Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology from SASTRA UNIVERISTY, TAMILNADU
Master of Technology in Biotechnology from ANNA UNIVERSITY, TAMILNADU
Doctor of Philosophy in Technology from ANNA UNIVERSITY, TAMILNADU
RESEARCH INTERESTS
BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING - WASTE TO WEALTH, FUEL CELLS, BIOREMEDIATION, BIOENERGY
Comparative assessment of pre-treatment techniques and process economics on marine seaweed, Gelidium pusillum, for enhanced bioethanol production Vimal Arasan Anbuselvan, Vidhya Krishnamurthy, Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu Biofuels, 2024 Many researchers are actively investigating different pre-treatment methods on alternative energy sources for sustainable production of bioethanol. With abundant carbohydrates and ease of cultivation, Gelidium pusillum, seaweed biomass has gained attention as a bioethanol feedstock. In the present study, various combinatorial pre-treatment methods like ultrasonic-acid treatment, microwave-alkali treatment, and steam-organic solvent treatment were carried out on seaweed biomass and compared for their efficiency in bioethanol production. Physico-chemical changes of biomass were characterized using Scanning Electron Microscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, and X-ray Diffraction. Among all pre-treatment methods, microwave-alkali treatment was found to be the most effective one and yielding fermentable sugars, sugar utilization efficiency, and ethanol concentration of 395 mg/g, 78.33 ± 0.98%, and 5.7 ± 0.19 g/L, respectively. Additionally, the process-economic analysis showed that Gelidium pusillum and microwave-alkali treatment could be scaled up to the industrial level with a production cost of $1.40 per liter of ethanol with minimal ecological impact.
Food quality evaluation using lab-on-a-chip Abhishek Futane, Vigneswaran Narayanamurthy, Baranitharan Ethiraj, Kirupa Muthuvelu Utilizing Microfluidics in the Food Industry Applications and Techniques, 2024
Agro-waste-based microbial biorefinery for biohydrogen production KS Muthuvelu, P Nagendran, G Chandrashekar, M Ravichandran, ... Agriculture-Bioenergy Nexus, 267-306 , 2026 2026
INDUSTRIAL WASTE VALORIZATION OF TANNERY EFFLUENT FOR SUSTAINABLE BIODIESEL PRODUCTION. A Murugaiyan, G Chandrashekar, M Ravichandran, L Shivakumar, ... Biochemical & Cellular Archives 25 (2) , 2025 2025
A REVIEW OF POLY EPSILON-CAPROLACTONE SYNTHESIS USING RING OPENING POLYMERIZATION. P Nagendran, L Shivakumar, A Murugaiyan, G Chandrashekar, ... Biochemical & Cellular Archives 25 (2) , 2025 2025
Food quality evaluation using lab-on-a-chip A Futane, V Narayanamurthy, B Ethiraj, K Muthuvelu Utilizing Microfluidics in the Food Industry, 219-234 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Comparative assessment of pre-treatment techniques and process economics on marine seaweed, Gelidium pusillum, for enhanced bioethanol production VA Anbuselvan, V Krishnamurthy, KS Muthuvelu Biofuels 15 (10), 1259-1269 , 2024 2024 Citations: 4
Ultrasound-assisted transesterification of waste cooking oil to biodiesel utilizing banana peel derived heterogeneous catalyst C Ashok, E Sankarrajan, PS Kumar, G Janani, AR Suresh, KS Muthuvelu, ... Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials 1 (1), 5 , 2024 2024 Citations: 10
Investigation of pre-treatment techniques on spent substrate of Pleurotus ostreatus for enhanced biobutanol production using Clostridium acetobutylicum MTCC 11274 AR Suresh, KS Muthuvelu Bioresource Technology 394, 130228 , 2024 2024 Citations: 13
Biopreservative technologies of food: an alternative to chemical preservation and recent developments: KS Muthuvelu et al. KS Muthuvelu, B Ethiraj, S Pramnik, NK Raj, S Venkataraman, ... Food Science and Biotechnology 32 (10), 1337-1350 , 2023 2023 Citations: 69
Strategies to enhance biobutanol production from lignocellulosic biomass B Ethiraj, T Raihan, S Sarmin, A Karim, MMR Khan, KS Muthuvelu, ... Microbiology of Green Fuels, 156-176 , 2023 2023 Citations: 3
Recent Advancement in Biomedical Applications of Polycaprolactone and Polycaprolactone-Based Materials NPD Dhanasekaran, KS Muthuvelu, SK Arumugasamy Encyclopedia of Materials: Plastics and Polymers 4, 795-809 , 2022 2022 Citations: 29
Investigation on future perspectives of ex-situ biogenic methane generation from solid waste coal and coal washery rejects V Ponnudurai, PS Kumar, KS Muthuvelu, S Velmurugan, S Subhani, ... Fuel 318, 123497 , 2022 2022 Citations: 15
Investigation on the Utilization Of Coal Washery Rejects By Different Microbial Sources For Biogenic Methane Production LA Vinitha Ponnudurai, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu ... Chemosphere 287, 132165 , 2022 2022 Citations: 13
Modelling of adsorption of anionic azo dye using Strychnos potatorum Linn seeds (SPS) from aqueous solution with artificial neural network (ANN) SKAKSM Wei Wen Wee, Mei Yuen Siau Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 193 (638) , 2021 2021 Citations: 2
Assessing the potential of lignocellulosic energy crops as an alternative resource for bioethanol production using ultrasound assisted dilute acid pretreatment S Paramasivan, S Sankar, RS Velavan, T Krishnakumar, RSI Batcha, ... Materials Today: Proceedings 45, 3279-3285 , 2021 2021 Citations: 29
Outlook on biorefinery potential of palm oil mill effluent for resource recovery WY Chia, YY Chong, KW Chew, E Vimali, M Jayaram, A Selvarajoo, ... Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 8 (6), 104519 , 2020 2020 Citations: 43
A novel method for improving laccase activity by immobilization onto copper ferrite nanoparticles for lignin degradation KS Muthuvelu, R Rajarathinam, RN Selvaraj, VB Rajendren International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , 2020 2020 Citations: 90
Evaluation and characterization of novel sources of sustainable lignocellulosic residues for bioethanol production using ultrasound-assisted alkaline pre-treatment NKM Kirupa SankarMuthuvelu,RavikumarRajarathinam,Logu Prasanth,Kanagaraj ... Waste Management 87, 368-374 , 2019 2019 Citations: 105
New insight into the effect of fungal mycelia present in the bio-pretreated paddy straw on their enzymatic saccharification and optimization of process parameters MN Kumar, R Ravikumar, MK Sankar, S Thenmozhi Bioresource technology 267, 291-302 , 2018 2018 Citations: 50
Development of co-immobilized tri-enzyme biocatalytic system for one-pot pretreatment of four different perennial lignocellulosic biomass and evaluation of their bioethanol … SU Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Naresh Manickam Bioresource Technology , 2018 2018 Citations: 69
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Evaluation and characterization of novel sources of sustainable lignocellulosic residues for bioethanol production using ultrasound-assisted alkaline pre-treatment NKM Kirupa SankarMuthuvelu,RavikumarRajarathinam,Logu Prasanth,Kanagaraj ... Waste Management 87, 368-374 , 2019 2019 Citations: 105
Choice of Pretreatment Technology for Sustainable Production of Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Bottle Necks and Recommendations MN Kumar, R Ravikumar, S Thenmozhi, MR Kumar, MK Sankar Waste and Biomass Valorization, 1-17 , 2018 2018 Citations: 95
A novel method for improving laccase activity by immobilization onto copper ferrite nanoparticles for lignin degradation KS Muthuvelu, R Rajarathinam, RN Selvaraj, VB Rajendren International Journal of Biological Macromolecules , 2020 2020 Citations: 90
An effective conversion of cotton waste biomass to ethanol: A critical review on pretreatment processes M Ranjithkumar, R Ravikumar, MK Sankar, MN Kumar, V Thanabal Waste and Biomass Valorization 8 (1), 57-68 , 2017 2017 Citations: 73
Biopreservative technologies of food: an alternative to chemical preservation and recent developments: KS Muthuvelu et al. KS Muthuvelu, B Ethiraj, S Pramnik, NK Raj, S Venkataraman, ... Food Science and Biotechnology 32 (10), 1337-1350 , 2023 2023 Citations: 69
Development of co-immobilized tri-enzyme biocatalytic system for one-pot pretreatment of four different perennial lignocellulosic biomass and evaluation of their bioethanol … SU Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Naresh Manickam Bioresource Technology , 2018 2018 Citations: 69
New insight into the effect of fungal mycelia present in the bio-pretreated paddy straw on their enzymatic saccharification and optimization of process parameters MN Kumar, R Ravikumar, MK Sankar, S Thenmozhi Bioresource technology 267, 291-302 , 2018 2018 Citations: 50
Outlook on biorefinery potential of palm oil mill effluent for resource recovery WY Chia, YY Chong, KW Chew, E Vimali, M Jayaram, A Selvarajoo, ... Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 8 (6), 104519 , 2020 2020 Citations: 43
Development of natural cellulase inhibitor mediated intensified biological pretreatment technology using Pleurotus florida for maximum recovery of cellulose from paddy straw … KSM Naresh Kumar Manickam, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Thenmozhi Senniyappan Bioresource Technology , 2017 2017 Citations: 32
Recent Advancement in Biomedical Applications of Polycaprolactone and Polycaprolactone-Based Materials NPD Dhanasekaran, KS Muthuvelu, SK Arumugasamy Encyclopedia of Materials: Plastics and Polymers 4, 795-809 , 2022 2022 Citations: 29
Assessing the potential of lignocellulosic energy crops as an alternative resource for bioethanol production using ultrasound assisted dilute acid pretreatment S Paramasivan, S Sankar, RS Velavan, T Krishnakumar, RSI Batcha, ... Materials Today: Proceedings 45, 3279-3285 , 2021 2021 Citations: 29
Investigation on future perspectives of ex-situ biogenic methane generation from solid waste coal and coal washery rejects V Ponnudurai, PS Kumar, KS Muthuvelu, S Velmurugan, S Subhani, ... Fuel 318, 123497 , 2022 2022 Citations: 15
Adsorption of anionic azo dye from aqueous solution using Strychnos potatorum Linn seeds: isotherm and kinetic studies MK Sankar, KM Kumar, BV Ranganathan International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 12 (9), 2957-2964 , 2015 2015 Citations: 14
Investigation of pre-treatment techniques on spent substrate of Pleurotus ostreatus for enhanced biobutanol production using Clostridium acetobutylicum MTCC 11274 AR Suresh, KS Muthuvelu Bioresource Technology 394, 130228 , 2024 2024 Citations: 13
Investigation on the Utilization Of Coal Washery Rejects By Different Microbial Sources For Biogenic Methane Production LA Vinitha Ponnudurai, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu ... Chemosphere 287, 132165 , 2022 2022 Citations: 13
Ultrasound-assisted transesterification of waste cooking oil to biodiesel utilizing banana peel derived heterogeneous catalyst C Ashok, E Sankarrajan, PS Kumar, G Janani, AR Suresh, KS Muthuvelu, ... Biotechnology for Sustainable Materials 1 (1), 5 , 2024 2024 Citations: 10
Chapter Bioprocess Engineering for a Green Environment R Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu, Ravikumar Rajarathinam, Naresh kumar Mancikam CRC Press , 2018 2018 Citations: 7
Comparative assessment of pre-treatment techniques and process economics on marine seaweed, Gelidium pusillum, for enhanced bioethanol production VA Anbuselvan, V Krishnamurthy, KS Muthuvelu Biofuels 15 (10), 1259-1269 , 2024 2024 Citations: 4
Strategies to enhance biobutanol production from lignocellulosic biomass B Ethiraj, T Raihan, S Sarmin, A Karim, MMR Khan, KS Muthuvelu, ... Microbiology of Green Fuels, 156-176 , 2023 2023 Citations: 3
