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PhD (IIT, Delhi), FASHRAE, FIRHACE, MIIR
(+64.9) 373 7599,
Ext. 88176
(+64.9)
373 7479
Eng.
Building, Room 1.1008 (10th
Floor)
p.bansal@auckland.ac.nz
Room
1.910, School
of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand
 Professor (Personal
Chair): Department of Mechanical Engineering
Director: Energy
and Fuels Research Unit (EFRU)
Head:
Thermodynamic
Laboratory
Head:
Thermo-Fluids
Teaching Group
Member: Post Graduate and International Committees of the
Faculty
Member:
Board of Graduate Studies
Dr. Bansal started his research
career in the area of Solar Thermal Engineering and obtained his PhD degree
from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (India). In this field, he co-authored
three monographs (one on Solar Passive Buildings and two on Solar Crop
Drying) and numerous articles. In 1985, he moved to Australian National
University (ANU) to work on Solar Thermal Power Generation. In 1988,
he joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of
Auckland, where he has served as a lecturer, senior lecturer, associate
professor and now a Professor.
At Auckland, he has focused his
research interests on Energy Efficiency. His current research deals
with innovation through design, modelling, experimentation, development and
optimisation of refrigeration systems including domestic
refrigerator/freezers, heat pumps, liquid chillers and supermarket
refrigeration systems. In the process, he has established strong linkages
with industry in the Asia-Pacific region and active research collaboration
with academic institutions internationally.
Boiling and Condensation heat
transfer studies on CO2 at low temperatures
Energy efficiency in large industries e.g. breweries,
hospitals, supermarkets
Innovative refrigeration systems: Cascaded and
secondary loop systems
Modelling and part load performance of in-situ
chillers, and supermarkets
Modelling of complex heat exchanger circuitries
Liquid desiccant systems for drying and thermal
comfort
Neural networks and physical models of refrigeration
systems
Energy efficient refrigerators and clothes tumbler
dryers
Test standards of domestic white ware appliances
Heat recovery systems, including combined cycle and
cogeneration systems
Plenary Speaker at International Conference ACRECONF (http://www.acreconf.org/), Delhi (India), Dec 7-8,
2007;
Key Note Speaker at (1) 4th
International Conference on Cooling and Heating
Technologies, Jinhae (Korea), October 28-31, 2008, (2) Annual Conference of Cold
storage Association of New Zealand,
Wellington, Oct 14, 2008, (3) 5th International Conference on Nano Channel, Micro
Channel and Mini Channel Heat Exchangers, Pueblo (Mexico), June 18-20, 2007
(http://www.asmeconferences.org/ICNMM07/KeynoteSpeakers.cfm),
and (4) APEC symposium on
“Domestic refrigerators/freezers” in Wellington, New Zealand (March 2000)
and
Invited Speaker at United Nations' sponsored CLASP Conference on
“Energy Efficiency Test Standards and Labeling (http://www.clasponline.org/)”
in Thailand (May 2001).
Editorial
Activities: Associate Editor of Heat Transfer Engineering Journal (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/tf/01457632.html), Editorial
Board Member of (a) “Journal of
Process Mechanical Engineering (of IMechE, UK)” since 2001, (b) International Journal of Low Carbon Technologies (http://www.ijlct.oxfordjournals.org/),
and a referee for over twenty five
Journals.
Guest Editor of a special issue on (i) “Advances in Heat Transfer Engineering” in Journal of Heat Transfer
Engineering, 2010, and (ii) “Refrigeration” of Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 219
(E2), May 2005
ASHRAE Activities: Member of the “Handbook Committee” of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning
Engineers (ASHRAE) and 2009 Fundamentals Handbook Volume
sub-committee; Chairman of ASHRAE Technical Committee TC10.4 on “Ultra-Low
Temperature Systems and Cryogenics” during 2008-10; Chairman of Technical Committee TC8.9 on “Domestic
refrigerators/freezers” during 2005-08 (Vice Chairman during 2004-06 and past Chairman of its handbook sub-committee
to revise its Chapter on ‘domestic refrigerators/freezers’ for ASHRAE
Handbook of Refrigeration 2006); and International Member of ASHRAE TC8.2, TC10.07 and TC10.10.
Distinguished Service Award by ASHRAE in 2006.
Host and Co-Chairman: of two
international conferences (PaRTSEE 2005 and IIR-IRHACE 2006) held at the
University of Auckland during 2005-06.
IIR Activities: Vice President, Commission B1 on Thermodynamics and mass transfer processes.
2007- Guest
Professorship: Southeast
University, Nanjing (China)
2006
and 2003- Distinguished Professorship: Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
(China)
2006-
Visiting Professorship: Pukyong National University (Korea)
2003-
Visiting Professorship:
Oklahoma State University (USA)
1999-
Visiting Professorship: Herrick Laboratories, Purdue University (USA)
1996- DAAD: Visiting Fellowship, Germany
1996-
Visiting Professorship, University of Liege (Belgium)
1995-
CPNq: Brasilian Government Visiting Fellowship
1995-
National Research Council (Canada)
1992-
Department of Energy: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA)
1992-
Electricite de France Visiting Fellowship (France)
2009, X Zhao and Pradeep Bansal,
Critical Review of Flow Boiling Heat Transfer of CO2-Lubricant Mixtures, International Journal of Heat and Mass
Transfer, 52 (3-4), pp 870-879.
2007, P K
Bansal,
Emergence of CO2 refrigerant for low temperature refrigeration
systems, Plenary paper at the International Conference, ACRECONF 2007 on “Challenges to
Sustainability” in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, Delhi (India), Dec 7-8, pp 42 - 52.
2007, P K Bansal and X Zhao, Flow boiling heat transfer of CO2 at low temperatures: Challenges and
opportunities, Key Note Paper at the 5th International Conference on Nano
Channel, Micro Channel and Mini Channel Heat Exchangers, Pueblo
(Mexico), June 18-20, pp. 979-988.
2006, H M Getu and P K Bansal,
Simulation model for a low-temperature supermarket refrigeration systems, International
Journal of HVAC&R, 12(4),
pp 1117 - 1139.
2005, C V Le, P K Bansal and D Tedford,
System simulation model of an oil-injected screw chiller for process
industry using local integration approach, J Mechanical Process
Engineering, 219 (2), pp 95 - 108.
2004, P K
Bansal and G Wang, Numerical model for choked
refrigerant flow in adiabatic capillary tubes, Applied Thermal
Engineering, 24 (5-6), pp 851 - 863.
2003, P K Bansal,
Developing New Test Procedures For Domestic Refrigerators: Harmonisation
Issues and Future R&D Needs - A Review, International Journal of
Refrigeration, 26 (7), pp 735-748.
2003, P K Bansal
and T Chin, Heat transfer characteristics of wire-and-tube and hot wall
condensers, International Journal of HVAC&R, 9 (3), pp.
277-290.
2002, J Braun, P K Bansal,
E Groll, Energy efficiency analysis of air cycle heat pump dryers, International
Journal of Refrigeration, 25 (7), pp 954 – 965.
2001, M Browne and P K Bansal,
Different modelling strategies of in-situ liquid chillers, J Power and
Energy, 215 (A3), pp 357 – 374.
2001, H Bechtler, M W
Browne, P K
Bansal and V Kecman, New approach to dynamic modelling of
vapour-compression liquid chillers: Artificial neural networks, Applied
Thermal Engineering, 21 (9), pp 941 - 953.
2000, P K Bansal
and A Martin, Comparative study of vapour compression, thermoelectric and
absorption refrigerators, Int J Energy Research, 24 (2), 93 –
107.
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