NCCRD | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai

Ongoing Research

Bubbling Fluidized Bed Coal Gasification
Characterization of Biomass Briquettes and Modeling of Reciprocating Grate Biomass Combustor to Arrive at Optimum
Development of Gas Sensors for Biomass Gasifier Outlet
Dual Mode Gasification System
Downstream Processes
Development of Gas Sensors for Biomass Gasifier Outlet
Energy and Resource Recovery via Thermochemical Processing
Kinetic Modeling for Various Applications
Strategy for Combustion
Superluminescent Diode Based Multiple Trace Gas Sensing

Publication List

Effect of Air Ratio on Unsteady Partially Premixed Flames
Authors: Srinivasan K,
Year: 2015 Keywords:
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Universal flame propagation behaviour in a packed bed of biomass. Combustion Science and Technology
Authors: Varunkumar S,
Year: 2013 Keywords: S Varunkumar, N K S Rajan, and H S Mukunda. Universal flame propagation behaviour in a packed bed of biomass. Combustion Science and Technology. 185 (8):1241-1260, 2013
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Experimental and computational studies on a gasifier based stove. Energy Conversion and Management
Authors: Varunkumar S,
Year: 2012 Keywords: S Varunkumar, N K S Rajan, and H S Mukunda. Experimental and computational studies on a gasifier based stove. Energy Conversion and Management, 53(1):135-141, 2012.
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Single particle and packed bed combustion in modern gasifier stoves -density effects. Combustion Science and Technology
Authors: Varunkumar S,
Year: 2011 Keywords: S Varunkumar, N K S Rajan and H S Mukunda. Single particle and packed bed combustion in modern gasifier stoves -density effects. Combustion Science and Technology, 183(11):1147-1163, 2011
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Effect of gravity on methanol diffusion flames burning within a forced convective environment
Authors: Babu Viswanathan,Raghavan V. ,Sundararajan T,
Year: 2006 Keywords: Effect of gravity on methanol diffusion flames burning within a forced convective environment INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS IN HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER JUL 2006 VL 33 IS 6 pp. 686-697.(FR,TP)
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Thermal Analysis of the Vortex Tube Based Thermocycler for Fast DNA Amplification: Experimental and Two-dimensional Numerical Results
Authors: Raghavan V. ,
Year: 2006 Keywords:
Bibliography: V. Raghavan, Scott E. Whitney, Ryan J. Ebmeier, Nisha V. Padhye, Michael Nelson, Hendrik J. Viljoen and George Gogos, "Thermal Analysis of the Vortex Tube Based Thermocycler for Fast DNA Amplification: Experimental and Two-dimensional Numerical Results," Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 77, 2006, online 094301.

Experimental Study of Heat Transfer from Pressure Gradient Surfaces
Authors: Raghavan V. ,
Year: 1991 Keywords: Mohanty, A. K., and Prasad, B.V.S.S.S., “Experimental Study of Heat Transfer from Pressure Gradient Surfaces”, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Sciences, Vol. 4, pp. 44 – 55, 1991
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Heat Transfer from a Circular Cylinder Rotating about an Orthogonal Axis in Quiscent air
Authors: Raghavan V. ,
Year: 1991 Keywords: Prasad, B.V.S.S.S., Tawfek, A. A., and Mohanty, A. K., “Heat Transfer from a Circular Cylinder Rotating about an Orthogonal Axis in Quiscent air”, Experiments in Fluids, Vol. 10, pp. 267 – 272, 1991
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Pressure Drop, Heat Transfer and performance of a Helical Coil Tubular Exchanger
Authors: Raghavan V. ,
Year: 1989 Keywords: Prasad, B.V.S.S.S., Das, D. H., and Prabhakar, A. K., “Pressure Drop, Heat Transfer and performance of a Helical Coil Tubular Exchanger”, J. Heat Recovery & Combined Heat and Power, Vol. 9, pp. 249-256, 1989
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Analysis and Calibration of Foil Heat Flux Sensor for Convective Measurements
Authors: Raghavan V. ,
Year: 1983 Keywords: Prasad, B.V.S.S.S. and Mohanty, A. K., “Analysis and Calibration of Foil Heat Flux Sensor for Convective Measurements”, J. Phys. E: Instrumn. Vol. 16, pp. 1095-1099, 1983.
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