surendra S Kachhwaha

About

Dr. Surendra Singh Kachhwaha completed his BE degree in Mechanical Engineering from M. B. M. Engineering College, Jodhpur in 1985. He did his M.Tech. (1988) in Heat Power from Institute of Technology, BHU Varanasi and Ph.D in Evaporative Cooling from IIT Delhi in 1996. Presently he is working as Professor and Head of Mechanical Engineering Department, School of Technology, Pundit Deendayal Petroleum University since May 2011. He is also performing his duty as Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Technology.
Dr. Kachhwaha has a teaching experience of more than 23 years in the field of thermal engineering at undergraduate and post graduate level. He has worked 17 years at Engineering College Kota and successful completed the tenure of 6 years at Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi. Dr. Kachhwaha has contributed around eighty technical publications in reputed national and international journals and more than 100 publications in national/international conferences. Dr. Kachhwaha has guided seven PhD and 30 M. Tech. dissertations in diversified areas of renewable energy. Presently he is guiding six research students pursuing PhD degree in the area of biofuels, wind energy and geothermal energy.
Dr. Kachhwaha has successfully completed various research and consultancy projects sponsored by government agencies in last two decades. He is a recipient of young scientist award (1998), SERC visiting fellowship (1999), and INSA visiting Fellowship (2003) due to his applied research contribution. Recently he has received a grant of 1 million US dollars to establish an advanced centre for biofuel studies at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. He is also a life member of various national and international societies.
Research-Interests
Evaporative cooling, ice slurry generation, Trigeneration, Geothermal power generation, biodiesel production techniques and wind energy.

Employment

• Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University Professor
  2011 - Present

Education

Education history is unavailable.

Projects & Funding

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Publications (66)

• Hydrodynamic cavitation-assisted biodiesel production from waste oils: A scalable strategy with fuel quality enhancement
  Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2026.110721
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• Optimization of a two-step biodiesel production from waste cooking oil: Comparative evaluation of n-hexane and CPME as transesterification cosolvents
  Chemical Engineering Research and Design 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2026.01.005
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• Hydrodynamic cavitation-assisted biolubricant synthesis from high-FFA rice bran acid oil using a high speed homogenizer: A Taguchi design RSM-based multi-optimization approach
  Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2026.110884
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• Process intensification for biodiesel production from soya acid oil using high-speed homogenizer-assisted glycerolysis and Taguchi optimization
  Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.tsep.2025.104024
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• Energetic and Exergetic Analyses of Hybrid Wind-Solar Energy Systems
  2022 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-5952-2_39
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• Wind and solar power deployment in India: Economic aspects and policy implications
  African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development 2021 DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2020.1762302
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• Energy and Exergy Analysis of a Hybrid Renewable Energy Source
  2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9678-0_45
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• Optimization of Biodiesel Production Using Supercritical Solvent by Taguchi’s Technique and CI Engine Testing
  2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9678-0_44
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• A Comparative Analysis of LiDAR and Wind Mast Measured Wind Data with the Reanalysis Datasets for an Offshore Location of Gujarat
  Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2020 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-32-9931-3_61
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• Wave resource assessment and wave energy exploitation along the Indian coast
  Ocean Engineering 2020 DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107834
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