Thermal engineering
How do geometry, surface condition and thermal resistance affect high-temperature heat transfer? I’m interested in transient CHT and carefully bounded experimental–numerical comparison.
Thermal methods & evidence →
Abhijith SivaprasadanM.Sc. candidate at KTH · Stockholm, Sweden
Thermal engineering.
Energy systems.
Reproducible research.
I’m Abhijith Sivaprasadan, an M.Sc. Sustainable Energy Engineering candidate at KTH. My work connects thermal-fluid simulation, experimental methods and energy-system modelling.
Interested in PhD and research opportunities in high-temperature heat transfer, experimental–numerical methods and energy systems.
One portfolio / Five perspectives
Choose a track.
A focused starting point for each kind of opportunity. Every track has its own shareable page with relevant work, experience, skills and education.
- GeneralA cross-disciplinary overviewExplore track
- Thermal EngineeringCFD, thermal systems & testingExplore track
- Energy ModellingPower, heat, storage & optimisationExplore track
- SoftwareBackend APIs & scientific softwareExplore track
- Research / PhDResearch interests, thesis & publicationsExplore track
01 / Research interests
Questions that connect the work.
Energy systems modelling
How do demand, network limits and storage change system decisions? My work explores heat and power dispatch, grid flexibility, hydrogen and electricity investment.
Energy systems work →Industrial decarbonisation
How can operational data support defensible energy decisions? My focus includes energy-performance indicators, load drivers, metering gaps and transparent emissions calculations.
Industrial methodology →02 / Selected work
Research software & engineering studies.
Open methods, inspectable code, and explicit limits. The case studies distinguish numerical verification, coursework and exploratory modelling from real-system validation.
OpenSteamOpt · Steam & power RTO
An open-source two-boiler steam-and-power twin with a carbon-aware Pyomo/HiGHS scheduler, OpenModelica FMI 2.0 simulation and a local Streamlit advisory GUI. Synthetic and uncalibrated; not an ABB product or live control system.
Python · Modelica · Pyomo · HiGHS · FMI/FMPy · Streamlit · pytest
GB-FLEXABM · Electricity investment
Local electricity-investment GUI and shared Pyomo/HiGHS planner, with audited market coverage and 175 extracted public input references. Synthetic and uncalibrated; normalization, price-target decisions and weather conversion still gate historical fitting.
Python · Pyomo · HiGHS · Streamlit · NumPy · pytest
PyPSA-NL · Grid flexibility
How do corridor limits and flexibility change dispatch? A Netherlands-inspired screening model with hand-checkable congestion and storage tests. Synthetic topology; not a validated Dutch grid.
PyPSA · Linopy · HiGHS · Streamlit · Python
PyNEXUS · Multi-vector dispatch
Electricity, hydrogen and heat dispatch (Pyomo/HiGHS) on a real fetched year of ERA5 wind, with independent verification on every run and an interactive Streamlit GUI.
Pyomo · HiGHS · Python · Streamlit · Hydrogen
Energy KPI Toolkit
How does energy use change with production? Baseline normalisation and residual diagnostics checked against known-linear data, with explicit missing-meter handling. Alerts are not root-cause diagnoses.
Python · Streamlit · Excel · PDF reporting
ThermoTwin-F · Educational gas turbine
How do degradation and thermal transients affect a gas turbine? A Make-built educational simulator checked against hand calculations, an analytical transient and repeatable sensor-noise tests. Not commercial-engine validation.
Fortran 2008 · Python · Win32/GDI+
Also: Siemens thesis · Structural FEA · Non-gray radiation modelling · Explore ThermoTwin-F →
03 / Expertise & evidence
Explore the work behind each skill.
Each area brings together related projects, professional experience, education, coursework and supporting material. No self-ratings—just the documented work.
- CFD & heat transferFlow, thermal modelling & numerical methods
- Testing & instrumentationMeasurement chains, lab work & diagnostics
- Energy systemsBuildings, heat, power & storage
- Optimisation & decisionsDispatch, scenarios & techno-economics
- Data & engineering softwareAnalysis, forecasting & reproducible tools
- Industrial energy & EnPIPerformance mapping & decarbonisation
- CAD & structural analysisGeometry, mechanical design & FEA
- Research & technical communicationMethods, publications & critical interpretation
04 / Experience
Research & engineering practice.
Siemens Energy
Test Engineer - Master Thesis Student
CFD/CHT modelling, measurement-chain commissioning and structured failure analysis in the Fluid Dynamic Lab.
Role details →Alleima
Energy Efficiency Intern
Desk-based industrial energy-performance methodology, EnPI design and metering-readiness assessment; no plant-savings claim.
Role details →KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Student Intern (Pyrolysis)
Reactor-concept literature review and cost-analysis drivers for polymer-waste pyrolysis.
Role details →QBurst
Engineer | Backend Developer | TypeScript | NestJS
TypeScript/NestJS backend APIs, endpoint tests, reliability fixes and Postman automation.
Role details →05 / Education
Academic foundation.
M.Sc. Sustainable Energy Engineering
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Master’s programme in heat and power, energy systems and numerical methods. Thesis completed; 115 hp recorded in the May 2026 transcript.
Education & coursework →Circular Economy for Energy Storage
Aalto University / Unite! Virtual Exchange
Credited exchange elective covering lifecycle and circular-economy perspectives on energy storage; not a separate degree.
Education & coursework →B.Tech Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering Perumon / APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University
Mechanical engineering foundation with coursework, design competitions and the final-year interactive robot project.
Education & coursework →Publications & written work
From thesis to technical record.
Published KTH thesis and undergraduate robot publications, alongside reproducible reports and source-linked case studies.
Research & communication dossier →06 / Contact
Let’s discuss the research.
I welcome conversations about doctoral research, thermal engineering and energy-system modelling in Sweden and the EU.
abhijithsivaprasadan@gmail.com