Dr. M. Mohanraj -2016

Dr. M. MOHANRAJ, M.E., Ph.D.

Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology,

Coimbatore-641032. India

Cell No.: +919486411896 E. Mail: [email protected]

DETAILED RESUME

Education

• Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Mechanical Engineering for the thesis titled

"Investigations on direct expansion solar assisted heat pumps working with

R22 and its alternatives" from National Institute of Technology, Calicut during the

year October 2009.

• Master of Engineering (M.E) in Mechanical Engineering (Specialization:

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning) from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

(Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore) during the year February 2001

with first class.

• Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Mechanical Engineering from University of

Madras, Chennai (K.S.R. College of Technology, Thiruchengode) during the year

April 1999 with first class.

• Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (D.M.E) from Board of Technical Education,

Tamil Nadu-Chennai (Nachimuthu Polytechnic College, Pollachi) during the year

April 1996 with first class and distinction.

Experience

• Visiting researcher to Al Farabi Kazak National University, Almaty, Republic of

Kazakhstan during June 2nd to June 24th 2016.

• Visiting faculty to Al Farabi Kazak National University, Almaty, Republic of

Kazakhstan to carry out the collaborative research entitled “Development, testing

and standardization of two stage solar assisted cascade heat pumps for

space heating applications”. Involved as a technical expert for development,

testing and refrigerant selection (during October 2015-December 2015 (3 months).

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• Working as a Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Hindusthan College of

Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore from July 2013 to till date.

• Worked as a Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Info Institute of

Engineering, Coimbatore from January 2013 to June 2013.

• Worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical

Engineering, Info Institute of Engineering, Coimbatore, India, from January

2011 to December 2012.

• Worked as Faculty in Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering,

Higher College of Technology, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman from November

2009 to December 2010.

• Worked as an Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) in Department of

Mechanical Engineering, Karunya University, Coimbatore. India from July

2009-October 2009.

• Part time research scholar at National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India

from June 2005- June 2009.

• Worked as Senior Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering at

Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, India from

August 2007- June 2009.

• Worked as a Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering at

Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi, India from July

2001- July 2007.

• Worked as a Lecturer in Department of Mechanical Engineering (Refrigeration

and Air conditioning) at Nachimuthu Polytechnic College, Pollachi, India from

June 2000 – May 2001.

Research Interest

• Refrigeration and Air conditioning: Environment friendly alternative refrigerants,

Phase change cooling systems for refrigerators, coolers and air conditioning

systems, Evaporative coolers for industries, Reliability of refrigerant compressors

working under retrofitted conditions, Wear studies in refrigerant compressors,

Renewable energy integration with heat pumps, Design modifications in evaporator

of solar assisted heat pumps, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) analysis of

refrigeration and air conditioning systems etc.


• Renewable Energy Utilization: Photovoltaic heat sinks, Renewable energy water

pumping systems, Photovoltaic heat pumps, Photovoltaic-thermal hybrid

evaporators, Forced convection solar driers, Solar air heaters using heat storage

materials and pin-fins, Solar heat pumps using latent heat storage, Thermal energy

storage in solar stills. Regeneration type heat pumps etc.

• Heat Transfer: Two phase flow of refrigerants in heat exchangers, Modeling of

Heat Exchangers, Fins etc.

• Automobile Engineering: Transport refrigeration and air conditioning systems

using phase change materials, alternative refrigerants for automobile refrigeration

and air conditioning units etc.

• Engineering Materials: Characterization of thermal properties, mechanical

properties, development of new materials for electrical motors and pumps etc.

Subjects handled

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, Heat and Mass Transfer, Gas dynamics and Jet

propulsion, Engineering Thermodynamics, Thermal Engineering, Automobile

Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Machinery, Renewable Energy Sources, Power

Plant Engineering, Manufacturing Technology, Strength of Materials, Engineering

Mechanics, Metrology and Measurements, Automotive Petrol Engines, Internal

Combustion Engines, Engineering Graphics, Principles of Management.

Innovative teaching methods practiced

• Heat and Mass transfer,

• Refrigeration and Air conditioning,

• Engineering Thermodynamics,

• Automobile Engineering,

• Thermal Engineering.

Publications

International Journals

1. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj, C. Muraleedharan: (2007). Improved energy efficiency of

R134a domestic refrigerator retrofitted with hydrocarbon mixture (HC290/HC600a)


as drop in substitute, International Journal of Energy for Sustainable

Development. Vol. 11 (4) 28-34. (Elsevier Publishers). (Cited by 21).

2. M. Mohanraj, P. Chandrasekar: (2008). Drying of Copra in a Forced Convection

Solar Drier, International Journal of Biosystems Engineering. Vol. 99 (4) 604-

607. (Elsevier Publishers). (Cited by 36).

3. M. Mohanraj, P. Chandrasekar, V.V. Sreenarayanan: (2008). Performance of heat

pump drier for copra drying. Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Part-A

Journal of Power and Energy. Vol. 222 (3) 283-287. (Sage publishers) (Cited by

5).

4. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj, C. Muraleedharan: (2008). Comparative assessment of

environment-friendly alternatives to R134a in domestic refrigerators. International

Journal of Energy Efficiency. Vol. 1 (2) 188-198. (Springer Publishers) (Cited by

26).

5. M. Mohanraj, P. Chandrasekar: (2008). Comparison of drying characteristics and

quality of copra obtained in a forced convection solar drier and sun drying. Journal

of Scientific and Industrial Research. Vol. 67 (5) 381-385. (Cited by 14).

6. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj, C. Muraleedharan: (2008). Modeling of a direct expansion

solar assisted heat pump using artificial neural networks. International Journal of

Green Energy. Vol. 5 (6) 520-532. (Taylor Francis Publishers) (Cited by 21).

7. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj, C. Muraleedharan: (2009). Environment friendly

alternatives to halogenated refrigerants – A review. International Journal Green

House Gas Emission and Control. Vol. 3 (1) 108-119. (Elsevier Publishers).

(Cited by 128).

8. M. Mohanraj, P. Chandrasekar: (2009). Performance of a solar drier with and

without heat storage material for copra drying. “Special issue on Recent trends in

solar energy technology" International Journal of Global Energy Issues. Vol. 32

(2) 112-121. (Inderscience Publishers). (Cited by 9).

9. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj, C. Muraleedharan, P. Chandrasekar: (2009).

Experimental investigation of R290/R600a mixture as an alternative to R134a in a

domestic refrigerator. International Journal of Thermal sciences. Vol. 48 (5)

1021-1027. (Elsevier Publishers). (Cited by 78).

10. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj, C. Muraleedharan: (2009). Performance prediction of a

direct expansion solar assisted heat pump using artificial neural networks,


International Journal of Applied Energy, Vol. 86 (9) 1442-1449. (Elsevier

Publishers). (Cited by 46).

11. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj, C. Muraleedharan: (2009). Exergy analysis of direct

expansion solar assisted heat pumps using artificial neural networks. International

Journal of Energy Research, Vol. 33 (11) 1005-1020. (John Wiely Publishers).

(Cited by 21).

12. M. Mohanraj, P. Chandrasekar: (2009) Performance of a forced convection solar

drier integrated with gravel as heat storage materials for chili drying. Journal of

Engineering Science and Technology. Vol. 4 (3) 328-338. (Cited by 58).

13. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj, C. Muraleedharan: (2009). A comparison of performance

of a direct expansion solar assisted heat pump using R22 and mixture of R407C-

Liquified petroleum gas, Proceedings of Mechanical Engineering Part-A

Journal of Power and Energy. Vol. 223 (7) 821-833. Sage publishers (Cited by 7).

14. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj C. Muraleedharan: (2010). Exergy assessment of a direct

expansion solar assisted heat pump working with R22 and R407C/LPG mixture,

International Journal of Green Energy Vol. 7 (1) 65-83. (Taylor Francis


15. M. Mohanraj, C. Muraleedharan, S. Jayaraj: (2011). A review on recent

developments in new refrigerant mixtures for vapour compression based

refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump units. International Journal of

Energy Research Vol. 35 (8) 647-669. (John Wiely Publishers). (Cited by 43).

16. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj C. Muraleedharan: (2012). Applications of artificial neural

networks for refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pump systems- A review.

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Vol. 16 (2) 1340–1358. (Elsevier


17. P.T. Saravanakumar, K. Maiylsamy, M. Mohanraj: (2012). Numerical study and

thermal performance of the flat plate solar air heaters with and without thermal

storage. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 7 (4) 467-

471 (Cited by 1).

18. N. Lakshmanan, K. Saravanan, M. Mohanraj: (2012). Failure analysis of bearings

in oil free reciprocating compressors. European Journal of Scientific Research.

Vol. 77 (1) 27-36.

19. M. Selvakumar, P. Chandrasekar, P. Chandramohan, M. Mohanraj: (2012).

Characterization of Titanium -Titanium Boride composites processed by powder


metallurgy techniques. Materials Characterization Vol. 73 (1) 43-51. (Elsevier


20. C. Gopal, M. Mohanraj, P. Chandramohan, P. Chandrasekar: (2013). Renewable

Energy source water pumping systems- A literature review. Renewable and

Sustainable Energy Reviews Vol. 25 (1) 351-370. (Elsevier Publishers) (Cited by

46).

21. M. Mohanraj: (2013). Energy performance assessment of R134a and R430A as

an alternative in domestic refrigerators, Energy for Sustainable Development

Vol. 17 (3) 471-476. (Elsevier Publishers) (Cited by 11).

22. D. Philip Selvaraj, P. Chandramohan, M. Mohanraj, and P.K. Rajesh: (2013).

Experimental Investigation on surface roughness, cutting force and tool wear of

duplex stainless steel in end milling using Taguchi method. International Review

of Mechanical Engineering. Vol. 7 (6) 1133-1141. (Cited by 5).

23. D. Philip Selvaraj, P. Chandramohan, M. Mohanraj. (2014). Optimization of

surface roughness, cutting force and tool wear of nitrogen alloyed duplex stainless

steel in a dry turning process using Taguchi method. Measurement, Vol. 49 (3)

205–215. (Elsevier Publishers) (Cited by 33).

24. N. Suguna Ramu, P. Senthilkumar, M. Mohanraj. (2014). Energy performance

assessment of R32/R125/R600a as possible alternatives to R22 in compression

based refrigeration systems. International Journal of Mechanical and

Mechantronics Engineering Vol. 14 (2) 12-22.

25. M. Selvakumar, P. Chandrasekar, B. Ravisankar, M. Mohanraj, (2014) Synthesis

and characterization of titanium-titanium boride composites processes through

vacuum sintering. Applied Mechanics and Materials Vol. 592, 765-769.

26. N. Suguna Ramu, P.Senthilkumar, M. Mohanraj, Exergy performance assessment

of a residential air conditioner working with R22 and R32/R125/R600a mixture as

an alternative. Advanced Materials Research Vols. 984-985 (2014) pp 1108-

1114.

27. M. Mohanraj. (2014). Performance of a solar-ambient source hybrid heat pump

drier for copra drying under hot-humid weather conditions. Energy for Sustainable

Development Vol. 23 165-169. (Elesvier Publishers) (Cited by 2).

28. N. Gunasekar, M. Mohanraj, V. Velmurugan. (2014) Energy analysis of a solar

photovoltaic-thermal hybrid heat pump under hot humid climates. International


Journal of Applied Engineerig Research Vol. 9 29311-29327 (Research India

Publishers).

29. M. Selvakumar, P. Chandrasekar, B. Ravisankar, J. N. Balaraju, M. Mohanraj,

(2015) Mechanical properties of titanium -titanium boride composites – An

evaluation perspective. Journal of Powder Metallurgy and Metal Ceramics Vol.

53, 557-567. (Springer Publishers).

30. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj C. Muraleedharan: (2015). Applications of artificial neural

networks for thermal analysis of heat exchanger- A review, International Journal

of Thermal Sciences Vol. 90, 150-172. (Elesvier Publishers) (Cited by 11).

31. M. Selvakumar, P. Chandrasekar, M. Mohanraj, B. Ravisankar, J.N. Balaraju.

(2015). Role of powder metallurgical processing and TiB reinforcement on

mechanical response of Ti-TiB composites, Materials Letters Vol. 144, 58-61.

(Elesvier Publishers) (Cited by 2).

32. N Suguna Ramu, P Senthilkumar, M Mohanraj, (2015) Experimental

investigations on a residential air conditioner working with R22 and

R32/R125/R600a mixture as an alternative. International Journal of Applied

Engineering Research 10 (2), 2933-2951.

33. M. Selvakumar, P. Chandrasekar, M. Mohanraj, B. Ravishankar. (2015).

Estimation of distinctive mechanical properties of spark plasma sintered Ti-TiB

composites through nano-indentation techniques. International Journal of

Materials Research (Accepted for Publication).

34. N. Gunasekar, M. Mohanraj, V. Velmurugan. (2015). Artificial neural network

modeling of a photovoltaic-thermal evaporator of a solar assisted heat pumps.

Energy- An International Journal (Accepted for Publication). Elsevier publishers.

35. M. Mohanraj, N. Gunasekar, V. Velmurugan. (2016). Comparison of energy

performance of heat pumps using a photovoltaic-thermal evaporator with circular

and triangular tube configurations. Building Simulation- An International

Journal (Springer Publishers).

36. V.S. Saravanan, P. Chandramohan, M. Mohanraj, J. Shan (2016). A study on

relationship between castings geomentric modulus and feeding distance of ductile

iron bar shaped castings. International Journal of Metal castings (Accepted for

publication- Springer Publishers).

37. R. Arulkumar, B. Ganesh Babu, M. Mohanraj. Thermodynamic performance of a

forced convection solar air heaters using packed bed solar air heaters packed with


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latent heat storage materials. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

(Accepted for Publication).

National Journals / Magazines

38. P. Chandrasekar, S. Ayyappan, M. Mohanraj. (2004). “Utilization of biomass in a

lithium bromide absorption air conditioning systems. Indian Journal of

Environmental Protection. Vol. 24 (8) 620-625.

39. M. Mohanraj. (2011). Assessment of R430A as an alternative to R134a in small

capacity refrigeration systems. Cooling India Magazine. Vol. 7 (5) 82-85.

40. M. Mohanraj. (2013). Performance of a portable solar assisted heat pump water

heater. Cooling India Magazine Vol. 9 (2) 62-65.

Conferences

41. P. Chandrasekar, S. Ayyappan, M. Mohanraj. (2004). “Rural sustainability using

Municipal solid waste – A case study“ International Conference on Energy,

Power, and Information Technology conducted by Institution of Electric energy

(U.K) Calcutta Branch. India.

42. M. Mohanraj, Calvin. S. King, N. Lakshmanan. (2004). “Green house gas reduction

in vapor absorption refrigeration system powerd by solar energy” National

Conference on Environment Management, NIT-Trichy India.

43. M. Mohanraj, C. Muraleedharan, S. Jayaraj. (2006). Natural Refrigerants as the

Substitute for CFC/HFC Refrigerants in Vapor Compression Refrigeration Units: A

Review, 3rd International Conference on Refrigeration and Air conditioning.

Korea pp. 374-378. (Cited by 5)

44. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj, C. Muraleedharan. (2006). Improved energy efficiency of

R134a domestic refrigerator retrofitted with hydrocarbon mixture (HC290/HC600a)

as drop in substitute. National Conference on Advances in Energy research,

IIT-Mumbai, India. This paper was selected for publication in Energy for

Sustainable Development.

45. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj, C. Muraleedharan. (2008). Thermodynamic analysis of a

direct expansion solar assisted heat pump using glazed collector. Asian

Conference on Renewable Energy. IIT-New Delhi. India.

46. M. Mohanraj, S. Jayaraj, C. Muraleedharan. (2008) Performance of solar assisted

heat pump water heater for residential water heating applications. National


Conference on Energy, Economy and Environment. NIT-Calicut India. (Cited by

2).

47. M. Mohanraj, (2008). Performance of a R134a domestic refrigerator working with

hydrocarbon mixture as an alternative. International Conference on Recent

Trends in Mechanical Engineering. MCET, Pollachi. India.

48. M. Mohanraj. P. Chandrasekar, (2009). Performance of a forced convection solar

drier integrated with heat storage materials for pineapple drying. International

Conference of Solar Energy. Thailand.

49. M. Mohanraj, C. Muraleedharan, S. Jayaraj. (2009). Comparative assessment of

R407C/LPG mixture as an alternative to R22 in a solar assisted heat pump.

National Conference on Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. IIT-Chennai, India.

50. M. Selvakumar, P. Chandrasekar, P.Chandramohan, M. Mohanraj, (2013).

Estimation of fracture toughness, indentation creep and contact stiffness of Spark

Plasma Sintered Ti-TiB composites through Nano-indentation technique. 4th

International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials

(ICRACM-2013) Conducted by IIT Varanasi, India.

51. M. Selvakumar, P. Chandrasekar, P.Chandramohan, M. Mohanraj, (2014).

Mechanical properties of Ti-TiB composites processed through spark plasma

sintering. 1st International Conference on Interdisciplinary research in

Engineering, Science and Technology, Coimbatore. India.

52. M. Selvakumar, P. Chandrasekar, M. Mohanraj, B. Ravishankar. (2015).

Estimation of distinctive mechanical properties of spark plasma sintered Ti-TiB

composites through nano-indentation techniques. International Conference on

Materials and Design, Conducted by NIT- Trichy and the paper was selected for

publication in International Journal of Materials Research.

53. N. Gunasekar, M. Mohanraj, V. Velmurugan, Parameteric analysis of a solar

photovoltaic-thermal hybrid heat pump under hot humid climates. International

Conference to Renewable and Sustainable Environment, Pollachi. India.

54. A. Abdurashid, M. Mohanraj, Yerzhan Belyayev, S. Jayaraj, A. Kaltayev.

Numerical modleing of photovoltaic-thermal evaporator for heat pumps. XV

International Scientific Conference on Renewable Energy and Innovative

Technologies, Smolyan, Bulgaria. June 2016

55. Yessen Shakir, M. Mohanraj, Yerzhan Belyayev, S. Jayaraj, A. Kaltayev.

Numerical simulation of a heat pump assited regenerative solar still for cold


climates of Kazakhstan. XV International Scientific Conference on Renewable

Energy and Innovative Technologies, Smolyan, Bulgaria. June 2016

56. Dinmukhambet Baimbyetov, M. Mohanraj, Yerzhan Belyayev, S. Jayaraj, A.

Kaltayev. Numerical simulation of R290 as possible alternative to R22 in direct

expansion solar assisted heat pumps. XV International Scientific Conference on

Renewable Energy and Innovative Technologies, Smolyan, Bulgaria. June

2016.

Total No. of citations: around 740, h index papers: 15, I index papers: 19

Citations h-index i-10 indexGoogle scholar 780 15 19Scopus 550 12 13Web of science 350 10 13

Recognition as a reviewer (for 31 International Journals & 1 International funding

agency)

• International Journal of Energy Research (John Wiley),

• International Journal of Energy (Elsevier),

• International Journal of Applied Energy (Elsevier),

• International Journal of Measurements (Elsevier),

• International Journal of Thermal Sciences (Elsevier),

• Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (Elsevier),

• Energy Conversion and Management (Elsevier),

• International Journal of Refrigeration (Elsevier),

• Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments (Elsevier),

• Chemical Engineering Research and Design (Elsevier)

• Applied Thermal Engineering (Elsevier)

• Energy and Buildings (Elsevier)

• Vacuum (Elsevier)

• Experimental Thermal Sciences (Elesevier)

• International Journal of Energy Sources (Part-A), (Taylor and Francis),

• International Journal of Green Energy (Taylor and Francis),

• Heat Transfer Engineering (Taylor and Francis),


• International Journal of Energy Efficiency (Springer),

• International Journal of Neural Computing (Springer),

• Journal of renewable, Wind, Water, and Solar (Springer),

• Environmental Science Group (Springer),

• Journal of Institution of Engineers (Series C) Mechanical Engineering (Springer

publishers).

• Fortntues in Energy (Springer Publishers),

• Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering (Springer Publishers),

• Indian Journal of Engineering and Material sciences (CSIR),

• International Journal of Global warming (Inderscience publishers),

• International Journal of Exergy (Inderscience publishers),

• Thermal Sciences Scientific Journal,

• International Journal of Environmental Engineering and Management,

• Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy (American Institute of Physics),

• Part-A Journal of Power and Energy (Sage publishers).

• Part D, Journal of Automobile Engineering (Sage Publishers),

• Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),

• Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (Taylors University Journal).

• Journal of Food Science and Technology (Springer Publishers)

• For reviewing research proposals for Centre for Science and Technology

Evaluation. Honorarium of Indian Rupees (INR) Seventy two thousand was

received for review work during the year January 2012. Also honorarium of

One lakh seventy thousand rupees was received during the year December

2014 from Republic of Kazakasthan.

Editorial board member

•Editorial board member of Journal of Technological Innovations in Renewable Energy.

Guest lecturers delivered

1. Delivered invited lecture on “Processes Engineering” for Oil and Gas Post

Graduate Diploma Students sponsored by Cameron Industries at Kumaraguru

College of Technology, Coimbatore.


2. Delivered an invited lecture on “Phase change heat transfer” in a Anna University

sponsored faculty development programme on Heat and Mass Transfer held at

Info Institute of Engineering, Coimbatore during May 2015.

3. Delivered and invited lecture on “Environment friendly working fluids for Solar

assisted heat pumps” in a Faculty development programme on Solar Energy

Utilization held at National Institute of Technology, Calicut during May 2015.

4. Delivered and invited lecture on “Renewable Energy Source heat pumps – An

outlook” in a Faculty development programme on Solar Energy Utilization held at

National Institute of Technology, Calicut during May 2015.

5. Delivered and invited lecture on “Solar assisted heat pumps for desalination

and drying applications” in a Faculty development programme on Solar Energy

Utilization held at National Institute of Technology, Calicut during May 2015.

6. Delivered and invited lecture on “Solar air heaters using pin-fins packed with

latent heat storage materials” in a Faculty development programme on Solar

Energy Utilization held at National Institute of Technology, Calicut during May

2015.

7. Delivered and invited lecture on “Solar photovoltaic-thermal heat pumps” in a

Faculty development programme on Solar Energy Utilization held at National

Institute of Technology, Calicut during May 2015.

8. Delivered an invited lecture on “Phase change heat transfer and heat

exchangers” in a Anna University sponsored faculty development programme on

Heat and Mass Transfer held at Akshya College of Engineering and Technology,

Coimbatore during May 2015.

9. Delivered invited lecture on “Modeling of heat exchangers” in a University Grant

Commission (UGC) Sponsored Faculty development programe on Heat Transfer

held at Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore during the month of

December 2013.

10. Delivered an invited lecture on “Alternatives to R134a for domestic

refrigerators” in a one day seminar on Advances in Refrigeration and Air

conditioning held at Karunya University, Coimbatore during the month of

September 2013.

11. Delivered an invited lecture on "Phase change heat transfer and heat

exchangers" in a curriculum based faculty development program on Heat and


Mass Transfer held at KPR Institute of Technology, Coimbatore during the month of

December 2012.

12. Special Lecturer on "New developments in Refrigeration and Air conditioning"

in a National level Technical meet held at Info Institute of Engineering, Coimbatore

during the month of September 2012.

13. Keynote address on "Thermodynamic performance prediction of solar assisted

heat pumps by using artificial neural networks" in National Conference on

Latest Trends and Innovations in Mechanical Engineering at Info Institute of

Engineering, Coimbatore during the month March 2012.

14. Invited Lecturer on Hybrid renewable energy source for compression based

heat pumps. All India Council for Technical Education – Staff Training and

Development Program on Hybrid Energy Systems at National Institute of

Technology Calicut, June 2011-July 2011.

15. Invited Lecturer on Exergy analysis of thermal systems- A case study with

direct expansion solar assisted heat pump working with R22 and its

alternatives. All India Council for Technical Education – Staff Training and

Development Program on Optimum Energy Utilization in Thermal Systems at

National Institute of Technology Calicut, May 2009.

16. Delivered a guest lecture on “Recent developments in environment friendly

refrigerant mixtures” at Nachimuthu Polytechnic College, Pollachi. January 2009.

Books/Lab Manuals/Lecture notes

1. Textbook on Gas dynamics and Jet propulsion for B.E Mechanical engineering

students (Internal circulation only).

2. Text book on Engineering Thermodynamics for B.E Mechanical engineering

students. (Internal circulation only)

3. Thermal Engineering, Heat Transfer, Manufacturing Technology and Fluid

Mechanics and Machinery lab manuals (Internal circulation only in Mahalingam

College of Engineering and Technology and Info Institute of Engineering).

4. Class Lecture notes on Refrigeration and Air conditioning Fundamentals,

Controls and Equipments, HVAC and Plumbing (Internal Circulation only in

Higher College of Technology, Muscat).


Recognition as a research supervisor

• Recognized as a research supervisor in Anna University, Chennai, Ref. No.

21.02.29.

Research Supervision

Ph. D research completed

1. Comprehensive investigations of titanium-titanium boride composites

processed through powder metallurgical techniques. (M. Selvakumar - Viva

completed –As a co supervisor)

2. Investigations on direct expansion solar photovoltaic assisted heat pump

working with two different evaporator configurations (N. Gunasekaran- Viva

completed - As a co supervisor).

Ph. D research under progress

3. Investigations on ductile iron metal castings (Mr. V.S. Saravanan, as a supervisor,

work in progress).

4. Investigations on solar photovoltaic-wind hybrid water pumping systems for irrigation

applications. (Mr. C. Gopal- As a Co supervisor, Work in progress).

5. Investigations on hollow squeeze castings (Mr. K. Chandrasekar- As a supervisor,

Course work completed).

6. Studies on phase change cooling systems integrated with small capacity residential

air conditioners (Mr. C. Sathyanarayanan- Course work completed - As a

supervisor).

7. Development and characterization of nano-composites for thermal applications.

(K.L. Senthilkumar- As a supervisor, Course work completed).

8. Investigations on forced convection solar drier integrated with pin-fins. (Mr. I.M.

Karthikeyan- As a supervisor, Courser work completed).

9. Investigations on polymer nano composites (Saravanan- Courser work completed).

10. Investigations on performance improvements in automobile air conditioners. (Mr.

Andrew Pon Abraham, as a supervisor, Pursuing course work).

11. Implementation of Quality Management Systems in Foundries (M.S-By research –

R. Gunasekar).

Technical Consultancy


1. Provided an idea of cascade solar assisted heat pump for space heating

applications in extremely cold climates. Also provided an idea of auto cascade heat

pump for space heating applications for extremely cold climates.

2. Provide research consultancy to Rapid Collaborate (Research consultant) for the

research work titled “Influence of refrigerant R134a/R1234yf properties on

cooling performance of automobile HVAC evaporators”.

3. Provided technical consultancy to EKKI pumps for “Improving the stiffness of the

multi stage submersible pump shaft to avoid shaft deflection”.

4. Provided research consultancy and reviewing research proposals for Centre for

Science and Technology Evaluation, Republic of Kazakhstan.

Grant received

• Received Rupees of Four Lakhs seventy five thousand from All

India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi for establishing

Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC) at Info Institute of Engineering Coimbatore.

(As a Principal Coordinator).

• Received grant from Department of Science and Technology,

(DST) for the collaborative research project with National Institute of Technology,

Calicut titled “Development, testing and standardization of solar photovoltaic-

thermal heat pump water heater”. (As Co Principal Investigator). Cost of the

Project: Rs. 38 Lakhs).

Research activities

1. Testing with hydrocarbon mixtures as alternatives to halogenated refrigerants in

domestic refrigerators (completed- Self funded).

2. Development and testing of a solar drier integrated with heat storage materials

(completed - Self funded).

3. Development and testing of solar heat pump drier (completed- Self funded).

4. Studies on R22 alternatives in solar assisted heat pumps (Ph.D research).

5. Studies on solar air heaters with heat storage materials (completed- Self funded).

6. Integration of air curtains in domestic refrigerators (completed- Self funded).

7. Testing of heat pump assisted regenerative solar stills (Completed- Self funded).

8. Testing of solar air heaters using pin-fin absorber plate (Completed- Self funded).

9. Testing of heat pumps using PV-T evaporators (Completed- Self funded).


10. Testing of heat pump assisted regenerative solar stills with latent heat storage

materials (Completed- Self funded).

11. Testing of phase change cooling coil for domestic air conditioners (In progress).

12. Development and testing of solar-wind hybrid water pumping system (In progress).

13. Development and testing of a solar assisted cascade heat pump for space heating

applications (In progress- International Collaboration Project).

14. Development of direct expansion solar assisted heat pumps using PCM based

evaporator collectors (In progress).

Ph. D research work

Investigations on direct expansion solar assisted heat pump working with R22 and its

alternatives

Research and Development contributions

1.Developed a heat pump drier for processing food crops.

2.Developed portable solar assisted heat pump water heater.

3. Developed a phase change cooling coil for residential air conditioners.

4. Identify a refrigerant mixture for R22 based water cooled chillers and heat pumps.

5. Developed direct expansion solar-photovoltaic heat pump using triangular tubes for

enhancing its performance. (Ph. D research work)

6. Developed conventional solar still using sensible heat storage materials.

7. Developed solar still integrated with heat pumps.

8. Developed solar air heater integrated with pin-fins (Ph.D research work).

9. Developed of heat pump assisted solar still integrated with heat storage materials.

10. Developed a novel solar heat pump integrated with PCM heat storage materials.

11. Developed a micro-channel evaporator for direct expansion solar assisted heat

pumps.

12. Developed a packed bed collector-evaporator for direct expansion solar assisted

heat pumps.

13. Developed phase change heat storage for hot water storage.

14. Developed a two stage solar assisted heat pumps for space heating applications in

severe cold climates (Almaty- Republic of Kazakhstan).

Programs organized


1. Conducted internships in the field of Refrigeration and Air conditioning for

M. Tech and Ph. D students at Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology,

Coimbatore.

2. Organized seven days curriculum based faculty development and training

programme on Thermal Engineering (Sponsored by Anna University, Chennai) at

Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore on December

10.12.2014-16.12.2014.

3. Organized one day National Conference on Latest Trends and Innovations in

Mechanical Engineering at Info Institute of Engineering, Coimbatore on March 25-

2013 (As a Co convener).

4. Organized Two days National Conference on Latest Trends and Innovations in

Mechanical Engineering at Info Institute of Engineering, Coimbatore on March 15-

16, 2012 (As a Co convener).

5. Organized One day Faculty development program on Scientific Teaching at

Info Institute of Engineering, Coimbatore. (March 2011).

6. Conducted Two days National Conference on Latest Trends in Mechanical

Engineering at Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi on

April 1-2 2005. (As a convener).

7. Involved as a committee member in STTP organized by Department of Mechanical

Engineering, Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi on

Role of refrigeration in Low temperature applications with special emphasis

on food and medicine preservation.

8. Involved as department committee member for the students Technical

symposium conducted every year at Mahalingam College of Engineering and

Technology, Pollachi.

Academic responsibilities

1. Developing a Solar Energy lab at Hindusthan College of Engineering and

Technology, Coimbatore (Under progress).

2. Developed and organized a one month course on “HVAC systems design” at Al

Farabi Kazak National University, Almaty. Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. Developed and organized a one month course on “Refrigerants selection for

solar assisted heat pump systems” at Al Farabi Kazak National University,

Almaty. Republic of Kazakhstan.


4. Developed and organized a one month course on “Thermodynamics and Heat

Transfer- Basics” at Al Farabi Kazak National University, Almaty. Republic of

Kazakhstan.

5. Developed curriculum for Diploma in Refrigeration and Air conditioning Course

to Nachimuthu Polytechnic College (Autonomous Institution Affiliated to Board of

Technical Education. Tamil Nadu) and also to the Polytechnics affiliated Directorate

of Technical Education (DOTE), Tamil Nadu.

6. Established Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC) at Info Institute of

Engineering, Coimbatore through All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)

funding. Reference No. RIFD/IIPC (3)/2011-12 dated 10th January 2012.

7. Chaired the technical sessions in National and International Conferences.

8. Acting as Head for Department of Mechanical Engineering at Info Institute of

Engineering Coimbatore from June 2011 to May 2013.

9. Acted as an examiner for Anna University theory and practical examinations.

10. Acted as Doctoral committee member for research scholars of Anna University,

Coimbatore and Chennai.

11. Supervising research scholars under Anna University, Chennai.

12. Established the Mechanical Engineering labs such as Fluid Mechanics and

Machinery, Heat and Mass Transfer, Internal Combustion Engines, Thermal

Engineering, Refrigeration and Air conditioning lab during my teaching profession

at Mahalingam College of Engg. and Tech. Pollachi and in Info Institute of Engg.

Coimbatore.

13. Acted as a department association in charge and conducted number of guest

lectures at Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi.

14. Acted as time table in charge for Mechanical Engineering department at

Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi.

15. Acted as a Program coordinator (B.E Mechanical), Faculty advisor, Students

Project coordinator for under graduate students at Mahalingam College of

Engineering and Technology, Pollachi and in Info Institute of Engineering,

Coimbatore.

Conferences/ Workshops/ Training Programs Participated

1. Participated in Faculty Development Programme on Scientific Teaching at Info

Institute of Engineering, Coimbatore November 2012.


2. Participated, delivered a keynote address and chaired a Technical Session in Int.

Conf. at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Chennai April 2012.

3. Participated in Wipro Mission 10X Staff development program at PSG College of

Technology, Coimbatore March 2011.

4. Participated and presented a paper in Nat. Conf. on Refrigeration and Air

conditioning at IIT- Chennai January 2009.

5. Participated and presented a paper in Int. Conf. on Recent Trends in Materials and

Mechanical Engineering at MCET-Pollachi, December 2008.

6. Participated and presented a paper in Nat. Conf. in Energy, Economy and

Environment at NIT- Calicut February 2008.

7. Participated and presented a paper in Nat. Conf. on advances in energy research

held at IIT- Bombay December 2006.

8. Attended four course works (Conduction Heat Transfer, Micro and Nano-Scale

Heat Transfer, Alternative Energy Utilization, Energy Engineering and Management

systems) as part of Ph. D research programme at National Institute of Technology,

Calicut during July 2005- November 2005.

9. Participated in STTP on Faculty development program conducted by Mahalingam

College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi during the year 2004.

10. Participated in STTP on Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Management

conducted by Nachimuthu Polytechnic Pollachi during the year 2003.

Major Under Graduate Level projects supervised:

1. Heat transfer analysis of radial fins (2002).

2. Comparative study on various fuels used in absorption refrigeration system (2003).

3. Design of cascade refrigeration system working with R134a and R22 (2004).

4. Heat transfer modeling of refrigerators fitted with hot wall condensers (2005).

5. Performance studies on ambient source heat pump drier for copra drying (2007).

6. Studies on R290/R600a as an alternative to R134a based domestic refrigerators

(2007).

7. Studies on heat pump water heater for domestic water heating (2007).

8. Modeling of heat pumps using Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) (2008).

9. Experimental investigation of a solar assisted heat pump drier (2008).

10. Performance of a solar air heater integrated with heat storage materials (2008).

11. Development of cylindrical solar water heater using heat storage materials (2008).


12. Performance studies on solar drier using heat storage materials (2009).

13. Use of air curtains in domestic refrigerators: An experimental study (2009).

14. Modeling of solar assisted heat pump drier using artificial neural networks (2009).

15. Development of phase change cooling system for residential air conditioners

(2013).

16. Experimental studies on air conditioners working with R22 and its alternatives

(2013).

17. Investigators on solar stills integrated with heat enhancing materials (2014).

18. Development of a solar assisted heat pump integrated solar still (2014).

19. Performance of a forced convection solar air heaters using heat storage materials

(2014).

20. Investigations on heat pump assisted solar stills (2015).

21. Design and development of a solar assisted heat pump water heater (2015).

22. Performance of solar stills using pin-fin based heat storage materials (2015)

23. Development of a direct expansion solar assisted heat pump using micro-channel

solar collector-evaporator (2016).

24. Development and testing of packed bed solar collector-evaporator using latent heat

storage materials (2016).

25. Investigations on heat pump assisted regenerative solar still using heat storage

materials (2016).

Membership in professional bodies

• Life member in Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

Computer knowledge

• Packages: AutoCAD, Mechanical desk top (Inventor), M.S Office, REFPROP.

Personal information

Date of birth : 15.2.1977

Nationality : Indian

Languages known : English, Tamil

Marital status : Married

Passport details : H1970209, Expiry date: 08.02.2019.


Confirm that above cited information’s are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Pollachi

13.06.2016

Yours sincerely,

Dr. M. Mohanraj

References:

Dr. S. Jayaraj, Ph. D.

Professor,


National Institute of Technology, Calicut. INDIA.

Dr. C. Muraleedharan, Ph. D.

Professor,


National Institute of Technology, Calicut. INDIA.


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