Dr. Atul Dhar
Assistant Professor
School of Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology Mandi, Mandi
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01905-237993 add[at]iitmandi[dot]ac[dot]in School
of Engineering, IIT Mandi, PWD Rest House 2nd floor, Near Bus Stand, Mandi, Himachal
Pradesh, India – 175001 |
Research Interests
Alternative Fuels: Biodiesel, Biogas,
Hydrogen, CNG
Engine Emission Control
Engine Management and Control
Combustion
Diagnostics and Instrumentation
Particulate Characterization and Control
Long Term Engine Wear and Durability
Lubricating Oil Tribology
Education
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (2004) from
HBTI, Kanpur
M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (2006) from
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (2013) from
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
Work Experience
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of
Technology Mandi, December 2013-Present
Senior Research Associate (Pool Scientist-
CSIR), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, December 2011-November 2013
Book Chapters
·
Avinash Kumar
Agarwal, Atul Dhar, “Performance, Emission and Combustion Characteristics of Preheated and
Blended Jatropha Oil”, in Book: Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop
Volume 1: Farming, Economics and Biofuel, pp.
491-508, Springer
New York, 2012, ISBN: 978-1-4614-4806-8.
Refereed Journal Papers
·
Atul Dhar, Vishal Saxena, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, "Measurement of Dynamic
Lubricating Oil Film Thickness between Piston Ring and Liner in a Motored
Engine" Sensors and Actuators, Volume 149, Issue 1, January 2009, pp. 7-15
(ISSN # 0924-4247)
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Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Atul Dhar, "Performance, Emission and Combustion
Characteristics of Jatropha Oil Blends in a Direct Injection Engine" SAE
2009-01-0947, SAE Special Publication
SP-2239, 2009 (ISBN # 978-0-7680-2135-6)
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Avinash Kumar
Agarwal, Atul Dhar,
"Karanja Oil Utilization in DI Engine by Preheating: Experimental
Investigations of Engine Performance, Emissions and Combustion Characteristics,
Part I", Proc. IMechE Part D: J.
Automobile Engineering, Vol. 224, pp. 73-84, June 2009 (ISSN # 09544070)
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Avinash Kumar
Agarwal, Atul Dhar,
"Karanja Oil Utilization in DI Engine by Preheating: Experimental
Investigations of Engine Durability and Lubricating Oil Properties Part
II", Proc. IMechE Part D: J. Automobile Engineering, Vol. 224, pp. 85-97, June 2009,
DOI: 10.1243/09544070JAUTO1267
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Avinash Kumar
Agarwal, Atul Dhar,
"Experimental Investigation of Preheated Jatropha Oil Fuelled Direct
Injection Compression Ignition Engine: Part-I, Performance, Emission and
Combustion Characteristics" Journal of ASTM International, Vol. 7,
No. 6, Paper ID JAI102414, June 2009
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Avinash Kumar
Agarwal, Atul Dhar,
"Experimental Investigation of Preheated Jatropha Oil Fuelled Direct
Injection Compression Ignition Engine: Part-II, Engine Durability and Effect on
Lubricating Oil" Journal of ASTM International, Vol.7, No. 2, Paper
ID JAI102415, March, 2009
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Avinash Kumar
Agarwal, Atul Dhar,
"Comparative Performance, Emission and Combustion Characteristics of
Rice-bran Oil and Its Biodiesel in a Transportation Diesel Engine", Journal
of Engineering for Gas Turbine and Power, Transactions of ASME,
Volume 132, pp. 064503-1-4, June, 2010 (ISSN # 0742-4795)
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Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Atul Dhar, “Performance, Emissions and Combustion Characterization
of Biodiesel in a Generator Engine”, International
Energy Journal, Volume 12, Issue 2, June 2011
·
Atul Dhar, Roblet
Kevin, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, “Production of Biodiesel from High-FFA Neem oil
and Its Performance, Emission and Combustion Characterization in a Single
Cylinder DICI engine”, Fuel Processing
Technology, Volume 97, May 2012, Pp. 118–129
·
Avinash Kumar Agarwal , Atul Dhar,
“Wear, durability, and lubricating oil performance of a straight vegetable oil
(Karanja) blend fueled direct injection compression ignition engine”, Journal
of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Volume 4 (6), art no. 063138 http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4771694, 2012
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Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Atul Dhar,
“Experimental investigations of performance, emission and combustion
characteristics of Karanja oil blends fuelled DICI engine”, Renewable Energy, Volume 52, April
2013, Pp. 283-291
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Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Atul Dhar,
Dhananjay Kumar Srivastava, Rakesh Kumar Maurya, Akhilendra Pratap Singh,
“Effect of fuel injection pressure on diesel particulate size and number
distribution in a CRDI single cylinder”,
Fuel, Volume 107, May 2013, Pages 84-89
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Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Dhananjay Kumar
Srivastava, Atul Dhar, Rakesh Kumar Maurya, Pravesh Chandra Shukla,
Akhilendra Pratap Singh, “Effect of fuel injection timing and pressure on
combustion, emissions and performance characteristics of a single cylinder
diesel engine”, Fuel, volume 111, 2013, pp. 374-383
·
Paras Gupta, Atul Dhar, Avinash Kumar
Agarwal, “Experimental investigations of a single cylinder genset engine with
common rail fuel injection system”, Thermal Science (ISSN 2334-7163), 2013,
2013doi: 10.2298/TSCI130219083G
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Atul Dhar, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, “Performance,
emissions and combustion characteristics of Karanja biodiesel in a
transportation engine” Fuel 119, 2014
pp. 70-80
Refereed Conference Papers
o
Atul Dhar, Avinash
Kumar Agarwal, “Effect of Multiple Injections on Particulate Size-Number
Distributions in a Common Rail Direct Injection Engine Fueled with Karanja
Biodiesel Blends” SAE Paper 2013-01-1554, SAE International World Conference,
April 2013, Detroit, USA
o Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Atul Dhar, “Experimental Investigations of Engine Durability and Lubricating Oil Properties of Jatropha Oil Blends Fuelled DI Diesel Engine”, ASME Conf. Proc. ICEF2009 (2009), ASME 2009 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference, September 2009, Lucerne, Switzerland
o Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Atul Dhar, “Performance, Emission and Combustion Characteristics of Jatropha Oil Blends in a Direct Injection Engine”, SAE Paper 2009-01-0947, SAE International World Conference, April 2009, Detroit, USA
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Atul Dhar,
Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Vishal Saxena "Measurement of
Lubricating Oil Film Thickness between Piston Ring-liner Interface in an Engine
Simulator", SAE Paper No.
Teaching
Ø Advanced ICE and Alternative Fuels
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