Atul Bhargav
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
● Hydrogen production from hydrocarbon reforming
● Fuel cell systems design and simulation
● Heat & mass transfer
● Palladium-based composite membranes for Hydrogen purification in fuel cell system applications
● Control algorithms for fuel cell systems
Professional Summary
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (Oct 2021 to present)
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (Sep 2016 – Oct 2021)
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (May 2011 – Sep 2016)
Product Development Engineer, Ballard Power Systems, USA (Mar 2010 – Apr 2011)
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland College Park, USA (Aug 2005 – Mar 2010)
Test Bed Engineer, AVL Technical Centre, India (Jan 2005 – May 2005)
Assistant Manager, Maruti Udyog Limited, India (June 2003 – Jan 2005)
Graduate Engineer Trainee, Maruti Udyog Limited, India (June 2002 – June 2003)
Publications
1. M. Dixit, Y. Fulpagare, J. Shukla, P. Basarkar, D. Parikh, and A. Bhargav, “Design of Fuel Cell Systems Laboratory for Hydrogen, Carbon Monoxide and Hydrocarbon Safety,” Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2014 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.08.094).
2. M. Lyubovsky, A. Bhargav, M. Dixit, “Managing Fuel Variability in LPG-based PEM Fuel Cell Systems – I: Thermodynamic Simulations”, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2014 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.08.068).
3. A. Jagwani, H. Bhragava, A. Patil, S. Singhal, A. Bhargav, “Efficient Cooling Systems for Hot and Dry Climate and Assessment of Thermal Comfort”, poster presented at the 22nd National and 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference 2013, organized by IIT Kharagpur, India.
4. A. Bhargav, G.S. Jackson, R.J. Ciora, P.K.T. Liu: “Model Development and Validation of Hydrogen Transport through Supported Palladium Membranes”, Journal of Membrane Science, Volume 356, Issues 1-2, 1 July 2010, Pages 123-132.
Complete List of Publications
Patents
Provisional patent application filed with the US Patent Office. Title: “Control Algorithm for a Fuel Cell Power System Integrated with a Fuel Processor”