Dr. Prabu Vairakannu
Professor
Key Research Areas :Clean energy production, Pyrolysis, Combustion, Gasification and Liquefaction technologies, Energy and Exergy analysis, Carbon Sequestration
- Phone No: + 91 361 258 2279
- Email: v.prabu@iitg.ac.in
- Room No: 4
Phone: +91 361 258 2279
Mail ID: v.prabu@iitg.ac.in
Room No. 210, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 2012
- M. Tech. (Chemical Engineering), SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India, 2004
- B. Tech. (Chemical Engineering), Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu India, 2000
Research Interest
- Underground coal gasification and coalbed methane
- Co-gasification and co-pyrolysis of coal, biomass and municipal solid wastes (MSW)
- Carbon capture using chemical looping combustion (CLC) technologies
- Carbon sequestration in coal beds
- Coal dissolution and liquefaction
- Energy and Exergy analyses on fuel based power generating system
- Separation Processes - Leaching & Extraction
- Food Processing Technologies - Microwave drying
Experience
- Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, August 2023 onwards
- Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, November 2018 - August 2023
- Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, March 2013 - October 2018
- Senior Project Officer, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, May 2012 - March 2013
- Lecturer, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, June 2004 - November 2007
Courses Taught
- Chemical Reaction Engineering I
- Advanced Reaction Engineering
- Mass Transfer II
- Advanced Clean Fuel Technologies
- Chemical Technology
- Heat and Mass Transfer Laboratory
- Mechanical Operation Laboratory
- Petroleum Laboratory
- Engineering Drawing Tutorials
