Research Interests
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fuel cells, Combustion Technologies, Coal gasificationResearch Guidance
Doctor of Philosophy
completed :M. Vijayan (1999), "Studies on the hydrodynamics of gas-liquid countercurrent annular flow",(joint guidance with Dr. A.R. Balakrishnan)
S. Murthy Shekhar (2003), "Studies on mixing of high viscosity liquids in stirred tanks".
S. Maharudrayya (2005), "Flow distribution and water balance studies in PEM fuel cells", (joint guidance with Dr. A.P. Deshpande)
B. R. Vijayarangan (2005), "Studies on pressure drop and boiling heat transfer in two phase flow at near critical conditions", (joint guidance with Dr. A.R. Balakrishnan)
K. Eswariah (2005), "Experimental and simulation studies on classification of fly ash and rice husk using a rotating wheel air classifier",(joint guidance with Dr. S.S. Narayanan)
R. Srinivasan (2005), "Mass transfer from a rotating cylinder under laminar and turbulent flow conditions" (joint guidance with Dr. A. Kannan)
P. Rajashekhar (2007), "Effect of low frequency oscillations on fluid flow and heat transfer in single phase flow and convective boiling",(joint guidance with Dr. A.R. Balakrishnan)
K.B. Shyam Prasad "Studies on hydrodynamics of interdigitated flow fields used in PEM fuel cells"
On-going :
V. Saravanan Kinetics of coal combustion
S. Sivaji Oxy-fuel combustion
A. Subramani Liquid sodium combustion
A. Ramesh Flow optimization
B. Ambedkar Coal washing
P.V. Suresh Flooding in PEM fuel cells
V. Prabu Coal gasification
K. Srinivasan Supercritical flow and heat transfer
Master of Science
completed :A. Ganesh Babu (2000), "Studies on the prediction of NOx in gas-fired furnaces using CFD", (joint guidance with Dr. K. Krishnaiah)
S. Balasubramaniyan (2002), "CFD study of the high Weissenberg number problem in viscoelastic flow through a planar contraction", (joint guidance with Dr. A.P. Deshpande)
B. Nagakishore (2003), "Development of a CFD-based model for annular gas-liquid flow".
L. Karunakumari (2003), "CFD and experimental studies of a rotating wheel air classifier", (joint guidance with Dr. S. S. Narayanan)
K. Maheswaran (2003), "Studies on simulation of pulverized coal combustion of high ash coals".
K. Rajesh Reddy (2006), "Effect of spacer grids in single and two-phase flow in rod bundles"
D. Kareemulla (2008) "Cross-over and performance modeling of liquid-feed polymer electrolyte membrane direct methanol fuel cells (PEM-DMFCs)"
M. Siddiqui "CFD analysis of dense gas dispersion for indoor risk assessment"
on-going :
N. S. Suresh Direct alcohol fuel cells
Sponsored Research Activities
Principal investigator or as a co-investigator in several sponsored research projects in the areas of fluid flow, heat transfer and computational fluid dynamics funded by Indian governmental organizations such asDepartment of Science and Technology
All India Council for Technical Education
Ministry of Human Resources Development
Board of Research in Nuclear Studies
Indian Space Research Organization
Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources
Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources IGCAR, Kalpakkam
Consultancy Activities
Consultant in problems related to fluid mechanics, heat transfer and computational fluid dynamics forEngineers India Limited- New Delhi
BHEL-Tiruchirapalli
KCP Sugars and Industries Limited- Chennai
Aditya Birla Group, Mumbai
CUMI-Murugappa Group, Chennai
British Oxygen Company (BOC)
BHEL-Ranipet