Water Energetics Group @ ICER, IISc
Thermodynamic optimal design & operation of energy systems
Water–energy nexus
- Desalination, brine concentration, and resource recovery
- Electrodialysis, reverse osmosis, and membrane distillation
Thermal management & space comfort
- Evaporative and passive cooling
- Data-centre and electronics thermal design
Energy conversion & recovery
- Fuel cells, hybrid systems, and waste-heat utilization
- Advanced drying, heat exchangers, and thermal processes
Projects
Multi-effect membrane distllation
Fabrication and testing of multi-effect permeate-gap membrane disillation modules.
Energy-efficient tertiary treatment of wastewater from reactive dyeing of cotton fabric for beneficial reuse within the process.
Recent Highlights
Selected recent publications (full list on the Publications page):
- Flowpath modification to reduce electrodialysis module size and energy consumption (2025)
- Integrated internal feed preheating design for modular multieffect membrane distillation (2025)
- Fuel cell flow path design for improved efficiency and power density (2025)
- Two-staged multi-effect distillation for energy efficient brine concentration (2025)
- Membrane compaction in batch reverse osmosis operation and its impact on specific energy consumption (2024)
