systems
• Refrigeration
• Internal Combustion Engines

Courses Undertaken

Under Graduate

• Solar Energy and its Applications (Open Elective)
• Internal Combustion Engines
• Automobile Engineering
• Power Plant Engineering
• Refrigeration and Air-conditioning

Post Graduate

• Internal Combustion Engines
• Solar Thermal Engineering

Major Publications

1. Ramen Kanti De and A. Ganguly, "Energy and Economic Analysis of a Solar Assisted Multi-commodity Cold Storage" Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, Springer Link, Vol. 41(10):393, 2019. (SCI Journal, Impact Factor 1.743).
2. Avik Ghosh and A. Ganguly, “Performance Analysis of a Partially Closed Solar Regenerated Desiccant Assisted Cooling System for Greenhouse Lettuce Cultivation with Distributed Fan-Pad Evaporative Cooling Coupled with Solar Desiccation” Solar Energy, Elsevier, Vol. 158, 2017, pp. 644-653. (SCI Journal, 5 year Impact Factor 4.831).
3. P. Banik and A. Ganguly, “Performance and Economic Analysis of a Floricultural Greenhouse with Distributed Fan-Pad Evaporative Cooling Coupled with Solar Desiccation” Solar Energy, Elsevier, Vol. 147, 2017, pp. 439-447. (SCI Journal, 5 year Impact Factor 4.831).
4. Dipankar N Basu and A. Ganguly, “Solar Thermal-Photovoltaic Powered Potato Cold Storage - Conceptual Design and Performance Analyses” Applied Energy, Elsevier, Vol. 165(1), 2016, pp. 308-317. (SCI Journal, 5 year Impact Factor 7.888).
5. A. Ganguly and D.N. Basu, “Analysis of a Solar Photovoltaic Assisted Absorption Refrigeration System for Domestic Air-conditioning”, International Journal of Green Energy, Taylor and Francis, Vol. 13, 2016, pp. 585-594. (SCI Journal, 5 year Impact Factor 1.171).
6. Dipankar N Basu and A. Ganguly, “Conceptual design and performance assessment of a solar thermal photovoltaic powered grid interactive absorption refrigeration system” Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 137(3), 2015, pp. 031020 (1-9). (SCI Journal, Impact Factor 1.190).
7. A. Ganguly and S. Ghosh, “Performance analysis of a floriculture greenhouse powered by integrated solar PV-Fuel cell system”, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 133(4), 2011, pp. 041001-1-7. (SCI Journal, Impact Factor 1.190).
8. A. Ganguly, D. Misra and S. Ghosh, “Modeling and analysis of solar photovoltaic-electrolyser-fuel cell hybrid power system integrated with a floriculture greenhouse”, Energy and Buildings, Elsevier, Vol. 42(11), 2010, pp. 2036-2043. (SCI Journal, 5 year Impact Factor 4.779).
9. A. Ganguly and S. Ghosh, “Model development and experimental validation of a floriculture greenhouse under natural ventilation”, Energy and Buildings, Elsevier, Vol. 41(5), 2009, pp.521-527. (SCI Journal, 5 year Impact Factor 4.779).
10. A. Ganguly and S. Ghosh, “Modeling and analysis of a fan-pad ventilated floricultural greenhouse”, Energy and Buildings, Elsevier, Vol. 39(10), 2007, pp.1092-1097. (SCI Journal, 5 year Impact Factor 4.779)

Book Chapter

1. A. Ganguly, "Solar Greenhouse Technology" in the Book "Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development" ISBN: 978-1-63463-429-8 published by Nova Science Publishers Inc, New York, USA (Chapter 1, pp. 1-22), 2015 (Scopus indexed).
2. A.Ganguly and Ramen Kanti De, "Solar Thermal Energy-Fundamentals of Collection, Storage and Applications" in the Book "Advances in Renewable Energy and Sustainable Systems" ISBN:978-1-53614-0231published by Nova Science Publishers Inc, New York, USA (Chapter 5, pp.57-96), 2018.