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Bale Reddy
BTech, MTech, PhD, P.Eng

Professor

Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

Contact information

2000 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, Ontario L1G 0C5
Office: ACE 2022

905.721.8668 ext. 5722
905.721.3370 (fax)

bale.reddy@ontariotechu.ca

Research topics

  • Biomass Combustion and Gasification Fluidized Bed Combustors Combined Cycle Power Generation
  • Exergy Analysis
  • Thermal Design and Optimization
  • Cogeneration
  • Waste Heat Recovery
  • Heat Transfer
  • Advanced Energy Systems
  • Advanced Power Plant Cycles
  • Gas-Solid Flows in Advanced Combustors
  • Energy Conservation
  • Solar Energy

Education

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 1995
  • MTech, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India, 1991
  • BTech, Mechanical Engineering, Nagarjuna University, AP, India, 1989

Courses

  • Thermodynamics I and II
  • Thermal Engineering
  • Applied Thermal and Fluids Engineering
  • Heat Transfer
  • Power Plant Technology
  • Renewable Energy Sources
  • Energy and Environment
  • Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion
  • Cogeneration and Combined Cycle Power Generation
  • Energy Management
  • Advanced Energy Systems
  • Fluidized Bed Technology

Research and expertise

Publications and presentations

  • Selected publications and presentations
    Journal Publications
    • Mohamed, K., and B.V. Reddy., “The Exergy analysis of a natural gas fired combined cycle power generation unit” International Journal of Exergy, 2007.
    • Butcher, C., and B.V. Reddy., “Second law analysis of a waste heat recovery based power generation system”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (in press), 2007.
    • Srinivas, T., A.V.S.S.K.S., Gupta, and B.V. Reddy., “Parametric simulation of steam injected gas turbine combined cycle”, Journal of Power and Energy, Part A, (Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers), UK, (accepted) 2007.
    • Srinivas, T., A.V.S.S.K.S., Gupta, B.V. Reddy., and P.K. Nag., “Parametric analysis of a coal based combined cycle power plant”, International Journal of Energy Research, 30, pp. 19-36, 2006.
    • Gupta, A.V.S.S.K.S., and B.V. Reddy., “Effect of pressure on thermal aspects in a pressurized circulating fluidized bed combustor”, International Journal of Energy Research, 30, pp. 149-162, 2006.
    • Gupta, A.V.S.S.K.S., and B.V. Reddy., “Heat transfer modeling in a CFB riser column with abrupt riser exit configurations”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 48, pp. 4307-4315, 2005.
    • Nirmal Vijay, G., and B.V. Reddy., “Heat transfer mechanism under dilute and dense phase conditions in the riser column of a circulating fluidized bed combustor”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 48, pp. 3276-3283, 2005.
    • Reddy, B.V., “Fundamental heat transfer mechanism between bed to membrane water-walls in circulating fluidized bed combustors", International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 27, pp. 813-824, 2003.
    • Winaya, N.S., P. Basu and B.V. Reddy., “Experimental investigations on heat transfer from suspension to impact separators in the riser column of a circulating fluidized bed combustor”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 46, pp. 71-75, 2003.
    • Reddy, B.V., G. Ramkiran., K. Ashok Kumar and P.K. Nag., “Second law analysis of a waste heat recovery steam generator”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 45, pp. 1807-1814, 2002.
    • Boskovic, S., B.V. Reddy., and P. Basu., “Effect of operating parameters on sulphur capture and NOX emissions in a pressurized circulating fluidized bed combustor”, International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 26, pp. 173-183, 2002.
    • Reddy, B.V., and P. Basu., “A model for heat transfer in a pressurized circulating fluidized bed furnace” International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 44, 15, pp. 2877-2887, 2001.
    • Karthikeyan, R., M. Afsar Hussain., B.V. Reddy and P.K. Nag., “Performance simulation of heat recovery steam generators in a co-generation system”, International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 22, pp. 399-410, 1998
    Conference Proceedings
    • Alaefour, I., and B.V. Reddy., “Performance simulation of a natural gas fired combined cycle power generation system”, International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Coimbatore, India, Aug. 27-29, 2007.
    • Nirmal V. Gnanapragasam, and B.V. Reddy., “Cluster energy balance approach to estimate bed-to-wall heat transfer in a circulating fluidized bed combustor” International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Coimbatore, India, Aug. 27-29, 2007.
    • Law, B., and B.V. Reddy., “Energy and Exergy analyses of a natural gas fired combined cycle cogeneration system”, in the proceedings of ASME Energy Sustainability Conference, Long Beach, CA, USA, June 27-30, 2007a.
    • Law, B., and B.V. Reddy., “Performance simulation of a combined cycle power generation system with steam injection in the gas turbine combustion chamber”, in the proceedings of ASME Energy Sustainability Conference, Long Beach, CA, USA, June 27-30, 2007b.
    • Gupta, A.V.S.S.K.S., T. Srinivas and B.V. Reddy., “Second law simulation of triple cycle power generation”, in the proceedings of the International Conference on Fluid and Thermal Energy Conversion, Jakarta, Indonesia, December 10-14, 2006.
    • Bettle, M., B.V. Reddy., and A. Thompson., “Cogeneration and its role in meeting the energy demand with reduced greenhouse gas emissions: A review on present status and future scope”, in the proceedings of International Conference on Energy and Environment (ICEE), Selangor, Malaysia, August 28-30, 2006.
    • Law, B., and B.V. Reddy., “Effect of operating variables on the performance of a combined cycle cogeneration system with multiple process heaters”, in the proceedings of The Second International Green Energy Conference, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, June 25-29, 2006.
    • Mohammed, K., and B.V. Reddy., “Effect of partial gasification on the performance of a pressurized circulating fluidized bed combined cycle power generation system”, in the proceedings of The Second International Green Energy Conference, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, June 25-29, 2006.
    • Mohamed, K., and B.V. Reddy., “Second law analysis of a natural gas fired combined cycle power generation unit” in the proceedings of 8th ASME-ISHMT Heat Transfer Conference, IIT, Guawahati, India, Jan. 4-6, 2006.
    • Law, Brad and B.V. Reddy “Performance simulation of a combined cycle cogeneration system”, in the proceedings of The 1st International Green Energy Conference, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, June 12-16, 2005.
    • Nirmal Vijay, G., and B.V. Reddy., “Effect of dilute and dense phase conditions on bed-to-wall heat transfer mechanism in the riser column of a circulating fluidized bed combustor”, in the proceedings of 18th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Combustion (ASME), Toronto, Canada, May 22-25, 2005.
    • Srinivas, T., A.V.S.S.K.S., Gupta, B.V. Reddy and P.K. Nag., “Second law analysis of a coal-based combined cycle power plant”, in the proceedings of Sixth ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India, Jan. 5-7, 2004.
    • Gupta, A.V.S.S.K.S., I. Satyanarayana, B. Sri Hari, K. Govinda Rajulu, B.V. Reddy and P.K. Nag., “Thermodynamic analysis of a supercritical cycle”, in the proceedings of Sixth ISHMT/ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India, Jan. 5-7, 2004.