Balla Mounika
Assistant Professor , Department of Chemical Engineering
Research Interest:
1. Two phase fluidic interactions
2. Bubbles and drops
3. Computational and Experimental Fluid dynamics
4. Heat and mass transfer
5. Transport Phenomena
Connect
+91-891-2856056
Email : mounika.che@iipe.ac.in
Teaching Interests
Process Equipment Design
Transport phenomena
Particle Technology
Process Safety
Particle Technology lab
Fuel lab
Education
2009 - 2013 : B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Osmania university, India
2013 - 2015 : M.Tech in Chemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
2016 - 2021 : PhD in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology, Hyderabad, India
Professional Experience
2021 November - Present : Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam.
2021 January - 2021 June : Post-doctoral fellow, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India.
Member of Professional Bodies
Member of American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics.
Journal Publications
- M. Balla, M. K. Tripathi, Omar K. Matar and K. C. Sahu, “Interaction of two non-coalescing bubbles rising in a non-isothermal self-rewetting fluid”, European Journal of Mechanics -B/Fluids, vol. 87, 2021, 103-112.
- M. Balla, M. K. Tripathi and K. C. Sahu, “A numerical study of a hollow water droplet falling in air”, Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, vol. 34, 2020, 133-144.
- M. Balla, S. Kavuri, M. K. Tripathi, K. C. Sahu and R. Govindarajan, “Effect of viscosity and density ratios on two drops rising side-by-side”, Physical Review Fluids, vol. 5, 2020, 013601.
- M. Balla, M. K. Tripathi, K. C. Sahu, George Karapetsas and Omar K. Matar, “Nonisothermal bubble rise dynamics in a self-rewetting fluid: three-dimensional effects”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, vol. 858, 2019, 689-713.
- M. Balla, M. K. Tripathi and K. C. Sahu, “Shape oscillations of a nonspherical water droplet”, Physical Review E, vol. 99, 2019, 023107.
- Kurella, S., Balla, M., Bhukya, P. K. and Meikap, B. C. , “Scrubbing of HCl gas from synthesis gas in a multistage dual-flow sieve plate wet scrubber by alkaline solution”, Journal of Chemical Engineering \& Process Technology, vol. 6(5), 2015, 1.
Conference Publications
- M. Balla, S. Kavuri, M. K. Tripathi, K. C. Sahu and R. Govindarajan, “Effect of viscosity and density ratios on two drops rising side-byside”, 72nd Annual Meeting, American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 23-26, 2019, Seattle, WA.
- M. Balla, M. K. Tripathi and K. C. Sahu, “Hydrodynamics of a hollow water droplet falling in air”, 72nd Annual Meeting, American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, November 23-26, 2019, Seattle, WA.
- M. Balla, M. K. Tripathi and K. C. Sahu, “Non-isothermal bubble rise dynamics in a self-rewetting fluid at high Marangoni numbers”, 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference (IHMTC-2019), December 28-31, 2019, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, India.
Research Projects
PI: Institute Research Grant (IRG) on "Thermocapillary interactions of a bubble pair" (2023-2026).
PI of the project titled "The Phoenix droplet: A study of freely falling Self-rewetting drop dynamics". Funding agency: ANRF . Budget: 52.45 Lakhs. Duration: 2025-2028.
Administrative Responsibilities:
Faculty advisor (2022-2026 batch)
Phd Students:
S. Geetha Priya (ongoing)
Reviewer
Chemical Product and Process Modeling
Materials Today: Proceedings