Dr. Raveendra Gundlapalli

Assistant Professor
Department/School/Unit Name
Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology
Phone No(s): +91-7338716527, +91-542 7165228
Email: raveendra.che@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Energy Storage - Redox Flow Batteries, Thermal energy storage using crushed rock system, Thermal management of Li-ion Batteries, Energy Production - Fuel Cells, Hydrogen Economy - Production and Storage, CFD Studies - Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Reaction Kinetics

Education

PhD - IIT Madras (2016-2019)

M. Tech - IIT Madras (2007-2009)

B.Tech, JNTU Anantapur (2003-2007)

 

Experience

Assistant professor - IIT (BHU) Varanasi - Since June 2022

Senior R & D Engineer - VFlowTech, Singapore (2021-2022)

Principal Project Scientist - IIT Madras (2020-2021)

Assistant Professor - RGUKT, Andhra Pradesh (2011-2015)

 

GRANTED

1

S. Jayanti,

R. Gundlapalli

Flip-Flop serpentine flow field for electrolyte distribution in flow batteries, fuel cells and electrolyzers

409784

202041008009

(India)

2

S. Jayanti,

R. Gundlapalli

Pillar-supported electrode felt for headers of electrolyte/reactant distribution channels

430901

201941031407 (India)

FILED

3

R. Gundlapalli,       A. Bhattarai, R Ranjan

Design of interdigitated flow field for use in commercial redox flow batteries

10202250224U (Singapore)

4

R. Gundlapalli,        A. Bhattarai, R Ranjan

Centrally mirror imaged split-serpentine flow field for application in flow batteries, electrolyzers and fuel cells

Singapore

Journal Publications

S.  No

Name of the Authors

Paper title

Journal details

IF /

Cite score

Citation count

1

Praphulla Rao,

R. Gundlapalli,

S. Jayanti

Assessment of Hydrodynamic Performance of Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries at Low Temperatures

J. of Energy Storage,

55, 105746, 2022

8.907 / 8.4

1

2

R Gundlapalli    (as 7th Author)

New type of Gluing of Redox Flow Stacks

IJ. of Engg Technologies & Management research, 9(9), 47–52, 2022

NA

3

R Gundlapalli         et al.,

Characterization and scale-up of serpentine and interdigitated flow fields for application in commercial VRFB

J. of Power Sources, 542, 231812, 2022

9.794 / 15.4

5

4

P. Parameswarappa,

R. Gundlapalli,

S. Jayanti

Power and energy rating considerations in integration of flow battery with solar PV and residential load

Batteries

7(3), 62, 2021

5.938 / 7.9

17

5

R. Gundlapalli,

S. Jayanti

Comparative study of kW-scale VRFB stacks designed with serpentine flow fields and split manifolds

Batteries

7(2), 30, 2021

5.938 / 7.9

6

6

R. Gundlapalli,

S. Jayanti

Dataset on the performance of large-scale flow batteries with serpentine flow fields

Data in Brief

35, 106835, 2021

NA / 2.4

5

7

R. Gundlapalli,

S. Jayanti

Case studies of operational failures of VRFB stacks, diagnosis and remedial actions

J. of Energy Storage,

33, 102078, 2021

8.907 / 8.4

11

8

R. Gundlapalli,

S. Jayanti

Effective splitting of serpentine flow field for applications in large-scale flow batteries

J. of Power Sources, 487, 229409, 2021

9.794 / 15.4

21

9

R. Gundlapalli,

S. Jayanti

Effect of electrolyte convection velocity in the electrode on the performance of VRFB cells with serpentine flow fields

J. of Energy Storage,

30, 101516, 2020

8.907 / 8.4

18

10

R. Gundlapalli,

S. Jayanti

Performance characteristics of several variants IFF flow fields for flow battery applications

J. of Power Sources, 467, 228225, 2020

9.794 / 15.4

22

11

R. Gundlapalli,

S. Jayanti

Effect of electrode compression and operating parameters on the performance of large VRFB cells

J. of Power Sources, 427, 231-242, 2019

9.794 / 15.4

29

12

R. Gundlapalli,

S. Jayanti

Effect of channel dimensions of serpentine flow fields on the performance of a VRFB

J. of Energy Storage, 23,

148–158, 2019

8.907 / 8.4

40

13

R. Gundlapalli,

S. Kumar, S. Jayanti

Stack design considerations for VRFB

INAE Letters, 3(3), 149-157, 2018

NA

26

Conference Proceedings

1

S. Jayanti,

R. Gundlapalli

et al.

Characteristics of an Indigenously Developed 1 kW VRFB Stack

7th ICAER, IIT Bombay,

 Springer Proceedings in Energy

5

S. No.

Journal

Publisher

No. of papers reviewed

1

Applied Energy

Elsevier

11 + 7

2

Journal of Power Sources

Elsevier

3

3

Electrochimica Acta

Elsevier

1 + 1

4

Data in Brief

Elsevier

1 + 1

5

Journal of Cleaner Production

Elsevier

1

6

Scientific Reports

Springer

1

7

International Journal of Green Energy

Taylor & Francis

1

8

Journal of Electrochemical Science & Engg..

IAPC

1

  • Guest Editor
  • I am honored as the guest-editor of the journal “Batteries” (publisher: MDPI) for a special issue on “Recent Progress in Redox Flow Battery Research and Development”.
  1. R. Gundlapalli et al., Characterization of serpentine & interdigitated flow fields for application in VRFBs, 12th International Flow Battery Forum, Belgium, June 2022
  2. P. Rao, R. Gundlapalli, S. Jayanti, performance evaluation of single cell VFB at low temperatures, 11th International Flow Battery Forum, Dusseldorf, 19-21 January 2021
  3. P. Purnima, R. Gundlapalli, S. Jayanti, Battery Sizing Considerations in VRFB-PV-Load Integration, International conference on applied energy, Bangkok, 1-10 December 2020
  4. R. Gundlapalli, S. Jayanti, Performance of indigenously made kW class vanadium redox flow battery stack, ICAER, 10-12 December, 2019, IIT Bombay
  5. R. Gundlapalli, S. Jayanti, Design of flow fields for large area vanadium redox flow battery, 10th International Flow Battery Forum, Lyon, France, 9-12 July 2019
  6. R. Gundlapalli, S. Jayanti, Optimization of stack design for vanadium redox flow battery, 9th International Flow Battery Forum 10-12 July 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland,
  7. R. Gundlapalli, S. Kumar, S. Jayanti, Analysis on considerations for design of vanadium redox flow battery stacks, ICAER, 12-14 December, 2017, IIT Bombay