Sourav Mitra

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sourav Mitra is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sourav Mitra has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 7 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sourav Mitra's work include Adsorption and Cooling Systems (35 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (25 papers) and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (20 papers). Sourav Mitra is often cited by papers focused on Adsorption and Cooling Systems (35 papers), Heat Transfer and Optimization (25 papers) and Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies (20 papers). Sourav Mitra collaborates with scholars based in India, Japan and Saudi Arabia. Sourav Mitra's co-authors include Kyaw Thu, Bidyut Baran Saha, Pradip Dutta, Mahbubul Muttakin, K. Srinivasan, Pramod Kumar, Kazuhide Ito, Animesh Pal, Sandip Saha and Sumitesh Das and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Chemical Engineering Journal and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Sourav Mitra

50 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Theoretical framework to evaluate minimum desorption temp... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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  1. Theoretical framework to evaluate minimum desorption temperature for IUPAC classified adsorption isotherms
    2018 304 citations Mahbubul Muttakin, Sourav Mitra et al. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sourav Mitra India 24 1.1k 392 294 200 166 54 1.6k
Qiongfen Yu China 25 871 0.8× 391 1.0× 226 0.8× 446 2.2× 257 1.5× 58 1.6k
Xiayi Hu China 22 967 0.9× 159 0.4× 643 2.2× 297 1.5× 135 0.8× 56 1.7k
A. Malek Singapore 17 1.0k 0.9× 216 0.6× 428 1.5× 173 0.9× 437 2.6× 26 1.6k
Ahmad Shariati Iran 24 471 0.4× 307 0.8× 556 1.9× 486 2.4× 126 0.8× 69 1.5k
Liqiang Zhang China 21 521 0.5× 102 0.3× 269 0.9× 438 2.2× 135 0.8× 73 1.5k
Guoqiang Li China 19 421 0.4× 223 0.6× 259 0.9× 429 2.1× 61 0.4× 42 990
Mudassar Azam Pakistan 21 508 0.5× 213 0.5× 773 2.6× 249 1.2× 117 0.7× 45 1.5k
Yifei Zhang China 18 493 0.4× 127 0.3× 175 0.6× 641 3.2× 123 0.7× 84 1.2k
Jin Yang China 22 396 0.4× 501 1.3× 482 1.6× 585 2.9× 460 2.8× 109 1.7k
Vahid Madadi Avargani Iran 24 416 0.4× 932 2.4× 208 0.7× 288 1.4× 150 0.9× 42 1.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mitra, Sourav, et al.. (2025). Theoretical and numerical studies on effect of silica gel bed thickness for atmospheric water harvesting application. Applied Thermal Engineering. 275. 126839–126839. 3 indexed citations
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Farouk, Sherif, Souvik Sen, Mohammad Abdelfattah Sarhan, et al.. (2024). Petrographical, petrophysical, and geomechanical characterization of the Pliocene sandstone reservoirs of the Scarab Gas Field, deepwater Nile Delta, Egypt – Inferences on reservoir development. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 214. 105259–105259. 6 indexed citations
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Mitra, Sourav, et al.. (2024). Investigating maximum temperature lift potential of the adsorption heat transformer cycle using IUPAC classified isotherms. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 225. 125384–125384. 2 indexed citations
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Thu, Kyaw, et al.. (2024). Experimental evaluation of Adsorption Heat for Water vapour/Silica gel pair for chiller application. Applied Thermal Engineering. 249. 123289–123289. 6 indexed citations
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Kumar, E. Anil, et al.. (2023). Simulation study of R134a based vapour compression-adsorption hybrid chiller with activated carbon as adsorbent. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress. 45. 102086–102086. 3 indexed citations
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Mitra, Sourav, et al.. (2023). Impacts of the internal heat recovery scheme on the performance of an adsorption heat transformer cycle for temperature upgrade. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 144. 106774–106774. 8 indexed citations
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Mitra, Sourav, et al.. (2019). Comparative study of the effects of SVC and TCSC on the small signal stability of a power system with renewables. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 11(3). 18 indexed citations
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Pal, Animesh, Mahbubul Muttakin, Sourav Mitra, et al.. (2019). A comprehensive study to evaluate absolute uptake of carbon dioxide adsorption onto composite adsorbent. International Journal of Refrigeration. 100. 131–140. 22 indexed citations
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Mitra, Sourav, Mahbubul Muttakin, Kyaw Thu, & Bidyut Baran Saha. (2018). Study on the influence of adsorbent particle size and heat exchanger aspect ratio on dynamic adsorption characteristics. Applied Thermal Engineering. 133. 764–773. 60 indexed citations
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Palash, Mujib L., Sourav Mitra, Sivasankaran Harish, Kyaw Thu, & Bidyut Baran Saha. (2018). An approach for quantitative analysis of pore size distribution of silica gel using atomic force microscopy. International Journal of Refrigeration. 105. 72–79. 5 indexed citations
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Muttakin, Mahbubul, et al.. (2017). CFD modelling to study the influence of activation energy and domain size on adsorption dynamics. Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR) (Kyushu University). 3. 105–108.
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Mitra, Sourav, Kyaw Thu, Bidyut Baran Saha, & Pradip Dutta. (2017). Performance evaluation and determination of minimum desorption temperature of a two-stage air cooled silica gel/water adsorption system. Applied Energy. 206. 507–518. 45 indexed citations
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Mitra, Sourav, Kyaw Thu, Bidyut Baran Saha, & Pradip Dutta. (2017). Modeling the Effect of Heat Source Temperature on the Performance of Two-stage Air Cooled Silica Gel + Water Adsorption System. Energy Procedia. 105. 2010–2015. 9 indexed citations
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Uddin, Kutub, Md. Amirul Islam, Sourav Mitra, et al.. (2017). Specific heat capacities of carbon-based adsorbents for adsorption heat pump application. Applied Thermal Engineering. 129. 117–126. 60 indexed citations
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Mitra, Sourav, et al.. (2016). Scaling analysis and numerical studies on water vapour adsorption in a columnar porous silica gel bed. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 95. 853–864. 35 indexed citations
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Mitra, Sourav, Pramod Kumar, K. Srinivasan, & Pradip Dutta. (2015). Performance evaluation of a two-stage silica gel + water adsorption based cooling-cum-desalination system. International Journal of Refrigeration. 58. 186–198. 78 indexed citations
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Mitra, Sourav, et al.. (1993). Laminar Burning Velocity of Methane-Air Mixture in the Presence of a Diluent. 95–100. 4 indexed citations

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