Ph.D.: – Solar drying, , NIT Warangal,2023
M.Tech: – Energy Engineering and Management, NIT Calicut, 2017
B.Tech.: – Mechanical Engineering, RGUKT R K Valley, 2014
Teaching Experience: 5 years 6 months (along with Research)
Contact Number: +91 9182139090
BVRITN Employee ID: BVRIT01092
JNTUH Registration ID: 4860-230111-103724
- Won gold medal in M.Tech. (2015-17) at NIT Calicut
- No. of B.Tech Projects guided: 02
- No. of international journal & international conference publications: 21
- Thermal Engineering
- Energy Engineering
- Solar drying
- Biodiesel production
- Thermal energy storage materials
- Energy conservation
- Renewable energy sources
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP. Comparison of drying kinetics, thermal and performance parameters during drying guava slices in natural and forced convection indirect solar dryers. Solar Energy, 2022;234:319–29. (SCI, IF=7.188) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2022.02.012
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP. Energy, exergy, economic and environmental (4E) analysis of passive and active-modes indirect type solar dryers while drying guava slices. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 2022;52:102250. (SCI, IF=7.632) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.102250.
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Das P, Balijepalli R, Chandramohan VP. A review of natural energy storage materials used in solar dryers for food drying applications. Journal of Energy Storage, 2022;49:104198. (SCI, IF=8.91) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.104198.
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP. Energy, exergy and economic analysis of an indirect type solar dryer using green chilli: A comparative assessment of forced and natural convection. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2021;24:100950. (SCI, IF=4.56) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2021.100950.
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP. Energy and exergy analysis of forced and natural convection indirect solar dryers: Estimation of exergy inflow, outflow, losses, exergy efficiencies and sustainability indicators from drying experiments. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021;282. (SCI, IF=11.07) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124421.
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP. Shrinkage, effective diffusion coefficient, surface transfer coefficients and their factors during solar drying of food products – A review. Solar Energy, 2021. (SCI, IF=7.188) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.07.042.
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Gilago MC, Chandramohan VP. Thermal performance of indirect solar dryer and drying kinetics of guava without and with thermal energy storage. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2022. (SCI, IF=2.86) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-04713-8
- Gilago MC, Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP. Energy-exergy and environ-economic (4E) analysis while drying ivy gourd in a passive indirect solar dryer without and with energy storage system and results comparison. Solar energy. 240, 2022; 69–83. (SCI, IF=7.188) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2022.05.027.
- Gilago MC, Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP. Investigation of Exergy-energy and environ-economic performance parameters of active indirect solar dryer for pineapple drying without and with energy storage unit. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 53, 2022. (SCI, IF=7.632) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2022.102701
- Gilago MC, Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP, Suresh S. Evaluating the performance of an indirect solar dryer and drying parameters of pineapple: comparing natural and forced convection. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 2023, Springer, IF (4.76) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-023-11955-2
- Goud M, Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP, Suresh S. A novel indirect solar dryer with inlet fans powered by solar PV panels: Drying kinetics of Capsicum Annum and Abelmoschus esculentus with dryer performance. Solar Energy 2019;194:871–85. (SCI, IF=7.188) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.11.031.
- Goud M, Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP, Lingayat A, Raju VRK, Suresh S. Experimental investigation of drying kinetics of green chilli and okra using indirect solar dryer with evaluation of dryer performance. International Journal of Ambient Energy (SCI, IF=2.35) https://doi.org/10.1080/01430750.2021.1946145.
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Gilago MC, Chandramohan VP. Energy and exergy investigation of indirect solar dryer under natural and forced convection while drying muskmelon slices. Energy Nexus, 2022. Elsevier, (Scopus Indexed) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nexus.2022.100153
- Goud DM, Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP. Evaluation of drying kinetics and performance parameters of indirect type solar dryer during drying of Capsicum annuum. International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy 2021;17:442–62. Inderscience publishers, (Scopus Indexed) https://doi.org/10.1504/IJETP.2021.119839.
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Mulatu C Gilago, Chandramohan VP, “Experimental evaluation of natural convection indirect solar dryer with and without thermal energy storage while drying guava slices”, Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER-2022), July 07−09, 2022, IIT Bombay, India
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Mulatu C Gilago, Chandramohan VP, “Performance studies on indirect forced convection solar dryer without and with thermal energy storage during drying muskmelon slices”, Proceedings of 1st International Conference in Fluid Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES-2022), June 09−11, 2022, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Mulatu C. Gilago, Chandramohan VP, “Determination of thermal properties and drying kinetics of guava slices in an indirect type solar dryer: A comparative assessment of forced and natural convection”, Proceedings of 26th National and 4th International-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2021), December 17−20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
- Mulatu C. Gilago, Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP, “Investigating the drying kinetics of pineapple in a passive indirect solar dryer: comparative analysis without and with thermal energy storage system”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Energy Management and Sustainability (ISEMAS-2022), April 05−09, 2022, Piri Reis University, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Mulatu C. Gilago, Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP, “Evaluating the performance of indirect solar dryer and drying parameters of pineapple: comparing natural and forced convection”, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME-2022), March 24−26, 2022, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
- Mulatu C. Gilago, Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP, “Estimation of drying kinetics, performance parameters and results comparison of natural and forced convection indirect type solar dryers during drying ivy gourd”, Proceedings of 26th National and 4th International-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2021), December 17−20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
- Goud DM, Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Chandramohan VP, “Evaluation of drying kinetics and performance parameters of indirect solar dryer during drying of Capsicum annuum”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE-2019), April 11−12, 2019, Hindustan College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India.
- Jilse Sebastian, Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Muraleedharan C, Santhiagu A, “Optimisation of energy and materials in acid esterification of rubber seed oil through RSM and ANN”, Proceedings of 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2017), December 27−30, 2017, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, India.
- Mugi Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Jilse Sebastian, Muraleedharan C, Santhiagu A, “Mathematical modelling of acid esterification of rubber seed oil by response surface methodology and artificial neural network”, Proceedings of the National Conference on Energy, Economy and Environment (Energy-2016), December 16−17, 2016, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India
