Edelweiss Chemical Science Journal (ISSN 2641-7383)
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Biography
Dr. P. Karthikeyan, Professor in the Dept. of
Automobile Engineering at PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, INDIA has
significantly contributed to fuel cell research in India. He received his PhD
Degree at Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), Chennai on 2008. After
successful completion of his PhD Degree at Indian Institute of Technology
Madras (IIT-M), he was received BOYSCAST fellowship (2009-10) from DST,
Government of India for conducting Advanced Research Training in the area of
“Fuel Cells - Water Management in PEM Fuel Cells” in USA. In part of his
research work on Post - Doctoral Fellowship, he also visited Fuel Cell Dynamics
and Diagnostics Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA
and Electro Chemical Engineering and Membrane Science Lab at School of
Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA during 2009-10.
He had also visited High Temperature Super and Semi Conductor Laboratory,
University of Houston, Houston, Texas & College of Engineering, University
of Berkeley, San Francisco, California and Stanford University, San Francisco,
USA. Recently, he visited CINVESTAV-IPN, Saltillo, Mexico on 2013 & 2015
under Indo-Mexican Bilateral Project. He received various National and
International Research Projects sponsored by various government funded agencies
such as DST, DST-UKIERI, AICTE-RPS, DST-CONACYT and DST-EPSRC summing up to the
tune of 4.5 crores and submitted the proposal in the range of 10 crores; also
Head for Research activity in Fuel cell Technology @ PSG CT, Coimbatore. He had authored more than 60 research papers in reputed
national and international journal, 20 peer reviewed international conferences,
and filed 2 technical patent (Invention Disclosure No.: D2010-65). Also, set up
fuel cell laboratory in University of Toledo, Toledo, OHIO, USA & PSGCT,
Coimbatore, India. He had research coordination with various universities such
as the Centre for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV-IPN), Unidad
Saltillo-Mexico, University of Toledo, OHIO, USA, Loughborough University,
Loughborough, Leicestershire UK and Curtin University, Australia. His research
area includes, thermal and water management issues on scaling and stacking up
of fuel cell systems, studies on PEMFCs with porous inserts on conventional
flow field, MEAs with platinum alloy catalysts and non-noble metal catalysts
using nano-materials, optimization of flow channel design and various operating
parameters for performance enhancement of PEMFCs, development of indigenous
fuel cell stacks for automobile and stationary applications, solving various
issues for system development and system integration, design and development of
concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) for solar power generation, and design and
development of solar energy aided electrolyser for hydrogen production.
Research Interest
· Membrane
Electrode Assembly (MEA) with platinum alloy catalyst and non-noble metal
catalyst using nano-materials - Optimization of mass and ink composition,
standardizing coating techniques for enhanced performance with low cost
· Numerical
and experimental Studies on PEMFC and DMFC with novel flow field and optimization of flow channel
design and various operating parameters for enhancement of performance on
PEMFC/DMFC
· Thermal and
Water Management issues on scaling and stacking up of fuel cell systems - Passive cooling system with
heat pipe integrated cooling cell for effective cooling and maintaining the
optimum operating temperature
·
Design,
analyse and fabrication of multilayer composite storage cylinder for H2 storage
·
Development
of Indigenous Fuel cell Stack for automobile and stationary applications, and
various issues for system development and system integration.
·
Develop
control system for fuel cell stack with necessary hardware (Control Unit,
Sensors, Actuators) and software for the existing battery operated 3 wheeler
electric vehicle as a range extender
· Commercialization
of high energy density, low cost, and low platinum loaded PEMFC stack, which
can be used as stationary power generation and for automobile applications like an on-board charger
for battery, range extender, auxiliary power source, etc.
-
Design and development of
solar energy aided electrolyser for hydrogen production
Keywords
- Organic chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Medicinal Chemistry
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- Lewis structure
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- Filtration
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- Van der Waals equation
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- Alkylation
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- Rutherford Atomic Model
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- Mole Fraction
- Buffer Solution
- Benzene ring
- Coordination number
- Sigma Bond
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