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Name
:
Dr R S e t h u m a d h a v a n
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Employee ID
:
35148
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Initial Expansion
:
Ramachandran V
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Date of Birth
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16.06.1957
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Address for Correspondence :
Flat 3A, Rainbow Kasturi Apartments
No 4, Third Main Road
Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai - 28
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Permanent Address
:
Flat 3A, Rainbow Kasturi Apartments
No 4, Third Main Road
Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai - 28
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Phone Number(s)
:
044 - 22 20 32 69 / 70
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E-mail ID
:
madhavan@annauniv.edu
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Qualifications
:
Ph.D ( Heat and Energy Transfer )
B.Tech ( Chemical Engineering )
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Area of Specialization
(i)
Renewable Energy
(ii)
Power Plant Consultancy
(iii)
Energy Conservation
(iv)
Demand Side Management
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Research Projects
Funding
Agency
No
Total
Amount
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Name of the Project
3 58 000
MNES
New Delhi
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3 00 000
3
10 00 000
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TEDA,
Chennai
10 00 000
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20 00 000
Technology Validation of Biomass
Gasifiers for Thermal Applications in
Manual Dyeing Units
Decentralized
Power
Generation
through Carbonization & Gasification
of Cashew Shell
To develop a Solar Cooker based on
Thermal Storage System for Cooking
During Night / Early Morning
To Design and Develop Energy
Efficient Buildings using Solar Passive
Architecture
To Develop and Fabricate a Small Scale
Prototype Drying Chamber using
Indirect method for Bagasse Drying
Using Waste Heat
Period
Status
( Completed /
In Progress )
May 03
Completed
Apr 04
Completed
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On going
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Teaching Experience
:
20 Yrs
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Research Guidance
:
Mr Ebenezer Rajkumar, Mr L Kumaraja,
Mr M Venkata Ramanan
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Publications
:
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1
Turbulent Flow Heat Transfer and Friction in Helical
Wire Coil
Inserted Tubes
- International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, Vol. 26, PP 1833 - 1845 ( 1 9 8 3 )
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Condensation of Steam on Single & Multi Start Spiral
Wire Wound Horizontal Tubes
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Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Journal ( Process Design & Development )
Vol.24, No.3,
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PP 783-787, ( 1 9 8 5 )
Design and Installation of a 10 Ton Solar Powered
Cold Storage in India
- Proceeding of ISES Congress, PP 1013 - 1017 ( 1 9 8 5 ), Montreal, Canada.
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Turbulent
Flow
Friction and Heat Transfer Characteristics
of Single and Multi - Start Spirally Enhanced Tubes
- Journal of Heat Transfer, Transactions of the ASME, Vol.108, No.1, pp 55-61 ( 1986 )
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Biomass Energy Conversion Systems – Combustor and
Gasifier
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Proceeding of the International Conference on Energy Management & Conservation,
PP III.2.1- III.2.8 (1988), Hyderabad
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Incineration of Industrial Toxic Wastes - An Efficient
Method of Waste Disposal
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Proceeding of the XI International (ASME) Conference on Fluid Bed Combustion,
Vol. 3, PP 1111 - 1119 (1991), Montreal, Canada.
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Energy Conservation through Process and Plant Operational
Modifications in a Tannin Extraction
Industry
in
In dia
- Proceeding of the 15th Annual International Conference on Energy Economics, Vol.1,
PP D-19-D-26 (1992), Tours, France.
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Firewood as an Energy Source of India - An Overview
- Proceeding of 16th International IAEE Conference on Energy Economics, (1993),
Indonesia
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An Approach to Economic Progress in India through Energy
Conser vation in Domestic Sector s - A Case Study Presentation
- Proceeding of 16th Annual International Conference of the International Association for
Energy Economics, (1993), Bali, Indonesia
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Conver sion of a Travelling Grate Coal Fired Boiler into a Fluidized
Bed Boiler for Agro - Waste Combustion - A Case Study
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Proceeding of 14th
International ASME Conference on Fluid Bed Combustion,
Vol.1, PP 489-496, (1997), Canada.
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Fluid Bed Incineration - An Effective Tool for Refinery Oil
Sludge Waste Disposal
- Proceeding of 25th International AAE Symposium on Advances in Alternative Renewable
Energy, PP 408 - 420 (1997), Malaysia.
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Incineration of Industrial Hazardous Wastes in a F BC Incinerator - An
Experience with Fluidized Bed Combustion Technology .
- Proceeding of the 1998 International Conference on Incineration and Thermal
Treatment Technologies , PP 529 - 536, (1998), Salt Lake City , Utah, USA
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Performance Evaluation of Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping System
- Proceeding of International Conference on Role of Renewable Energy Technology for
Rural Development, PP 94 - 97, ( 1998 ), Kathmandu, Nepal
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Training Programme on Solar Energy Utilisation
- Proceeding of Sixth International Symposium on Renewable Energy Education (1998),
New Delhi, India
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Water Pumping Windmills in Tamilnadu - A Status Report
- International Journal of Wind Engineering, Vol. 23, No.5, PP 319 - 322 (1999)
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Energy Generation from Effluent Stream of a Agro
Processing Industry through Anaerobic Route
- Millennium International Conference on Renewable Energy Technologies ( 2000 )
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Biomass Energy Resource for the Future and its Availability
- International Conference on Renewable Energy Technologies ( 2002 )
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Workshop on Improved Biofuel Utilization Technologies
- Indo Canadian Environment Facility ( 2002 )
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Optimization of Cold Storage Systems powered by Biomass
Energy for Rural Area Applications
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Proceeding of the World Renewable Energy Congress VII (WREC 2002),
June 29 - July 7, 2002, Colonge, Germany
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Trends in the Modeling of Cocurrent
Biomass Gasifiers
- Proceeding of the 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energy for Sustainable
Development, Oct 2003 Dhaka
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Energy Optimization In Humidification Plants Of Textile Industries
-
3
rd
European Congress Economics and Management of Energy in Industries
( E C E M E I ) April 2004 Portugal
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Sustainable Energy Options For Villages In TamilNadu
- 19 th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, June, 2004 France
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Design And Development of a Natural Dr aft Biomass Gasifier
- 2nd World Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy, Industry and
Climate Protection May 2004 Rome Italy.
24
Operational Experiences in a 100 kW(e) Wood Based
Biomass Gasifier Power Plant
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Cleaner Technologies and Environmental
Management, PP 472 - 476 ( 2007) Pondicherry, India,
25
Performance prediction and validation of equilibrium
modeling for gasification of cashew nut shell char
Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering (Accepted for publication)
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Mathematical modeling & experimental analysis of cashew
nut shell char gasification using free energy minimization ,
International Energy Journal (Accepted for publication)
27
Gasification facets of cashew nut shell char vis -à-vis
casuarina
wood - An experimental
analysis,
Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy (Accepted for publication)
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Applicability of stoichiometric equilibrium model for Gasification of
cashew nut shell char -
A n E x p e r i m e n t a l A n a l y s i s , International
Journal of Energy Sources – Part A : Recovery, Utilisation and
Environmental Effects
(Accepted for publication)
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Comparison on stoichiometric and non stoichiometric
modeling
of gasification of cashew nut shell char – an
e x p e r i m e n t a l a n a l y s i s , Energy and Fuels Journal (Under Review)
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Publications in National / International Conferences
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Augmentation of Filmwise Condensation of Steam on Horizontal
Copper Tubes Wrapped with Wires in a Helical Spir al Form
- Proceeding of the 34th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chem. Engrs.,
Vol.1, PP 84 – 90 (1981), Madras
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Performance Evaluation of Spirally Corrugated Tubes with
Multiple Helical Starts for Turbulent Flow Heat Transfer
to High Prandtl Number Power Law Fluids
- Proceeding of the 6th National Heat & Mass Transfer Conference, HMT 54 - 81,
PP D.13 - D.19 (1981), Madras
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High Efficiency Smokeless Wood Burning Stove
- Proceeding of the 5th Convention of Bio Energy Society of India, PP 361-365 (1988),
Baroda
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Energy Efficiency in Domestic Wet Grinders
- Energy Management Journal, Vol. 12, pp 5 - 10 ( 1989 )
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Low Cost High Efficiency Wood Burning Mud Stove
- URJA Journal, Vol. 26, No. 5, PP 43 - 46 ( 1989 )
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Energy Conservation in a Modern Rice Mill
- Energy Management Journal, Vol. 13, pp 25 - 30 ( 1989 )
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Municipal Solid Wastes - Efficient Disposal and Energy Ge neration
- Energy Management Journal, Vol.14, PP 20 - 28 ( 1990 )
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Open Solar Drying of Agro-wastes from Industries for use in
Boilers as Fuels - A Technical Study
- Solar Energy Society of India Journal, Vol. 4 (2), PP 117 - 134 ( 1990 )
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Inclined U - tube Manometer to Measure Low Pressures
- Invention Intelligence Journal, Vol. 25, No. 10, PP 464 - 465 ( 1990 )
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Effect of Wood Burning Rate
on
Efficiency
of
Stoves
- Energy Management Journal, Vol. 15, pp 10 - 22, ( 1991 )
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Fluid
Bed
Inciner ator
for
Disposal
of
Industrial
Wastes
- Indian Journal of Environmental Health Vol. 33, No. 2, pp 225 - 229 ( 1991 )
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Revival of Neglected Source of Renewable Energy - Charcoal
- Proceeding of the 23rd National Seminar on Energy options for the 90’s organized by
Energy and Fuel Users Association, PP 90 - 96 ( Jan 91 ), Madras
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Effective Utilization of Biomass through Drying and Combustion
- Proceeding of 7th Annual Symposium of Bio Energy Society of India, New Delhi (July 91)
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Thermal Energy Conservation in Aluminium Die Casting
- Energy Management Journal, Vol. 15, ( 1991 ), pp 27 - 39
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Fluid Bed Gasification of Rice Husk
- Proceeding of 20th NSEC, Vol. 1, PP 257 - 260, ( 1996 ), Calcutta
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Economics of Solar Assisted Pumpless VARS for Food Preservation
Application in Villages
- Proceeding of 20th NSEC, Vol. 1, PP 384 - 387, ( 1996 ), Calcutta
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Combustion of Agro Fuels in an Industrial Boiler
- Proceeding of 21 st NSEC, PP 589 - 593, ( 1997 ), Chennai
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Water Pumping Wind Mills in Tamilnadu - A Status Report
- Proceeding of 22 nd NSEC, PP 535 - 541, ( 1998 ), Roorkee
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Solar Photovoltaic Water Pumping System
- Renewable Energy Technology for Rural Development ( 1998 ), Nepal
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Training Programme on Solar Energy Utilization
- Renewable Energy Education ( 1998 ), New Delhi
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Renewable Energy
- State of the Art
- National Conference on Renewable Energy ( 1999 )
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Energy Generation from Effluent Steam of a Agro Processing
Industry through Anaerobic Route
- Renewable Energy Technologies, I I T Madras (2000 ), Chennai
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Biomass Based Cold Storage Systems
- Quarterly Journal on Renewable Energy
PP 7-8, Vol.2, Issue.3 ( 2001 ), Chennai
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Solar Energy -
Technology , TEDA Newsline,
Feed Back Analysis
- Seminar on Utilization of Solar & Bio Energy ( 2001 )
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Energy Audit Methodologies & Typical Case Studies
- National Workshop on Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation – Awareness and
Strategies ( 2001 )
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Drawbacks of Existing Method of Operation in Dyeing Industries
- Training Programme on Biomass Gasification for Thermal & Electrical Applications (2001)
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Analysis on Absorption Heat Transformer with Environment
friendly working fluids
- ISME Conference on Products and Design, Jan 2001, Chennai
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Power Project Appraisal Methodology
- Industrial Herald, pp 17 – 19, Vol.37, No.3, ( 2002 ), Chennai
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Rational utilization of Industrial Fuels
- National Seminar on Future Industrial Fuels P C R A ( 2002 )
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SPV based Home Lighting and Street Lighting - Prospects
- National Seminar on Use of Solar Energy ( 2002 )
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Biomass Power plant – Techno Economic Aspects
- State Level Conference of MEDA on Biomass Power ( 2003 )
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Renewable Energy Policies of the Government
- National Workshop on Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development ( 2003 )
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Biomass Resource Assessment for Power Generation
- National Training Programme on Best Practices in Bagasse Cogeneration and Biomass
Power Generation ( 2003 )
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Solar Thermal Applications
- National Seminar on Solar Energy and Other Renewable for Educational Institutions
(2003)
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Biomass Power
- A I C T E - I S T E Training Programme ( 2003 )
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Theoretical Studies and Modelling Analysis of Cashew Shell
Gasifier for Eco – friendly Power Generation
- National Conference on Emerging Trend in Energy and Environment. pp 68-73,( 2005 )
Captive Power Generation using Biomass Gasification
- Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging Trends in Energy & Environment
pp 55 - 61 ( 2005 )
Biomedical Waste Management – a Technical Analysis
- Proceedings of National Seminar on Waste Disposal Management & Utilization pp 29 – 34
( 2005 )
Thermal Processing Municipal Solid Waste
Training Programme on M S W Management - S I D A - p p 5 1 - 6 3 ( 2 0 0 6 )
Gasification of Loose Bioresidues in a Packed Bed Gasifier
- Proceedings of National Conference on Environmental Conservation. pp 225 - 232 ( 2006 )
Renewable Energy - Relevance to the Society
- Proceedings of the National Workshop on Advances in Renewable Energy Sources , Hosur
pp 1 - 20 ( 2006 )
Experimental Analysis of Fluid Flow in a Packed Bed Biomass
Gasifier
- National Seminar on Analyses and Applications of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer
pp 27 – 32 ( 2007 ).
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Awards
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Books / Patents
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(i)
Proceedings of the National Solar Energy Convention, 1997
(ii)
Proceedings of the National workshop on Energy Efficiency and Conservation
1999.
(iii)
Proceedings of the Management of Biomass Power Generation and Biomass
Utilization Technologies - 2000
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Social Activities
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R SETHUMADHAVAN
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