Mr. DILIP JANI

Faculty Details


  • Designation : Associate Professor
  • Qualification : PhD (IIT - Roorkee)
  • Experience : 0 Years
  • Area Of Interest : Desiccant cooling

Educational Qualification

DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
PhDDesiccant Cooling   (Thermal Science)Indian Institute of Technology          (IIT Roorkee)2017
M.E.I.C. Engines & Automobile EngineeringL.D. College of Engineering     (Gujarat University)2009
B.E.Mechanical EngineeringMaharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University1999

Skills and Knowledge

Work Experience

From

To

Designation

Organization

07-08-2000

08-03-2001

Temporary Lecturer

The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (M.S. University of Baroda)

09-03-2001

02-12-2004

Adhoc Lecturer

Government Engineering College, Modasa

02-12-2004

25-01-2007

Lecturer

Government Engineering College, Modasa

25-01-2007

20-09-2012

Lecturer

L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad

21-09-2012

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Associate Professor

Government Engineering College, Dahod

Publications in national and international journals

  1. Bhabhor, K., D.B. Jani. 2021. Performance analysis of desiccant dehumidifier with different channel geometry using CFDJournal of Building Engineering DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.103021.

  2. Jani, D.B. 2021A recent development in desiccant assisted HVAC system. Air conditioning and Refrigeration Journal 24 (2): 26-52.

  3. Jani, D.B. 2020. A Review on liquid desiccant powered hybrid air conditioning for indoor thermal comfort in building. Journal of Architecture and Construction 2(4): 14-22.

  4. Jani, D.B., K. Bhabhor, M. Dadi, S. Doshi, P.V. Jotaniya, K. Bhatt, H. Ravat. 2019. A review on use of TRNSYS as simulation tool in performance prediction of desiccant cooling cycle. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 1-21.

  5. Bhabhor, K., D.B. Jani. 2019. Progressive development in solid desiccant cooling: A review. International Journal of Ambient Energy 1-24.

  6. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2018. A critical review on application of solar energy as renewable regeneration heat source in solid desiccant – vapor compression hybrid cooling system. Journal of Building Engineering 18:107-124.

  7. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2018. Performance analysis of a solid desiccant assisted hybrid space cooling system using TRNSYS. Journal of Building Engineering 19:26-35.

  8. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2018. Investigations on effect of operational conditions on performance of solid desiccant based hybrid cooling system in hot and humid climate. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 7:76-86.

  9. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2017. Application of artificial neural network for predicting performance of solid desiccant cooling systems- A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 80:352-366.

  10. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2017. A critical review on solid desiccant based hybrid cooling systems. International Journal of Air-conditioning and Refrigeration 25:1-10.

  11. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2016. Exergy analysis of solid desiccant - vapor compression hybrid air conditioning system. International Journal of Exergy 20:517-535.

  12. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2016. Experimental investigation on solid desiccant – vapor compression hybrid air- conditioning system in hot and humid weather. Applied Thermal Engineering 104:556–564.

  13. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2016. Performance prediction of solid desiccant - vapor compression hybrid air-conditioning system using artificial neural network. Energy 103: 618-629.

  14. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2016. Solid desiccant air conditioning – A state of the art review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 60:1451–1469.

  15. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2016. Performance analysis of hybrid solid desiccant – vapor compression air-conditioning system in hot and humid weather of India. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology 37:523–538.

  16.  Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2016. Performance prediction of rotary solid desiccant dehumidifier in hybrid air-conditioning system using artificial neural network. Applied Thermal Engineering 98:1091–1103.

  17. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K. Sahoo. 2015. Performance studies of hybrid solid desiccant - vapor compression air-conditioning system for hot and humid climates. Energy and Buildings 102:284-292. 

National and International Conferences

  1. Sachindra Doshi, D.B. Jani, A.V. Gohil, C.M.Patel. 2021. Investigations of heat source models in transient thermal simulation of pulsed MIG welding of AA6061-T6 thin sheet. Advances in Thermal-Fluid Engineering (ATFE 2021), Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
  2. D.B. Jani. 2020. An overview on use of different natural refrigerants used in refrigeration. Doctoral Research Colloquium 2020, Chennai, June 28, pp. 1-5. (Conferred as the best paper).
  3. Kiran, Bhabhor, D.B. Jani, R.J. Dabhi, D.H. Thakur. 2018. Recent applications of renewable solar energy in desiccant cooling systems – A review. National Conference on Recent Trends in Renewable Energy Application & Research, The Institution of Engineers (India), Gujarat State Centre, Ahmedabad, February 16-17, pp. 1-5.
  4. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2015. Exergy analysis of solid desiccant – vapor compression hybrid air-conditioning system. Proceedings of the 23rd National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and 1st International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2015), ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 17-20, pp. 2-8.
  5. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2015. Experimental investigations on hybrid solid desiccant – vapor compression air-conditioning system for Indian climate. The proceedings of the 24th IIR International Congress of RefrigerationYokohama, Japan, Aug 16-22, pp.1-9.
  6. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2015. Effect of regeneration temperature on the performance of solid desiccant and vapor compression hybrid air-conditioning system. The proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (NCRAC-2015), IIT, Chennai, Oct28-30, pp. 1-9.
  7. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2015. Numerical simulation of rotary desiccant dehumidifier for hybrid solid desiccant – vapor compression air-conditioning system. The proceedings of the 24th IIR International Congress of RefrigerationYokohama, Japan, Aug 16-22, pp.1-8.
  8. Jani, D.B., M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2013. Simulation of solar assisted solid desiccant cooling systems using TRNSYS. Proceedings of the 22th National and 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (ISHMT-ASME-2013)IIT, Kharagpur, Dec 28-31, pp. 1-7.
  9. Jani, D.B., M. Gwalwanshi, M. Mishra, and P.K.Sahoo. 2013. Solid desiccant cooling - an overview. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering (ACE-2013), IIT, Roorkee, Feb 22-24, pp. 1-5.
  10. Jani, D.B., Mukesh R. Zala, Anishkhan Pathan. 2011. Study of friction and wear reduction techniques in piston rings in IC engines. Proceedings of National Tribology Conference, IIT, Roorkee, Dec 8-10, pp. 1-5.
  11. Collerwala, Twinkle, D.B. Jani. 2011Proceedings of 5th National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME-2011), SVNIT, Surat, June 6-8, pp. 1-7.
  12. Khavdu, R.M., D.B. Jani. 2011. Engine performance and exhaust emissions of gasoline and CNG in a retrofitted SI engine. Proceedings of 5th National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME-2011), SVNIT, Surat, June 6-8, pp. 1110-1114.
  13. Mewada, J.A., D.B. Jani. 2011. Bio-Ethanol and bio-diesel blends as automotive fuel for diesel engines. Gujarat Technological University Research Fair (GTU-2011)L.D.C.E., Ahmedabad, May 13-14, pp. 1-7.
  14. Jani, D.B., R.M. Khavdu, Jaydeep Mewada, Twinkle Collerwala. 2010. Structural analysis of a exhaust valve using ANSYS. 4th National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME), SVNIT, Surat, Sept 23-25, pp. 1-8.
  15. Jani, D.B., M.C. Gohil. 2010. Analysis for poppet valve of a diesel engine. National Conference on Recent Advances in Manufacturing (RAM-2010)SVNIT, Surat, July 19-21, pp. 1-7.
  16. Jani, D.B. 2009. Role of impurities on material performance. Proceedings of National Conference on Innovations in Mechatronics Engineering (IME-2009)G.H. Patel College of Engineering and Technology (G.C.E.T.), V.V. Nagar, March 13-14, pp. 119-123.

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Training and Workshops

Sr. No.

Course Title

Duration

Organized by

01

Introduction to computer, windows, MS-office

May 2000 – June 2000

(2 months)

Directorate of Employment and Training, Gandhinagar and Computer Allied TEC, Bhavnagar.

02

State level workshop on Computer based diesel engine

Oct 17-18, 2002

Mechanical Engg. Dept., Government Engineering College (GEC), Modasa.

03

UGC sponsored refresher course in material science

Nov 16 – Dec 5, 2002

(1 month)

Department of Material Science, S.P. University, V.V. Nagar.

04

Recent trends in manufacturing technology (RTMT-2K6)

Dec 18-23, 2006

(1 week)

Sankalchand Patel College of Engineering, Visnagar.

05

Application of Mechatronics in manufacturing and automation

Mar 19-23, 2007

(1 week)

Dept. of Mechatronics and Mechanical Engg., U.V. Patel College of Engineering, Ganpat University.

06

Advance manufacturing system

May 14-24, 2007

(2 weeks)

B.B.I.T., V.V. Nagar.

07

Solid modeling and mechanical analysis

May 28-29, 2007

Mechanical Engg. Dept., L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad.

08

Modern concepts in air-conditioning design

May 30-31, 2007

Mechanical Engg. Dept., L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad.

09

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and heat transfer

May 5-9, 2008

(1 week)

IIT Bombay and Mechanical Engg. Dept., L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad.

10

Advanced engineering optimization through intelligent techniques

Dec 22-28, 2008

(1 week)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SVNIT, Surat.

11

Hyperform-Hypermesh software training

Jan 5-9, 2009

(1 week)

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, SVNIT, Surat.

12

CCC+ Course

Jan 27 – Feb 10, 2009

(2 weeks)

Computer Engg. Dept., L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad.

13

Free health check-up camp of hero Honda bike

Feb 24 – Mar 5, 2009

L.D. College of Engineering and Bikes Auto., Ahmedabad.

14

Non-destructive testing

Oct 5-9, 2009

(1 week)

Department of Applied Physics, SVNIT, Surat.

15

World class manufacturing and supply chain management

May 3-7, 2010

( 1 week)

Production Engg. Dept., S.S. Engineering College, Bhavnagar.

16

Bio-diesel

June 21-25, 2010

(1 week)

NITTTR, Bhopal.

17

Advance in automobile engineering

Dec 27 – Jan 1, 2011

(1 week)

Dept. of Mechanical Engg., Institute of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad.

18

Workshop on high impact teaching skills

July 4-5, 2011

Dale Carnegie Training Associates and Wipro.

19

Workshop on mission 10X

July 4-8, 2011

(1 week)

L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad.

20

Finite element method: A mathematical approach

Apr 30 – May 4, 2012

(1 week)

Mechanical Engineering Dept., C.K. Pithawala College of Engineering and Tech., Surat.

21

Challenges in measurement of single and two phase flow – recent methods

June 24-28, 2013

(1 week)

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT, Roorkee.

22

Heat transfer in chemically reacting systems

Dec 8-12, 2014

(1 week)

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT, Roorkee.

23

Two-phase flow, boiling and condensation in conventional and miniature systems

June 1-5, 2015

(1 week)

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT, Roorkee.

24

Induction training programme phase - II

May 2-13, 2016

(2 weeks)

NITTTR, Bhopal (Gujarat Extension Centre), Ahmedabad.

 

25

CAD, advance manufacturing and simulation using NX software

May 16-27, 2016

(2 weeks)

Siemens Centre of Excellence, GEC, Bhavnagar.

26

Advances in material characterization techniques

May 30 – June 3, 2016

(1 week)

Institute Instrumentation Centre, IIT, Roorkee.

27

Advances in manufacturing and automation

Jan 1-5, 2018

(1 week)

Government Engineering College, Dahod.

28

Research method and academic writing

Jan 8-12, 2018

(1 week)

NITTTR Regional Centre, Ahmedabad.

29

Mathematics for engineering applications

Aug 20-24, 2018

(1 week)

NITTTR, Bhopal.

30

Advances in Heating, Ventilation, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration

Oct 14-19, 2019

(1 week)

L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad.

31

NBA accreditation

March 02-06, 2020

(1 week)

NITTTR Regional Centre, Ahmedabad.

32

 Pedagogy and effective use of ICT in engineering and higher education

Aug 9-13, 2021

(1 week)

 NITTTR, Bhopal.

Courses Taught

UG Level:

  • Refrigeration and Air conditioning (Professional Elective)
  • Integrated Personality Development Course (IPDC-I)
  • Integrated Personality Development Course (IPDC-II)
  • Power Plant Engineering
  • Fluid Power Engineering
  • Engineering Thermodynamics
  • Automobile Engineering
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Refrigeration and Air-conditioning


PG Level:

  • ERPW
  • RM & IPR
  • Energy Economics and Management

Portfolio

State Level (DTE/GTU):
  • Member Academic Inspection Committee
  • Member FAB LAB Advisory Committee

Institute Level:
  • Nodal Officer Admissions (ACPC)
  • Editor News Letter
  • Central Purchase Committee Member
  • IPR coordinator

Department Level:
  • Maintenance Civil
  • Maintenance Water coolers and Air conditioners
  • House keeping
  • In-charge Refrigeration and Air conditioning Lab
  • Editor News Letter
  • Faculty coordinator ISHRAE Chapter 

Reviewer in Journals

  • Energy
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Applied Energy
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • Energy conservation and Management
  • International journal of refrigeration
  • Energy conversion and management
  • Building energy
  • Thermal science and engineering progress
  • Renewable energy
  • Solar energy
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Professional Institutions Members

  • Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
  • Indian Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE)
  • Math Tech Thinking Foundation (MTTF)
  • International Associate of Engineers (IAENG)
  • Excellent Research Management Association (ERMA)
  • Academic Exchange Information Center (AEIC)
  • Composites Excellence Center of Asia (CECA)

Area of research

  • Desiccant cooling
  • Thermal system design
  • Solar energy
  • Rotary Desiccant dehumidifiers
  • TRNSYS simulation
  • Refrigeration & Air-conditioning
  • Renewable energy
  • Exergy analysis
  • Modeling and simulation
  • ANN artificial neural network

Projects

Projects

SOIC000937-Solar assisted hybrid solid desiccant vapor compression air conditioning system.

Patent

Industrial design patent on "Hybrid solid desiccant apparatus with air conditioning system by using evacuated tube solar collector" registered on 04-06-2022 at Patent Office, Government of India. (Application Number: 365424-001)

Expert Lecture

  • Short term training program on "Recent Trends in Energy and Power System" At VIT, Chennai on 09.09.2021.
  • Short term training program on "Research Practices in Thermo-fluid and Renewable Energy Systems" at Shreenithi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad on 03.07.2021.
  • Expert talk on "TRNSYS Simulation" at NIT, Trichy on 27.03.2021.
  • Short term training program on "HVAC Systems" at Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Chennai on 27.03.2021
  • Short term training program on “Computational Fluid Dynamics for Heat and Fluid flow Applications" at RGIT, Ghaziabad Feb 22, 2021.
  • Short term training program on “Advances in IC engines and emission control strategies” (AICES-2020) at GECB on January 23, 2020.
  • Short term training program on "Advances in structural and civil engineering" at GEC, Dahod on 27.02.2018.
  • Video conference short term training program on "Emerging trends in major thrust area of mechanical engineering" at DTE, Gandhinagar on Feb 26, 2018.
  • Short term training program on "Advances in manufacturing and automation" at GEC, Dahod on Jan 05, 2018.

Committee member

  • National Advisory Committee Member International Conference on "Thermo-fluids and Manufacturing Science-2022)" Jan 24-25, 2022 at School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisa, India.
  • 2021 International Conference on Water Conservancy, Energy and Environmental Engineering (WC3E 2021).
  • International Conference on Research and Innovation in Science, Engineering & Technology(ICRISET-2020), BVM College of Engineering, V.V. Nagar.
  • Successful organizing the World Conference on Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (WCASET-2018) as organizing committee member. The conference was held at Goa on 2nd & 3rd January which was organized by IFERP (Institute for Engineering Research and Publication).
  • Appointed as conference International Technological committee member at "ICCAE-2018 International Conference" will be organized by School of Civil Engineering and Architecture,Wuhan University of Technology during November 23-25, 2018 in Taiwan.
  •  Appointed as conference organizing committee member at The Third International Conference on Energy Engineering and Environmental Protection (EEEP2018) will be held on November 19-21, 2018 in Sanya, China. 
  • Appointed as conference organizing committee member at 5th International Conference on Recent Challenges in Engineering and Technology (ICRCET-18) Seoul, South Korea, 19th - 20th July 2018 Organized by Institute For Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP).
  • Appointed as Program Committee Member by International Conference on "Sustainable Energy and Environment Sensing" Cambridge, United Kingdom (U.K.).

Editorial Board Member

Editor in Chief

IGRPS Publications, USA.


Editorial Board Member

AR Research Publication and Conference World.

PhD and M.Tech./M.E

PhD and M.Tech./M.E

 

PhD- 06 (Pursuing)

M.tech./ M.E. - 09 (Completed) & 01 (Pursuing)

DOCTORAL RESEARCH

Performance study on solid desiccant - vapor compression hybrid air-conditioning system.

References

References

1. Dr. Manish Mishra

Professor in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

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 2. Dr. P.K. Sahoo

 Professor in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

Contact/Correspondence

Dr. D.B. Jani

Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Government Engineering College, 
Zalod road,
Dahod-389151.
District : Dahod.
Gujarat, India.
Email : jani_dilip@gtu.edu.in, dbjani@rediffmail.com
Phone (Office) :  +91-02673-263780
Phone (Mobile) : +91-8200225370

Award

1- Best Researcher-2020 Award from Sardar Patel Education on September 15, 2020.

2- Best Teacher Award on September 5, 2020 from Knowledge Society for Research Innovation.