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Prof. S Srinivasa Rao

PhD (IIT BOMBAY, MUMBAI)

Professor (HAG)

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Room No: 452-B   +91-870-2462336
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Research Areas

 Alternate Fuels 

 Flow Boiling and Two-Phase Flow 

 Fuel Cells 

 IC Engines 

 Micro Combustion 

 Renewable Sources of Energy 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Mechanical Measurements(ME303)
  • Constitution of India(IC207)
  • Aerodynamics(ME363)
  • Heat Transfer(ME253)
  • Thermodynamics(ME201)
  • Thermal Engineering Laboratory(ME307)
  • Heat Transfer and Fuels Laboratory(ME255)
  • Prime Movers for Automobiles(ME254)
  • Introduction to Mechanical Engineering(ME101)
  • Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer(ME5103)
  • Experimental Methods in Thermal Engineering(ME5104)
  • Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC)(ME5161)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0001-5553-4219


  • Effect of deflector on the combustion characteristics of a micro-combustor with a centrally slotted bluff body, By K. A. Srinivasa Raghavan, S. Srinivasa Rao and V. R. K. Raju, ASME, ASME - Journal of Energy Resources Technology, vol.146(2), pp.022303, 2024
  • Numerical Investigation of the effect of slit width on the combustion characteristics of a micro-combustor with a centrally slotted bluff body, By K. A. Srinivasa Raghavan, S. Srinivasa Rao and V. R. K.. Raju, Elsevier, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol.48(14), pp.5696-5707, 2023
  • Numerical Investigation of the effect of slit profile on the combustion characteristics of a micro-combustor with a centrally slotted bluff body, By K. A. Srinivasa Raghavan, S. Srinivasa Rao and V.R.K. Raju, SAGE, SAGE-Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineer, Part-E, Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol.237(3), pp.917-927, 2022
  • Effect of compression ratio and fuel injection pressure on the characteristics of a CI engine operating with butanol/diesel blends, By K. Siva Prasad, S. Srinivasa Rao and V.R.K. Raju , Elsevier, Alexandria Engineering Journal, vol.60, pp.1183-1197, 2021
  • Effect of n-butanol/diesel blends and piston bowl geometry on combustion and emission characteristics of CI engine, By K. Siva Prasad, S. Srinivasa Rao, V.R.K. Raju , Prabhakara Rao Ganji, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Environmental Science and Pollution Research , vol.26, pp.1662-1674 , 2019
  • Parametric optimization of a direct injection‐compression ignition engine fuelled with butanol/diesel blend using response surface methodology, By K. Siva Prasad, S. Srinivasa Rao and V.R.K. Raju , American Institute of Chemical Engineers, wileyonlinelibrary.com, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, vol.39, pp.ep.13355, 2020
  • Effect of interdigitated leaf channel design bipolar plate on the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cell, By Srinivasa Reddy Badduri, G. Naga Srinivasulu, S. Srinivasa Rao, V. Venkateswarlu, Ch. Karunakar, K. Sridhar and A. V. S. Ramanuja Charyulu , Springer, Chemical Papers, vol.77, pp.1095-1106, 2023
  • Influence of intermediate liquid electrolyte layer on the performance of passive direct methanol fuel cell, By Muralikrishna Boni, S. Srinivasa Rao and G. Naga Srinivasulu, Taylor& Francis Online, International Journal of Green Energy, vol.16(15), pp.1475-1484, 2019
  • Performance and emission characteristics of a DI-CI engine operated with n-butanol/diesel blends , By K. Siva Prasad, S. Srinivasa Rao and V.R.K. Raju , Taylor and Francis , Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects , vol.46, pp.1419-1430 , 2020
  • Enhancement of mixture homogeneity for DI-CI engine to achieve Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) combustion characteristics: a numerical approach , By K. Siva Prasad, S. Srinivasa Rao and V.R.K. Raju , Taylor and Francis , Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects , vol.44, pp.4318-4333, 2022

Design and Development of microchannel for two-phase heat transfer and pressure drop

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST-SERB
  • Duration 35 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2760248
  • Status Completed

Experimental Investigations on different Geometrical shapes of Passive Direct Methanol Fuel cell stacks for Low Power Applications

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type SPARC Project
  • Sponsor Ministry of Education, GoI
  • Duration 53 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2700000
  • Status Completed

Simulation and experimental evaluation of dual-fuel Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine by using reactivity fuels

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type SPARC Project
  • Sponsor Ministry of Education, GoI
  • Duration 53 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2000000
  • 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 DST-SERB-CRG
  • Duration 35 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1954436
  • Status Completed

CoE on " Sustainable Energy Studies"

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MHRD, GoI, TEQIP-II
  • Duration 35 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 50000000
  • Status Completed

Design and Development of 100 kW Fluidized Bed Combustion Chamber for Agro Wastes

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MHRD, GOI, NEW DELHI
  • Duration 35 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1800000
  • Status Completed

Charactrisation of TIM based Advanced Glazings for Energy Efficiency in Agriculture, Building and Industrial Sectors

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MHRD, GoI, NEW DELHI
  • Duration 35 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 1200000
  • Status Completed

Performance Evaluation of Eco- friendly Refrigerants

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor MHRD, GoI, NEW DELHI
  • Duration 35 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 800000
  • Status Completed


Dharavath Lava Kishan

  • Area of Research: Heat transfer in diabatic micro-channel with two-phase flow

G. N. Karthik Krishna

  • Area of Research: Two-phase flow characteristics in a diabatic micro-channel

K. A. Srinivasa Raghavan

  • Area of Research: Combustion characteristics in a micro-combustor with H2-Air

N. Aravindan

  • Area of Research: Fire characteristics of Transformer oil
  • Advisor, Quality Assurance & Academic Audit (January, 2020 - December, 2022)
  • Coordinator, NIT Andhra Pradesh (July, 2017 - September, 2018)
  • Additional Coordinator, NIT Andhra Pradesh (June, 2017 - June, 2017)
  • Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering (November, 2016 - June, 2017)
  • Dean, Students Welfare (July, 2013 - November, 2015)
  • Head, Department of Biotechnolgy (January, 2013 - June, 2013)
  • Professor In-charge, Training & Placement Section (July, 2010 - July, 2012)
  • Coordinator, TEQIP (July, 2008 - June, 2010)
  • In-charge, Motor Transport Section (July, 2004 - June, 2010)