Prabu Vairakannu

Dr. Prabu Vairakannu

Professor

Key Research Areas :Clean energy production, Pyrolysis, Combustion, Gasification and Liquefaction technologies, Energy and Exergy analysis, Carbon Sequestration

Personal Webpage

Phone: +91 361 258 2279

Mail ID: v.prabu@iitg.ac.in


Room No. 210, Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Research

 
  • 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