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Poonam Rani

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Research Interests

  • Food preservation using sustainable drying methods
  • Computational modelling and simulation of fluid dynamics, heat and mass transfer process
  • Optimization of food processing operations for enhancing quality and energy efficiency
  • Food material characterization and food product development
  • Extrusion technology

Current Projects

Targeted process and technological innovation for energy reduction and water reuse in dairy processes (DPTC Project 2.1B)

Education

  • B.Tech Agricultural Engineering, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (India)
  • M.Tech Food Process Engineering, IIT Kharagpur (India)
  • Ph.D  Food Process Engineering, IIT Kharagpur (India)
  1. Rani, P., & Tripathy P. P. (2022). Experimental investigation on heat transfer performance of solar collector with baffles and semicircular loops fins under varied air mass flow rates. International Journal of Thermal Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2022.107597
  2. Rani, P., & Tripathy P. P. (2022). Investigating shrinkage corrected drying characteristics, rehydration, color profile and microstructural evolution during solar drying of pineapple slices. Journal of Food Process Engineering. 10.1111/(ISSN)1745-4530.
  3. Rai, R., Rani, P., & Tripathy P. P. (2021). Osmo-air drying of banana slices: multivariate analysis, process optimization and product quality characterization. Journal of Food Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-021-05261-8.
  4. Rani, P., & Tripathy P. P. (2021). Drying characteristics, energetic and exergetic investigation during mixed-mode solar drying of pineapple slices at varied air mass flow rates. Renewable Energy. 167:508-519
  5. Rani, P., & Tripathy P. P. (2020). Thermal characteristics of a flat plate solar collector: Influence of air mass flow rate and correlation analysis among process parameters. Solar Energy. 211:464-477
  6. Rani, P., & Tripathy P. P. (2020). Heat transfer augmentation of flat plate solar collector through finite element-based parametric study. Journal of Thermal analysis and calorimetry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-10208-w
  7. Kumar, A., Rani, P., Purohit, S.R., Rao, P.S. (2020). Effect of ultraviolet irradiation on wheat (Triticum aestivum) flour: Study on protein modification and changes in quality attributes. Journal of Cereal Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2020.103094
  8. Rani, P., & Tripathy, P. P. (2020) Modelling of moisture migration during convective drying of pineapple slice considering non-isotropic shrinkage and variable transport properties. Journal of Food Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-020-04407-4
  9. Das, S., Rani, P., & Tripathy, P. P. (2020). Development and Characterization of Betel Nut Fiber Composite as a Food Packaging Material. Journal of Natural Fibers. https://doi.org/10.1080/15440478.2020.1761928
  10. Rani, P., Kumar, A., Purohit, S.R, & Rao, P.S. (2019). Development of multigrain extruded flakes and their sensory analysis using fuzzy logic. Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization. 14(1):411-24
  11. Rani, P., Kumar, A., Purohit, S.R, & Rao, P.S. (2017). Impact of fermentation and extrusion processing on physicochemical, sensory and bioactive properties of rice-black gram mixed flour. LWT-Food Science and Technology. 89:155-63

    Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Poonam-Rani-8

    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oZPRnKUAAAAJ&hl=en