Publications

Publications in peer reviewed Journals: Total thirty (30)


  • Anil Kumar Rout, Niranjan Sahoo and Pankaj Kalita, Effectiveness of Coaxial Surface Junction Thermal Probe for Transient Measurements through Laser Based Heat Flux Assessment, "Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Springer, "2019 (Accepted).

  • Samar Das, Debangshu, Kashyap, Pankaj Kalita, Vinayak Kulkarni, Yoshonari Itaya, Clean gaseous fuel application in diesel engine: A sustainable option for rural electrification in India, "Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews,"

  • Pankaj Kalita, Samar Das, Dudul Das, Pallab Borgohain, Anupam Dewan and Rabindra Kangsha Banik, "Feasibility study of installation of MW level grid connected solar photovoltaic power plant for northeastern region of India, "Sadhana, (2019), 44:207, 1-24.

  • Dudul Das, Pankaj Kalita, Anupam Dewan and Sartaj Tanweer, "Development of a novel thermal model for a PV/T collector and its experimental analysis."

  • Sudipta Bijoy Sarmah, Pankaj Kalita, Akhil Garg, Xiao-dong Niu, Xing-Wei Zhang, Xiongbin Peng, Dipanwita Bhattacharjee, "A review of state of health (SoH) estimation of energy storage systems: challenges and possible solutions for futuristic applications of Li-ion battery packs in electric vehicles, "Journal of Electrochemical Energy Conservation and Storage (ASME), 16, 040801 (2019)

  • P.Kalita, Tanmoy Jyoti Deka, Samar Das, Dudul Das, and Rupam Kataki, "Design, development and performance evaluation of a fluidized bed paddy dryer, "Journal of Energy and Environmental Sustainability 6 (2018) 18-23.

  • Vikas Kumar, Kangkan Jyoti Baishya and Pankaj Kalita, "Design and experimental investigation of a natural draft improved biomass cookstove"-manager’s Journal on Mechanical Engineering, 8 (3) (2018).

  • M. Sharma, P. Kalita, A. Garg A, K.K. Senapati, "Magnetic nanoparticles as an effective adsorbent for removal of fluoride–a review, "MOJ Ecology & Environmental Sciences, (2018)3(3), 207-210.

  • Yuhao Huang, Li Shui, Saeed Asghari, Paweena Prapainainar, Akhil Garg, Pankaj Kalita, "A novel comprehensive procedure for determination of optimum operating conditions for cleaner energy production system," Energy Research

  • Dudul Das, Pankaj Kalita and Omkar Roy, "Flat plate hybrid photovoltaic- thermal (PV/T) system: A review on design and development, "Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

  • Yuhao Huang, Liang Gao, Zhang Yi, Kang Tai, P. Kalita, Paweena Prapainainar, Akhil Garg, "An Application of Evolutionary System Identification Algorithm in modelling of Energy Production System, "Measurement,

  • P. Kalita, Sangeeta Borah and Dudul Das, "Design and performance evaluation of a novel solar distillation unit,"Desalination, 416 (2017) 65–75.

  • P. Kalita and D. Das, "Thermodynamic analysis of a modified solar still, "IASH Journal of International Association for Small Hydro, 6 (1) (2017) 14-19

  • P. Kalita, A. Dewan and S. Borah, "A Review on Recent Developments in Solar Distillation, "Sadhana, 41 (2) (2016) 203-223.

  • P. Kalita, P. Mahanta, U. K. Saha and Sai Gu, "A review on the influence of operating parameters on the design and performance of loop-seal in circulating fluidized beds, "NTPC Energy Technical Journal, 1 (2016), 33-48, .

  • P. Kalita, P. Mahanta,and U. K. Saha, "Study of bed-to-wall heat transfer with twisted tape at the upper splash region of a pressurized circulating fluidized bed unit, "International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 78 (2014), 260-266

  • P. Kalita, U. K. Saha, and P. Mahanta, "Effect of biomass blending on hydrodynamics and heat transfer behavior in a cold pressurized circulating fluidized bed unit, "International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 60 (2013) 531-541.

  • P. Kalita, U. K. Saha, and P. Mahanta, "Parametric study on the hydrodynamics and heat transfer along the riser of a pressurized circulating fluidized bed unit, "Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 44 (2013) 620-630.

  • P. Kalita, M. Clifford, K. Kalita, U. K. Saha, and P. Mahanta, "Characterization and Analysis of Thermal Response of Rice Husk for Gasification Applications, "Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 5, 013119(2013), AIP (16 pages).

  • P. Kalita, N. Golla, K. P. Vivek,U. K. Saha, and P. Mahanta,"Design and Charactrization of a novel loose biomass feeding system, "Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (JSIR), 72 (2013) 511-514.

  • P. Kalita, U. K. Saha, and P. Mahanta, " Some studies on wall-to-bed heat transfer in a pressurized circulating fluidized bed unit, "5th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Procedia Engineering 56 (2013) 163-172.

  • P. Kalita, U. K. Saha, and P. Mahanta, "An experimental investigation of hydrodynamics and heat transfer with biomass blending in ariser of a pressurized circulating fluidized bed unit"International Journal of Energy,13 (2) (2012) 63-74.

  • P. Kalita, G. Mohan, G. Pradeep Kumar and P. Mahanta"Determination and comparison of kinetic parameters of low density biomass Fuels, "Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, American Institute of Physics, 1, 023109 (2009) AIP (12 pages).

  • P. Kalita,U. S. Dixit, P. Mahanta and U. K. Saha, " A Novel Energy Efficient Machine for Plate Manufacturing from Arecanut Leaf Sheath, "Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (JSIR), 67 (10) (2008)807-811.

  • B. B. Sahoo, N Sahoo, P Mahanta, P Kalita, L Borbara and U K Saha"Performance Improvement of a Solar Still by using Blackened Surface and Thermocol, "Renewable Energy, 33(7) (2008)1703-1708.

  • 26. P. Mahanta, J.K. Sarmah, P. Kalita, A. Shrivastava,"Parametric Study on Transesterification Process for Biodiesel Production from Pongamiapinnata and Jatropha curcus Oil, "International Energy Journal, 9(1) (2008).

  • Anil Kumar Sarma, Jayanta Kumar Sarmah, LepakshiBarbora, Pankaj Kalita, Sushovan Chatterjee, Pinakeswar Mahanta and Pranab Goswami, "Recent Inventions in Biodiesel Production and Processing- A Review, "Journal of Recent Patent on Engineering, 2 (2008) 47-58.

  • P. Mahanta, A. Dewan, U. K. Saha, P. Kalita and B. Buragohain, "Biogas Digester: A Discussion on Factors Affecting Biogas Production and Field Investigation of a Novel Duplex Digester, "Journal of Solar Energy Society of India (SESI Journal), 15 (2)(2005)1-12.

  • P. Mahanta, U.K. Saha, A. Dewan, P. Kalita, "The Influence of Temperature and Total Solid Concentration on the Gas Production of a Biogas Digester, "Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 15 (4) (2004)112-117.

  • P. Mahanta, U.K. Saha, A. Dewan, P. Kalita, "D. R. Das and B. K. Bhatt, Field Studies of Biogas Digester with Partitioned Walls"International Energy Journal, 5(2) (2004) 93-102.

    • Publications in peer reviewed Conferences


  • Debangshu Kashyap, Samar Das and Pankaj Kalita, Decentralized power generation from biomass gasification: A sustainable way towards rural electrification, in the proceedings of international conference on Emerging renewable Energy Technologies, Organized by Assam Science and Technology University (ICRAE 2018), 4th -6th December 2018, Maliyata Offset Press, page nos.147-163.

  • Tushar Sharma and Pankaj Kalita, Performance evaluation of a Solar Powered VCRS based Cold Storage, Second International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (SEEC-2018) from 31st December 2017 to 3rd January 2018 at IISc Bangalore.

  • P. Kalita and D. Das, Performance improvement of a novel flat plate photovoltaic thermal system using copper oxide nanoparticle- water as coolant, International conference on Nano for Energy and Water & Indo-Franch Workshop on Water Networking, 22nd -24th February 2017, at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun.

  • P. Kalita, Dudul Das and Hrishikesh Pathak, Investigation of water depth effect on distillate production, International Conference on Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS), 50-55, 2016, publisher IEEE (DOI: 10.1109/ICEETS.2016.7582898).

  • P. Kalita, R. Gogoi, R. Saikia and P. Mahanta, Effect of distributor plate on bed hydrodynamics and heat transfer in a pressurized cold circulating fluidized bed unit, in the International Symposium on Aspects of Mechanical Engineering and technology for Industry, NERIST, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, December 6-8, 2014, pp.52-61.

  • Abinash Mahapatro, Pankaj Kalita, Pinakeswar Mahanta, Ujjwal K. Saha, S. S. Mallick, Numerical simulation of gas-solid flow in a pressurized circulating fluidized bed riser, Proceedings of the 11th International conference on Fluidized Bed Technology (CFB-11), pp. 323-328, May 14-17,2014,Beijing, China.

  • P. Kalita, U. K. Saha, and P. Mahanta, Evaluation of gasification potential of sawdust in a pressurized circulating fluidized bed unit, International Conference on ENERGY, on 8th November, 2012, at the Universitécatholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium.

  • P. Kalita and P. Mahanta, Equilibrium model development for prediction of producer gas composition of a cyclone gasifier, In the proceedings on computer aided modeling and simulation in computational mechanics (CAMSCM), Itanagar, March 13-14, 2009, pp.167-180.

  • B. B. Sahoo, N Sahoo, P Mahanta, P Kalita, L Borbara, U K Saha, Performance Assessment of a Solar Still for Fluoride Removal from Drinking Water, International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICEAR), IIT Bombay, 2007,pp.156-162.

  • P. Kalita, U. S. Dixit, P. Mahanta, U. K. Saha, Effect of Moisture and Temperature on Arecanut Leaf Sheath Products,3rd BSME-ASME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, December 20-22, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2006.

  • P. Mahanta, A. Dewan, U. K. Saha, P. Kalita, Effect of Temperature and Agitation on the Performance of Biogas Digesters,2nd BSME-ASME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, V.II, 2004, pp.871-879.

  • P. Mahanta and P. Kalita, Some Studies on Evaluation of Solar Radiation Data,All India seminar on Advances in Solar Energy Technologies, Allied Publication Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2002, pp.241-246.



    • Un-referred conference publications



  • Pankaj Kalita and Rabindra Kangsha Banik, Investigation of hydrodynamic parameters for design of a novel fluidized bed paddy dryer, presented in the National seminar cum workshop on Innovative prospects in food processing: integration of engineering and biological sciences organised by Department of Food Engineering and Technology, Tezpur University, Assam during 27th – 28thMarch 2015.

  • Dudul Das, Sangeeta Borah and Pankaj Kalita, Performance Evaluation of a Modified Solar Still, poster presented in Frontier Energy Research with Industry Academia Partnership (FERIAP), page no.53-54, 2015, IIT Guwahati.

  • Babu Bikash Gogoi and Pankaj Kalita, Numerical simulation of Hydrodynamics of a Circulating Fluidized Bed riser, poster presented in Frontier Energy Research with Industry Academia Partnership (FERIAP), page no.42-44, 2015, IIT Guwahati.

  • P. Kalita, P. Mahanta and U. K. Saha, Effect of operating parameters on the performace of a pressurized circulating fluidized bed unit - a review, Summer School on Efficient Fossil Energy Technologies, July 4-10, 2011, IIT Guwahati.

Book chapters

  • P. Kalita, P. Mahanta and U. K. Saha, 2015, Pressurized Circulating Fluidized bed Technology: A review towards a novel design approach, in the Multi Vol. Set on “ENERGY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY”, volume -11, hydrogen and other Technologies, Studium Press (USA) Pvt. Ltd., 481-526.

  • Pankaj Kalita, Munu Borah, Rupam Kataki, Dipti Yadav, Dipam Patowary, Rupam Patowary, 2017, Sustainable Biofuels Development in India, Biogas and Fuel Cell as Vehicular Fuel in India, Springer International Publishing, 87-133.

  • P. Kalita and Dudul Das, Performance Improvement of a Novel Flat Plate Photovoltaic Thermal (PV/T) System Using Copper Oxide Nanoparticle-Water as Coolant, 2018, Nanotechnology for Energy and Water, pp.97-104, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-63085-4_14.

  • Pankaj Kalita, Debarshi Baruah, Investigation of Biomass Gasifier Product Gas Composition and its Characterization, Coal and Biomass Gasification, Springer, Singapore, 115-149, 2018, ISBN 978-981-10-7335-9

  • Manoj Sharma, Pankaj Kalita, Kula Kamal Senapati and Ankit Garg (July 4th 2018). Study on Magnetic Materials for Removal of Water Pollutants, Emerging Pollutants Sonia Soloneski, IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.75700.

  • Samar Das, Shayaram Basumatary, Pankaj Kalita, Vinayak Kulkarni, Pranab Goswami, Akhil Garg, and Xiongbin Peng, Bioelectricity Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass, Lignocellulosic Biorefining Technologies, First Edition. Edited by Avinash P. Ingle, Anuj Kumar Chandel, and Silvio Silvério da Silva © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Published 2020 by John Wiley & Sons Ltd., page nos. 87-123.

  • Dudul Das and Pankaj Kalita, Feasibility Study of Photovoltaic-Thermal (PV/T) Collector in Assam (India) Using Polysun, © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020 B. B. Biswal et al. (eds.), Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, page nos.1-7. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0124-1_117).


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