Welcome to the group of Prof Sudarshan Kumar

Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, Powai Mumbai, INDIA 400 076

Curriculum Vitae of Sudarshan Kumar

IIT Bombay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Sudarshan Kumar

Professor

Department of Aerospace Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Powai Mumbai, India - 400 076

Phone:+91-22-2576-7124

Fax:+91-22-2572-2602

E-mail:sudar[At]aero.iitb.ac.in

 

· Academic Qualifications

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

· Research Interests

Research interests include experimental and computational investigations on the flameless combustion of gaseous fuels, advanced aerothermochemistry, high temperature air combustion, flameless/mild combustion, turbulent combustion, modeling of combustion systems, Reduction of pollutant emissions from combustion systems, combustion in micro-channels, flame instabilities, pattern formation of flames and catalytic combustion in micro-channels, high speed flows, supersonic combustion. Development of micro rockets based on solid propellants.

 

· Awards and Recognitions and memberships

 

1. Dean (International Relations), IIT Bombay (Jan 2024 - onwards)

2. Member, Management Council, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India

3. The IIT Bombay Research Publication Award (2022)

4. Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (2022)

5. Fellow, The Combustion Institute, USA (2022)

6. Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2022.

7. Fellow, ISEES (International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability) (2020)

8. Editorial Board member, Defense Science Journal (2020 - onwards).

9. Institute Chair Professor, IIT Bombay, Mar-2021 - onwards

10. Head of the Department, Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay (2020 - 2023).

11. Member, Finance Committee, IIT Jammu, Jammu (J&K), 2020 - onwards

12. Member, Board of Governors, IIT Jammu, Jammu, (J&K) 2018 - onwards.

13. Member, Research Advisory Committee, G. H. Raisoni College of Engineering and Management, Pune, 2019 - onwards

14. INAE Young Associate (2013).

15. The IIT Bombay Young Investigator Award for the Year 2011 (2012)

16. Member, Executive Committee, Combustion Institute, Indian section (2012 - 13 and 2022- onwards) .

17. INAE Young Engineer Award (2011).

18. First prize winner of SAFRAN-French Embassy awards (2007) for PhD thesis in Aerospace Engineering field.

19. Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

20. Member, Aeronautical Society of India

21. Dr. Bernard Lewis Fellowship (2002). This award is conferred to selected bright young combustion scientists by The Combustion Institute, USA biennially.

22. Member, The Combustion Institute.

23. Member, High Energy Materials Society of India (HEMSI)

 

 

 

· Academic Positions held

 

1. May 2015 - onwards: Professor, Aerospace engineering department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.

2. Jul. 2015 - Jun. 2016: Visiting Professor, Aerospace Engineering Department, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.

3. Jan. 2011 - Apr. 2015: Associate Professor, Aerospace engineering department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.

4. Nov. 2006 - Dec. 2010: Assistant Professor, Aerospace engineering department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India.

5. Nov. 2004 - Sept. 2006: Post doctoral researcher, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Japan.

6. Jul. 2004 - Oct. 2004: Research associate, Combustion Gasification and Propulsion Laboratory, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India.

 

· List of Publications in Journals and Conferences

 

 

Refereed journal papers in international journals

1. Vishal Patil, Paramvir Singh, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Reliability of renewable oxygenated fuels in engines: A comprehensive review of long-term testing,'' Fuel, Vol. 367, 131451 (2024).

2. Amardeep Fulzele, S. Mohapatra, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Investigations on combustion characteristics of n-dodecane/air mixtures at high temperatures through laminar burning velocity measurements, '' Combustion Science and Technology, (2024) In Press.

3. Rohit Kumar, V. R. Kishore, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Combustion of n-decane+air mixtures to investigate laminar burning velocity measurements at elevated temperatures,'' Combustion Science and Technology, (2024) In Press

4. M. Kalamuddin Ansari, S. Solagar, M. Sood, K. Narayanan, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Sustainability of flameless combustion mode with hydrogen addition to liquid kerosene fuel at high intensity conditions,'' International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 59, 1257-1267 (2024)

5. M. Asad Khan, H. Gadgil, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Spray characteristics of a self-aspirating ethanol ejector for high-efficiency combustion-based thermoelectric micropower generators,'' Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 241, 122363 (2024)

6. S, Shashidharan, Ratnakishore V, Sudarshan Kumar, Jithin EV, ''Hot surface ignition of H2-air and CH4-air mixtures for various equivalence ratios and heating rates,'' International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 53, 770-779 (2024)

7. Vijay Shinde, A. Fulzele, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Investigation on laminar burning velocity of premixed ethane-air mixture at higher pressure and temperature conditions,'' Fuel, Vol. 358(A) 130175 (2024).

8. Pragya Berwal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Effect of Ammonia addition on laminar burning velocity of CH4/H2 premixed flames at high pressure and temperature conditions,'' International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 49, 112-125 (2024).

9. Lukas Kiesewetter, Kazi H S, P Singh, M Rahman, B Khandelwal, Sudarshan Kumar, K Shah, ''A holistic review of the current state of research on aircraft design concept consideration for advanced air mobility applications,'' Progress in Aerospace Sciences, Vol. 142, 100949 (2023)

10. Vijay Shinde, A. Fulzele, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental measurements of laminar burning velocity of premixed propane-air flames at high pressure and temperature conditions,'' Fuel, Vol. 356(15) 129561 (2024).

11. Pramoj Sanker P.S., Ravi Teja S., Ramakrishna P.A., Sudarshan Kumar, ''Optimization Strategies to enhance waste heat recovery from engine coolant using thermoelectric devices,'' Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects, Vol. 45 (4) 10597 - 10615 (2023).

12. Pragya Berwal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar burning velocity measurement of CH4/NH3/H2-air premixed flames at engine-relevant conditions,'' Energy and Fuels, Vol. 37(17) 13331-13340 (2023).

13. Upasana P Padhi, A. A. Agarwal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Effect of 2-Butanone addition on laminar burning velocity of gasoline XP95 at higher mixture temperatures,'' Combustion and Flame, Vol. 255 112924 (2023).

14. Vijay Shinde, A. Fulzele, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar burning velocity measurements of C- C4 alkane-air mixtures at elevated mixture temperatures,'' Fuel, Vol. 352, 129096 (2023).

15. Deore S.P., P. Gadkari, S. Mahajani, S. Kumar, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Development of a new premixed burner for biomass gasifier generated low calorific producer gas for industrial applications,'' Energy, Vol. 279, 128140 (2023).

16. Sharma GVSS, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Thinking through art - a creative insight into mechanical engineering education,'' Thinking Skills and Creativity, Vol. 49, 101341 (2023).

17. Santanu K Sahoo, H. Gadgil, Sudarshan Kumar, K S Biju Kumar, ''Spatio-temporal analysis of a self pulsating gas centered swirl coaxial injector with forced gas jet,'' AIAA Journal, Vol. 61(7), 3810– -2823 (2023).

18. Vishal Patil, P. Singh, S. Sonage, N. Kumbhakarna, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Applicability of ketone-gasoline blended fuels for spark-ignition engine through energy-exergy analyses,'' Fuel, Vol. 339 (1), 127416 (2023).

19. Rohit Kumar, Padhi U P, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar burning velocity measurements of ethyl acetate at higher mixture temperatures,'' Fuel, Vol. 338 (15) 127278 (2023).

20. Subhashree S., Jithin E V, N. Kumbhakarna, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on laminar burning velocity variation of CH4+air mixtures at elevated temperatures with CO2 and N2 dilution,'' Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol. 148, 2517-2526 (2023).

21. Vishal Patil, P. Singh, S. Sonage, N. Kumbhakarna, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Evaluating the efficacy of gasoline surrogates with engine testing through energy and exergy analysis,'' Journal of Energy Resource Technology, Vol. 145(5) 051703 (2023).

22. M. Asad Khan, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Prototype development of a new self-aspirating liquid-fueled microcombustor,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 195(11) 2655-2675 (2023).

23. Pragya Berwal, Shawnam, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar burning velocity measurement of CH4/H2/NH3-air premixed flames at high mixture temperatures,'' Fuel, Vol. 331(1) 125809 (2023).

24. Rohit Kumar, Upasana P Padhi, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Formulating a quaternary gasoline surrogate (MTRF-87) using laminar burning velocity measurements,'' Fuel, Vol. 329, 125459 (2022).

25. Jithin E. V., N. Kumbhakarna, Satender Singh, V. Ratna Kishore, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Effect of hydrogen addition on the dynamics of premixed C1-C4 alkane-air flames in a microchannel with a temperature gradient,'' International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 47(71) 30660-30670 (2022).

26. Satender Singh, Jithin E V, N. Kumbhakarna, Kishore V R, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Effect of hydrogen addition on the dynamics of premixed methane-air flames in a microchannel with a wall temperature gradient,'' Combustion Theory and Modeling, Vol. 26, 989-1010 (2022).

27. Jack Chapman, Paramvir Singh, Sudarshan Kumar, Bhupendra Khandelwal, ''Optimization of aromatic species in the formulated fuel for simultaneous reduction of PM and NOx emissions from combustion engines,'' Journal of the Energy Institute, Vol. 103, 94-103 (2022).

28. Upasana P. Padhi, Rohit Kumar, Nilay Dorlikar, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar burning velocity measurements of toluene+air mixtures and ternary surrogate formulation at elevated temperatures,'' Energy and Fuels, Vol. 36, 6420-6432 (2022).

29. Vishal Patil, P. Singh, S. Sonage, N. Kumbhakarna, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigation to assess the efficacy of gasoline surrogates with engine testing,'' Fuel, Vol. 324 (A) 124493(2022).

30. Umesh Potdar, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on the role of group combustion mode in lifted spray flames with kerosene fuel,'' Atomization and Sprays, Vol. 32 1-21 (2022).

31. Pragya Berwal, S. Solagar, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on laminar burning velocity of CH4+H2+air mixtures at elevated temperatures,'' International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 47(37) 16686-16697 (2022).

32. Saurabh Sharma, A. Chowdhury, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Effect of CO2/N2 Dilution on Characteristics of Liquid Fuel Combustion in Flameless Combustion Mode,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 194(4) 721-744 (2022).

33. Tushar K. Swain, P. A. Kishan, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Evaluation of fuel and air mixing in a scramjet engine using an asymmetric strut based fuel injection using CFD,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 194(5) 898-918 (2022).

34. Aravind B., B. Khandelwal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Recent advancements in microcombustion based power generators,'' International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment, Vol. 23(2) 19-52 (2022).

35. Aravind M., Jithin E.V., Akram M., Sudarshan Kumar, V. Ratnakishore, ''Effect of burner wall material on microjet hydrogen diffusion flames near extinction: a numerical study,'' Energies, Vol. 14, 8266 (2021)

36. Pragya Berwal, Sudarshan Kumar, B. Khandelwal, ''A comprehensive review on synthesis, chemical kinetics, and practical application of ammonia as future fuel for combustion,'' Journal of the Energy Institute, Vol. 99, 273-298 (2021).

37. Paramvir Singh, Rohit Kumar, S. Sharma, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Effect of engine parameters on the performance of dual-fuel CI engines with producer gas - a review,'' Energy and Fuels, Vol. 35(20) 16377-16402 (2021).

38. Rohit Kumar, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Formulation of a three-component gasoline surrogate model using laminar burning velocity data at elevated mixture temperatures,'' Fuel, Vol. 306, 121581 (2021).

39. Malhar Malushte, R. J. Varghese, R. Raj, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Role of H2/CO Addition to Flame Instabilities and their Control in a Stepped Microcombustor,'' Combustion Science and Technology,  Vol. 193(15), 2704-2723 (2021).

40. BA Almohammadi, P. Singh, S. Sharma, Sudarshan Kumar, B. Khandelwal, ''Experimental investigation and correlation development for engine emissions with polycyclic aromatic blended formulated fuels,'' Fuel, Vol. 303, 121280 (2021).

41. Saurabh Sharma, P. Singh, C. Bhardwaj, B. Khandelwal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Investigations on combustion and emission characteristics of aromatic fuel blends in a distributed combustor,'' Energy and Fuels, Vol. 35(4) 3150-3163 (2021).

42. Rohit Kumar, V. Ratna Kishore, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Combustion of methylcyclohexane at elevated temperatures to investigate burning velocity for surrogate fuel development,'' Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 406, 124627 (2021).

43. M. Asad Khan, H. Gadgil, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations into liquid breakup morphology and spray characteristics of a cross-flow injector,'' Atomization and Sprays, Vol. 31(2) 63-86 (2021)

44. Rohit Kumar, A. Singhal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar burning velocity measurements of iso-octane+air mixtures at higher unburnt mixture temperatures,'' Fuel, Vol. 288, 119652 (2021) .

45. T. Guru Prasad, Jithin E.V., R. J. Varghese, Sudarshan Kumar, M. Akram, Ratnakishore, V., ''Effect of hydrocarbon addition on tip opening of hydrogen-air Bunsen flames,'' International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 46, 5763-5775 (2021).

46. Aravind M., Jithin E.V., Aravind B., Sudarshan Kumar, Ratnakishore V., ''Combustion characteristics of syngas laminar microjet diffusion flames,'' Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Vol. 115, 47-59 (2020).

47. C. H. Bhuvan, K Hiranandani, B Aravind, Vineeth Nair, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Novel flame dynamics of rich mixture of premixed propane-air in a planar microcombustor,'' Physics of Fluids, Vol. 32, 103604 (2020).

48. Saurabh Sharma, P Singh, A. Gupta, A Chowdhury, B. Khandelwal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Distributed combustion in a can-type gas turbine combustor – A numerical and experimental study,'' Applied Energy, Vol. 277, 115573 (2020).

49. Paramvir Singh, S. Sharma, B A Almohammadi, B. Khandelwal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Applicability of Aromatic Selection towards Newer Formulated Fuels for Regulated and Unregulated Emissions Reduction in CI Engine,'' Fuel Processing Technology, Vol. 209, 106548 (2020).

50. Robin J. Varghese, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar Burning Velocities of LCV Syngas-Air Mixtures at High Temperature and Pressure Conditions,'' Fuel, Vol. 279, 118475 (2020).

51. B. Aravind, K. Hiranandani, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Development of an ultra-high capacity hydrocarbon fuel-based micro thermoelectric power generator,'' Energy, Vol. 206, 118099 (2020).

52. Saurabh Sharma, P. Singh, BA Almohammadi, B. Khandelwal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Testing of formulated fuel with variable aromatic type and contents in a compression-ignition engine,'' Fuel Processing Technology, Vol. 208, 106413 (2020).

53. Rohit Kumar, A. Singhal, A. Katoch, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on laminar burning velocities of n-heptane+air mixtures at higher mixture temperatures using externally heated diverging channel method,'' Energy and Fuels, Vol. 34, 2405-2416 (2020).

54. B. A. Almohammadi, P. Singh, S. Sharma, Sudarshan Kumar, B. Khandelwal, ''Impact of alkylbenzenes in formulated surrogate fuel on characteristics of compression ignition engine,'' Fuel, Vo. 266, 116981 (2020).

55. Saurabh Sharma, A. Chowdhury, Sudarshan Kumar, ''A novel air injection scheme to achieve MILD combustion in a can-type gas turbine combustor,'' Energy, Vol. 194(1) 116819 (2020).

56. B. Aravind, B. Khandewal, Ramakrishna P.A. Sudarshan Kumar, ''Towards the development of a high power density, high efficiency micro power generator,'' Applied Energy, Vol. 261(1) 114386 (2020).

57. K. Hiranandani, B Aravind, Ratna Kishore V., Sudarshan Kumar, ''Development of a numerical model for performance prediction of an integrated microcombustor-thermoelectric power generator,'' Energy, Vol. 192(1) 116624 (2020).

58. Robin J. Varghese, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Machine learning model to predict the laminar burning velocities of H2/CO/CO2/N2/air mixtures at high pressure and temperature conditions,'' International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 45(4) 3216-3232 (2020).

59. Robin J. Varghese, H. Kolekar, Ratna Kishore V., Sudarshan Kumar, ''Measurement of laminar burning velocities of methane-air mixtures simultaneously at elevated pressures and elevated temperatures,'' Fuel, Vol. 257, 116120 (2019).

60. Malhar Malushte, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Flame dynamics in a stepped micro-combustor for non-adiabatic wall conditions,'' Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, Vol. 13, 100394 (2019).

61. M. Asad Khan, A. Katoch, H. Gadgil, Sudarshan Kumar, ''First step towards atomization at ultra-low flow rates using conventional twin-fluid atomizer,'' Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 109, 109844 (2019).

62. N. Srivastava, B. Aravind, Ratna Kishore V, S. Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Numerical investigations on bifurcation behavior of premixed H2-air flames in mesoscale tubes,'' Combustion Theory and Modeling, Vol. 23(6) 969-993 (2019).

63. Robin J. Varghese, H. Kolekar, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar burning velocities of H2/CO/CO2/N2 - air mixtures at elevated temperatures,'' International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 44(23) 12188-12199 (2019).

64. A Katoch, A Alfazazi, S. Mani Sarathy, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar burning velocity of n-butanol+air mixtures at elevated mixture temperatures,'' Fuel, Vol. 249, 36 - 44 (2019).

65. Mohammed Asad, Hrishikesh Gadgil, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Influence of liquid properties on atomization characteristics of flow blurring injector at ultra-low flow rates,'' Energy, Vol. 171, 1-13 (2019).

66. B. Aravind, Deepak K. Saini, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on the role of various heat sinks in developing an efficient combustion based micro power generator,'' Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 149(5) 22-32 (2019).

67. Robin J. Verghese, H. Kolekar, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Demarcation of Reaction Effects on Laminar Burning Velocities of Diluted Syngas-Air Mixtures at Elevated Temperatures,'' International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, Vol. 51(2) 95-104 (2019).

68. A Katoch, A Alfazazi, S. Mani Sarathy, A Chauhan, R Kumar, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Measurement of laminar burning velocity of n-Pentanol+air mixtures at elevated temperatures and a skeletal kinetic model,'' Fuel, Vol. 237, 10-17 (2019).

69. Rohit Kumar, A. Katoch, A. Singhal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on laminar burning velocity variation of methyl formate-air mixtures at elevated temperatures,'' Energy and Fuels, Vol. 32(12) 12936 - 12948 (2018).

70. B. Aravind, B. Khandelwal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on a new high intensity dual microcombustor based thermoelectric micro power generator,'' Applied Energy, Vol. 228, 1173-1181 (2018).

71. A. A. Konnov, Akram M., V Ratnakishore, N.I. Kim, C. Prathap, Sudarshan Kumar, ''A comprehensive review of measurements and data analysis of laminar burning velocities for various fuel+air mixtures,'' Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Vol. 68, 197-267 (2018).

72. Amit Katoch, A. Millán-Merino, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Measurement of laminar burning velocity of ethanol-air mixtures at elevated temperatures,''  Fuel, Vol. 231, 37- 44 (2018).

73. Amit Katoch, Ayush Chauhan, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar burning velocity of n-propanol and air mixtures at elevated mixture temperatures,'' Energy and Fuels, Vol. 32 (5) 6363-6370 (2018).

74. Umesh potdar, O. Pawar, R. Sikka, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on stabilization of lifted kerosene spray flames with coflow air,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 190 (10) 1689 - 1709 (2018).

75. Saurabh Sharma, H. Pingulkar, A. Chowdhury, Sudarshan Kumar, ''A new emission reduction approach in MILD combustion through asymmetric fuel injection,'' Combustion and Flame, Vol. 193, 61-75 (2018).

76. Jithin  E. V., Aravind B; M.  Akram, Sudarshan Kumar, V. Ratna Kishore, ''Effect of Hole Pattern on flame Structure of Perforated Plate Burner Flames,'' Fuel, Vol. 216, 722-733, (2018)

77. Aravind B., GKS Raghuram, Ratna Kishore V., Sudarshan Kumar, ''Compact design of planar stepped micro combustor for portable thermoelectric power generation,'' Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 156, 224-234 (2018).

78. Robin John Varghese, Harshal Kolekar, Vishnu H., Sudarshan Kumar, ''Effect of CO Content on Laminar Burning Velocities of Syngas-Air Premixed flames at Elevated Temperatures,'' Fuel, Vol. 214, 144-153 (2018).

79. Lovely Mallick, Sudarshan Kumar, Arindrajit Chowdhury, ''Thermal Decomposition of Ammonium Perchlorate - A TGA-FTIR-MS Study: Part II,'' Thermochimica Acta, Vol. 653, 83-96 (2017).

80. A. N. Mohammed, K. A. Juhany, Sudarshan Kumar, Ratna Kishore V., Akram M., ''Effects of CO2/N2 dilution on laminar burning velocity of DME-air mixtures at elevated temperatures,'' Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 333(5) 215-221 (2017) .

81. Robin J. Varghese, V. Ratna Kishore, M. Akram, Y. Yoon, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Burning velocities of DME (dimethyl ether)-air premixed flames at elevated temperatures,'' Energy, Vol. 126(1), 34-41 (2017).

82. Saurabh Sharma, Rohit Kumar, A. Chowdhury, Y. Yoon, Sudarshan Kumar, ''On the effect of spray parameters on CO and NOx emissions in a liquid fuel fired flameless combustor,'' Fuel, Vol. 199(1) 229-238 (2017).

83. Umesh potdar, Ajinkya Jamgade, P. Mahyavanshi, Y. Yoon, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on stabilization mechanism of lifted spray kerosene spray flames,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 189(7) 1241-1259 (2017).

84. V. Ratnakishore, S. Minaev, M. Akram, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Dynamics of premixed Methane/Air mixtures in a heated microchannel with different wall temperature gradients,'' RSC Advances, Vol. 7, 2066-2073 (2017).

85. F. Sirotkin, R. Fursenko, Sudarshan Kumar, S. Minaev, ''Flame anchoring regime of filterational gas combustion: Theory and experiment,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 36(3) 4383-4389 (2017).

86. Aditya P. Singh, V. R. Kishore, Y. Yoon, S. Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Effect of wall thermal boundary conditions on flame dynamics of CH4-air and H2-air mixtures in straight microtubes,'' Combustion Science and Technology Vol. 189, 150-168 (2017).

87. Minaev S.S., Terletskii I.A., Sudarshan Kumar, ''Evaluating the efficiency of thermos-electric conversion of heat from gas combustion in a small-scale system with counterflow heat exchange,'' Thermophysics and Aeromechanics, Vol. 23, 581-589 (2016).

88. Amit Katoch, M. Asad, S. Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Measurement of laminar burning velocities of methanol-air mixtures at elevated temperatures,'' Fuel Vol. 182, 57-63 (2016).

89. B. Aravind, V. R. Kishore, Aditya P. Singh, Y. Yoon, S. Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Investigations on flame dynamics of premixed H2-air mixtures in microscale tubes,'' RSC Advances, Vol. 6 (55), 50358-50367 (2016).

90. R Fursenko, A Maznoy, E Odintsov, A Kirdyashkin, S Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Temperature and radiative characteristics of cylindrical porous Ni-Al burners,'' International Journal of Heat and Mass transfer, Vol. 98, 277-284 (2016).

91. Aswathy Nair, V. Ratna Kishore, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Effect of CO2/N2 dilution on laminar burning velocity of liquid petroleum gas-air mixtures at elevated temperatures,'' Energy, Vol. 100, 145-153 (2016).

92. N. BeIyakov, I. Terletskii, S. Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, K. Maruta, ''Efficiency of microcombustion system with thermoelectric generator combined with countercurrent heat exchanger,'' Key Engineering Materials, Vol. 685, 422-426 (2016).

93. Aditya P. Singh, V. Ratna Kishore, S. Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Numerical investigations on unsteady flame propagation in stepped microtubes,'' RSC Advances, Vol. 5, 100879-100890 (2015).

94. Aswathy Nair, V. Ratna Kishore, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Dynamics of premixed hydrogen-air flames in microchannels with a wall temperature gradient,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 187(10), 1620-1637 (2015).

95. Lovely Mallick, Sudarshan Kumar, Arindrajit Chowdhury, ''Thermal decomposition of Ammonium perchlorate - a TGA-FTIR-MS study: Part I,'' Thermochimica Acta, Vol. 610, 57-68 (2015).

96. Prashant Nehe, G.Sivakumar, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Solution precursor plasma spray (SPPS) technique of catalyst coating for hydrogen production in a single channel with cavities plate type methanol based microreformer,'' Chemical Engineering Journal, Vol. 277, 168-175 (2015).

97. Shambhoo Yadav, Prathima Yamasani, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental studies on a micro power generator using thermoelectric modules mounted on a microcombustor,'' Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 99, 1-7 (2015) .

98. Prashant Nehe, Vanteru M. Reddy, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Investigations on a new internally-heated tubular packed-bed methanol steam reformer,'' International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 40(16) 5715-5725 (2015).

99. Amit Kumar Chaturvedi, Sudarshan Kumar, Debasis Chakraborty, ''Slag prediction in submerged rocket nozzle through two phase CFD simulations,'' Defense Science Journal, Vol. 65(2) 99-106 (2015).

100. V. Mahendra Reddy, Amit Katoch, W. L. Roberts, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental and numerical analysis for high intensity swirl based ultra-low emission flameless combustor operating with liquid fuels,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 35 3581-3589 (2015)

101. A. Ambekar, Ritesh Bhangale, Rik Chaterjee, Chinmay Kulkarni, Sudarshan Kumar, Arindrajit Chowdhury, ''Glow-plug-assisted combustion of nitromethane sprays in a constant volume chamber,'' Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 76; 462-474 (2015).

102. R. N. Roy, S. Kumar, S. Sreedhara, ''Prediction of lift-off height of turbulent methane and propane flames issuing in cold surroundings using conditional moment closure coupled with an extinction model,'' Combustion and Flame, Vol. 162(4) 1164-1166 (2015).

103. V. Mahendra Reddy, Darshan Trivedi, Darshan Sawant, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Investigations on emission characteristics of liquid fuels in a swirl combustor,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 187 469-488 (2015).

104. Sudarshan Kumar, Sudipto Das, Shekher Sheelam, ''Application of CFD and Kriging method for optimizing the performance of a generic scramjet combustor,'' Acta Astronautica, Vol. 101; 111-119 (2014).

105. S. Yadav, P. Sharma, P. Yamasani, S.Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, ''A prototype micro-thermoelectric power generator for microelectromechanical systems,'' Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104; 123903 (2014).

106. D. Mazurok, R. Fursenko, S. Minaev, N. Lutsenko, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Regimes of combustion of a premixed mixture of gases in a heated microchannel with the wall temperature smoothly increasing in the downstream direction,'' Combustion Explosion and Shock Waves, Vol. 50(1); 25-31 (2014).

107. V. Mahendra Reddy, Pratim Biswas, Prateek Garg, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Combustion characteristics of biodiesel fuel in high recirculation conditions,'' Fuel Processing Technology, Vol. 118; 310-317 (2014).

108. R. N. Roy, S. Kumar, S. Sreedhara, ''A new approach to model turbulent lifted CH4/air flame issuing in a vitiated coflow using conditional moment closure coupled with an extinction model,'' Combustion and Flame, Vol. 161; 197-209 (2014).

109. Avinash Kolekar, Sagar Laddha, Suneet Singh, Anuradda Ganesh, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Development and Validation of Power Performance Prediction Chart for Conversion of Diesel Engine to Dual Fuel Engine,'' SAE Technical paper, 2014-01-1316 (2014).

110. Santosh K. Paidi, B. Amrutha, M. Akram, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Effect of N2/CO2 dilution on laminar burning velocity of H2-air mixtures at high temperatures,'' International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 38; 13812 - 13821 (2013).

111. Prashant Nehe Sudarshan Kumar, ''Methanol reformation for hydrogen production from a single channel with cavities,'' International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 38; 13216-13229 (2013).

112. V. Mahendra Reddy, S. Sudheer, S. V. Prabhu, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Design and calibration of a new compact radiative heat-flux gauge (RHFG) for combustion applications,'' Sensors and Actuators - A: Physical, Vol. 203; 62-68 (2013).

113. M. Akram, P. Saxena, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar Burning velocity of -methane-air mixtures at elevated temperatures,'' Energy and Fuels, Vol. 27(6); 3460-3466( 2013).

114. Bhupendra Khandelwal, Anil. A. Deshpande, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental studies on flame stabilization in a three step rearward facing configuration based micro channel combustor,'' Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 58(1-2); 363-368 (2013).

115. M. Akram, P. Saxena, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental and computational determination of laminar Burning velocity of liquefied petroleum gas-air mixtures at elevated temperatures,'' Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 135(9); 091501 (2013).

116. V. Mahendra Reddy, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Development of High intensity low emission combustor for achieving flameless combustion of liquid fuels,'' Propulsion and Power Research, Vol. 2(2); 139-147 (2013).

117. Upendra W Taywade, Anil A Deshpande, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Thermal performance of a microcombustor with heat recirculation,'' Fuel Processing -Technology, Vol. 109; 179-188 (2013).

118. Mohammad Akram, Sergey Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Investigations on the formation of planar flames in mesoscale divergent channels and prediction of burning velocity at high temperatures,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 185(4); 645-660 (2013).

119. V. Mahendra Reddy, Darshan Sawant, Darshan Trivedi, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Studies on a liquid fuel based two stage flameless combustor,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 34; (2013) 3319-3326.

120. Sergey Minaev, Roman Fursenko, Evgeniy Sereshchenko, Aiwu Fan, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Oscillating and rotating flame patterns in radial microchannels,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 34, (2013) 3427-3434.

121. Anil A Deshpande, Sudarshan Kumar, ''On the formation of spinning flames and combustion completeness for premixed fuel-air mixtures in stepped tube combustors,'' Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 51, 91-101 (2013).

122. Mohammad Akram, V. Ratna Kishore Sudarshan Kumar, ''Laminar burning velocity of Propane/CO2/N2-air mixtures at elevated temperatures,'' Energy and Fuels Vol. 26(9) 5509 - 5518 (2012).

123. Mohammad Akram, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Measurement of laminar burning velocity of Liquefied petroleum gas-air mixtures at elevated temperatures,'' Energy and Fuels Vol. 26, 3267-3274 (2012).

124. V. Mahendra Reddy, Darshan Trivedi, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on lifted spray flames for a range of coflow conditions,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 184, 44-63 (2012).

125. G. P. S. Sahota, B. Khandelwal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on a new active swirl based microcombustor for an integrated micro-reformer system ,'' Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 52, 3206-3213 (2011).

126. Pallav Kant, Kishore Krishna B. S., Pradeep, A.M. and Sudarshan Kumar, 2011,"Theoretical analysis of the effect of water and ethanol injection on axial compressor instabilities", Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 31, 1703-1711 (2011).

127. Sudarshan Kumar, ''Numerical studies on flame stabilization behavior of premixed methane-air mixtures in diverging mesoscale channels ,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 183(8), 779-801 (2011).

128. Mohammad Akram, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental studies on dynamics of methane-air premixed flames in meso-scale diverging channels,'' Combustion and Flame, Vol. 158, 915-924, (2011).

129. Sudarshan Kumar, Saurabh K. Goel, ''Modeling of lifted methane jet flames in a vitiated coflow using a new flame extinction model,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 182(10): 1961-1978 (2010).

130. B. Khandelwal, G. P. S. Sahota, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Flame stabilization studies in a backward facing step configuration based microcombustor with premixed methane-air mixtures,'' Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 20: (095030) (2010).

131. B. Khandelwal, Sudarshan Kumar, ''Experimental investigations on flame stabilization behavior in a diverging micro channel with premixed methane-air mixtures,'' Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 30, 2718-2723, (2010) .

132. Aiwu Fan, Kaoru Maruta, Hisashi Nakamura, Sudarshan Kumar and Wei Liu ''Experimental investigation on flame pattern formations of DME-air mixtures in a radial microchannel,'' Combustion and Flame, Vol.157(9):1637-1642 (2010)

133. Aiwu Fan, Sergey Minaev, E. Sereshchenko, R. Fursenko, Sudarshan Kumar, W Liu and Kaoru Maruta, ''Experimental and numerical investigations of flame pattern formations in a radial microchannel,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. Vol. 32, 3059-3066 (2009).

134. Aiwu Fan, Sergey Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, W Liu and Kaoru Maruta, ''Regime diagrams and characteristics of flame patterns in radial microchannels with temperature gradients,'' Combustion and Flame Vol. 153(3) 479-489 (2008) .

135. Sudarshan Kumar, Kaoru Maruta, S. Minaev and R. Fursenko, ''Appearance of target and quasi-steady-spiral flame patterns in radial microchannels with rich methane-air mixtures,'' Physics of Fluids, Vol. 20, 024101 (2008).

136. Aiwu Fan, S Minaev, Sudarshan Kumar, W Liu and K Maruta, ''Experimental study on flame pattern formation and combustion completeness in a radial microchannel,'' Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 17 2398-2406 (2007) ''PDF-file'' .

137. Sudarshan Kumar, P. J. Paul and H. S. Mukunda, ''Prediction of flame liftoff height of diffusion/partially premixed jet flames  and modeling of flameless combustion burners,'' Combustion Science and Technology, Vol. 179(10), 2219-2253 (2007).

138. Sudarshan Kumar, K. Maruta, S. Minaev, ''Experimental investigations on the combustion behavior of methane-air mixtures in a new micro-scale radial combustor configuration,'' Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 17, 900 - 908 (2007) ''PDF-file''.

139. Sudarshan Kumar, Kaoru Maruta and S. Minaev, ''Pattern formation of flames in radial microchannels with lean methane-air mixture,'' Physical Review-E 75, 016208 (2007).

140. Sudarshan Kumar, Kaoru Maruta, S. Minaev, ''On the formation of multiple rotating pelton-like flame structures in radial microchannels with lean methane-air mixtures,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 3261-3268 (2007).

141. S. G. Kim, T. Yokomori, N. I. Kim, S. Kumar, S. Maruyama, K. Maruta, ''Flame behavior in heated porous sand bed,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 31, 2117-2124 (2007).

142. Menezes V, S. Kumar, K. Maruta, Reddy K. P. J. and Takayama K., ''Hypersonic flow over a multi-step afterbody,'' Shock Waves, Vol. 14(5-6), 421-424 (2005).

143. Sudarshan Kumar, P. J. Paul and H. S. Mukunda, ''Investigations of the Scaling Criteria for a Mild Combustion Burner,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 30/2, 2613-2621 (2005).

144. Sudarshan Kumar, P J Paul, H S Mukunda, ''Studies on a new High Intensity-Low emission burner,'' Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, Vol. 29, 1131-1137 (2002).

 

 

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Degree

Year

University/Institution

 Remarks

Ph.D. (Aerospace Engineering)

2004

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India.

Flameless Combustion of gaseous fuels

M. E. (Aerospace Engineering)

2000

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India.

1st Division with Distinction

B. E. (Mechanical Engineering)

1998

Dr. B. A. M. U. Aurangabad Maharashtra, India.

1st Division with Distinction (University 2nd Rank)