R P Chhabra

R. P. Chhabra

PhD (Monash University, Australia)

Email: chhabra[AT]iitk.ac.in

Office Phone: 0512-259-7393

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Specialization

Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Transport Phenomena

Education

PhD, Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 1980.
ME, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1976.
BE, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, 1974.

Website(s)

Homepage

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+ - Selected Publications Click to collapse

A. Bose, N. Nirmalkar and R. P. Chhabra, Forced convection from a heated equilateral triangular cylinder in Bingham plastic fluids, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, 66, 107-129 (2014).
N. Nirmalkar and R. P. Chhabra, Momentum and heat transfer from a heated circular cylinder in Bingham plastic fluids, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 70, 564-577 (2014).
S. A. Patel and R. P. Chhabra, Heat transfer in Bingham plastic fluids from a heated elliptical cylinder, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 73, 671-692(2014).
A. K. Gupta, C. Sasmal, M. Sairamu and R. P. Chhabra, Laminar and steady free convection in power-law fluids from a heated spheroidal particle: a numerical study, International Journal of Heat Mass Transfer, 75,592-609 (2014).
N. Nirmalkar, A. Bose and R. P. Chhabra, Free convection from a heated circular cylinder in Bingham Plastic fluids, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 83, 33-44(2014).
"Promotional Effects in Alumina and Silica Supported Bimetallic Ni-Fe Catalysts during CO2 Hydrogenation", D. Pandey and G. Deo, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A, 382 (2014) 23-30.
"Effect of calcination temperature during the synthesis of alumina supported cobalt catalyst", T. Das, S. Sengupta and G. Deo, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanism and Catalysis, 110 (2013), 147-162.
"Effects of metal loading and support for supported cobalt catalyst", T. Das and G. Deo, Catalysis Today, 198 (2012), 116-124.
"Promotion of Alumina Supported Cobalt Catalysts by Iron", T. Das and G. Deo, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 116 (2012), 20812-20819
"Synthesis, Characterization and In-Situ DRIFTS during the CO2 hydrogenation reaction over Supported Cobalt catalysts", T. Das and G. Deo, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A, 350 (2011), 75.

+ - Awards & Fellowships Click to collapse

C N R Rao Annual lecture, IIT Kanpur 2014
Prof B D Tilak Distinguished Professor Lecture ICT, Mumbai, 2013
J N Gupta & Smt M D Gupta Chair (2009-2012)
Chevron Corporation Chair (2014-2017)
FNA, FASc, FNASc, FNAE
Herdillia Award of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering – 1996

+ - Contact Information Click to collapse

Office

NL2-105
Department of Chemical
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016

Office Phone: 0512-259-7393 / 7607 (O)

Email: chhabra[AT]iitk.ac.in