C. Dharuman

Senior Scientific Officer

MSc (Engineering), IISc, Bangalore, 2002
MSc (Applied Science), Anna University, Chennai,1 984

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Solar energy
Heat transfer
Fluid mechanics
Experimental engineering

Fabrication of multipurpose trash collector using solar energy, C.Dharuman, Yuvaraj S, Subash GN, Ravishankar S., 2013.
Design and fabrication of a solar energy-based desalination system C.Dharuman, Karthik. S, Krishnakumar, Pranav Bhardwaj, 2012.
Measurement of pressure drop in pipe columns with couplers. R.N. Govardhan, C. Dharuman, 2011.
Evaluation of cup anemometers for C-Wet, Chennai, C.Dharuman and A. Suriyanarayanan, 2007.
Performance evaluation of an integrated solar water heater as an option for energy conservation, C.Dharuman, J. H. Arakeri and K.Srinivasan. “Journal of Energy and Building”, 38, 214-219, 2006.

“Energy efficient polyhouse and aeroponic system for mini-tuber production of tissue cultured potato” (with Prof. J. Arakeri & Prof. M.S. Bobji, Dr. M. Udayakumar, Prof. K.R. Srinivas.). Sponsored by ICAR,
New Delhi. (3 years)
Precision farming model for peri-urban agriculture: technological interventions and innovations to enhance the input use efficiency. Sponsored by Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems, IISc, Bangalore. Project investigators: Prof. J. Arakeri, Prof. M.S.Bobji, Prof. R.N. Govardhan, Dr. G.S.V.L. Narasimham, Prof. R.V. Ravikrishna, Prof. K.R. Sreenivas, Mr. C. Dharuman, Dr. Usha Vijayaraghavan, Dr. M. Udayakumar, Dr. S. Bhaskar, Dr. Krishna Manohar, Dr. S. Kumaraswamy. (3 years)
Investigation of hull-propeller interaction using PIV: R&D project of Naval Research Board, Govt of India: Prof. J. Arakeri, Mr. C. Dharuman, Prof. R.V. Ravikrishna
Drag reduction by gas lubrication, R&D project of Naval Research Board, Govt of India -(with Prof J Arakeri and Prof R.N. Govardhan) – (3 Years)
Evaporation from novel porous wick structures including leaflike ones Sponsored by ISTC, IISc Bangalore.