S.C. Solanki

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

S.C. Solanki is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, S.C. Solanki has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 10 papers in Computational Mechanics and 6 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in S.C. Solanki's work include Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (10 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (10 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (6 papers). S.C. Solanki is often cited by papers focused on Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows (10 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (10 papers) and Heat Transfer and Optimization (6 papers). S.C. Solanki collaborates with scholars based in India and Yemen. S.C. Solanki's co-authors include J.S. Saini, J.L. Bhagoria, Apurba Layek, Alok Chaube, Pradeep K. Sahoo, Rajendra Karwa, Prasanta Sahoo, Chandra Prakash Gupta, Shiva Prakash and Basant Agrawal and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer and Renewable Energy.

In The Last Decade

S.C. Solanki

17 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

Heat transfer characteristics of thermal energy storage system using PCM capsules: A review

2007 757 citations S.C. Solanki, J.S. Saini et al. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews profile →
Heat transfer and friction in solar air heater duct with V-shaped rib roughness on absorber plate

2002 432 citations J.S. Saini, S.C. Solanki et al. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S.C. Solanki India	12	2.6k	1.3k	912	273	193	19	2.7k
Guobing Zhou China	24	2.4k 0.9×	319 0.3×	912 1.0×	365 1.3×	93 0.5×	56	2.7k
Khamid Mahkamov United Kingdom	14	1.0k 0.4×	121 0.1×	647 0.7×	354 1.3×	36 0.2×	38	1.5k
Hussein A.Z. AL-bonsrulah Iraq	17	526 0.2×	140 0.1×	270 0.3×	153 0.6×	134 0.7×	103	961
Çağatay Yıldız Türkiye	20	977 0.4×	218 0.2×	474 0.5×	421 1.5×	20 0.1×	40	1.2k
S. Jegadheeswaran India	16	1.1k 0.4×	132 0.1×	902 1.0×	159 0.6×	59 0.3×	33	1.4k
Masafumi Hirota Japan	19	457 0.2×	373 0.3×	287 0.3×	185 0.7×	189 1.0×	143	1.1k
J.A. Almendros-Ibáñez Spain	26	1.4k 0.6×	513 0.4×	699 0.8×	411 1.5×	60 0.3×	71	1.9k
Karthik Nithyanandam United States	22	1.2k 0.5×	195 0.2×	919 1.0×	153 0.6×	42 0.2×	51	1.4k
Jasim M. Mahdi Iraq	36	3.9k 1.5×	437 0.3×	3.0k 3.2×	593 2.2×	44 0.2×	106	4.4k
V. Kumaresan India	19	1.4k 0.6×	160 0.1×	867 1.0×	623 2.3×	40 0.2×	33	1.7k

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19 of 19 papers shown

Solanki, S.C., et al.. (2024). Numerical Evaluation and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model of the Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) System with Different Nanofluids. International Journal of Photoenergy. 2024. 1–26. 5 indexed citations

Solanki, S.C., et al.. (2024). Performance Evaluation and Cost Analysis of Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) System Using the Triangular Shape of Absorber with Different Water-based Nanofluids as Coolants. International Journal of experimental research and review. 39(Spl Volume). 51–72. 2 indexed citations

Joshi, Arti, et al.. (2024). Exploring the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Financial Decision-Making: A Comprehensive Review. 31–37.

Solanki, S.C., et al.. (2024). Enhancing the performance of double-slope solar still using nano-enhanced eutectic phase change materials and steel wool fibre as wick material. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. 46(5). 6 indexed citations

Solanki, S.C., et al.. (2011). A simplified heat transfer model for predicting temperature change inside food package kept in cold room. Journal of Food Science and Technology. 50(2). 257–265. 14 indexed citations

Solanki, S.C., et al.. (2009). An analysis of a packed bed latent heat thermal energy storage system using PCM capsules: Numerical investigation. Renewable Energy. 34(7). 1765–1773. 293 indexed citations

Layek, Apurba, J.S. Saini, & S.C. Solanki. (2008). Effect of chamfering on heat transfer and friction characteristics of solar air heater having absorber plate roughened with compound turbulators. Renewable Energy. 34(5). 1292–1298. 62 indexed citations

Chaube, Alok, Paulami Sahu, S.C. Solanki, & Pradeep Sharma. (2008). Effect of Artificial Roughness on Convective Heat Transfer.

Solanki, S.C., et al.. (2007). Heat transfer characteristics of thermal energy storage system using PCM capsules: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 12(9). 2438–2458. 757 indexed citations breakdown →

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Layek, Apurba, J.S. Saini, & S.C. Solanki. (2007). Second law optimization of a solar air heater having chamfered rib–groove roughness on absorber plate. Renewable Energy. 32(12). 1967–1980. 97 indexed citations

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Layek, Apurba, J.S. Saini, & S.C. Solanki. (2007). Heat transfer and friction characteristics for artificially roughened ducts with compound turbulators. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 50(23-24). 4845–4854. 112 indexed citations

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Chaube, Alok, Prasanta Sahoo, & S.C. Solanki. (2006). Effect of roughness shape on heat transfer and flow friction characteristics of solar air heater with roughened absorber plate. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 1. 43–51. 16 indexed citations

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Chaube, Alok, Pradeep K. Sahoo, & S.C. Solanki. (2005). Analysis of heat transfer augmentation and flow characteristics due to rib roughness over absorber plate of a solar air heater. Renewable Energy. 31(3). 317–331. 219 indexed citations

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Solanki, S.C., et al.. (2005). Latent heat thermal energy storage using cylindrical capsule: Numerical and experimental investigations. Renewable Energy. 31(13). 2025–2041. 153 indexed citations

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Bhagoria, J.L., J.S. Saini, & S.C. Solanki. (2002). Heat transfer coefficient and friction factor correlations for rectangular solar air heater duct having transverse wedge shaped rib roughness on the absorber plate. Renewable Energy. 25(3). 341–369. 291 indexed citations

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Saini, J.S., et al.. (2002). Heat transfer and friction in solar air heater duct with V-shaped rib roughness on absorber plate. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 45(16). 3383–3396. 432 indexed citations breakdown →

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Karwa, Rajendra, S.C. Solanki, & J.S. Saini. (1999). Heat transfer coefficient and friction factor correlations for the transitional flow regime in rib-roughened rectangular ducts. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 42(9). 1597–1615. 203 indexed citations

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Solanki, S.C., Shiva Prakash, J.S. Saini, & Chandra Prakash Gupta. (1987). Forced convection heat transfer in doubly connected ducts. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 8(2). 107–110. 9 indexed citations

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Solanki, S.C., J.S. Saini, & Chandra Prakash Gupta. (1986). Flow through doubly connected ducts. International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow. 7(4). 301–306. 4 indexed citations

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