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Souman Rudra

Professor
Department of Engineering Sciences
Phone
+47 37233036
Mobile phone
+4745589326
Office H4046 (Jon Lilletuns vei 9, 4879 Grimstad, Norway)

Areas of responsibility

Academic Degree:

  • Ph.D, Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark  (2013)
  • MSc in Energy Engineering, Ajou University, South Korea (2010)
  • BSc in Mechanical Engineering, CUET, Bangladesh (2007)

 

Pedagogical competence:

  • Uniped, course in university pedagogics, University of Agder (2015-2016)
  • Qualifying course for doctoral supervision, University of Agder/University of Stavanger/University of Nord (2015-2016)
  • Basic course in pedagogy for university teachers, Aalborg University (2012)
  •  Boost your lecturing skills in English, University of Copenhagen (2012)

Summary:

Experienced Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Mathematical Modeling, Analytical Skills, Aspen Plus, Power Plants, and Biofuels. Strong education professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) focused in Energy Engineering from Aalborg Universitet.

 

Research

Renewable Energy, Biomass Conversion, Thermal Energy, Energy System, Process Design and Simulation, HVAC, Fluid Mechanics.

Academic interests

Teaching:

  • Design and optimization of heat and power system, ENE 419 
  • Thermodynamic and Heating System, ENE 227
  • Fluid Mechanics and HVAC system, ENE 230

 

 

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (Before 2014) :

 

2013

Jessica HoffmannSouman RudraSaqib S. ToorJens Bo Holm-NielsenLasse A. Rosendahl , Conceptual Design of an Integrated Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Biogas Plant for Sustainable Bioenergy Production, Bioresource Technology, 2012.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960852412017348

2012

Souman Rudra Rosendahl, Morten B. Blarke; Proposal of a biomass based quadgeneration system for power, heat, cooling and SNG production. International journal of applied energy (submitted)Rudra ; LasseRosendahl,Morten B. Blarke;Proposal of a biomass based Quadgeneration system for power, heat, cooling and SNG production. International journal of applied energy (submitted)

 

Souman Rudra, Lasse Rosendahl, Amit Kumar, Development of Net Energy Ratio for Quadgeneration Pathways, Proceeding of Alberta Graduate Conference, Edmonton, Canada, 2-5th of May, 2012.quadgeneration pathways,   Proceeding of  Alberta Graduate Conference, Edmonton, Canada,  2-5thof May, 2012.

http://vbn.aau.dk/en/publications/development-of-net-energy-ratio-for-quadgeneration-pathways(324a0d51-c4bc-4153-8177-93ff3bc5de1a).html

 

 

2011

 

Souman Rudra, ASM Sayem, SK Biswas, HT Kim, Simulation Study on a Hybrid Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) -Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) -Gas Turbine at IGCC Power Plant,   ASME 3rd International Conference on Energy Sustainability, Volume 2  /  Combined Energy Cycles, CHP and CCHP, and Heat Recovery Technologies , 2009.kim, Simulation Study on a Hybrid Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC)–Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG)–Gas Turbine in IGCC Power Plant,  

Souman Rudra; Niels From, Optimization of a local district plant under fuel flexibility and performance, Proceedings of ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington, DC, USA.Rudra ; Rosendahl, Lasseperformance,Proceedings of ASME 2011 5th International Conference on Energy Sustainability, August 7-10, 2011, Washington, DC, USA.

Souman Rudra; Hoffmann, Jessica Planning of a Quadgeneration power plant for Jammerbugt energy system. Proceedings of the 2nd European Conference on Polygeneration. oath. / Alberto Coronas Salcedo .March, 2011.Jessica ; Rosendahl, Lasse , Salcedo .March,2011.

2010

Souman RUDRA, L. ROSSENDHAL, Jinwook LEE, HT Kim, A performance analysis of integrated solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) for IGFC system. Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China,  Volume 4, Number 3 , 402-413, DOI: 10.1007 / s11708-010-0122-x.ROSSENDHAL, Jinwook LEE, H. T.  Kim, A performance analysis of integrated solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) for IGFC system. Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China, 

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11708-010-0122-x#page-1

SoumanRudra, HT Kim,  A simulation study of Solid Oxide fuel cell for IGCC power generation using Aspen Plus Solid Oxide fuel cell for IGCC power generation using Aspen Plus, Journal of Energy and Climate Change , Vol. 5, No. 2, 2010, p. 24-35. 

http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Journal/ArticleDetail/1593975

Souman Rudra, Chan Lee, HT Kim,  Simulation of IGFC Power Generation System with Various Parameters of Solid Oxide Fuel Cell and Heat Recovery Steam Generator, Rudra,Chan Lee, H. T. Kim,   ICEPAG2010-3452,February 9-11, 2010, Costa Mesa, California, USA.

SM Ashekuzzaman, Souman Rudra, Supplementary energy demand of rural households in Bangladesh through appropriate biogas technology, Proc.Of international conference on environmental aspects of Bangladesh, Japan, Sept.2110Ashekuzzaman,Souman Rudra, Supplementing energy demand of rural households in Bangladesh through appropriate biogas technology, Proc. Of international conference on environmental aspects of Bangladesh, Japan, Sept. 2110

Souman Rudra, L. Rosendahl, Abu Sadahat Sayem, Simulation of IGFC Power Generation System by Aspen Plus, Proceedings of the 13th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, 17-21 December 2010, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2009

Souman Rudra, HTKim, Simulation study of clean coal technology focused on hybrid Solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) in IGFC power plants.Paper no.159, SET 2009, Eurogress, Aachen, Germany, 31 Aug., Sep.2009. 

Souman Rudra, HTKim.A study on a hybrid solid oxide fuel cell and heat recovery steam generator for power generation with CO2 capture.EO1 08, Page (128-135), Climate Change Conference, Seoul, Korea, 2009 (May).

 2008

Souman Rudra, HTKim, HY Wang, JW Lee, Thermodynamic and Exergy optimization of the operational parameters for the Heat Recovery Steam Generator in IGCC Power Plant.253, IGEC-IV, Beijing, China.2008 (October)

Souman Rudra, HM Shim, HTKim.Exergetic analysis of coal-fired thermal power plants based on steam parameters.Paper no.62, 4thBSME-ASME ICTE, Dhaka, Bangladesh.2008 (December)

Souman Rudra, ASMSayem, SK Biswas, JP Chakrabattry, TS.Shamsi Huqand HT Kim, Design of an Automatic fire alarm system for ME department.Paper no.103, 4thBSME-ASME ICTE, Dhaka, Bangladesh.2008 (December)

Tuition

Short biography

  • 4th of August, 2022 - Present

 Professor in Bioenergy and Thernam Energy, Department of Engineering and Science, Renewable EnergyUniversity of Agder, Grimstad, Norway.

  • 15th August, 2013 - 3rd of August, 2022

Associate Professor, Department of Engineering and Science, Renewable EnergyUniversity of Agder, Grimstad, Norway

 

  • 1st May, 2013-31st of July, 2013

Scientific Researcher, Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

  •  1st May, 2010-31st April, 2013

PhD Fellow, Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.

  • January, 2012- May, 2012

Visiting Researcher, Sustainable Energy Lab., Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta.Edmonton, Canada.                                      

  • 19thJanuary 09 - 27th February 09, 

Global Intern, SK Energy (Korea's largest energy group) Seoul, Korea.                                                                                      

  • 4th March 08 - 28th April 10,

Research Assistant at Energy Process Lab., Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.

  • September 07 - January 08                                                           

Assistant Mechanical Engineer, C & A group, Chittagong, Bangladesh

  • 19th December, 06 to 10th February, 07,

Pacific jeans, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Publications

  • Tareq, Foysal Kabir & Rudra, Souman (2024). Enhancing the performance of silicon-based anode materials for alkali metal (Li, Na, K) ion battery: A review on advanced strategies. Materials Today Communications. ISSN 2352-4928. 39. doi: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.108653.
  • Prokhorskii, Gleb Vladimirovich; Eder, Elias; Rudra, Souman & Preißinger, Markus (2023). A benchmark study of supervised learning methods for predicting the live steam production of thermal power plants. In Riehl, Roger R. (Eds.), 10th Heat-Powered Cycles Conference. The University of Edinburgh. ISSN 978-1-912669-63-9. p. 313–323.
  • Nielsen, Henrik Kofoed; Vehus, Tore; Rudra, Souman & Kristiansen, Nils Randulf (2022). Chapter 9 - Biomass production, storage, and pretreatment for the production of solid biofuels. In Gomez Castro, Fernando & Gutierrez-Antonio, Claudia (Ed.), Biofuels and Biorefining Volume 1: Current Technologies for Biomass Conversion. Elsevier. ISSN 9780128241165. p. 339–380. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-824116-5.00003-9.
  • Jayathilake, Madhawa; Rudra, Souman & Christy, Alfred Antony (2021). Effect of co-liquefaction of lignin and laminaria saccharina on optimization of bio-oil yield. Energy Conversion and Management: X. doi: 10.1016/j.ecmx.2021.100151.
  • Rudra, Souman & Jayathilake, Madhawa (2021). Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Biomass for Biofuel Production. In NN, NN (Eds.), Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier. ISSN 9780124095489. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-819727-1.00043-1.
  • Jayathilake, Madhawa; Rudra, Souman & Rosendahl, Lasse A. (2021). Numerical modeling and validation of hydrothermal liquefaction of a lignin particle for biocrude production. Fuel. ISSN 0016-2361. 305. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2021.121498. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jayathilake, Madhawa; Rudra, Souman; Akhtar, Naureen & Christy, Alfred Antony (2021). Characterization and Evaluation of Hydrothermal Liquefaction Char from Alkali Lignin in Subcritical Temperatures. Materials. ISSN 1996-1944. 14(11). doi: 10.3390/ma14113024. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jayathilake, Madhawa; Rudra, Souman & Rosendahl, Lasse A. (2020). Hydrothermal liquefaction of wood using a modified multistage shrinking-core model. Fuel. ISSN 0016-2361. 280. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118616. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rudra, Souman & Tesfagaber, Yohannes Kifle (2019). Future district heating plant integrated with municipal solid waste (MSW) gasification for hydrogen production. Energy. ISSN 0360-5442. 180, p. 881–892. doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.05.125. Full text in Research Archive
  • Jayathilake, Rukshan & Rudra, Souman (2017). Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Equivalence Ratio (ER) and Feedstock Particle Size on Birchwood Gasification. Energies. ISSN 1996-1073. doi: 10.3390/en10081232. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rudra, Souman & Rosendahl, Lasse (2016). Techno-economic analysis of a local district heating plant under fuel flexibility and performance. Energy Efficiency. ISSN 1570-646X. p. 1–12. doi: 10.1007/s12053-016-9475-2. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rudra, Souman; Rosendahl, Lasse & Blarke, Morten B. (2015). Process analysis of a biomass-based quad-generation plant for combined power, heat, cooling, and synthetic natural gas production. Energy Conversion and Management. ISSN 0196-8904. 106, p. 1276–1285. doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2015.10.072. Full text in Research Archive
  • Rudra, Souman; Rosendahl, Lasse & Kumar, Amit (2014). Development of net energy ratio and emission factor for quad-generation pathways. Energy Systems, Springer Verlag. ISSN 1868-3967. 5(4), p. 719–735. doi: 10.1007/s12667-014-0126-4.
  • Rudra, Souman; Rosendahl, Lasse & Hoffmann, Jessica (2013). Conceptual design of an integrated hydrothermal liquefaction and biogas plant for sustainable bioenergy production. Bioresource Technology. ISSN 0960-8524. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.11.051.

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  • Rudra, Souman & Akhtar, Taimur (2023). Algal Biomass Conversion: Hydrothermal Liquefaction for Advanced Bio-Fuel Production. In et al, . (Eds.), Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences 2023 . Elsevier. ISSN 978-0-12-409548-9. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-93940-9.00233-4.
  • Rudra, Souman & Akhtar, Taimur (2023). Experimental study on hydrothermal co-liquefaction of Laminaria digitata and Chlorella vulgaris to investigate the impact of the bio-oil yield.
  • Rudra, Souman (2022). The role of bioenergy in the EU renewable energy system. Illuminem.
  • Rudra, Souman (2022). Hydrothermal processing of biomass for biofuels and biochemicals.
  • Rudra, Souman (2021). Waste to Energy possible technologies for Bangladesh.
  • Rudra, Souman (2021). Carbondioxide(CO2) based cooling system at CERN.
  • Jayathilake, Rukshan & Rudra, Souman (2020). Char Phase Behavior of Hydrothermal Conversion of Alkali Lignin in Subcritical Temperatures.
  • Rudra, Souman (2018). Process Symbiosis local process industries CO2 emission capture and utilization integrated with bio-gas production.
  • Rudra, Souman & Tesfagaber, Yohannes Kifle (2018). Future district heating plant integrated with sustainable hydrogen production. .
  • Rudra, Souman (2018). HTL-drivstoff - erfaring og planer ved Universitetet i Agder.
  • Rudra, Souman (2018). Analysis of hydrogen production from waste-to-energy plant by gasification .
  • Rudra, Souman & Jayathilake, Rukshan (2017). Effects of variable feedstock particle size on Birchwood gasification: A CFD approach.
  • Rudra, Souman & Haugstad, Bjørn (2017). Process Analysis of Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Algae.
  • Rudra, Souman & Jayathilake, Rukshan (2016). A Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis for the effects of variable Equivalence Ratio (ER) On Birchwood Gasification.
  • Akhtar, Taimur & Rudra, Souman (2015). Conceptual model in aspen plus for recovery of biocrude from hydrothermal algal biomass liquefaction.
  • Rudra, Souman (2014). Process analysis of biomass based quad-generation plant.
  • Rudra, Souman & Rosendahl, Lasse (2012). Development of net energy ratio for quadgeneration pathways.
  • Rudra, Souman & Rosendahl, Lasse (2011). Optimization of a Local District Heating Plant Under Fuel Flexibility and Performance.
  • Rudra, Souman; Rosendahl, Lasse & Kim, Hyung Taek (2010). A performance analysis of integrated solid oxide fuel cell and heat recovery steam generator for IGFC system. Frontiers in Energy. ISSN 2095-1701. doi: 10.1007/s11708-010-0122-x.
  • Jayathilake, Madhawa & Rudra, Souman (2022). Numerical modelling and validation of Hydrothermal liquefaction of Lignin: Shrinking core approach on particle decomposition and a comparative analysis of biocrude and HTL char. universitetet I Agder. ISSN 978-82-8427-071-5.

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