Ramanan Chidambaram Jayaraj

Dr. Ramanan Chidambaram Jayaraj
PhD, M. Tech, BSc Eng
Lecturer

Contact Details
Location: Skylark 3 Room
Tel: +60 85 630 100 Ext:
Fax: +60 85 630288
Email: ramanan.cjayaraj@curtin.edu.my

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Backgrounds

Academic History

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Curtin University Malaysia, 2026
M.Tech. in Energy Science & Technology, Energy Institute Bengaluru, 2022
B.E. in Petrochemical Engineering, Anna University, 2018

Research Interest

Awards

Curtin Malaysia Postgraduate Research Scholarship (CMPRS), 2022
M. Tech Institute Fellowship, 2020

Selected Publications

A. Book Chapters

B J Bora, A Jain, S Garg, Ramanan C J, & B M Jyothi, Advances in Gasification Techniques, Bioenergy Engineering, Woodhead Publishing, DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-98363-1.00012-0.

B. Journal Publications

Ramanan C J, K H Lim, J C Kurnia, S Roy, B J Bora & B J Medhi, Microcontroller-based Remote Weather and Energy Data Acquisition System for PV Application, IEEE Internet of Things Journal DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3645241.
Ramanan C J, K H Lim & J C Kurnia, Thermal behavior of floating photovoltaics: A comparison of performance at varying heights and benchmarking against land-based photovoltaics, Applied Energy, Elsevier DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2025.125642.
Ramanan C J, K H Lim, J C Kurnia, S Roy, B J Bora & B J Medhi, Towards Sustainable Power Generation: Recent Advancements in Floating PV Technologies, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114322.
Ramanan C J, K H Lim, J C Kurnia, S Roy, B J Bora & B J Medhi, Design Study on the Parameters Influencing the Performance of Floating PV, Renewable Energy, Elsevier DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.120064.
Ramanan C J, K H Lim & J C Kurnia, Water Cooling Effect in Solar Cell Temperature Estimation for Floating PV Modelling, solar Energy, Elsevier.
Ramanan C J, B J Bora, N Alom, A R Buradi & S Shukla, CFD Investigation of Crude Biodiesel Filtration using Reverse Osmosis Membrane, Intl. Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment, Begell House DOI: 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.2022043253.

C. Conference Proceedings

Ramanan C J, K H Lim & J C Kurnia, Floating PV Energy Capacity Estimation in the Hydro-Power Dams and River Basins of Sarawak, ISEGT 2024, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1500/1/012026. Intl. Conf. on Sust. Energy & Green Tech., Bangkok, Thailand.
Ramanan C J, K H Lim, J C Kurnia, S Roy, B J Bora & B J Medhi, Floating Solar PV Study on the Effect of Water Velocity and Temperature, GECOST 2024, Curtin University, Malaysia, IEEE Xplore DOI: 10.1109/GECOST60902.2024.10475107.
Ramanan C J, S Roy, K S Yam, K H Lim, B J Bora & B J Medhi, Floating Solar PV Systems—Global Research Reported in the Year 2022, FMFP 2022, Vol.7, Lec. Notes in Mech. Engg., Springer Nature DOI: doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7047-6_5.
Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, IIT Roorkee, India.
Ramanan C J, K H Lim & J C Kurnia, Development of Low-Cost Floating Platform for Solar PV Installation, Proc. of the ICETe 2024, Lec. Notes in Mech. Engg., Springer Nature DOI: doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-5059-0_2.
ICETe 2024, Curtin University, Malaysia.
Ramanan C J, K H Lim, J C Kurnia, S Roy, B J Bora & B J Medhi, CFD Modeling and Demonstration of Wind Effect on Floating Photovoltaics, 1st KUUB Colloquium & 2nd CGCHDRC 2024, Curtin University, Malaysia.
Ramanan C J, K H Lim & J C Kurnia, Economic and Degradation Aspects of Installing Floating PV System at Elevated Height, GECOST 2025, Curtin University, Malaysia, IEEE Xplore DOI: 10.1109/GECOST66002.2025.11324979.
Ramanan C J, B J Bora, S Roy, N Alom & A R Buradi, CFD Analysis of Pressure and Velocity Distribution in Novel Reverse Osmosis Filtration of Crude Biodiesel, FMFP 2021, Vol. 3, Lec. Notes in Mech. Engg., Springer Nature DOI: doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6270-7_68. 48th Nat. Conf. on Fluid Mech. and Fluid Power, 2021, BITS Pilani, RJ, India
Ramanan C J, A R Buradi, J Garg, B M Jyothi, B J Bora, S Roy, P Sharma & B J Medhi, Comparative CFD Analysis of Filter Materials for Crude Biodiesel Filtration Application, Adv. in F&T Engg., Lec. Notes in Mech. Engg., Springer Nature DOI: doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2382-3_44. Biennial Intl. Conf. on FLAME., Amity University, Noida, India.
B M Jyothi, Ramanan C J, A Jain, A R Buradi, B J Bora, P Sharma & R Kumar, Biofuel Production from Water Hyacinth for Energy and Environment Sustainability, Adv. in F&T Engg., Lec. Notes in Mech. Engg., Springer Nature DOI: doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2382-3_45. Biennial Intl. Conf. on FLAME., Amity University, Noida, India.
Ramanan C J, S Garg, B J Bora, A R Buradi, S Roy, P Sharma & N Alom, Influence of Pressure in RO Filtration of Crude Biodiesel, ISEGT 2022, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1074/1/012014. Int. Conf. on Sust. Energy & Green Tech., Malaysia.
S Shukla, Ramanan C J, B J Bora, A Deo & N Alom, Numerical Analysis of Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Blades in ANSYS Fluent, Material Tech 2022, Materials Today: Proceedings DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2022.04.377. Int. Conf. on Materials Tech., India.

Copyrights

K H Lim & J C Kurnia, Ramanan C J, Enhanced Cell Temperature Prediction Model for Floating Photovoltaics, Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO).

Patent

Ramanan C J, B J Bora and A R Buradi, Membrane filtration of Crude Biodiesel, Published in Official Journal of the Patent Office, India.

Professional Activities

Reviewer: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, International Journal of Applied Power Engineering, Energy Conversion and Management: X, IEEE 4th Intl. Conf. on Smart Tech. for Power, Energy, and Control, Energy Strategy Reviews, Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal, International Journal of Ambient Energy, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Ambient Energy, and Clean Energy.
Technical Consultant, Epic Green Pvt. Ltd.
Startup Mentor, Kraftkesari Pvt. Ltd.
Safety Officer/Site Supervisor, Gopal Teknocon Pvt. Ltd.
NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety, 2020
IOSH Managing Safely V5.0, 2020