Prakash Ghosh IITB

Hello sir I want to know the areas of interest of Prakash Ghosh who is an associate professor at IITB so please provide me information about him.

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Prakash Ghosh is an Assistant Professor in Energy Systems Engineering department of IIT Bombay.

Contact details

Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400 076, INDIA
Mechanical Engineering Department, Room 311D
Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay
Powai, Mumbai - 400 076

Academic Background

1999-2002 Ph.D, Technical University (RWTH) Aachen, Germany

1998-1999 Pre-Ph.D course work, Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi, India

1996-1998 M. Tech in Energy Sc. & Tech., Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

1994-1996 M.Sc in Physics, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, W.B., India

1990-1993 B.Sc in Physics, Burdwan University, W.B. India

Research Interests

Renewable energy sources

Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell

Hydrogen generation and storage

Detailed:

Hydrogen production from renewable sources mainly from solar and wind energy

Hydrogen storage in different materials, alloys
Development of low temperature hybrid fuel cells
Optimum design of fuel cells systems
CFD modelling of fuel cells to optimised the flow field pattern
Development of non-destructive methodologies for testing fuel cells
Development of membrane based humidifier to design compact fuel cells

Present research activity:

Development of solid electrolyte (Nafion and PBI membrane) based fuel cells and ultra-supercapacitor for hybrid power system.

Creation of fuel cell testing facility and identifying the key parameters affecting the fuel cell performances

Non-destructive measurements to understand the electrochemical activity on the electrode surface

Development of testing protocol for fuel cells as well as different components used in fuel cells