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Sakthivel R.

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

Qualification: M.E
r_sakthivel@cb.amrita.edu
Research Interest: Alternative Fuel

Bio

Sakthivel R. currently serves as Assistant Professor (Sr. Grd.) at the department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Coimbatore Campus.

Dr.Sakthivel R received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore under the affiliation of Anna University, Chennai. His area of interest includes Biomass energy conversion technologies, Internal Combustion Engines, Combustion and Emission analysis, Alternative fuels from third generation feedstock and Fuel stability analysis. He joined Amrita School of Engineering at June 2018 and currently working as Assistant Professor. Dr.Sakthivel has published 12 research articles in high impact Scopus indexed journals.

Research Expertise

  • Biomass Energy Conversion Technology
  • Fuel Stability Analysis
  • Combustion Simulation and
  • Emission Reduction Strategies

Reviewer in Journals/Conferences

  • Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy -SPRINGER Publication
  • International Journal of Vehicle Noise and Vibration – INDERSCIENCE
  • Applied Energy – ELSEVIER Publication
  • Heliyon – ELSEVIER Publication
  • Waste and Biomass Valorization – SPRINGER Publication
  • Energy and Environment – SAGE Publication
  • BioResources – NC State University Publication
  • International Conference on Robotics and Smart Manufacturing (RosMa2018)- IIITDM, Kancheepuram

 

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2020

Derivation of synthetic fuel from waste plastic: investigation of engine operating characteristics on DI diesel engine

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R., Marshal, J. John, and Suresh, S., “Derivation of synthetic fuel from waste plastic: investigation of engine operating characteristics on DI diesel engine”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 28, no. 10, pp. 1–12, 2020.

Publisher : Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer,

Year : 2019

Measurement of performance and emission distinctiveness of Aegle marmelos seed cake pyrolysis oil/diesel/TBHQ opus powered in a DI diesel engine using ANN and RSM

Cite this Research Publication : P. Baranitharan, Ramesh, K., and Sakthivel R., “Measurement of performance and emission distinctiveness of Aegle marmelos seed cake pyrolysis oil/diesel/TBHQ opus powered in a DI diesel engine using ANN and RSM”, Measurement, vol. 144, pp. 366–380, 2019.

Publisher : Measurement, Elsevier,

Year : 2019

Investigation and Improvement on Storage Stability of Pyrolysis oil Obtained from Aegle Marmelos De-oiled Seed Cake

Cite this Research Publication : B. Paramasivam, Ramesh, K., and Sakthivel R., “Investigation and Improvement on Storage Stability of Pyrolysis oil Obtained from Aegle Marmelos De-oiled Seed Cake”, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects Scopus (Impact factor: 1.184), pp. 953-967 , 2019.

Publisher : Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects Scopus (Impact factor: 1.184),

Year : 2019

Optimization of nozzle hole number for a diesel engine fueled with kapok methyl ester blend

Cite this Research Publication : N. S, K, R., and Sakthivel R., “Optimization of nozzle hole number for a diesel engine fueled with kapok methyl ester blend”, Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, pp. 1-13, 2019.

Publisher : Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects

Year : 2019

Generation of biodiesel from industrial wastewater using oleaginous yeast: performance and emission characteristics of microbial biodiesel and its blends on a compression injection diesel engine

Cite this Research Publication : Tamilalagan, A., Singaram, J., Rajamohan, R.Sakthivel, “Generation of biodiesel from industrial wastewater using oleaginous yeast: performance and emission characteristics of microbial biodiesel and its blends on a compression injection diesel engine”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol.26, issue.11, 11371-11386, April 2019, IF.2.8. (Scopus International Journal).

Publisher : Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Year : 2019

Analytical Characterization of the Aegle Marmelos Pyrolysis Products and Investigation on the Suitability of Bio-oil as a Third Generation Bio-fuel for C.I Engine

Cite this Research Publication : R. K. P and Sakthivel R., “Analytical Characterization of the Aegle Marmelos Pyrolysis Products and Investigation on the Suitability of Bio-oil as a Third Generation Bio-fuel for C.I Engine”, Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy, vol. 13, no. 4, 2019.

Publisher : Environmental Progress and Sustainable Energy

Year : 2019

Optimization of compression ignition engine fueled with diesel – chaulmoogra oil – diethyl ether blend with engine parameters and exhaust gas recirculation

Cite this Research Publication : M. Krishnamoorthi, Malayalamurthi, R., and Sakthivel R., “Optimization of compression ignition engine fueled with diesel - chaulmoogra oil - diethyl ether blend with engine parameters and exhaust gas recirculation”, Renewable Energy (Scopus, Thomson Reuters Indexed (Impact factor: 6.274)), vol. 134, pp. 579-602, 2019.

Publisher : Renewable Energy (Scopus, Thomson Reuters Indexed (Impact factor: 6.274)),

Year : 2019

Investigation of the stability on boring tool attached with double impact dampers using Taguchi based grey analysis and cutting tool temperature investigation through fluke thermal imager

Cite this Research Publication : K. Ramesh, Baranitharan, P., and Sakthivel R., “Investigation of the stability on boring tool attached with double impact dampers using Taguchi based Grey analysis and cutting tool temperature investigation through FLUKE-Thermal imager”, Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, vol. 131, pp. 143-155, 2019.

Publisher : Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Year : 2019

Prediction of performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine fuelled with waste biomass pyrolysis oil using response surface methodology

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R., Ramesh, K., S. Marshal, J. John, and Sadasivuni, K. K., “Prediction of performance and emission characteristics of diesel engine fuelled with waste biomass pyrolysis oil using response surface methodology”, Renewable Energy (Scopus, Thomson Reuters Indexed (Impact factor: 6.274)), vol. 136, pp. 91-103, 2019.

Publisher : Renewable Energy

Year : 2019

Investigation of the stability on boring tool attached with double impact dampers using Taguchi based Grey analysis and cutting tool temperature investigation through FLUKE-Thermal imager

Cite this Research Publication : K. Ramesh, Baranitharan, P., and Sakthivel R., “Investigation of the stability on boring tool attached with double impact dampers using Taguchi based Grey analysis and cutting tool temperature investigation through FLUKE-Thermal imager”, Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, vol. 131, pp. 143-155, 2019.

Publisher : Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation

Year : 2019

Experimental investigation and exergy analysis on homogeneous charge compression ignition engine fueled with natural gas and diethyl ether.

Cite this Research Publication : V. Natesan, Periyasamy, S., Muniappan, K., and Sakthivel R., “Experimental investigation and exergy analysis on homogeneous charge compression ignition engine fueled with natural gas and diethyl ether”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 26, pp. 6677-6695, 2019.

Publisher : Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer Verlag,

Year : 2019

Generation of iodiesel from Industrial Wastewater using Oleaginous Yeast: Performance and Emission Characteristics of Microbial Biodiesel and its Blends on a Compression Injection Diesel Engine

Cite this Research Publication : A. Tamilalagan, Singaram, J., and Sakthivel R., “Generation of iodiesel from Industrial Wastewater using Oleaginous Yeast: Performance and Emission Characteristics of Microbial Biodiesel and its Blends on a Compression Injection Diesel Engine”, Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, vol. 26, no. 11, pp. 11371-11386, 2019.

Publisher : Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

Year : 2019

Experimental assessment and multi-response optimization of diesel engine performance and emission characteristics fuelled with Aegle marmelos seed cake pyrolysis oil-diesel blends using Grey relational analysis coupled principal component analysis

Cite this Research Publication : B. Paramasivam, Kasimani, R., and Sakthivel R., “Experimental assessment and multi-response optimization of diesel engine performance and emission characteristics fuelled with Aegle marmelos seed cake pyrolysis oil-diesel blends using Grey relational analysis coupled principal component analysis”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Impact factor: 3.056). , vol. 26, pp. 6980-7004, 2019.

Publisher : Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Impact factor: 3.056).

Year : 2018

Studies on the effects of storage stability of bio-oil obtained from pyrolysis of Calophyllum inophyllum deoiled seed cake on the performance and emission characteristics of a direct-injection diesel engine.

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R. and Kasimani, R., “Studies on the effects of storage stability of bio-oil obtained from pyrolysis of Calophyllum inophyllum deoiled seed cake on the performance and emission characteristics of a direct-injection diesel engine.”, Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, Reuters Indexed (Impact factor: 3.056), vol. 25, no. 18, pp. 17749-17767, 2018.

Publisher : Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, Reuters Indexed

Year : 2018

A review on the properties, performance and emission aspects of the third generation biodiesels

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R., Ramesh K, R. Purnachandran, and P. Mohamed Shameer, “A review on the properties, performance and emission aspects of the third generation biodiesels”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 82, pp. 2970 - 2992, 2018.

Publisher : Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Year : 2018

A Complete analytical characterization of products obtained from pyrolysis of wood barks of Calophylluminophyllum

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R., Ramesh K, Mohamed Shameer P, and Purnachandran R, “A Complete analytical characterization of products obtained from pyrolysis of wood barks of Calophylluminophyllum”, Waste and Biomass valorization, pp. 1-15, 2018.

Publisher : Waste and Biomass valorization

Year : 2018

Assessment of n-pentanol/Calophyllum inophyllum/diesel blends on the performance, emission, and combustion characteristics of a constant-speed variable compression ratio direct injection diesel engine.

Cite this Research Publication : P. Ramakrishnan, Ramesh K, Sakthivel R., and Mohamed Shameer Peer, “Assessment of n-pentanol/Calophyllum inophyllum/diesel blends on the performance, emission, and combustion characteristics of a constant-speed variable compression ratio direct injection diesel engine.”, Environmental science and pollution research international, vol. 25 , no. 14, pp. 13731-13744, 2018.

Publisher : Environmental science and pollution research international

Year : 2018

Analytical characterization of products obtained from slow pyrolysis of Calophyllum inophyllum seed cake: study on performance and emission characteristics of direct injection diesel engine fuelled with bio-oil blends

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R. and Ramesh K, “Analytical characterization of products obtained from slow pyrolysis of Calophyllum inophyllum seed cake: study on performance and emission characteristics of direct injection diesel engine fuelled with bio-oil blends”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 9523–9538, 2018.

Publisher : Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Year : 2018

Experimental investigation on improvement of storage stability of bio-oil derived from intermediate pyrolysis of Calophyllum inophyllum seed cake

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R., Ramesh K, P. Mohamed Shameer, and R. Purnachandran, “Experimental investigation on improvement of storage stability of bio-oil derived from intermediate pyrolysis of Calophyllum inophyllum seed cake”, Journal of the Energy Institute, Thomson Reuters Indexed (Impact factor: 4.748), 2018.

Publisher : Journal of the Energy Institute

Year : 2018

Characterization of pyrolysis bio-oil derived from intermediate pyrolysis of Aegle marmelos de-oiled cake: study on performance and emission characteristics of C.I. engine fueled with Aegle marmelos pyrolysis oil-blends

Cite this Research Publication : Ramesh K, Baranitharan P, and Sakthivel R., “Characterization of pyrolysis bio-oil derived from intermediate pyrolysis of Aegle marmelos de-oiled cake: study on performance and emission characteristics of C.I. engine fueled with Aegle marmelos pyrolysis oil-blends”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018.

Publisher : Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Year : 2018

Characterization of pyrolysis bio-oil derived from intermediate pyrolysis of Aegle marmelos de-oiled cake: study on performance and emission characteristics of C.I. engine fueled with Aegle marmelos pyrolysis oil-blends.

Cite this Research Publication : B. Paramasivam, Kasimani, R., and Sakthivel R., “Characterization of pyrolysis bio-oil derived from intermediate pyrolysis of Aegle marmelos de-oiled cake: study on performance and emission characteristics of C.I. engine fueled with Aegle marmelos pyrolysis oil-blends.”, Environ Sci Pollut Res Int, vol. 25, no. 33, pp. 33806-33819, 2018.

Publisher : Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

Year : 2017

Effects of injection timing and injection pressure on biodiesel fuelled engine performance characteristics: a review

Cite this Research Publication : M. P Shameer, Ramesh, K., Purnachandran, R., and Sakthivel R., “Effects of injection timing and injection pressure on biodiesel fuelled engine performance characteristics: a review”, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 310–330, 2017.

Publisher : Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Asian Research Consortium,

Year : 2017

Influence of temperature on yield, composition and properties of the sub-fractions derived from slow pyrolysis of Calophyllum inophyllum de-oiled cake

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R. and Ramesh K, “Influence of temperature on yield, composition and properties of the sub-fractions derived from slow pyrolysis of Calophyllum inophyllum de-oiled cake”, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol. 127, pp. 159 - 169, 2017.

Publisher : Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis

Year : 2017

Experimental evaluation on oxidation stability of biodiesel/diesel blends with alcohol addition by rancimat instrument and FTIR spectroscopy

Cite this Research Publication : Mohamed Shameer Peer, Ramesh K, Sakthivel R., and Purnachandran Ramakrishnan, “Experimental evaluation on oxidation stability of biodiesel/diesel blends with alcohol addition by rancimat instrument and FTIR spectroscopy”, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 455–463, 2017.

Publisher : Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

Year : 2016

Studies on correlation between NOx and In-cylinder temperature in a DI diesel engine using fluke thermal Imager for different alternate fuel blends

Cite this Research Publication : M. P Shameer, Ramesh, K., Sakthivel R., and Purnachandran, R., “Studies on correlation between NOx and In-cylinder temperature in a DI diesel engine using fluke thermal Imager for different alternate fuel blends”, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 373–389, 2016.


Publisher : Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities

Year : 2016

Assessment on the influence of compression ratio on the performance, emission and combustion characteristics of diesel engine fuelled with biodiesel

Cite this Research Publication : M. P Shameer, Ramesh, K., Sakthivel R., and Purnachandran, R., “Assessment on the influence of compression ratio on the performance, emission and combustion characteristics of diesel engine fuelled with biodiesel”, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, vol. 6, no. 12, pp. 344–372, 2016.

Publisher : Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, Asian Research Consortium,

Year : 2016

Investigation on the Effects of Antioxidant Additive in a DI-Diesel Engine Fuelled with Calophyllum inophyllum Methyl Ester Diesel Blend

Cite this Research Publication : B. N., Ramesh K., and Sakthivel R., “Investigation on the Effects of Antioxidant Additive in a DI-Diesel Engine Fuelled with Calophyllum inophyllum Methyl Ester Diesel Blend”, International Journal for Scientific Research & Development, vol. 3, 2016.

Publisher : International Journal for Scientific Research & Development, Volume 3

Year : 2016

Effects of fuel injection parameters on emission characteristics of diesel engines operating on various biodiesel: A review

Cite this Research Publication : P. Mohamed Shameer, Ramesh K, Sakthivel R., and R. Purnachandran, “Effects of fuel injection parameters on emission characteristics of diesel engines operating on various biodiesel: A review”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 67, pp. 1267 - 1281, 2016.

Publisher : Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

Year : 2015

Experimental investigation on the effects of diesel and its blends on the performance and emission characteristics of a di-diesel engine

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R. and Ramesh K, “Experimental investigation on the effects of diesel and its blends on the performance and emission characteristics of a DI-diesel engine”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, vol. 10, pp. 340-344, 2015.

Publisher : International Journal of Applied Engineering Research,

Conference Paper

Year : 2015

Effects of biodiesel and its blends with diesel on the performance and emission characteristics of a DI-Diesel Engine

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R. and Ramesh K, “Effects of biodiesel and its blends with diesel on the performance and emission characteristics of a DI-Diesel Engine”, in International conference, CAASR-Innovative Engineering and Technologies (ICIET-2015), Bangkok, Thailand , 2015.

Publisher : International conference, CAASR-Innovative Engineering and Technologies (ICIET-2015),

Year : 2015

Experimental investigation on the effects of diesel and its blends on the performance and emission characteristics of a DI-diesel engine

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R. and Ramesh K, “Experimental investigation on the effects of diesel and its blends on the performance and emission characteristics of a di-diesel engine”, in National conference, Frontiers in Mechanical, Automobile, Civil and Electrical Sciences, Tamilnadu Engineering College, Coimbatore , 2015.

Publisher : National conference, Frontiers in Mechanical, Automobile, Civil and Electrical Sciences

Book Chapter

Year : 2020

Influence of nano-particle additives on bio-diesel-fuelled CI engines: a review

Cite this Research Publication : A. Tamilvanan, Balamurugan, K., Mohanraj, T., Selvakumar, P., Ashok, B., and Sakthivel R., “Influence of nano-particle additives on bio-diesel-fuelled CI engines: a review”, in Recent technologies for enhancing performance and reducing emissions in diesel engines, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 85–104.

Publisher : Recent technologies for enhancing performance and reducing emissions in diesel engines,

Year : 2020

Emission Aspects of Biomass-Based Advanced Second Generation Bio-Fuels in IC Engines

Cite this Research Publication : Sakthivel R., T. Mohanraj, S., J. John Marsh, and P., B., “Emission Aspects of Biomass-Based Advanced Second Generation Bio-Fuels in IC Engines”, in Recent Technologies for Enhancing Performance and Reducing Emissions in Diesel Engines, 2020.

Publisher : Recent Technologies for Enhancing Performance and Reducing Emissions in Diesel Engines

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