Lipak Kumar Sahoo

Designation: 

Assistant Professor

Bio: 

I have joined Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NITK Surathkal, Mangalore
in December 2023 as an Assistant Professor. My research areas are Mineral Processing and
Multiphase Flows. Currently I am working on following areas:
- physical and mathematical modeling of gas-solid fluidized beds
- numerical simulation of gas atomization for production of metal powder
- mathematical modeling of microwave assisted biomass pyrolysis

Contact Details

E-mail: 

lipak@nitk.edu.in

Academic Background

Academic Backround: 

M.S. and Ph.D.
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras, 2023

B.Tech.
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Srinagar, 2015

Areas of Interest

Areas of Interest: 

Mineral Processing, Multiphase Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Journals: 

5

Book Chapters: 

1

Patents: 

1

Significant Publications

Significant Publications: 

Journal Publications
• Lipak Kumar Sahoo, Sabita Sarkar, Mathematical modeling of fluidized bed magnetizing roasting of iron ore fines, Steel Research International, 2400446, pp. 1-11. 2024.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202400446

• Lipak Kumar Sahoo, Sabita Sarkar, An experimental investigation of slugging phenomenon in 2D binary gas-solid tapered fluidized beds, Steel Research International, 2300757, pp. 1-11, 2024.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202300757

• Lipak Kumar Sahoo, Sabita Sarkar, A simplified bubble size relation compatible with the EMMS drag model for studying hydrodynamics in a 2D gas-solid tapered fluidized bed, Steel Research International, 2300703, pp. 1-12, 2024.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202300703

• Lipak Kumar Sahoo, Sabita Sarkar, A hybrid drag model for studying hydrodynamics in a 2D gas-solid tapered fluidized bed, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Vol-195, pp. 572-586, 2023.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2023.05.057

• Lipak Kumar Sahoo, Sabita Sarkar, Experimental study of bubble behavior in a two-dimensional gas-solid tapered fluidized bed, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol-60, pp. 12740-12751, 2021.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01496

Conference Proceedings
• Lipak Kumar Sahoo, Sabita Sarkar, A simplified bubble size relation compatible with the EMMS drag model for studying hydrodynamics in a 2D gas-solid tapered fluidized bed, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Science and Technology of Ironmaking and Steelmaking (STIS 2022), pp. 106-109, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, 2022.
• Lipak Kumar Sahoo, Sabita Sarkar, An experimental investigation of slugging phenomenon in 2D binary gas-solid tapered fluidized beds, Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Science and Technology of Ironmaking and Steelmaking (STIS 2022), pp. 70-75, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India, 2022.
• Lipak Kumar Sahoo, Sabita Sarkar, An experimental study of slug behavior in 2D gas-solid tapered fluidized beds for Geldart D particles, Proceedings of Advances in Materials and Processing: Challenges and Opportunities (AMPCO’22), Chapter 34, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India, 2023.
• Jayant Barode, Krishanu Kumar, M. Vishnu Teja, Lipak Sahoo, Manas Mukherjee, Lakshman Neelakantan, Sabita Sarkar, Fluidization of red mud fines in a reduction atmosphere: Recovery of Fe, Proceedings of International Conference on Innovations in Aluminium Technology (INALT 2020), pp. 1-4, NALCO, Angul, India, 2020.
• N. S. Randhawa, Manoj Kumar, L. K. Sahoo, Gulzar Hussain, D. C. Sau, Direct electrolytic refining of waste copper wire scraps and fabrication rejects for production of high purity copper powder, Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Nonferrous Metals (ICNFM 2015), pp. 110-116, Bhubaneswar, India, 2015.

Patent
• Lipak Kumar Sahoo, Sabita Sarkar, Jayant Barode, System and method for producing magnetite from red mud using two-stage reactors, Patent No. 410117, October 2022.

Telephone: 

+3758
Monday, December 18, 2023 - 10:00
 

Contact us

Dr. Kumkum Banerjee, Head
Department of MME, NITK, Surathkal
P. O. Srinivasnagar, Mangaluru - 575 025
Karnataka, India.
  • Hot line: +91-0824-2473050

Contact details for Placements and Internships

E.Mail: mme.placementcell@nitk.edu.in

Faculty Co-ordinator: Dr. Saumen Mandal 

Student Co-ordinator:  Abhijeet Dilip Sontakke