LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

LIST OF JOURNALS:

1. Lokesh Paradeshi, C Solaimuthu, N V Ragavendra Reddy, Rajangale Manik and K Shashank, "A Qualitative Comparative study of Multi-Cylinder Conventional Compression Ignition Engine using Neat Schleichera Oleosa (Kusum) Bio-diesel and Neat Diesel as fuel", AIP Conference Proceedings, 3025, 020001, vol. 1 (1), 2024, https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0201825 (Q2 Journal).

2. Dheeraj K.R, Gourav Rao, M Abijith, Venu Gopal and Solaimuthu C, "Production of Bio-diesel from Non-edible (Cotton-seed) Oil", Indiana Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, vol. 4 (3), pp. 278-280, 2024. (UGC Approved Journal). 

3. Solaimuthu C, Lokesh P, Bala Krishnan, Kumar M, Sharath G, Akshit Kochhar, Gaurav Bhandary M, "Uses of Renewable Fuel", Indiana Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, vol. 4 (3), pp. 281-283, 2024.  (UGC Approved Journal). 

4. C. Solaimuthu, Lokesh P, Akshaya Kumar D S and Karthick Raj, "Static Fuel Injection Timings’ effect on emissions of madhuca indica bio-diesel mixtures as fuel to operate direct injection diesel engine", Materials Today Proceedings, Elsevier, vol. 92, pp. 291-295, 2023. (Q2 Journal).

5. Sunil Bhat, C. Solaimuthu, "On Stress-Strain Fields near Mode I Ductile Crack Tip in Elastic-Plastic Fracture, Defect and Diffusion Forum", Trans Tech Publications Ltd, Switzerland, vol. 428, pp 9-15, 2023. 

6. C. Solaimuthu, Lokesh P, Abhay Surya M, Arkesh P, “A comparative study between Hot Exhaust Gas Recirculation and Compression Ignition Engine   fuelled with Mahua oil mixtures" Journal of Mines, Metals and Fuels ((Accepted for Publications), 2024. (Q3 Journal).

7. C. Solaimuthu, Lokesh P, Manik Rajangale, Raghavendra Reddy N V, Shashank S “A Qualitative Comparative   study of Multi-Cylinder Conventional Compression Ignition Engine using Neat Schleichera Oleosa (Kusum) Bio-diesel and Neat Diesel as fuel” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, IOP Science Publications ((Accepted for Publications), 2024 (Q4 Journal). 

8. C. Solaimuthu, Lokesh P, Shashank Karigowda and Saikumar Rachotti, "A Qualitative Study of Compression Ignition Engine fuelled with mixtures of Madhuca Indica Biodiesel with Hot and Cold EGR Techniques",  Heat transfer Journal Taylor and Francis Publications, ((Accepted for Publications) SCI, 2023. (Q2 Journal).

9. G. Anjaneya, S. Sunil, Shrishail Kakkeri, Mahantesh M. Math, M. N. Vaibhav, C. Solaimuthu, C. Durga Prasad, Hitesh Vasudev, "Numerical simulation of microchannel heat exchanger using CFD", International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), Springer, vol. 1 (1), pp. 72-81, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12008-023-01376-8, (Q2 Journal). 

10.  V. Moorthy, C. Solaimuthu, P. Lokesh and S. Jayaraj, "A Comparative Study of Four-Cylinder CI Engine fuelled with Jatropha Curcas, Schleiachera Oleosa and Madhuca Indica bio-diesel and base diesel", Energy Sources PartA: Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects, Taylor and Francis (Under Review), 2023 (Q1 Journal). 

11. Sreenivas. S , N. Balakrishnan , T. K. Kannan and C. Solaimuthu, "A Qualitative Study of Multi-Cylinder Conventional CI Engine using Madhuca Indica oil as fuel", International Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IRNet, Article 2, vol. 4 (3), Energy Sources PartA: Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects, Taylor and Francis (Under Review), 2022, DOI: 10.47893/IJMIE.2022.1202. (Scopus Indexed). , 2023 (Q1 Journal). 

12. Solaimuthu C, Sreenivas, S., Balakrishnan, N and Kannan, T. K., "A qualitative study of multi-cylinder conventional CI engine using madhuca indica oil as fuel", International Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 2021, Under- Review (Publisher: Interscience) (Scopus Indexed). (Q2 Journal). 

13. V. Ravikumar, D. Senthilkumar, C.G. Saravanan, V. Edwin Geo, M. Vikneswaran, J.S., C. Solaimuthu and Femilda Josephin,   "Study on the effect of 2-butoxyethanol as an additive on the combustion flame, performance and emission characteristics of a spark ignition engine", Fuel, vol. 285, 119187, 2021, doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119187. (Publisher: Elsevier), (SCOPUS and SCI).  (Q1 Journal). 

14. Solaimuthu C., Ganesan, V., and Sreenivasa T. N., "Biodiesel - a sustainable option for Irrigation", Journal of Institution of Engineers (India): Series C, vol. 101, pp. 53-59. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-019-00514-0. (Publisher: Springer), (SCOPUS and SCI). (Q1 Journal). 

15.  Ravikumar, V, Senthilkumar, D., and Solaimuthu, C., "Evaporation rate and engine performance analysis of coated diesel engine using Raphanus sativus biodiesel and its diesel blends", International Journal of  Ambient Energy, Vol. 38 (2), PP. 202-208, 2017, doi.org/10.1080/01430750.2015.1086673. (Publisher: Taylor and Francis), (SCI). (Q1 Journal). 

16. Solaimuthu, C., and Govindarajan, P, "Performance evaluation of a urea-water selective catalytic reduction (SCR) for a diesel engine with mahua biodiesel", Energy Sources, Part A, Recovery, Utilization and Environmental effects, Taylor and Francis, vol. 37, (13), pp. 1424-1431, June 2015, doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2011.621012.  (SCOPUS and SCI). (Q1 Journal). 

17. Solaimuthu, C., Ganesan, V., Senthilkumar, D., and Ramasamy, K.K., "Experimental investigation of Emission reductions studies of a biodiesel engine using EGR and SCR for agriculture operations in developing countries", Applied Energy Elesvier, vol. 138, pp. 91-98, Jan 2015, doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.04.023 (SCOPUS and SCI). (Q1 Journal). 

18. Solaimuthu, C., Senthilkumar, D., Raghavan, V., and Saravanan, C.G., "Experimental investigation of evaporation rate and emission characteristics of Mahua (Madhuca Indica) biodiesel and its blend with diesel", International Journal of Green Energy, Taylor and Francis, vol. 12 (6), pp. 635-640, 2015, 10.1080/15435075.2013.871723 (SCOPUS and SCI). (Q1 Journal). 

19. Solaimuthu, C., Senthilkumar, D., and Ramasamy, K.K., "An experimental investigation of performance, combustion and emission characteristics of Mahua (Madhuca Indica) oil methyl ester on four-stroke direct injection diesel engine", Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences (IJEMS), NISCAIR, vol. 20, pp. 42-50, 2013. (SCOPUS and SCI).  (Q1 Journal). 

20. Chandrakasan Solaimuthu and Palanisamy Govindarajan, "Effect of injection timing on the performance, combustion and emission characteristics of diesel engine using mahua oil methyl ester in different volumetric proportions as fuel", Journal of Science and Industrial Research (JSIR), NISCAIR, vol.71, pp. 69-74, Jan 2012, http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/16155 (Scopus Indexed and SCI). (Q2 Journal). 

21. Ravikumar, V., Senthilkumar, D., and Solaimuthu, C., An experimental investigation of the performance and emissions of an Al-20% SiC coated single cylinder diesel engine with Madhuca Indica biodiesel blends, International Journal of Ambient Energy, Taylor and Francis, vol. 34 (3), pp. 131-137, 2013, doi: 10.1080/01430750.2012.740427. (Scopus Indexed and SCI). (Q2 Journal). 

22. Solaimuthu, C., Senthilkumar, D., and Ganesan, V., "Effect of static injection timing on the performance and emissions of diesel engine with blends of Mahua biodiesel", International Journal of Mechanical and Material Engineering (IJMME), University of Malaya, vol. 7 (1), pp. 89-95, Feb 2013. (Scopus Indexed and SCI). (Q3 Journal). 

23. Solaimuthu C., Vetrivel, P and Subbarayan, MR., "A study of diesel engine fueled with Madhuca Indica biodiesel and its blend with diesel fuel", International Journal of Modern Engineering. & Research, IJMER, vol. 4 (10), pp. 43-46, Oct 2014.  (Approved by UGC). 

24. Solaimuthu, C., Chitra, S., Rajasekaran, P., Jagadeeshkumar, G., Pradeep, P.C., Raqibudeen, N., and Vikram, M., "A Study of Performance and Emissions of Diesel Engine Fuelled with Blends of Cotton Seed Oil Methyl Ester and Petro-Diesel", International Journal of Modern Engineering Research, IJMER, vol. 4, (1), pp. 30-34, Jan 2014. (Approved by UGC). 

25. Solaimuthu, C., Vikram, M., and Jagadeeshkumar, G., "An experimental and analytical Study of Emissions characteristics of a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Cotton Seed Oil Methyl Ester and Petro-Diesel for different static injection timings", International Journal of Research in Engineering & Science (IJRES), vol. 2 (5), pp. 37-41, June 2014. 

26. Solaimuthu, C., Senthilkumar, S., Ameen, A., Devendiran, M., Dhruva Kumar, S., and Naveen Raj, E., "A Study of Performance of Bio-Gas Plant", Discovery Journal, vol. 12 (30), pp. 36-40, March 2014. 

27. Solaimuthu, C., Ashfaque Ahmed, S., Vinoth, M., Gowri Shankar, V., Nandha Kumar, N., and Karmegan, C., "An Experimental Study of Production and Properties of Animal Fats Biodiesel", International Organization of Science Research Journal of Mechanical & Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE), vol. 11 (1), pp. 84-87, Feb 2014. 

28. Solaimuthu, C., Vetrivel, P., Subbarayan, MR and Channankaiah, "Effect of nozzle opening pressures on diesel engine fuelled with Madhuca Indica biodiesel and its blend with diesel fuel", Indian Journal of Engineering (IJE), vol. 7 (17), pp. 14-22, Jan 2014.

29. Solaimuthu, C., Chitra, S., Rajasekaran, P., Abhijit, B., Jayaprakash, G., Arunkumar, V., and Lokesh, R., "NOx Reduction of Diesel Engine with Madhuca Indica biodiesel using Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) in different flow rates", International Organization of Science Research Journal of Mechanical & Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE), Vol. 10 (5), pp. 28-34, Jan 2014. 

30. Solaimuthu, C., Karthikeyan, R., and Balakrishnan, N., "A Study of Performance and Emissions of diesel engine fueled with neat Diesel and neat Hydnocarpus Pentandra biodiesel", International Organization of Science Research Journal of Mechanical & Civil Engineering (IOSR-JMCE), vol. 10 (2), pp. 53-57, 2013. 

31. Chandrakasan Solaimuthu and Palanisamy Govindarajan, "Experimental investigation of performance and emission characteristics of CI engine with various blends of Madhuca Indica biodiesel using EGR", International Journal of Green Energy, Energy and Environment (IJGEEE), vol. 3 (1), pp. 13-18, 2012. 

32. Solaimuthu, C., Murugu Mohan Kumar, K., and Sarangan, J., "Selection of biofuel for internal combustion engine", Engineering Today, vol. 6 (1), pp. 19-22, Oct 2014. 

33. Solaimuthu, C., Murugu Mohan Kumar, K., and Sarangan, J., "Study of performance characteristics of C.I engine using esters of various vegetable oil", Engineering Today, vol. 6 (1), pp. 23-27, Oct 2014.

Presentations

1. Solaimuthu, C., Lokesh P, Bala Krishnan, Kumar M, Sharath G, Akshit Kochhar and Gaurav Bhandary M, "Uses of Renewable Fuel", 2nd National Conference on Digital Technology and Engineering (NCDTE’24), 2024, 02.05.2024 to 03.05.2024 at RV Institute of Technology and Management, Bengaluru. 

2. Dheeraj K R, Gourav Rao, M Abijith, Venu Gopal and Solaimuthu C, "Production of Bio-Diesel from Non-Edible (Cotton-Seed) Oil", 2nd National Conference on Digital Technology and Engineering (NCDTE’24), 2024, 02.05.2024 to 03.05.2024 at RV Institute of Technology and Management, Bengaluru. 

3. C. Solaimuthu, P. Lokesh, Shashank Karigowda and Chirag L, "Performance evaluation of multi-cylinder diesel engine fueled with blends of methyl ester of used vegetable oil", 29th International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (29th PFAM 2023), OP_4_213, 06-08th September 2023, IIT Tirupati, Andra Pradesh. 

4.  Solaimuthu Chandrakasan, Lokesh P, Akshay Kumar S and Karthik Raj D S, “Static fuel injection timing’s effect on emissions of madhuca indica bio-diesel mixtures as fuel to operate direct injection diesel engine” International conference on Smart and Sustainable developments in materials, Manufacturing and energy engineering (sme-2022) organized by department of Mechanical Engineering, NMAM Institute of Technology, from 22-23 December 2022. Karkala, Karnataka, India. 

5. Solaimuthu C, Lokesh P, Shshank Karigouda and Saikumar Rachotti, "A qualitative study of compression ignition engine fuelled with mixtures of madhuca indica bio-diesel with hot and cold EGR Techniques", Proceedings of the 1st International conference in fluid thermal and energy systems, June 9-11, 2022, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India, ICFTES 2022–TS–060. 

6. Solaimuthu C, Lokesh Paradeshi, Abhay Surya M and Arkesh P, "A comparative study between hot exhaust gas recirculation and conventional compression ignition engine fuelled with mahua oil mixtures", submission id: 311, 24-25 June 2022, International Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering – ICRDE 2022, SIT, Tumkur, Karnataka, India. 

7.  Solaimuthu C, Lokesh P, Manik Rajangale, Raghavendra Reddy N V and Shashank K, "A qualitative comparative study of multi-cylinder conventional compression ignition engine using neat schleichera oleosa (kusum) bio-diesel and neat diesel as fuel", 4th national conference on recent advancement in physical sciences (ncraps-2022), 19-20th December 2022, national institute of technology uttarakhand (NITU). 

8.  Solaimuthu C, Lokesh P, Gourav Rao, M Abhijith, and Dheeraj K R, "An experimental investigation of multi-cylinder diesel engine fuelled with various proportions of madhuca indica (mahua) methyl ester and base fuel" International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid Mechanics and Nano-electronics organized by Manipal institute of Technology Bengaluru in Association with National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand August 12-14, 2023. 

9. Solaimuthu C, Lokesh P, Abhay Surya Mahesh, Akshay Kumar S and Karthik Raj D S, "Performance evaluation of multi-cylinder diesel engine fuelled with blends of methyl ester of used vegetable oil", Abstract ID: 213, 29th Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials, IT Tirupati (abstract accepted for publications), 6-8th September 2023. 

10. Solaimuthu C, and Lokesh P, “An experimental investigation of multi-cylinder diesel engine fuelled with various proportions of madhuca indica (mahua) methyl ester and base fuel", National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), 2023 (in-pipe). 

11.  Solaimuthu C, V. Ganesan and S. V. Prakash, "Optimization of SCR flow rate for controlling the NOX emissions of C.I Engine fuelled with Madhuca Indica biodiesel", XXIV Nat Con on IC Engines and Com, NCICEC, 2015, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, pp. 107-111, 30th Oct-1st Nov 2015. 

12. Chandrakasan Solaimuthu and Palanisamy Govindarajan, "The experimental investigation of performance and emission characteristics of CI engine with various blends of Madhuca Indica biodiesel using EGR", XXII Nat Con on IC Engines and Com, NCICEC, 2011, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Calicut, Kerala, India, pp.10-13, December 2011. 

13. Chandrakasan Solaimuthu, Palanisamy Govindarajan and Perumal Elumalai, "Performance, Combustion and Emission characteristics of Mahua (Madhuca Indica) Biodiesel in different blends on Direct Injection Diesel Engine", International Conferecne on Renewable Engg and Tech (iCORET 2011), PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, pp. 159-161, December 2011.

14. Chandrakasan Solaimuthu and Palanisamy Govindarajan, "Combustion and Emission characteristics of diesel engine using Mahua (Madhuca Indica) biodiesel as fuel", Proceedings of International Conference on Adaptive Technologies for Sustainable Growth (ICATS 2011), Paavai Engineering College, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India, pp. 465-469, June 16–18, 2011. 

15. Solaimuthu C, and P. Govindarajan, "Performance and combustion characteristics of diesel engine using cotton seed biodiesel as fuel", National Conference on I.C Engines and Com, Sri Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Tumkur, KA, India, pp. 34-42, Dec 2004.

 LIST OF PATENTS:

1. K.V. Nikhil, J. Raj, Lokesh P, Solaimuthu C, Patent titled “Experimental Performance Investigation of Evacuated Tube Solar Collector Using Nano-particles under Cold Climatic Conditions”, (Patent Submitted Dated: 21.03.2024 (Submitted) 

LIST OF BOOKS:

1.  Basic Thermodynamics by Dr. C. Solaimuthu, Skyward Publishers, Bengaluru (In-Press).