Sukumar Devotta
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, National Chemical Laboratory, University of Madras, University of Salford
0000-0002-1148-2418
About
Dr. Devotta completed his education (B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D.) in A.C. College of Technology, University of Madras, with consistent I Class, and was as a Lecturer there (1977-79) and followed by PDF in Salford University, UK (1979-84). He began his scientific research at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune in 1984 and rose to the position of Director Grade Scientist in 1999. Later he was the Director, CSIR National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur during 2003-08. He has immensely contributed to the field of Energy, Environment and Green Technologies.
Dr. Devotta has served and continues to serve in many prestigious National & International Committees, including UNEP Refrigeration Technical Option Committee, CPCB, IPCC, World Bank. He was/is an active consultant to many national and international agencies including CEMCOT (Chennai), European Commission, GIZ, Infras (Zurich), MOEFCC, Proklean (Chennai), SDC (New Delhi), UNEP, UNDP and World Bank.
Dr. Devotta was awarded the US EPA "Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award" for 1997. As a member of IPCC, he also received the citations from IPCC, which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He was awarded Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award by Salford University, UK in 2017 and AC Tech Distinguished Alumni Award in 2021.
Dr. Devotta has guided 25 research students for Ph.D. and ME/M. Tech. in Chemical/ Mechanical/Environmental Engineering. He has co-authored many books and Chapters in books and also published more than 220 research papers in international journals. He was in the Editorial Boards of Applied Thermal Engineering and Int. J. Refrigeration. He was listed in the Stanford University Top 2% World Most-cited Scientists in Environmental Science during the last 3 years i.e., 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Employment
-
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute Director2003 - 2008
-
National Chemical Laboratory Deputy Director & head1984 - 2003
-
University of Salford Senior Research Fellow1979 - 1984
-
University of Madras Lecturer1977 - 1979
Education
-
University of Madras B.Tech.1966 - 1971
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (215)
- Unified artificial neural network-group contribution method for predictions of normal boiling point and critical temperature of refrigerants and related compounds,Méthode unifiée de contribution des groupes de réseaux neuronaux artificiels aux prévisions… Save
- CFD simulation of HC-290 leakage from a split type room air conditioner Save
- Effect of thermostatic expansion valve tuning on the performance enhancement and environmental impact of a mobile air conditioning system Save
- Prediction of flammability classifications of refrigerants by artificial neural network and random forest model,Prévision des classifications d'inflammabilité des frigorigènes par un réseau neuronal artificiel et un modèle de forêt d'arbres décisionnels Save
- Prediction of global warming potentials of refrigerants and related compounds from their molecular structure – An artificial neural network with group contribution method,Un réseau neuronal artificiel avec méthode de contribution de groupe pour prédire l… Save
- Retraction Note to: Environmental impact of plantations in and around the petroleum refinery: a case study Save
- Low GWP refrigerants as alternatives to HCFC-22 in room air conditioners Save
- High catalytic activity of Pt–Pd containing USY zeolite catalyst for low temperature CO oxidation from industrial off gases Save
- Performance assessment of air conditioner using HFC-161 Save
- Simulated and experimental performance of split packaged air conditioner using refrigerant HC-290 as a substitute for HCFC-22 Save