Dr. Y Raja Sekhar

Designation : Associate Professor Senior
School / Centre : School of Mechanical Engineering
Department : Thermal & Energy Engineering

Educational Details

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad

Ph.D.
Energy Systems
Graduated in 2017

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University A.P

M.E. / M.Tech.
Energy Systems
Graduated in 2005

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University A.P

B.E. / B.Tech.
Mechanical Engineering
Graduated in 2002

Research Details

Areas of Specialization
  • Broad Areas
  • Solar Photovoltaics for domestic and vehicle applications
  • Low and High temperature Solar thermal device design and development
  • Sensible and Latent heat Thermal energy storage materials development and its characterization
  • Life cycle analysis
  • Data Analytics and Machine Learning Techniques for Solar applications
  • Green Hydrogen Generation
  • Specific Areas
  • Solar potential estimation for Vehicle Integrated Photovoltaics [VIPV] Passenger Cars
  • Techno-economic Performance evaluation of domestic Photovoltaic Thermal [PVT] systems
  • Development and Characterization of Novel Hybrid Thermal energy storage Materials for process heat applications
  • Nanomaterials for Perovskite solar cells and Net zero sustainable energy systems

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Ongoing Funded Project Details

Title Funding Agency
Bio-inspired flow channel for PVT applications VIT-RGEMS SEED fund project

Books / Book Chapters Published Details

Title Publisher Published Year
APPLICATION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTORS Springer publishers 2016