Kartikkumar Thakkar

About

Dr. Kartikkumar Thakkar is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Automobile Engineering at U.V. Patel College of Engineering (Ganpat University). He completed his Postdoc at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) in 2024. At IIT Bombay, he gained experience working in the IC Engine & Combustion Lab of the Mechanical Engineering Department. He completed his Ph. D. and M. Tech from Pandit Deendayal Energy University. His research area of specialization is biofuels and their applications in the Internal Combustion Engines. He has published more than 15 research papers and has 3 granted national patents. He has attended several International Conferences and has more than two years of research experience post-Ph.D. He is a reviewer in several reputed scientific journals.

Employment

• Ganpat University Assistant Professor
  2024 - Present
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Institute Postdoctoral Fellow
  2022 - 2024

Education

• Pandit Deendayal Energy University PhD
  2016 - 2022
• Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University M.Tech
  2014 - 2016

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (16)

• Advancing Hydrogen Utilization in Internal Combustion Engines for a Path Toward Sustainable Mobility
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-6620-1_9
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• CFD Simulation of Rijke Tube to Understand the Thermoacoustic Instability
  Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-7388-6_49
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• Estimation of the Triple Wiebe Function Parameters for the Transition Point-Based Identification of Combustion Stages
  Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-7388-6_53
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• NUMERICAL STUDY OF TRANSITION TO THERMOACOUSTIC INSTABILITY IN A RIJKE TUBE: IMPACT OF ENERGY INPUT AND TRIGGERING PARAMETERS
  Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing 2025 DOI: 10.1615/jflowvisimageproc.2024053312
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• Enhanced castor seed oil extraction assisted by the synergistic effect of ultrasound and microwave: Impact on extraction effectiveness and oil quality
  Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2023.109307
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• Multi-response optimization of transesterification reaction for biodiesel production from castor oil assisted by hydrodynamic cavitation
  Fuel 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121907
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• A novel approach for improved in-situ biodiesel production process from gamma-irradiated castor seeds using synergistic ultrasound and microwave irradiation: Process optimization and kinetic study
  Industrial Crops and Products 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.114750
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• Investigation of diesel/n-butanol blends as drop-in fuel for heavy-duty diesel engines: Combustion, performance, and emissions
  Energy Conversion and Management 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115334
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• Effectiveness of RSM Based Box Behnken DOE over Conventional Method for Process Optimization of Biodiesel Production
  Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9953-8_14
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• Optimization of Biodiesel Production Using Supercritical Solvent by Taguchi’s Technique and CI Engine Testing
  Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2021 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-9678-0_44
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