Scholarly Publications in Reputed Internatinal Journals

S. No.

Authors name

Title of Paper

Journal Name with Vol, year

1.                    

Velraj R, Seeniraj RV, Hafner B, Christian Faber, KlemensSchwarzer

Experimental analysis and numerical modelling of inward solidification on a finned vertical tube for a latent heat storage unit

Solar Energy, Vol. 60, no. 5, 1997, pp. 281 - 290.

2.                    

Seeniraj RV, Velraj R, Kannan NP

Analytical solutions for planar and cylindrical axisymmetric melting with heat capacity effects of flowing stream and PCM

International communications in heat and mass transfer, Vol. 25, no. 7, 1998, pp. 1041 - 1053.

3.                    

Velraj R, Seeniraj RV

Heat transfer and parametric studies of an internally finned LHTS via an enthalpy model

Trans ASME J Heat Transfer, Vol. 121, 1999, pp. 493 - 497.

4.                    

Velraj R, Seeniraj RV, Hafner B, Christian Faber, KlemensSchwarzer

Heat transfer enhancement in a latent heat storage system

Solar energy, Vol. 65, no. 3, 1999, pp. 171 - 180.

5.                    

Velraj R, Seeniraj RV

Heat transfer studies during solidification of PCM inside an internally finned tube

Journal of heat transfer, Vol. 121, no. 2, 1999, pp. 493 - 497.

6.                    

Seeniraj RV,Velraj R,
Lakshmi Narasimhan N

Thermal analysis of a finned-tube LHTS module for a solar dynamic power system.

Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 38, no. 4-5, 2002, pp. 409 - 417.

7.                    

Seeniraj RV,Velraj R,
Lakshmi Narasimhan N

Heat transfer enhancement study of LHTS unit contained dispersed high conductivity particles.

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 124, 2002, pp. 243 - 249.

8.                    

Subramanian SP, Pandiyarajan V,Velraj R

Experimental analysis of a PCM Based I.C Engine Exhaust waste Heat Recovery system.

International Energy Journal, Vol. 5, 2004, pp. 81 - 92.

9.                    

SP Subramanian,
V Pandiyarajan,
R Velraj

Experimental analysis of a PCM based IC engine exhaust waste heat recovery system

International Energy Journal Vol. 5, 2005

10.                 

Nallusamy N,
Sampath S,
Velraj R

Study on performance of a packed bed latent heat thermal energy storage unit integrated with solar water heating system.

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A, Vol. 7, 2006, pp. 1422 - 1430.

11.                 

Cheralathan M,Velraj R, Renganarayanan S

Heat transfer and parametric studies of an encapsulated phase change material based cool thermal energy storage system.

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science A, Vol. 7, 2006, pp. 1886 - 1895.

12.                 

V Pasupathy,
R Velraj

Phase Change Material Based Thermal Storage for Energy Conservation in Building Architecture

International Energy Journal, Vol. 7, no. 2, 2006

13.                 

Velraj R,
Cheralathan M,
Renganarayanan S

Energy Management through encapsulated PCM based storage system for Large Building Air conditioning application.

International Energy Journal, Vol. 7, 2006, pp. 253 - 259.

14.                 

Natarajan P, 
Velraj R
Seeniraj RV.

Holdup and solids circulation rate in liquid-solids circulating fluidised bed

Indian Journal of Chemical Technology Vol. 13, no. 3, 2006, pp. 247-254

 

15.                 

Pasupathy A,
Velraj R

Phase change Material based thermal storage for Energy conservation in building architecture.

International Energy Journal, Vol. 7, 2006, pp. 147-159.

16.                 

Ebenezer Rajkumar A, Sethumadhavan R, Velraj R

Biogas: Can it be an important source of Energy.

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Vol. 14,2007,
pp. 67 -71.

17.                 

Cheralathan M,
Velraj R, Renganarayanan S

Effect of porosity and the inlet heat transfer fluid temperature variation on the performance of cool thermal energy storage system.

Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 43, 2007, pp. 833 - 842.

18.                 

Nallusamy N,
Velraj R,
Sampath S

Experimental investigation on a combined sensible and latent heat storage system integrated with constant / varying (solar) heat sources.

Renewable Energy, Vol. 32, 2007, pp. 1206 - 1227.

19.                 

Cheralathan M,
Velraj R, Renganarayanan S

Performance analysis on industrial refrigeration system integrated with encapsulated PCM based cool thermal energy storage system.

International Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 31, 2007, pp. 1398 - 1413.

20.                 

Natarajan P,
Velraj R,
Seeniraj RV

A Model to predict radial solids hold up and liquid velocity distributions in liquid - solid circulating fluidized bed.

Chemical Product and Process Modeling, Vol. 2, 2007.pp. 28.

21.                 

Suresh Kumar K,
Velraj  R,
Ganesan R

Performance and characteristics study of the use of environment friendly pongamiapinnata methyl ester in CI engines.

Energy and Environment, Vol.5, 2007, pp. 60 - 71.

 

22.                 

Natarajan P,
Velraj R,
Seeniraj RV

Application of Drift - Flux model in liquid - solid circulating fluidized bed.

Chemical Engineering Communication, Vol. 195, 2008, pp. 1144 - 1158.

23.                 

R Arularasan,
R Velraj

Fluid flow and heat transfer analysis in a parallel plate heat sink using a commercial CFD software

 

International Journal of pure and applied Physics, Vol. 4,no. 2, 2008, pp. 97-104

24.                 

R Arularasan,
R Velraj

A parametric study of parallel plate heat sink using computational fluid dynamics

 

The ICFAI University journal of Mechanical Engineering,Vol. 1, no. 3, 2008, pp. 40 - 53.

25.                 

R Rajaraman,
R. Velraj

Estimation of interfacial heat transfer coefficient by control volume technique during solidification of cylindrical aluminium alloy casting

Manufacturing Technology Today, Vol. 6, no. 12, 2008, pp. 19-25.

26.                 

Sureshkumar K,
Velraj R,
Ganesan R

Performance and exhaust emission characteristics of a CI engine fueled with Pongamiapinnata methyl ester (PPME) and its blends with diesel.

Renewable Energy, Vol. 33, 2008, pp. 2294-2302.

27.                 

Natarajan P,
Velraj R,
Seeniraj RV

Effect of various parameters on the solids holdup in a liquid - solid circulating fluidized bed.

International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Vol. 6, 2008, pp. 1-28.

 

28.                 

Pasupathy A,
Velraj R,
Seeniraj RV

Phase change material - based building architecture for thermal management in residential and commercial establishments.

Renewable and sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 12, 2008, pp. 39 - 64.

29.                 

Rajaraman R,
Velraj R

Comparison of interfacial heat transfer coefficient estimated by two different techniques during solidification of cylindrical aluminum alloy casting.

Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 44, 2008, pp. 1025 - 1034.

30.                 

Pasupathy A,
Athanasius L,
Velraj R,
Seeniraj RV

Experimental investigation & numerical simulation analysis on the thermal performance of a building roof incorporating (PCM) for thermal management.

Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 28, 2008, pp. 556 - 565.

 

31.                 

Pasupathy A,
Velraj R

Effect of double layer phase change material in building roof for year round thermal management.

Energy and Building, Vol. 40, 2008, pp. 193 - 203.

32.                 

Shanmugasundaram A,
Velraj R

Thermal Management of Electronics: A Review of Literature.

Thermal Science, Vol. 12, 2008, pp. 5 - 26.

33.                 

Natarajan P,
Velraj R,
Seeniraj RV

Effect of various parameters on the solid circulation rate in a liquid - solid circulating fluidized bed.

Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 3, 2008, pp. 459 - 470.

34.                 

Nallusamy N,
Velraj R

Numerical & Experimental Investigation on a combined sensible and latent heat storage units integrated with solar water heating system.

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 131, 2009, pp. 1-8.

35.                 

Sundaram, AS, 
Velraj R
Suganya G.

Experimental investigation of transient heat transfer characteristics of a heat pipe

International Journal of Heat and Technology,

Vol. 27, no. 1, 2009, pp. 29-35.

 

36.                 

R Arularasan,
R Velraj

Performance Improvement and Parametric Optimization of a Parallel Plate Heat Sink.

CURIE Journal, Vol. 1, no. 4, 2009.

37.                 

R Arularasan,
R Velraj

Effect of fin spacing on heat transfer characteristics of a parallel plate heat sink

International Journal on Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, Vol. 3, 2009, pp. 1-4.

38.                 

R Rajaraman,
R. Velraj

Numerical estimations of interfacial heat transfer coefficient during solidification of rectangular aluminum alloy casting by control volume technique

Manufacturing Technology Today,2009, pp.31-38.

39.                 

Natarajan P,
Velraj R,
Seeniraj RV

Studies on regime transition, operating range and system stability in liquid - solid circulating fluidized bed.

Chemical Engineering and Technology, Vol. 32, 2009, pp. 572 - 579.

40.                 

Sheik Ismail L,
Velraj R

Studies on Fanning friction(f) and colburn (j) factors of offset and wavy fins compact plate fin heat exchanger - A CFD approach.

Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, Vol. 6, 2009, pp. 987 - 1005.

41.                 

Muthusivagami RM, Velraj R, Sethumadhavan R

Solar cookers with and without heat storage - A Review.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 14, 2010, pp. 691 - 701.

42.                 

Gopal KN, 
Subbarao R, 
Pandiyarajan V, 
Velraj R.

Thermodynamic analysis of a diesel engine integrated with a PCM based energy storage system

International Journal of Thermodynamics,

Vol. 13, no. 1, 2010, pp. 15-21

43.                 

Arularasan R,
Velraj R

Modeling and simulation of a parallel plate heat sink using computational fluid dynamics.

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 51, 2010, pp. 415 - 419.

44.                 

Shanmugasundaram A, Velraj R,
Seeniraj RV

An experimental investigation on passive cooling system comprising phase change material and two phase closed thermosyphon for telecom shelters in tropical and desert regions.

Energy and Building, Vol. 42, 2010, pp. 1726 - 1735.

 

45.                 

Antony Aroul Raj V, Velraj R

Review on free cooling of buildings using phase change materials.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol.14, 2010, pp. 2819 - 2829.

46.                 

Sheik Ismail L,
Velraj R, Ranganayakuku C

Studies on pumping power in terms of pressure drop and heat transfer characteristics of compact plate fin heat exchangers.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol.14. 2010, pp. 478 - 485.

47.                 

Pandiyarajan V, ChinnaPandian M, Malan E,
Velraj R,
Seeniraj RV

Experimental investigation on heat recovery from diesel engine exhaust using finned shell and tube heat exchanger and thermal storage system.

Applied Energy, Vol. 88, 2011, pp. 77 - 87.

 

48.                 

Natarajan P,
Velraj R,
Ramadoss G,
Seeniraj RV

Study of slip velocity and application of Drift-flux model to slip velocity in a liquid solid circulating fluidized bed.

Advanced powder Technology, Vol. 22, 2011,pp. 77 - 85.

 

49.                 

G Kumaresan,
R Velraj,
S Iniyan

Thermal Analysis of D-mannitol for Use as Phase Change Material for Latent Heat Storage

 

Journal of Applied Sciences,Vol. 11,2011pp. 3044-3048.

50.                 

Chidambaram LA, Ramana AS,
Kamaraj G,
Velraj, R

Review of solar cooling methods and thermal storage options.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 15, 2011, pp. 3220-3228.

51.                 

Antony Aroul Raj V, Velraj R

Heat transfer and pressure drop studies on PCM - Heat exchanger module for free cooling applications.

International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 50, 2011, pp. 1573 - 1582.

52.                 

Varatharajan K, Cheralathan M,
Velraj R

Mitigation of NOx emissions from a Jatropha biodiesel engine using antioxidant additives.

Fuel, Vol. 90, pp. 2721 - 2725.

 

53.                 

Arularasan R,
Velraj R

CFD analysis and experimental investigation on air cooled condenser heat pipe.

Thermal Science, Vol. 15, 2011, pp. 759 - 772.

54.                 

Pandiyarajan V, ChinnaPandian M, Raghavan V, Velraj R

Second law analysis of a diesel engine waste heat recovery with a combined sensible and latent heat storage system.

Energy Policy, Vol. 39, 2011, pp. 6011 - 6020.

 

55.                 

Arularasan R, Dhanushkodi G,Velraj R

CFD Simulation studies and experimental validation on a parallel plate heat sink.

International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology, Vol. 3, 2011, pp. 526 - 537.

56.                 

Thenmozhi R, Sharmeela C, Natarajan P, Velraj R

Transient thermal management comparison of a microprocessor using PCMs in various configurations.

Journal of Thermal Science, Vol. 20, 2011, pp. 516-520.

 

57.                 

Chidambaram L, Ramana AS, Kamaraj G, Velraj R

Experimental Investigation on a Latent Heat Thermal Storage Unit for Solar Cooling Application

Green, Vol. 1, no. 2, 2011, pp. 221-228

58.                 

Karthikeyan S, Velraj R

Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the charging and discharging processes in a packed bed PCM based storage unit for Air heating applications

European Journal of Scientific research, Vol. 66, 2011, pp. 105 - 119.

 

59.                 

Annamalai AS, Ramalingam V.

Experimental investigation and computational fluid dynamics analysis of a air cooled condenser heat pipe

Thermal Science, Vol. 15, no. 3, 2011, pp. 759-772

 

60.                 

Palani N, Ramalingam V, Ramadoss G, Seeniraj RV

The increasing applications of liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed in chemical/biochemical industries require a better understanding of hydrodynamics of such system

Advanced Powder Technology, Vol. 22, 2011 , pp. 141-149.

61.                 

Chidambaram LA, Ramana AS, Kamaraj G, Velraj R

Evaluation of Renewable energy options for cooling applications.

International Journal of Energy Sector Management, Vol. 6, 2012, pp. 65 - 74.

62.                 

Chinnapandian M, Pandiyarajan V,Velraj R

A study on the thermodynamic analysis of a cascaded latent heat storage system over the single storage tank system for diesel engine waste heat recovery

International Journal of Exergy, Vol. 11, 2012, pp. 349 - 370.

 

63.                 

Shanthi R,ShanmugaSundaram A,Velraj R

Heat transfer enhancement using nanofluids - An Overview.

Thermal Science, Vol. 16, 2012, pp. 423 - 444.

64.                 

Kumaresan V, Velraj R, Das SKR

The effect of carbon nanotubes in enhancing the thermal properties of PCM during solidification.

Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 45, 2012, pp. 1345 - 1355.

65.                 

Karthikeyan S, Velraj R

Numerical investigation of packed bed storage unit filled with PCM encapsulated spherical containers - A Comparison between various mathematical models.

International Journal of Thermal Sciences, Vol. 60, 2012, pp. 153 - 160.

 

66.                 

Kumaresan V, Velraj R

Experimental Investigation of thermo-physical properties of water - ethylene glycol mixture based CNT nanofluids.

ThermochimicaActa, Vol. 545, 2012, pp. 180 - 186.

67.                 

Kumaresan V, Velraj R
Das S K

Convective heat transfer characteristics of secondary refrigerant based CNT nanofluids in a tubular heat exchanger.

International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol.35, 2012, pp. 2287 - 2296.

68.                 

Kumaresan V, Velraj R, Maitreyee Nanda,Maini AK

Phase Change Material-Based Nanofluids for Heat Transfer Enhancement in Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage System.

International Journal Biomedicine, Vol. 4, 2012, pp. 541-546.

69.                 

Karthikeyan S,Velraj R

Air heating with latent heat storage for thermal energy management for solar applications.

Distributed Generation and Alternative Energy Journal, Vol. 27, 2012, pp. 20-35.

70.                 

Kumaresan G,Sridhar R,Velraj R

Performance studies of a solar parabolic trough collector with a thermal energy storage system.

Energy, Vol. 47, 2012, pp. 395 - 402.

71.                 

SenthilManikandan G,
Kumaresan G,Velraj R, Iniyan S

Parametric study of solar parabolic trough collector system

Asian Journal of applied sciences, Vol. 5, 2012, pp. 384 - 393.

 

72.                 

Esakkimuthu S, HakinHassabou A, Palaniappan C, Markus Blumenberg SJ, Velraj R

Experimental Investigation phase change material based thermal storage system for solar air heating applications.

Solar Energy, Vol. 88, 2013, pp. 144 - 153.

 

73.                 

R. Velraj, Ravikumar Solomon G, Ravikumar T S, Antony Aroul

Performance analysis of thermal storage unit with possible nano enhanced phase change material in building cooling applications

Energy Storage Science and Technology, Vol. 2, no. 2, 2013, 91-102.

74.                 

R.VelrajN. B. Geetha

Passive Cooling of Cabin through Natural Sources

Archives Des Sciences, Vol. 66, no. 5, 2013, 16-29.

75.                 

Ravikumar Solomon G, Velraj R

Analysis of the heat transfer mechanisms during energy storage in a Phase Change Material filled vertical finned cylindrical unit for free cooling application.

Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 75, 2013, pp.466-473.

 

76.                 

Geetha NB, Velraj R

Novel concept of PCM based thermal storage integration in active and passive cooling systems for energy management in buildings.

Journal of Energy Engineering, Vol. 110, 2013, pp. 41 - 66.

 

77.                 

Kumaresan V, Mohideen Abdul khader S,Karthikeyan S,Velraj R

Convective heat transfer characteristics of nanofluids in a tubular heat exchanger of various lengths for energy efficient cooling/heating system.

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 60, 2013, pp. 413 - 421.

78.                 

Ravikumar Solomon G, Karthikeyan S,

Velraj R

Sub cooling of PCM due to various effect during solidification In a vertical concentric tube thermal storage unit.

Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 52, 2013, pp. 505 - 511.

79.                 

Kumaresan V, Chandrasekaran P, Maitreyee Nanda,Maini AK,Velraj R

Role of PCM based nanofluids for energy efficient cool thermal storage system.

International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol. 36, 2013, pp. 1641 - 1647.

80.                 

Gopinath A,Sairam K,Velraj R

A review on combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of fuels derived from oil seed crops (biodiesels).

Australian journal for Crops and Science, Vol. 7, 2013, pp.1350-1354. 

81.                 

Gopinath A,Sairam K,Velraj R

Effect of Double Bond Equivalent of Biodiesels on their Heating Value and Cetane Number.

Asian journal of Chemistry, Vol. 25, 2013, pp. 8732-8736. 

82.                 

Sairam K, Gopinath A,Velraj R

A comparative study on environmental emissions and performance of a stationary type diesel engine fuelled with biodiesel derived from two different feed stocks.

Environmental Protection Engineering, Vol. 39, 2013, pp. 113-124.  

 

83.                 

Krishnamurthy S Anantharaman S Ramakrishnan G, Velraj. R

Experimental analysis of combustion characteristics of biodiesels obtained from two oil seed crops with different raw material compositions

Australian Journal of Crop Science, Vol. 7, no. 9, 2013, pp. 1343-1349

84.                 

Chandrasekaran P, Cheralathan M, Kumaresan V, Velraj R

Enhanced heat transfer characteristics of water-based copper oxide nano-fluid PCM (phase change material) in a spherical capsule during solidification for energy efficient cool thermal storage system.

Energy, Vol. 72, 2014, pp. 636-642.

85.                 

Rajagopal M, Ravikumar Solomon G, ChettyJayasudha K, Velraj, R

Free Cooling Potential and Technology Options for Thermal Energy Management of a Commercial Building in Bangalore City, India.

Energy Engineering, Vol. 111, 2014, pp. 11-24.

 

86.                 

Karthikeyan S, Ravikumar Solomon G, Kumaresan V,
Velraj R

Parametric studies on packed bed storage unit filled with PCM encapsulated spherical containers for low temperature solar air heating applications.

Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 78, 2014, pp. 74-80.

87.                 

Ali Abdelsalam M, Boopathi K, Gomathinayagam S, Hari Krishnan Kumar S, Velraj R

Experimental and numerical studies on the wake behavior of a horizontal axis wind turbine.

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, Vol. 128, 2014, pp. 54-65.

88.                 

Chandrasekaran P, Cheralathan M, Kumaresan V, Velraj R

Solidification behavior of water based nanofluid phase change material with a nucleating agent for cool thermal storage system.

International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol. 41,2014, pp. 157-163.

89.                 

Ramana AS, Venkatesh R,
Antony Aroul Raj V, Velraj R

Experimental
investigation of the LHS system and comparison of the stratification performance with  the SHS system using CFD simulation.

Solar Energy, Vol. 103, 2014, pp. 378-389.

90.                 

R Shanthi, R. Velraj

Performance of two phase gravity assisted thermosyphon using nanofluids

Frontiers in Heat Pipes (FHP), Vol. 5, no. 1,  2014

91.                 

M Rajagopal, GR Solomon,
CK Jayasudha, R Velraj

Free cooling potential and technology options for thermal energy management of a commercial building in Bangalore city, India

Energy Engineering, Vol.  111 , no. 2, 2014, pp. 11-24.

92.                 

Sairam K, R. Velraj, Gopinath A

Environmental Emissions and Performance of a Direct Injection Diesel Engine Fuelled with Mahua Biodiesel: A Renewable Alternate Diesel Fuel

International Journal of Applied Environmental Science, 2014.

 

93.                 

A Gopinath, K Sairam, R Velraj

Experimental investigation on the effect of biodiesel derived from cottonseed oil (Gossypiumhirsutum) on environmental emissions and performance of a

Stationary

J SciEng Res Vol. 5, 2014, pp. 2229-5518.

 

94.                 

Ali M Abdelsalam, Velraj R

Wake prediction of horizontal-axis
 wind turbine using full-rotor modeling.

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial
 Aerodynamics, Vol. 124, 2014, pp. 7-19.

95.                 

Natarajan P, Velraj R, Seeniraj RV

Hydrodynamic similarity in liquid-solid
circulating fluidized bed risers.

Powder Technology, Vol. 264, 2014, pp. 166-176.

96.                 

Ali Abdelsalam M, Velraj R

Numerical simulation of atmospheric boundary layer and wakes of horizontal-axis wind turbines

Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, Vol. 25, 2014, pp. 44-50.

 

97.                 

Tajudeen S, Velraj R

Nano additives: Enhancement of Combustion and Performance Characteristics of a CI Diesel Engine

International Journal of Applied Environmental Sciences, Vol. 9, 2014, pp. 1727-1741.

 

98.                 

Karthik P, Narasingamurthi K, Velraj R

Experimental and numerical investigation of a louvered fin and elliptical tube compact heat exchanger.

Thermal Science, Vol. 19, 2015, pp. 679-692.

 

99.                 

Natarajan P, Velraj R, Seeniraj RV.

 

Hydrodynamics of a Liquid-Solid Circulating Fluidized Bed: Effect of Solid Feed Pipe Diameter

Indian Chemical Engineer, Vol. 57, 2015, pp. 81

 

100.             

A Gopinath, K Sairam, R Velraj

Combustion Analysis of Polanga (Calophylluminophyllum) Biodiesel

Applied Mechanics and Materials,Vol. 812, 2015, pp. 51-59

101.             

R Manohar, R. Velraj

 

Bagasse dryer

 

International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol.  10, no. 16, 2015, pp. 37906-37913.

102.             

K Sairam, A Gopinath, R Velraj

Exergy Analysis on Biodiesel Derived from Mahua (MadhucaIndica) Oil and its Blends with Diesel

International Journal of Energy, Environment and Economics, Vol. 23, no. 1, 2015, pp. 115.

103.             

M. Thambidurai, N. Krishnamohan, M. Rajagopal, R. Velraj

Free cooling feasibility of a typical commercial building in Pune city, India

International journal of applied engineering research, Vol. 10, no. 2, 2015, pp.  4419-4435.

104.             

R Velraj, V Gayathri, A Thenmozhi

Performance evaluation of compressed air energy storage using TRNSYS

 

Journal of Electronic Science and Technology, Vol. 13, no. 4, 2015, pp. 361-366.

105.             

Balaji N, Kumar PSM, Velraj R, Kulasekharan N

Experimental Investigations on the Improvement of an Air Conditioning System with a Nanofluid-Based Intercooler.

Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 40, 2015, pp. 1681-1693.

106.             

Karthik P, Kumaresan V, Velraj R

Experimental and parametric studies of a louvered fin and flat tube compact heat exchanger using computational fluid dynamics.

Alexandria Engineering Journal, Vol. 54, 2015,  pp. 905-915.

107.             

Thambidurai M, Karthik P,Krishna Mohan N, Velraj R

Review on phase change material based free cooling of buildings - the way toward sustainability.

Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 4, 2015, pp 74-88

108.             

Kumaresan G, Raju G, Iniyan S, Velraj R

CFD analysis of flow and geometric parameter for a double walled solar cooking unit.

Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol. 39, 2015, pp. 137-146.

109.             

Kumar R S, Sureshkumar K, Velraj R

Optimization of biodiesel production from Manilkarazapota (L.) seed oil using Taguchi method.

Fuel, Vol. 140, 2015, pp. 90-96.

110.             

Shaafi T, Velraj R

Influence of alumina nanoparticles, ethanol and isopropanol blend as additive with diesel-soybean biodiesel blend fuel: Combustion, engine performance and emissions.

Renewable Energy, Vol. 80, 2015, pp. 655-663.

 

111.             

Shaafi T, Sairam K, Gopinath A, Kumaresan G, Velraj R

Effect of dispersion of various nanoadditives on the performance and emission characteristics of a CI engine fuelled with diesel, biodiesel and blends - A review.

Renewable and
Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 49, 2015, pp. 563-573.

 

112.             

Chandrasekaran P, Cheralathan M, Velraj R

Effect of fill volume on solidification characteristics of DI (deionized) water in a spherical capsule-An experimental study.

Energy, Vol. 90, 2015, pp. 508-515.

 

113.             

Chandrasekaran P, Cheralathan M, Velraj R

Influence of the size of spherical capsule on solidification characteristics of DI (deionized water) water for a cool thermal energy storage system - An experimental study.

Energy, Vol. 90, 2015, pp. 807-813.

 

114.             

Arunkumar T, Denkenberger D, Velraj R, Ravishankar R, Hiroshi Tanaka, Vinothkumar K

Experimental study on a parabolic concentrator assisted solar desalting system.

Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 105, 2015, pp. 665-674.

115.             

Antony Aroul Raj V, Hariharan C, Velraj R, Seeniraj R V

Numerical Investigations of Outward Solidification in Cylindrical PCM Storage Unit

Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vol. 787, 2015, pp. 177-181.

116.             

Sairam K, Gopinath A, Velraj R

Environmental Emissions And Efficiency of A Direct Injection Diesel Engine Fueled With Various Fatty Acid Methyl Esters

Environment Protection Engineering, Vol. 41, no. 1, 2015, pp.125-135.

117.             

Chinnapandian M, Pandiyarajan V, Prabhu A, Velraj R

Experimental Investigation of a Cascaded Latent Heat Storage System for Diesel Engine Waste Heat Recovery-, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery

Utilization, and Environmental Effects, Vol. Vol. 37, no. 12, 2015, pp. 1308-1317.

 

118.             

Kumaresan G, Vigneswaran VS, Esakkimuthu S,

Velraj R

Performance assessment of a solar domestic cooking unit integrated with thermal energy storage system.

Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 6, 2016, pp. 70-79.

 

119.             

Sathishkumar A, Kumaresan V, Velraj R

Solidification characteristics of water based graphenenanofluid PCM in a spherical capsule for cool thermal energy storage applications.

International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol. 66, 2016, pp. 73-83

120.             

Thenmozhi R, Sharmeela C, Natarajan P, Velraj R

Fuzzy Logic Controller Based Bridgeless Isolated Interleaved Zeta Converter for LED Lamp Driver Application.

International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems, Vol. 7, 2016, pp. 509-520.

121.             

R Thenmozhi, C Sharmeela, P Natarajan, R Velraj

Fuzzy Logic Controller Based Bridgeless Isolated Interleaved Zeta Converter for LED Lamp Driver Application

 

International Journal of Power Electronics and Drive Systems, Vol. 7. No. 2, 2016, 509.

122.             

R Thenmozhi, C Sharmeela, P Natarajan, R Velraj

An Efficient Bridgeless (Bl) Isolated Interleaved Zeta Converter for Led Lamp Driver Application

Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Vol. 11, 2016.

123.             

Arunkumar T, Velraj R, Denkenberger D, Sathyamurthy R, Vinothkumar K, Porkumaran K, Amimul Ahsan

Effect of heat removal on tubular solar desalting system.

Desalination, Vol. 379, 2016, pp.24-33.

124.             

Arunkumar T, Velraj R, Denkenberger D,
Sathyamurthy R

Influence of crescent shaped absorber in water desalting system.

Desalination, Vol. 398, 2016, pp.208-213.

 

125.             

Ganesh Kumar P, Kumaresan V, Velraj R

Experimental investigation on thermo physical properties of solar glycol dispersed with multi-walled carbon nanotubes.

Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, Vol. 24, 2016, pp. 641-652.

126.             

Sathishkumar A, Kumaresan V, Velraj R

Solidification characteristics of water based graphenenanofluid PCM in a spherical capsule for cool thermal energy storage applications.

International Journal of Refrigeration, Vol. 66, 2016, pp. 73-83.

127.             

Rajagopal M, Velraj R

Experimental Investigation on the Phase Change Material Based Modular Heat Exchanger for Thermal Management of a Building.

International Journal of Green Energy, Vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1-44.

 

128.             

Kalaiarasi G, Velraj R, Swami MV

Experimental energy and exergy analysis of a flat plate solar air heater with a new design of integrated sensible heat storage.

Energy, Vol.111, 2016, pp.609-619.

129.             

Anantharaman G, Krishnamurthy S, Velraj R

Effects of raw material composition of tung (Vernicia Montana) and jatropha (JatrophaCurcas L) oil methyl esters on their fuel properties: A comparative study in fuel quality perspectives.

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology, Vol. 12, 2016, pp. 210-230.

 

130.             

Thambidurai M, Karthik P, Munisamy R, Krishna Mohan N, Velraj R

Experimental investigation of free cooling using phase change material-filled air heat exchanger for energy efficiency in buildings.

Advances in Building Energy Research, 2016, pp.1-11. DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2016.1248487.

131.             

Rajagopal M, Dinesh Babu R, Antony Aroul Raj V, Velraj R

Investigation on phase change material-based flat plate heat exchanger modules for free cooling applications in energy-efficient buildings.

Advances in Building Energy Research,  Vol.11, 2017, pp. 282-304

132.             

Gayathri V, Velraj R

Performance analysis of a small capacity compressed air energy storage system for renewable energy generation using TRNSYS

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Vol. 9, no. 4, 2017, pp. 044106

 

133.             

Gayathri V, Prasanna P, Velraj R, Jihong W

A review on compressed air energy storage - A pathway for smart grid and polygeneration.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 62, 2016, pp. 895-907.

134.             

Kumaresan G, Vigneswaran VS, Esakkimuthu S, Velraj R

Performance assessment of a solar domestic cooking unit integrated with thermal energy storage system.

Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 6, 2016, pp. 70-79.

 

135.             

Senthil Kumar  G, Nagarajan D, Chidambaram LA, Kumaresan V, Ding Y, Velraj R

Role of PCM addition on stratification behaviour in a thermal storage tank-An experimental study.

Energy, Vol. 115, 2016, pp. 1168-1178.

 

136.             

Arunkumar T, Velraj R, Denkenberger D, Sathyamurthy R, Kumar KV, Amimul Ahsan

Productivity enhancements of compound parabolic concentrator tubular solar stills.

Renewable Energy,Vol.88, 2016, pp.391-400.

137.             

Misra A, Tajudeen S, Venkataramani G,  Avyasamy E, Ramalingam V

Role Of Biodiesel With Nanoadditives In Port Owned Trucks And Other Vehicles For Emission Reduction.

Thermal Science, Vol. 21, 2017, 605-614.

 

138.             

Karthik P, Kumaresan V,
Velraj R

Fanning friction (f) and colburn (j) factors of a louvered fin and flat tube compact heat exchanger.

Thermal Science, Vol. 21, 2017, pp. 141-150.

139.             

Ganeshkumar J, Kathirkaman D,Raja K,Kumaresan V,
Velraj R

Experimental study on density, thermal conductivity, specific heat and viscosity of water-ethylene glycol mixture dispersed with carbon nanotubes.

Thermal Science, Vol. 21, 2017, pp. 255-265.

 

140.             

Misra A, Panchabikesan K, Gowrishankar SK, Ayyasamy E, Velraj R

GHG emission accounting and mitigation strategies to reduce the carbon footprint in conventional port activities-a case of the Port of Chennai.

Carbon Management, Vol. 8, 2017, pp. 45-56

 

141.             

Kumaresan G, Sudhakar P, Santosh R, Velraj R

Experimental and numerical studies of thermal performance enhancement in the receiver part of solar parabolic trough collectors.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 77, 2017, pp 1363-1374.

142.             

Kumar PG, Kumaresan V, Velraj R

Stability, viscosity, thermal conductivity, and electrical conductivity enhancement of multi-walled carbon nanotube Nanofluid using gum Arabic.

Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, Vol. 25, 2017, pp. 230-240.

143.             

Panchabikesan K, Raj AA, Abaranji S, Vellaichamy P, Ramalingam V

Effect of direct evaporative cooling during the charging process of phase change material based storage system for building free cooling application—A real time experimental investigation.

Energy and Buildings, Vol.152, 2017, pp. 250-263.

144.             

KarthikPanchabikesan, Kumaresan V,Velraj R

Passive cooling potential in buildings under various climatic conditions in India.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 78, 2017, pp. 1236-1252.

145.             

Sudhakar P, Kumaresan G, Velraj R

Experimental analysis of solar photovoltaic unit integrated with free cool thermal energy storage system.

Solar Energy, Vol. 158, 2017, pp. 837-844.

146.             

Raphael VSP, Velraj R, Jalihal P

Transient analysis of steam accumulator integrated with solar based MED-TVC system.

Desalination, 2017, In press. DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2017.12.045

147.             

K Panchabikesan, AAR Vincent, Y Ding, V Ramalingam

Enhancement in free cooling potential through PCM based storage system integrated with direct evaporative cooling (DEC) unit.

Energy, Vol. 144, 2017, pp. 443-455.

148.             

Thenmozhi R, Sharmeela C, Natarajan P, Velraj R

Zigbee Based Energy Efficient LED Lighting System

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, Vol. 14, no. 1, 2017, pp. 435-440.

149.             

Misra A, Panchabikesan K, Ayyasamy E, Ramalingam V

Sustainability and Environmental Management: Emissions Accounting for Ports

Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, Vol. 37, no. 1, 2017, pp. 8-26

 

150.             

AtulyaMisra, V. Gayathri  , G. Senthilkumar, A. Elayaperumal, R. Velraj

Renewable Energy Based Smart Microgrids—A Pathway To Green Port Development

Strategic Planning for Energy and Environment, Vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, 17-32.

151.             

K Hariharan, GSS Kumar, G Kumaresan,R Velraj

Investigation on phase change behavior of paraffin phase change material in a spherical capsule for solar thermal storage units

Heat Transfer Engineering, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1080/01457632.2017.1341227

 

152.             

R Thenmozhi, C Sharmeela, P Natarajan, R Velraj

Zigbee Based Energy Efficient LED Lighting System

Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, Vol. 14, no. 1, 2017, 435-440.

153.             

Murugan P, Ganesh P Kumar, Kumaresan V, Meikandan M, Malar K Mohan, Velraj R

Thermal energy storage behaviour of nanoparticle enhanced PCM during freezing and melting

Phase Transitions, Vol. 91, no. 3, 2018, pp. 254 - 270.

154.             

Samson Packiaraj Raphael V, Velraj R, PurnimaJalihal

Transient analysis of steam accumulator integrated with solar based MED-TVC system

Desalination, Vol. 435, 2018, pp. 3 - 22.

155.             

Karthik P, Antony Aroul Raj Vincent, Yulong Ding, Velraj R

Enhancement in free cooling potential through PCM based storage system integrated with direct evaporative cooling (DEC) unit

Energy, Vol. 144, 2018, pp. 443 - 455.

156.             

AK Babu, G Kumaresan, V Antony Aroul Raj, Velraj R

Review of leaf drying: Mechanism and influencing parameters, drying methods, nutrient preservation, and mathematical models

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 90, 2018, pp. 536 - 556.

157.             

R Sathish Kumar, K Sureshkumar, Velraj R

Combustion, Performance and Emission characteristics of an unmodified diesel engine fueled with Manilkara Zapota Methyl Ester and its diesel blends

Applied Thermal Engineering

158.             

Poongavanam Ganesh Kumar, Karthik Panchabikesan, L Anto Joseph Deeyoko, Velraj R

Experimental investigation on heat transfer augmentation of solar air heater using shot blasted V-corrugated absorber plate

Renewable Energy


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