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Sarada Kuravi

Sarada Kuravi

Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Florida Institute of Technology

Phone: (321) 674-8781

F. W. Olin Engineering, Room 246
Florida Institute of Technology
150 W. University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901

http://www.fit.edu/faculty/profiles/profile.php?tracks=skuravi

Education:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL; Advisor: Dr. Yogi Goswami. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Central Florida (UCF), Orlando, FL. Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering. 2009 University

Research Interests:

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Renewable Energy Systems

(a) Thermal Energy Storage Technology for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Plants, Enhanced Heat Transfer Fluids (Nano-fluids and Phase Change Material Slurries)

(b) Supercritical Thermodynamic Power Cycles

(c) Low Temperature Heat Recovery and Utilization

(d) Hydrogen Storage

  • Thermal Management of Electronics
  • Macro- and Microscale Particle Suspension Flows
  • Two-Fluid/Two-Phase Separation, especially for microgravity and space applications