Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Publications

Biography

Dr. Saravanan Balusamy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. He earned a Ph.D. from the INSA of Rouen in France and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom for four years. He has been conducting combustion experiments using optical diagnostic techniques. The primary goal of the research is to contribute to the development of more cost-effective, ultra-low-emission combustors.

Selected Journal Publications

  • Balusamy, S., Cessou, A., and Lecordier, B. Direct measurement of local instantaneous laminar burning velocity by a new PIV algorithm. Experiments in Fluids. 50 : 1109–1121. 2011.
  • Balusamy, S., Schmidt, A., and Hochgreb, S. Flow field measurements of pulverized coal combustion using optical diagnostic techniques. Experiments in Fluids. 54 : 1534. 2013.
  • Balusamy, S., Cessou, A., and Lecordier, B. Laminar propagation of lean premixed flames ignited in stratified mixture. Combustion and Flame. 161 : 427–437, 2014.
  • Balusamy, S., Li, L. K. B., Han, Z., Juniper, M. P., and Hochgreb, S. Nonlinear dynamics of a self-excited thermoacoustic system subjected to acoustic forcing. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 35 : 3229–3236, 2015
  • Balusamy, S., Kamal, M. M., Lowe, S. M., Tian, B., Gao, Y., and Hochgreb, S. Laser diagnostics of pulverized coal combustion in O2/N2 and O2/CO2 conditions : velocity and scalar field measurements. Experiments in Fluids. 56 : 108, 2015
  • Balusamy, S., Li, L. K. B., Han, Z., and Hochgreb, S. Extracting flame describing functions in the presence of self-excited thermoacoustic oscillations. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 36 : 3851–3861, 2017
  • Ashok, B., Nanthagopal, K., Balusamy, S., Somasundaram, P., Jegadheesan, C., Bhaskar, C., Shivam, S., and Gaurang, P. A novel study on the effect lemon peel oil as a fuel in CRDI engine at various injection strategies. Energy Conversion and Management. 172 : 517–528, 2018
  • Ashok, B., Nanthagopal, K., Vivek, A., Aravind, K. M., Jeevanantham, A. K., and Balusamy, S. Effects of n-octanol as a fuel blend with biodiesel on diesel engine characteristics. Fuel. 235 : 363–373, 2019
  • Biswal, A., Kale, R., Balusamy, S., Banerjee, R., and Kolhe, P. Lemon peel oil as an alternative fuel for GDI engines : A spray characterization perspective. Renewable Energy. 142 : 249–263, 2019
  • Gurrala, P., Katre, P., Balusamy, S., Banerjee, S., and Sahu, K.C. Evaporation of ethanolwater sessile droplet of different compositions at an elevated substrate temperature. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 145. 2019