KEC Faculty Profile

Books Published

Basics of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 2016, Tata McGraw Hill

List of  Journals Published

1. Angappan, G., Pandiaraj, S., Rathanasamy, R., & Ayyasamy, T. (2024). Distillate yield improvement techniques for solar still coupled with evacuated tube collector: a review. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-18.

2. Angappan, Ganesh, Selvakumar Pandiaraj, Ali Jawad Alrubaie, Suresh Muthusamy, Zafar Said, Hitesh Panchal, Vikrant P. Katekar, Shahin Shoeibi, and A. E. Kabeel. "Investigation on solar still with integration of solar cooker to enhance productivity: Experimental, exergy, and economic analysis." Journal of Water Process Engineering 51 (2023): 103470.

3. Angappan, Ganesh, Selvakumar Pandiaraj, Ali Jawad Alrubaie, Suresh Muthusamy, Zafar Said, Hitesh Panchal, Vikrant P. Katekar, Shahin Shoeibi, and A. E. Kabeel. "Investigation on solar still with integration of solar cooker to enhance productivity: Experimental, exergy, and economic analysis." Journal of Water Process Engineering 51 (2023): 103470.

4. Rajeswaran, Siva Subramanian, Kumaresan Govindasamy, Selvakumar Pandiaraj, and Kamatchi Rajaram. "Experimental study on heat transfer characteristics of dimpled surface Thermosyphon with Al2O3 nanofluid." Thermal Science 00 (2023): 267-267.

5. Pandiaraj, Selvakumar, Tamilvanan Ayyasamy, Md Hasanuzzaman, Ganesh Angappan, Suresh Muthusamy, Hitesh Panchal, Ravita Lamba, Chidozie Ezekwem, Mamoona Munir, and Suma Christal Mary Sundararajan. "An experimental investigation on a locally fabricated dryer integrated with a novel solar air heater for the drying of potato slices." Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 44, no. 4 (2022): 9811-9826.

6. Senthilkumar, S., K. J. Bharanitharan, and P. Selvakumar. "Study the effects of heated wall profile and superheat on bubble evolution in film boiling using a VOF-CSF phase change model." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2516, no. 1. AIP Publishing, 2022.

7. Pandiaraj, Selvakumar, Abubakkar Abdul Jaffar, Suresh Muthusamy, Hitesh Panchal, and Santhiya Pandiyan. "A study of solar heat gain variation in building applied photovoltaic buildings and its impact on environment and indoor air quality." Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 44, no. 3 (2022): 6192-6212.

8. Krishnan, Ramachandran, Selvakumar Pandiaraj, Suresh Muthusamy, Hitesh Panchal, Mohammad S. Alsoufi, Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim, and Ammar Elsheikh. "Biodegradable magnesium metal matrix composites for biomedical implants: synthesis, mechanical performance, and corrosion behavior–a review." Journal of Materials Research and Technology 20 (2022): 650-670.

9. Pandiaraj, Selvakumar, Kumaresan Govindasamy, Anand Pandey, Chandrakant Sonawane, Ali Jawad Alrubaie, Ali Majdi, Mohamed A. Mohamed, Mustafa Musa Jaber, Suresh Muthusamy, and Hitesh Panchal. "A case study on development of thermodynamic entropy measuring device and its implication on the human body." Case Studies in Thermal Engineering 37 (2022): 102229.

10. Angappan, Ganesh, Selvakumar Pandiaraj, Hitesh Panchal, Thangamuthu Kathiresan, Danish Ather, Chiranjit Dutta, Manoj Karuppanagounder Subramaniam et al. "An extensive review of performance enhancement techniques for pyramid solar still for solar thermal applications." Desalination 532 (2022): 115692.

11. Ayyasamy, Tamilvanan, Abubakkar Abdul Jaffar, Selvakumar Pandiyaraj, Mohanraj Thangamuthu, and Thangavel Palaniappan. "Nanostructured Materials and Their Processing Techniques." Materials for Solar Energy Conversion: Materials, Methods and Applications (2021): 269-298.

12. Selvakumar, P., J. Jose Anson, V. Harish, and T. K. Gulshan. "Performance studies on solar air heater with staggered open channel aluminium turbulators." Journal of the Institution of Engineers (india): Series C 102 (2021): 1261-1265.

13. Dhanishk, M. P., P. Selvakumar, V. Ashwin, and P. N. ArunKumar. "Experimental studies on micro-channel heat sink with different heat transfer fluid." In AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 2317, no. 1. AIP Publishing, 2021.

14. Tamilvanan, Ayyasamy, Kulendran Balamurugan, Bragadeshwaran Ashok, Pandiaraj Selvakumar, Subbaiyan Dhamotharan, Moorthy Bharathiraja, and Viswanathan Karthickeyan. "Effect of diethyl ether and ethanol as an oxygenated additive on Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel in CI engine." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 28 (2021): 33880-33898.

15. Tamilvanan, A., K. Balamurugan, T. Mohanraj, P. Selvakumar, and B. Madhankumar. "Parameter optimization of copper nanoparticle synthesis by electrodeposition process using RSM and CS." Materials Today: Proceedings 45 (2021): 751-756.

16. Abubakkar, A., P. Selvakumar, T. Rajagopal, and A. Tamilvanan. "Development of concentrating dish and solar still assembly for sea water desalination." Materials Today: Proceedings 45 (2021): 974-980.

17. Tamilvanan, A., K. Balamurugan, T. Mohanraj, P. Selvakumar, B. Ashok, and R. Sakthivel. "Influence of nano-particle additives on bio-diesel-fuelled CI engines: a review." Research Anthology on Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Nanomaterials (2021): 1424-1443.

18. Pandiaraj, Selvakumar, Tamilvanan Ayyasamy, and Kumaresan Govindasamy. "Heat Transfer Augmentation Using Water-in-Glass Evacuated Tube Coupled with Parabolic Trough in Rack Dryer in the Drying of Capsicum Frutescens." International Journal of Heat & Technology 38, no. 4 (2020).

19. Karthikeyan, R., P. Thangavel, R. Naveen, P. Selvakumar, and S. Astra. "Experimental Study on Thermal Behaviour of Double Pipe Helical Flow Heat Exchanger." In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 764, no. 1, p. 012050. IOP Publishing, 2020.

20. Selvakumar, P., M. Dhanishk, V. Ashwin, and P. N. Arun Kumar. "Design and fabrication of agricultural land tilling and planting machine." International Journal of Scientific and Technology Research 9, no. 2 (2020): 4970-4.

21. Design And Fabrication Of Water Saving Utensils Cleaning Machine , R Ashwin Dr.P.Selvakumar, A.Angusamy, R.Anudeep , International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research 9 (1), 2665-2667

22. Pandiaraj, Selvakumar, Dhamotharan Subbaiyan, Tamilvanan Ayyasamy, and Sathishkumar Nagarajan. Design, development and analysis of mullite catalytic converter for ci engines. No. 2019-28-0017. SAE Technical Paper, 2019.

23. Selvakumar, P., P. Somasundaram, A. Tamilvanan, R. Karthikeyan, and T. Rajagopal. "Performance of P1 Model in the Prediction of Static Temperature and Velocity Magnitude of Therminol D-12 in an Evacuated Tube Solar Collector." International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering 8, no. 11 (2019): 255-261.

24. Kumaresan, G., P. Vijayakumar, M. Ravikumar, R. Kamatchi, and P. Selvakumar. "Experimental study on effect of wick structures on thermal performance enhancement of cylindrical heat pipes." Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 136 (2019): 389-400.

25. Selvakumar, P., A. Abubakkar, A. Tamilvanan, and T. Rajagopal. "Design, Fabrication And Testing Of Prototype Of An Anti-Hypothermic Flexible Body Heater."

26. Kumar, P. Selva, K. Ponappa, M. Udhayasankar, and B. Aravindkumar. "Dry sliding wear and mechanical characterization of Mg based composites by uniaxial cold press technique." Archives of Metallurgy and Materials (2017).

27. Selvakumar, P., P. Somasundaram, and P. Thangavel. "Performance study on evacuated tube solar collector using therminol D-12 as heat transfer fluid coupled with parabolic trough." Energy Conversion and Management 85 (2014): 505-510.

28. Selvakumar, P., and P. Somasundaram. "Experimental Analysis on Solar Water Heater with Corrugated Absorber for Enhanced Heat Transfer." Journal of Thermal Energy Systems 1, no. 1-3 (2016).

29. Selvakumar, P., P. Somasundaram, and P. Thangavel. "An experimental study on evacuated tube solar collector using therminol D-12 as heat transfer fluid coupled with parabolic trough." International Journal of Engineering and Technology (IJET) ISSN (2014): 0975-4024.

30. Thangavel, P., D. Deepa, P. Somasundaram, and P. Selvakuma. "Analysis of Humidified Air Circulation Over the Air Cooled Condenser of Vapour Compression Refrigeration System with Eco Friendly Refrigerants." International Review of Mechanical Engineering 8, no. 3 (2014): 530-536.

31. Livingston, J. A., and P. Selvakumar. "Effective Heat Transfer Enhancement in Finned Tube Heat Exchanger with Different Fin Profiles." International Journal of Engineering Research 2, no. 2 (2013): 83-87.

32. Selvakumar, P., and P. Somasundaram. "Effect of inclination angle on temperature characteristics of water in-glass evacuated tubes of domestic solar water heater." International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology 1, no. 4 (2012): 1-4.

Paper Presented in National Conferences

1. Aravind, RA., Selvakumar, P. Design and analysis of an integrated exhaust duct system for thermal engineering lab, NCIMMBS, Kongu Engineering College, 2014

2. Livingston, JA., Selvakumar, P.Heat Transfer Enhancement in heat exchanger by flow modification, NCIMMBS, Kongu Engineering College, 2013

3. Gowrishankar, RC, Selvakumar, P. Thermal analysis on  multiple parabolic trough and evacuated tube collecto with therminol as heat transfer fluid, OPTEST, Bannari amman Institute of Technology, 2012

4.  Davis Hans, SJ., Selvakumar, P. Vibration analysis of propeller shaft with crack, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, Hindusthan College of Engineering & Technology, 2011

5. Davis Hans, SJ., Selvakumar, P. Vibration analysis of cracked propeller shaft with two cardan joints, Confluence of Design and Safety Engineering, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College, 2011

Paper Presented in International Conferences

1. Aravind, RA., Selvakumar, P. Numerical analysis of an integrated exhaust duct system, Conference on Science, Engineering & Technology, VIT,2014

2. Livingston, JA., Selvakumar, P. Effective heat transfer enhancement in finned tube heat exchanger with different fin profiles, ICGTEAS, Adhiparasakthi Engineering College, 2013

3. Gowrishankar, RC, Selvakumar, P. Numerical and experimental analysis on evacuated tube and multiple parabolic trough collectors with therminol as heat transfer fluid, INCACMA, Kongu Engineering College, 2012

Funded Research Projects

Consultancy Projects

Funded Programmes Organized (Seminar/Conference/Workshop/FDP/STTP/Other)

 Course Materials 

Steam tables Usage for solving problems

Convection Heat Transfer video lecture

Boiler mountings and accessories

Radiation Heat Transfer 

Heat Transfer Laboratory

Heat Transfer in Fins

Phase change Heat Transfer - Activity based learning - Kahoot usage