Teaching Faculties
Dr. Pushpendra Kumar Singh Rathore
Associate Professor (Research Track) Department of Mechanical Engineering
- pushpendra.rathore@jaipur.manipal.edu
- Ph.D. IIT BHU 2021
- M.Tech. Jagannath University 2013
- B.Tech. UPTU, Lucknow 2008
- Thermal Energy Storage
- Solar Thermal Technologies
- Building Energy Efficiency
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Top 2% scientist of the Globe by Stanford University for the year 2022, 2023, and 2024.
- Co-PI of DRDO, MoD, GOI funded project entitled "Design and Development of Pumped Two-Phase Cooling Device for Thermal Management of High Heat Generating System" with an estimated grant of 48.06336 lakh rupees in the year 2024.
- P. K. S. Rathore, K. K. Gupta, B. Patel, R. K. Sharma, and N. K. Gupta, "Beeswax as a potential replacement of paraffin wax as shape stabilized solar thermal energy storage material: An experimental study," Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 68, p. 107714, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.est.2023.107714
- B. Patel, P. K. S. Rathore, N. K. Gupta, B. S. Sikarwar, R. K. Sharma, R. Kumar, and A. K. Pandey, "Location optimization of phase change material for thermal energy storage in concrete block for development of energy efficient buildings," Renewable Energy, vol. 218, p. 119306, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.119306.
- M. K. Gupta, P. K. S. Rathore, R. Kumar, and N. K. Gupta, "Experimental analysis of clay bricks incorporated with phase change material for enhanced thermal energy storage in buildings," Journal of Energy Storage, vol. 64, p. 107248, Aug. 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.107248.
- P. K. S. Rathore and B.S. Sikarwar, "Thermal energy storage using phase change material for solar thermal technologies: A sustainable and efficient approach," Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, vol. 277, pp. 113134-113134, Aug. 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2024.113134.
- N. Kumar, P. K. S. Rathore, R. K. Sharma, and N. K. Gupta, "Integration of lauric acid/zeolite/graphite as shape stabilized composite phase change material in gypsum for enhanced thermal energy storage in buildings," Applied Thermal Engineering, vol. 224, p. 120088, Jan. 2023, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120088.
