205 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Laboratory
My current mission is to help Industry develop high efficiency and world class products in the broad areas of refrigeration, air conditioning, cryogenics and heat exchangers, including thermal management of batteries for electric vehicles.
Our aim is to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical applications.
I work with a broad range of industries, from very small to very large Indian, European and American companies, with the above goal.
We are developing a variety of innovative products and solutions as a part of our vision to make cooling Sustainable, e.g., low global warming potential refrigerants, high efficiency refrigeration systems, heat exchangers, and battery cooling systems.
I and my group also work in the Automatic Fault Detection and Diagnosis of HVAC systems. My algorithms are currently used by a leading industry for AFDD of multiple chillers (100-1000 TR) at over 3500 locations every day.
Other types of thermodynamic algorithms developed by me are used in many thermodynamic and process simulation software such as NIST Refprop, Aspen Plus, etc.
Many of my students also work on AI/ML and data based models related to different aspects of heat exchangers and HVACR systems. We have also completed projects for Industry on these topics. Some of my interns are also working on AI for healthcare.
I'm also an Associate faculty member of the recently started School of Sustainability.
Please see research areas below to know about our current projects
+91-44 -2257- 4685
gvenkat[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in
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