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Vasudevan Raghavan

Bio: Vasudevan Raghavan is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The author has contributed to research in topics: Combustion & Laminar flow. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 130 publications receiving 1051 citations. Previous affiliations of Vasudevan Raghavan include University of Nebraska–Lincoln & Indian Institutes of Technology.


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TL;DR: In this paper, experimental and numerical investigations of laminar jet diffusion flames using carbon-monoxide -hydrogen mixtures are carried out using a simple experimental setup, high definition direct flame photographs and shadowgraphs are captured, and radial temperature profiles at two axial locations are measured.

15 citations

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01 Mar 1985
TL;DR: In this paper, numerical solutions for the Nusselt number during the direct contact evaporation of a moving drop in a stagnant column of immiscible liquid are presented.
Abstract: Numerical solutions for the Nusselt number during the direct contact evaporation of a moving drop in a stagnant column of immiscible liquid are presented. The effect of bubble growth rate on the radial component of drop velocity is taken into account in the analysis and the Nusselt number is found to be a function of Peclet number, Jakob number and vapour open angle. A comparison of theoretical and experimental correlations for the Nusselt number shows good agreement. The analysis also yields information on the temperature profile and the thickness of the thermal boundary layer surrounding the evaporating drop.

15 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a numerical model was used to investigate gas-phase entropy generation during transient methanol droplet combustion in a low-pressure, zero-gravity, air environment.

15 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the structure and reaction zones of unconfined methane-hydrogen laminar jet diffusion flames are investigated using digital photographs of the flames and the radial temperature profiles at different axial locations outside the flame zone have been measured.

14 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive numerical model has been developed to analyze the isolated sodium droplet combustion in a mixed convective environment, where the governing equations for mass, momentum, species and energy conservation have been solved in axisymmetric cylindrical coordinates using the Finite Volume Method (FVM).

13 citations


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30 Dec 2011
TL;DR: This table lists the most common surnames in the United States used to be Anglicised as "United States", then changed to "United Kingdom" in the 1990s.
Abstract: OUTPU T 29 OUTPU T 30 OUTPU T 31 OUTPU T 32 OUTPU T 25 OUTPU T 26 OUTPU T 27 OUTPU T 28 OUTPU T 21 OUTPU T 22 OUTPU T 23 OUTPU T 24 OUTPU T 17 OUTPU T 18 OUTPU T 19 OUTPU T 20 OUTPU T 13 OUTPU T 14 OUTPU T 15 OUTPU T 16 OUTPU T 9 OUTPU T 10 OUTPU T 11 OUTPU T 12 OUTPU T 5 OUTPU T 6 OUTPU T 7 OUTPU T 8 OUTPU T 1 OUTPU T 2 OUTPU T 3 OUTPU T 4 29 30 31 32 25 26 27 28 21 22 23 24 17 18 19 20 13 14 15 16 9

1,662 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, an attempt has been made to review the different approaches and techniques used to generate biodiesel from Jatropha curcas oil and the main factors affecting the biodiesel yield, for example the molar ratio of alcohol to oil, catalyst concentration, reaction temperature and reaction time are discussed.
Abstract: The demand for petroleum has risen rapidly due to increasing industrialization and modernization of the world. This economic development has led to a huge demand for energy, where the major part of that energy is derived from fossil sources such as petroleum, coal and natural gas. However, the limited reserve of fossil fuel has drawn the attention of many researchers to look for alternative fuels which can be produced from renewable feedstock. Biodiesel has become more attractive because of its environmental benefits and it is obtained from renewable resources. There are four primary methods to make biodiesel: blending, microemulsion, pyrolysis and transesterification. The most commonly used method is the transesterification of triglycerides (vegetable oil and animal fats) with alcohol in the presence of a catalyst. There is a growing interest in using Jatropha curcas L. oil as the feedstock for biodiesel production because it is non-edible and thus does not compromise the edible oils, which are mainly used for food consumption. Non-edible oils are not suitable for human consumption because of the presence of toxic components. Further, J. curcas L. seed has a high content of oil and the biodiesel produced has similar properties to that of petroleum-based diesel. In this paper, an attempt has been made to review the different approaches and techniques used to generate biodiesel from Jatropha curcas oil. The main factors affecting the biodiesel yield, for example the molar ratio of alcohol to oil, catalyst concentration, reaction temperature and reaction time are discussed. Lastly, the environmental considerations and economic aspects of biodiesel are also addressed.

524 citations

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Yanan Gan1, Li Qiao1
TL;DR: In this article, burning characteristics of fuel droplets containing nano and micron-sized aluminum particles were investigated, and five distinctive stages (preheating and ignition, classical combustion, microexplosion, surfactant flame, and aluminum droplet flame) were identified.

324 citations

01 Apr 1997
TL;DR: A detailed chemical kinetic model has been used to study dimethyl ether (DME) oxidation over a wide range of conditions, such as jet-stirred reactor (JSR) at I and 10 atm, 0.2 < 0 < 2.5, and 800 < T < 1300 K.
Abstract: A detailed chemical kinetic model has been used to study dimethyl ether (DME) oxidation over a wide range of conditions. Experimental results obtained in a jet-stirred reactor (JSR) at I and 10 atm, 0.2 < 0 < 2.5, and 800 < T < 1300 K were modeled, in addition to those generated in a shock tube at 13 and 40 bar, 0 = 1.0 and 650 :5 T :5 1300 K. The JSR results are particularly valuable as they include concentration profiles of reactants, intermediates and products pertinent to the oxidation of DME. These data test the Idnetic model severely, as it must be able to predict the correct distribution and concentrations of intermediate and final products formed in the oxidation process. Additionally, the shock tube results are very useful, as they were taken at low temperatures and at high pressures, and thus undergo negative temperature dependence (NTC) behavior. This behavior is characteristic of the oxidation of saturated hydrocarbon fuels, (e.g. the primary reference fuels, n-heptane and iso- octane) under similar conditions. The numerical model consists of 78 chemical species and 336 chemical reactions. The thermodynamic properties of unknown species pertaining to DME oxidation were calculated using THERM.

280 citations

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15 May 2017-Fuel
TL;DR: The most recent developments in the modelling of heating and evaporation of fuel droplets, the results of which were published in 2014-2017, are reviewed, and the most important unsolved problems are identified.

267 citations