Rate My Professor Ch Ravichandra Rao

Dr. Ch. Ravichandra Rao serves as Professor and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Chalapathi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He holds a Ph.D. in Fluid and Thermal Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. His research specializes in solar thermal energy storage, fluid and thermal engineering, with a focus on experimental performance analysis of heat storage prototypes.

Dr. Rao has published several papers in international journals on thermal energy storage systems. Prominent publications include 'Performance tests on lab–scale sensible heat storage prototypes' in Applied Thermal Engineering (2018, 102 citations), co-authored with H. Niyas and P. Muthukumar; 'Performance investigation of a lab-scale latent heat storage prototype–experimental results' in Solar Energy (2017, 78 citations); 'Performance investigation of lab-scale sensible heat storage prototypes' in International Journal of Green Energy (2019, 13 citations); 'Effective strategy for achieving superior energy storage performance in lead-free BaTiO3–Bi(Zn2/3(Nb0.85Ta0.15)1/3)O3 ferroelectric ceramics' in Ceramics International (2024, 18 citations); and 'Comparison of the effect of conventional and microwave sintering on structural and dielectric properties of AlN-CaZrO3 and Y2O3 composite ceramics' in Ceramics International (2025, 7 citations). Additional works encompass 'Performance investigation of lab-scale sensible heat storage system' (Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Technologies, 2017), 'Sensible Heat Based Thermal Energy Storage System: Modelling & Parametric Investigations' (Proceedings of the 24th National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, 2017), and 'Performance Comparison of Different Solid-state Sensible Heat Storage Bed Configurations' (International Conference on Polygeneration, 2015). He maintains a verified Google Scholar profile affiliated with IIT Guwahati. Dr. Rao also serves on the editorial board of Gilbert Research Center. In his leadership role, he oversees the Mechanical Engineering department, fostering research and education in engineering disciplines.