Sarada Kuravi

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Sarada Kuravi is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sarada Kuravi has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 10 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Sarada Kuravi's work include Phase Change Materials Research (14 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (14 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (9 papers). Sarada Kuravi is often cited by papers focused on Phase Change Materials Research (14 papers), Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (14 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (9 papers). Sarada Kuravi collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and China. Sarada Kuravi's co-authors include Elias Stefanakos, Jamie Trahan, D. Yogi Goswami, Muhammad M. Rahman, Krishna Kota, Pei Xu, Huiyao Wang, Louis C. Chow, Young‐Ho Park and Lin Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Journal of Cleaner Production and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Sarada Kuravi

41 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Thermal energy storage technologies and systems for concentrating solar power plants

2013 1.0k citations Sarada Kuravi, Jamie Trahan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sarada Kuravi United States	14	1.1k	997	268	185	176	43	1.8k
B. Saleh Saudi Arabia	24	1.9k 1.7×	733 0.7×	541 2.0×	201 1.1×	213 1.2×	91	2.6k
Nasiru I. Ibrahim Saudi Arabia	19	1.9k 1.6×	1.5k 1.5×	295 1.1×	236 1.3×	159 0.9×	30	2.4k
Rouhollah Ahmadi Iran	25	1.3k 1.1×	849 0.9×	338 1.3×	486 2.6×	61 0.3×	79	2.2k
Talal Alqahtani Saudi Arabia	23	1.0k 0.9×	717 0.7×	653 2.4×	191 1.0×	167 0.9×	95	1.8k
K. Mahkamov United Kingdom	15	1.4k 1.2×	871 0.9×	162 0.6×	278 1.5×	51 0.3×	26	1.7k
James E. Pacheco United States	14	1.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	236 0.9×	118 0.6×	36 0.2×	28	1.7k
Ahmed M. Soliman Egypt	19	517 0.5×	802 0.8×	167 0.6×	113 0.6×	250 1.4×	51	1.3k
Mahmoud Bourouis Spain	27	1.6k 1.4×	469 0.5×	264 1.0×	197 1.1×	34 0.2×	90	2.1k
Hadi Kargarsharifabad Iran	35	1.3k 1.1×	2.3k 2.3×	492 1.8×	170 0.9×	698 4.0×	61	3.1k
Ibrahim B. Mansir Saudi Arabia	25	695 0.6×	563 0.6×	351 1.3×	414 2.2×	164 0.9×	109	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sarada Kuravi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sarada Kuravi

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Stoll, Zachary, Kurban A. Sitterley, Krishna Kota, et al.. (2025). Technical, Economic, Energetic, and Environmental Evaluation of Pretreatment Strategies for Scaling Control in Brackish Water Desalination Brine Treatment. Water. 17(5). 708–708. 7 indexed citations

Stoll, Zachary, Kurban A. Sitterley, Krishna Kota, et al.. (2025). A modeling framework for technical, economic, energetic, and environmental assessment of produced water pretreatment from oil and gas industry. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(3). 117026–117026. 1 indexed citations

Kuravi, Sarada, et al.. (2025). Combined Intervention Removes More Aerosols From the Environment—A Quantitative Assessment. Indoor Air. 2025(1).

Fthenakis, Vasilis, Pei Xu, Zhuoran Zhang, et al.. (2024). Review of solar-enabled desalination and implications for zero-liquid-discharge applications. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 6(3). 32004–32004. 11 indexed citations

Kuravi, Sarada, et al.. (2023). Enhanced boiling heat transfer of water on a liquid-infused surface. Applied Thermal Engineering. 226. 120219–120219. 6 indexed citations

Shu, Fangjun, et al.. (2023). Waviness-induced passive particle manipulation of very dilute suspensions in confined microfluidic flows. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. 27(5). 1 indexed citations

Park, Young‐Ho, et al.. (2023). Analysis of a small-scale modified beam-down solar concentrator system for low temperature applications. Renewable Energy. 215. 119007–119007. 4 indexed citations

Valles-Rosales, Delia J., et al.. (2022). Particulate suspension: a review of studies characterizing particulates and volatile organic compounds emissions during additive manufacturing processes. Particulate Science And Technology. 41(3). 350–360. 3 indexed citations

Kuravi, Sarada, et al.. (2022). Infused Liquid Selection Criteria for Achieving Boiling Enhancements on Liquid-Infused Surfaces. Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer. 36(3). 784–788. 1 indexed citations

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Kuravi, Sarada, et al.. (2020). Effect of magnetic field on a loosely packed, tightly packed and an over-tightly packed metal powder bed. Particulate Science And Technology. 39(4). 457–466. 1 indexed citations

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Kuravi, Sarada, et al.. (2020). Can face masks offer protection from airborne sneeze and cough droplets in close-up, face-to-face human interactions?—A quantitative study. Physics of Fluids. 32(12). 127112–127112. 62 indexed citations

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Chen, Lin, Pei Xu, Krishna Kota, Sarada Kuravi, & Huiyao Wang. (2020). Solar distillation of highly saline produced water using low-cost and high-performance carbon black and airlaid paper-based evaporator (CAPER). Chemosphere. 269. 129372–129372. 25 indexed citations

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Kota, Krishna, et al.. (2019). A review of heat recovery applications for solar and geothermal power plants. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 114. 109329–109329. 64 indexed citations

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Li, Peijie & Sarada Kuravi. (2014). Convective performance of encapsulated phase change material slurries of water, pao and engine oil in microchannels. UpSpace Institutional Repository (University of Pretoria). 1 indexed citations

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Kuravi, Sarada, Jamie Trahan, Yogi Goswami, et al.. (2013). Investigation of a High-Temperature Packed-Bed Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage System With Large-Sized Elements. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering. 135(4). 48 indexed citations

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Kuravi, Sarada, et al.. (2012). Performance of Working Fluids for Power Generation in a Supercritical Organic Rankine Cycle. 1273–1279. 3 indexed citations

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Kuravi, Sarada, C.K. Jotshi, Manoj K. Ram, et al.. (2012). Macroencapsulation of Sodium Nitrate for Thermal Energy Storage in Solar Thermal Power. 595–599. 3 indexed citations

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Trahan, Jamie, Sarada Kuravi, D. Yogi Goswami, Muhammad M. Rahman, & Elias Stefanakos. (2012). Thermal Characterization of High Temperature Inorganic Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage Applications. Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida). 623–630. 9 indexed citations

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Goswami, Yogi, et al.. (2011). Study of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Power Cycle for Low Grade Heat Conversion. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Chow, Louis C., et al.. (2009). Microchannel Heat Sink with Micro Encapsulated Phase Change Material (MEPCM) Slurry. Seminars in Liver Disease. 8(3). 201–9. 1 indexed citations

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