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Prof. Karthik Balasubramanian

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Room No: 452-C , First Floor, Department of Mechanical Engineering +91-870-2462325 karthikb@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

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    • Journal(s): 37
    • PhD: Current - 4  Awarded - 4

    37

    PUBLICATIONS

    8

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    4

    PROJECTS

    6

    PATENTS

    Research Areas

    EV Battery Thermal Management
    Flow boiling in Microchannels
    Liquid cooling in Microchannels
    Solar Hybrid
    Thermal Management of Electronics
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy NUS, Singapore 2013
    Master of Technology BITS Mesra, Ranchi 2008
    Bachelor of Engineering Anna University, Chennai 2006
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Automotive Safety(ME412) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Gas Dynamics(ME422) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Automobile Engineering(ME364) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Vehicle Body & Safety Systems(ME56021) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Automotive Mechanics(ME395) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Vehicle Body Engineering(ME5503) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Basic Mechanical Engineering(ME131) 3-0-0 3 UG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Performance of Compound Wavy Microchannel Heat Sinks With Varying Wavelengths and Amplitudes in Terms of Thermo-Hydraulics, By Ajoy Kumar Nandy, Karthik Balasubramanian , Wiley, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering , vol., pp., 2025
    Solid/Porous Compound Wavy Fins Bifurcation at Crest and Trough in the Microchannel Heat Sink: Thermo-Hydraulic Performance, By Ajoy Kumar Nandy, Karthik Balasubramanian , Wiley, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering , vol., pp., 2025
    Enhancement in thermo hydraulic performance of radially curved microchannel with secondary flow, By Nitin Kumar Mamidi, Karthik Balasubramanian, Kiran Kumar Kupireddi, Chandramohan V.P., Poh Seng Lee, and Chui Chee Kong, SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2024
    The solid/porous compound wavy microchannel heat sinks with 45° secondary channel flow of thermo‐hydraulic performance, By Ajoy Kumar Nandy; Karthik Balasubramanian, Wiley, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol., pp., 2023
    Experimental Study on Transition of Single Phase to Two Phase in a Natural Circulation Loop Filled with Al2O3 Nanofluid, By Sudheer, S Venkata Sai; Kumar, K Kiran; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Nagireddy, P.D., Springer, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology - Transactions of Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2023
    Influence of input voltage on the structural and fluid flow characteristics and proposed working condition of a micro-blower, By Velmurugan K, Bharath Sanjeevi, Adarsh Shrivastav, Chandramohan VP, Karthik Balasubramanian, Karunanidhi S , Elsevier, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation , vol., pp., 2023
    Computational study of hydrothermal characteristics in straight microchannels with base triangular and wavy profile designs for electronic cooling, By Valaparla Ranjith Kumar, Karthik Balasubramanian, Kiran Kupireddi and Kattela Siva Prasad , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2023
    Thermal and hydraulic performance of solid-porous compound wavy micro-channel heat sinks, By Ajoy Kumar Nandy; Karthik Balasubramanian , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering , vol., pp., 2023
    Heat transfer augmentation in a radial curved microchannel, By Mamidi, Nitin Kumar; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Kumar Kupireddi, Kiran; Chandramohan, VP; Lee, Poh Seng; Kong, Chui Chee; , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2022
    Thermal and hydraulic performance of solid-porous compound wavy micro-channel heat sinks, By Nandy, Ajoy Kumar; Balasubramanian, Karthik; , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2022
    Comparative study of elliptical fin microchannel over oblique micro‐fin heat sinks, By Mahesh, Pallikonda; Kumar, Kupireddi Kiran; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Chandramohan, VP; Lee, Poh Seng; Kong, Chui Chee; , Wiley, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol., pp., 2022
    Influence of secondary flow channels on heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics in curved microchannel, By Mamidi, Nitin Kumar; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Kumar Kupireddi, Kiran; Sahu, Yash Kishor kumar; Mahesh, Pallikonda; , Wiley, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol., pp., 2022
    Heat transfer enhancement using double taper microchannel, By Mahesh, Pallikonda; Kiran Kumar, Kupireddi; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Lee, Poh Seng; Chee Kong, Chui; , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2022
    Design and energy analysis of 100% fresh air based hybrid liquid desiccant air conditioning system – A case study of a thermal power plant TG building, By Reddy, Siva Kumar Y; Balasubramanian, Karthik, SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2022
    Effect of heater and condenser orientations on fluid flow behaviour in a two-phase natural circulation loop, By Sudheer, S Venkata Sai; Kumar, K Kiran; Balasubramanian, Karthik; , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2021
    Heat transfer enhancement using elliptical fin microchannel, By Pallikonda, Mahesh; Kupireddi, Kiran Kumar; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Lee, Poh Seng; Kong, Chui Chee; , Wiley, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol., pp., 2021
    Numerical study on significance of wave amplitude, wavelength and aspect ratio on heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics in circular wavy MC heat sink design, By Kumar, Valaparla Ranjith; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Kumar, K Kiran; , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, vol., pp., 2021
    Numerical investigation of heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics in circular wavy microchannels with sidewall rib, By Valaparla, Ranjith Kumar; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Kumar, Kupireddy Kiran; , De Gruyter, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, vol., pp., 2020
    Optimization of horizontal rectangular Fin Heat Sink: a CFD with response surface analysis and parametric study, By Saraiya, Anirudh; Chandramohan, VP; Balasubramanian, Karthik; , Springer, Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, vol., pp., 2020
    Comparative study of cooling of automobile LED headlights without and with fins and finding comfortable operating conditions, By Mishra, Manbodh Kumar; Chandramohan, VP; Balasubramanian, Karthik; , Polish Academy of Sciences, Archive of Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2019
    Numerical investigation of heat transfer enhancement in wavy microchannel with tangential branched secondary channels, By Kumar, Valaparla Ranjith; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Tiwari, Nikhil; Bhatia, Kanishk; Kumar, K Kiran; , Wiley, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol., pp., 2019
    Thermal energy analysis on liquid desiccant air conditioning system at different desiccant solution parameters, By Siva Kumar Reddy, Y; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Chandramohan, VP; , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2019
    Effect of Loop Diameter on Two-Phase Natural Circulation Loop Performance, By Venkata Sai Sudheer, S; Kiran Kumar, K; Balasubramanian, Karthik; , CRC Press, Numerical Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, vol., pp., 2019
    Experimental studies of heat transfer and flow regimes during flow boiling of water and alumina nanofluids at different heat and mass fluxes, By Sudheer, S Venkata Sai; Balasubramanian, Karthik; , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, vol., pp., 2019
    Numerical Prediction of Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow Characteristics in a Circular Microchannel with Bifurcation Plate, By Valaparla, Ranjith Kumar; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Kumar, K Kiran; , IJMEMS, International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences, vol., pp., 2019
    Experimental studies on nanofluid-based rectangular natural circulation loop, By Bejjam, Ramesh Babu; Kiran Kumar, K; Balasubramanian, Karthik; , ASME, Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, vol., pp., 2019
    Numerical investigation of fluid flow and heat transfer characteristics in novel circular wavy microchannel, By Ranjith Kumar, Valaparla; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Kiran Kumar, K; Tiwari, Nikhil; Bhatia, Kanishk; , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2019
    Numerical investigation of heat transfer and fluid flow characteristics in circular wavy microchannel with tangentially branched secondary channels, By Kumar, Valaparla Ranjith; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Kumar, K Kiran; Bhatia, Kanishk; Tiwari, Nikhil; , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2019
    Influence of potential liquid desiccants on solution cooling, heating, and pumping loads of membrane-based liquid desiccant air conditioning system: An analytical study, By Kumar Reddy, Y Siva; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Chandramohan, VP; , Taylor and Francis, Science and Technology for the Built Environment, vol., pp., 2019
    Steady State Performance of Two Phase Natural Circulation Loop: Two Vertical Branches with Point Heat Source and Sink, By Sudheer, S Sai; Kumar, K Kiran; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Babu, R; , FCA, International Journal of Advanced Trends in Computer Applications, vol., pp., 2019
    Study on desiccant solution control strategies for efficient liquid desiccant air conditioning system control performance, By Reddy, Siva Kumar Y; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Chandramohan, VP; , Taylor and Francis, Science and Technology for the Built Environment, vol., pp., 2019
    Two-phase natural circulation loop behaviour at atmospheric and subatmospheric conditions, By Sudheer, S Venkata Sai; Kiran Kumar, K; Balasubramanian, Karthik; , SAGE, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol., pp., 2019
    Experimental investigation of flow boiling heat transfer in novel oblique-finned microchannels, By Law, Matthew; Lee, Poh-Seng; Balasubramanian, Karthik; , Elsevier, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol., pp., 2014
    Flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop in stepped fin microchannels, By Balasubramanian, K; Lee, PS; Teo, CJ; Chou, SK; , Elsevier, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol., pp., 2013
    Experimental investigation of flow boiling heat transfer and instabilities in straight microchannels, By Balasubramanian, K; Jagirdar, M; Lee, PS; Teo, CJ; Chou, SK; , Elsevier, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol., pp., 2013
    Dynamics of wicking in silicon nanopillars fabricated with interference lithography and metal-assisted chemical etching, By Mai, Trong Thi; Lai, Chang Quan; Zheng, H; Balasubramanian, Karthik; Leong, KC; Lee, PS; Lee, Chengkuo; Choi, WK; , ACS, Langmuir, vol., pp., 2012
    Experimental investigations of flow boiling heat transfer and pressure drop in straight and expanding microchannels–a comparative study, By Balasubramanian, K; Lee, PS; Jin, LW; Chou, SK; Teo, CJ; Gao, S; , Elsevier, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, vol., pp., 2011
    Patent(s)
    Hand Push Seeder (400693-001)
    Heat Sink Assembly Apparatus (US 10,420,254 B2)
    Integrated Toothbrush (400694-001)
    Mini Drafter (400688-001)
    Multi-functional Crop Protection Device (400692-001)
    Rolling Scissors (400914-001)
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    Effective Thermal Management of Electric Vehicle Battery Packs for Enhanced Efficiency, Reliability and Safety
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: DST-SERB
    Project Cost (INR): 2552000
    Date of Commencement: 21-01-2022   Date of Completion: 20-01-2025
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Completed
    Thermal Management of Green Data Centers
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: SPARC-MHRD
    Project Cost (INR): 4360000
    Date of Commencement: 15-03-2019   Date of Completion: 14-03-2023
    Duration: 48 Months
    Status: Completed
    Development of Active Cooling for Avionics
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: DRDO-RCI
    Project Cost (INR): 1439000
    Date of Commencement: 04-03-2021   Date of Completion: 03-03-2023
    Duration: 24 Months
    Status: Completed
    Novel cooling techniques and materials for a reliable and efficient solar energy harvester
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: DST-SERB
    Project Cost (INR): 2365000
    Date of Commencement: 27-09-2016   Date of Completion: 26-09-2019
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Completed
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    Ajoy Kumar Nandy
    Area of Research: Heat transfer through porous fin microchannels
    Chanda Satish
    Area of Research: Single Phase Flow Through Radial Microchannels
    MANE PRAVIN ASHOK
    Area of Research: Thermal Management of EV battery packs
    Vishal Warule
    Area of Research: Thermal Management of EV battery packs
    Previous PhD Students
    M. Nitin Kumar (2023)
    Area of Research: Augmentation Of Heat Transfer in Radial Curved Microchannel
    Valaparla Ranjith Kumar (2019)
    Area of Research: Heat transfer in Sinusoidal and Circular Wavy Microchannels
    S. Venkata Sai Sudheer (2019)
    Area of Research: Two-phase NCL using nano-fluids under atm and sub-atm cond
    Y. Siva Kumar Reddy (2019)
    Area of Research: Analytical study on liquid desiccant air conditioning system
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
    2022
    IGIP International Engineering Educator
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  Professor-In-Charge, Media Relations/Public Relations Officer(PRO) (Continuing from July, 2025)
    •  Member, Institute Ranking Committee (July, 2024 - June, 2025)
    •  Faculty Advisor (August, 2023 - June, 2024)
    •  Chairperson Accreditation (July, 2023 - June, 2025)
    •  Faculty Advisor (July, 2022 - August, 2023)
     Last updated on December 17, 2025