Dr Vinoth Kumar Arumugam

BEng, MRes, PhD

  • Research Associate in Experimental Hydrogen Micro-mix Combustion

Background:

Qualifications

  • BEng Aeronautical Engineering, Anna University, 2007
  • MRES Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2019
  • PhD, "Catalytic combustion for power generation" ETH Zurich, 2024

Research Group:

  • Applied Aerodynamics

Research Interests:

  • Reactive Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Experimental Combustion
  • Optical Flow Diagnostics
  • Pollutant Emissions
  • Combustion and Aerothermal Processes.
  • V.K. Arumugam, J. Mantzaras, A. Gantenbein, U. Doll, T. Schildhauer, “Experimental and numerical investigation of high-pressure methane catalytic synthesis from H2 and CO2”, Proc. of the Comb. Institute, 2024, 40 (105206), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proci.2024.105206.
  • V.K. Arumugam and J.Mantzaras, “Heterogeneous and combined heterogeneous/homogeneous combustion modeling of SOFC off-gases, The J. Phys. Chemistry A, 2023 127 (1), 316-328, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.2c07049
  • V.K. Arumugam and J.Mantzaras, “Catalytic and gas-phase combustion of SOFC off-gases over platinum surfaces: an experimental and numerical investigation at pressures up to 8 bar, Manuscript submitted for publication.
  • Y.Ishikawa, K. Endo, T. Narabayashi, D. Suckow, F. Espegren, T. Lind, J. Mantzaras, V.K. Arumugam, J. Theile, Y. Nakasaka, Y. Kawahara, “Advanced FCVS system using silver zeolite AgX, AgR and XeA”, Proc., NURETH-20, 2023, 4248-4255.

 

External activities:

  • Member of the Rolls-Royce UTC