{"id":6575,"date":"2024-03-11T16:59:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T08:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.gtiit.edu.cn\/research\/?post_type=people&#038;p=6575"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:41:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T06:41:08","slug":"kumaran-kannaiyan","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/sites.gtiit.edu.cn\/research\/people\/kumaran-kannaiyan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumaran Kannaiyan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6575\" class=\"elementor elementor-6575\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-550ae76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"550ae76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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src=\"https:\/\/sites.gtiit.edu.cn\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/Kumaran.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b02e190 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6b02e190\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kumaran Kannaiyan<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a8b3f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a8b3f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caaeebe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"caaeebe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Office: R316, North Campus<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e85183 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e85183\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"mailto:kumaran.kannaiyan@gtiit.edu.cn\">kumaran.kannaiyan@gtiit.edu.cn<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9637-897X\">https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9637-897X<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=GDwIoRoAAAAJ&amp;hl=en&amp;oi=ao\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9dceb6f\" data-id=\"9dceb6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75a8bdb4 elementor-tabs-view-horizontal elementor-widget elementor-widget-tabs\" data-id=\"75a8bdb4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1971\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1971\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><a href=\"\">Overview<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1972\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1972\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><a href=\"\">Research Interests<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1973\" class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-desktop-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1973\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><a href=\"\">Representative Publications<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tabs-content-wrapper\" role=\"tablist\" aria-orientation=\"vertical\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"true\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1971\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Overview<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1971\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1971\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"false\"><ul><li><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\" list-paddingleft-2\"><li><p>2009: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India (Advisor: Prof. Babu Viswanathan).<\/p><\/li><li><p>2006: M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India.<\/p><\/li><li><p>2001: B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, Madurai Kamaraj University, India.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\" list-paddingleft-2\"><li><p><strong>Research Interests (applications):<\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\" list-paddingleft-2\"><li><p>Alternative &#8211; Low GWP working fluids (Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, ORC, Waste-Heat Recovery).<\/p><\/li><li><p>Alternative fuels (Aviation, Biofuels).<\/p><\/li><li><p>Multiphase Thermo-fluid characteristics.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Spray (Cooling, Healthcare, Gas turbines).<\/p><\/li><li><p>Combustion diagnostics.<\/p><\/li><li><p>Nanoscale additives (Energy enhancers).<\/p><\/li><li><p>Supersonic \/ Hypersonic \u2013 Flow, Mixing, Combustion (High-speed transport).<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\" list-paddingleft-2\"><li><p><strong>Research Grants:<\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\" list-paddingleft-2\"><li><p>2019-2021: \u201cMultiphase flow visualization of alternative refrigerant mixtures\u201d, Qatar National Research Foundation (QNRF), Role: Co-Principal Investigator.<\/p><\/li><li><p>2018-2019: \u201cHydrocarbon-CO2 blends: An Environmentally-Benign Alternative Refrigerants\u201d, Qatar Shell Research and Technology Center, Role: Co-Principal Investigator.<\/p><\/li><li><p>2018-2019: \u201cEffect of Nanoparticles on Alternative Fuel Sprays at High-Pressure Conditions\u201d, QNRF, Role: Principal Investigator.<\/p><\/li><li><p>2015-2018: \u201cIn-depth Characterization of Spray and Combustion Performance of Alternative Jet Fuels at Gas Turbine Combustor Conditions\u201d, QNRF, Role: Principal Investigator.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\" list-paddingleft-2\"><li><p><strong>Experience:<\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\" list-paddingleft-2\"><li><p>2021-present: Associate Professor, Guangdong Technion Israel Institute of Technology, China.<\/p><\/li><li><p>2018-2020: Visiting Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&amp;M University (Qatar Campus).<\/p><\/li><li><p>2013-2020: Assistant Research Scientist, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&amp;M University (Qatar Campus).<\/p><\/li><li><p>2010-2013: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&amp;M University (Qatar Campus).<\/p><\/li><li><p>2009-2010: Research Associate, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\" list-paddingleft-2\"><li><p><strong>Honours:<\/strong><\/p><\/li><li>2023 \u2013 Best Presentation award (Co-author), Global Conference for Decarbonization of Energy and Materials, Dec. 27-30, Singapore<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\" list-paddingleft-2\"><li><p>2020 \u2013 Second place, 12th Undergraduate Research Conference, QNRF.<\/p><\/li><li><p>2016 \u2013 Second place, Best Representative Image Outcome of research, QNRF.<\/p><\/li><li><p>2010 \u2013 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Qatar Science and Technology.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\" list-paddingleft-2\"><li><p><strong>Membership:<\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ul><ul class=\" list-paddingleft-2\"><li><p>ASME \u2013 Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers<\/p><\/li><li><p>AIAA \u2013 Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics<\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1972\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Research Interests<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1972\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1972\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><ul><li>Alternative fuels;<\/li><li>Alternative refrigerants;<\/li><li>Multiphase Thermo-\ufb02uid characteristics;<\/li><li>Spray and Combustion diagnostics;<\/li><li>Nanoscale additives;<\/li><li>Computational Fluid Dynamics: Supersonic\/Hypersonic mixing and combustion studies<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1973\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Representative Publications<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1973\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1973\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><strong>Alternative fuels: <\/strong><\/p><p>Kumaran Kannaiyan, and R. Sadr, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S001623612302522X\">Influence of fuel characteristics on the alternative jet fuel atomization at non-reacting conditions<\/a>,\u201d Fuel, 2024.<\/p><p>Kumaran Kannaiyan, G.S. Lekshmi, S. Ramakrishna, M. Kang, V. Kumaravel,\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0360544223027524?dgcid=coauthor\">Perspectives for the green hydrogen energy-based economy<\/a>,\u201d Energy, 2023.<\/p><p>Kumaran Kannaiyan, and R. Sadr, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0016236123010220\">Spray characteristics of natural gas-based alternative jet fuel at high-pressure ambient conditions<\/a>,\u201d Fuel, 2023.<\/p><p>Kumaran Kannaiyan, and R. Sadr, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0016236121003434\">Microscopic spray measurements of non-reacting alternative jet fuel: Effect of ambient gas temperature<\/a>,\u201d Fuel, 294, 120467, 2021.<\/p><p><strong>Nanoscale additives:<\/strong><\/p><p>Kumaran Kannaiyan, A. AlDosari, and R. Sadr, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0378382020303180\">Effects of nanoscale fuel additives on properties and non-reacting spray performance of alternative, conventional and blended jet fuels at elevated ambient conditions<\/a>,\u201d Fuel Processing Technology, 208, 106436, 2020.<\/p><p>Kumaran Kannaiyan, and R. Sadr, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0894177717301309\">The effect of alumina nanoparticles as fuel additives on the spray characteristics of gas-to-liquid jet fuels<\/a>,\u201d Exp. Therm. Fluid Science, 87 (2), 93-103, 2017.<\/p><p><strong>Sustainable Energy \/CO<sub>2<\/sub> Utilization<\/strong>:<\/p><p>C. Yelishala\u2217, Kumaran Kannaiyan, Z. Wang, H. Metghalchi, Y.A. Levendis, and R. Sadr, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/asmedigitalcollection.asme.org\/energyresources\/article\/142\/8\/082304\/1072461\/Thermodynamic-Study-on-Blends-of-Hydrocarbons-and\">Thermodynamic Study on Blends of Hydrocarbons and Carbon Dioxide as Zeotropic Refrigerants<\/a>,\u201d J. Energy Resour. Technol., 142(8), 082304, 2020.<\/p><p>C. Yelishala\u2217, Kumaran Kannaiyan, R. Sadr, Z. Wang, Y.A. Levendis, and H. Metghalchi, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0140700720303376?dgcid=coauthor\">Performance Maximization by Temperature Glide Matching in Energy Exchangers of Cooling Systems Operating with Natural Hydrocarbon\/CO2 Refrigerants<\/a>,\u201d International Journal of Refrigeration, 119, 294-304, 2020.<\/p><p><strong>Supersonic Flows\/Combustion<\/strong>:<\/p><p>Kumaran Kannaiyan, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1270963820308609?dgcid=author\">Numerical investigation of the local and global supersonic combustion characteristics of ethylene fuel<\/a>,\u201d <em>Aerospace Science and Technology<\/em>, 106, 106178, 2020.<\/p><p>Kumaran Kannaiyan, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S187775032030541X?dgcid=author\">Computational study of the effect of cavity geometry on the supersonic mixing and combustion of ethylene<\/a>,\u201d Journal of Computational Science, 47, 101243, 2020.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2420a0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2420a0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b57399\" data-id=\"7b57399\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-057edd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"057edd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kumaran Kannaiyan Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program Office: R316, North Campus kumaran.kannaiyan@gtiit.edu.cn https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9637-897X Google Scholar Overview Research Interests Representative Publications Overview Education: 2009: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India (Advisor: Prof. Babu Viswanathan). 2006: M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), India. 2001: B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"elementor_header_footer","format":"standard","member":[87],"batch":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.gtiit.edu.cn\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/6575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.gtiit.edu.cn\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.gtiit.edu.cn\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/people"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.gtiit.edu.cn\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/6575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8175,"href":"https:\/\/sites.gtiit.edu.cn\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/6575\/revisions\/8175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.gtiit.edu.cn\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"member","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.gtiit.edu.cn\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member?post=6575"},{"taxonomy":"batch","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.gtiit.edu.cn\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/batch?post=6575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}