Dr. Rajesh Kondareddy
Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) • Department of Instrumentation Engineering
Dr. Rajesh Kondareddy
Process Control – PID Design, Model Predictive Control, Stable and Unstable system, learning automata-based design, Control Loop Performance Assessment
Solar Energy Applications – Design, Measurement and Control, Process Optimization
Mentors:
Dr. N Sivakumaran, Professor, NIT Tiruchirappalli
Dr. Prakash Kumar Nayak, Assistant Professor, CIT Kokrajhar
Qualifications & Degrees
M.Tech (Industrial Process Instrumentation, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam, 2009)
B.Tech (Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Acharya Nagarjuna University (BEC Bapatla), Guntur, 2006)
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Scholarly Honors & Achievements
1. Patent Granted: Title: "An Intelligent system for the development of solar dryers integrated with thermal storage for agricultural products" has been granted (International Patent) from the Federal Republic of Germany.
2. Selected for QIP-PhD program in NIT Tiruchirappalli (2018-2021), Sponsored by AICTE-India.
3. GATE Qualified (2007 & 2012).
Workshops Organized:
1. Two day’s workshop on "Applied Numerical Analysis and Optimization using MATLAB" (ANAO-18) during May 4th -5th May 2018.
2. Two day’s National Workshop on “Advances in Process Control” APC-2014 during 13th-14th November 2014.
Research Footprint
Publications
1. Kondareddy, R., Nayak, P.K., Krishnan, K.R., Deka, D. and Kumar, K.R., 2023. Experimental investigation and energy-exergy-environmental-economic analysis of modified indirect solar dual collector dryer while drying myrobalan slices. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pp 1-15.
2. Dadhaneeya, H., Nayak, P.K., Saikia, D., Kondareddy, R., Ray, S. and krishnan Kesavan, R., 2023. The Impact of refractance window drying on the physicochemical properties and bioactive compounds of malbhog banana slice and pulp. Applied Food Research, p.100279.
3. Saikia, D., Nayak, P.K., Krishnan, K.R., Kondareddy, R. and Lakshmi, D.V.N., 2023. Experimental investigation of modified indirect solar dryer with integrated thermal storage material for drying of dhekia (Diplazium esculentum) fern. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pp.1-14.
4. Saikia, D., Nayak, P.K., Sivakumaran, N., Kondareddy, R., Krishnan, K.R. and Dutta, J., 2022. Latent heat storage system based mixed mode indirect solar dryer for drying myrobalan, Vol. 14 No 3, 03022(5pp).
5. Saikia, D., Nayak, P.K., Krishnan, K.R., Kondareddy, R. and Lakshmi, D.V.N., 2022. Development of indirect type solar dryer and experiments for estimation of drying parameters of dhekia (Diplazium esculentum). Materials Today: Proceedings, 56, pp.774-780.
6. Kondareddy, R., Natarajan, S., Radha Krishnan, K., Saikia, D., Singha, S. and Nayak, P.K., 2022. Performance evaluation of modified forced convection solar dryer with energy storage unit for drying of elephant apple (Dillenia indica). Journal of Food Process Engineering, 45(1), p.e13934.
7. Kondareddy, R., Sivakumaran, N., Radha Krishnan, K., Nayak, P.K., Sahu, F.M. and Singha, S., 2021. Performance evaluation and economic analysis of modified solar dryer with thermal energy storage for drying of blood fruit (Haematocarpus validus). Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 45(9), p.e15653.
8. Kondareddy, R., Sivakumaran, N., Radhakrishnan, K. and Nayak, P.K., 2020, March. Performance analysis of solar tunnel dryer with thermal storage and Photovoltaic system for drying star fruit. In IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (Vol. 463, No. 1, p. 012138). IOP Publishing.
9. Kondareddy, R., Sivakumaran, N. and Nayak, P.K., 2019. Drying kinetics of black turmeric (Curcuma caesia) with optimal controller assisted low cost solar dryer. Food research,3(4):373-379.
Conference Presentation:
1. R. Kondareddy, N. Sivakumaran, P.K. Nayak, ‘Design and analysis of optimal controlled solar dryer for humid sub-tropical region’, International Conference on Recent Advances in Food Processing Technology (iCRAFPT), IIFPT Thanjavur, August 17-19, 2018.
2. R. Kondareddy, N. Sivakumaran, P.K. Nayak, ‘Analyze drying kinetics of black turmeric (Curcuma caesia) with optimal air flow controller economical solar dryer’, 4th International Conference on Agricultural and Food Engineering, University Putra Malaysia, November 7-9, 2018 (eISSN: 2550-2166).
3. R. Kondareddy, N. Sivakumaran, K. Radha Krishnan, P.K. Nayak, ‘Experimental investigation and economic evaluation of thermal storage assisted integrated low cost solar dryer for drying of Khoonphal (Haematocarpus validus)’, International Conference on Clean and Renewable Energy, NIT Durgapur, July 10-12, 2019.
4. R. Kondareddy, N. Sivakumaran, K. Radha Krishnan, P.K. Nayak, ‘Performance analysis of solar tunnel dryer with thermal storage and Photovoltaic system for drying star fruit’, International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology 2019 (SEGT 2019), Thailand, Dec 11-14, 2019.
5. R. Kondareddy, N. Sivakumaran, K. Radha krishnan, P.K. Nayak,‘Performance Studies of Sustainable Solar Tunnel Dryer for Drying of Green Banana’, International Conference on Banana 2020 - Innovations in Sustainable Production and Value Chain Management in Banana, ICAR - National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli, February 22-25, 2020.
6. R. Kondareddy, Sivakumaran N, Radhakrishnan Kesavan, Prakash Kumar Nayak and Jeet Dutta, 2022. Design, development and experimental investigation of latent heat storage system based mixed mode indirect solar dryer for drying myrobalan. International Conference on Innovative Research in Renewable Energy Technologies (IRRET-2022) at IMPS College, Malda, West Bengal on 20th -21st March 2022.
Course Engagements
| # | Course Title | Code | Credits | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Process Control | UIE601 | 3 | 6 |
Scholars & Students Supervised
PhD-02 (Undergoing)
M.Tech-03 (Completed); 01-Undergoing
B.Tech-34 (Completed); 04-Undergoing