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Senthilkumar D.

Assistant Professor (Sr. Grd.), Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Coimbatore

Qualification: Ph.D
d_senthilkumar@cb.amrita.edu
Research Interest: CFD, Thermal Engineering

Bio

Dr. D. Senthil kumar currently serves as Assistant Professor (Sr. Gr.) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore. He joined in Amrita in the year 2008. He completed his Ph. D. from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore. He received his B. E. in Mechanical Engineering from Bharthidasan University and Master’s Degree in Thermal Engineering from Annamalai University.

His research interest includes Internal Combustion Engines, Alternate fuels, Engine testing and Nano fluids. He has published around 20 research papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings, out of which majority of the papers are indexed in SCOPUS, SCI. He has received a Publication merit award – AIRA (Amrita Innovation and Research Awards) on 2021 from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India. He has guided many M. Tech. and B. Tech. student projects, research work out of which some of the papers are awarded Best Paper award in various conferences. He is a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) and a member of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

Teaching

  • Heat Power Engineering
  • Engineering Thermodynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics and machinery.
  • Heat Transfer
  • Mechanical science
  • Instrumentation and Control system
  • Engineering Graphics

Work Experience

Year Affiliation
January 2011 – Present Assistant Professor (Senior Grade), Department Of Mechanical Engineering
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
June 2008 – December 31, 2010. Assistant Professor, Department Of Mechanical Engineering
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
July 2004 – April 2008 Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Muthayammal Engineering College, Namakkal

 

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2022

Influence of variable injection pressure and split injection on combustion and emission behavior of an engine with Diesel-Biodiesel blends

Cite this Research Publication : Goutham Subramani, D. Senthill kumar, Sivanesan M, Srihari S,(2022), “Influence of variable injection pressure and split injection on combustion and emission behavior of an engine with Diesel-Biodiesel blends” – is Accepted for Publication in SAE International Journal.

Year : 2022

Investigation of Usage of Artificial Neural Network Algorithms for Prediction of In-Cylinder Pressure in Direct Injection Engines

Cite this Research Publication : Sivanesan Murugesan, Srihari, S., and Senthilkumar, D., "Investigation of Usage of Artificial Neural Network Algorithms for Prediction of In-Cylinder Pressure in Direct Injection Engines," SAE Technical Paper 2022-01-5089, 2022, https://doi.org/10.4271/2022-01-5089.

Year : 2020

Numerical Study on the Effect of Diesel Engine Emissions by Controlling Water injection through the Exhaust manifold

Cite this Research Publication : Senthilkumar D. and Bonthi, S., “Numerical Study on the Effect of Diesel Engine Emissions by Controlling Water injection through the Exhaust manifold”, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD), vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 5911–5920, 2020.

Publisher : International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development (IJMPERD),

Year : 2020

Effect of Injection Parameters and EGR on Performance and Emissions in a CRDI Engine Fuelled with Cashew nut shell Biodiesel Blend

Cite this Research Publication : Senthilkumar D. and S., T., “Effect of injection parameters and EGR on performance and emissions in a CRDI engine fuelled with cashew nut shell biodiesel blend”, International Journal of Ambient Energy, pp. 1–11, 2020.

Publisher : International Journal of Ambient Energy,

Year : 2020

Investigations on effect of split and retarded injection on the performance characteristics of engines with cashew nut shell biodiesel blend

Cite this Research Publication : D.Senthilkumar, S.Thirumalini, “Investigations on effect of split and retarded injection on the performance characteristics of engines with cashew nut shell biodiesel blend”, International Journal of Ambient Energy, DOI:10.1080/01430750.2020.1730961(link is external), (Published online), IF:0.6, February 2020

Publisher : International Journal of Ambient Energy

Year : 2020

Investigation on Effect of Split Injection and Retarded Injection Timing on the Performance Characteristics of engines with Cashew nut shell biodiesel Blends

Cite this Research Publication : Senthilkumar D. and Dr. Thirumalini S., “Investigation on Effect of Split Injection and Retarded Injection Timing on the Performance Characteristics of engines with Cashew nut shell biodiesel Blends”, International Journal of Ambient Energy, 2020.

Publisher : International Journal of Ambient Energy, 2020.

Year : 2019

Experimental Investigation of Exhaust heat recovery in Petrol Engine using Nano Enhanced PCM

Cite this Research Publication : A. S. Pillai and Senthilkumar D., “Experimental Investigation of Exhaust heat recovery in Petrol Engine using Nano Enhanced PCM”, International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development, vol. 9, no. 4, 2019.

Publisher : International Journal of Mechanical and Production Engineering Research and Development

Year : 2019

Fuel Injection Testing Through Development of a New Test Rig

Cite this Research Publication : S. R. and Senthilkumar D., “Fuel Injection Testing Through Development of a New Test Rig”, International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering, vol. 8, no. 9, 2019.

Publisher : International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering,

Year : 2019

Assessment of atomized water injection in the intake manifold of a heavy duty diesel engine for NOx reduction potential

Cite this Research Publication : S. Sandeep, Senthilkumar D., Krishnan, S., and Pandey, S. K., “Assessment of atomized water injection in the intake manifold of a heavy duty diesel engine for NOx reduction potential”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 577, p. 012186, 2019.

Publisher : IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing

Year : 2019

Numerical analysis of exhaust gas braking system to maximize the back pressure

Cite this Research Publication : S. Balasubramaniam and Senthilkumar D., “Numerical analysis of exhaust gas braking system to maximize the back pressure”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 577, no. 1, p. 012133, 2019.

Publisher : IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering,

Year : 2017

Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Automobile Radiator using TiO2-Nanofluid Coolant

Cite this Research Publication : V. Salamon, Senthilkumar D., and Dr. Thirumalini S., “Experimental Investigation of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Automobile Radiator using TiO2-Nanofluid Coolant”, IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, vol. 225, p. 012101, 2017.

Publisher : IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering,

Year : 2016

The effect of welding direction in CO2 LASER – MIG hybrid welding of mild steel plates

Cite this Research Publication : M. S. Abilash, Senthilkumar D., Padmanabham, G., ,, R. Padmanaban, and Dr. Thirumalini S., “The effect of welding direction in CO2 LASER - MIG hybrid welding of mild steel plates”, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering 149, 2016.

Publisher : IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

Year : 2016

Emission Characteristics of Turbocharged Single Cylinder Diesel Engine

Cite this Research Publication : V. R. Varthan and Senthilkumar D., “Emission Characteristics of Turbocharged Single Cylinder Diesel Engine”, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, vol. 9, no. 17, 2016.

Publisher : Indian Journal of Science and Technology

Year : 2015

Study on Effects of Magnetization of Fuel on Diesel Engine

Cite this Research Publication : N. Tom Varghese, Senthilkumar D., and Vivek, M., “Study on Effects of Magnetization of Fuel on Diesel Engine”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, vol. 10, no. 17, pp. 37866-37870, 2015.

Publisher : International Journal of Applied Engineering Research,

Year : 2015

Study on Effects of Magnetization of Fuel on Diesel Engine

Publisher : International Journal of Applied Engineering Research

Year : 2015

Optimization of Twin Cylinder Naturally Aspirated Diesel Engine for CPCB II Emission Limits

Cite this Research Publication : Ma Arun, Senthilkumar D., and Nabriya, K. Sb, “Optimization of Twin Cylinder Naturally Aspirated Diesel Engine for CPCB II Emission Limits”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, vol. 10, no. 16, pp. 37176-37179, 2015.

Publisher : International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Research India Publications,

Year : 2015

Investigation of Phase Change Material as a Potential Replacement of EGR Cooler

Cite this Research Publication : S. Bhaskar, Katib, W., and Senthilkumar D., “Investigation of Phase Change Material as a Potential Replacement of EGR Cooler”, Applied Mechanics and Materials, vol. 798, pp. 200-204, 2015.

Publisher : Applied Mechanics and Materials,

Year : 2015

Analysis of Regenerator Matrix in a Gamma Type Solar Stirling Engine

Cite this Research Publication : S. Prabhakar.N, Senthilkumar D., and Dr. Thirumalini S., “Analysis of Regenerator Matrix in a Gamma Type Solar Stirling Engine”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research (IJAER), vol. 10, no. 19, 2015.

Publisher : International Journal of Applied Engineering Research (IJAER)

Year : 2012

Detecting Digital Image Forgeries Using Re-Sampling by Automatic Region of Interest (ROI)

Cite this Research Publication : P. Subathra, Baskar, A., and D Kumar, S., “Detecting Digital Image Forgeries Using Re-Sampling by Automatic Region of Interest (ROI)”, CTACT Journal On Image and Video Processing, vol. 2, no. 4, 2012.

Publisher : CTACT Journal On Image and Video Processing

Conference Paper

Year : 2021

Experimental Study on Use of Banana Peel Oil as an Alternate Lubricant in Machining Operations

Cite this Research Publication : Senthilkumar D., Sivanesan Murugesan, and Jagadeesh Chandran, “Experimental Study on Use of Banana Peel Oil as an Alternate Lubricant in Machining Operations”, in International Conference on Energy and Materials Technologies (ICEMT), 2021.


Publisher : International Conference on Energy and Materials Technologies (ICEMT),

Year : 2021

Simulation Study on Effect of Nano Additive Added Biodiesel Blend to Improve the Engine Performance Characteristics

Cite this Research Publication : Senthilkumar D., Jayakrishnan B., Sivanesan Murugesan, and S .Thirumalini, “Simulation Study on Effect of Nano Additive Added Biodiesel Blend to Improve the Engine Performance Characteristics”, in International Conference on Energy and Materials Technologies (ICEMT), 2021.


Publisher : International Conference on Energy and Materials Technologies (ICEMT)

Year : 2021

Experimental Study of Nano Additive Added Biodiesel Blend to Improve the Engine Performance Characteristics

Cite this Research Publication : Senthilkumar D. and Jayakrishnan B., “Experimental Study of Nano Additive Added Biodiesel Blend to Improve the Engine Performance Characteristics”, in International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability (ICIMES), 2021.

Publisher : International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability (ICIMES)

Year : 2019

Experimental investigation to improve performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine by using n-butanol as additive to the biodiesel-diesel blends

Cite this Research Publication : Senthilkumar D., Dr. Thirumalini S., and H. S. S. K. Praveen, “Experimental investigation to improve performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine by using n-butanol as additive to the biodiesel-diesel blends”, in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2019, vol. 577, no. 1, p. 012102.

Publisher : IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing,

Year : 2018

Study of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Nanofluids in an Automotive Radiator

Cite this Research Publication : R. Harsh, Hitish Srivastav, Prabhat Balakrishnan, Vivek Saini, Senthilkumar D., Dr. Rajni K. S., and Dr. Thirumalini S., “Study of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Nanofluids in an Automotive Radiator”, in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018, vol. 310, no. 1, p. 012117.

Publisher : IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering,

Year : 2018

Effect of antioxidants on the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fuelled by waste cooking sunflower methyl ester

Cite this Research Publication : V. P. Kumar Reddy, Senthilkumar D., and Dr. Thirumalini S., “Effect of antioxidants on the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fuelled by waste cooking sunflower methyl ester”, in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018, vol. 310.

Publisher : IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering,

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2022

CFD Analysis of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Automobile Radiator Using Various Nanofluids

Cite this Research Publication : Manojkumar A, D. Senthilkumar, (2022) “CFD Analysis of Heat Transfer Characteristics of Automobile Radiator Using Various Nanofluids” International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing & Energy Sustainability, ICIMES 2022, Hyderabad

Year : 2021

Study on Performance of Phase Change Material Integrated Heat Pipe

Cite this Research Publication : Gnaneshwar G., Sundara Subramania G., S., H. Thiagaraja, Lakshmi, N., and Senthilkumar D., “Study on Performance of Phase Change Material Integrated Heat Pipe”, Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability, vol. 213. Springer Singapore, Singapore, 2021.

Publisher : Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Sustainability, Springer Singapore,

Year : 2015

Optimization of Welding Parameters using Plasma Arc Welding for SS316 Material

Cite this Research Publication : M. .Abilash, Senthilkumar D., and .Sathiseelan, N., “Optimization of Welding Parameters using Plasma Arc Welding for SS316 Material”, International conference on Innovative Research Techniques in Management Aeronautical Mechanical and Electrical systems. 2015.

Publisher : International conference on Innovative Research Techniques in Management Aeronautical Mechanical and Electrical systems

Year : 2014

Theoretical Analysis of Critical Design Parameters for Maximum Thermal Efficiency of Solar Stirling Engines

Cite this Research Publication : Senthilkumar D., .Ajaykrishna, R., and Dr. Thirumalini S., “Theoretical Analysis of Critical Design Parameters for Maximum Thermal Efficiency of Solar Stirling Engines”, International conference on Advances in Design and Manufacturing. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, 2014.


Publisher : International conference on Advances in Design and Manufacturing. National Institute of Technology,

Presentation

Year : 2018

Investigation on Nano Particulate Aerosol at Idling Conditions of Vehicles

Cite this Research Publication : R. Sunny and D Kumar, S., “Investigation on Nano Particulate Aerosol at Idling Conditions of Vehicles”, Third International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Enginnering (ICMME 2018). 2018.

Publisher : Third International Conference on Materials and Manufacturing Enginnering (ICMME 2018) .

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