International Conferences / Workshops
- Sayantan Jana, Muthukumar P (2022). Hydrogen Desorption Studies on Embedded Cooling Tube type Metal Hydride Reactor Designed for Fuel Cell Application. Presented at ICRE 2022 – 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy, Feb 25-27, 2022, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, India, ICRE2022-05171.
- Alok Kumar, Muthukumar P (2022), Bed Poisoning Characteristics of CO2 Impurity on the La0.9Ce0.1Ni5 based Hydrogen Purification System. Presented at ICRE 2022 – 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy, Feb 25-27, 2022, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, India, ICRE2022-05175.
- Pratibha Maurya, Muthukumar P and R. Anandalakshmi (2022). A comparative analysis of porous radiant burner cookstove on indoor air quality with available household cookstove. Presented at ICRE 2022 – 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy, Feb 25-27, 2022, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, India, ICRE2022-0258.
- Sofia Rani Shaik, Muthukumar P, Pratul Chandra Kalita (2022). Life Cycle Assessment of Biogas Operated Porous Radiant Burner and Conventional Burner for Cooking Applications. Presented at ICRE 2022 – 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy, Feb 25-27, 2022, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, India, ICRE2022-07279.
- Abhishek Parida, Muthukumar P (2022). Reactor design and numerical study on metal hydride based finned reactor configurations for hydrogen compression application. Presented at ICRE 2022 – 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energy, Feb 25-27, 2022, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur-302004, India, ICRE2022-05205.
- Mrinal Bhowmik, Siddharth Rath, Muthukumar P and R. Anandalakshmi (2022). Thermodynamic modelling of hybrid desiccant dehumidification and vapor absorption system for building and industrial applications. Presented at NCRAC 2022 – 7th National and 1st International Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Feb 24-26, 2022, IIT Guwahati, India, NCRAC2022-54.
- Sayantan Jana, Ila Abhay Kulkarni, Muthukumar P (2022). Performance tests on an open-cycle compressor driven metal hydride based cooling system. Presented at NCRAC 2022 – 7th National and 1st International Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Feb 24-26, 2022, IIT Guwahati, India, NCRAC2022-70.
- Mahesh Mahajan, Mrinal Bhowmik, and Muthukumar P (2022). Performance investigation of packed bed desiccant dehumidification system operating with aqueous lithium chloride. Presented at NCRAC 2022 – 7th National and 1st International Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Feb 24-26, 2022, IIT Guwahati, India, NCRAC2022-71.
- Mrinal Bhowmik, Karanjeet Gohain, andMuthukumar P (2022). Performance investigation of an adiabatic structured packed-bed dehumidifier with different aqueous desiccants at different flow configurations. Presented at NCRAC 2022 – 7th National and 1st International Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Feb 24-26, 2022, IIT Guwahati, India, NCRAC2022-72.
- Shubham P, Muthukumar P, AK Soti (2022). Thermodynamic Analysis of metal hydride based Compression driven system for simultaneous thermal energy storage and cooling applications. Presented at NCRAC 2022 – 7th National and 1st International Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Feb 24-26, 2022, IIT Guwahati, India, NCRAC2022-80.
- J. Sunku Prasad, Muthukumar P (2022). Analysis of tubular reactors for sorption based thermal energy storage, heating, and cooling systems. Presented at NCRAC 2022 – 7th National and 1st International Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Feb 24-26, 2022, IIT Guwahati, India, NCRAC2022-082.
- Juri Sonowal, Mahesh Mahajan, Muthukumar P, R. Anandalakshmi (2022) Performance analysis of liquid desiccant dehumidifier system for various packing density. Presented at NCRAC 2022 – 7th National and 1st International Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Feb 24-26, 2022, IIT Guwahati, India, NCRAC2022-84.
- Juri Sonowal, Muthukumar P, Anandalakshmi R (2021), Comparative Study of Different Tube Geometry of Evacuated Tube Solar Collector. Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India, IHMTC2021–641.
- Abhishek Parida, Muthukumar P (2021), Comparative Study of Different Tube Geometry of Evacuated Tube Solar Collector. Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India, IHMTC2021–545.
- Umapathi N, Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Suraj Arun Tat, Muthukumar P (2021). Numerical Study on Optimisation of the Discharging Characteristics of Three-PCM Cascaded Latent Heat Storage System with Non-uniform Fin Distribution. Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India, IHMTC2021–318.
- Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Suraj Arun Tat, Umapathi N, Muthukumar P (2021). Performance Investigations of the Energy Discharge Characteristics of High-temperature Phase Change Material CapsuleS. Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India, IHMTC2021–317.
- Suraj Arun Tat, Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Umapathi N, Muthukumar P (2021). Numerical investigation of a multi tube combined latent and sensible heat thermal energy storage system. Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India, IHMTC2021–316.
- Nayanita K, Srinivasan G, Sureandhar G and Muthukumar P (2021) Numerical Analysis of Drying Kinetics of Spherical Products in a Solar Dryer. Proceedings of the 26th National and 4th International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference December 17-20, 2021, IIT Madras, Chennai-600036, Tamil Nadu, India, IHMTC2021–315.
- Sunku Prasad J, Parashar Shubham, Muthukumar P (2021)
Experimental investigation on annular porous metal hydride reactor
filled with La0.7Ce0.1Ca0.3Ni5. Accepted for presentation at ICP 2021
- International Conference on Polygeneration, 4-6 Oct 2021.
- Sureandhar G, K Nayanita, Srinivasan G, Muthukumar P (2021)
Selection of Solar Dryers for Winter Drying of Agricultural Products.
Accepted for presentation at ICP 2021 - International Conference on
Polygeneration, 4-6 Oct 2021.
- Mrinal Bhowmik, Juri Sonowal, Anandalakshmi R, Muthukumar P
(2020) Experimental Investigation on a Solar Assisted Liquid Desiccant
Regeneration in Humid Subtropical Regions. Accepted for presentation
at ICP 2021 - International Conference on Polygeneration, 4-6 Oct 2021
- Karthik, Aswin, Muthukumar P (2021) Numerical study on heat
transfer augmentation techniques in concrete storage module for
solar-thermal applications. Accepted for presentation at ICP 2021 -
International Conference on Polygeneration, 4-6 Oct 2021.
- Arun, Tat Suraj; Sodhi Gurpreet Singh, Muthukumar P (2021)
Numerical investigations on the thermal performance of combined latent
and sensible heat thermal energy storage system. Accepted for
presentation at ICP 2021 - International Conference on Polygeneration,
4-6 Oct 2021.
- Alok Kumar, Nithin N. Raju, Muthukumar P (2021) Experimental
Investigation on the Poisoning Characteristics of Gaseous Impurity in
La0.9Ce0.1Ni5 based Hydrogen Storage and Purification system. Accepted
for presentation at ICP 2021 - International Conference on
Polygeneration, 4-6 Oct 2021.
- Sayantan Jana, Nithin Narmada R, Muthukumar P (2021)
Experimental studies on Embedded Cooling Tube Metal Hydride Reactor
for Heating and Cooling Applications, Accepted for presentation at ICP
2021 - International Conference on Polygeneration, 4-6 Oct 2021.
- Vishnu Kumar, Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Tat Suraj Arun, Muthukumar P
(2020). Numerical Investigation of a multi-tube conical shell and tube
based Latent Heat Energy Storage system, Presented at Innovations in
Sustainable Energy and Technology (ISET India 2020), Bangalore, 3-5th
December 2020.
- Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Vigneshwaran K, Vishnu Kumar, Muthukumar P
(2020). Effect of Longitudinal Fin Configuration on the Charging and
Discharging Characteristics of a Horizontal Cylindrical Latent Heat
Storage System. Presented at Innovations in Sustainable Energy and
Technology (ISET India 2020), Bangalore, 3-5th December 2020.
- Arun Kumar M, Lav K Kaushik, Sangjukta Devi and Muthukumar P
(2020). Biogas cook-stove with a novel porous radiant burner- An
alternate for LPG cookstoves in rural and semi-urban Indian
households, Presented at Innovations in Sustainable Energy and
Technology (ISET India 2020), Bangalore, 3-5th December 2020.
- Viswanth R, Senthil S, Senthilmurugan S, Muthukumar P,
Sanjaykumar G, Suresh J (2020), “Real-Time Evaluation of Structural
Integrity of Tubulars in Directional Wellbores”, ASME-OMAE-2020,
Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, OMAE-2020,
Virtual Conference.
- Sayantan Jana, J. Sunku Prasad, and Muthukumar P(2020),
Design and numerical modelling of a compact metal hydride-hydrogen
storage reactor, Presented at Hydrogen Power Theoretical &
Engineering Solutions International Symposium (HYPOTHESIS XV), 3-5
June, South Africa.
- Sureandhar G, Srinivasan G, Muthukumar P, Senthilmurugan S
(2020) Performance evaluation of solar air heater having arc-shaped
wire rib with varying roughness height on absorber plate. Presented at
International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering
and Sciences [ICITFES-2020], February 10-12, 2020 at National
Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India.
- Lakshmi DVN, Muthukumar P (2020) Energy and Environmental Analyses
of Active Solar Dryer for Medicinal Herbs Drying. Presented at
International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering
and Sciences [ICITFES-2020], February 10-12, 2020 at National
Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India.
- Sunku Prasad J, Sayantan Jana, Viswa I, Muthukumar P (2020)
Experimental Investigation on Absorption and Desorption
characteristics of La0.9Ce0.1Ni5 alloy for Hydrogen Storage
Application. Presented at International Conference on Innovations in
Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences [ICITFES-2020], February 10-12,
2020 at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India.
- Alok Kumar, Nithin N. Raju, Muthukumar P(2020) Parametric
Studies on MmNi4.7Fe0.3 based Reactor with Embedded Cooling Tubes for
Hydrogen Storage and Cooling Application. Presented at International
Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences
[ICITFES-2020], February 10-12, 2020 at National Institute of
Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India.
- Sangjukta Devi, Niranjan Sahoo, Muthukumar P(2020) Effect of
Combustion Zone Material on the Thermal Performance of Biogas Fuelled
Porous Media Burner: Experimental Studies. Presented at International
Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences
[ICITFES-2020], February 10-12, 2020 at National Institute of
Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India.
- Mrinal Bhowmik, Anandalakshmi R, Muthukumar P (2020).
Modelling and Multi-Objective Optimization of Performance Parameters
for Counter Flow Dehumidifier. Presented at International Conference
on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences
[ICITFES-2020], February 10-12, 2020 at National Institute of
Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India.
- Arun Kumar M. Lav K Kaushik, Muthukumar P (2020) Critical
Analysis on Unstable Operation of a Self -aspirated Cook-stove with
Porous Radiant Burner. Presented at International Conference on
Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences [ICITFES-2020],
February 10-12, 2020 at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela,
Odisha, India.
- Pratibha Maurya, Arun Kumar M. Lav K Kaushik, Muthukumar P,
Anandalakshmi R (2020). Comparative Performance Assessments of
Canister based Methanol Cook-stove with Kerosene Wick Cook-stove for
Domestic Cooking Application. Presented at International Conference on
Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences [ICITFES-2020],
February 10-12, 2020 at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela,
Odisha, India.
- Partha Pratim Kemprai, Ranganayakulu C, Muthukumar P (2019)
Numerical and Experimental Investigation in Compact Heat Exchanger
Surfaces with Wavy Fins. Presented a 25th National and 3rd
International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference
(IHMTC-2019), December 28-31, 2019, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee.
- Lav K. Kaushik, Gyan S. Sinha, Muthukumar P (2019)
Assessment of Waste Cooking Oil Combustion in a Porous Kerosene
Pressure Cook-stove (PKPCs). Presented a 25th National and 3rd
International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference
(IHMTC-2019), December 28-31, 2019, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee.
- Mrinal Bhowmik, M. Joshi, R. Anandalakshmi, Muthukumar P
(2019) Performance Investigations on Twist Tape Based U-Tube Solar
Evacuated Tube Collector for Humid Subtropical Region. Presented a
25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer
Conference (IHMTC-2019), December 28-31, 2019, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee.
- Kiran Naik K, Muthukumar P, Mrinal Bhowmi (2019) Performance
Assessment and Comparison of Desiccant Coated Heat Exchanger Type and
Desiccant Wheel Type Dehumidification systems. . Presented a 25th
National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer
Conference (IHMTC-2019), December 28-31, 2019, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee.
- Jasinta Poonam Ekka, Krishnendu Bala, Muthukumar P (2019)
Drying Kinetics of Yellow Turmeric in a Solar Dryer with and without
Solar Air Collector under Forced Circulation. Presented a 25th
National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer
Conference (IHMTC-2019), December 28-31, 2019, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee.
- Sangjukta Devi, Niranjan Sahoo, Muthukumar P (2019) Impact
of preheat zone properties on the flammability limits of crude biogas
combustion in a two-layer porous radiant burner. Presented at
International Conference On Thermo-Fluids And Energy Systems, 27-28th
December 2019, Bangalore, India.
- Sangjukta Devi, Niranjan Sahoo, Muthukumar P (2019)
Experimental analysis of biogas combustion with different foam
materials in a porous media burner. Presented at ASME 2019 Gas Turbine
India GTIndia2019, December 5-6, 2019, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
- Kaushik L K, Arun Kumar M. Muthukumar P (2019) Performance
Analysis of a Bio-gas operated Porous Radiant Burner for Domestic
Cooking Application. Presented at 11th International Exergy, Energy
and Environment Symposium (IEEES-11), July 14-18, 2019, Chennai,
India.
- Kiran Naik B and Muthukumar P (2019) Parametric Studies and
Performance Investigation on Novel Multipurpose Liquid Desiccant
Drying/Desalination System. Presented at International Conference on
Polygeneration (ICP-2019), May 15-17, Kyushu University, Japan.
- Mrinal BhowmiK, Kiran Naik B, Anandalakshmi R,Muthukumar P
(2019). Experimental Investigations of the Dehumidifier Performance
Evaluation using Aqueous LiBr-HCOOK Blends. Presented at International
Conference on Polygeneration (ICP-2019), May 15-17, Kyushu University,
Japan.
- Sunku Prasad J, Sayantan Jana, Muthukumar P(2019).
Thermodynamic Studies on Metal Hydride based Tri-generation System for
Cooling, Thermal Storage and Thermal Upgradation. Presented at
International Conference on Polygeneration (ICP-2019), May 15-17,
Kyushu University, Japan.
- Vigneshwaran K, Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Muthukumar P,
Senthilmurugan S (2019). Concrete based Sensible Heat Storage System:
Experimental Investigations. Presented at International Conference on
Polygeneration (ICP-2019), May 15-17, Kyushu University, Japan.
- Desai F J Atayo A, Muthukumar P, Rahman MM (2019).
Experimental Studies on Endothermic Reversible Reaction of Salts for
Cooling. Presented at International Conference on Polygeneration
(ICP-2019), May 15-17, Kyushu University, Japan.
- Jasinta Poonam Ekka, Muthukumar P (2019). Determination of
Heat Transfer Coefficient and Drying Kinetics of Red chilli Dried in a
Mixed Mode Forced Convection Solar dryer. Presented at International
Conference on Polygeneration (ICP-2019), May 15-17, Kyushu University,
Japan.
- D.V.N. Lakshmi, Muthukumar P (2019), Design and development
of mixed mode forced convection solar dryer for drying of curcuma
zeodaria, Presented at 12th International Conference on Thermal
Engineering: Theory and Applications, February 23-26, 2019,
Gandhinagar, India.
- Kiran Naik B and Muthukumar P (2019), Energy Exergy and
Entransy Analyses of an Air Cooled Condenser Employed in a Vapour
Compression Chiller. Presented at 12th International Conference on
Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications, February 23-26, 2019,
Gandhinagar, India.
- Sunku Prasad J, Saurabh Dongare, Anandalakshmi R, Muthukumar P
(2019). Numerical Investigation of PCM based Heat Sinks under Constant
and Variable Heat Load Conditions. Presented at 12th International
Conference on Thermal Engineering: Theory and Applications, February
23-26, 2019, Gandhinagar, India.
- Lakshmi DVN, Apurba Layek, Muthukumar P(2018). Evaluation of
Convective Heat Transfer Coefficient of Herbs Dried in a Mixed Mode
Solar Dryer. Presented at ICUE 2018 on: Green Energy for Sustainable
Development, Phuket, Thailand, 24-26 Oct 2018.
- Kaushik L K, Muthukumar P (2018) Experimental Analysis of a
Porous Radiant Pressurized Cook Stove by Using a Blend of Waste
Cooking Oil (WCO) and Kerosene. Presented at ICUE 2018 on: Green
Energy for Sustainable Development, Phuket, Thailand, 24-26 Oct 2018
- Nithin Narmada Raju, Alok Kumar, Malleswararao K, Muthukumar P
(2018) Parametric Studies on LaNi4.7Al0.3 based Hydrogen Storage
Reactor with Embedded Cooling Tubes, Article in Press, Energy
Procedia.
- Lav Kumar Kaushik, Muthukumar P (2018) Performance
Assessment of a Porous Radiant Cook Stove Fueled with Blend of Waste
Vegetable Oil (WVO) and Kerosene, Article in Press, Energy Procedia.
- Sangjukta Devi, Niranjan Sahoo, Muthukumar P (2018),
Combustion of biogas in Porous Radiant Burner: Low emission
combustion, Article in Press, Energy Procedia.
- Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Vigneshwaran K, Abhishek Kumar Jaiswal, Muthukumar
P (2018) Assessment of Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Latent
Heat Thermal Energy Storage System: Multi Tube Design. Article in
Press, Energy Procedia.
- Vigneshwaran K, Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Muthukumar P, Arvind
VK, Balamurugan G, Sriram S, Senthilmurugan S (2018), Experimental
investigation of a Cast-Steel based Thermal Energy Storage System,
Article in Press, Energy Procedia.
- Nithin N. Raju,Muthukumar P, K. Malleswararao, Determination
of Absorption Conditions for LaNi4.7Al0.3 Based Hydrogen Storage
Device: A Numerical Investigation, 5th International Conference on
Computation Methods for Thermal Problems (Thermacomp 2018), Bangalore,
India, 2018.
- Kiran Naik B and Muthukumar P, Novel Approach for
Predicting the Performance of the Evacuated U – Tube Solar Collector
Integrated with Parabolic Reflector. 5th International Conference on
Computational Methods for Thermal Problems (THERMACOMP – 2018), Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 9-11, 2018.
- Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Muthukumar P (2018). Effect of
eccentricity on the charging of a multi tube Latent Heat Storage
System. Presented at 5th International Conference on Computational
Methods for Thermal Problems(THERMACOMP – 2018). IISc Bangalore - 9-11
July, 2018.
- Mrinal Bhowmik,Muthukumar P, R Anandalakshmi “Numerical
Study on Dehumidification Performance of a Cross-Flow Liquid Desiccant
Adiabatic Dehumidifier with Various Halide Salt desiccants” 5th
International Conference on Computational Methods for Thermal
Problems, IISc Bangalore, India.
- Lakshmi DVN, Apurba Layek, Muthukumar, P (2018). Drying of moringa
olefera leaves in mixed mode and indirect forced convection solar
dryers. Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable
Energy and Environmental Challenges (SEEC-2018) 01 – 03, January,
2018, IISc Bangalore.
- Kaushik L K, Deb S, Muthukumar P (2018) Life cycle and
techno-economic assessments of domestic and commercial LPG cook-stove
with porous radiant burner, Proceedings of the International
Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges
(SEEC-2018) 01 – 03, January, 2018, IISc Bangalore.
- Vigneshwaran K, Chilaka RCR, Muthukumar P, Senthilmurugan
S. Sensible Heat Based Thermal Energy Storage System: Modelling and
Parametric Investigations. Proceedings of the 24th National and 2nd
International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer conference
(IHMTC-2017), BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, December 27-30, 2017.
- Mishra NK, Panigrahy S, Sharma S, Muthukumar P, Mishra SC.
Effects of flame speeds on radiant efficiency and CO emissions of
porous medium burner. Proceedings of the 24th National and 2nd
International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer conference (IHMTC
-2017), BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, December 27-30, 2017.
- Jasinta PE, Lakshmi DVN, Yashwant K, Muthukumar, P (2017). Drying
characteristic of mixed mode type solar dryer using forced convection
and thermal storage for ginger, Proceedings of the 24th National and
2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer conference (IHMTC
-2017), BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, December 27-30, 2017.
- Lakshmi DVN, Muthukumar P, Apurba Layek, Abhimanyu KS,
Sushoban D (2017). Performance analysis of double pass counter flow
solar air heater for drying application, Proceedings of the 24th
National and 2nd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer
conference (IHMTC -2017), BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, December 27-30,
2017.
- Kaushik L K, Deb S, Muthukumar P (2017). Assessment of
energy saving potential in self aspirated LPG stove with porous
radiant burner, Proceedings of the 24th National and 2nd International
ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer conference (IHMTC -2017), BITS
Pilani, Hyderabad, December 27-30, 2017.
- Niyas H, Muthukumar P (2017). Appropriate sizing prediction
and performance evaluation of the shell-and-tube latent heat storage
unit, Proceedings of the 24th National and 2nd International
ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer conference (IHMTC -2017), BITS
Pilani, Hyderabad, December 27-30, 2017.
- Lakshmi DVN, Apurba Layek, Muthukumar, P (2017). Performance
analysis of a mixed mode forced convection solar dryer with and
without thermal energy storage heat exchanger, Proceedings of the
International Conference on Mechanical Materials and Renewable Energy,
Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim,8-10th Dec 2017.
- Kaushik L K, Deb S, Muthukumar P. Energy Saving and
Techno-economic Assessment of Self Aspirated Domestic LPG Stove with
Porous Radiant Burner, Presented at International Conference on
Mechanical Materials and Renewable Energy, Sikkim Manipal Institute of
Technology, Sikkim,8-10th Dec 2017.
- Kiran Naik B, Choudharya V, Muthukumar P, Somayaji, C
(2016). Performance Assessment of a Counter Flow Cooling Tower –
Unique Approach. Presented at International Conference on Recent
Advancement in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, RAAR 2016, 10-12
November 2016, Bhubaneswar, India.
- Kiran Naik B, Muthukumar P (2016). Empirical correlation
based models for estimation of air cooled and water cooled condenser’s
performance. Presented at International Conference on Recent
Advancement in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, RAAR 2016, 10-12
November 2016, Bhubaneswar, India.
- Lakshmia DVN, Apurba Layek, Muthukumar, P (2016). Performance
Analysis of Trapezoidal Corrugated Solar Air Heater with Sensible Heat
Storage Material. Presented at International Conference on Recent
Advancement in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, RAAR 2016, 10-12
November 2016, Bhubaneswar, India.
- Lakshmia DVN, Apurba Layek, Muthukumar, P (2016)Nucleation
Enhancement Studies on Aqueous Salt Solutions.Presented at
International Conference on Recent Advancement in Air Conditioning and
Refrigeration, RAAR 2016, 10-12 November 2016, Bhubaneswar, India.
- Rabha D K, MuthukumarP, Somayaji C (2015). Design and Analytical
Study of a Solar Dryer Integrated with Shell and Tube Paraffin Based
Latent Heat Storage for Drying Green Chilli. Presented at 23rd
National and 1st International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer
Conference, Trivandrum, Kerala, 17 – 20th Dec. 2015.
- Kiran Naik B, Muthukumar P, Somayaji C (2015).
Thermodynamic Analysis of Liquid Desiccant Dehumidification System- A
Novel Approach. Presented at 23rd National and 1st International
ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Trivandrum, Kerala, 17
– 20th Dec. 2015.
- Niyas H, Muthukumar P (2015). Comparison of Thermal Storage
Characteristics of Phase Change Materials Encapsulated in Different
Capsule Configurations. Presented at 23rd National and 1st
International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference,
Trivandrum, Kerala, 17 – 20th Dec. 2015.
- Panigrahy S, Mishra NK, Muthukumar P, Mishra SC (2015).
Analysis of LPG Combustion in a Domestic Cooking Stove with a Porous
Radiant Burner. Presented at 23rd National and 1st International
ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Trivandrum, Kerala, 17
– 20th Dec. 2015.
- Panigrahy S, Sinha GS, Muthukumar P, Mishra SC Analysis of
Combustion of Premixed Kerosene-air Mixture in a Cooking Stove with a
Porous Matrix. Presented at 23rd National and 1st International
ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Trivandrum, Kerala, 17
– 20th Dec. 2015.
- Kiran Naika B, Varshney A, Muthukumar P, Somayaji C (2015).
Modelling and Performance Analysis of U Type Evacuated Tube Solar
Collector Using Different Working Fluids. Presented at 5th
International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay
15-17th Dec. 2015.
- Kiran Naika B, Ankit Sonia, Amit kumar, Muthukumar P ,
Somayaji C (2015). Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis of an
Adiabatic Dehumidifier – Unique Approach. Presented at 5th
International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, IIT Bombay
15-17th Dec. 2015.
- Kiran Naik B, Amit Kumar, Ankit Soni, Muthukumar P,
Somayaji C. Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer analysis of an Adiabatic
Regenerator – Unique Approach, Presented at ICAME 2015, TKM College of
Engineering, Kerala, 14-16th December 2015.
- Niyas H, Muthukumar P (2015). Novel Encapsulation Technique
to Upscale Latent Heat Storage Capacity in Steam Accumulators.
Presented at ISES Solar World Congress 2015,Daegu, Korea, 8-12th Nov.
2015.
- Niyas H, Muthukumar P (2015). Novel Fin for Effective Heat
Transfer in Shell-And-Tube Latent Heat Storage System. Presented at
ISES Solar World Congress 2015,Daegu, Korea, 8-12th Nov. 2015.
- Muthukumar P, Anbarasu S (2015). Development of Fast
Reaction Metal Hydride Reactors for Hydrogen Storage and Thermal
Management Applications. Presented at 6th World Hydrogen Technologies
Convention, Sydney, Australia, 11 – 14th Oct. 2015.
- Hakeem Niyas, Tanvir E Alam, Muthukumar P, Jaspreet Dhau,
Goswami DY (2015). Performance Investigation of Packed Bed Latent Heat
Thermal Energy Storage Systems, Presented at International Conference
on Polygeneration (ICP 2015), Chennai, 18-20th Feb. 2015.
- Rao CHC, Muthukumar P, Somayaji CM (2015). Performance
Comparison of Sensible Heat Storage Beds for Solar Thermal Power Plant
Applications. Presented at International Conference on Polygeneration
(ICP 2015), Chennai, 18-20th Feb. 2015.
- Muthukumar P, Selvan VP, Manojkumar SP, Imran M (2015).
Performance Tests on Compressor-Driven Metal Hydride Based Cooling
System. Presented at International Conference on Polygeneration (ICP
2015), Chennai, 18-20th Feb. 2015.
- Hakeem Niyas,Shukla AK,MuthukumarP (2014). Thermal characterization
of phase change materials used for thermal energy storage in solar
thermal power plants, Presented at 23rd International Conference on
Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials, IIT Roorkee, India,
5-7th December 2014.
- Mishra, NK, Muthukumar P, Mishra SC (2013).Temperature
Measurement in Double Layer Porous Burner For Medium - Scale LPG
Cooking Applications. Presented at 22th National and 11th
International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Paper ID:
HMTC1300100, IIT Kharagpur, India, 28-31 December
- Likhendra Prasad, Muthukumar P (2013). Performance
Investigation of Lab-Scale Sensible Heat Storage System. Presented at
22th National and 11th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer
Conference, Paper ID: HMTC1300054, IIT Kharagpur, India, 28-31
December 28-31.
- Anbarasu S., Muthukumar P, Mishra SC (2013).Thermal
Modeling of Mg2Ni based Solid State Hydrogen Storage Reactor during
Desorption of Hydrogen. Presented at 22th National and 11th
International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Paper ID:
HMTC13 00109, IIT Kharagpur, India, 28-31 December.
- Naik BK, Muthukumar P (2013). Performance Investigations of
a Cross-Flow Induced Draft Cooling Tower employed in a water cooled
condenser of 900 TR A/C plant. Presented at International Conference
on Emerging Trends in Renewable Energy (ICETRE-2013), Bhubaneswar,
27-28th December.
- Hakeem Niyas, Muthukumar P (2013). Performance Analysis of
Latent Heat Storage System. Presented at International Conference on
Emerging Trends in Renewable Energy (ICETRE-2013), Bhubaneswar,
27-28th December.
- Likhendra Prasad, Hakeem Niyas, Muthukumar P (2013).
Performance Analysis of High Temperature Sensible Heat Storage System
during Charging and Discharging Cycles. Presented at IVth
International Conference on Advances in Energy Research Indian
Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai (ICAER 2013), 10 - 12th
December.
- Mishra, NK, Muthukumar P, Mishra SC (2013). Performance
Tests on Medium-Scale Porous Radiant Burners for LPG Cooking
Applications. Presented at International Conference on Energy
Resources and Technologies for Sustainable Development (ICERTSD 2013),
Howrah, West Bengal, India 7-9 February.
- Muthukumar P, Shyamkumar PI, Mishra SC (2013). Performance
Improvements in LPG Domestic Cooking Stove with a Porous Radiant
Burner. Presented at Int. Conferene on Bioenergy, Environment and
Sustainable Technologies, Arunai Engg College, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil
Nadu, India 27-30 January.
- Satya Sekhar B and Muthukumar P (2012). Performance Studies
on a Double-Stage Metal Hydride based Hydrogen Compressor, presented
at 21st International symposium on Processing and Fabrication of
Advanced Materials (PFAM-21), IIT Guwahati, India 10-13th December.
- Anbarasu S, Muthukumar P and Mishra SC (2012). Tests on LmNi5 Based
Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Container, presented at Int Conference on
Recent Advances in Material Science, Bangalore, India, 6-8th November.
- Suresh P, Satya Sekhar B, Muthukumar P, Mishra SC (2012).
Three dimensional numerical investigation of hydrogen-absorption
process in metal hydride container, Presented at 9th Int National
Conference in Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan, 19th - 21st September.
- Satya SekharB, Muthukumar P (2012). Thermal modelling of a
double-stage metal hydride based heat transformer, Presented at 9th
Int National Conference in Flow Dynamics, Sendai, Japan,19th - 21st
September.
- Satya SekharB, Muthukumar P (2011). Heat and mass transfer
studies on metal hydride based heat transformer, Presented at 21st
National & 10th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT
Madras, India, 27-30 December.
- Anbarasu S, MuthukumarP, Mishra SC(2011). Numerical heat and mass
transfer analysis of a hydriding process in Mg2Ni based hydrogen
storage reactor with volumetric radiation, Presented at 21st National
& 10th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Madras,
India, 27-30 December.
- Satya SekharB, Muthukumar P and Tiwari VK (2011).
Experimental studies on a double-stage metal hydride based Hydrogen
compressor, Presented at 21st National & 10th ISHMT-ASME Heat and
Mass Transfer Conference, IIT Madras, India, 27-30 December.
- Satya Sekhar B, Muthukumar P (2011). Performance analysis
of a metal hydride heat transformer for waste heat recovery, Presented
at 3rd International Conference on Advances in Energy Research, IIT
Mumbai, India, 9 - 11 December.
- Satya Sekhar B, Muthukumar P, Suresh P (2011). Performance
tests on metal hydride based hydrogen storage devices,Presented at 3rd
International Conference on Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Technology
(ICFCHT 2011), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 22-23 November.
- Golia A, Sahu PK, Sen A K, Muthukumar P (2011).
Investigations of a micro-mixer with and without indentations along
the mixing channel, Presented at ASME 2011 International Mechanical
Engineering Congress & Exposition IMECE2011, Denver, Colorado,
USA, 11-17November.
- Ashish Kumar, Bhushan Maskay, Muthukumar P and SomayajiC
(2011). Influence of feedwater heater mass flow rates on the energy
and exergy efficiencies of 210 MW coal fired power plant, Presented at
International Congress On Renewable Energy [ICORE-2011], Tezpur
University, Assam, 2-4 November.
- Anbarasu S, MuthukumarP Mishra SC (2011). Parametric Studies on a
Mg2Ni Based Hydrogen Storage Reactor, Presented at International
Conference on Thermal Energy and Environment (INCOTEE 2011),
Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Foundation, Krishnankovil, Tamil
Nadu, 26-27 March.
- Muthukumar P, Tiwari VK (2011)Computational Study on
Two-stage Metal Hydride Based Hydrogen Compressor. Presented at
International Conference on Thermal Energy and Environment (INCOTEE
2011),Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Foundation, Krishnankovil,
Tamil Nadu, 26-27 March.
- Muthukumar P, Patel K, Sachan P, Singhal N (2011).
Computational study on metal hydride based three-stage hydrogen
compressor. Presented at International Conference on Renewable Energy,
ICRE -2011, Jaipur, 17-21 January.
- Sekhar BS, MuthukumarP, Saikia R (2011). Tests on a Metal Hydride
Based Thermal Energy Storage System, Presented at International
Conference on Renewable Energy, ICRE -2011, Jaipur, 17-21 January.
- MuthukumarP, Shyamkumar PI (2011). Development of a novel porous
radiant burner for LPG cooking applications, Presented at
International Conference on Renewable Energy, ICRE -2011, Jaipur,
17-21 January.
- Satheesh A, MuthukumarP (2010).Feasibility study on cross van’t
Hoff line concept for single-stage metal hydride heat pump. Presented
at International Symposium on Innovative Materials for Processes in
Energy Systems 2010 - For Fuel Cells, Heat Pumps and Sorption Systems,
Singapore, 30th November - 01 December.
- Satheesh A, Muthukumar P, Dewan A (2010). Performance
Analysis of Metal Hydride based Cooling Systems. Presented at 20th
National and 9th International ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer
Conference, Mumbai, India, 4-6 January.
- Pantangi, V K, Mishra SC, MuthukumarP, Reddy R (2010). Experimental
Study on Performance Improvement of a Domestic LPG Cooking Stove Using
Porous Inert Media. Presented at 20thNational and 9th International
ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Mumbai, India, 4-6
January.
- Satheesh A, Muthukumar P (2009). Operation and Performance
Investigation of a Double-Stage Double-effect Metal Hydride Heat Pump.
Presented at ISOHIM2009 3rd International Symposium on Hydrogen in
Matter, IIT Madras, India, 13-16 December.
- Pantangi VK, Mishra SC, Muthukumar P, Durst F (2009).
Experimental Investigations of New Combinational Burner for Domestic
Cooking Application. Presented at International Conference on Advances
in Energy Research 2009, IIT Bombay, Mumbai. 9-11 December.
- Satheesh A, Muthukumar P, Dewan A, Groll M (2009).
Performance Investigation of a Double Stage Double Effect Metal
Hydride Heating and Cooling System. Presented at World Hydrogen Energy
Convection at New Delhi, 26-28 August.
- Muthukumar P (2009). Applications of metal hydrides: A
review. Presented at International Conference on Energy Engineering
(ICEE-2009), Pondicherry Engg College, Puduchery, 7– 9 January.
- Satheesh A, Muthukumar P, Linder M, Mertz R, Laurien E
(2009). Reaction kinetics studies on LmNi4.91Sn0.15 hydride.Presented
atHydrogen and Hydrogen Storage - Methods and Materials" H3-2009,
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 3 - 6 January.
- Ramana VS, Muthukumar P (2008).Studies on Coupled Heat and
Mass Transfer in Metal Hydride Beds for Hydrogen Storage Applications.
Presented atHEAT 2008, Fifth International Conference on Transport
Phenomena in Multiphase Systems, Bialystok, Poland, 30 June – 3 July
3.
- Lakshmi DVN, Muthukumar P (2008). Thermodynamic analysis of
sorption cascade cycle for continuous cold production. Presented at
Centenary – International Conference on Advances in Mechanical
Engineering (IC-ICAME), IISc Bangalore, India, 2-4 July.
- Satheesh A, MuthukumarP, Dewan A (2008). Numerical Investigation of
Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer During Desorption of Hydrogen in Metal
Hydride Beds. Presented at Centenary – International Conference on
Advances in Mechanical Engineering (IC-ICAME), IISc Bangalore, 2-4
July.
- Muthukumar P, Leeju CJ (2008).Development of a K-type
Thermocouple for Transient Temperature Measurement in Pressurized
Porous Medium. Presented at International conference on Frontiers in
Design and Manufacturing Engineering, Karunya University,
Coimbatore,1-2 February.
- Madhavakrishna U, MuthukumarP, Dewan A (2008). Computational Study
of Coupled Two-Dimensional Heat and Mass Transfer in a Metal Hydride
Based Hydrogen Storage. Presented at 19th National & 8th
ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Hyderabad, 3-5 January.
- Harish A, Muthukumar P, Mishra S.C (2008). Study on Coupled
Heat and Mass Transfer in MmNi4.6Fe0.4 based Hydrogen Storage Device.
Presented at 19th National & 8th ISHMT-ASME Heat and Mass Transfer
Conference, Hyderabad, 3-5 January.
- Muthukumar P, Umekar MM (2007). Coupled Heat and Mass
Studies in Metal Hydride Beds for Hydrogen Storage Applications.
Presented at International Conference on Modeling and Simulation
(Emerging Methods towards Frontier Technologies) CITICOMS – 2007,
Coimbatore, 27-29 August.
- Madhavakrishna U, MuthukumarP, Dewan A (2006). Numerical
Investigation of Coupled Heat and Mass Transfer in Metal Hydride Based
Hydrogen Storage Device. Presented at 2nd International Congress on
Computational Mechanics and Simulation, IIT Guwahati, 8-10 December.
- Umekar, MM, MuthukumarP, Das MK (2006). Numerical analysis and
parametric studies on a metal hydride based hydrogen storage device.
Presented at 2nd International Congress on Computational Mechanics and
Simulation, IIT Guwahati, 8-10 December.
- Muthukumar P,Maiya MP, Murthy SS (2006). Performance tests
on a thermally operated hydrogen compressor. Presented at
International Workshop on Hydrogen Energy (Production, Storage and
Application), University of Rajasthan, Jaipure, 5-9 November.
- Muthukumar P,Maiya MP, Murthy SS (2006). Comparison of
hydrogen storage performance of metal hydrides, Presented at Eightieth
National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference and seventh ISHMT /ASME
Heat and Mass Transfer Conf., Guwahti, 4-6,January.
- Muthukumar P, Maiya MP, Murthy SS (2005). Studies on
thermal compression of hydrogen using metal hydrides, IIT M – ISRO
Joint Workshop on Technologies for Utilization of Hydrogen Energy for
Ground based Applications, IIT Madras, India, 8th February.
- Muthukumar P, Maiya MP, Murthy SS (2005). Studies on
hydrogen storage using metal hydrides, IIT M – ISRO Joint Workshop on
Technologies for Utilization of Hydrogen Energy for Ground based
Applications, IIT Madras, India, 8th February..
- Muthukumar P, Maiya MP, Murthy SS (2005). Cyclic
performance of a metal hydride based Single stage hydrogen compressor,
International Hydrogen Energy Congress & Exhibition, Istanbul,
Turkey, 13-15 July.
- Muthukumar P,Maiya MP, Murthy SS (2005). Tests on
Mechanically Alloyed Mg2Ni for Hydrogen Storage, International
Conference on Solid State Hydrogen Storage-Materials and Applications,
Hyderabad, India, 31 January – 1 February.
- Muthukumar P, Maiya MP, Murthy SS (2004). Studies on metal
hydride based hydrogen compressor, Proc. Indo-Belarus Joint Workshop
on “Advances in Sorption based Thermal Devices” Minsk, Belarus,
pp.5-25, 2-3 November.
- Muthukumar P, Maiya MP, Murthy S (2004). Solid state
storage of hydrogen in metal hydrides: Thermodynamics, Heat and mass
transfer aspects, Proc. Indo-Belarus Joint Workshop on “Advances in
Sorption based Thermal Devices” Minsk, Belarus, pp.34-54, 2-3
November.
- Muthukumar P, Maiya MP, Murthy SS (2004). Comparison of
some Metal hydrides for hydrogen storage, Presented at Eighth Arab
International Solar Energy Conference & Regional World Renewable
Energy Conference, Baharain, 8-10 March.
- Muthukumar P, Maiya MP, Murthy SS (2003). Parametric
studies on a hydride based thermal storage system, Presented at Twenty
first IIR International Congress of Refrigeration, Washington, USA,
No. ICR0098. 17-22 August.
- Muthukumar P, Abraham K, Prasad UAR, Maiya MP, Murthy SS
(2003). Screening of Metal Hydrides for Engineering Applications,
Presented at Sixteenth International Conference on Efficiency, Costs,
Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems,
Copenhagen, Denmark, pp.93-100, 30 June – 2 July.
- Muthukumar P, Maiya MP, Murthy SS (2002). Influence of
metal hydride bed heat and mass transfer on the performance of single
stage hydrogen compressor, Presented at Sixteenth National Heat and
Mass Transfer Conference and Fifth ISHMT /ASME Heat and Mass Transfer
Conf., Kolkota, pp.875-880, 3-4 January.
National Conferences / Workshops
- Chilaka RCR, Prasad L, Muthukumar P, Somayaji CM (2015).
Performance Investigation of Lab scale Sensible Heat Storage System,
Presented at National Conference on Solar Thermal Energy Technologies
(NCSTET), IIT Jodpur, 26-28th Feb 2015.
- Kiran Naik B, Choudhary VK, Muthukumar P, Somayaji C
(2015).Performance Assessment Of A Cross Flow Cooling Tower – A
Simplified Approach. Presented at 4th National Conference on
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (NCRAC-2015), Chennai, 28 – 30th
October 2015.
- Patel PK., B. Satya Sekhar, Muthukumar P (2013).
Feasibility Study On Compressor-Driven Metal Hydride Based Cooling
System, Presented at 3rd National Conference on Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning (NCRAC-2013) IIT Madras, Chennai, 12-14th December.
- Muthukumar P, Kishore N, Shankar P (2011). Effects of
static electric discharge and surface indents on nucleation of aqueous
salt solutions, Presented at National Conference on Refrigeration and
Air Conditioning (NCRAC-2011) IIT Madras, Chennai, 21-23 July.
- Muthukumar P (2011).Development of high efficient porous
radiant burner for domestic cooking applications. Presented at
National Conference on “Innovations in Mechanical, Mechatronics and
Building sciences, Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, Tamil Nadu,
29 – 30 April.
- Muthukumar P (2010).Metal hydride based thermal machines.
Presented at National Seminar on Renewable Energy Technology: Issues
and Prospects (RETIP-2010), North Eastern Regional Institute of
Science & Technology, Arunachal Pradesh, 24-25 September.
- Sekhar BS, MuthukumarP (2010). Performance Studies on Metal Hydride
Based Thermal Energy Storage System. Presented at National Seminar on
Renewable Energy Technology: Issues and Prospects (RETIP-2010), North
Eastern Regional Institute of Science & Technology, Arunachal
Pradesh, 24-25 September.
- Satheesh A, MuthukumarP, Dewan A (2009). Modelling of metal hydride
based cooling system, Presented at National Conference on
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (NCRAC 2009), IIT Madras, Chennai,
08-10 January.
- Muthukumar P (2006).Metal Hydrogen Systems – A Future
Energy Carrier. Presented at 22nd National Convention of Mechanical
Engineers on Energy Technologies-Strategies for Optimal Utilization of
Natural Resources, The Institution of Engineers (India), Guwahati,
Assam 9 - 10 September.