Ramanan C J

About

A teaching and research focused lecturer dedicated to advancing United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7): Affordable and Clean Energy, with a strong emphasis on environmental sustainability and global well-being. Ph.D. research focused on the thermal performance analysis and optimization of floating solar photovoltaics, while Master’s research included an investigation of biodiesel filtration technologies, resulting in high-impact publications, commercialization efforts, global media coverage and policy adoption. Expertise includes CFD modeling and simulation, particularly using ANSYS Fluent for thermal, multiphase and porous media analyses. Certified in UK’s Occupational Health and Safety, with experience spanning renewable energy systems, floating solar photovoltaics, biodiesel, microcontrollers, Internet of Things and numerical modeling. Currently expanding research into emerging interdisciplinary areas with high impact in sustainable and smart energy systems.

Employment

• Curtin University Sarawak Lecturer in Energy Engineering
  2026 - Present

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (18)

• Water cooling effect in solar cell temperature estimation for floating photovoltaics modeling
  Solar Energy 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2026.114731
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• Floating Photovoltaics Panel Characterization Using Remote Weather and Energy Monitoring System
  C. J. Ramanan, King Hann Lim, Jundika C. Kurnia

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  • Sukanta Roy
  • Bhaskor Jyoti Bora
  • Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi
  IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2026 DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3645241
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• Development of Low-Cost Floating Platform for Solar PV Installation
  2025 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-5059-0_2
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• Economic and Degradation Aspects of Installing Floating Photovoltaic System at Elevated Height
  2025 International Conference on Green Energy Computing and Sustainable Technology Gecost 2025 2025 DOI: 10.1109/GECOST66002.2025.11324979
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• Floating photovoltaics energy capacity estimation in the hydro-power dams and river basins of Sarawak
  Iop Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 2025 DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1500/1/012026
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• Thermal behavior of floating photovoltaics: A comparison of performance at varying heights and benchmarking against land-based photovoltaics
  Applied Energy 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.APENERGY.2025.125642
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• Towards sustainable power generation: Recent advancements in floating photovoltaic technologies
  C. J. Ramanan, King Hann Lim, Jundika C. Kurnia

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  • Sukanta Roy
  • Bhaskor Jyoti Bora
  • Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi
  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114322
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• Design study on the parameters influencing the performance of floating solar PV
  C. J. Ramanan, King Hann Lim, Jundika C. Kurnia

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  • Sukanta Roy
  • Bhaskor Jyoti Bora
  • Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi
  Renewable Energy 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2024.120064
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• Floating Solar PV Study on the Effect of Water Velocity and Temperature
  C. J. Ramanan, King Hann Lim, Jundika C. Kurnia

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  • Sukanta Roy
  • Bhaskor Jyoti Bora
  • Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi
  2024 International Conference on Green Energy, Computing and Sustainable Technology (GECOST) 2024 DOI: 10.1109/gecost60902.2024.10475107
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• Floating Solar PV Systems—Global Research Reported in the Year 2022
  C. J. Ramanan, Sukanta Roy, Ke San Yam

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  • King Hann Lim
  • Bhaskor Jyoti Bora
  • Bhaskar Jyoti Medhi
  Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2024 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-7047-6_5
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• Advances in gasification techniques
  Bioenergy Engineering Fundamentals Methods Modelling and Applications 2023 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-98363-1.00012-0
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• Advances in gasification techniques
  Bioenergy Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-98363-1.00012-0
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• Biofuel Production from Water Hyacinth for Energy and Environment Sustainability
  B. M. Jyothi, C. J. Ramanan, Akshay Jain +4 more
  Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering: Select Proceedings of FLAME. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2382-3_45
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• CFD Analysis of Pressure and Velocity distribution in Novel Reverse Osmosis Filtration of Crude Biodiesel
  Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power: Select Proceedings of FMFP. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-6270-7_68
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• Comparative CFD Analysis of Filter Materials for Crude Biodiesel Filtration Application
  C. J. Ramanan, Abdulrajak Buradi, Jaanvi Garg +5 more
  Advances in Fluid and Thermal Engineering: Select Proceedings of FLAME. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2382-3_44
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• Influence of pressure in RO filtration of crude biodiesel
  C. J. Ramanan, Shruti Garg, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora +4 more
  IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 2022 DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/1074/1/012014
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• INVESTIGATION OF DEAD-END FILTRATION OF CRUDE BIODIESEL USING REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE THROUGH CFD SIMULATION
  International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment 2022 DOI: 10.1615/interjenercleanenv.2022043253
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• Numerical analysis of vertical axis wind turbine blades in ANSYS Fluent
  Shivam Shukla, C. J. Ramanan, Bhaskor Jyoti Bora

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  • Arjun Deo
  • Nur Alom
  Materials Today: Proceedings 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2022.04.377
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