Prof. Dr. Amitava Datta

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsTechnical Thermodynamics,Hydraulic and Turbo Engines and Piston Engines
KeywordsTechnical Thermodynamics, Atomization and Spray, CFD, Combustion, Entropy Generation Minimization

Current contact address

CountryIndia
CityNorth 24 Parganas
InstitutionJadavpur University
InstituteDepartment of Power Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alfred LeipertzLehrstuhl für Technische Thermodynamik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2000

Programme(s)

2000Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2005Amitava Datta: Effects of Gravity on Structure and Entropy Generation of Confined Laminar Diffusion Flames. In: International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2005, 429-440
2005Bijan Kumar Mandal, Amitava Datta, Amitava Sarkar: Transient Development of Methane-Air Diffusion Flame in a Confined Geometry with and without Air Preheat. In: International Journal of Energy Research, 2005, 145-176
2004Dulal Mandal, Amitava Datta, Amitava Sarkar: Droplet Size and Velocity Distributions in a Spray from Pressure Swirl Atomizer Application of Maximum Entropy Formalism. In: J. of Mechanical Engg. Sc., Proc. of IMechE, London, Part C, 2004, 737-749
2004Samar Mandal, Amitava Datta, Amitava Sarkar: Numerical Study of the Influence of Side Wall Expansion Angle and Swirl Generator Type on the Characteristic of Turbulent Swirl Flow. In: International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2004, 901-914
2004Amitava Datta, Frank Beyrau, Thomas Seeger, Alfred Leipertz: Temperature and CO Concentration Measurements in a Partially Premixed CH4/Air Co-flowing Jet Flame using Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Spectroscopy. In: Combustion Science and Technology, 2004, 1965-1984
2002F.Beyrau, A.Datta, T.Seeger and A.Leipertz: Dual-pump CARS for the simultaneous detection of N2, O2 and CO in CH4-flames. In: J. of Raman Spectroscopy , 2002, 919-924
2002Amitava Datta and Alfred Leipertz: Thermodynamic optimization of a laminar diffusion flame. In: Proc. 1st Int. Conf. on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, South Africa, 2002, 111-116