
Hitesh PanchalGujarat Power Engineering and Research Institute | GPERI
Hitesh Panchal
Bachelor of Engineering
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July 2016 - present
Government Engineering College, Patan
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- Professor (Assistant)
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- It is a Government Engineering College.
May 2012 - present
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Publications (378)
The availability of water and energy is crucial for human survival, yet rising industrialization and population growth have escalated demand, particularly in developing economies. Despite efforts to address water scarcity, contamination persists, leading to widespread diseases. Conventional purification methods like reverse osmosis are effective bu...
This study investigates the thermal performance of a Solar Air Heater (SAH) equipped with rotating spiral-shaped baffles, utilizing a solar simulator. Parameters such as relative roughness pitch (P/e) and Reynolds number (Re) were varied within the ranges of 4-10 and 4000-12000, respectively, with a fixed relative roughness height (e/H) of 0.8. The...
Geothermal energy is a promising alternative for replacing fossil fuels to ensure the continuity and well-being of human life. Geothermal energy sources have two main categories: high-enthalpy and low-enthalpy energy sources. High enthalpy energy sources are used to drive conventional power generation cycles such as the Rankine cycle. Low enthalpy...
Breast cancer remains a significant health concern, necessitating early and accurate detection methods to reduce mortality rates. This review examines the use of thermography for breast cancer detection, highlighting the application of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) to enhance diagnostic accuracy. Thermography, a non-invasive and cost-effecti...
As different pollutants are deposited on the high voltage bushings, a dry band forms, which causes a flashover. The bushing's contaminated layer will weaken its insulation and have an impact on its electrical characteristics. The performance of bushings in dry band conditions of various lengths was investigated in this proposed piece of work, and a...
Melanoma, a form of skin cancer originating in melanocyte cells, poses a significant health risk, although it is less prevalent than other types of skin cancer. Its detection presents challenges, even under expert observation. To enhance the classification accuracy of skin lesions, a Deep Convolutional Neural Network, Visual Geometry Group model ha...
Finding innovative, stable, and environmentally acceptable perovskite (PVK) sunlit absorber constituents has developed a major area of study in photovoltaics (PVs). As an alternative to lead-based organic-inorganic halide PVKs, these PVKs are being researched for use in cutting-edge PVK solar cells. While there has been progress in this field as of...
A solar still is a device that uses sun energy to convert brackish or salted water into drinkable water and its distillate output is lower. In addition, it is the primary issue with the solar still; thus, researchers are looking for fresh ideas to raise the distillate output. The primary goal of this study is to examine the effects of mixing differ...
Solar still was successfully used for the desalination of saline water in many arid and oceanic regions of the world.
But the yield of solar still was found very low and fluctuating. The new develop system with the flashing of solar�heated water is found possible during the study of flashing of hot water in many thermal processes used during the...
The special issue "Innovative Heat Transfer Fluids for Enhanced Energy Sustainability in Thermal Systems" explores cutting-edge advancements in heat transfer fluids to improve the sustainability of thermal systems. It delves into novel solutions that address energy efficiency and environmental concerns. Researchers contribute insights on the develo...
To enhance my research, I would like to share my knowledge of Herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) and HIV/AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) through a mathematical model. The study’s objective is to develop and examine the co-disease model for the modern era using mathematical modeling. Based on their modes of transmission, HSV-2 and HIV/AIDS are...
Present study investigates application of cinque-faced rib roughening to improve the efficiency of solar air heaters (SAHs). Research focuses on a novel design, the cinque-faced rib-roughened triangular channel SAH (CFRTCSAH), which incorporates five-faced wire ribs on the absorber plate’s underside. By breaking down the laminar sublayer and enhanc...
The powder mixed electrical discharge machining (PMEDM) process was simulated via finite element analysis in the current study to assess heat behavior and material removal rate. The goal of this paper is to conduct a thorough experimental and thermal examination of electrical discharge machining (EDM) in order to forecast its cutting characteristic...
The addition of ZrO2 nanoparticles to porcelain insulators and its influence on their electrical and corporeal characteristics are studied throughout a wide range of sintering temperatures. The DC magnetron sputtering with a 99.99% pure zirconium target is utilized to create zirconium oxide thin films on glass and silicon substrates in a 12-inch-di...
The present work experimentally evaluated the performance of a solar collector comprised evacuated tube heat pipe (ETHP) coupled with a compound parabolic concentrator at different tilt angles. Therefore, experiments have been conducted in the climate conditions of Tamil Nadu (77.07°E,11.04°N), India, from April 15, 2019, to May 20, 2019. The objec...
This work is an attempt to predict tool wear for turning EN24 material by the hybrid Taguchi-ANN (Taguchi-Artificial Neural Network) method. The objective is to minimize the tool wear. The independent factors are cutting environment, feed rate, depth of cut, nose radius, and tool type. A Spinner numerical control lathe is used to assess performance...
This research presents a numerical investigation of the flow field and heat transfer of a Visco-plastic fluid, The Bingham-Papanastasiou model is used to examine the flow field and forced convection heat transfer of a Viscoplastic fluid between two concentric cylinders with a wavy inner surface. By focusing on this particular configuration (wavy in...
The present paper aims to highlight the techno-economic and greenhouse mitigation potential of the small-scale building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) of 10 kW suitable for residential as well as small commercial agglomerations. To carry out this investigation a mathematical model has been developed utilizing the RetScreen simulation tool. The mode...
Sustainable solar-based desalination systems have become a significant global energy challenge, and integrating energy storage technologies is crucial in addressing this challenge. Solar stills, a simple and sustainable method for converting impure water into potable water, have recently gained considerable attention from researchers. However, one...
A reduction in the size of electronic equipment increases the heat generation rate. Failure of electronic equipment occurs if the heat is not dissipated properly. This paper examines the performance of aluminium two-phase closed thermosyphon for cooling electronic equipment. Acetone charged aluminium two-phase closed thermosyphon was fabricated wit...
In the present experimental effort is made to increase the performance of a solar still (SS) by including a novel design of a zigzag shaped air-cooled condenser (ZZACC) and cuprous oxide (CuO) as a nanomaterial. Research work is conducted in the climatic conditions of Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, from September to November 2020. A comparison was ma...
The current experimental work investigated the engine performance and emissions when a compression ignition engine was powered by 1-propanol Electronic Mode (EM) fumigation with biodiesel and diesel fuel. The biodiesel (20 %) was blended with the reference diesel (80 %). The reference diesel and biodiesel blend values were notified to compare diffe...
The present research aims to enhance heat transfer in straight and wavy profile heat sinks using the same length and hydraulic diameter with different microchannel geometries (triangular, rectangular, trapezoidal, semi-circular, and circular) for uses in electronics, inkjet printing, high heat flux cooling of lasers, and other domains. The nanoflui...
Recent breakthroughs in component downsizing and miniaturisation emphasise the requirement for deep-hole drilling with an increased aspect ratio, especially in the automobile sector for fuel injectors and the medical sector for manufacturing bone screws or surgical equipment. In this research, deep hole drilling on stainless steel AISI 316L has bee...
This research presents a numerical investigation of the flow field and heat transfer of a Visco-plastic fluid, The Bingham-Papanastasiou model is used to examine the flow field and forced convection heat transfer of a Viscoplastic fluid between two concentric cylinders with a wavy inner surface. By focusing on this particular configuration (wavy in...
Researchers have carried out the kinetics of various agro products for open sun drying, but research articles still need to address such analysis for cotton seeds. Open sun drying of cotton seeds has been experimentally investigated and presented in this paper. Shorting of cotton seeds was carried out to collect appropriate samples in current resea...
Dry machining without cutting fluid is becoming increasingly popular, considering the environmental and health problems related to their use in conventional machining. Nickel 200 alloy material is highly corrosion-resistant with alkaline salt and neutral solutions, and aerospace and chemical processing industries use it. The main aim of this work i...
Micromachining in powder mixed micro-electric discharge machining (μ-EDM) requires a high material-removal rate with a low radial overcut, which affects work piece accuracy and precision. Power-mixed μ-EDM, a modernized manufacturing technique that introduces appropriate powder into dielectric oil, is one of the important developments for fulfillin...
Heat transfer enhancement is required for numerous situations, i.e., gas turbines, nuclear power plants, micro and macro scale heat transfer, airfoil cooling, electronic cooling, semiconductors, biomedical and combustion chamber lines, etc. One of the prominent ways of increasing the heat transfer coefficient from the surface of a heat exchanger is...
In everyday living, the need for fresh water is crucial. The most pressing problem in developing nations is the ongoing lack of access to clean water. In many ways, the solar still is a great source of freshwater for both drinking and cultivation, it is one of the most popular essential and technically practicable sun energy uses. This study lists...
One of the environmental pollution is happened by the discharge of industrial wastewater that needs to be adequately filtered. Given that the effluent from the leather industry contains high levels of chromium, heavy metals, lipids, and Sulphur, it is one of the wastewater disposals that are most damaging. This experimental study focuses on reverse...
Image captioning is a technique that allows us to use computers to interpret the information in photographs and make written text. The use of deep learning to interpret image information and create descriptive text has become a widely researched issue since its establishment. Nevertheless, these strategies do not identify all samples that depict co...
The thermal performance of an artificially roughed solar air heater (SAH) with the recently proposed baffles’ roughness geometry has been analyzed through a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation. Taguchi's experimental design method has been used to create the experimental designs. For this analysis, the CFD software ANSYS FLUENT has been u...
The entire human race is struggling with the spread of COVID-19. Worldwide, the wearing of face masks is indispensable to prevent such spread. Despite numerous studies reporting on the fabrication of face masks and surgical masks to reduce spread and thus human deaths, this novel work is considered the marine waste of microplastics, namely Polyprop...
Global warming, climate change, air pollution, and harmful exhaust emissions for human health are highly associated with the burning of petroleum fuels at a huge level. In the beginning, biodiesel fuels have been introduced as a promising alternative fuel to mitigate these problems. However, poor atomization, low energy content, high viscosity, and...
The present study examines the performance of desalination based atmospheric water extraction system under various climate situations. The Bayesian optimisation for model training hyperparameters was used to make the process autoregressive, and the Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) technique was used to develop the prediction model. Because of its...
The engine tests aimed to produce comparable data for fuel consumption, exhaust emissions, and thermal efficiency. The computational fluid dynamics (CFD) program FLUENT was used to simulate the combustion parameters of a direct injection diesel engine. In-cylinder turbulence is controlled using the RNG k-model. The model’s conclusions are validated...
Spur gears are essential components in a mechanical power transmission system used in rotating equipment at varying loads and speeds. In food processing machinery, the PP materials are used but do not provide sufficient material properties. In the present paper, specimens and spur gears are made up of Short Carbon Fiber (SCF) reinforced matrix poly...
Network slicing allows heterogeneous applications can be launched across different domain using virtualized resources. The virtualized resources are created on the physical infrastructure. The orchestrator is essential for coordination of network slice management. The overhead in the slice orchestrator is reduced by distributed approach. The slice...
This paper intends to design an artificial model of WDM Optical Network in respect of length, pump power and simple free space optical link which is designed and analysis of several FSO (Free-space optical communication) factors such as Bit Error Rate (BER), Q factor and received power have been measured with regard to the variants in the beam dive...
The present world data is most important in public because without data cannot live in the world. This data is big data and that data daily increases through Social Media like “Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, WhatsApp, Instagram, LinkedIn”, etc.., because this media only share public opinion very fast through the net. From this media, more people used...
The model and optimization of parameters have been performed using a computer intelligence approach in order to provide greater convenience and reduce costs. In this study, the power density and voltage behavior of 13 direct glucose fuel cells (three types: MEA1-MEA4, MEA5-MEA8, and MEA10-MEA14) are modeled through response surface methodology, mul...
In comfort, air-conditioning control over the humidity is essential in applications such as pharmaceutical industries, electronic gadgets manufacturing units, the food sector, paper industries, etc. Relative humidity of nearly 50% can effectively prevent the growth and abidance of biological pollutants. There are several methods using which dehumid...
In this study, the mechanical properties of glass fiber mortars have been predicted using machine learning tools, Response Surface Methodology (RSM), and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) approach. This study focused on mortar, in which cement has been partially replaced by 20% fly ash and 20% hydrated lime. In the experiments, the compressive streng...
This study presents the design and fabrication of an urban solar food cooking system with a phase change material (PCM) as a heat storage tank. The effort has been taken to test the system experimentally and explore its thermal performance under actual climatic conditions of Mumbai, India. The solar heat energy is stored in the tank using commercia...
Globally During the winter of the year, having a warm place to stay is a necessity, especially true in mountainous regions. Electric heating and biomass burning are the most common methods for this purpose. However, solar PV-based electric heating is a sustainable way to eliminate the cost of heating, which requires more panels and a large floor ar...