List of Publications

 JOURNALS

2021

1.P. Kalidoss, S. Venkatachalapathy and S. Suresh, "Experimental Investigation on Low Concentration Nanofluids with Fresnel Lens and Evacuated Tubes for Solar Applications”, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology (2021).

2.Karthikeyan. P, Venkatachalapathy. S and Balamurugan. S, “Heat Transfer Enhancement in Microchannels using Ribs and Secondary Flows”, International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow (2021).

3.P. Kalidoss, S. Venkatachalapathy and S. Suresh, " Photothermal Performance of Hybrid Nanofluids with Different Base fluids for Solar Energy Applications”, ENERGY SOURCES, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects (2021).

4.J. Subramaniyan, S. Venkatachalapathy and N. Balakrishnan, “Heat transfer studies at different speeds and loads of regenerative air preheater in thermal power plant”, Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 22 (2021) 100814.

5.P. R. Jyothi Sankar, S. Venkatachalapathy and Lazarus Godson Asirvatham, “Combined effects of filling ratio and wick surface coating on thermal performance of cylindrical heat pipes”, Heat and Mass Transfer, (2021).

2020

1.P. R. Jyothi Sankar, S. Venkatachalapathy and Lazarus Godson Asirvatham and Somchai Wongwises, “Effect of coated mesh wick on the performance of cylindrical heat pipe using graphite nanofluids”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, (2020).

2.P. R. Jyothi Sankar, S. Venkatachalapathy and Lazarus G. Asirvatham, "Thermal Performance Enhancement Studies using Graphite Nanofluid for Heat Transfer Applications", Heat Transfer, Wiley, 1-17, (2020).

3.P. Kalidoss, S. Venkatachalapathy and  S. Suresh, "Optical and Thermal Properties of Therminol 55-TiO2 Nanofluids for Solar Energy Storage", International Journal of Photoenergy, (2020).

2019

1. P. R. Jyothi Sankar, S. Venkatachalapathy and M. C. Santhosh Kumar, "Effect of hydrophilic coating on mesh wicks used in heat pipes", Surface Engineering (2019). Vol. 36, No.7, 680-686.

2. P. Kalidoss, S. Venkatachalapathy and  S. Suresh, "Photothermal Energy Conversion Enhancement Studies Using Low Concentration Nanofluids", ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering (2019), Vol. 141, 061012-1 to 061012-8.

3. Pawan Bajpai , S. Venkatachalapathy, and D. Santhosh kumar, "Experimental Study on Online Measurement of Unburned Carbon in Pulverized Fuel Boilers by Thermal Oxidation of Ash", IEEE Access (2019), Vol. 7, 70944-70954.

4. S. Anbu, S. Venkatachalapathy  and  S. Suresh, "Convective heat transfer studies on helically corrugated tubes with spiraled rod inserts using TiO2/DI water nanofluids", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (2019), Vol. 137, 849-864.

5. Yagnem Anil Reddy and S.Venkatachalapathy, " Heat Transfer Enhancement Studies in Pool Boiling using Hybrid Nanofluids", Thermochimica Acta,(2019), Vol. 672, 93–100.

2018

1. S. Anbu, S. Venkatachalapathy  and  S. Suresh, "Heat Transfer and Pressure Drop Studies of Tio2/DI Water Nanofluids in Helically Corrugated Tubes  using Spiraled Rod Inserts", Heat and Mass Transfer, (2018), Vol. 54, 1301-1311.

2017

1. Akash A Revankar and S. Venkatachalapathy, "Experimental Studies on Internally Grooved Double Pipe Heat Exchanger using Al2O3/TiO2 Nanofluids", Journal of Nanofluids, (2017), Vol. 7, 1-9.

2015

1. R. Kamatchi, S. Venkatachalapathy, and C. Nithya, "Experimental Investigation and Mechanism of Critical Heat Flux Enhancement in Pool Boiling with Nanofluids", Heat and Mass Transfer, (2015) DOI 10.1007/S 00231-015-1749-2.

2. R. Kamatchi, S. Venkatachalapathy and B. Abhinaya Srinivas, "Synthesis, stability, transport properties, and surface wettability of reduced graphene oxide/water nanofluids", International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 97 (2015), 17-25.

3. S. Venkatachalapathy, G. Kumaresan and S. Suresh, “Performance Analysis of Cylindrical Heat Pipe using Nanofluids - An Experimental Study”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow72 (2015), 188-197.

4. R. Kamatchi and S. Venkatachalapathy, “Parametric study of pool boiling heat transfer with nanofluids for the enhancement of critical heat flux: A review”, International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 87 (2015) 228-240.

2014

1. G. Kumaresan, S. Venkatachalapathy and L. G. Asirvatham and S. Wongwises, “Comparative Study on Heat Transfer Characteristics of Sintered and Mesh Wick Heat Pipes using CuO Nanofluids”, International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 57 (2014) 208 – 215.

2. Punit Singh, S. Venkatachalapathy and G. Kumaresan, “Heat Transfer Studies on Condensation using Heat Pipes”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vols. 592-594 (2014)  1617-162.

3. G. Kumaresan, S. Venkatachalapathy and L. G. Asirvatham, “Experimental Investigation on Enhancement in Thermal Characteristics of Sintered Wick Heat Pipe using CuO Nanofluids”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 72 (2014) 507-516.

2012

1. G. Kumaresan and S. Venkatachalapathy, “A Review on Heat Transfer Enhancement Studies of Heat Pipes using Nanofluids”, Frontiers in Heat Pipes (Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer), No.3, 043001, (2012).

2. S. Venkatachalapathy and M. Udayakumar, “Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Mixed-Convection Heat Transfer from Protruding Heat Sources in an Enclosure”, Experimental Heat Transfer, (2012), 25:92-110.

2010

1. S. Venkatachalapathy and M. Udayakumar, "Numerical Investigation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer from Multiple Heat Sources in a Square Enclosure", ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, (2010),  Vol. 5, No. 1, 56-63.

2009

1.S. Venkatachalapathy and M. Udayakumar, "Experimental Investigation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer from an Array of Protruding Heat Sources in a Square Enclosure", International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 4, No.12 (2009) 2527–2538.

 

 

CONFERENCES

2019

1.Sanjo George C and S.Venkatachalapathy, “An Experimental Investigation on the Subcooled Flow Boiling in Microchannel Heat Sink”, 2nd International Mechanical Engineering Congress - 2019, NIT, Tiruchirappalli, Nov.29 – Dec. 01, 2019.

2018

1. Y. Anil Reddy and S.Venkatachalapathy, "Heat Transfer Studies in Pool Boiling by using CuO, Al2O3 and CuO - Al2O3 Nanofluids", 2nd International Conference on Frontiers in Engineering, Applied Science and Technology (FEAST 2018), NIT, Tiruchirappalli, April 27-28, 2018.

2. P. Kalidoss, S. Venkatachalapathy and S. Suresh, “Photo-Thermal Properties of CNT/Water Solar Nanofluids for Water Desalination”, International Conference on Desalination (InDACON-2018), NIT, Tiruchirappalli & Indian Desalination Association, April 20-21, 2018.

2017

1. S. Venkatachalapathy and V. Srinivasan, “Studies on Thermal Energy Storage Improvement using MEPCM”,  Solaris Conference 2017, Brunel University, London, UK, July 27-28, 2017.

2. Akash A Revankar and S. Venkatachalapathy, “Heat Transfer Studies on Internally Grooved Double Pipe Heat Exchanger using Alumina Nanofluid”, International Conference on Recent Trends in Engineering, Applied Sciences & Technology, NIT, Tiruchirappalli, March 31 - April 01, 2017.

3. P. Karthikeyan and S. Venkatachalapathy, “Heat Transfer Enhancement Studies in a Microchannel Heat Sink using Nanofluids”, International Conference on Membrane Technology and its Applications (MemSep 2017),  NIT, Tiruchirappalli, February 21-23 , 2017.

2016

1. S. Venkatachalapathy, Gurdeep Singh, and R. Kamatchi “Effect of Surface Modifications on Nucleate Boiling of Ethylene Glycol/Water Mixture”, International Conference on Energy, Material & Nanotechnology Meeting on Microfluidics and Nanofluidics-2016, Dubai, United Arab Emirates,  April 5-8, 2016.

2. N. Sudarssan, S. Venkatachalapathy, and R. Elankovan, "Thermal and fluid dynamic design of gas runners for heat recovery steam generators", International Conference on Materials, Design and Manufacturing Process (ICMDM 2016), Anna University, Chennai, February 17-19, 2016.

2014

1. G. Kumaresan and S. Venkatachalapathy, “Heat Transfer Studies on Circular heat pipes using CuO Nanofluids”, IRF International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, August 17, 2014.

2013

1. S. Venkatachalapathy, R. Kamatchi and Y.S. Kannan, “Effect of Surface Modifications on the Enhancement of Critical Heat Flux in Saturated Pool Boiling”, IISRO International Multi-Conferences 2013, Pattaya, Thailand, 07 September, 2013.

2012

1. Y.S. Kannan, S. Venkatachalapathy, S. Suresh and D. Santhosh Kumar, “Numerical Investigation of  Heat Transfer Enhancement using Nanofluids Flows Through a Circular Tube”, Chemference’12, IIT Bombay and Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, December 10-11, 2012.
 

2. S. Venkatachalapathy, S. Suresh, P. Selvakuma and G. Vijay, “Laminar Convective Heat Transfer of Al2O3/Therminol Oil nanofluid in a Plain Tube”, TechConnect World 2012 Conference and Trade Show, Santa Clara, California, USA, June 18-21, 2012.

2011

1. S. Venkatachalapathy and Cheerla Praveen Kumar, “Heat Transfer and Fluid Friction Study of a Circular Tube with Wall Inserts”, The 2011 International Conference on Mechatronics and Materials Processing (ICMMP 2011), Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China, November 18-20, 2011.

2010

1. K. Kathik and S. Venkatachalapathy, “Numerical Study of Forced Convection Heat Transfer from Multiple Heat Sources in a Rectangular Duct”, Golden Jubilee National Conference on Modelling and Simulation in Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, NIT, Jamshedpur, June 11-12, 2010.

2009

1. S. Venkatachalapathy, M. Udayakumar and P.K. Nomesh, “Investigation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer from an Array of Heat  Sources in a Rectangular Enclosure”, Proc. of the International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, S.V. NIT, Surat, August 3-5, 2009.