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  • Suresh, K. and Kannan A., “Effect of Blockage Ratio on Drag and Heat Transfer From a Centrally Located Spehere in Pipe Flow”, Engg. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mechanics, vol. 4(3), 396-414 (2010).

  • Subramanian, M. and Kannan A., “Photocatalytic degradation of phenol in a rotating annular reactor”, Chem. Engg. Sci., Vol. 65 (9), 2727-2740 (2010).

  • Krishna Sandilya, D. and Kannan A., “Effect of ultrasound on the solubility limit of a sparingly soluble solid”, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Vol. 17(2), 427-434 (2010)

  • Neeharika, K., Kannan Aravamudan and Aditya Varadhan., “Quantification of enhancement due to natural convection during canned food thermal sterilization in a still retort”, Food and Bio Process Technology Journal, Springer New York (2009) ISSN: 1935-5130 (print) 1935-5149 (online) DOI: 10.1007/s11947-009-0232-9

  • Vinoj Kurien, Mahesh Varma and Kannan. A., “ Numerical studies on Laminar Natural Convection Inside Inclined Cylinders of Unity Aspect Ratio” Int. J.of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 52(3-4) 822-838 (2009).

  • Subramanian M. and Kannan A., “Effect of Dissolved Oxygen Concentration and Light Intensity on Photocatalytic Degradation of Phenol" Korean J. Chem. Engg. Vol. 25(6), 1300-1308 (2008). 

  • Kannan A., and P. Ch. Gourisankar Sandakka, “Heat Transfer Analysis of Canned Food Sterilization in a Still Retort”, Journal Food Engg. Vol. 88(2), 2008, pp. 213-228.

  • Kannan A. and K. Neeharika., “Estimation of Energy Consumption in Thermal Sterilization of Canned Liquid Foods in Still Retorts”, Engg. Appl. Comput. Fluid Mechanics, vol. 1(4), 2007, pp. 288-303.

  • Mahesh Varma and Kannan A., “CFD Studies on Natural Convective Heating of Canned Food in Conical and Cylindrical Containers”, Journal Food Engg. Vol. 77(4), 2006, pp. 1024-1036.

  • R. Srinivasan, S. Jayanti, A. Kannan, “Power Number for Flow in a Concentric Annulus with a Rotating Inner Cylinder”, IASME Transactions, vol. 2(7), 2005, pp. 1171-1179.

  • R. Srinivasan, S. Jayanti and A. Kannan, “Effect of Taylor Vortices on Mass Transfer from a Rotating Cylinder”, AIChE J., vol. 51, 2005, pp. 1-14.

  • A. Kannan, Manish R. Joshi, G. Ramalinga Reddy and Denish M. Shah, “Multiple Steady States Identification in Homogeneous Azeotropic Distillation Column Using a Process S Simultaor”, Ind. Engg. Chem. Res., vol.44, 2005, pp. 4386-4399.

  • S. Pradhan and Kannan A., “Simulation and Analysis of Extractive Distillation Process in a Valve Tray Column Using the Rate Based Model”, Korean J. Chem. Engg. Vol. 22(3), 441-451 (2005).

  • Mahesh Varma and Kannan A., “Enhanced food sterilization through inclination of the container walls and geometry modifications” Int. J.of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 48(18) 3753-3762 (2005).

  • S. Ratheesh and Kannan. A., “Holdup and Pressure Drop Studies in Structured Packings with Catalysts”, Chem. Engg. J. 104, 2004, pp. 45-54.

  • A. Kannan and Sadhi Khan Pathan, “Enhancement of Solid Dissolution Process”, Chem. Engg. J. 102, 2004, pp. 45-49.

  • Kannan Aravamudan and M.H.I. Baird, "Formation of Tailed drops in Liquid Liquid Extraction", Chem. Engg. Sci. 55,2000, pp. 1029-1031.

  • Kannan Aravamudan and Malcolm H.I. Baird, "Effects of Mass Transfer on the Hydrodynamic Behavior of a Karr Reciprocating Plate Column", Ind. Engg. Chem. Res., vol 38, 1999, pp.1596-1604.

  • Kannan Aravamudan and M.H.I. Baird, "Effects of Unstable Density Gradients on Back-Mixing in a Reciprocating Plate Column", AICHE J.., vol 42, no 8, 1996, pp. 2128-2140.

  • Baird, M.H.I., K. Aravamudan, N.V. Rama Rao, J. Chadam and A.P. Pierce, "Unsteady Axial Mixing by Natural Convection in a Vertical Column", AICHE J., vol 38, no 11, 1992, pp. 1825-1834.

  • Kannan, A., T.L. Harikrishnan, and Y.B.G. Varma, "A Numerical Technique for the Estimation of the True Mass Transfer Coefficient in Extraction Columns", Chem. Engg. J., vol 45, 1990, pp. 133-135.

  • Refereed and Published in Proceedings of International Conferences:


  • Mahesh N. Varma, and Kannan. A., “CFD Studies on Natural Convective Flow Patterns Inside Inclined Cylinders with Unity Aspect Ratio”, Proceedings of the 18th National and 7th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, pp.317-324, IIT

  • Srinivasan, R., S. Jayanti and A. Kannan, “Sherwood Number Estimation for Mass Transfer from a Rotating Cylinder at Very Low Reynolds Numbers”, Proceedings of the 18th National and 7th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, pp.483-487, IIT Guwahati (January 4-6, 2006). (Paper No.: HMT-2006-C069)

  • R. Srinivasan, S. Jayanti, A. Kannan, “Power Number Calculations for a Taylor-Couette Flow”, Proceedings of the 3rd IASME/WSEAS International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics (FLUIDS ’05), Corfu Island, Greece (August 20-22, 2005), pp 218-223.

  • M. Kumaravel, R.Gopalaswamy, Kannan. A., “Solar photo Voltaic powered seawater desalination plants”, Presented for the ISES Solar World Congress (August, 2005) Conference Proceedings in CD.

  • R. Srinivasan, S. Jayanti and A. Kannan, “Solid Dissolution from a Rotating Cylinder under Laminar Flow Conditions”, Presented at the 7th World Chemical Engineering Congress, Glasgow, Scotland (10-14 July, 2005). Conference Proceedings in CD

  • Kannan.A., and M.H.I. Baird, "The Effect of Unstable Density Gradient on Axial Mixing in the Reciprocating Plate Estraction Column," 45th Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers, Quebec, Canada, p.171 (1995).

  • Baird, M.H.I., N.V. Rama Rao, K. Aravamudan, J.Chadam, and A.P.Pierce,"Unsteady Axial Mixing by Natural Convection in a Vertical Column," 42nd Proceedings of Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers, Toronto, Canada, p.501-502 (1992).

  • Baird, M.H.I. and A. Kannan," Effect of Unstable Density Gradients Under Two Phase Flow Conditions," Proc. Intnl. Solvent Extn.Conf. York, U.K. pp.461-468 (1992).

  • Refereed and Published in Proceedings of National Conference Proceedings:


  • Sasmita Pradhan and Kannan. A., “Simulation and Analysis of an Extractive Distillation Process”, Presented at National Conference on Separation in Process Industries (Feb. 14-16th, 2003), Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India, Conference Proceedings p. 86-94 (2003).
    Adjudged Best Paper for Session on distillation and extraction

  • Kannan A., Role of Process Simulators and CFD Software in Chemical Engineering Education and Research, TEQIP sponsored Symposium on Advances in Chemical Engineering (AChemE), University College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad Nov. 22-24rth, 2007.

  • Presentations in National Conferences and Symposiums:


  • M. Subramanian and A. Kannan, Phenol degradation batch studies in a photocatalytic reactor, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress 59th Annual Session, 27 – 30 December 2006, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers – Ankleshwar Regional Centre.

  • D. Krishna Sandilya and Kannan. A., Enhancement of Solubility using Ultrasound, 59th Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON), Bharuch, Gujarat, India, December 2006.

  • D. Krishna Sandilya and Kannan. A., Ultrasound - assisted Intensification of Solubility, National conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering (RACE), Department of Chemical Engineering, SVU College of Engineering, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, November 2006.

  • Gouri Sankar P Ch, and Kannan A., ”Convergence Pattern Analysis of transient heat transfer in a cylinder”, Presented in National Symposium on Mathematical Methods and Applications (NSMMA 2005), 22nd December (2005).

  • Bhatt, N., and A. Kannan., Mathematical modeling and simulation of distillation column with vapor recompression”, Presented in National Symposium on Mathematical Methods and Applications (NSMMA 2004), 22nd December (2004).

  • Dube Bharat, and A. Kannan., Mathematical modeling and simulation of heat pump assisted distillation column”, Presented in National Symposium on Mathematical Methods and Applications (NSMMA 2004), 22nd December (2004).

  • Sruthi Kalpana, and Kannan. A., “Analysis of batch distillation process with and without chemical reaction,” INTERFACE 2004, HBTI, Kanpur, February, 2004. Awarded the Third Prize in the session on Unit Operations.

  • Sudeshna, M., S. Ratheesh, and A. Kannan, “Revamping of Distillation Columns with Structured Packing”, Presented at CHEMCON 2002 (Paper no. 253), 55th Annual session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Hyderabad (2002).

  • Shabina, S.K., and A. Kannan, ”Prediction of free radicals composition in the collapsing bubble by Gibb’s free energy minimization technique”, Presented at Symposium on Mathematical Methods and Applications, Ramanujan Day -2000, organized by Department of Mathematics, IIT Madras, Chennai (2000).

  • Chatterjee,S., and A. Kannan, "Natural Gas Processing Techniques," Presented at Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Jadhavpur University (1996).

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