Dr. P. Muthukumar
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati
India
Biography
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Studies on metal hydride based thermal devices for compression and storage of hydrogen, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, December 2004. o M.E. Mechanical Engineering, Specialization in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Bharathiyar University, February 1999. o B.E. Mechanical Engineering, University of Madras, April 1996.
Research Interest
Hydrogen Energy (Storage and Applications), Metal hydride based thermal machines, Porous medium combustion, Heat and mass transfer in porous medium, Sorption heating and cooling systems, Waste heat recovery, Thermal energy storage systems, etc.
Publications
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Muthukumar P, Manojkumar S Patil, Nithin Narmada R, Mohd Imran, Parametric Investigations on Compressor-Driven Metal Hydride Based Cooling System, Artcile in press, Applied Thermal Engineering, [10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.10.155] 2.389 Mishra NK. Mishra SC, Muthukumar P. Performance characterization of a medium-scale liquefied petroleum gas cooking stove with a two-layer porous radiant burner, Applied Thermal Engineering, 89:44-50,2015. 2.389 Lototskyy MV, Sekhar BS, Muthukumar P, Pollet BG, Linkov V. Niche applications of metal hydrides and related thermal management issues. Accepted for publication in J. Alloys and Compounds, Dec. 2014 2.289 Hakeem Niyas, Likhendra Prasad, Muthukumar P. Performance Investigation of High-Temperature Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage System during Charging and Discharging Processes. Article in Press, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (DOI: 10.1007/s10098-014-0807-7), Nov. 2014 1.825 Sekhar BS, Muthukumar P. Development of Double-Stage Metal Hydride based Hydrogen Compressor for Heat Transformer Application, Accepted for publication in ASCE's Journal of Energy Engineering, August 2014 . 1.104 Satya Sekhar B, Muthukumar P.. Thermal modelling of a double-stage metal hydride based heat transformer. Article in Press, Numerical Heat Transfer (DOI: 10.1080/10407782.2014.949204), October 2014 1.8 Hakeem Niyas, Likhendra Prasad, Muthukumar P. Performance Investigation of High-Temperature Sensible Heat Thermal Energy Storage System during Charging and Discharging Processes. Article in Press, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (DOI: 10.1007/s10098-014-0807-7), October 2014
