Prof. (Dr.) Pankaj Gohil

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Name : Prof. (Dr.) Pankaj Gohil
Qualification: Ph.D. (IIT Roorkee)
Designation: Associate Professor
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Experience: 20+ Years (Academic)
Email: pankaj.gohil@scet.ac.in
Courses / Subject involved: Basic Mechanical Engineering, Workshop practices, Engineering Graphics, Applied Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machine, Renewable Energy Engineering, Fluid Power Engineering, Engineering Thermodynamics; Oil, Hydraulics And Pneumatics
Portfolio: Head Of the Department

Extra Duty

Research Projects

1 Institute grant received of Rs. 50,400/- (Fifty Thousand) for MRP of “Investigation of Sea Water Desalination Technology Using Coalesce Effect of Solar Thermal Energy and Cavitation, Year 2022-23.
2 GUJCOST DST-Govt. of Gujarat under STI policy sanctioned for an amount of Rs. 25,11,520/- ( Twenty Lakh Eleven Thousand Five Hundred Twenty) for the Research Project on “Development and Investigation of Zero Head Sustainable System for Power Generation from Flowing Canal Water”, year 2021-24
3 Institute grant received of Rs. 50,000/- (Fifty Thousand) for MRP of “Development and investigation of micro hydro turbine for power generation from flowing canal water”, Year 2019-20.
4 ISTE approved and GTU sponsored One Week FDP sanctioned Rs. 1,00,000/-(one Lakh) for Program on “Future Prospect and Technology of Hydro Power Machinery”, 2019-2020.

Patents/Copyrights

Books Published

Research Publications

Book Chapter
1 Gohil P.P., Saiyed A. (2021) Experimental Investigation of Domestic Refrigerator Used as an Air Conditioner by Augmentation Method. In: Baredar P.V., Tangellapalli S., Solanki C.S. (eds) Advances in Clean Energy Technologies. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore. ISBN: 9789811602344, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0235-1_1.
International Journals
1 Pankaj P Gohil, Hemangi Desai, Amit Kumar, Rupesh Kumar. Current status and advancement in thermal and membrane-based hybrid seawater desalination technologies– A comprehensive review. Journal Water-MDPI, Water 2023, 15, 2274. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15122274 (SCIE Index) (IF-3.53).
2 Pankaj P. Gohil, R.P. Saini, Investigation into cavitation damage potentiality using pressure pulsation phenomena in a low head Francis turbine for small hydropower schemes, Ocean Engineering, 263,2022, 112230, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.112230 (SCI Index) (IF-4.372).
3 Pankaj P.Gohil, GauravDwivedi, Anoop KumarShukla, PuneetVerma, Experimental investigation of heat conservation through novel flame shield arrangement for domestic LPG gas stove. Materials Today: Proceedings; 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.01.667 (Scopus Index) (CiteScore-3.2).
4 Gaurav Dwivedi, Pankaj P. Gohil, Arun Kumar Behura, Numerical investigation of thermodynamic parameters for performance evaluation of cooking gas stove burner by appending of flame shield. Materials Today: Proceedings; 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.09.836 (Scopus Index) CiteScore-3.2).
5 Gohil, Pankaj P., Saini, R.P., Cavitating Turbulent Flow Study for Low Head Francis Turbine by Transient Analysis. International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems, 12(1), pp. 22-30, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5293/IJFMS.2019.12.1.022 (Scopus Index) (IF-0.305).
6 Gohil, Pankaj P. ,Amit U. Mehta, A Feasibility Study of Human Bicycle Pedal Power Generation, International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering, 8(2), pp. 249-252, ISSN 2250-2459 (online), 2018.
7 Gohil, Pankaj P., Saini, R.P., Numerical Investigation of Cavitating Flow in Elbow Type Draft Tube, An International Journal Progress in Computational Fluid Dynamics, 17(3), 2017, https://doi.org/10.1504/PCFD.2017.084345 (SCI Index)(IF- 1.042).
8 Gohil, Pankaj P., Saini, R.P., Numerical Study of Cavitation in Francis Turbine of a Small Hydro Power Plant. Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 9(2), pp. 357-365, 2016, DOI: 10.18869/acadpub.jafm.68.224.24080 (SCIE Index)(IF-1.152).
9 Gohil, Pankaj P., Saini, R.P., Effect of Temperature, Suction Head and Flow Velocity on Cavitation in a Francis Turbine of Small Hydro Power Plant, Energy-An International Journal (Elsevier), 93(1), pp. 613 -624, 2015, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.09.042 (SCI Index) (IF-8.857).
10 Gohil Pankaj P., Saini R.P., Coalesced effect of cavitation and silt erosion in hydro turbines - A review, International Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier), 33, pp. 280-289, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2014.01.075 (SCI Index)(IF-16.799).
11 Gohil Pankaj P., Saini R.P., CFD based flow analysis in elbow type draft tube for small hydro power plant, International Association for Small Hydro (IASH) Journal, 2(2), pp. 10-13, July 2013 ISSN: 2250-0111.
12 Rajesh Iyer, Pankaj Gohil, Devang Joshi, Design modifications in back pressure turbine to get maximum power utilization under varying load conditions in process industry, International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Applications in Engineering Technology and Sciences, 3(1), pp. 68-71. 2011, ISSN: 0974-3588
13 Gohil Pankaj P., S.A.Channiwala, Experimental investigation of performance of conventional LPG cooking stove, Fundamental Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering, 1(1), pp 25-34, 2011 ISSN: 2249-975X.
International Conference
1 Pankaj Gohil presented a paper “Cavitation impact analysis in low head-medium specific Francis turbine for small hydro power plant” from 26 June - 1 July 2022 in Trondheim, Norway, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, IAHR 2022.
2 Pankaj P. Gohil, R. P. Saini, “Unsteady Simulation of Cavitating Turbulent Flow for Low Head Francis Turbine”, 29th IAHR Symposium on Hydraulic Machinery and Systems, Kyoto-Japan, IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 240 (2019) 022007. doi:10.1088/1755-1315/240/2/022007.
3 Pankaj P. Gohil, R.P. Saini, “Transient Analysis of Cavitating Flow in Francis Turbine for Small Hydro Power Plants”, 7th International and 45th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP) December 10-12, 2018, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India. Paper No: 034.
4 Gohil, Pankaj P., Saini, R.P., CFD: Numerical simulation of performance prediction in Francis turbine, 1st International Conference on Non-Conventional Energy (ICONCE), Kalyani, IEEE explore digital library, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1109/ICONCE.2014.6808697.
5 Rajesh Iyer, Pankaj Gohil and Shridhar Bhatt, Design and Development of a Field Internal Joint Lining Machine for Sub-Sea Pipe Line Network, In Proceedings of the 9th international symposium on mineral exploration ISME IX: Bandung Indonesia. Bandung: ITB press, pp. 180-186, 2006.
6 Rajesh Iyer, Pankaj Gohil, H.J. Nagarsheth and S.A.Channiwala, Development of a Vapor compression air conditioning system utilizing the waste heat potential of exhaust gases in automobiles, The 2005 Future Transportation Technology Conference, Chicago, Illinois. SAE–2005-01-3475, 2005. https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-3475
National Conference
1 Shashank Choudhary, Pankaj Gohil, Vimal K. Patel, Numerical study of performance parameters of different types of draft tubes in hydro turbines, National Conference on Progress, Research and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering (PRIME), 25th-26th March, 2017, pp. 42-46, 2017.
2 Dhruvin L. Shukla, Amit Mehta, Pankaj Gohil, A Review on development in shell and tube heat exchanger with helical baffles, National Conference on Progress, Research and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering (PRIME) 25th-26th March, 2017, pp. 1-6, 2017.
3 Amit Mehta, Pankaj Gohil, S.A.Channiwala, Numerical investigation of shell and tube heat exchanger with slotted baffle, National Conference on Thermal, Fluid and Manufacturing Science, pp. 217-221, 2012.
4 Vikas Patel, Pankaj Gohil and S.A.Channiwala, Conversion of Multi cylinder Gasoline Engine In to Hydrogen Fuelled Engine Using Delayed Entry Valve- a New Technique to Control the Backfire, National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering-RAME, pp.48-53, 2007.
5 Vikas Patel, Pankaj Gohil and S.A.Channiwala, Modelling of Hydrogen Fuel Spark Ignited Engine, National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering-RAME, pp. 55-61, 2007.
6 Vikas Patel, Pankaj Gohil and S.A.Channiwala, Digital Simulation Hydrogen Fuelled S.I. Engine Using Discrete Approach with Real Cycle Analysis, National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering-RAME. pp. 193-201, 2007.
7 Pankaj Gohil and S.A. Channiwala, Feasibility of design and operation of exhaust driven turbine to run an air conditioning system, Advanced in Mechanical Engineering (AIME), New Delhi. pp. 888-893.2006.

Expert Lectures Delivered

1 One lecture delivered on “CFD analysis for turbine efficiency” in IIT Roorkee on Feb.03, 2022 during the short term training course on “Enhancement of efficiency of Hydro-Machines” Sept. 13-15, 2022.
2 One lecture delivered on “CFD based analysis of cavitation in Francis turbines” in IIT Roorkee on Feb.03, 2022 during the online training course on “Basic and Advanced Training on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) in Hydro Power” during Feb. 02-04, 2022.
3 One thematic talk delivered on “Cavitation in Hydro Turbo-machinery” at National Conference on “Turbomachines, Energy, and Combustion” (NCTEC-2021) organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat during November 29-30, 2021.
4 Two lectures delivered at DST-Gujcost sponsored STTP on “Alternate Source of Energy- Hydraulic Machines” during 1st March to 5th March, 2021 at CEPCET-Surat.
5 One lecture delivered at TEQIP-3 Sponsored One Week STTP on "Combustion Concepts and Applications" 30th Nov. to 4th Dec. 2020 at SVNIT, Surat.
6 One talk on “Modular Hydro-Kinetic Turbine in International Workshop on Hydrokinetic Technology held during Oct., 10-11, 2019 at Dept. of Hydro and Renewable Energy, IIT Roorkee.
7 One lecture delivered at the programme of two week STTP on “A Recent Trend in IC Engine, Bharuch, 2019.
8 One lecture delivered at the program of “Advances Fluid Mechanics and Machines” organized by Mechanical Engineering Department, Chandubhai S. Patel Institute of Technology, Changa, 2018.
9 One lecture delivered at the programme of two week STTP on “Advances in Renewable Energy Sources” at BVM Engineering College, Vallabh Vidyanagar, 2018.
10 Four lectures delivered at STTP on “Theory and Design of Pumps and Turbines” organized by Mechanical Engineering Department, SVNIT-SURAT, 2017.
11 2 years Diploma certified course for RIL employees
12 4 expert lectures delivered at STTP ON “THEORY AND DESIGN OF PUMPS AND TURBINES” organized by Mechanical Engg. Dept., SVNIT, SURAT.
13 1 expert lecture delivered at at the program of “Advances Fluid Mechanics and Machines” organized by Mechanical Engg. Dept., Chandubhai S. Patel Institute of Technology, Changa
14 1 expert lecture delivered at the programme of two week STTP on “Advances in Renewable Energy Sources” at BVM Engineering College, Vallabh Vidyanagar.
15 1 expert lecture delivered at International Workshop on “Modular Hydro-Kinetic Turbines” organized by Dept. of Hydro and Renewable Energy, IIT Roorkee.

Achievements / Awards

1 PATENT (Design Patent Granted -20; Product Patent -Granted -01 & Published-04)

Administrative Duties

1 Associate Dean – R & D (from 17/06/2019 to 30/06/2023)
2 Academic Committee (attendance, exams, results, mark sheets, etc), R & D Committee, Consultancy Cell, GIC Club, S4 Club, IPR Cell, Disability resource and Library Committee at Department level
3 Discipline Monitoring Committee Member, R & D Committee member and Technical Club Member, SC/ST committee coordinator- at College level
4 Department In-charge from 06/10/2009 to 16/03/2011

Membership of Professional Bodies

1 Life member of ISTE-LM 46094
2 Associate Member of The Inst. of Engineers (India)-AM097312-5
3 Life member of International Association for small hydro(IASH)–MR09
4 Life member of National Society of Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power-LM636

Workshop / Seminar / STTP

1 Symposium : 01 (IAHR 2018- JAPAN)
2 Workshop: 09 Nos.
3 STTP: 09 Nos.
4 Training Programme: 01 No.
5 Seminar: 03 Nos.

Participation in Other Activities

1 Examination of a project report-2022- Department of Technical Sciences, Czech Science Foundation, Czech Republic.
2 PhD Guide: Investigation on Combined Effect of Cavitation and Silt Erosion on the Performance of Francis Turbine (Registered Year 2021-22) as a Co-Supervisor at Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy, IIT Roorkee.
3 As an external examiner appointed for 3 Years span i.e., 01.11.2021 to 31.10.2024 at the Department of Energy and Process Engineering, NTNU-Norway.
4 PhD Guide: Investigation of gravitational vortex turbine for the ultra-low head hydraulic resources (Registered Year 2020-21).
5 PhD Guide : Experimental and Numerical study of Modular Hydro Turbine based on Canal Flow (Registered Year 2018-19).
6 Two Years Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Certified Course for M/s Reliance Industries Ltd. Employees during Aug-2007 to July-2009.
7 PhD Guide: Investigation of Sustainable Seawater Desalination Technology using Solar Thermal Energy and Cavitation (Registered Year 2022-23).
8 Development of low cost handicapped voice operated wheel chair under CSR for Reliance Industry Pvt. Ltd., Hazira.
9 Reviewer in various reputed international Journals.