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Name                             : Dr. M. Senthil Kumar

Qualification                    : M.E., Ph.D.

Designation                     :  Professor 

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Area of Specialization       : Internal Combustion Engines

• Educational Qualification

   

   

  S.No.	Degree	Specialization	Institution/University	Year of Passing
  1	Post Doctorate (PDF)	Internal  Combustion Engines	Ecole Des Mines De Nantes, FRANCE	Jan 2004 -Feb. 2006
  2	Ph.D. (Mechanical)	Internal Combustion Engines	Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.	August 2003
  3	M.E (Mechanical)	Automobile Engineering	Anna University,  Chennai, India.	Feb 1996
  4	B.E (Mechanical)	Mechanical Engineering	Madurai Kamaraj University, India.	April 1993

   

   

• Experience

   

  Designation	University / Institution	Duration	Nature of Work
  Associate Professor	Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University Chennai, INDIA	From October 2012 to Till Date	Teaching Under graduate and Post graduate Students and guiding for their projects. Working on Engine test benches
  Assistant Professor	Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University Chennai, INDIA	From October 2009 to October 2012	Teaching Under graduate and Post graduate Students and guiding for their projects. Working on Engine test benches
  Assistant Professor	Ecole Des Mines De Nantes, FRANCE	September 2006 –August 2009	Teaching Under graduate and Post graduate Students and guiding for their projects Preparing new fuels for diesel engines. Working on engine test benches.
  Post Doctoral Research Fellow	Ecole Des Mines De Nantes, FRANCE	January 2004 – February 2006
  Lecturer	Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University Chennai, INDIA	August 2003 – December 2003	Teaching Under graduate and Post graduate Students and guiding for their projects. Working on Engine test benches
  Research Scholar	Indian Institute of Technology Madras, INDIA	June 1998 –July 2003	Working on test benches. Teaching under graduate students for laboratory classes.
  Lecturer	Shanmugha College of Engineering, INDIA	June 1996 – March 1998	Teaching under graduate students and guiding for their projects.

   

   

   

   

   

• Projects/Achievements/Awards

  Patent

   M. Tazerout, J. Bellettre, M. Senthil Kumar, and A. Kerihuel, Combustible liquide et procédé de production d’un tel combustible. French patent, No : 04 10291. 2006.

  Projects

  1.2012-2015 : Received a sum of Rs: 18,30000/- from Department of science and Technology under the fast track program for young scientist for carrying out the project entitled, “ Development of a high performance diesel engine fuelled completely with vegetable oil emulsions as fuel”.

  2.2016-2018 : Received a sum of Rs: 11,00000/- from Department of science and Technology for carrying out the project entitled, “Development of a High performance Diesel engine Fuelled Completely with Green Diesel produced from Pyrolysis of Biomass Waste”.

  3.Post Doctoral fellowship sponsored by the French Government for undertaking research in the department of Energy and Environmental Engineering at Ecole Des Mines De Nantes, France for 2 Year from 5th January 2004 to 28th February 2006.

  4.Received a DST fund of 18.5 lakhs in the Fast track young scientist (FTPS) program for the project titled, “Development of a high performance diesel engine operated completely and efficiently on WCO micro emulsions”.

• Publications in International Journals

   

  1. M. Senthilkumar, K. Arul and N. Sasikumar (2018), Impact of Oxygen enrichment on the Engine’s perfromance, emission and combustion behaviour of a Biofuel Based Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition Engine (In press) 

   

  2. N. Sasikumar, M. Senthilkumar, and M. Jaikumar. (2018), “Experimental Investigation on Effect of Nano Fluids in the Behaviour of a Compression Ignition Engine Fueled with Diesel Biofuel Blends,” Technical Papers of Society of Automotive Engineers Paper No 2018-01-0234. 

   

  3. M. Senthilkumar, G. Nataraj, S. Pasupathiraju and T. Mohanraj (2018) “Investigations on the Combined Effect of Oxygen Enrichment and Water Injection Techniques on Engine’s Performance, Emission and Combustion of a Mahua Oil Based Compression Ignition Engine,” SAE Technical Paper 2018-01-0929. 

   

  4. M. Senthilkumar and N. Sasikumar (2017), A Comprehensive Study on the Effect of Emulsification, Solid Nano Additive and LPG Dual fuel operation on Engine Behaviour of a WCO Based Compression Ignition Engine. Thermal Science, (In Press)

   

  5. M. Senthilkumar, G. Nataraj and S. Arulselvan (2017), A Comprehensive Assesment on the Effect of High Octane Fuels on Engine’s Combustion behaviour of Mahua Oil based Dual fuel engine. Fuel, 199 (2017), pp.176–184.

   

  6. M.Senthilkumar, S.Arul selvan (2017), An Experimental Assesment on the Influence of High Octane fuels on Engine’s Perfromance, emission and combuistion behaviour of a Biofuel Based Dual fuel engine.Thermal Science, 2017,  21, pp. 1-12.

   

  7. N. Sasikumar, M. Senthilkumar, and S. Arul Selvan (2017), Investigation on Electronic Assisted Primary Fuel Injection of Compression Ignition Engine Fueled with Waste Cooking Oil as Pilot Fuel for Improved Part Load Efficiency and Effective Waste Utilization. Technical Papers of Society of Automotive Engineers, Paper No.  2017-01-0768  

   

  8. M. Senthilkumar and M. Jai Kumar (2017), A Comprehensive Assessment on Combined Effect of Thermal Barrier Coating and Emulsification Techniques on Engine Behavior of Mahua Oil Based Diesel Engine. Technical Papers of Society of Automotive Engineers, Paper No.  2017-01-0873  

   

  9. M. Senthilkumar and M. Jai Kumar (2017), A Comparative Study on Different Methods of Using Waste Cooking Oil as Fuel in a Compression Ignition Engine. Technical Papers of Society of Automotive Engineers, Paper No.  2017-01-0873  

   

  10.M. Senthilkumar and N. Sasikumar (2016), Combined effect of oxygen enrichment and dual fuelling on performance behaviour of a CI engine fuelled with Pyro oil - Diesel blend as fuel. ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Vol.138, May 2016, pp 032206-1- 032206-8.

   

  11. M. Senthilkumar and N. Sasikumar (2016), Combined Effect of Oxygen Enrichment and Emulsification Techniques on Performance, Emission and Combustion of a WCO Based CI Engine. Technical Papers of Society of Automobile Engineers Paper No. 2016-01-1265

   

  12. M. Senthilkumar and N. Sasikumar (2016), Influence of Oxygen Enriched Combustion on Performance, Emission and Combustion Behaviour of a CI Engine Fuelled with Pyro oil – Diesel Blend as Fuel. Technical Papers of Society of Automobile Engineers Paper No. 2016-01-0739

   

  13. Senthilkumar Masimalai, Venkatesan Kuppusamy (2015), A Comprehensive Assessment on Performance Behavior of a CI Engine Using Bio oil Emulsions (PJSO10, KSO10 and CSO10) as Fuels. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, Springer Publication, 29 (10) (2015) 4491-4498.

   

  14. G. Mathiselvan, M. Senthil Kumar, K. Venkatesan, (2015) Effect Of Temperature And Particle Size in Biomass Pyrolysis and Properties Of Bio Oil. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, ISSN 0973-4562 Volume 10, Number 1 (2015) pp. 1099-1104.

   

  15. K. Venkatesan and M. Senthil Kumar (2015), Combustion Studies on a CI engine Using Bio oil Obtained From Pyrolysis of Prosopis Juliflora as Fuel. International Journal of Applied engineering research. ISSN 0973-4562, Volume 10, Number 19 (2015), pp. 13714-13719.

   

  16. M.Senthil Kumar, K.Venkatesan (2015), Assessment of Performance, Emission and Combustion Behaviour of a WCO Based Diesel Engine Using Oxygen Enrichment Technique. Technical Papers of Society of Automotive Engineers. Paper No. 2015-01-0895.

   

  17. M.Senthil Kumar, S..Arul selvan (2015), A Comparative Study on the Effect of Alcohol Addition and Induction on Performance Behavior of a CI engine fueled with “Madhuca Indica” As fuel. Technical Papers of Society of Automotive Engineers. Paper No. 2015-01-0853.

   

  18. M. Senthil Kumar and M. Jaikumar (2014), Studies on the effect of Hydrogen induction on performance, emission and combustion behavior of a WCO emulsion based Dual Fuel Engine. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39, (2014), 18440-18450. 

   

  19. M. Senthil Kumar (2014), ‘Influence of Methanol Induction on Performance, Emission and Combustion Behavior of a Methanol - Diesel Dual Fuel Engine’. Technical Papers of Society of Automotive Engineers, Paper Number 2014-01-1315. 

   

  20. M. Senthil Kumar and K.Venkatesan (2014), Experimental Investigations on a Diesel Engine Using Coconut Shell Pyro Oil (CSPO) – Diesel Blends as Fuel. Technical Papers of Society of Automotive Engineers, Paper Number 2014-01-1377.

   

  21. M. Senthil Kumar and M.Jaikymar (2014), A Comprehensive study on performance, Emission and Combustion behavior of a Compression Ignition Engine Fuelled with WCO Emulsions as Fuel. Journal of the Energy Institute, 87 (2014) 263-271.

   

  22. M. Senthil Kumar, (2012) Effect of Hydrogen Induction on Combustion Characteristics of a Dual Fuel Engine Fuelled with Diesel and Hydrogen. Technical Papers of Society of Automotive Engineers. Paper No. 2012–32–0034.

   

  23. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam and M.Tazerout (2011) A Comparative Study On Performance Emission and Combustion Characteristics of A Dual Fuel engine Fuelled with Orange Oil and Jatropha Oil. Journal of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Part A, JPE, Vol 225, pp 601-613. 

   

  24. M. Senthil Kumar, M. Tazerout and N. Pascal, (2010), Performance and Emission Studies on a CI Engine Using Methyl Esters of Palm Oil and Waste Cooking Oil Mixture as Fuel. Journal of Biofuels. Vol 1, No.1, January - June, 2010 pp.51-56

   

  25. M. Senthil Kumar, (2010) Preparation, Characterization and Engine Test Analysis of Methyl Esters of Unrefined Palm oil and D-Limonene Oil Mixture as CI Engine Fuel. Society of Automotive Engineers, 2010-01-2121.

   

  26. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam (2010) A Comparison of the Different Methods of using Jatropha oil as fuel in a compression Ignition Engine. - ASME Journal of Gas turbines and Power, Volume 132, 032801, USA.

   

  27. M. Senthil Kumar, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2010). Use of Biofuel emulsions as fuel for diesel engines – A Review, Journal of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Part A, JPE 758, Volume 223, pp 729-742, UK.  

   

  28. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Kerihuel, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2006). A Comparative study of different methods on combustion and emission characteristics of an Animal fat based compression ignition engine. – ASME Journal of Gas turbines and Power, Vol. 128, No.4 pp. 907-914, USA.

   

  29. Kerihuel. A, M. Senthil Kumar, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2006). Ethanol Animal Fat emulsions as a Diesel engine Fuel – Formulations and Influential Parameters (Part 1), Fuels, Vol.85, No.17-18, pp. 2640-2645, USA.

   

  30. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Kerihuel, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2006). Ethanol Animal Fat emulsions as a Diesel engine Fuel – Engine Test Analysis (Part 2). Fuels, Vol.85, No.17-18, pp. 2646-2652, USA. 

   

  31. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Kerihuel, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2005) Effect of Water/Methanol fractions on the performance of a compression ignition engine. Journal of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Vol. 219, Part A, 583-592, 2005, UK. 

   

  32. A. Kerihuel, M. Senthil Kumar, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2005) Use of Animal Fats as CI Engine fuel by making stable emulsions with water and methanol. Journal of Fuel, Vol. 84, 1713-1716, 2005.

   

  33. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Kerihuel, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2005) Investigations on the use of preheated animal fat as fuel in a diesel engine. Journal of Renewable Energy, Vol 30, 9, 1443-1456, 2005.

   

  34. A. Kerihuel, M. Senthil Kumar, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2005) Experimental Investigations on a compression ignition engine using animal fat emulsions as fuel with water and methanol. Society of Automotive Engineers, 2005-01-1729 (SP–1978),  2005.

   

  35. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam (2003) Use of Hydrogen to enhance the performance of a vegetable oil fuelled Compression Ignition engine. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol 28, 1143-1154, 2003,USA.

   

  36. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam (2003) An experimental comparison of methods to use methanol and Jatropha oil in a compression ignition engine. Journal of Biomass and Bio Energy, vol 25, 309-319, 2003, USA.

   

  37. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam. (2001) Experimental investigations on a Jatropha oil methanol dual fuel engine. New developments in alternative fuels for IC engines (SP-1608), Society of Automotive Engineers, Paper No. 2001- 01-0153, 2001, USA.

   

  38. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam (2001) Complete vegetable oil fueled compression Ignition Engine. Society of Automotive Engineers,  2001- 28 - 0067, 2001. USA.

   

  39. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam. (2001) Investigations on the use of Jatropha oil and its methyl ester as a fuel in a compression ignition engine. Journal of the Institute of Energy, l74, 24-28, UK, 2001.

   

• Publications in International Conferences

  1. M. Senthil Kumar, (2012) Influence of Hydrogen on Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Dual Fuel Engine Operated on Diesel and Hydrogen as Fuels, ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition November 2012, Houston Texas, USA. (Accepted) 
  2. M. Senthil Kumar, (2012) Effect of Hydrogen Induction on Combustion Characteristics of a Dual Fuel Engine Fuelled with Diesel and Hydrogen. SAE Small Engine Technology ConferenceOctober 16-18, 2012 Madison, USA (Accepted)
  3. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam and M.Tazerout (2011) Experimental evaluation on influence of methanol on performance and emission Characteristics of a dual fuel engine fueled with diesel and methanol. 2nd international conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Technologies 2011, Singapore 26- 28 February
  4. M. Senthil Kumar, M. Tazerout and N. Pascal, (2010), Investigations on Combustion Characteristics of a Compression Ignition Engine Using Methyl Esters of Palm Oil and Waste Cooking Oil Mixture as Fuel. 18th Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion December 2011, Hyderabad, INDIA. 
  5. M. Senthil Kumar, M. Tazerout and N. Pascal, (2010), Performance and Emission Studies on a CI Engine Using Methyl Esters of Palm Oil and Waste Cooking Oil Mixture as Fuel. 1st International Conference on New frontiers in Biofuels, January 18-19, 2010, New Delhi, India 
  6. M. Senthil Kumar, E.Olivier and M. Tazerout (2009) Determination of a new heat transfer correlation for diesel engines. International Symposium on Convective Heat and Mass Transfer in Sustainable Energy, April 26-May 1,Tunisia, 
  7. N. Pascal, M. Senthil Kumar, and M. Tazerout (2009), Methyl esters of Palm oil and Waste cooking oil mixture to use as fuel in diesel engines, 17th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition. From Research to Industry and Markets. 29 June - 3 July 2009 Hamburg, Germany. 
  8. N. Pascal, M. Senthil Kumar, and M. Tazerout (2009),Preparation and properties analysis of Methyl esters of Palm oil and Waste cooking oil mixture to use as fuel in diesel engines, Second International Conference on Energy and Sustainability 2009 23 - 25 June 2009, Bologna, Italy. 
  9. M. Senthil Kumar and M. Tazerout (2009) Investigations on the Use of Animal fat as Diesel engine fuel. 9th International Conference on Heat Engines and Environmental Protection. May 25–27, 2009. Hotel Uni, Balatonfüred, Hungary. 
  10. A. Kerihuel, M. Senthil Kumar, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2006). Use of Animal fat - Water/Alcohol emulsions as fuel in a diesel engine. Effect of Microexplosion. World Renewable Energy Congress IX (WREC IX), 19-25 August 2006, Florence ,Italy. 
  11. A. Kerihuel, M. Senthil Kumar, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2006).Mise en évidence de la micro-explosion dans un moteur alimenté par une émulsion d’eau dans l’huile. Effets sur la réduction de polluants. Congrès Français de Thermique, SFT 2006, Île de Ré, 16-19 mai 2006. 
  12. A. Kerihuel, M. Senthil Kumar, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2005), Experimental Study on the Use of Animal Fat as a CI Engine Fuel by Transforming Into Its Emulsion with Water and Ethanol, International Congress in the renewable Energy and the Environment, March 24-26, 2005, TUNISIA.
  13. A. Kerihuel, M. Senthil Kumar, J. Bellettre and M. Tazerout (2005), Effect of Alcohols addition on the performance and emission characteristics of an animal fat emulsion fuelled diesel Engine 18th International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems (ECOS 2005), June 20-22, Trondheim, 2005, NARWAY. 
  14. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam (2003) Effect of certain additives on the performance and combustion of a Jatropha oil fuelled compression ignition engine, XVII National conference on I.C.Engines and Combustion, Trivandram, December 2003, INDIA. 
  15. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam (2003) A comparison of methods to improve the performance of a vegetable oil fuelled compression ignition engine, ICWE, Jaipur, september 2003, INDIA. 
  16. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam (2001) Use of Hydrogen and methanol as primary fuels in a dual fuel engine. XVII National conference on I.C. Engines and Combustion, pp 215-221, Surathkal, December 2001, 215-221, INDIA. 
  17. M. Senthil Kumar, A. Ramesh, B. Nagalingam (2002) Hydrogen Induction for improving the performance of a vegetable oil fueled CI Engine. International conference on Technocommertial aspects of decentralized approach in waste to energy, Jaipur, March 2002, 95-101, INDIA. 
  18. M. Senthil Kumar, A.Ramesh, B.Nagalingam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan. (2000) Performance studies on a CI engine using methyl ester of Jatropha oil as fuel. XVI National conference on I.C.Engines and Combustion , Calcutta, India, January 2000, 89-94, INDIA. 
  19. M. Mubarak and M. Senthil Kumar, (2012), “An Experimental Study on Waste Cooking Oil and Its Emulsions As Diesel Engine Fuel”. IEEE International Conference on Advances in Engineering, Science and Management - (IEEE-ICAESM 2012), March 30 & 31, 2012, Tamilnadu, INDIA 
  20. M. Mubarak and M. Senthil Kumar, (2012), “Theoretical modeling on combustion characteristics of a single cylinder diesel engine”. International Conference On Recent Advances In Mechanical Engineering - INCRAME 2012, April 19-20, 2012, INDIA. 
  21. M. Mubarak and M. Senthil Kumar, (2012) An Experimental Investigation On Performance And Emission Characteristics of A Diesel Engine With WCO As Fuel. National Conference on Recent Trends in Automobile Engineering - NCRTAE’12, February, 2012, INDIA
  22. M. Senthil Kumar (2011), A comprehensive study on different methods of using vegetable oils in a diesel engine. International Conference on Emerging Green Technologies (ICEGT 2011), July 2011, INDIA.

• Awards

            Post Doctoral fellowship sponsored by the French Government for undertaking research in the department of Energy and Environmental Engineering at Ecole Des Mines De Nantes, France for 2 Years from 5^th January 2004 to 28^th February 2006.