S No. Title Funded by Duration (years) Value PI / Co-PI
1. Optimizing gasification of high-ash content coals for electricity generation (OPTIMASH) European Union 4 years (completed Nov 2011 – Nov 2015) 4,29,00,000 Dr. S.R. Chakravarthy (PI), Dr. T. Sundararajan (Co-PI), Dr. B.V.S.S.S. Prasad (Co-PI), Dr. V. Raghavan (Co-PI), Dr. Srinivas Jayanthi (Co-PI), Dr. A. Preeti (Co-PI)
2. Experimental study and numerical modelling of polymers pyrolysis and burning kinetics for the prediction of flame spread behaviour under fire growth DST (Indo-Russian) 3 years (On-going Sep 2016 to Aug 2019) 1,36,56,720 Dr. Amit Kumar (PI), Dr. SR. Chakravarthy (co-PI), Dr. T.M. Muruganandam (co-PI), Dr. V. Raghavan (co-PI), Dr. N. Krithika (co-PI), Dr. R. Vinu (co-PI)
S No. Title Funded by Duration (years) Value PI / Co-PI
1. Development of Ignition based Kinetics Data for the Study of the Combustion Characteristics of Fuel IITM 3 years 5,00,000 Dr. V. Raghavan (PI)
2. Numerical Predictions of Evaporations Rate Constants of Kerosene Droplets ISRO 2 years 6,60,000 Dr. V. Raghavan (PI), Dr. K. Ramamurthi (Co-PI)
3. Study of flame characteristics in vibrating burners ARDB 2 years 17,53,250 Dr. K. Srinivasan (PI), Dr. V. Raghavan (Co-PI)
4. Development of a Numerical Model for Predicting Flame Spread Over Liquid Fuels DST 3.5 years 9,66,000 Dr. Shaligram Tiwari (PI), Dr. V. Raghavan (Co-PI)
5. Numerical study of unsteady wake characteristics for flow past single and multiple cylinders NRB 2 years 10,94,400 Dr. Shaligram Tiwari (PI), Dr. V. Raghavan (Co-PI)
6. Studies on the Transport of Hydrogen-Air-Steam Mixture within a confinement AERB 3 years 27,30,720 Dr. Sarit Kumar Das (PI), Dr. T. Sundararajan (Co-PI), Dr. V. Raghavan (Co-PI)
7. Characterization of evaporation and burning rates of neat and blended biodiesel fuels of Indian origin DST 2 years 26,27,240 Dr. Pramod S. Mehta (PI), Dr. V. Raghavan (Co-PI)
8. Numerical simulation of suppression of residual flames and cooling of solid rocket motors using water injection ISRO 2 Years 17,75,000 Dr. V. Raghavan (PI), Dr. Amit Kumar (Co-PI)
9. Investigation of Heating of Objects using Liquid Fuel Pool Fires for Optimizing a Fast Cook-off Test Setup ARMREB 2 years 12,90,000 Dr. V. Raghavan (PI)
10. CFD Studies on Jet Deflector Duct of Future Launch Pad for Advanced Launch Vehicles of ISRO ISRO Mar 2013 – Mar 2015 23,22,000 Dr. T. Sundararajan (PI), Dr. V. Raghavan (Co-PI)
S No. Title Funded by Duration (years) Value PI / Co-PI
1. Combustion modelling of coal tar oil burner in an induration furnace TATA Steel Apr 2018 – Oct 2019 13,27,500 Dr. V. Raghavan (PI)
S No. Title Funded by Duration (years) Value PI / Co-PI
1. Instrumentation and testing of cold scaled down model of 125 MWe & 250 MWe CFBC boilers BHEL (RBIC) 1.5 years 38,36,839 Dr. B.V.S.S.S. Prasad (PI), Dr. V. Raghavan (Co-PI)
2. Research support to the development of high pressure gasifier Thermax (RBIC) 6 months 5,00,000 Dr. S.R. Chakravarthy (PI), Dr. T. Sundararajan (Co-PI), Dr. B.V.S.S.S. Prasad (Co-PI), Dr. V. Raghavan (Co-PI)