KEC Faculty Profile

Journals Published (International)

1. V.Chitra Devi., Mothil.S., R.Sathish Raam., S.Sankar Prasad., "Flocculation of Dairy Effluent using Seed Coat of Hyacinth Beans and Utilization of Sludge as a Fertilizer", American International Journal of Research in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Special Issue, pp.15-20, 2019. CONCEPT-2019

2. V.Chitra Devi., Mothil.S., R.Sathish Raam., P.Manjula., " Hydrodynamics Study on Packed Bed with Wood Particles", American International Journal of Research in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Special Issue, pp.42-46, 2019. CONCEPT-2019

3. Mothil.S., V.Chitra Devi., R.Sathish Raam., K.Senthilkumar., "Electro-Coagulation of Synthetic Acid Black 210 and Acid Red 1 dye bath effluent using Fe and Al Electrodes in a recirculation cell", American International Journal of Research in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics, Special Issue, pp.139-143, 2019. CONCEPT-2019

4. Sreenivasan D., Sathish Raam R., Chitra Devi V., Mothil S., "Effective extraction of resveratrol through hydrotropy", AIP Conference Proceedings 2240, 030002, 2020. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0011054 (Scopus - Impact Factor=0.4)

5. Sathish Raam R., Mothil S., Dharmaraj M., Sarath S., Jaffina S., Ishwariya R., Jegathesan S., "Study of fluid flow over corrugated open channels", AIP Conference Proceedings 2240, 040003, 2020. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0011047 (Scopus - Impact Factor=0.4)

6. Mothil S., Chitra Devi V., Sathish Raam R., Sarath S., Aravind T., Kishore AS., Lakshmanan S., "Bisphenol A adsorption using hydrothermal carbonization derived biochar resulting from Casuarina equisetifolia L. and Wrightia tinctoria", AIP Conference Proceedings 2240, 130003, 2020. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0010998 (Scopus - Impact Factor=0.4)

7. Venkatachalam, C. D., Sengottian, M., Ravichandran, S. R., Subramaniyan, K., Kalappan Thangamuthu, P., "Optimization Studies on Subcritical Water Extraction of Fuels and Fine Chemicals from Prosopis juliflora: An Invasive Weed Tree", Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering, 2020. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3311/PPch.15187 (SCIE - Impact Factor=1.368)

8. Venkatachalam, Chitra Devi, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, and Mothil Sengottian. "Lignocellulosic and algal biomass for bio-crude production using hydrothermal liquefaction: Conversion techniques, mechanism and process conditions: A review" Environmental Engineering Research 27.1 2022: 137-153. DOI:https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2020.555 (SCIE - Impact Factor=2.172)

9. Sathish Raam, Ravichandran, Venkatachalam Chitra Devi, Sengottian Mothil, Sekar Sarath, Kandasamy Sabariswaran, Prasath Kesav, Purushothaman Kirubakaran, Aravindan, and Narayanan Mathiyazhagan. "A review on hydrothermal liquefaction of algal biomass on process parameters, purification and applications" Fuel 2021: 122679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122679 (SCIE - Impact Factor=6.608)

10. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sarath Sekar, Bhavya Shri Subramaniam Ramasamy, Mathiyazhagan Narayanan, Abilash Valsala Gopalakrishnan, Sabariswaran Kandasamy, Rathinam Raja, "A review on fabrication, characterization of membrane and the influence of various parameters on contaminant separation process" Chemosphere 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135629 (SCIE - Impact Factor=8.943)

11. Mothil Sengottian, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, and Sathish Raam Ravichandran. "Optimization of Alkali catalyzed hydrothermal carbonization of Prosopis juliflora woody biomass to biochar for copper and zinc adsorption and its application in supercapacitor." International Journal of  Electrochemical Science 17, no. 220938 2022: 2 https://doi.org/10.20964/2022.09.22 (SCI - Impact Factor=1.765)

12. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sarath Sekar, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Mothil Sengottian, Karthikeyan Chinnusamy Sukumar, Dhinakar Chenniappan, and Gnana Aravindh Ramachandran. "A review on bio-crude production from algal biomass using catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction process." Environmental Engineering Research 28, no. 3 2023 https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2022.211 (SCIE - Impact Factor=2.172)

13. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Sarath Sekar, Bhavya Shri Subramaniam Ramasamy, Sakthivel Elangovan, Siddharth Thorali Sivakumar, and Shanmuga Sundaram Subramanian. "Fabrication of Nanoparticle‐Doped Polyvinyl Alcohol‐Cellulose Acetate Membrane and Characterization of the Surface Enhancement." CLEAN–Soil, Air, Water: 2100305 2023 https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.202100305 (SCIE - Impact Factor=2.404)

14. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sarath Sekar, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Mothil Sengottian, Karthikeyan Chinnusamy Sukumar, Dhinakar Chenniappan, Gnana Aravindh Ramachandran . "A review on bio-crude production from algal biomass using catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction process."  Environmental Engineering Research 28.3 2023: 220211. DOI:https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2022.211 (SCIE - Impact Factor=2.172)

15. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sarath Sekar, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Premkumar Bhuvaneshwaran. "A critical review of the production, activation, and morphological characteristic study on functionalized biochar."  Journal of Energy Storage 67 2023: 107525. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.107525 (SCIE - Impact Factor=9.4)

16. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam and Mothil Sengottian. "Optimization of process parameters for bio-crude and value-added chemical recovery through hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae." Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 2023: DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-05236-z  (SCIE - Impact Factor=4.1)

17. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Premkumar Bhuvaneshwaran, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, "Reliability-based design optimization of screw shaft for continuous high-pressure hydrothermal co-liquefaction process ", Chemical Industry and Chemical Engineering Quarterly, 2024, https://doi.org/10.2298/CICEQ231124004V (SCIE - Impact Factor=1.2).

18. Mothil Sengottian, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sathish Raam Ravichandran and Sarath Sekar, "Hydrothermal Carbonization of Deciduous Woody Biomass: Path to Energy Intensification and Fine Chemicals", Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Chemia, 69 (1), 2024, DOI: 10.24193/subbchem.2024.1.02 (SCIE - Impact Factor=0.3)

19. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Deenadhayalan Ramachandran, Asswin Saminathan, Ananth Raja, Geetha Venkatesan, Arunachalam Chinnathambi, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Sabariswaran Kandasamy, "Modification of cellulose acetate membrane by integrating magnetite@ xanthan gum nanocomposite to enhance performance characteristics", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12 (3), 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112435 (SCIE - Impact Factor=7.4)

20. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Mothil Sengottian, Navahariharan Muthukumar, Saifullah Mundusreen Yaseen Syed Ali, Sriram Murali, Sree Arvind Seetharaman, "Fabrication of polysulfone-cellulose acetate based TiO2@ SiO2-CuS and Fe3O4@ XG membrane and its application in wastewater treatment", Desalination and Water Treatment, 320, 2024,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dwt.2024.100636 (SCIE - Impact Factor=1.0)

21. G Mugaishudeen, Mothil Sengottian, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, M Gowtham, R Athithyan, Anandha Krishnan, "Down flow jet-loop reactor with NF-RO membrane system for the treatment of textile wastewater", Desalination and Water Treatment, 320, 2024,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dwt.2024.100636 (SCIE - Impact Factor=1.0)

22. Sathish Raam Ravichandran, Chitra Devi Venkatachalam and Mothil Sengottian, "Catalytic and Solvent Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Microalgae: A Strategy for Recovering Fine Chemicals", Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Chemia, 69 (3), 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2024.3.07 (SCIE - Impact Factor=0.3)

Paper Presented in International Conferences:

1. Dr.V.Chitra Devi., S.Mothil., R.Sathish Raam., T.Poornima, T.Aravind., "Conversion of waste lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels using subcritical water extraction" CHEMCON 2018, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, 27-30th Dec 2018.

2. Dr.V.Chitra Devi., R.Sathish Raam., S.Mothil., P.Manjula., T.Poornima., "Studies on thermochemical conversion of micro algae over novel heterogeneous catalysts" CHEMCON 2018, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, 27-30th Dec 2018.

3. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, R.Sathish Raam and T.Poornima., "Production of Bio-oil by hydrothermal Liquefaction using macro algae"., International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST - 2019)., Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai, 28-30th Jan 2019.

4. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, R.Sathish Raam, P.Asmitha, B.Balakumar and A.Gokul., "Transesterification of waste cooking oil into biodeisel using Mg/Al based layered double hydroxide novel catalyst"., International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST - 2019)., Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai, 28-30th Jan 2019.

5.  Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, R.Sathish Raam, L.C.Aravindan, R.S.Kesav Prasath, P.Kirubakaran., "Heavy Metals removal from Aqueous solution using Biochar derived from slow pyrolysis of manure"., International Conference on Bioenergy, Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST - 2019)., Arunai Engineering College, Thiruvannamalai, 28-30th Jan 2019.

6. Dr.V.Chitra Devi., S.Mothil., R.Sathish Raam., S.Sarath., " Energy intensification of lignocellulosic biomass into biochar and fine chemicals through hydrothermal carbonization" 1st International Conference on Sustainable Development in Energy and Environment – ICSDEE’19., Kamaraj College of Engineering & Technology, Virudhunagar, 18-20th July 2019.

7. Dr.Chitra Devi V., Sathish Raam R., Mothil S., Ashwin R., Bhavya Shri R.S., "Surface Modified PVA-CA Nanocomposite Membranes for Reverse Osmosis Applications", International Conference on Green Energy for Environmental Sustainability (ICGEES-2020), NIT Calicut, Kerala, 5-6th August 2020.

Paper Presented in National Conferences:

1. Dr. V. Chitradevi., R. Sathish Raam., “Performance evaluation of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger"., National Conference on Current Scenario and Future Prospects of Biotechnology in diverse sectors (CSFPB-16), BIT,Sathy.

2. R. Sathish Raam.,"Performance evaluation of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger by ANSYS Fluent and HTRI"., Advances in Chemical and Biotechnology for Sustainable Future (ACBSF-2016), Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai.

3. K. Senthilkumar, V. ChitraDevi, S. Mothil, R. Sathish Raam and V. M. Tamil Selvan.,"Experimental Investigation on Treatment of Textile Industry Effluent Using Electro-Coagulation Technique".,Kalam Young Researchers Conference (KYRC-01), CECRI, Karaikudi.

4. S. Mothil, Dr. V. ChitraDevi, K. Senthilkumar, R. Sathish Raam and R. Sivabalakrishnan.,"Treatment of Tannery Effluent using Electrocoagulation with Electrolytic Recirculation"., Kalam Young Researchers Conference (KYRC-01), CECRI, Karaikudi.

5. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, S.Mothil, R.Sathish Raam, R.Ishwariya, S.Jaffina and S.Jegathesan., "Studies on production of biochar from waste biomass using microwave assisted pyrolysis"., National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering (RACE - 2018)., Annamalai University, Chidambram.

6. Dr.V.Chitra Devi, R.Sathish Raam, S.Mothil, T.Aravind, S.Lakshmanan and A.S.Kishore., "Treatment of diary wastewater using Rotating Bed Biofilm"., National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering (RACE - 2018)., Annamalai University, Chidambram.

7. R.Sathish Raam, Sakthivel.E, Shanmugasundaram.S and Siddharth.T.S., "Synthesis and characterization of polymeric composite membrane"., National Conference on Innovation in Biochemical and Food Technology (IBCFT - 2019)., Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore.

8. Dr.V.Chitra Devi., R.Sathish Raam., S.Mothil., R.Ashwin and R.S.Bhavya Shri "Surface modified PVA-CA nano-composite membrane for Reverse Osmosis applications" 15th Annual Session of Student Chemical Engineering Congress (SCHEMCON - 19)., Shroff S.R. Rotary Institute of Chemical Technology (SRICT), Ankleshwar.

Book Chapters

1. Dr.V.Chitra Devi.,S.Mothil., R.Sathish Raam., K.Senthilkumar., published Book Chapter "Thermochemical Conversion and Valorization of Woody Lignocellulosic Biomass in Hydrothermal Media" in Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020, R.Praveenkumar et al. (eds.), Biomass Valorization to Bioenergy, Energy, Environment and Sustainability.ISBN 978-981-15-0410-5. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789811504099.

2. Venkatachalam C.D., Sengottian M., & Ravichandran S.R.  published Book Chapter "Hydrothermal Conversion of Biomass into Fuel and Fine Chemicals". In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/698_2020_583

3. Venkatachalam C.D., Sengottian M., & Ravichandran S.R.  published Book Chapter "Green synthesis of nanoparticles—metals and their oxides". In: Nanomaterials - Application in Biofuels and Bioenergy Production Systems. Academic Press, Elsevier (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822401-4.00012-X

4. Venkatachalam, C. D., Sengottian, M., Ravichandran, S. R., & Venkatachalam, S. "Biodegradation of azo dye using microbiological consortium". In Development in Wastewater Treatment Research and Processes. Elsevier (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-85657-7.00017-1 

5. Venkatachalam, Chitra Devi, Sathish Raam Ravichandran, and Mothil Sengottian. "Valorization of Biomass Into Value‐Added Products and Its Application Through Hydrothermal Liquefaction." Handbook of Biomass Valorization for Industrial Applications (2022): 395-415. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119818816.ch17

6. Venkatachalam, Chitra Devi, Mothil Sengottian, and Sathish Raam Ravichandran. "Torrefaction and Pelletization of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Energy Intensified Fuel Substitute." Advances in Biofeedstocks and Biofuels, Production Technologies for Solid and Gaseous Biofuels 4 (2022): 357. Book link   

7. Chitra Devi Venkatachalam, Sathish Raam Ravichandran and Mothil Sengottian, published Book Chapter, "Biofuel recovery from microalgal biomass through hydrothermal liquefaction ", in the Microalgal Biomass for Bioenergy Applications, Woodhead Publishing: ISBN:978-0-443-13927-7 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-13927-7.00020-7

Funded Programmes Organized (Seminar/Conference/Workshops/FDP/STTP/Others)

Conference: 

1. 2nd National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies – CONCEPT 2019 on January 25, 2019 (Proceedings linked), sponsored by IIChE, Kolkata.

2. 3rd National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies – CONCEPT 2020 on January 25, 2020 (Proceedings linked), sponsored by IIChE, Kolkata.

3. 4rh National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies – CONCEPT 2021 on February 20, 2021 (Proceedings linked), Self sponsored.

Funded Projects

1. Co-Principal Investigator for the project entitled "Design and development of continuous high pressure screw reactor for alkali catalyzed hydrothermal co-liquefaction of plastic wastes with lignocellulosic biomass" sponsored by DST-TDT-WMT (Govt. of India) of Rs.1,07,00,000/-. (from July 2021 to July 2024)

2. Principal Investigator for the project entitled "Recovery and enhancement of fine chemicals and bio-crude from microalgae species using Hydrothermal Liquefaction" sponsored by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) - Student Project Scheme of Rs.10,000/- (2021-2022)

3. Principal Investigator for the project entitled "Fabrication of eco-friendly nano composite membrane using phase inversion method for varied applications" sponsored by the Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) - Student Project Scheme of Rs.7,500/- (2022-2023)

Software Proficiency: ASPEN PLUS, ASPEN HYSYS, HTRI,  ANSYS Workbench, Solidworks

Short Term Course:

1. Two Day FDP on “Application of Ansys in Heat Transfer” organised by Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore on 2nd and 3rd September 2016.

2. Three days Pedagogy Training on Teaching Methodology organised by Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai during June 2017.

3. One Week GIAN course on " Mechanistic Modelling of Thermochemical Conversion of Hydrocarbons and Solid Fuels" conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Madras from 28th May to 1st June, 2018.

Workshops:

1. One day Hands on Training on "Sophisticated Analytical Techniques for Scientific Research" organised by Dept. of Pharmaceutical Analysis, Nandha College of Pharmacy, Perundurai, Erode on 6th December 2017.

Professional Bodies Membership:

• Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IICHE) - Life Member (LM-63645)

• The Institute of Engineers (India) - Associate Member (AM177510-6)

• International Association of Engineers (IAENG)- Member (204330)

Subject Handled: 

• Oil and Natural Gas Engineering - Lecture Notes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

• Petroleum Refining Engineering - Lecture Notes:1, R2018 - 1, R2018 - 2

• Industrial Wastewater Engineering - Lecture Notes:1, 2 - Reference Books - Wastewater_Engineering - Metcalf & Eddy

• Air Pollution and Control (updated) - Lecture

• Corrosion Engineering - Lecture notes-Slides-all units

• Renewable Bioenergy Resources - Lectures

• Transport Phenomena (new) - Unit - 1, Unit - 2, Unit - 3, Unit - 4, Unit - 5

• Mechanical Operations - Lecture (updated) - 1, 2 Class Lecture - Unit - 1, Unit - 2, Unit - 3, Unit - 4, Unit - 5, Comp Class

• Chemical Process Industries (updated) - Regular class lecture - Class Lecture - Unit - 1, Unit - 2, Unit - 3, Unit - 4, Unit - 5

• Chemical Process Utilities - Class Lecture - Unit -1, Unit - 2, Unit - 3, Unit - 4, Unit - 5

Other Responsibilities:

• Mechanical Operations - Lab In charge - Lab Manual

• Energy and Environment Conservation Club (EEC) - Faculty Co-ordinator

• General Maintenance - Department Co-ordinator

• IIPC - Department Co-ordinator

• Class Advisor - (Batch:2016-20 - A), (Batch:2018-22 - A)

• Faculty and Staff Training - Department Co-ordinator

Honours and Awards:

• Best Faculty - Department of Chemical Engineering - Academic Year - 2021 - 22