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Hari Prakash Veluswamy
Assistant Professor
hariprakashv[at]ch.iitr.ac.in
01332-284930
https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=-a2nDVgAAAAJ&hl=en
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Applications of gas hydrates - Gas storage, Energy recovery, Gas separation/enrichment, Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration, Water treatment/Desalination, Kinetics, phase equilibrium and morphology studies on hydrates, Air Pollution; Gas cleanup, Flue gas desulphurization, Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle
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National University of Singapore
2016
PhD, Chemical Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani
2008
B.E (Hons), Chemical Engineering
Professional Background
Research Fellow
01 Feb 2016 - 30 Sep 2019
Lingalab, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Engineer
21 Jul 2008 - 21 Jul 2011
Flue gas desulphurization department, BHEL, Ranipet
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TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
ECO-EXCHANGE 23 Jan 2021 Gas hydrates 28.4 Lakhs SERB
Methane/Carbon dioxide gas separation through hydrate formation 12 May 2020 Hydrates 20 Lakhs IIT Roorkee




Publications

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. Singh, Amit; Balomajumder, Chandrajit; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; “Biogas-Dioxolane-Mixed Hydrates: Evaluation of Kinetic Performance Coupled with Separation Study”, Energy & Fuels, 2025.
  2. Kar, Tanisha; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "To Nip it or Let It Bloom: Life Cycle Assessment of Lab-scale Catalysts Used in Low-TRL CCUS Technologies", Sustainable Chemistry for Climate Action, 100057, 2025.
  3. Singh, Amit; Balomajumder, Chandrajit; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "Determination of hydrate phase equilibrium (HLV) data for the binary CO2–CH4 gas mixture in the presence of 1, 3 dioxolane", Fluid Phase Equilibria, 587, 114215, 2025.
  4. Jeenmuang, Kan; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Chalermsinsuwan, Benjapon; Linga, Praveen; Pornaroontham, Phuwadej; Rangsunvigit, Pramoch; "Optimizing the impact and interaction of crystallizer size and experimental setup for aII methane hydrate formation using response surface methodology", Fuel, 379, 133033, 2025.
  5. Singh, Amit; Balomajumder, Chandrajit; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "Effect of a Combination of Amino Acids on the Kinetics and Separation of a Biogas Mixture through Gas Hydrate Technology", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 63 (51), 22436-22451, 2024.
  6. Viswanadhan, Syam Kuzhikkadan; Singh, Amit; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "Hydrate-based gas separation (HBGS) technology review: Status, challenges and way forward", Gas Science and Engineering, 205465, 2024.
  7. Singh, Amit; Balomajumder, Chandrajit; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "Kinetic and Morphological Investigations on the Effect of Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Amino Acids during Hydrate Based Gas Separation of CH4─ CO2 (Biogas)", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 63 (34), 15208-15224, 2024.
  8. Burla, Sai Kiran; Pagar, Eti; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "Synergistic CH4 Recovery and CO2 Sequestration through Amino Acid-Assisted Injection in Methane Hydrate Sediments", Energy, 132089, 2024.
  9. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "Energy Storage in Hydrates: Status, Recent Trends, and Future Prospects", ACS Applied Energy Materials, 7 (24), 2024.
  10. Babu, Adarsh; Viswanadhan, Syam Kuzhikkadan; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "Investigation of semi-clathrate formation kinetics for post-combustion CO2 capture in the presence of amino acids", Gas Science and Engineering, 125, 205292, 2024.
  11. Pagar, Eti; Burla, Sai Kiran; Kumar, Vimal; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "Influence of amino acids on gas hydrate formation and dissociation kinetics using flue gas (CO2+ N2 mixture) in silica sand under saline/non-saline conditions for CO2 sequestration", Applied Energy, 367, 123460, 2024.
  12. Singh, Sakshi; Pandey, Gaurav; Rath, Gourav Kumar; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Molokitina, Nadezhda; "Life cycle assessment of biomass-based hydrogen production technologies: A review", International Journal of Green Energy, 1-16, 2023.
  13. Pagar, Eti; Burla, Sai Kiran; Kumar, Vimal; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "CO2 hydrate formation and dissociation kinetics in silica sand using amino acid additives: experimental investigations and implications for carbon sequestration", Energy & Fuels, 37 (17), 13164-13180, 2023.
  14. Babu, Adarsh; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "Investigation of kinetics of semi-clathrate formation for CO2 capture in the presence of L-methionine amino acid", International Journal of Green Energy, 1-11, 2023.
  15. Yodpetch, Viphada; Inkong, Katipot; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kulprathipanja, Santi; Rangsunvigit, Pramoch; Linga, Praveen; "Investigation on the amino acid-assisted CO2 hydrates: a promising step toward hydrate-based decarbonization", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 11 (7), 2797-2809, 2023.
  16. Singh, Amit; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "Investigation of kinetics of methane and carbon dioxide hydrates in the presence of biobased additives", Energy & Fuels, 36 (23), 14315-14330, 2022.
  17. Kumar, Asheesh; Palodkar, Avinash V; Gautam, Rupali; Choudhary, Nilesh; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Sanat; "Role of salinity in clathrate hydrate based processes", Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 108, 104811, 2022.
  18. Chaovarin, Chuvich; Yodpetch, Viphada; Inkong, Katipot; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kulprathipanja, Santi; Linga, Praveen; Rangsunvigit, Pramoch; "Improvement of methane hydrate formation using biofriendly amino acids for natural gas storage applications: Kinetic and morphology insights", Energy & Fuels, 36 (20), 12826-12841, 2022.
  19. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Upadhye, Nupoor; "Review of gas hydrate research in India: status and future directions", Energy & Fuels, 36 (5), 2323-2350, 2022.
  20. Inkong, Katipot; Yodpetch, Viphada; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kulprathipanja, Santi; Rangsunvigit, Pramoch; Linga, Praveen; "Hydrate-based gas storage application using simulated seawater in the presence of a co-promoter: morphology investigation", Energy & Fuels, 36 (2), 1100-1113, 2022.
  21. Huang, Li; Yin, Zhenyuan; Linga, Praveen; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Liu, Changling; Chen, Qiang; Hu, Gaowei; Sun, Jianye; Wu, Nengyou; "Experimental investigation on the production performance from oceanic hydrate reservoirs with different buried depths", Energy, 242, 122542, 2022.
  22. Kumar, Asheesh; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Sanat; Kumar, Rajnish; Linga, Praveen; "In situ characterization of mixed CH4–THF hydrates formed from seawater: high-pressure calorimetric and spectroscopic analysis", The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125 (30), 16435-16443, 2021.
  23. Jeenmuang, Kan; Viriyakul, Chakorn; Inkong, Katipot; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kulprathipanja, Santi; Rangsunvigit, Pramoch; Linga, Praveen; "Enhanced hydrate formation by natural-like hydrophobic side chain amino acids at ambient temperature: A kinetics and morphology investigation", Fuel, 299, 120828, 2021.
  24. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Linga, Praveen; "Natural gas hydrate formation using saline/seawater for gas storage application", Energy & Fuels, 35 (7), 5988-6002, 2021.
  25. Bhattacharjee, Gaurav; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Asheesh; Linga, Praveen; "Stability analysis of methane hydrates for gas storage application", Chemical Engineering Journal, 415, 128927, 2021.
  26. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Bhattacharjee, Gaurav; Liao, Junxiong; Linga, Praveen; "Macroscopic kinetic investigations on mixed natural gas hydrate formation for gas storage application", Energy & Fuels, 34 (12), 15257-15269, 2020.
  27. Huang, Li; Yin, Zhenyuan; Wan, Yizhao; Sun, Jianye; Wu, Nengyou; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; "Evaluation and comparison of gas production potential of the typical four gas hydrate deposits in Shenhu area, South China sea", Energy, 204, 117955, 2020.
  28. Bhattacharjee, Gaurav; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Rajnish; Linga, Praveen; "Seawater based mixed methane-THF hydrate formation at ambient temperature conditions", Applied Energy, 271, 115158, 2020.
  29. Bhattacharjee, Gaurav; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Rajnish; Linga, Praveen; "Rapid methane storage via sII hydrates at ambient temperature", Applied energy, 269, 115142, 2020.
  30. Inkong, Katipot; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Rangsunvigit, Pramoch; Kulprathipanja, Santi; Linga, Praveen; "Innovative approach to enhance the methane hydrate formation at near-ambient temperature and moderate pressure for gas storage applications", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58 (49), 22178-22192, 2019.
  31. Inkong, Katipot; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Rangsunvigit, Pramoch; Kulprathipanja, Santi; Linga, Praveen; "Investigation on the kinetics of methane hydrate formation in the presence of methyl ester sulfonate", Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 71, 102999, 2019.
  32. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Asheesh; Kumar, Rajnish; Linga, Praveen; "Investigation of the kinetics of mixed methane hydrate formation kinetics in saline and seawater", Applied Energy, 253, 113515, 2019.
  33. Pandey, Gaurav; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Sangwai, Jitendra; Linga, Praveen; "Morphology study of mixed methane–tetrahydrofuran hydrates with and without the presence of salt", Energy & Fuels, 33 (6), 4865-4876, 2019.
  34. Khurana, Maninder; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Daraboina, Nagu; Linga, Praveen; "Thermodynamic and kinetic modelling of mixed CH4-THF hydrate for methane storage application", Chemical Engineering Journal, 370, 760-771, 2019.
  35. Pandey, Gaurav; Bhattacharjee, Gaurav; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Rajnish; Sangwai, Jitendra S; Linga, Praveen; "Alleviation of foam formation in a surfactant driven gas hydrate system: insights via a detailed morphological study", ACS Applied Energy Materials, 1 (12), 6899-6911, 2018.
  36. Kumar, Asheesh; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Rajnish; Linga, Praveen; "Direct use of seawater for rapid methane storage via clathrate (sII) hydrates", Applied Energy, 235, 21-30, 2019.
  37. Kim, Hyunho; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Seo, Yutaek; Linga, Praveen; "Morphology study on the effect of thermodynamic inhibitors during methane hydrate formation in the presence of NaCl", Crystal Growth & Design, 18 (11), 6984-6994, 2018.
  38. Kumar, Asheesh; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Linga, Praveen; Kumar, Rajnish; "Molecular level investigations and stability analysis of mixed methane-tetrahydrofuran hydrates: Implications to energy storage", Fuel, 236, 1505-1511, 2019.
  39. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Asheesh; Seo, Yutaek; Lee, Ju Dong; Linga, Praveen; "A review of solidified natural gas (SNG) technology for gas storage via clathrate hydrates", Applied Energy, 216, 262-285, 2018.
  40. Lin, Yanjie; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Linga, Praveen; "Effect of eco-friendly cyclodextrin on the kinetics of mixed methane–tetrahydrofuran hydrate formation", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57 (17), 5944-5950, 2018.
  41. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Asheesh; Premasinghe, Kulesha; Linga, Praveen; "Effect of guest gas on the mixed tetrahydrofuran hydrate kinetics in a quiescent system", Applied Energy, 207, 573-583, 2017.
  42. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Lee, Pei Yit; Premasinghe, Kulesha; Linga, Praveen; "Effect of biofriendly amino acids on the kinetics of methane hydrate formation and dissociation", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56, (21), 6145-6154, 2017.
  43. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Asheesh; Kumar, Rajnish; Linga, Praveen; "An innovative approach to enhance methane hydrate formation kinetics with leucine for energy storage application", Applied Energy, 188, 190-199, 2017.
  44. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Hong, Qi Wei; Linga, Praveen; "Morphology study of methane hydrate formation and dissociation in the presence of amino acid", Crystal Growth & Design, 16 (10), 5932-5945, 2016.
  45. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Sharad; Kumar, Rajnish; Rangsunvigit, Pramoch; Linga, Praveen; "Enhanced clathrate hydrate formation kinetics at near ambient temperatures and moderate pressures: Application to natural gas storage", Fuel, 182, 907-919, 2016.
  46. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Prasad, Pinnelli Seetha Rama; Linga, Praveen; "Mechanism of methane hydrate formation in the presence of hollow silica", Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 33, 2050-2062, 2016.
  47. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Wong, Alison Jia Hui; Babu, Ponnivalavan; Kumar, Rajnish; Kulprathipanja, Santi; Rangsunvigit, Pramoch; Linga, Praveen; "Rapid methane hydrate formation to develop a cost effective large scale energy storage system", Chemical Engineering Journal, 290, 161-173, 2016.
  48. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Ang, Wei Jun; Zhao, Dan; Linga, Praveen; "Influence of cationic and non-ionic surfactants on the kinetics of mixed hydrogen/tetrahydrofuran hydrates", Chemical Engineering Science, 132, 186-199, 2015.
  49. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Chen, Jian Yu; Linga, Praveen; "Surfactant effect on the kinetics of mixed hydrogen/propane hydrate formation for hydrogen storage as clathrates", Chemical Engineering Science, 126, 488-499, 2015.
  50. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Yew, Jin Chaw; Linga, Praveen; "New hydrate phase equilibrium data for two binary gas mixtures of hydrogen and propane coupled with a kinetic study", Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 60 (2), 228-237, 2015.
  51. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Yang, Ting; Linga, Praveen; "Crystal growth of hydrogen/tetra-n-butylammonium bromide semiclathrates based on morphology study", Crystal Growth & Design, 14 (4), 1950-1960, 2014.
  52. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Rajnish; Linga, Praveen; "Hydrogen storage in clathrate hydrates: Current state of the art and future directions", Applied Energy, 122, 112-132, 2014.
  53. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Chin, Weng Inn; Linga, Praveen; "Clathrate hydrates for hydrogen storage: the impact of tetrahydrofuran, tetra-n-butylammonium bromide and cyclopentane as promoters on the macroscopic kinetics", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39 (28), 16234-16243, 2014.
  54. Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Linga, Praveen; "Macroscopic kinetics of hydrate formation of mixed hydrates of hydrogen/tetrahydrofuran for hydrogen storage", International journal of hydrogen energy, 38 (11), 4587-4596, 2013.
  55. Babu, Ponnivalavan; Yang, Ting; Veluswamy, Hari Prakash; Kumar, Rajnish; Linga, Praveen; "Hydrate phase equilibrium of ternary gas mixtures containing carbon dioxide, hydrogen and propane", The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics, 61, 58-63, 2013.

BOOK CHAPTERS

1. Veluswamy, H.P., Kumar, A., Kumar, R., Jadhawar, P. (2022). Hydrate-Based Desalination Technology: A Sustainable Approach. In: Joshi, S.J., Sen, R., Sharma, A., Salam, P.A. (eds) Status and Future Challenges for Non-conventional Energy Sources Volume 1. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4505-1_10)

 

2.   Kumar, A., Veluswamy, H.P., Jadhawar, P., Chapoy, A., Aman, Z. (2022). Gas Hydrates in Man-Made Environments: Applications, Economics, Challenges and Future Directions. In: Joshi, S.J., Sen, R., Sharma, A., Salam, P.A. (eds) Status and Future Challenges for Non-conventional Energy Sources Volume 1. Clean Energy Production Technologies. Springer, Singapore. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4505-1_9)

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

1. Kumar, A.; Veluswamy, H.P.; Kumar, R; Linga, P., 2018. 10th International Conference on Applied Energy, Energy Procedia, 158, 5287-5292.

2. Veluswamy, H. P., Premasinghe, K.P., Linga, P., 2017. 8th International Conference on Applied Energy, Energy Procedia, 105, 5048-5054.

3. Pandey, G., Kumar, A., Veluswamy, H. P., Sangwai, J., Linga, P., 2017. World Engineers Summit – Applied Energy Symposium & Forum: Low Carbon Cities & Urban Energy Joint Conference, Energy Procedia 143, 786-791.

Honors And Awards
Honors
French Institute in India (IFI)
2024
Scientific High Level Visiting Fellowship (SSHN) 2024
ACS Publications
2023
2023 Energy and Fuels Rising Stars
Gas Science and Engineering Journal, Elsevier Publications
2024
2023 Gas Science and Engineering Emerging Scientist award
ACS Applied Energy Materials, ACS Publications
2024
2024 Early Career Forum
Gas Science and Engineering (GSE) Journal, Elsevier Publications
2024
2024 Early Career Editorial Board member of Gas Science and Engineering (GSE) Journal
ACS Publications
2023
Energy & Fuels 2023 Excellence in Review Award
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)
2022
Amar Dye Chem Award for Excellence in Research and Development in Chemical Engineering (under 35 years)
IChemE Singapore
2016
Highly commended Young Chemical Engineer in Research
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Singapore Local Section (SLS)
2016
Honorable mention in recognition of contributions to research during graduate study
Elsevier
2015
Applied Energy Award - Highly cited review paper
National University of Singapore
2014
President's Graduate Fellowship (PGF)
Elsevier
2020
Applied Energy Highly Cited Review Paper Award 2020
MemberShips
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
29 Feb 2020 - Present
Member
The Institution of Engineers
18 Mar 2021 - Present
Member
Teaching Engagements
Teaching Engagements
Polymer Reaction Engineering ( PEN-202 )
Spring
Petroleum Refining ( CHN-327 )
Autumn
Energy Engineering ( CHE-101 )
Autumn
Reaction Engineering ( CHN-204 )
Spring
Novel Separation Techniques ( CHN-413 )
Autumn
Chemical Reaction Engineering ( CHC-202 )
Spring