Kumaran Palanisamy

Biography

Kumaran Palanisamy, a graduate mechanical engineer from Purdue University is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). He pursued his PhD studies at UNITEN, aimed at developing biodiesel fuel derived from waste cooking oil for power generation gas turbine application. He has 10 years working experience in electric power generation in a multinational electricity utility corporation in Malaysia, Tenaga Nasional Berhad. Recently, he has been appointed as Principle Researcher at Center for Renewable Energy at UNITEN and actively pursuing research on harnessing biogas energy potential from waste in particular, sewage and palm oil mill sludge. Kumaran Palanisamy, a graduate mechanical engineer from Purdue University is a Senior Lecturer at Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN). He pursued his PhD studies at UNITEN, aimed at developing biodiesel fuel derived from waste cooking oil for power generation gas turbine application. He has 10 years working experience in electric power generation in a multinational electricity utility corporation in Malaysia, Tenaga Nasional Berhad. Recently, he has been appointed as Principle Researcher at Center for Renewable Energy at UNITEN and actively pursuing research on harnessing biogas energy potential from waste in particular, sewage and palm oil mill sludge.

Research Interest

Biogas energy Oil recovery