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Prof. P Venkata Suresh

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Department of Chemical Engineering

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Room No: 010 +91-870-2462628 pvsuresh@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

    Key Notes

    • Journal(s): 40
    • Conference(s): 20
    • Book Chapter(s): 4
    • PhD: Current - 5  Awarded - 6
    • Event(s) Organized: Conference - 3  Workshop - 10

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    11

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    10

    PROJECTS

    2

    PATENTS

    Research Areas

    Chemical Looping Combustion - CO2 capture technology
    Computational Fluid Dynamics
    Flow Batteries
    Fuel cells
    Hydrogen Generation Technologies
    Sustainable Energy Technologies
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy Indian Institute of Technology Madras 2011
    Master of Technology Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 2003
    Bachelor of Technology GMR Institute of Technology Rajam (affiliated to JNTU Hyderabad) 2001
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Elements of Transport Phenomena(CH302) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Essentials of Transport Phenomena(CH1M02) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Computational Fluid Dynamics(CH5174) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Computational Fluid Dynamics(CH16002) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Computational Fluid Dynamics(CH5153) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Computational Study on Effect of Geometric Shape of Flow Channel and Oscillatory Gas Supply on Hot Spot Mitigation in PEM Fuel cell with a 3D Model of Reconstructed Gas Diffusion Layer, By Ramakant Gadhewal, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Venu Vinod Ananthula, Elsevier, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.171, pp.110155, 2026
    Energy and exergy analysis of CLC based biomass fired power plants: effect of different oxygen carriers, hydrogen and power co-production, By Ramsagar Vooradi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Manohar Kakunuri, Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, Inderscience, International Journal of Exergy, vol.46, pp.278-298, 2025
    Three-dimensional thermal-electrochemical-hydrodynamic numerical study of vanadium redox flow battery with different flow fields and non-homogeneously compressed electrode, By Snigdha Saha, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Kranthi Kumar Maniam, Shiladitya Paul , Elsevier, Journal of Energy Storage, vol.100, pp.113507, 2024
    Analysis of the uncontrolled emissions of mine gases at the surface of the closed mine, By Jarosław Chećko, Janusz Smoliło, Ronghou Liu, Patnaikuni V Suresh, Andrzej Bąk, Małgorzata Magdziarczyk, Adam Smoliński, Inderscience, International Journal of Mining and Mineral Engineering, vol.15, pp.295-313, 2024
    3-Dimensional numerical study on carbon based electrodes for vanadium redox flow battery, By Snigdha Saha, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Elsevier, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, vol.968, pp.118477, 2024
    Flexible Polyaniline/ MXene/ CNF Composite Nanofibrous Mats as High-performance Supercapacitor Electrodes, By Kiran Donthula, Usha Rani, Ramya Araga, Ramsagar, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Mogalahalli Venkateshreddy, Manohar Kakunuri, Wiley, Polymer Composites, vol.44, pp.7571-7584, 2023
    Performance assessment of novel nanofibrous Fe2O3/Al2O3 oxygen carriers for chemical looping combustion of gaseous fuel, By Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, Kiran Donthula, Ramsagar Vooradi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Manohar Kakunuri, Springer, Chemical Papers, vol.78, pp.1709-1717, 2023
    Hydrodynamic and Electrochemical Analysis of Compression and Flow Field Designs in Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries, By Snigdha Saha, Kranthi Kumar Maniam, Shiladitya Paul, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, MDPI, Energies, vol.16, pp.6311, 2023
    Binder-free Ruthenium Oxide/MXene/Carbon Nanofiber Ternary Composite Electrode for Supercapacitors, By Kiran Donthula, Ramsagar Vooradi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Manohar Kakunuri, IOP Science, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol.170, pp.030508, 2023
    CFD Simulation of hot spot in PEM fuel cell with diverging and converging flow channels, By Ramakant Gadhewal, Venu Vinod Ananthula, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Elsevier, Materials Today: Proceedings, vol.72, pp.410-416, 2023
    A novel calcium looping–integrated NGCC power plant configuration for carbon capture and utilization—comprehensive performance analysis, By B Basant Kumar Pillai, Gajanan Dattarao Surywanshi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne, Ramsagar Vooradi, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., International Journal of Energy Research, vol.46, pp.900-922, 2022
    A novel thermally stable Fe2O3/Al2O3 nanofber based oxygen carrier for chemical looping combustion, By Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, Ramsagar Vooradi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Manohar Kakunuri, Springer, Chemical Papers, vol.76, pp.3987-3993, 2022
    Hot spot Identification in PEM Fuel cell and its Purging Strategies, By Ramakant Gadhewal, Sunil Kumar Thamida, Venu Vinod Ananthula, Venkata Suresh Patnaikun, Springer, Chemical Papers, vol.76, pp.1199-1211, 2022
    Formic acid synthesis – a case study of CO2 utilization from coal direct chemical looping combustion power plant, By Gajanan Dattarao Surywanshi, B Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Ramsagar Vooradi, Sarath Babu Anne, Taylor & Francis, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, vol.44, pp.2220-2235, 2022
    Enhanced Cross-Flow Split Serpentine Flow Field design for square cross-sectional Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel cell, By Sheikh Abdulla, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Elsevier, Electrochimica Acta, vol.391, pp.138884, 2021
    A scheduling model framework for crane-assisted pipeless process plants, By Aravind S, Ulaganathan Nallasivam, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Gautham Madenoor Ramapriya, ACS, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol.60, pp.16345-16362, 2021
    CO2 capture and utilization from Supercritical Coal Direct Chemical Looping Combustion Power Plant - Comprehensive analysis of different case studies, By Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Ramsagar Vooradi, Manohar Kakunuri, Elsevier, Applied Energy, vol.304, pp.117915, 2021
    4-E and life cycle Analyses of a Supercritical Coal Direct Chemical Looping Combustion Power Plant with Hydrogen and Power Co-generation, By Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Ramsagar Vooradi, Sarath Babu Anne, Elsevier, Energy, vol.217, pp.119418, 2021
    Special issue on “Hydrogen energy in chemical, energy and environmental engineering (HECEEE-2019)”, By Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Ramsagar Vooradi, Elsevier, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol.45, pp.25767-25767, 2020
    Performance evaluation of Enhanced Cross flow Split Serpentine Flow Field design for higher active area PEM fuel cells, By Sheikh Abdulla, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Elsevier, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol.45, pp.25970-25984, 2020
    Performance comparison of PEM fuel cell with enhanced cross-flow split serpentine and single serpentine flow field designs, By Sheikh Abdulla, Murali Mohan Seepana, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, vol.45, pp.7691-7703, 2020
    Chemical looping combustion integrated Organic Rankine Cycled biomass-fired power plant–Energy and exergy analyses, By Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, Gajanan Dattarao Surywanshi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Manohar Kakunuri, Ramsagar Vooradi, Elsevier, Renewable Energy, vol.155, pp.931-949, 2020
    Energy and exergy analyses of chemical looping combustion-based 660 MWe supercritical coal-fired power plant, By Gajanan Dattarao Surywanshi, B. Pillai Basant Kumar, Patnaikuni Venkata Suresh, Vooradi Ramsagar, Anne Sarath Babu, Inderscience, International Journal of Exergy, vol.31, pp.14-33, 2020
    Detailed analysis of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell with enhanced cross-flow split serpentine flow field design, By Sheikh Abdulla, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Wiley, International Journal of Energy Research, vol.43, pp.2806-2820, 2019
    Performance analysis of a double calcium looping‐integrated biomass‐fired power plant: Exploring a carbon reduction opportunity, By B Basant Kumar Pillai, Gajanan Dattarao Surywanshi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne, Ramsagar Vooradi, Wiley, International Journal of Energy Research, vol.43, pp.5301-5318, 2019
    4-E analyses of chemical looping combustion based subcritical, supercritical and ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plants, By Gajanan Dattarao Surywanshi, B. Pillai Basant Kumar, Patnaikuni Venkata Suresh, Vooradi Ramsagar, Anne Sarath Babu, Elsevier, Energy Conversion and Management, vol.200, pp.112050, 2019
    Hybrid Separation Scheme for Azeotropic Mixtures - Sustainable Design Methodology, By Ramsagar Vooradi, Venkata S. Patnaikuni, Anjan K. Tula, Sarath B. Anne, Mario R. Eden, Rafiqul Gani, AIDIC, Chemical Engineering Transactions, vol.69, pp.637-642, 2018
    CFD Simulation of Flow Through the Reconstructed Microstructure of Fibrous Gas Diffusion Layer in a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell, By Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sreenivas Jayanti, De Gruyter, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, vol.13, pp., 2018
    Step by step methodology of designing a liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed using computational fluid dynamic approach, By Ritesh Ramesh Palkar, Patnaikuni Venkata Suresh, Vidyasagar Shilapuram, Elsevier, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, vol.138, pp.260-279, 2018
    Unit cell modelling and simulation of all vanadium redox flow battery, By Murali Mohan Seepana, Sreedevi Samudrala, PV Suresh, Ramsagar Vooradi, De Gruyter, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, vol.13, pp., 2018
    Analysis of integrated gasification combined cycle power plant incorporating chemical looping combustion for environment-friendly utilization of Indian coal, By Shijaz Haneef, Attada Yerrayya, Patnaikuni Venkata Suresh, Vooradi Ramsagar, Anne Sarath Babu, Elsevier, Energy Conversion and Management, vol.151, pp.414-425, 2017
    Coal Fired Power Plant with Chemical Looping Combustion, By Gajanan Dattarao Surywanshi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Taiwan Association of Engineering and Technology Innovation, Proceedings of Engineering and Technology Innovation, vol.6, pp.12, 2017
    CFD simulation of fuel reactor for chemical looping combustion of Indian coal, By Kavitha G. Menon, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Elsevier, Fuel, vol.203, pp.90-101, 2017
    Peclet number analysis of cross-flow in porous gas diffusion layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), By P. V. Suresh, Sreenivas Jayanti , Springer, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol.23, pp.20120-20130, 2016
    Syngas fueled chemical looping combustion (clc) power plant-exergy analysis, By A Yerrayya, PV Suresh, ICP, Journal of Industrial Pollution Control, vol.32, pp.390, 2016
    Detailed analysis of Integrated Steam Ethanol Reformer and High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell, By Dhanya George, P. V. Suresh, Elsevier, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol.41, pp.1248-1258, 2016
    Thermodynamic analysis of in situ gasification-chemical looping combustion (iG-CLC) of Indian coal, By PV Suresh, Kavitha G Menon, KS Prakash, S Prudhvi, A Anudeep, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol.23, pp. 20111-20119, 2016
    An improved serpentine flow field with enhanced cross-flow for fuel cell applications, By PV Suresh, S Jayanti, AP Deshpande, P Haridoss, Elsevier, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol.36, pp.6067-6072, 2011
    Effect of air flow on liquid water transport through a hydrophobic gas diffusion layer of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, By PV Suresh, S Jayanti, Elsevier, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol.35, pp.6872-6886, 2010
    A hydrodynamic network model for interdigitated flow fields, By KB Shyam Prasad, PV Suresh, S Jayanti, Elsevier, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol.34, pp.8289-8301, 2009
    Conference(s)
    3-D Numerical Analysis of Vanadium Redox Flow Battery with Serpentine Flow Field By Snigdha Saha, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Praveen Kumar Bommineni, 14th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-14), 2023
    Energy and exergy analysis of CLC based biomass fired power plant with different oxygen carriers By Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, Ramsagar Vooradi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Manohar Kakunuri, 14th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-14), 2023
    3-E (Energy, Exergy & Ecological) analyses of Chemical Looping Air Separation integrated Oxy-Coal Combustion based Power plant By Agarwal Shruti Sumankumar, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Praveen Kumar Bommineni, 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-33), 2023
    Energy and Exergy analysis of Biomass Direct Chemical Looping Combustion for CO2 capture and Utilization By Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, Ramsagar Vooradi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-33), 2023
    CFD simulation of hot spot in PEM fuel cell with diverging and converging flow channels By Ramakant Gadhewal, Venu Vinod Ananthula, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Novel Materials and Technologies for Energy Applications (NMTEEA-2022), 2022
    3-Dimensional CFD modelling of PEM fuel cell cathode for Hot spot identification By Ramakant Gadhewal, Venu Vinod Ananthula, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Recent Trends in Fluid Dynamics Research (RTFDR-21), 2021
    Interaction between Coal-Ash and Iron-Ore in Chemical Looping Combustion By Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Manohar Kakunuri, Ramsagar Vooradi, International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology 2019 (SEGT 2019), 2019
    Energetic and Exergetic Analysis of Chemical Looping Combustion integrated Coalfired Power plant using different Oxygen carriers By Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Ramsagar Vooradi, Sarath Babu Anne, International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology 2019 (SEGT 2019), 2019
    Characteristics of an indigenously developed 1 kW vanadium redox flow battery stack By Sreenivas Jayanti, Ravendra Gundlapalli, Raghuram Chetty, CR Jeevandoss, Kothandaraman Ramanujam, DS Monder, Raghunathan Rengaswamy, PV Suresh, KS Swarup, UV Varadaraju, Vasu Gollangi, L Satpathy, 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, 2019
    Effect of Reactants Humidity on the performance of Polymer Electrode Membrane Fuel Cell with Enhanced Cross-Flow Split Serpentine Flow Field and Triple Serpentine Flow Field Design By Abdulla Sheikh, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, 11th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-11), 2019
    Analysis of Chemical Looping and Calcium Looping Combustion Integrated Power Plant for Hydrogen and Power Co-generation By Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Ramsagar Vooradi, Sarath Babu Anne, 11th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-11), 2019
    Integration of NGCC power plant with dry reforming of natural gas for dimethyl ether production: CO2 utilization approach By B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne, Ramsagar Vooradi, 11th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-11), 2019
    Computational modelling of ash slagging in chemical looping combustion of high ash Indian coal By Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Surywanshi Gajanan D., Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, 11th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-11), 2019
    Performance Evaluation of Enhanced Cross-Flow Split Serpentine Flow Field Design for Large Area PEM Fuel Cells By Abdulla Sheikh and Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, 2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2019), 2019
    Energy and exergy analysis of a natural gas fired combined cycle power plant integrated with calcium looping for CO2 capture in Indian climatic conditions By B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne, Ramsagar Vooradi, 2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2019), 2019
    Chemical Looping Combustion based Advanced Ultra-Supercritical Coal Fired Power Plant By Surywanshi Gajanan D., B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Ramsagar Vooradi, Sarath Babu Anne, 2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2019), 2019
    Heat Integration of Chemical Looping Combustion based Biomass-Fired Power Plant By S. S. Sikarwar, Surywanshi Gajanan D., B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne, Ramsagar Vooradi, 2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2019), 2019
    Synthesis of Formic Acid – A Case Study of CO2 Utilization from Coal Direct Chemical Looping Combustion Power Plant By Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, B. Basant K. Pillai, M. Maheshwari, K. Venkatesh, Ramsagar Vooradi, Sarath Babu Anne, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, International Conference on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable Ecosystems (ICACSE 2018), 2018
    Thermodynamic Analysis of Chemical Looping Combustion Integrated Sugarcane Bagasse based Biomass Power Plant By S. S. Sikarwar, Surywanshi Gajanan D., B. Basant K. Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne, Ramsagar Vooradi, International Conference on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable Ecosystems (ICACSE 2018), 2018
    Performance Analysis of PEM Fuel Cell with ECSSFF design at Different Operating Conditions By Abdulla Sheikh, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, International Conference on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable Ecosystems (ICACSE 2018), 2018
    Book Chapter(s)
    3-E (Energy, Exergy & Ecological) analyses of Chemical Looping Air Separation integrated Oxy-Coal Combustion based Power plant By Agarwal Shruti Sumankumar, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Praveen Kumar Bommineni in Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-33), 2023
    Energy and Exergy analysis of Biomass Direct Chemical Looping Combustion for CO2 capture and Utilization By Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, Ramsagar Vooradi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni in Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Elsevier, 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-33), 2023
    Characteristics of an indigenously developed 1 kW vanadium redox flow battery stack By Sreenivas Jayanti, Ravendra Gundlapalli, Raghuram Chetty, CR Jeevandoss, Kothandaraman Ramanujam, DS Monder, Raghunathan Rengaswamy, PV Suresh, KS Swarup, UV Varadaraju, Vasu Gollangi, L Satpathy in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, Springer, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, 2020
    CFD Simulation of Chemical Looping Combustion of Coal By Kavitha G. Menon, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni in Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering, Springer, Select Proceedings of ICACE 2015, 2016
    Patent(s)
    Flow Field Plate with Inter-Serpentine Channel Design (461954-001)
    Fuel cell with enhanced cross-flow serpentine flow fields (301913)
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    Design and development of ethanol based chemical looping water splitting configuration for green hydrogen production
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: SERB-CRG
    Project Cost (INR): 3085764
    Date of Commencement: 21-02-2024  
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Design and Development of exfoliated carbon cathode based 100 AH prismatic Al-ion cells
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: HBL Power Systems Ltd., Hyderabad
    Project Cost (INR): 6979000
    Date of Commencement: 16-02-2023   Date of Completion: 15-02-2026
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Completed
    Design and operation of chemical looping combustion of coal and biomass for clean energy production with CO2 capture
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: SERB under CRG
    Project Cost (INR): 2952400
    Date of Commencement: 10-02-2023   Date of Completion: 09-02-2026
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Completed
    Development of low-cost indigenous oxygen carriers with high redox cyclic stability for Chemical Looping Combustion of high ash Indian coals
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: SPARC
    Project Cost (INR): 4043920
    Date of Commencement: 28-07-2023   Date of Completion: 27-07-2025
    Duration: 24 Months
    Status: Completed
    Design and Development of indigenous membrane-less water electrolysis system
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: Kellton Tech Solutions Ltd.
    Project Cost (INR): 1188000
    Date of Commencement: 01-05-2024   Date of Completion: 30-04-2025
    Duration: 11 Months
    Status: Completed
    Development of 10 kW/50 kWh Redox Flow Battery System for Solar PV Applications
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: DST under IMPRINT
    Project Cost (INR): 19800000
    Date of Commencement: 17-11-2017   Date of Completion: 20-12-2020
    Duration: 37 Months
    Status: Completed
    Design and Development of Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cell integrated with Liquid Electrolyte for Portable Power Applications
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: SERB under EMR
    Project Cost (INR): 1946000
    Date of Commencement: 24-03-2017   Date of Completion: 23-03-2020
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Completed
    Theoretical and Experimental studies on Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) of Indian coal
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: SERB, GoI
    Project Cost (INR): 2807000
    Date of Commencement: 17-07-2015   Date of Completion: 17-12-2018
    Duration: 41 Months
    Status: Completed
    Theoretical and Experimental Studies on flow field designs for PEM Fuel cells
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: NITW Research Seed Money
    Project Cost (INR): 500000
    Date of Commencement: 25-09-2014   Date of Completion: 24-09-2015
    Duration: 12 Months
    Status: Completed
    Development of a Practitioners information package on "Developments in Chemical Looping Technology worldwide"
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Consultancy
    Sponsor: TREC-STEP, TIruchhirappalli
    Project Cost (INR): 168000
    Date of Commencement: 29-08-2013   Date of Completion: 28-08-2014
    Duration: 12 Months
    Status: Completed
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    Haripriya Panthangi
    Area of Research: Biomass Valorization
    Kiran Kumar Potireddi
    Area of Research: Process simulation of petrochemical plants
    Payyavula Raju
    Area of Research: Chemical looping combustion - experimental studies
    Shubham Pramod Pandey
    Area of Research: Chemical looping water splitting for hydrogen production
    Vikas Mahendra Sharma
    Area of Research: Al-ion battery
    Previous PhD Students
    Shailesh Singh Shikarwar (2024)
    Area of Research: CLC of biomass -thermodynamic analysis & metal oxide synthes
    Snigdha Saha (2024)
    Area of Research: Vanadium redox flow batteries - CFD modeling
    Ramakant Gadhewal (2022)
    Area of Research: Hot spot identification and Mitigation in PEM fuel cell
    Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao (2021)
    Area of Research: 4-E analyses of CLC based CFPPs for CCU
    Abdulla Sheikh (2020)
    Area of Research: PEM Fuel cell incorporating ECSSFF - Computational study
    Ritesh Ramesh Palkar (2017)
    Area of Research: Modelling & simulation of hydrodynamics in Liquid solid CFB
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    3rd International Conference on Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE2023)
    24-Nov-2023 → 25-Nov-2023
    Event Type: Conference
    Role: Convenor
    Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
    2nd International Conference on Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE2019)
    15-Feb-2019 → 16-Feb-2019
    Event Type: Conference
    Role: Co‑coordinator
    Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
    Two day National Student Conference "ChemFlair 2015"
    13-Mar-2015 → 14-Mar-2015
    Event Type: Conference
    Role: Co‑coordinator
    Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
    5-Day Online International Faculty Development Programme on “Sustainable Nanotechnology”
    11-Oct-2022 → 15-Oct-2022
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Co‑coordinator
    Funding Agency: All India Council for Technical Education
    Two Week Simulation Workshop on "Aspen and Ansys (CFD) for Chemical Engineering Students & Scholars (ACCESS-2019)"
    03-Jun-2019 → 14-Jun-2019
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Co‑coordinator
    Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
    A One Week GIAN Course on "Computational Fluid Dynamic Modeling of Fluidized Beds"
    12-Nov-2018 → 16-Nov-2018
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Funding Agency: GIAN Course
    Two Week Simulation Workshop on "Aspen and Ansys (CFD) for Chemical Engineering Students & Scholars (ACCESS-2018)"
    04-Jun-2018 → 15-Jun-2018
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Co‑coordinator
    Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
    A One Week GIAN Course on "Chemical Looping Combustion for CO2 Capture"
    20-Nov-2017 → 24-Nov-2017
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Funding Agency: GIAN Course
    A One Week GIAN Course on "Crystallization Systems Engineering"
    05-Sep-2016 → 09-Sep-2016
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Funding Agency: GIAN Course
    A Five Day Short Term Training Program on "Application of Process Simulators in Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering (APSCBE 2016)"
    30-May-2016 → 03-Jun-2016
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Co‑coordinator
    Funding Agency: Self‑sponsored
    Two day national workshop on "Fuel cells and Flow batteries for sustainable energy systems"
    11-Jul-2014 → 12-Jul-2014
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Co‑coordinator
    Funding Agency: TEQIP
    Looping Technologies for Sustainable Hydrogen and Power Production
    12-Feb-2024 → 16-Feb-2024
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Funding Agency: SPARC
    Chemical Looping Combustion and Reforming Technologies for Sustainable Energy Generation
    03-Feb-2025 → 07-Feb-2025
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Funding Agency: SPARC
    AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
    2025
    Associate Editor of Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series E
    2021
    Associate Editor in Journal of Sustainable Mining
    2019
    Managing Guest Editor for Special Issue on Hydrogen Energy, HECEEE-2019 in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
    2015
    IIChE Ambuja's Young Researcher's Award
    2012
    Best paper award
    2011
    GE Ecomagination Excellence Award for the best PhD thesis
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  Head, Centre for Career Planning and Development (Continuing from July, 2025)
    •  Chairperson, Senate Under Graduate Committee (SUGC) (July, 2024 - June, 2025)
    •  Chairperson, DFAC (July, 2023 - December, 2025)
    •  Head, Department of Chemical Engineering (November, 2022 - June, 2024)
    •  NBA Coordinator, UG program (September, 2021 - July, 2023)
    •  Associate Dean (Academic-PG&R) (July, 2021 - January, 2022)
    •  Coordinator, Curriculum Revision of M.Tech Chemical Engineering (June, 2021 - May, 2022)
    •  Associate Dean (Academic-PG) (June, 2020 - July, 2021)
    •  Coordinator, Department Colloguium (July, 2019 - August, 2020)
    •  PhD Coordinator (July, 2019 - August, 2020)
    •  Member, NIRF Core Team (November, 2018 - December, 2022)
    •  Member, Library Advisory Committee (June, 2018 - July, 2019)
    •  Faculty-In-Charge, Fluid and Particle Mechanics Laboratory (May, 2014 - September, 2021)
    •  Treasurer, Chemical Engineering Association (October, 2013 - June, 2019)
     Last updated on March 12, 2026