ANKUSH HEDAU

About

I am working as National Post-Doctoral Fellow (ANRF-NPDF) at IIT Hyderabad, developing PCM-based wearable cooling vests with multi-physics CFD simulations, bio-mimetic experimental testing, and thermoregulation modeling to prevent heatstroke in extreme Indian summer conditions (40-55°C, 40-90% RH). During my PhD at IIT Roorkee as Prime Minister Research Fellow, I conducted pioneering research on corrugated double-pass solar air heaters integrated with PCM thermal energy storage, publishing 7 SCI papers and developing validated Nusselt number/friction factor correlations. Previously at IIT Delhi as Senior Research Fellow, I optimized sustainable building designs for Himalayan regions using genetic algorithms, EnergyPlus, and DesignBuilder for passive strategies and PCM integration. At IIT Bombay as Post-doctoral Fellow, I investigated heat transfer enhancement in rotating pin-fin ducts for gas turbine cooling applications using experimental analysis and advanced ANSYS Fluent turbulence modeling.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad National Post-Doctoral Fellow (NPDF)
  2025 - 2027
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Post Doctoral Fellow
  2025 - 2025
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Senior Research Fellow
  2024 - 2025

Education

• Indian Institiute of Tecnology Roorkee Doctor of Philosophy
  2020 - 2024
• Rashrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University Faculty of Science and Technology Master of Technology
  2018 - 2020
• National Power Training Institute Nagpur Bachelor of Engineering
  2013 - 2016
• Government Polytechnic Sakoli Diploma in Electrical Engineering
  2010 - 2013

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (16)

• Performance analysis of a roughened double-pass solar air heater using semi-spherical balls and perforated baffles for enhanced thermal and flow properties
  Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s10973-026-15310-z
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• Numerical Study of Solar Air Heater with Semi‐Cylindrical Tube Roughness
  Heat Transfer Enhancement Techniques 2025 DOI: 10.1002/9781394270996.ch10
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• Effect of duct length variation on solar air heater performance for smooth and D‐shaped roughened absorber plate
  Heat Transfer 2024 DOI: 10.1002/htj.23115
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• Performance analysis and optimization of solar air heater with double-pass configuration using perforated blocks and semi-circular tubes as artificial roughness
  Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.tsep.2024.102705
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• Thermo‐hydraulic performance investigation of solar air heater duct having staggered D‐shaped ribs: Numerical approach
  Heat Transfer 2024 DOI: 10.1002/htj.22998
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• Introduction to mathematical and computational methods
  2024 DOI: 10.1201/9781003465171-1
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• Heat transfer and fluid flow analysis of PCM-based thermal energy storage concept for double pass solar air heater
  International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2024.107813
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• Thermo-hydraulic performance investigation of double pass solar air heater integrated with PCM-based thermal energy storage
  Journal of Energy Storage 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.est.2023.110202
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• Development of Nusselt number and friction factor correlations for double-pass solar air heater duct
  Applied Thermal Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121227
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• A review on artificial roughened solar air heaters with and without thermal energy storage
  International Journal of Green Energy 2023 DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2023.2194387
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