Faculty

Prof. Muthukumar Palanisamy

Professor

Areas of Interest

  • Energy storage including hydrogen and thermal
  • Porous Medium combustion
  • Refrigeration and Air-conditioning
  • Metal hydride based thermal machines
  • Sorption heating and cooling systems
  • Solar Food Drying
  • Industrial Drying
  • Methanol-ethanol combustion
  • Hydrogen generation and purification
  • Thermal management in batteries
  • Medical waste incineration

Education

  • Ph.D, Thermal Science and Hydrogen Energy, IIT Madras 2005.
  • Thesis Title - Studies on Metal hydride based thermal devices for compression and storage of Hydrogen.
  • M.E., Refrigeration and Air-conditioning, Bharathiyar University, 1999.
  • B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Madras University, 1996.

Latest Publications

  • Alok Kumar, Muthukumar P, Pratibha Sharma, Anil Kumar E (2022) Absorption Based Solid State Hydrogen Storage System: A Review. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 52, Part C, 102204.
  • Sunku Prasad J, Muthukumar P (2021) Experimental investigation on annular metal hydride reactor for medium to large-scale hydrogen storage applications, J Energy Storage 44 Part B, 103473
  • Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Muthukumar P (2021) Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Charging and Discharging Performances of High-Temperature Cylindrical Phase Change Material Encapsulations. Solar Energy, 224, pp 411-424Gurpreet Singh Sodhi, Muthukumar P (2021) Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Charging and Discharging Performances of High-Temperature Cylindrical Phase Change Material Encapsulations. Solar Energy, 224, pp 411-424.
  • Sunita Deb, Muthukumar P (2021) Development and Performance Assessment of LPG operated Cluster Porous Radiant Burner for Commercial Cooking and Industrial Applications. Energy 219, 119581.
  • Nithin N. Raju, Muthukumar P, Vivek Selvan P, Malleswararao K (2019). Design Methodology and Thermal Modelling of Industrial Scale Reactor for Solid State Hydrogen Storage, Int J Hydrogen Energy 44, pp.20278-292.

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