Santosh Ravichandran

About

Currently researching on high-temperature desalination for the production of potable water and H2 with REE recovery.

A firm believer in the words of NIKOLA TESLA - "If you want to find the secrets of the Universe, think in terms of Energy, Frequency, and Vibration".

Employment

• Los Alamos National Laboratory Postdoc Research Associate
  2023 - Present
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Postdoc Research Associate
  2023 - Present
• Hanyang University - ERICA Campus Industry-University-Cooperation Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow
  2021 - 2023
• Anna University, Chennai Senior Research Fellow and Guest Faculty
  2019 - 2020
• Anna University, Chennai Junior Research Fellow and Guest Faculty
  2017 - 2019
• Anna University, Chennai Research Scholar and Consultancy Project Member
  2015 - 2017
• National Metallurgical Laboratory CSIR Research Trainee
  2014 - 2015

Education

• Anna University Chennai Ph.D.
  2015 - 2021
• Manipal Institute of Technology M.Tech
  2013 - 2015
• Anna University Chennai B.E
  2008 - 2012

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (30)

• Performance enhancement of flat plate cooking unit using novel hook turbulators for indirect solar cooking applications: Numerical and experimental assessment with enviroeconomic analyses
  Solar Energy 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2025.113247
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• A comprehensive review of contemporary developments in cooking vessel design for sustainable solar cooking: Emphasis on economic feasibility and CO2 mitigation potential
  Solar Energy 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2024.113127
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• Supercritical water desalination and oxidation (SCWDO): Effectiveness on complex solutions, technoeconomic, and CO2 impact for produced water treatment
  Desalination 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2025.118963
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• The Effect of Water Quality on PEM Electrolyzer Performance
  ECS Meeting Abstracts 2024 DOI: 10.1149/ma2024-01341845mtgabs
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• Effect of geometric variation and solar flux distribution on performance enhancement of absorber tube thermal characteristics for compound parabolic collectors
  Renewable Energy 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2023.04.053
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• Effect of thermal characteristics on the chemical quality of real-brine treatment through hydrophilic fiber-based low-grade heat-powered humidification-dehumidification process
  Water Research 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119771
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• Effect of Teflon-Coated PVDF Membrane on the Performance of a Solar-Powered Direct Contact Membrane Distillation System
  Sustainability 2022 DOI: 10.3390/su14116895
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• Effect of humidifier characteristics on performance of a small-scale humidification-dehumidification desalination system
  Applied Thermal Engineering 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2022.118400
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• A comprehensive review on humidifiers and dehumidifiers in solar and low-grade waste heat powered humidification-dehumidification desalination systems
  Journal of Cleaner Production 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131300
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• Optimized modeling and experimental investigation on the thermal/electrical characteristics of MWCNT nanofluid for effective solar thermal applications
  International Journal of Energy Research 2022 DOI: 10.1002/er.7450
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