IIT Hyderabad

Journal Articles (reverse chronological order)

Sellan, D., Sidharth, K. P., Murugan, R., and Balusamy, S.. "Blending Hydrogen with LPG and Methane in Premixed and Stratified Flames: An Experimental Study." Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing, vol. 31, pp. 21-36, 2024.

Sathish Kumar, T., Ashok, B., and Balusamy, S. "Calibration of flex-fuel operating parameters using grey relational analysis to enhance the output characteristics of ethanol powered direct injection SI engine." Energy, vol. 281, 128340, 2023.

Katre, P., Banerjee, S., Balusamy, S., and Sahu, K. C. "Stability and Retention Force Factor for Binary-Nanofluid Sessile Droplets on an Inclined Substrate." Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 62, pp. 19073–19083, 2023.

Charlapally, S.S., Biswal, Y., Nayak, G.M., Chinnadurai, K., Balusamy, S., and Kasianantham, N. "Investigation on Flame and Spray Characteristics of Butanol and Lemon Peel Oil Blends With Gasoline Using Optical Engine." Journal of Energy Resources Technology, 2023.

Hari Govindha, A., Katre, P., Balusamy, S., Banerjee, S., and Sahu, K. C. "Counter-Intuitive Evaporation in Nanofluids Droplets due to Stick-Slip Nature." Langmuir, vol. 38, pp. 15361–15371, 2022.

Gurrala, P., Balusamy, S., Banerjee, S., and Sahu, K. C. "Evaporation of pure and binary droplets on curved substrates." International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 196, 123212, 2022.

Katre, P., Balusamy, S., Banerjee, S., and Sahu, K. C. "An Experimental Investigation of Evaporation of Ethanol–Water Droplets Laden with Alumina Nanoparticles on a Critically Inclined Heated Substrate." Langmuir, vol. 38, pp. 4722–4735, 2022.

Mahesh Nayak, G., Kolhe, P., and Balusamy, S. "Role of Buoyancy Induced Vortices in a Coupled-Mode of Oscillation in Laminar and Turbulent Jet Diffusion Flames." Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, vol. 108, pp. 1069–1087, 2022.

Sellan, D., and Balusamy, S. "Topology of turbulent premixed and stratified LPG/air flames." Aerospace Science and Technology, vol. 120, 107253, 2022.

Muniappan, S.K., Bragadeshwaran, A., Kasianantham, N., Rajasekar, V., Chinnadurai, K., Balusamy, S., and Ibrahim, M.I.M. "Development of biofuel from Nigella sativa biomass and its suitability for energy application." Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, vol. 12, pp. 705-721, 2022.

Katre, P., Banerjee, S., Balusamy, S., and Sahu, K. C. "Fluid dynamics of respiratory droplets in the context of COVID-19: Airborne and surfaceborne transmissions." Physics of Fluids, vol. 33, 081302, 2021.

Katre, P., Balusamy, S., Banerjee, S., Chandrala, L.D., and Sahu, K. C. "Evaporation Dynamics of a Sessile Droplet of Binary Mixture Laden with Nanoparticles." Langmuir, vol. 37, pp. 6311–6321, 2021.

Gurrala, P., Balusamy, S., Banerjee, S., and Sahu, K. C. "A Review on the Evaporation Dynamics of Sessile Drops of Binary Mixtures: Challenges and Opportunities." Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, vol. 17, pp. 253-284, 2021.

Mohan, A., Dutta, S., Balusamy, S., and Madav, V. "Liquid fuel from waste tires: novel refining, advanced characterization and utilization in engines with ethyl levulinate as an additive." RSC Advances, 11, pp. 9807-9826, 2021.

Balusamy, S., Banerjee, S., and Sahu, K. C. "Lifetime of sessile saliva droplets in the context of SARS-CoV-2." International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 123, 105178, 2021.

Mahesh Nayak, G., Kolhe, P., and Balusamy, S. "Experimental study of buoyancy-induced instability in the DME and LPG jet diffusion flame." Fuel, vol. 291, 120173, 2021.

Sellan, D., and Balusamy, S. "Experimental study of swirl-stabilized turbulent premixed and stratified LPG/air flames using optical diagnostics." Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 121, 110281, 2021.

Murugan, R., Balusamy, S., and Kolhe, P. "Experimental study of liquid spray mode of twin fluid atomizer using optical diagnostic tool." Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, vol. 106, pp. 261-289, 2021.

Biswal, A., Gedam, S., Balusamy, S., and Kolhe, P. "Effects of using ternary gasoline-ethanol-LPO blend on PFI engine performance and emissions." Fuel, vol. 281, 118664, 2020.

Katre, P., Gurrala, P., Balusamy, S., Banerjee, S., and Sahu, K. C. "Evaporation of sessile ethanol-water droplets on a critically inclined heated surface." International Journal of Multiphase Flow, vol. 131, 103368, 2020.

Mahesh Nayak, G., Dhanalakshmi, S., Raju, M., Banerjee, S., Balusamy, S., and Kolhe, P. "Investigation of LPG sooting diffusion flame by rainbow schlieren deflectometry." Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing, vol. 27(3), pp. 297-318, 2020.

Kannan, Y.S., Balusamy, S., Karri, B., and Sahu, K. C. "Effect of viscosity on the volumetric oscillations of a non-equilibrium bubble in free-field and near a free-surface." Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 116, 110113, 2020.

Biswal, A., Kale, R., RaviTeja, G., Banerjee, S., Kolhe, P., and Balusamy, S. "An experimental and kinetic modeling study of gasoline/lemon peel oil blends for PFI engine." Fuel, vol. 267, 117189, 2020.

Gurrala, P., Katre, P., Balusamy, S., Banerjee, S., and Sahu, K. C. "Evaporation of ethanol-water sessile droplet of different compositions at an elevated substrate temperature." International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 145, 118770, 2019.

Biswal, A., Kale, R., Balusamy, S., Banerjee, R., and Kolhe, P. "Lemon peel oil as an alternative fuel for GDI engines: A spray characterization perspective." Renewable Energy, vol. 142, pp. 249-263, 2019.

Ashok, B., Jeevanantham, A.K., Nanthagopal, K., Balusamy, S., Senthil Kumar, M., Johny, A., Mohan, A., Usman Kaisan, Md., and Abubakar, S. "An experimental analysis on the effect of n-pentanol-Calophyllum Inophyllum Biodiesel binary blends in CI engine characteristcis." Energy, vol. 173, pp. 290-305, 2019.

Nanthagopal, K., Ashok, B., Balusamy, S., Ramesh Pathy, M., Sahil, G., Ramesh, A., Nurun Nabi, Md., and Golam Rasul, Mohammed. "Study on decanol and Calophyllum Inophyllum biodiesel as ternary blends in CI engine." Fuel, vol. 239, pp. 862-873, 2019.

Ashok, B., Nanthagopal, K., Balusamy, S., Kalam, A., Deepam, P., Sudarshan, B., and Ramasamy, R. A. "Study on isobutanol and Calophyllum inophyllum biodiesel as a partial replacement in CI engine applications." Fuel, vol. 235, pp. 984-994, 2019.

Ashok, B., Nanthagopal, K., Vivek, A., Aravind, K. M., Jeevanantham, A. K., and Balusamy, S. "Effects of n-octanol as a fuel blend with biodiesel on diesel engine characteristics." Fuel, vol. 235, pp. 363-373, 2019.

Ashok, B., Nanthagopal, K., Balusamy, S., Somasundaram, P., Jegadheesan, C., Bhaskar, C., Shivam, S., and Gaurang, P. "A novel study on the effect lemon peel oil as a fuel in CRDI engine at various injection strategies." Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 172, pp. 517-528, 2018.

Ashok, B., Nanthagopal, K., Balusamy, S., Muniappan, S., Reddy, D. M. S., Subhash, R. V., Pravin, N. A., and Subbarao, R. "Mitigation of NOx and smoke emissions in a diesel engine using novel emulsified lemon peel oil biofuel." Environmental Science and Pollution Research, pp. 1-17, 2018.

Nanthagopal, K., Ashok, B., Balusamy, S., Korah, S. M., and Chandra, S. "Effect of next generation higher alcohols and Calophyllum inophyllum methyl ester blends in diesel engine." Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 180, pp. 50-63, 2018.

Nanthagopal, K., Ashok, B., Balusamy, S., Patel, D., Sudarshan, B., and Ramasamy, A. A. "An assessment on the effects of 1-pentanol and 1-butanol as additives with Calophyllum Inophyllum biodiesel." Energy Conversion and Management, vol. 158, pp. 70-80, 2018.

Balusamy, S., Li, L. K. B., Han, Z., and Hochgreb, S. "Extracting flame describing functions in the presence of self-excited thermoacoustic oscillations." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 36, pp. 3851-3861, 2017.

Tian, B., Gao, Y., Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "High spatial resolution laser cavity extinction and laser-induced incandescence in low-soot-producing flames." Applied Physics B, vol. 120, pp. 469-487, 2015.

Balusamy, S., Kamal, M. M., Lowe, S. M., Tian, B., Gao, Y., and Hochgreb, S. "Laser diagnostics of pulverized coal combustion in O2/N2 and O2/CO2 conditions: velocity and scalar field measurements." Experiments in Fluids, vol. 56, pp.108, 2015.

Muto, M., Watanabe, H., Kurose, R., Komori, S., Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "Large-Eddy Simulation of pulverized coal jet flame - Effect of oxygen concentration on NOx formation." Fuel, vol. 142, pp.152-163, 2015.

Han, Z., Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "Spatial analysis on forced heat release response of turbulent stratified flames." ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, vol. 137, pp.061504, 2015.

Kamal, M. M., Zhou, R., Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "Favre- and Reynolds- averaged velocity measurements: interpreting PIV and LDA measurements in combustion." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 35, pp.3803-3811, 2015.

Balusamy, S., Li, L. K. B., Han, Z., Juniper, M. P., and Hochgreb, S. "Nonlinear dynamics of a self-excited thermoacoustic system subjected to acoustic forcing." Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 35, pp.3229-3236, 2015.

Balusamy, S., Cessou, A., and Lecordier, B. "Laminar propagation of lean premixed flames ignited in stratified mixture." Combustion and Flame, vol. 161, pp.427-437, 2014.

Zhou, R., Balusamy, S., Sweeney, M. S., Barlow, R. S., and Hochgreb, S. "Flow field measurements of a series of turbulent premixed and stratified methane/air flames." Combustion and Flame, vol. 160, pp.2017-2028, 2013.

Balusamy, S., Schmidt, A., and Hochgreb, S. "Flow field measurements of pulverized coal combustion using optical diagnostic techniques." Experiments in Fluids, vol. 54, pp.1534, 2013.

Balusamy, S., Cessou, A., and Lecordier, B. "Direct measurement of local instantaneous laminar burning velocity by a new PIV algorithm." Experiments in Fluids [Special Issue on Eighth International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV-09)], vol. 50, pp.1109-1121, 2011.

Refereed Conference Publications (reverse chronological order)

Dhanalakshmi, S., and Balusamy, S., "Turbulent Premixed LPG/air Flames Structures in Double Swirl Burner." AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022.

Dhanalakshmi, S., Raju, M., and Balusamy, S., "Experimental and numerical analysis of turbulent swirl flow structure in double swirler burner." Proceedings of the ASME 2019 Gas Turbine India Conference, GTINDIA2019 , 2019.

Satyanarayana, P., Mahesh Nayak, G., and Balusamy, S., "Effect of Air Co-flow on Flickering Motion of LPG Laminar Diffusion Jet Flame." 46th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, FMFP-2019 , 2019.

Gurrala, P., Katre, P., Balusamy, S., Banerjee, S., and Sahu, K. C. "Evaporation of ethanol-water droplet at different substrate temperatures and compositions." 16th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, ACFM-2019 , 2019.

Dhanalakshmi, S., Raju, M., and Balusamy, S., "Effect of Reynolds number on the flow structures of a double swirler burner." 16th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, ACFM-2019 , 2019.

Mahesh Nayak, G., Nikhil Kumar, T., Kolhe, P., and Balusamy, S., "Effect of strain rate on diffusion flame structure and relationship in scalar fields." 16th Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics, ACFM-2019 , 2019.

Dhanalakshmi, S., Raju, M., and Balusamy, S., "Study of isothermal turbulent swirl flow structures of double swirler burner using PIV." 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IHMTC-2019 , 2019.

Mahesh Nayak, G., Nikhil Kumar, T., Kolhe, P., and Balusamy, S., "Numerical Investigation of Laminar Methane/Air Gas jet Diffusion Flame using Model Decomposition." 25th National and 3rd International ISHMT-ASTFE Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, IHMTC-2019 , 2019.

Biswal. A., Shashi Shankar Jha., Bragadesh, A., Nanthagopal, K., Kolhe, P., and Balusamy, S. "Experimental Investigation of Lemon Peel Oil-Gasoline Blends as a Fuel in Spark Ignition Engine." FMFP2018-329, FMFP 2018 , 2018.

Mahesh Nayak, G., Dhanalakshmi, S., Raju, M., Banerjee, S., Balusamy, S., and Kolhe, P. "Temperature Measurement of Low-Sooting LPG Diffusion Flame Using Rainbow Schlieren Deflectometry." FMFP2018-461, FMFP 2018 , 2018.

Biswal, A., Kale, R., Nanthagopal, K., Banerjee, R., Kolhe, P., and Balusamy, S. "A comparative study on spray behavior and atomization of Lemon Peel Oil and Isooctane in a GDI engine like conditions." F2018S-FLC-062, FISITA 2018 , 2018.

Ganji, P., Gajjada, R.R., Guda, J., Chand Madasu, V.R.C., and Balusamy, S. "Performance of VCR engine using CuO-ZnO nanoparticles as lubricant additives." F2018S-FLC-061, FISITA 2018 , 2018.

Murugan, R., Balusamy, S., and Kolhe, P. "Experimental investigation of the spray structure of novel flow blurring twin-fluid atomizer." The 14th International Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems (ICLASS 2018), 2018.

Murugesan, M., Balusamy, S., Hochgreb, S., and Li, L. K. B. "Recurrence analysis of forced synchronization in a self-excited thermoacoustic system." The 24th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 2017.

Kannan, Y. S., Balusamy, S., and Karri, B. "Laser diagnostics for characterization of sprays formed by a collapsing non-equilibrium bubble." Journal of Physics: Conference Series (vol. 656), 2015.

Chalmers, H., Al-Jeboori, M., Anthony, B., Balusamy, S., Black, S., Cavallo Marincola, F., Clements, A., Darabkhani, H., Dennis, J., Farrow, T., Fennell, P., Franchetti, B., Gao, L., Gibbins, J., Hochgreb, S., Hossain, M., Jurado, N., Kempf, A., Liu, H., Lu, G., Ma, L., Navarro-Martinez, S., Nimmo, W., Oakey, J., Pranzitelli, A., Scott, S., Snape, C., Sun, C-G., Sun, D., Szuhánszki, J., Trabadela, I., Wigley, F., Yan, Y., and Pourkashanian, M. "OxyCAP UK: Oxyfuel Combustion - Academic Programme for the UK." Energy Procedia, vol. 63, pp.504-510, 2014.

Balusamy, S., Li, L. K. B., Han, Z., Juniper, M. P., and Hochgreb, S. "Nonlinear dynamics of a self-excited thermoacoustic system subjected to acoustic forcing." 35th International Symposium on Combustion, 2014.

Kamal, M. M., Zhou, R., Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "Favre- and Reynolds- averaged velocity measurements: interpreting PIV and LDA measurements in combustion." 35th International Symposium on Combustion, 2014.

Kamal, M. M., Duwig, C., Balusamy, S., Zhou, R., and Hochgreb, S. "Proper orthogonal decomposition analysis of non-swirling turbulent stratified and premixed methane/air flames." Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2014, GT2014-26222, 2014.

Han, Z., Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "Spatial analysis on forced heat release response of turbulent stratified flames." Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo 2014, GT2014-26260, 2014.

Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "Comparison of acoustic velocity perturbation measurements using PIV vs. two-microphone technique." Proceedings of the ASME Gas Turbine India Conference 2013, GTINDIA2013-3512, 2013.

Conferences/Posters (reverse chronological order)

Balusamy, S., Banerjee, S., Gurrala, P., Katre, P., and Sahu, K. C. "Evaporation of ethanol-water sessile droplet of different compositions at an elevated substrate temperature." APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, 2019.

Banerjee, S., Balusamy, S., Katre, P., Gurrala, P., and Sahu, K. C. "Evaporation of ethanol-water sessile droplet on an inclined substrate at an elevated temperature." APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, 2019.

Dhanalakshmi, S., and Balusamy, S. "Study on non-reactive turbulence structure of double-swirl burner by using stereo particle image velocimetry." International Workshop on Energy, Power and Environment (IWEPE-2019), 2019.

Kannan, Y. S., Balusamy, S., Karri, B., and Sahu, K. C. "Effect of viscosity on the dynamics of a spark-generated non-equilibrium bubble in free-field and near a free-surface." APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting, 2017.

Balusamy, S., Li, L. K. B., Juniper, M. P., Schmid, P. J., and Hochgreb, S. "Time-series analysis and modal decomposition of heat release rate images from forcing and self-excitation of a thermoacoustic system." EUROMECH Fluid Mechanics Conference 10, 2014.

Tian, B., Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "High spatial resolution laser cavity extinction measurements of soot volume fraction in low soot producing flames." The British and Scandinavian-Nordic sections of the combustion institute, 2014.

Kamal, M. M., Sweeney, M. S., Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "Species dynamics in premixed and stratified flames." The British and Scandinavian-Nordic sections of the combustion institute, 2014.

Zhou, R., Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "High speed measurements of flow fields of a series of turbulent premixed and stratified methane/air flames." 24th International Colloquium on the Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, 2013.

Muto, M., Watanabe, H., Kurose, R., Komori, S., Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "Large-eddy simulation of pulverized coal swirl jet flame." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2013.

Zhou, R., Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "Flow field measurements of turbulent premixed and stratified methane/air flames using LDA and PIV." Proceedings of the European Combustion Meeting, 2013.

Balusamy, S., and Hochgreb, S. "Flow field measurements of pulverized coal combustion in oxyfuel condition using laser diagnostic techniques." Proceedings of the European Combustion Meeting, 2013.

Zhou, R., Balusamy, S., Sweeney, M. S., Hochgreb, S., and Barlow, R. S. "Flow field studies of a series of turbulent premixed and stratified methane/air flames." 34th International Symposium on Combustion, 2012.

Schmidt, A., Balusamy, S., Hochgreb, S., and Dennis, J. "Coal particle combustion in CH4/O2/CO2." 34th International Symposium on Combustion, 2012.

Balusamy, S., Cessou, A., and Lecordier, B. "Experimental investigation of laminar stratified flame propagation using simultaneous PIV/PLIF techniques." Proceedings of the European Combustion Meeting, 2011.

Balusamy, S., Cessou, A., and Lecordier, B. "Direct experimental determination of laminar burning velocity using a new PIV approach." 8th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry, 2009.

Balusamy, S., Cessou, A., and Lecordier, B. "Measurement of laminar burning velocity - A new PIV approach." Proceedings of the European Combustion Meeting, 2009.

Balusamy, S., Cessou, A., and Lecordier, B. "Développement en vélocimétrie par images de particules pour la mesure locale de la vitesse de combustion laminaire." 11th Congrès Francophone de Techniques Laser, 2008.

Book chapters (reverse chronological order)

Sellan, D., and Balusamy, S., "Experimental Investigation of Turbulent Flow/Flame Structure of Double Swirler Burner." In: Gupta A.K., De A., Aggarwal S.K., Kushari A., Runchal A.K. (eds) Advances in Energy and Combustion, Green Energy and Technology, Springer, Singapore, pp. 223-240, 2022.

Jacob, A., Ashok, B., Vignesh, R., Balusamy, S., and Alagumalai, A. "NOx and PM trade-off in IC engines." In: NOx Emission Control Technologies in Stationary and Automotive Internal Combustion Engines: Approaches Toward NOx Free Automobiles , pp. 69-93, 2021.

Ashok, B., Balusamy, S., Nanthagopal, K., and Azad, A. K. "Investigation on the effect of butanol isomers with gasoline on spark ignition engine characteristics." In Advanced Biofuels, Woodhead Publishing, pp. 265-289, 2019.