Balusamy T

@gcesalem.edu.in

Professor
Government College of Engineering, Salem



              

https://researchid.co/balusamyt

EDUCATION

Ph.D
Anna University

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Nuclear Energy and Engineering, General Engineering

33

Scopus Publications

1120

Scholar Citations

15

Scholar h-index

20

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • Intensified convective energy tapping in modified tubes using Azadirachta indica brewed zinc oxide as potential thermo-fluids
    A. Sivalingam, T. Balusamy, P.K. Nagarajan, Ioannis E. Sarris, S.Suseel Jai Krishnan, and Mohsen Sharifpur
    Elsevier BV


  • On the thermal conductivity and viscosity of bionanofluid with neem (Azadirachta indica) assisted zinc oxide nanoparticles
    Sivalingam AMIRTHALINGAM and Balusamy THANGAVEL
    Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
    Nanofluids which act as coolants in various thermal applications have been promising in accomplishing the primary objective of heat transfer. However, the impact of such fluids on flow lines in the form of enhanced friction factor through unacceptable viscosity rise is an issue to be addressed. On the other hand, these fluids are expected to deteriorate the environment when used or disposed. Hence this research focuses on preparing a bionanofluid and investigating on its primary properties, the thermal conductivity and viscosity. The bionanofluid is prepared by dispersing neem (azadirachta indica) assisted zinc oxide nanoparticles in a binary mixture of ethylene glycol-water (50:50 by volume), at volume concentrations of φ=0.05, 0.2 and 0.5%. To compare the properties of these bionanofluids, additional nanofluids were prepared by dispersing combustion derived pure zinc oxide at same volume concentration. By XRD analysis, the average crystallite size of neem assisted ZnO and pure ZnO was found to be 36 nm and 32 nm. Based on the SEM images, the particles were found to be much closely packed in bioparticles than combustion derived ones. The zeta potential of the nanofluids was found to be 30 mV at pH 6.5, at which the stability is deemed excellent. The thermal conductivity and viscosity of the nanofluids were measured under varying volume concentration and temperature ranging between 20oC and 50oC. Though the thermal conductivity of the conventional ZnO nanofluid is 3.8% higher than the ZnO bionanofluid, the viscosity is 2% lower for the latter than the former, which is highly expected from any nanofluid for an efficient thermal transport.

  • Experimental investigation of the solar still with the diverse absorber plate configurations using energy storing materials
    Prabahar Jeevanandam and Balusamy Thangavel
    National Library of Serbia
    Solar distillation is an economical and nature-friendly method used for the product of fresh water from the (mixing of salt water and fresh water) brackish water. Solar still performance depends mainly on the absorber plate conditions. Since all the solar radiation is mainly absorbed by the basin plate and the water present in the basin. In this experimental work, the performance of the basin plate is enhanced by using diverse basin plate configurations with energy storing materials like mild steel, black gravel, pebbles, sand, and cast iron. The basin plates and the energy storing materials increase the evaporation area and it will store the high heat during the sunshine hours and emitted the stored energy during the off shine hours to the system enhances the still productivity in the less solar radiations too. Here, the comparison has been made between the energy storing materials with flat absorber plate to the trapezoidal and the pin fin absorber plate with similar conditions. Through this experimentation process, we could conclude that trapezoidal basin plate with varied energy storing materials plays a predominant role in the production of distilled water than the flat and pin fin basin plates. On the other hand, black gravel gives good productive results compared to other energy storing materials used in this experiment for all basin plates. This will show the fulfilment of the basin plate and the productivity could be enhanced with different configurations of basin plates as well as incorporation of different energy repository materials

  • Behaviour of Hydrogen During the Manufacture of Rail Steels
    D. Ravichandar, T. Balusamy, and G. Balachandran
    Springer Science and Business Media LLC


  • Hydrogen Anti-flaking Heat Treatment in VAR89S Rail Steel
    D. Ravichandar, T. Balusamy, and G. Balachandran
    Springer Science and Business Media LLC

  • Numerical model of natural convective heat transfer within a solar dryer using an indirect double pass collector
    R. Srinivasan, T. Balusamy, and M. Sakthivel
    Informa UK Limited
    ABSTRACT The double pass collector is one of the most efficient means of drying crops because heating of air takes place from both sides of the absorber plate. To investigate the performance, a double pass natural convection solar dryer was fabricated for experimentation; the results were collected and used to develop a validated numerical model using MATLAB. The experiments were undertaken during February–March 2016 in Salem Tamil Nadu, India over 10 sunshine days. The simulation was carried using the developed model under the measured ambient conditions. The results showed that the mathematical model could predict the performance of the double pass collector for a particular ambient condition to an uncertainty of ±5%. This model could be used to optimise the performance of the collector so that we can predict and investigate the actual performance of the collector with the various optimised designs before fabricating the dryer.

  • Behaviour of Hydrogen in Industrial Scale Steel Melts
    D. Ravichandar, T. Balusamy, R. Gobinath, and G. Balachandran
    Springer Science and Business Media LLC

  • Experimental investigation on the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine by varying the injection pressure and injection timing using mixed biodiesel
    S. Arunprasad and T. Balusamy
    Informa UK Limited
    ABSTRACT Biodiesel is a promising fuel for compression ignition engines instead of diesel fuel. Due to the depletion of diesel fuel, an alternative fuel can be used in an engine. The experiments were conducted on a four-stroke, single cylinder CI engine. In this present investigation, an attempt has been made to study the influence of injection pressure (IP) and injection timing (IT) on the performance and emission characteristics of diesel engines by using mixed biodiesel (Thevetia peruviana, Jatropha, Pongamia, and Azadirachta indica). The injection pressure is varied from 200 to 230 bar and the injection timing is varied from 23 to 29° bTDC at an increment of 10 bar and 2° bTDC, respectively, and the results were compared with diesel. From this study, the results showed that the brake thermal efficiency (BTE) was increased by 2.4% with an increase in injection pressure and 1.5% with an increase in the injection timing for the maximum load, but lesser than diesel. Furthermore, a reduction of 5.08% of brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) has been noticed for the rise in IP and IT with loads but higher than diesel. The reduction was 34.17%, 53.85%, and 29.7% and 29.17%, 53.85%, and 21.95% of hydrocarbons (HC), carbon monoxide (CO), and smoke emissions, respectively, at 230 bar injection pressure and at 27° bTDC injection timing. Also, a significant increase in nitrogen oxides (NOx) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at the maximum load was observed by increasing the injection pressure and injection timing.

  • Effect of single pass on wear behaviour on friction stir processed Az91d magnesium alloy for environmentally clean process


  • Slow cooling of medium carbon molybdenum steel bars to eliminate hydrogen induced cracks


  • Study of tensile and corrosion behaviour from the microstructure of AZ91D magnesium alloy


  • Slow cooling of hot rolled bars to eliminate hydrogen induced cracks in Cr-MO steels


  • Comparative studies on open sun drying and forced type (mixed mode) solar drying of bitter gourd


  • The performance, combustion, and emission characteristics of neem oil methyl ester and its diesel blends in a diesel engine
    S. Sivalakshmi and T. Balusamy
    Informa UK Limited
    In the present work, the biodiesel from non-edible neem oil (Azadirachta indica) is prepared by the method of two-step ‘acid-base’ process. An experimental investigation has been carried out to analyze the performance, emission, and combustion characteristics of a diesel engine fueled with neem oil methyl ester and its blends (10, 20, 30, 50, and 100%) vis-à-vis diesel at different loads and constant engine speed. The performance parameters evaluated include brake thermal efficiency; exhaust emissions, including CO, HC, NOx, and smoke intensity; and combustion parameters, including cylinder pressure and instantaneous heat release rate. Lower concentration of neem oil methyl ester in the blend gives better engine performance, combustion, and exhaust emissions. The experimental results proved that the use of neem oil methyl ester in diesel engines is a viable alternative to diesel.

  • The effect of biodiesel and its blends with an oxygenated additive on the combustion, performance, and emissions from a diesel engine
    S. Sivalakshmi and T. Balusamy
    Informa UK Limited
    An experimental investigation has been carried out to evaluate the effect of using diethyl ether as an additive to biodiesel on the combustion, performance, and emission characteristics in an unmodified diesel engine at different loads and constant engine speed. The results indicate that peak cylinder pressure and heat release rate is higher for 5% (by vol.) diethyl ether blended biodiesel than those of neat biodiesel. The carbon monoxide and smoke emissions decrease while oxides of nitrogen and hydrocarbon emissions increase for 5% diethyl ether blend than those of neat biodiesel. The brake thermal efficiency of 5% diethyl ether blend is higher as compared to biodiesel.

  • Reducing UT rejections in Cr-Mo and high Mn steels by controlling hydrogen and optimising superheat
    D. Ravichandar, Thangavel Balusamy, and K. Bommannan Nagashanmugam
    Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
    JSW Steel Limited, Salem Works (JSWSL), is an integrated steel plant, having a production capacity of 1.0 mtpa (million tons per annum) of high-grade automotive special steels. At JSWSL, hydrogen induced cracks and center unsoundness contribute more to UT (Ultrasonic testing) rejections in chrome-molybdenum (Cr-Mo) and high manganese grade steels. Hydrogen induced cracks was controlled by increasing argon flow rate from 3-4 Nm3 to 7-9 Nm3 during vacuum degassing. Vigorous purging led to a reduction in hydrogen levels from around 2 ppm (parts per million) to less than 1.5 ppm. Center unsoundness was controlled through optimising superheats in tundish. Data of trial heats revealed that, UT rejections were more in heats cast with superheat levels more than 35°C. Based on the data obtained from trial heats superheat was optimised to 25-35°C for both Cr-Mo and high manganese steels. The present paper discusses the measures taken to reduce UT rejections in these grades.KeywordsJSWSL, Cr-Mo, High Mn steels, UT rejections, superheat, hydrogen induced cracks, center unsoundness, vacuum degassing, continuous casting.

  • Optimization of performance parameters of a CI engine fueled with neem biodiesel using taguchi technique
    S. Arunprasad and T. Balusamy
    Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
    The research is aimed to optimise the engine parameters by using biodiesel as a fuel. Neem oil is used as a bio diesel in CI engine which is produced by transesterification process. Taguchi optimization technique was used to get optimum level of parameters such as brake thermal efficiency (BTHE), indicated thermal efficiency (ITHE) and specific fuel consumption (SFC). Experiments were conducted with neem oil biodiesel blends and diesel value were compared with these results and presented in this paper. The result clearly shows that blend B60, compression ratio 18:1 and 6 Kg load was the optimum parameters.Keywords: Neem biodiesel; CI engine; Performance; Taguchi technique;



  • Influence of ethanol addition on a diesel engine fuelled with neem oil methyl ester
    S. Sivalakshmi and T. Balusamy
    Informa UK Limited
    An experimental investigation has been carried out to evaluate the effect of using ethanol as additive to neem oil methyl ester on the combustion, performance, and emission characteristics of a diesel engine at different loads and constant engine speed. From the combustion analysis, it is found that the ignition delay increased with higher proportion of ethanol in the blends; maximum cylinder pressure and maximum rate of heat release increased with the increase of ethanol proportion in the blends. From the emission analysis, it is found that at higher engine loads, CO and smoke emissions are found significantly lower when operating on biodiesel–ethanol blends, but HC emissions are found higher. The NOx emissions initially increase with the addition of ethanol in the blends and then decrease with further addition of ethanol.


  • EFFECT OF COMPRESSION RATIO ON CI ENGINE FUELED WITH METHYL ESTER OF THEVETIA PERUVIANA SEED OIL


  • Performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fuelled by neem oil blended with alcohols
    S. Sivalakshmi and T. Balusamy
    Informa UK Limited
    Fuel crisis and environmental concerns have led researchers to look for alternative fuels of bio-origin sources such as vegetable oils, which can be produced from forests and oil-bearing biomass materials. Vegetable oils have energy content comparable to that of diesel fuel. Straight vegetable oils posed several operational problems and durability problems when subjected to long-term usage in compression ignition engine. These problems are attributed to higher viscosity and lower volatility. In this study, performance and emission parameters of a diesel engine operating on neem oil and its blends of 5, 10, 15 and 20 vol% with ethanol, 1-propanol, 1-butanol and 1-pentanol are evaluated and compared with diesel operation. The results indicate that the brake thermal efficiency is improved with the use of neem oil–alcohol blends with respect to those of neat neem oil. The smoke intensity, CO and HC emissions with neem oil–alcohol blends are observed to be lower with respect to those of neat neem oil at higher loads. The NO x emission is very slightly reduced with the use of neem oil–alcohol blends except for the neem oil–ethanol blend compared with that of neat neem oil.

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Intensified convective energy tapping in modified tubes using Azadirachta indica brewed zinc oxide as potential thermo-fluids
    A Sivalingam, T Balusamy, PK Nagarajan, IE Sarris, SSJ Krishnan, ...
    International Journal of Thermal Sciences 189, 108287 2023

  • Evaluating the potential of Azadirachta indica–assisted zinc oxide particles as efficacious nanofluids by convective experiments with twisted tape annexed circular
    A Sivalingam, T Balusamy, SSJ Krishnan, PK Nagarajan
    Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 13 (3), 2305-2320 2023

  • Behaviour of Hydrogen During the Manufacture of Rail Steels
    D Ravichandar, T Balusamy, G Balachandran
    Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 72 (12), 3285-3294 2019

  • Analysis of vibration signal responses on pre induced tunnel defects in friction stir welding using wavelet transform and empirical mode decomposition
    J Rabi, T Balusamy, RR Jawahar
    Defence Technology 15 (6), 885-896 2019

  • Hydrogen Anti-flaking Heat Treatment in VAR89S Rail Steel
    D Ravichandar, T Balusamy, G Balachandran
    Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 72 (10), 2729-2737 2019

  • Numerical model of natural convective heat transfer within a solar dryer using an indirect double pass collector
    R Srinivasan, T Balusamy, M Sakthivel
    International Journal of Ambient Energy 39 (8), 830-839 2018

  • Behaviour of hydrogen in industrial scale steel melts
    D Ravichandar, T Balusamy, R Gobinath, G Balachandran
    Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 71 (10), 2505-2515 2018

  • Experimental investigation on the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine by varying the injection pressure and injection timing using mixed biodiesel
    S Arunprasad, T Balusamy
    International Journal of Green Energy 15 (6), 376-384 2018

  • Thermal performance of water-in-glass evacuated tube solar Collector with and without phase change material
    S Sadhishkumar, T Balusamy
    Indian Journal of Scientific Research, 193-202 2018

  • Experimental analysis of a natural convection mode solar dryer integrated with heat storage unit
    P Gopi, T Balusamy, S Palanisamy, PR Shano
    Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences 11 (6 SI), 461-468 2017

  • Investigation on Four Stroke Petrol Engine Lubrication with Blends of Pongamia Oil and Mineral Oil
    D Ramesh, T Balusamy
    International Journal of Recent Trends in Engineering & Research (IJRTER) 3 2017

  • Comparison of Solar Water Heater with and without Phase Change Material as Latent heat storage
    S Sadhishkumar, T Balusamy
    Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences 11 (4), 605-611 2017

  • Experimental Investigation on Indirect Mode Double Pass Natural Convection Solar Dryer with different Configurations of Absorber Plate (Radish)
    R Srinivasan, T Balusamy, M Sakthivel
    Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities 6 (11), 1234-1249 2016

  • Some Studies on Thermal Performance of Solar Cooking System
    VK Krishnan, T Balusamy
    Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities 6 (10), 1840-1858 2016

  • Defect Analysis in Friction Stir Welding Process using Wavelet Transformation Technique
    J Rabi, T Balusamy
    Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities 6 (11), 1190-1198 2016

  • Enhancement of Productivity on Double Slope Single Basin Solar Still by Flat Plate Collector and Sponge
    J Prabahar, T Balusamy, VM John
    Applied Mechanics and Materials 813, 690-694 2015

  • Assessment Of Microstructure And Wear Resistance Of Friction Stir Processed Cast Mg-Al-Zn Magnesium Alloy
    R Jayaraman, T Balusamy, AK Lakshminarayanan
    Applied Mechanics and Materials 787, 442-447 2015

  • Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Mixed Biodiesel Fueled CI Engine
    S Arunprasad, T Balusamy, S Sivalakshmi
    Applied Mechanics and Materials 766, 557-561 2015

  • Experimental testing and fabrication of lowcost solar dryer for bitter gourd
    R Vivek, T Balusamy, R Srinivasan
    Int. J. Res. & Inn. Eng. Tech 1, 22-26 2015

  • Design, fabrication and testing of mixed mode solar dryer for vegetables
    P Saravanan, T Balusamy, R Srinivasan
    Int J Res Innov Eng Technol 1 2015

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Effect of biodiesel and its blends with diethyl ether on the combustion, performance and emissions from a diesel engine
    S Sivalakshmi, T Balusamy
    Fuel 106, 106-110 2013
    Citations: 216

  • Performance improvement in solar water heating systems—A review
    S Sadhishkumar, T Balusamy
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 37, 191-198 2014
    Citations: 204

  • Effect of injection time and injection pressure on CI engine fuelled with methyl ester of Thevetia peruviana seed oil
    T Balusamy, R Marappan
    International Journal of Green Energy 7 (4), 397-409 2010
    Citations: 92

  • Performance evaluation of direct injection diesel engine with blends of Thevetia peruviana seed oil and diesel
    T Balusamy, R Marappan
    CSIR 2007
    Citations: 82

  • Performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine fuelled by neem oil blended with alcohols
    S Sivalakshmi, T Balusamy
    International Journal of Ambient Energy 32 (4), 170-178 2011
    Citations: 62

  • Influence of ethanol addition on a diesel engine fuelled with neem oil methyl ester
    S Sivalakshmi, T Balusamy
    International Journal of Green Energy 9 (3), 218-228 2012
    Citations: 55

  • Experimental investigation on a diesel engine using neem oil and its methyl ester
    S Sivalakshmi, T Balusamyb
    Thermal science 15 (4), 1193-1204 2011
    Citations: 51

  • Analysis of vibration signal responses on pre induced tunnel defects in friction stir welding using wavelet transform and empirical mode decomposition
    J Rabi, T Balusamy, RR Jawahar
    Defence Technology 15 (6), 885-896 2019
    Citations: 42

  • Experimental investigation on the performance and emission characteristics of a diesel engine by varying the injection pressure and injection timing using mixed biodiesel
    S Arunprasad, T Balusamy
    International Journal of Green Energy 15 (6), 376-384 2018
    Citations: 33

  • The performance, combustion, and emission characteristics of neem oil methyl ester and its diesel blends in a diesel engine
    S Sivalakshmi, T Balusamy
    Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 36 2014
    Citations: 27

  • Effect of compression ratio on CI engine fueled with methyl ester of thevetia peruviana seed oil
    MK Duraisamy, T Balusamy, T Senthilkumar
    ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 7 (2), 229-234 2012
    Citations: 26

  • Effects of oxygenated organic compounds-neem oil blends on the performance and exhaust emissions of a DI diesel engine
    S Sivalakshmi, T Balusamy
    SAE Technical Paper 2011
    Citations: 20

  • Comparative study of Thevetia Peruviana seed oil with other biofuels and diesel as fuel for CI engine
    T Balusamy, R Marappan
    International Journal of Applied Engineering Research 3 (12), 1841-1854 2008
    Citations: 18

  • Research on di-ethyl ether as an oxygenated additive with biodiesel in CI engine
    S Sivalakshmi, T Balusamy
    PEA-AIT International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Development 2010
    Citations: 17

  • Effects of dimethylcarbonate-biodiesel blends on the combustion, performance and exhaust emissions of a DI diesel engine
    S Sivalakshmi, T Balusamy
    SAE Technical Paper 2012
    Citations: 16

  • Thermal performance of water-in-glass evacuated tube solar Collector with and without phase change material
    S Sadhishkumar, T Balusamy
    Indian Journal of Scientific Research, 193-202 2018
    Citations: 15

  • Comparative studies on open sun drying and forced type (mixed mode) solar drying of bitter gourd
    R Srinivasan, T Balusamy
    Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences www. jchps. com ISSN 974, 2115 2015
    Citations: 14

  • Effect of biodiesel and its blends with oxygenated additives on performance and emissions from a diesel engine
    S Sivalakshmi, T Balusamy
    NISCAIR-CSIR, India 2011
    Citations: 13

  • The effect of biodiesel and its blends with an oxygenated additive on the combustion, performance, and emissions from a diesel engine
    S Sivalakshmi, T Balusamy
    Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 36 2014
    Citations: 10

  • Reduction of NO emissions in jatropha seed oil fueled CI engine
    MK Duraisamy, T Balusamy, T Senthilkumar
    ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 6 (5), 34-9 2011
    Citations: 10