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Prof. P Ravi Kumar

Professor (HAG)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Room No: 662 +91-870-2462333 pravi@nitw.ac.in https://wsdc.nitw.ac.in/facultynew/facultyprofile/id/16264 Bio Sketch

    Key Notes

    • Journal(s): 25
    • Conference(s): 27
    • PhD: Current - 4  Awarded - 9

    52

    PUBLICATIONS

    13

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    7

    PATENTS

    Research Areas

    CNG & HCNG engine
    Exhaust gas recirculation, Turbocharger engines.
    Flying car, Engine Simulation, Lean burn combustion,
    Hydrogen engines
    I.C. Engines, Alternate Fuels, Design of Air Car, Fuel Cell
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy NIT WARANGAL 2007
    Master of Technology R.E.C.W 1995
    Bachelor of Engineering Osmania University 1991
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Automotive Engineering(ME56001) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Prime Movers and Propulsion(ME16002) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Alternate Fuels(ME314) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Vehicle Testing and Instrumentation(ME56024) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Automotive Engineering(ME5501) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Vehicle Testing and Instrumentation(ME5562) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Hybrid Electric Vehicles(ME5564) 3-0-0 3 PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Exploring the effects of main injection angles on heavy-duty diesel engineoperation CNG port injection and direct diesel injection performance,emissions, and combustion, By Balaji Chouhan and Ravi Kumar Puli, ENERGY SOURCES, PART A: RECOVERY, UTILIZATION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS, Taylor & Francis Group,, vol.47, pp.2, 2025
    A STUDY ON HYDROGEN AND CNG AS FUEL IN IC ENGINES- A CRITICAL REVIEW, By CHOUHAN BALAJI, RAVI KUMAR PULI, Institute of Research and Journals, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering (IJMPE), vol.11, pp.52-63, 2023
    Performance and Emission analysis of Diesel Engine with Design Modifications on Piston Crown., By Ravi Kumar P, K Vijay Kumar, P Shailesh, K. Srinivasa Raghavan, J.A. Ranga Babu, Ravi Kumar P, Taylor & Francis, International Journal of Ambient Energ, vol.ACCEPTED, pp.1, 2018
    An effect of Alcohol-Plastic Oil Petrol blends on SI engine performance and exhaust emissions, By Ravi Kumar P, K Vijaya Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, Journal of mechanical science and technology, vol.ACCEPTED, pp.14, 2018
    Influence of Plastic Oil with Ethanol Gasoline Blending on Multi Cylinder Spark Ignition Engine, By Ravi Kumar P, K Vijaya Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, Taylor & Francis Publisher, vol., pp., 2018
    Performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine operated on plastic pyrolysis oil with exhaust gas recirculation, By Ravi Kumar P, K Vijaya Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, Taylor & Francis Publisher., vol., pp., 2018
    Experimental analysis of deccan hemp oil as a new energy feedstock for compression ignition engine, By Ravi Kumar P, Chandramohan V.P., Ravichandra D, Ravi Kumar P, Taylor & Francis Publisher., vol., pp., 2018
    Experimental investigation on the effects of diesel and mahua biodiesel blended fuel in direct injection diesel engine modified by nozzle orifice diameters., By Ravi Kumar P, A Veeresh Babu, M Vijay Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, Elsevier, Renewable Energy,, vol.ACCEPTED, pp.12, 2017
    The impacts on combustion, performance and emissions of biodiesel by using additives in direct injection diesel engine, By Ravi Kumar P, A Veeresh Babu, M Vijay Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, Elsevier, Alexandria Engineering Journal., vol., pp., 2017
    Study of Plastic Oil blended with Ethanol-Gasoline on Three Cylinder Petrol Engine, By Ravi Kumar P, K Vijaya Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, World Journal of Engineering, vol., pp., 2017
    Experimental investigation on mahua methyl ester blended with diesel fuel in a compression ignition diesel engine, By Ravi Kumar P, A Veeresh Babu, M Vijay Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, Taylor & Francis Publisher., vol., pp., 2017
    Investigations on performance of diesel engine by varying injection timings with design modification on piston crown, By Ravi Kumar P, K Vijaya Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, World Journal of Engineering, vol., pp., 2017
    Production of biodiesel from crude mahua oil by two steps of transesterification process, By Ravi Kumar P, A Veeresh Babu, M Vijay Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, Taylor & Francis Publisher., vol., pp., 2017
    Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides Emissions in a Single Cylinder Compression Ignition Engine Using Cool Exhaust Gas Recirculation System, By Ravi Kumar P, A Veeresh Babu, M Vijay Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment, vol.7(3), pp.268-273, 2016
    Effect of pilot fuel injection operating pressure in hydrogen blended compression ignition engine: an experimental analysis, By Ravi Kumar P Quadri S.A.P, Masood M, Ravi Kumar P, Elsevier, Fuel, vol.157, pp.279-284, 2015
    Performance and emission prediction of a Tertiary Butyl Alcohol gasoline blends on a spark-ignition engine, By Ravi Kumar Puli Puli Danaiah, Y.V.H. Rao , Ravi Kumar P, Taylor & Francis Publisher. Biofuels,, vol.06, pp.71-78, 2015
    An Experimental Study on Two-Phase pressure drop in Small Diameter Horizontal, Downward Inclined, and Vertical Tubes., By P Ravi Kumar Autee, Ravi Kumar P, THERMAL SCIENCE, vol.19 NO.4, pp.1791-1804, 2015
    Experimental study on twophase pressure drop of airwater in small diameter tubes at horizontal orientation., By Ravi Kumar Puli Arun Autee, S. Srinivasa Rao, Ravi Kumar P, THERMAL SCIENCE, vol.18, pp.521-532, 2014
    The effect of ignition timing and methanol gasoline blends on the performance and emissions of the spark ignition engine., By Ravi Kumar P P Danaiah, D Vinay Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, Taylor & Francis Publisher. International Journal of Ambient Energy., vol.35(3), pp.132-135, 2014
    Effect of Methanol Gasoline Blended Fuels on the Performance and Emissions of SI Engine., By Ravi Kumar Puli Puli Danaiah, Ravi Kumar P, Taylor & Francis Publisher., vol., pp.175-180, 2013
    Prediction of Performance and Emissions of a Biodiesel Fueled Lanthanum Zirconate Coated Direct Injection Diesel engine using Artificial Neural Networks, By Ravi Kumar P Vinay Kumar, Ravi Kumar P, Elsevier, Procedia Engineering,, vol.64, pp.993-1002, 2013
    The Effect of Supercharging on Performance and Emission Characteristics of C.I. Engine with DieselEthanol-Ester blends, By P Ravi Kumar Autee, Ravi Kumar P, THERMAL SCIENCE, vol.15 NO.4, pp.1165-1174, 2011
    Evaluation of Performance and Emissions Characteristics of Lean Combustion with High Energy Spark Ignition, By Ravi Kumar P P Danaiah, Ravi Kumar P, Energy and Power., vol.01(1), pp.21-25, 2011
    Transesterification for the preparation of biodiesel from crude-oil of Pongamia pinnata, By P Ravi Kumar A Veeresh Babu, Ravi Kumar P, THERMAL SCIENCE, vol.13 NO.3, pp.201-206, 2009
    Experimental Studies on Energy Appropriation in a Single Cylinder Diesel Engine., By P Ravi Kumar, P N Srinivas, Dr J E B Nelson, Dr S S Rao, Ravi Kumar P, Springer Institute of Engineers., vol.85, pp.45-49, 2004
    Conference(s)
    Investigation on a Direct Injection Diesel Engine Fuelled with blends of Waste Plastic oil with a Three hole Fuel Injection Nozzle By Dr. P. Ravi Kumar, M. Vijay Kumar, Dr. A. Veeresh Babu, International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Mechanical Sciences, ICEMS2014, pp-95-99, ISBN7789383038282., 2015
    Investigation on a CI Engine Fuelled with blends of Waste Tyre oil By Dr. Ravi Kumar Puli, K. Vijaya Kumar, D. Ravichandra, K. Abhishek, Third International Conference on Advances in Mechanical, Aeronautical and Production Techniques - MAPT 2015.”, 2015
    An Experimental Study on Utilisation of Esterified Deccan Hemp Oil in Diesel Engine. By Ravi Kumar Puli, D. Ravichandra, Chandramohan V.P, K. Vijaya Kumar, JNTU HYD, ICEE-2014, 2014
    Performance and Emission Evaluation of Plastic Oil blended with Diesel Fuel in Compression Ignition Engine By Ravi Kumar Puli,Kareddula Vijaya Kumar, A Veeresh Babu, J.A. Ranga Babu, JNTU HYD, ICEE-2014, 2014
    Performance and Emission Evaluation of Tyre Oil blended with Diesel Fuel in Compression Ignition Engine By Ravi Kumar Puli, Kareddula Vijaya Kumar, Monika Dixit, D Ravichandra, JNTU HYD, ICEE-2014, 2014
    Testing of methanol blended fuels as alternate fuels in S.I.engine By P.Ravi Kumar Sardar Singh.M, International conference on advances in mechanical and building sciences”,, 2014
    Consequences of CNG substitution on the exhaust emissions of diesel engine at different injection pressures By P. Ravi Kumar S.A.P Quadri, , International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Mechanical Sciences, ICEMS2014, pp-95-99, ISBN7789383038282., 2014
    Performance characteristics of diesel engine using fish oil diesel blends By P.Ravi Kumar Sardar Singh.M, International conference on advances in mechanical and building sciences”, December 14th – 16th , Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India., 2014
    Evaluation of Oxygenated Additive on the Performance And Emissions on SI Engine By Ravi Kumar P,P.Danaiah,, 2nd International Conference on Advancements in Engineering and Management RITS-IC02703, ICAEM-2013, 2013
    Biodiesel Preparation by Transesterification and Testing in a Diesel Engine By Puli Ravi Kumar Donepudi Jagadish K.Madhu Murhty, International Conference on Recent Innovations in Technology, 10th-12th February. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam, pp.391-396, 2011
    Combustion and Performance Analysis of CI modified SI engine using Lean Combustion Technology By Puli Ravi Kumar , Asia Pacific Conference on combustion (ASPACC-10), February in Hyderabad, India., 2011
    The Effect of Injection Pressure on the Performance of Direct Injection Diesel Engine Fuelled with Biofuels By Puli Ravi Kumar, Donepudi Jagadish K.Madhu Murthy, Proceedings of 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion, 10th-13th December, Hyderabad, pp.731- 738, 2010
    Comparison of performance characteristics of Direct injection diesel engine using blends of cottonseed oil, karanja, neem oil with diesel By P.Ravi Kumar N.Rao, 4th International conference on advances in mechanical engineering, September 23rd – 25th, SVNIT, Gujarat, India, 2010
    Design and development of hybrid prototype car By Puli Ravi Kumar, International Conference on (CONAT)”, October in Bucharest ,Romania, 2010
    Experimental investigation of Karanja oil as fuel in C.I.Engine By P.Ravi Kumar N.Rao, National conference on futuristic trends in mechanical engineering, 29th-30th October, Gurunanak dev engineering college, Ludhiana, Punjab., 2010
    Methods to Predict Equivalence Ratio and Particulate Matter from Diesel Engine By Puli Ravi Kumar Donepudi Jagadish K.Madhu Murthy, Proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 18th19th November, Vasavi Engineering College Hyderabad, pp.47-52., 2010
    Performance Studies of Diesel Engine Operated on Biodiesel with Exhaust Gas Recirculation By Puli Ravi Kumar Donepudi Jagadish K.Madhu Murthy, National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 18th-19th November, Vasavi Engineering College, Hyderabad, pp.12-18, 2010
    Experimental investigation of neem oil as a fuel in C.I.Engine” By P.Ravi Kumar, N.Rao, National conference on advances and challenges in mechanical engineering, Erode Sengunathar Engineering College 25th to 26th March, Erode, Tamilnadu, India., 2010
    Effect of injection pressure on the performance and smoke formation of low heat rejection engine using biodiesel By P.Ravi Kumar A.Veeresh Babu, D.Vinay Kumar, International conference on frontiers in mechanical engineering, 2010
    Performance Characteristics of C.I.Engine Using Vegetable Oils – An Overview By P.Ravi Kumar, D.Jagadish, K.Madhu Murthy, International Conference on “Issues and challenges in Energy Conversion and Management”, ICEM, 18th20th December, ITBHU, Varanasi, pp.34-45., 2009
    Performance Characteristics of C.I.Engine using Diesel-Vegetable Oils– a review By P.Ravi Kumar, 20th International Conference on I.C.Engines and Combustion, December 6th – 9th, JNTUH, India, 2007
    Quasi-Dimensional Simulation and Heat Transfer Analysis of a 4-Stroke D.I Diesel Engine By P.Ravi kumar, 20th International Conference on I.C.Engines and Combustion, December 6th – 9th, JNTUH, India., 2007
    Experimental Studies on Energy Appropriation in a Single Cylinder C.I Engine using Jatropha By P.Ravi Kumar, 20th International Conference on I.C.Engines and Combustion, December 6th – 9th,JNTUH, India, 2007
    Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Compression Ignition Engine By P.Ravi Kumar, , 17th National conference on I.C.Engines and Combustion, December 18th – 20th, KREC, Surathkal, India, 2001
    Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Compression Ignition Engine By P.Ravi Kumar, 17th National Conference on I.C.Engines and Combustion, December 18th – 20th, KREC, Surathkal, India., 2001
    Catalytic Converter in I.C. Engine Pollution Control‟ By P.Ravi Kumar, National Seminar on Renewable Energy Sources for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, January 28th – 2000. 29th, kota, Rajasthan, India., 2000
    Performance Evaluation of Wood Gasifier and Wood Gas Diesel Genset By P.Ravi Kumar, International Symposium on Advances in Alternative and Renewable Energy, July, Johor Bahru, Malaysia., 1997
    Patent(s)
    A Car Driven by Fuel Cell (4424/CHE/2012)
    A PUNCTURE GUARD FOR VEHICLES (513252)
    Design and Development of Air Car (1090/CHE/2009)
    Design and development of E-Car (4425/CHE/2012)
    Flying Car (A Prototype) (4426/CHE/2012)
    Solar Power Operated car with tracking unit (4423/CHE/2012)
    Solar Power Operated Tricycle and Bicycle (1562/CHE/2010 A)
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    AJMEERA NARESH
    Area of Research: I.C. Engines,Alternate Fuels
    CHOUHAN BALAJI
    Area of Research: Experimental investigation of performance and emissions of CRDI diesel engine in dual fuel mode by hydrogen/CNG induction and diesel injection coupled with exhaust gas recirculation
    V.SAI LEELA
    Area of Research: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON VGT ENGINE WITH OPEN ECU,USING CNG AND SYNGAS FUELS
    Y CHANDRA SHEKHAR YADAV
    Area of Research: Alternate fuels.
    Previous PhD Students
    M. Vijay Kumar (2021)
    Area of Research: Applications of additives in Biodiesel
    D. Ravichandra (2020)
    Area of Research: Experimental analysis of the effects of Turbocharger on the performance and exhaust emissions of 4 cylinder 4 stroke diesel engine fueled with diesel and biodiesel.
    K. Vijay Kumar (2020)
    Area of Research: Performance and emission characteristics of IC engines with Plastic oil and Tyre oil blends
    Pasha (2014)
    Area of Research: Experimental Investigation on Combustion, Performance and Emissions Analysis on a Dual Fuel VCR Diesel Fueled Engine Enriched with Hydrogen, CNG and HCNG
    A.T. Autee (2013)
    Area of Research: Experimental investigation on Pressure drop for Adiabatic air-water two-phase flow in small diameter tubes and bends
    DANAIAH PULI (2013)
    Area of Research: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF OXYGENATED ADDITIVES ON PERFORMANCE OF SPARK IGNITION ENGINE
    DONEPUDI JAGADISH (2012)
    Area of Research: EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORITICAL STUDIES ON PERFORMANCE AND EMISSIONS OF CI ENGINE USING BIOFUELS
    H.M. Dharmadhikari (2012)
    Area of Research: Experimental Evaluation and Mathematical Modeling of Performance of Compression Ignition Engine Fueled with Blends of Diesel and Biodiesel
    VINAY KUMAR DOMAKONDA (2012)
    Area of Research: EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES ON A BIODIESEL FUELED DIESEL ENGINE USING THERMAL BARRIER COATING
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  DEAN STUDENT WELFARE (December, 2021 - December, 2023)
    •  Board of Governors member (May, 2018 - May, 2021)
    •  Member Secretary TSCOST (May, 2018 - May, 2021)
    •  Training and Placements Officer (TPO) (March, 2014 - June, 2016)
    •  Teachers welfare association (President) N.I.T (June, 2010 - April, 2024)
    •  Mechanical engineering association staff advisor (March, 2009 - April, 2011)
    •  Staff Advisor of Society of Automotive Engineers Students Club (April, 2007 - April, 2024)
    •  R.E.C Hostels Warden (July, 2004 - July, 2006)
    •  R.E.C. Teachers welfare association (February, 1998 - December, 1999)
    •  I/C M.T Section (April, 1997 - June, 2004)
    •  Co-coordinator of SC/ST Cell (May, 1995 - March, 2007)
    •  R.E.C/N.I.T SC/ST Employees welfare association (President) (March, 1995 - March, 2010)
     Last updated on November 19, 2025