Research Group

ENGINE RESEARCH GROUP

Objectives:

  • To provide common platform for knowledge sharing and Identify problem

  • To support Students for the Projects related to Engine

  • To Increase publications in the related area

  • To organize workshops and FDP in the related area

Chief Advisor Dr James Valder

Advisors Dr Purushotham K

Dr Raju K

Dr Sudheer M

Mentor Prashanth Kumar

Members:

  1. Mr Vijay V.S

  2. Mr Rolvin D Silva

  3. Mr Sushanth H Gowda

  4. Mr Sharun Mendonsa

  5. Mr Prathviraj H

Projects Handled:

1 .Effect of compression ratio on the performance and emission characteristics of ci engine fuelled with soapnut oil cotton seed oil methyl ester and diesel 2012-13

2. Extraction performance and emission characteristics of soapnut oil with dimethyl ether as additive on CI engine 2012-13

3. Study on the effect of electric supercharging on the performance of CI engine 2013-14

4. Performance and emission analysis of a CI engine with different types of combustion chambers using cotton seed oil methyl ester and diesel blend. 2013-14

5. Investigation of the performance and emission characteristics of ci engine at various compression ratio using different blends of soapnut oil ,cotton seed oil methyl ester and diesel 2013-14

6. An experimental investigation on the performance and emission of CI engine using soapnut oil blend with diesel.2013-14

7. Investigation on the performance and emission characteristics of ci engine at various injection pressures using different blends of soapnut oil, cottonseed oil methyl ester and diesel 2013-14

8. A study on performance ,combustion and emission of CI engine at high injection pressure and retarded injection timing by using diesel and cotton seed methyl ester blends 2014-15

9. A study on the performance and emission characteristics of ci engine with two different biodiesel blends using different injectors 2015-16

10. An experimental investigation on performance of ci engine using diesel, cottonseed ethyl ester and dimethyl carbonate as additive 2015 -16

11. A study on effect of inlet air temperatures on performance and emission characteristics of CI engine with cotton seed oil methyl ester and diesel 2015 16

12. Effect of EGR on performance and emission characteristics of crdi engine with B20MOME as fuel 2017-18

13. Effect of hydrogen on the performance and emission characteristics of crdi engine with B20WCO 2018-19

14. Design and fabrication of quality and quantity of water monitoring system for domestic applications 2018-19

Publications:

1. Prashanth Kumar, Vijeth, Peter Fernandes, K. Raju, “A Study on Performance and Emission Characteristics of Cotton Seed Methyl Ester, Sapindous Mukorossi Seed Oil, and Diesel Blends on CI Engine”, Energy and Power 2015, 5(1A): 10-14.

(DOI: 10.5923/c.ep.201501.03)

2. Vinoothan K, Rolvin S. D’Silva, Prashanth Kumar, K. Raju, “Effect of Compression Ratio on the Performance and Emission Characteristics of CI Engine for a Blend of Soapnut Oil, Cottonseed Oil Methyl Ester and Diesel”, Energy and Power 2015, 5(1A): 15-18.

(DOI: 10.5923/c.ep.201501.04)

3 M. Sudheer, G. Vignesh Shanbhag, Prashanth Kumar and Shashiraj Somayaji, “Finite Element Analysis of Thermal Characteristics of Annular Fins With Different Profiles”, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences (ISSN 1819-6608), Vol. 7, No. 6, June 2012, pp. 750-759.

4 Prashanth Kumar1,*, Rithesh1, Preetham1,Melrick1, Joel1, Peter Fernandes2, Raju K.1 A Study on Effect of Injection Pressure on the Performance and Emission of CI Engine with B20 and B30 Blends of Mahua Methyl Ester Energy and Power 2017, 7(4): 105-110 DOI: 10.5923/j.ep.20170704.03

6 Prashanth Kumar 1, Nagaraj R. Banapurmath 2, Peter Fernandes 3, Raju K. 1 Influence of Injection Strategy on B20Mome Fueled CRDI Engine with Toroidal Shaped Piston Cavity European Journal of Sustainable Development Research, 2018, 2(2), xx ISSN: 2542-4742

National conference

1. Venkatesh Rao, Prashanth Kumar, and Shreeranga Bhat, Performance and Emission Characteristics of Cotton Seed Oil Methyl Ester and Diesel blend on CI Engine at Elevated Inlet Air Temperature, First National Conference on Renewable Energy Systems and Engineering (NCRESE-14), Organized by Department of Mechanical Engg., Vivekanada College of Engineering and Technology, held on 7th & 8th November 2014 at Puttur, D.K.