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Dr. R. VELRAJ
Professor, Institute for Energy Studies
Cellphone : 9962537765
e-Mail ID : [email protected]
Address : No.40, 28th Cross Street, Besant Nagar, Chennai -
600 090.
Present Position
Professor, Institute for Energy Studies, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University,
Chennai from June-2008.
Present Additional Responsibility
Director, Institute for Energy Studies, Anna University, Chennai from April-2013.
Previous Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
Guindy, Anna University, Chennai during June-2000 and June-2008.
Lecturer Sr. Grade, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy,
Anna University, Chennai during June-1997 and June-2000.
Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna
University, Chennai during December-1992 and June-1997.
Previous Additional Responsibility
Director, AU-FRG Institute for CAD/CAM, Anna University, Chennai during February-2010
and April-2013.
Deputy Director, Centre for Affiliation of Institutions, Anna University, Chennai during
April-2004 and February-2010.
Other Employment
Associate Lecturer, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering for 2 Years 11 Months.
Associate Lecturer, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering for 1 Year 5 Months.
Degree
M.E. in ENERGY ENGINEERING , CEG, Anna University (1990 - 1992).
B.E. in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING , , Annamalai University (1982 - 1986).
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Professor, Institute for Energy Studies
Research Degree
Ph.D. in ENERGY from Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, CEG, Anna University (1994 -
1999).
Title: Thermal Storage Studies for Energy Applications.
Area of Specialisation
Thermal Energy storage, Energy efficient buildings, Solar thermal, CFD
Membership in Professional Organization
International Solar Energy Society (ISES)
Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
Solar Energy Society of India (SESI)
Indian Society for Heating Refrigeration & Air-Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE)
Research Guidance
Number of Ph.D Scholars Guided : 26
Number of Ph.D Scholars Guiding : 13
Number of M.S (By Research) Students Guided : 2
Number of M.E./ M.Tech. Projects Guided : 108
Number of M.E./ M.Tech. Projects Guiding : 10
Number of Ph.D Scholars Guiding as Joint-Supervisor : 1
Papers Published in Journals
Research Papers Published in International Journals : 129
Research Papers Published in National Journals : 1
1. Velraj R, Seeniraj RV, Hafner B, Faber C, Schwarzer K, " Experimental Analysis and Numerical
modeling of inward solidification on a finned vertical tube for a latent heat storage unit", Solar
Energy, Vol. 60, Issue 5, pp. 281-290 (1997).

2. Velraj R, Seeniraj R V, Kannan N P, " Analytical solutions for planar and cylindrical axis
symmetric melting with heat capacity effects of flowing stream and PCM", International
Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 25, Issue 7, pp. 1041 - 1053 (1998).

3. Velraj R, Seeniraj R V, Hafner B, Faber C, Schwarzer K, " Heat transfer enhancement in a
latent heat storage system", Solar Energy, Vol. 65, Issue 3, pp. 171 - 180 (1999).

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4. Velraj R, Seeniraj R V, " Heat transfer studies during solidification of PCM inside an internally
finned tube", ASME Trans., J. Heat Transfer, Vol. 121, pp. 493 - 497 (1999).

5. Seeniraj R V, Velraj R, Lakshmi Narasimhan N, " Thermal analysis of finned tube LHTS module
for a solar dynamic power system", Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 38, pp. 409 - 417
(2001).

6. Seeniraj R V, Velraj R, Lakshmi Narasimhan N, " Heat transfer enhancement study of LTHS
unit contained dispersed high conductivity particles", ASME Trans., Journal of Solar Energy
Engineering, Vol. 124, pp. 243-249 (2002).

7. Subramaniam S P, Pandiyarajan V, Velraj R, " Experimental analysis of a PCM based I.C
engine exhaust waste heat recovery system", International Energy Journal, Vol. 5, pp. 81 - 92
(2004).

8. Pasupathy A, Velraj R, " Phase change Material based thermal storage for Energy
conservation in building architecture ", International Energy Journal , Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp.
147-159 (2006).

9. Velraj R, Cheralathan M Renganarayanan, " Energy Management through encapsulated PCM
based storage system for Large Building Air conditioning application", International Energy
Journal , Vol. 7, Issue 4, pp. 253-259 (2006).

10. Natarajan P, Velraj R, Seeniraj R V, " Holdup and solids circulation rate in liquid – solids
circulating fluidized bed", Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, Vol. 13, pp. 247-254 (2006).

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 , Vol. 7, Issue 11, pp. 1886 - 1895 (2006).

12. Nallusamy N, Sampath S, Velraj R, " Study on performance of packed bed latent heat thermal
enrgy storage unit integrated with solar water heating system", Journal of Zhejiang University
Science (Springler Verlag), Vol. 7, Issue 8, pp. 1422 - 1430 (2006).

13. Ebenezer Rajkumar Ab, Sethumadhavan, Velraj R, " Biogas : Can it be an important source of
energy", Environmental Science & Pollution research, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 67-71 (2007).

14. Cheralathan M, Velraj R, Renganarayanan, " Effect of porosity and the inlet heat transfer fluid
temperature variation on the performance of cool thermal energy storage system", Heat and
Mass Transfer (Springer), Vol. 43, pp. 833-842 (2007).

15. 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 Elsevier - Science Direct, Vol. 32, pp. 1206-1227 (2007).

16. 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 Wiley - Interscience, Vol. 31, Issue 14, pp. 1398 -
1413 (2007).

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17. Rajaraman R, Velraj R, " Estimation of interfacial heat transfer coefficient by control volume
technique during solidification of cylindrical aluminium alloy casting", Manufacturing
Technology Today (MTT), Vol. 6, Issue 12, pp. 19-25 (2007).

18. Natarajan P, Velraj R, Seeniraj R V, " 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, Issue 3, pp. Article 28 (2007).

19. Suresh Kumar K, Velraj R, Ganesan R, " Performance and characteristics study of the use of
environment friendly pongamia pinnata methyl ester in CI Engines", Journal of Energy and
Environment, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 60-71 (2007).

20. Pasupathy A Velraj R, " Effect of double layer phase change material in building roof for year
round thermal management", Energy & Building, Vol. 40, Issue 3, pp. 193 - 203 (2008).

21. Natarajan P, Velraj R & Seeniraj R V, " Effect of various parameters on the solid circulation rate
in a liquid – solid circulating fluidized bed ", Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, pp.
459 - 470 (2008).

22. Arularasan R Velraj R, "CFD Analysis in a heat sink for cooling of electronics devices",
International Journal of the Computer, Vol. 16, Issue 3, pp. 1-11 (2008).

23. Arularasan R Velraj R, " A Parametric Study of Parallel plate Heat sink using computational
Fluid Dynamics", The ICFAI University Journal of Mechanical Engineering , Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp.
40-53 (2008).

24. Suresh Kumar K Velraj R Ganesan R, " Performance and exhaust emission characteristics of a
CI engine fueled with Pongamiapinnata melting ester (ppmt) 4 its blend with diesel",
Renewable Energy , Vol. 33, Issue 10, pp. 2294-2302 (2008).

25. ShanmugaSundaram A Velraj R, "Thermal Management of Electronics : A Review of
Literature", Thermal Science International Scientific Journal , Vol. 12, Issue 2, pp. 5-26 (2008).

26. Natarajan P, Velraj R, Seeniraj R V, "Effect of various parameters on the solids holdup in a
liquid – solid circulating fluidized bed", International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering ,
Vol. 6, pp. 459-470 (2008).

27. Pasupathy A, Velraj R, Seeniraj R V, "Phase change material – based building architecture for
thermal management in residential and commercial establishments", Renewable & sustainable
Energy reviews , Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 39-64 (2008).

28. R Rajaraman, 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, pp. 1025 - 1054 (2008).

29. Pasupathy A Athanasius L Velraj R Seeniraj R V, "Experimental investigation & numerical
simulation analysis on the thermal performance of a building roof incorporating (PCM) for
thermal management", Applied Thermal Engineering , Vol. 28, pp. 556 - 565 (2008).

30. Arularasan R Velraj R, " Fluid flow & heat transfer analysis in a parallel plate heat sink using a
commercial CFD software", International Journal of Pure and applied Physics , Vol. 4, Issue 2,
pp. 97 -104 (2008).
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31. Natarajan P, Velraj R, Seeniraj R V, " Application of Drift – Flux model in liquid – solid
circulating fluidized bed", Chemical Engineering Communication , Vol. 195, Issue 9, pp.
1144-1158 (2008).

32. A Shanmuga Sundaram, Velral R Suganya G, " Experimental Investigation of Transient Heat
Transfer characteristics of a Heat pipe", Journal of heat & Technology , Vol. 27, pp. 29-35
(2009).

33. Rajaraman R, Velraj R, " Numerical Estimations of Interfacial Heat transfer co-efficient during
solidification of rectangular aluminium alloy casting by control volume technique",
Manufacturing Technology Today , pp. 31 - 38 (2009).

34. Nallusamy N, Velraj R, " Numerical & Experimental Investigation on a combined sensible and
latent heat storage units integrated with solar water heating system", ASME – Journal of Solar
Energy Engineering , Vol. 131, pp. 1-8 (2009).

35. Natarajan P, Velraj R Seeniraj R V, " Study of Regime Transition, operating range and system
stability in liquid – solid circulating fluidized bed", Chemical Engineering & Technology , Vol. 32,
pp. 572-579 (2009).

36. Arularasan R , Velraj R, " Effect of Fin spacing on heat transfer characteristics of a paralled
plate heat sink", International Journal on Mechanical & Automobile Engineering , Vol. 3, pp. 1-4
(2009).

37. L Sheik Ismail, Velraj R, " Studies of Fanning friction(f) and colburn (j) factors of offset and
wavy fins compact plate fin heat exchanger – A CFD approach", International Journal Heat
Transfer – Part A applications , Vol. 56, Issue 12, pp. 987-1005 (2009).

38. Arularasan R, Velraj R, " Modeling and simulation of a parallel plate heat sink using
computational fluid dynamics", International Journal Adv Manuf Technol , Vol. 51, pp. 415-419
(2010).

39. Muthu Sivagami R M, Velraj R Sethumadhavan R, " Solar cookers with and without heat
storage – A Review", Renewable and Sustainable energy review , Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp. 691-701
(2010).

40. Antony Aroul Raj , Velraj R, " Review on free cooling of buildings using phase change
materials", Renewable & sustainable energy reviews , Vol. 14, Issue 9, pp. 2819-2829 (2010).

41. Shanmuga Sundaram A, Velraj R Seeniraj R V, " 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, Issue 10, pp.
1726-1735 (2010).

42. Nantha K Gopal, Rayapati Subbarao Pandiyarajan V Velraj R, " Thermodynamics analysis of a
diesel engine integrated with a PCM based energy storage system", International Journal of
Thermodynamics Vol. 13 15 – 2113, Vol. 13, pp. 15-2113 (2010).

43. 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 &
sustainable energy reviews Vol.14(1) 478 - 485, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 478-485 (2010).

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44. M. Cheralathan R Velraj, "Mitigation of NOx emissions from a Jatropha biodiesel engine using
antioxidant additives", Fuel , Vol. 90, Issue 8, pp. 2721-2725 (2011).

45. 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, Issue 8, pp. 1573-1582 (2011).

46. Chinna Pandian 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 (Elsevier) ,
Vol. 39, Issue 10, pp. 6011-6020 (2011).

47. R Thenmozhi C. Sharmeela P Natarajan R Velraj, "Transient thermal management comparison
of a microprocessor using PCMs in various configurations", Journal of Thermal Science, Vol.
20, Issue 6, pp. 1-5 (2011).

48. R Arularasan G Dhanushkodi R Velraj, "CFD Simulation studies and experimental validation on
a parallel plate heat sink", Computer aided Engineering and Technology, Issue 5, pp. 526 - 537
(2011).

49. G. Kumaresan R Velraj S. Iniyan, "Thermal Analysis of D-mannitol for use as phase change
material heat for latent heat storage", Journal of Applied science , Vol. 11, Issue 6, pp. 3044 -
3048 (2011).

50. S Karthikeyan R Velraj, " 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, Issue 1, pp. 105 - 119 (2011).

51. La. Chidambaram A.S. Ramana G. Kamaraj R Velraj, "Experimental Investigation on a latent
heat thermal storage unit for solar cooling application", GREEN – The International Journal of
Sustainable energy conversion and storage , Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 221 - 228 (2011).

52. N B Geetha, R Velraj, " Parametric analysis of an augmented ventilation system with hot and
cold sources using CFD simulation", International Journal of Green energy, Energy and
Environment , Vol. 1, Issue 4, pp. 13-21 (2011).

53. A.S. Ramana G. Kamaraj R Velraj, "Review of solar cooling methods and thermal storage
options", Renewable and sustainable Reviews , Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 478-485 (2011).

54. Velraj R Ramadoss G Seeniraj R V, "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,
Issue 1, pp. 77-85 (2011).

55. Chinna Pandian M Malan E Velraj R Seeniraj R V, " Experimental investigation on heat
recovery from diesel engine exhaust using finned shell and tube heat exchanger and thermal
storage system", Applied Energy , Vol. 88, Issue 1, pp. 77-87 (2011).

56. Arulselvan, R Velraj, " Experimental Investigation and CFD analysis on air cooled condenser
heat pipe", Thermal Science International Scientific Journal, published by VINCA institute of
nuclear science. Issue 3, pp. 759 - 772 (2011).

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57. La. Chidambaram A.S. Ramana G. Kamaraj R Velraj, "Evaluation of Renewable energy options
for cooling applications", International Journal of Energy sector Management, Vol. 6, Issue 1,
pp. 65-74 (2012).

58. V. Kumaresan R. Velraj Sarit K Das, "Convective heat transfer characteristics of secondary
refrigerant based CNT nanofluids in a tubular heat exchanger", International Journal of
Refrigeration, Vol. 35, Issue 8, pp. 2287-2296 (2012).

59. M. Chinnapandian V. Pandiyarajan R. Velraj, " 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, Issue 3, pp. 349-370 (2012).

60. V. Kumaresan R. Velraj M. Nanda AK. Maini, "Phase Change Material-based nanofluids for
heat transfer enhancement in latent heat thermal energy storage system ", International
Journal of Green Nanotechnology , Vol. 4, Issue 4, pp. 541 - 546 (2012).

61. R. Shanti A. Shanmuga Sundaram R Velraj, "Heat transfer enhancement using nanofluids – An
Overview", Thermal Science International Scientific journal, Vol. 16, Issue 2, pp. 423-444
(2012).

62. V. Kumaresan R. Velraj S K Das, "The effect of carbon nanotubes in enhancing the thermal
properties of PCM during solidification", Heat and Mass transfer , published by Springer. Vol.
45, pp. 1345 - 1353 (2012).

63. G Senthil manikandan G Kumaresan R Velraj S Iniyan, "Parametric study of solar parabolic
trough collector system", Asian Journal of applied sciences , Vol. 5, Issue 6, pp. 384 - 393
(2012).

64. S Karthikeyan R Velraj, "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, pp. 153 - 160 (2012).

65. V. Kumaresan R. Velraj, " Experimental Investigation of thermo-physical properties of water –
ethylene glycol mixture based CNT nanofluids", Themochimica Acta, Vol. 545, Issue 10, pp.
180-186 (2012).

66. N. B Geetha R Velraj, "Passive cooling methods for energy efficient buildings with and without
thermal energy storage – A Review", Energy Education Science and Technology – Part A
Energy Science and Research, Vol. 29, Issue 2, pp. 913-946 (2012).

67. S Karthikeyan R Velraj, "Air heating with latent heat storage for thermal energy management
for solar applications", Distributed Generation and Alternative Energy Journal, Vol. 27, Issue 4,
pp. 20-35 (2012).

68. P. Karthik L.Sheik Ismail N. Kulasekharan R. Velraj, " Experimental and numerical investigation
of a l ouvered fin and elliptical tube compact heat exchanger", Thermal Science International
Scientific journal, Vol. 27, Issue 4, pp. 20-35 (2012).

69. G.Kumaresan R.Sridhar R. Velraj, "Performance studies of a solar parabolic trough collector
with a thermal energy storage system", Energy , Vol. 47, Issue 1, pp. 395-402 (2012).

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70. Krishnamurthy Sairam, Anantharaman Gopinath, &Velraj Ramalingam, "A comparative study
on environmental emissions and performance of a stationary type diesel engine fuelled with
bio-diesel derived from two different feed stocks ", Environmental Protection Engineering, Vol.
39, Issue 4, pp. 113-124 (2013).

71. Gopinath A, Sairam K & Velraj R, "Effect of Double Bond Equivalent of Bio-diesels on their
Heating Value and Cetane Number", Asian journal of chemistry, Vol. 25, Issue 15, pp.
8732-8736 (2013).

72. 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, pp. 466-473 (2013).

73. Sairam Krishnamurthy, Gopinath Anantharaman, Ragu Ramakrishnan & Velraj Ramalingam,
"Experimental analysis of combustion characteristics of biodiesels obtained from two oil seed
crops with different raw material compositions", Australian journal for crops and science, Vol. 7,
Issue 9, pp. 1343-1349 (2013).

74. G. Ravikumar Solomon R. Velraj, "Various phenomena during energy storage in a Phase
Change Material filled vertical finned cylindrical unit for free cooling application", Energy
Conversion and Management , Vol. 75, pp. 466-473 (2013).

75. N B Geetha R Velraj, " Novel concept of PCM based thermal storage integration in active and
passive cooling systems for energy management in buildings", Energy Engineering Journal ,
Vol. 110, Issue 1, pp. 41-66 (2013).

76. M Chinnapandian V Pandiyarajan A Prabu R Velraj, "Experimental investigation of cascaded
latent heat storage system for diesel engine waste heat recovery.", Energy sources Part A :
Recovery, Utilization and environmental effects, (2013).

77. S. Esakkimuthu Abdel HakinHassabou C. Palaniappan Markus Spinnler JuenBlumenberg R
Velraj, " Experimental Investigation phase change material based thermal storage system for
solar air heating applications", Solar Energy, Vol. 88, pp. 144-153 (2013).

78. G. Anantharaman S. Krishnamurthy R. Velraj, " A review on combustion, performance, and
emission charactersistics of fuels derived from oil seed crops (biodiesels)", Australian journal of
Crop Science , Vol. 7, Issue 9, pp. 1350 - 1354 (2013).

79. R. Velraj N. B. Geetha, " Passive cooling of cabin through natural sources", Archives Des
Sciences , Vol. 66, Issue 5, pp. 16-29 (2013).

80. V. Kumaresan S. Mohideen Abdul khader S. Karthikeyan R. Velraj, "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, pp. 413-421
(2013).

81. Ravikumar Solomon S. Karthikeyan 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, Issue 2, pp. 505-511 (2013).

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82. G. Ravikumar Solomon T. S. Ravikumar, V. Antony Aroul Raj R. Velraj, " Performance analysis
of thermal storage unit with possible nanoenhanced Phase Change Material in building cooling
applications.", Energy Storage Science and Technology , Vol. 2, Issue 2, pp. 91-101 (2013).

83. Kumaresan V Chandrasekaran P, Maitreyee Nanda, A K Maini, Velraj R, " Role of PCM based
nanofluids for energy efficient cool thermal storage system", International Journal of
Refrigeration Vol. 36(6) 1641 - 1647, Vol. 36, Issue 6, pp. 1641-1647 (2013).

84. P Chandrasekaran, M Cheralathan, V Kumaresan, R Velraj, "Enhanced heat transfer
characteristics of water based copper oxide nanofluid PCM (phase change material) in a
spherical capsule during solidification for energy efficient cool thermal storage system", Energy,
published by Pergamon. pp. 1-7 (2014).

85. P Natarajan, R Velraj, RV Seeniraj, "Hydrodynamic similarity in Liquid-Solid Circulating
Fluidized Bed Risers ", Powder Technology, (2014).

86. G Kumaresan, G Raju, S Iniyan, R Velraj, " CFD analysis of flow and geometric parameter for a
double walled solar cooking unit", Applied Mathematical Modelling, published by Elsevier.
(2014).

87. Ali M AbdelSalam, Ramalingam Velraj, "Numerical simulation of atmospheric boundary layer
and wakes of horizontal-axis wind turbines.", Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, Vol. 25,
Issue 1, pp. 44-50 (2014).

88. P Chandrasekaran, M Cheralathan, V Kumaresan, R Velraj, "Solidification behavior of water
based nanofluid phase change material with a nucleating agent for cool thermal storage
system", International Journal of Refrigeration, published by Elsevier. Vol. 41, pp. 157-163
(2014).

89. AS Ramana, R Venkatesh, V Antony Aroul Raj, R Velraj, "Experimental investigation of the
LHS system and comparison of the stratification performance with the SHS system using CFD
simulation", Solar Energy , published by Pergamon. Vol. 103, pp. 378 - 389 (2014).

90. Ali M Abdelsalam, K Boopathi, S Gomathinayagam, SS Hari Krishnan Kumar & Velraj
Ramalingam, " Experimental and numerical studies on the wake behavior of a horizontal axis
wind turbine", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics , published by
Elsevier. Vol. 128, pp. 54-65 (2014).

91. Ali M. AbdelSalam, R. Velraj, "Wake prediction of horizontal-axis wind turbine using full-rotor
modeling", Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics , Vol. 124, pp. 7-19
(2014).

92. S. Karthikeyan, G. Ravikumar Solomon, V. Kumaresan, R. Velraj, "Parametric studies on
packed bed storage unit filled with PCM encapsulated spherical containers for low temperature
solar air heating applications", Vol. 78, pp. 74-80 (2014).

93. M. Rajagopal, G. Ravikumar Solomon, K. Chetty 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, Issue 2, pp. 11-24 (2014).

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94. A Gopinath, K Sairam, R Velraj, " Combustion Analysis of Polanga (Calophyllum inophyllum)
Biodiesel", Applied Mechanics and Materials, published by trans tech. Vol. 812, pp. 51-59
(2015).

95. T. Arunkumar, R. Velraj, Amimul Ahsan, A.J.N. Khalifa, S. Shams, D. Denkenberger &
Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, " Effect of parabolic solar energy collectors for water distillation",
Desalination and Water Treatment, published by taylor and francis. Vol. 57, Issue 45, pp.
21234-21242 (2015).

96. S. Lokesh, P. Murugan, A. Sathishkumar, V. Kumaresan, R. Velraj, " Melting / solidification
characteristics of paraffin based nanocomposite for thermal energy storage applications",
Thermal Science, published by National Library of Serbia. pp. 170 (2015).

97. 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, published by Elsevier. Vol. 54, Issue 4, pp. 905-915 (2015).

98. V Antony Aroul Raj, C Hariharan, R Velraj, RV Seeniraj, " Numerical Investigations of Outward
Solidification in Cylindrical PCM Storage Unit", Applied Mechanics and Materials, published by
trans tech. Vol. 787, pp. 177-181 (2015).

99. N. Balaji, P. Suresh Mohan Kumar, R. Velraj, N. Kulasekharan, " Experimental Investigations
on the Improvement of an Air Conditioning System with a Nanofluid-Based Intercooler",
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, published by springer. Vol. 40, Issue 6, pp.
1681-1693 (2015).

100.P Natarajan, R Velraj, RV Seeniraj, " Hydrodynamics of a Liquid–Solid Circulating Fluidized
Bed: Effect of Solid Feed Pipe Diameter", Indian Chemical Engineer, published by taylor and
francis online. Vol. 57, pp. 67-81 (2015).

101.K Sairam, A Gopinath, R Velraj, " Exergy Analysis on Biodiesel Derived from Mahua (Madhuca
Indica) Oil and Its Blends with Diesel", International Journal of Energy, Environment and
Economics, published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Vol. 23, Issue 1, pp. 115 (2015).

102.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,
published by Research India Publications. Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp. 4419-4435 (2015).

103.Muthuvelan Thambidurai, Karthik Panchabikesan, Krishna Mohan N, Velraj, " Review on phase
change material based free cooling of buildings—The way toward sustainability", Journal of
Energy Storage, published by Elsevier. Vol. 4, pp. 74-88 (2015).

104.Arunkumar T, David Denkenberger, Velraj R, Ravishankar Sathyamurthy, Hiroshi Tanaka &
Vinothkumar K, " Experimental study on a parabolic concentrator assisted solar desalting
system", Energy Conversion and Management, published by Elsevier. Vol. 105, pp. 665-674
(2015).

105.P Chandrasekaran, M Cheralathan & R Velraj, " 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, published by Elsevier. Vol. 90, pp. 807-813 (2015).

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