Other Details:
Course
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Thermodynamics
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Applied Thermal Engineering
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Fluid Mechanics
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Gas Dynamics
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Heat & Mass Transfer
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Solar Radiation and Energy Conversion
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Solar Thermal Systems
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Solar Photovoltaic Systems.
Research Interests
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Solar Thermal Energy
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Thermal Energy Storage
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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
Selected Publications
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V.Thirunavukkarasu, Vivek U Nair, Kunal Tiwari, M. Cheralathan, "Experimental investigation on thermal performance of a cavity receiver with short term thermal energy storage for a solar parabolic dish concentrator", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2020, 1-12. (SCI with IF 2.731). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-10387-6
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Avipsita Das, Rohan Sharma, V. Thirunavukkarasu, M. Cheralathan, “Desiccant‑based water production from humid air using concentrated solar energy", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 2021, 1-11. (SCI with IF 2.731). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-021-10558-z
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V. Thirunavukkarasu and M. Cheralathan, “An experimental study on energy and exergy performance of a spiral tube receiver for solar parabolic dish concentrator”, Energy, 116635, 2019 (SCI with IF: 6.082) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116635
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V. Thirunavukkarasu, M.Cheralathan, “Effect of aspect ratio on thermal performance of cavity receiver for solar parabolic dish concentrator: An experimental study”, Renewable Energy, Elsevier, Vol 139, 2019, pp. 573 – 581. (SCI with IF – 6.274) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.02.102
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V. Thirunavukkarasu, M Cheralathan, “Experimental investigation of heat losses from external type absorber of a solar parabolic dish concentrating system”, IOP Conf. Series: Material Science and Engineering, 2018, 402 012196. (Scopus indexed). doi:10.1088/1757-899X/402/1/012196
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V. Thirunavukkarasu, M. Sornanathan, M. Cheralathan, “An experimental study on energy and exergy performance of a cavity receiver for solar parabolic dish concentrator” International Journal of Exergy, Inderscience Publishers, Vol. 23, No.2, 2017 (Impact factor: 1.012). https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEX.2017.085164
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V.Thirunavukkarasu, M Cheralathan, “Receivers of Solar Parabolic Dish Collector System for Low and Medium Temperature Applications: A Review”, International Journal of Control Theory and Applications, ISSN: 0974-5572, 2016, 9(37), pp. 333-344. (Scopus indexed).
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V.Thirunavukkarasu, G. Balaji, M.Sornanathan, “Experimental Analysis of Shell and Tube Thermal Energy Storage System with Finned Tube”, Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, ISSN: 0974-2115, October-December 2016, Vol. 9, pp 3138-3141, Issue 4. (Scopus indexed).
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V. Thirunavukkarasu, M Cheralathan, “Thermal Performance of Solar Parabolic Dish Concentrator with Hetero-conical Cavity Receiver”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, 2015, Vol. 787, 197-201, DOI: 10.4028/AMM.787.197. (Scopus indexed).
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Devabrat A Udhoji, V.Thirunavukkarasu, M Cheralathan,“Effect of Dead Space in the Rear End of Conical Cavity Receiver on Thermal Performance”, Journal of Basic and Applied Engineering Research, ISSN: 2350-0255; Volume 2, Number 11; April-June, 2015 pp. 915-917.
Papers Presented:
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Obada Issa, V. Thirunavukkarasu, “Comparison of external and cavity type receivers of a solar parabolic dish concentrator”, International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ICARSES), SRM IST, Kattankulathur, 3rd – 5th December 2020.
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Avipsita Das, V. Thirunavukkarasu, M. Cheralathan, “Desiccant materials for the production of water from humid air using concentrated solar power,” International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ICARSES), SRM IST, Kattankulathur, 3rd – 5th December 2020.
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Avipsita Das, Rohan Sharma, V. Thirunavukkarasu, M. Cheralathan, “Extraction of water from atmospheric air using desiccant material with solar concentrator", International conference on advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME) – 2020, 27/02/2020, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
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V.Thirunavukkarasu, Vivek U Nair, Kunal Tiwari, M.Cheralathan, "Experimental investigation on thermal performance of a cavity receiver with short term thermal energy storage for a solar parabolic dish concentrator". International conference on advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICAME) – 2020, 28/02/2020, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India.
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V Thirunavukkarasu, M Cheralathan, “Experimental investigation of heat losses from external type absorber of a solar parabolic dish concentrating system”, International conference on advances in mechanical engineering (ICAME 2018), 22-24th March 2018, SRM IST, Kattankulathur
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Rama Krishna Chitturi, M.Dhanasekar, V.Thirunavukkarasu, S.Venkataprasad Bhat, "Synthesis of lead iodide from recycling car battery for perovskite solar cell application", 3rd Inter-Academia Asia Conference, 28th to 30th November 2016, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University), Kattankulathur.
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Rama Krishna Chitturi, M.Dhanasekar, V.Thirunavukkarasu, S.Venkataprasad Bhat, "Making stable perovskite solar cells using used car batteries", Regional Conference on Science and Technology for National Development (RCSTND) 9th to 11th December 2016, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University), Kattankulathur.
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V.Thirunavukkarasu, M Cheralathan, "Receivers of Solar Parabolic Dish Collector System for Low and Medium Temperature Applications: A Review", Research day, 29th February 2016, SRM Institute of Science and Technology (formerly known as SRM University), Kattankulathur.
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V.Thirunavukkarasu, Marimuthu Cheralathan, "Thermal Performance of Solar Parabolic Dish Concentrator with Hetero-conical Cavity Receiver" International Conference on Sustainable Energy Resources, Materials and Technologies (ISERMAT-2015), 8th to 9th January 2015, SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu.
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R Anbu Kumaran, Mr. V Thirunavukkarasu, Dr. M Cheralathan, "Experimental investigation of heat losses from the circular absorber of a solar parabolic dish concentrating system" International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering, Technology – 2014, At OXFORD College of Engineering, Polur, Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu.
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V.Thirunavukkarasu, N.Kiran Kumar Reddy, "Thermal Performance of Solar parabolic dish collector system with a conical cavity receiver", National Conference on Innovations in Mechanical Engineering, 21st and 22nd June 2013, MITS, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh
Working Papers:
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With M.Cheralathan, “Solar cavity receiver with integrated storage for solar parabolic dish concentrator: An experimental study”, 2021
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With M.Cheralathan, “ Performance evaluation of a solar parabolic dish concentrating system integrated with thermal energy storage system”, 2021
Patents Filed/Publised
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V.Thirunavukkarasu.; M.Cheralathan., “AN EVACUATED SOLAR CAVITY RECEIVER” 2018, Patent application number: 201841007044, February 24, 2018
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A solar cavity receiver’, application No.201841007044 A, Date of publication: 25th January 2019
Work in Progress:
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With M Cheralathan, "Solar receiver with integrated storage for solar parabolic dish concentrator", 2017.
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With M Cheralathan, " Evacuated solar receiver for solar parabolic dish concentrator", 2017.
Academic Experiences
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Assistant Professor (SG) to from July 2017 to till date at SRM IST, Kattankulathur.
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Assistant Professor (Sr.G) from July 2012 to June 2017 at SRM IST, Kattankulathur.
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Asst. Prof. (O.G) from September 2005 to June 2012 at SRM University, Kattankulathur
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Lecturer at Dr. MGR Deemed University (Chennai) from June 2004 to September 2005
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Faculty coordinator for Indian Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE) SRM Students Chapter.
Other Professional Experience
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Worked with Thermax Ltd, Pune for the installation of large scale solar steam cooking plant at SRM Hostels, 2011-2012.
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Trainee Maintenance Engineer at Carborundum Universal Ltd. Koratty, Thrissur District, Kerala from May 1999 to May 2000.
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Project Engineer at Marutham Developers (P) Ltd (Coimbatore) from June 2003 to June 2004
Conferences/Seminars/Workshops Attended:
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Co-ordinator for the International Conference on Advances in Thermal Engineering and Applications, ICATEA 2021, 19th to 20th March 2021 organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu.
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Co-ordinator for one day Pre-Conference Workshop on Recent Advances in Thermal Energy Systems, February 25, 2020, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu.
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Core Organizing Committee Member for the Virtual “International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems (ICARSES 2020)", organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India during December 3-5, 2020
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Supporting faculty Coordinator for the six days Faculty Development Program on “Advances in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, during February 15-20,2021
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Trainer in Student Solar Ambassadors Workshop 2019 conducted by IIT Bombay.
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Organizing Member for Five days Faculty Development Program on Recent Advances in Solar Energy, 25th-29th November 2019 conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM IST, Kattankulathur.
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Organizer for a ‘Voice care awareness program’ for the faculty members of Mechanical Engineering Department on 10th January 2017. In association with Department of Speech and Audiology, SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre.
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Attended a six days Faculty Development Program on “Advances in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer” organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRMIST, Kattankulathur, during February 15-20,2021.
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Completed one week online training program on “Experiences in Solar Energy: Challenges & Opportunities” organized by Pimpri Chinchwad College of Engineering (PCCOE, Pune) In association with School of Energy Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University from 8th to 13th June 2020
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Successfully completed a short course on "Learn to Design your own Solar Home System" from Energy Swaraj Foundation during August 2020.
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Participated in the online workshop of Examination Reforms conducted by SRMIST, Kattankulathur during June 8- 16, 2020 and successfully completed with ‘A’ grade.
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Attended a Workshop on Energy Conservation and CFD Analysis in Buildings by the ISHRAE Student Chapter of Easwari Engineering College, Chennai during 28th October to 19th November 2020.
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Attended a two day national level e- workshop on Understanding OBS studio and Stream Yard for e-content creation and live streaming by Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute, Chennai during 10th and 11th July 2020.
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Attended a two days National Level Seminar on Advanced Heat Transfer Research during January 30-31, 2020 conducted by Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRMIST, KTR.
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Participated in One day certificate course on Energy Conservation held on 28th September 2018 at SRMIST, Kattankulathur.
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Attended one day faculty development program (FDP) on “Intellectual Property Rights & Innovations” held on 6th January 2017 at Mechanical Engineering Department, SRM University, Kattankulathur.
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Attended a two week ISTE Short term training program on Thermodynamics (BMWME209X) conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in blended mode from July16, 2015 to December 21, 2015.
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One day workshop on “How to Write Research Papers for Refereed Journals at Sai Ram Institute of Technology” on 24th January 2015.
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Attended a training program on “Operation, Maintenance and Troubleshooting of Concentrated Solar Technology (CST) based systems” on 01st December 2014 to 03rd Dec 2014, held at National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gurgaon,
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Attended the Indo-US workshop on Advances in Solar Energy Systems and Utilization- Fast Forward with Solar mission at Institute of Energy Studies, Anna University, Chennai on 7th and 8th April 2014.
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Attended a one day workshop on Advances in Energy Storage for Energy Management and Broader Use of Renewable Sources organized by Institute of Energy Studies, Anna University, Chennai on 27th March 2014.
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Support faculty for the 11th Indian Science Congress, 5-7th Jan 2011, SRM University, Chennai
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Support faculty for the Workshop on Fuel Cell Technology 2008, June 2008, SRM University, Chennai.
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Support faculty for International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engg., 5-6th Dec 2006, SRM University, Chennai.
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Attended a short term course on Computational Fluid Dynamics at Easwari Engg College, organized by Anna University, Chennai for a period of 2 weeks during June 2007.
Achievements and Awards:
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Best Poster Presentation Award in Dr. Parivendhar Research Colloquium, SRM IST, 23-25 Sep. 2019.
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Best oral presentation award in 2015 at SSN College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu at the Renewable Energy/HVAC session of International conference on Sustainable Energy Resources, Materials and Technologies (ISERMAT-2015), 8th to 9th January 2015, for the paper “Thermal Performance of Solar Parabolic Dish Concentrator with Hetero-conical Cavity Receiver”.
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Best Paper Award in the International Conference on Advances in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems, Department of Mechanical Engineering (ICARSES), SRM IST, Kattankulathur held during 3rd – 5th December 2020 for the paper, “Desiccant materials for the production of water from humid air using concentrated solar power”.
Memberships:
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Life member of Institution of Engineers, India, (IEI) Membership No. M-165877-2; 2019.
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Life member of Solar Energy Society of India (SESI), Membership No. LM/2325/2019; 2019.
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Annual member of Indian Science Congress (ISC); 2020.
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ISES (International Solar Energy Society),2014
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Life member of International Engineering Association (IAENG), Membership No. 144746; 2014.
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ISCA (Indian Science Congress), 2010
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Life member of International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT), Membership No. 80349379; 2014.
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