(ARC) - Projects
Automotive Research Centre(ARC)
Research-Project
- “Development of Syngas Engine” from Tata Power company Ltd., Mumbai – Completed
- Testing of Two wheeler gasoline engine from Evoque Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon – Completed
- Studies related automotive radiator from Renault Nissan Technical and Business Centre, India – Completed
| S.NO | PI | CO-PI | TITLE OF THE PROJECT | FUNDING AGENCY | DURATION | OVERLAY (IN RS.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. E. Porpatham | Dr. A. Senthil Kumar Dr. S. Murugavelh Dr. G. Nataraj |
Development of Direct Injection Technology for Hydrogen Enriched CNG and Biogas for Automobile and Stationary Power Applications | DST |
Sep 2021 – Sep 2024 | 1,41,91,572 |
| 2 | Dr. E. Porpatham | Dr. A. Senthil Kumar Dr. K. K. Cheralathan Dr. G. Nataraj |
A novel method of on-board hydrogen generation by methanol steam reforming with engine heat recovery strategy for direct injection of hydrogen in a CNG fuelled automotive SI engine | SERB | Jan 2022 – Jan 2025 | 34,69,469 |
| 3 | Dr. C Ramesh Kumar | Dr. Lemthong Chanphavong Dr. Sharifah Fatmadianabtwan |
Application of Hydrogen derived from Bio-Gas using BSR in Fuel Cell Vehicles | DST-ASEAN |
Mar 2024- Mar 2026 | 20,72,000 |
| 4 | Dr. E Porpatham E | Dr. RAMESH KUMAR C Dr. MALLIKARJUNA REDDY D " |
Feasibility study to enhance IC Engine power output at higher altitude by incorporating suitable turbocharger for aircraft application through simulation and experiments | DRDO | Aug 2025-Aug 2028 | 73.98,000 |
| 5 | Dr.Raja Singh R | Dr.DHEEBA J | Digital Twin Enabled Hear Sink Thermal Clustering for Estimating Remaining useful Life of Electric Rail Traction Drive System | RES0172 | Jun 2026-Jun 2029 | 5168640 |
| 6 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Study, Characterization and simulation of Tracked vehicle Driver controls | CVRDE (DRDO) | OCT 2010-OCT2011 | 9, 98,000 | |
| 7 | Dr. Porpatham E | Dr. A.Senthil Kumar | Development and Optimization of Performance and Emission Characteristics of CI, SI and Stirling Engine using Hydrogen Enriched Bio-CNG Produced from Anaerobic Co-Digestion with Food waste, tannery waste, Stubble waste and STP sludge | DST | June 2020-Dec 2020 | 1,65,550 |
| 8 | Dr. Thangaraja J | Sustainability and Composition Based Evaluation of Biofuel Energy Resources | SERB | Nov 2016 ? Nov 2019 | 19,93,000 | |
| 9 | Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim M | Development of a novel Injection strategy for Hydrogen fueled Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Engine. | DST-SERB | August 2017 ? May 2021 | 24,39,140 | |
| 10 | Dr. Porpatham E | Development of combustion chamber for LPG fuelled lean burn spark ignition engine | SERB | Aug 2014- Aug 2017 | 32,36,000 | |
| 11 | Dr. Porpatham E | Dr. S. Sumathy | Development of Engine Controller and Combustion Chamber for Multi-fuel gas-operated Spark Ignition Engine | SERB | March 2018-March 2020 | 23,98, 620 |
| 12 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Study, Characterization and simulation of Tracked vehicle Driver controls | CVRDE (DRDO) | OCT 2010-OCT2011 | 9, 98,000 | |
| 13 | E. Porpatham | Dr. A.Senthil Kumar | Development and Optimization of Performance and Emission Characteristics of CI, SI and Stirling Engine using Hydrogen Enriched Bio-CNG Produced from Anaerobic Co-Digestion with Food waste, tannery waste, Stubble waste and STP sludge | DST | June 2020-Dec 2020 | 1,65,550 |
| 14 | Dr. Thangaraja J | Sustainability and Composition Based Evaluation of Biofuel Energy Resources | SERB | Nov 2016 – Nov 2019 | 19,93,000 | |
| 15 | Dr. M. Mohamed Ibrahim | Development of a novel Injection strategy for Hydrogen fueled Homogeneous charge compression Ignition Engine. | DST-SERB | August 2017 – May 2021 | 24,39,140 | |
| 16 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Waste heat recovery from engine exhaust using thermo electric generator | Techno Entrepreneurial Promotion Program, TBI, VIT Vellore | 1 Year (2007) | 1,00,000 | |
| 17 | E Porpatham | Development of combustion chamber for LPG fuelled lean burn spark ignition engine” | SERB | Aug 2014- Aug 2017 | 32,36,000 | |
| 19 | E Porpatham | Dr. S. Sumathy | Development of Engine Controller and Combustion Chamber for Multi-fuel gas-operated Spark Ignition Engine | SERB | March 2018-March 2020 | 23,98, 620 |
| 19 | E. Porpatham | Dr. A.Senthil Kumar | Development and Optimization of Performance and Emission Characteristics of CI, SI and Stirling Engine using Hydrogen Enriched Bio-CNG Produced from Anaerobic Co-Digestion with Food waste, tannery waste, Stubble waste and STP sludge | DST | June 2020-Dec 2020 | 1,65,550 |
| S.NO | PI | CO-PI | TITLE OF THE PROJECT | FUNDING INDUSTRY | DURATION | OVERLAY (IN RS.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Thangaraja J | Dr. Babu S Dr. Lalit Kumar Bansal |
Estimation of oil cooking on different coated specimens | Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru | Jun 2023-Oct 2024 | 1189492 |
| 2 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Dr. Rammohan A Dr. Porpatham E Dr. P Suresh Kumar Dr. Renold Elsen S |
Development of ADAS test dummies for vehicle evaluation | ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Ltd, India | Oct 2024-Apr 2025 | 49680 |
| 3 | Dr. Raja Singh R | Dr. Arun N | Development of energy harvesting tiles | Holm Energy Pvt Ltd | May 2025-Nov 2025 | 254000 |
| 4 | Dr. Paul Mansingh J | Dr. Gunji Bala Murali Dr. Balaji Dr. P Suresh Kumar |
Smart manipulator processor | Lakshmi Precision Technologies Ltd | Feb 2025-Aug 2025 | 1475058 |
| 5 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Dr. Thangaraja J Dr. Porpatham E Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Dr. Muruganandam L |
Performance study of HONC hydrogen generator | HONC Gas Pvt Ltd | Sep 2025-July 2026 | 461300 |
| 6 | Dr. Padmanathan P | Dr. Satheesh A Dr. Tapano Kumar Hotta Dr. Ashish Alex Sam Dr. Gundabattini Edison Dr. Raja Singh R |
Motor cooling analysis | Climate Etc Technology Service Pvt Ltd | Dec 2025-Oct 2026 | 885000 |
| 7 | Dr. Thangaraja J | Dr. Raja Singh R Dr. A. Rammohan |
Electrification of two-wheelers: Design, simulation and integration | Royal Enfield | Feb 2026-Mar 2026 | 350000 |
| 8 | Dr.Mohamed Ibrahim M | Dr.Rammohan A Dr.Muthu Raja S |
PEM Hydrogen Electrolyzer for SI Engine Performance and Emission Attributes | Ti Anode Fabricators Private Limited, India | May 2026-Oct 2026 | 31500 |
| 9 | Dr. Vincent Herald Wilson | Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim M Dr. Nantha Gopal K |
Technical Evaluation of upgraded Fuel Additive Formulations:Thermol-P & Thermol-D | Abhitech Energycon Ltd, India | Jun 2026-Jan 2027 | 118000 |
| 10 | Dr. Raja Singh R | Dr. Selvakumar K | Oil Pump Unit- Motor Control Development | Amara Kosha Technologies Pvt Ltd, India | July 2023 – Feb 2024 | 617140 |
| 11 | Dr. Satheesh A | Dr. Satheesh A, Dr. Ramesh kumar C | Computational Studies of Exhaust Gas of inline Centri Air Flow for IC Engines | Nakshathra Energy Pvt ltd, India | Sep 2023 – Nov 2023 | 150000 |
| 12 | Dr. Rammohan A | Corporate training on Electric Vehicle Modeling – Phase-2 | Vitesco Technologies India Pvt Ltd, India | May 2023 – Aug 2023 | 702000 | |
| 13 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Dr. Rammohan A | Digital Twin for Air Conditioning | Honeywell Technology Solutions Lab Pvt Ltd, India | Nov 2022 – Feb 2023 | 116700 |
| 14 | Dr. Y.P. Obulesu | Dr. Raja Singh R, Dr. Porpatham E | Design and Development of Smart Inverter for PM Synchronous Motor based Air Compressor for EV | ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Ltd, India | May 2022 – Nov 2022 | 1662000 |
| 15 | Dr. Raja Singh R | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C, Dr. Palanisamy K | Performance Testing of PMSM DRIVE | Igarashi motors India Ltd, India | Aug 2022 – Nov 2022 | 110920 |
| 16 | Dr. A. Rammohan | Training on Electric Vehicle Modelling and Simulation | Vitesco Technologies India Pvt Ltd, India | Jun 2022 – Sep 2022 | 1032000 | |
| 17 | Dr. A. Rammohan | Additional Sessions- Corporate training on Electric Vehicle Modelling | Vitesco Technologies India Pvt Ltd, India | Aug 2022 – April 2023 | 103250 | |
| 18 | Dr. P. Sakthivel | Quantification of Engine timing gearnoise of SAME DEUTZ-FAHR tractor engines on the test Cell. | Same Deutz Fahr india P LTD, India | 24-05-2019 | 135700 | |
| 19 | Dr. P. Sakthivel | Quantification of Engine timing gearnoise of SAME DEUTZ-FAHR tractor engine variants. | Same Deutz Fahr india P LTD, India | 24-05-2019 | 23600 | |
| 20 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Development of Single Seater Hovercraft | Euroexim Bank, UK | 221100 | ||
| 21 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Testing of Fog Machine | Nrealtec, India | 4720 | ||
| 22 | Rammohan A | K Ganesan | Three Way catalytic converter | Continental Bangalore | 2018 | 1,20,000 |
| 23 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Investigation of performance of Bio-Diesel in multi cylinder diesel engine | Bigtec, Bangalore | June 2008 – June 2009 | 3, 00,000 | |
| 24 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Evaluation of multi cylinder power tiller diesel engine for COP (BSII) | Rohini Tractors, Ranipet, Vellore | Oct 2009 – March 2010 | 3, 00,000 | |
| 25 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Water wading study on radiators | RNTBCI (Renault-Nissan), Chennai | 2015 – 2016 | 5,00,000 | |
| 26 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Development, Preparation, Characterization and Testing Of High performance polymer composites | DOVER, Bangalore | 2017 – 2018 | 7,00,000 | |
| 27 | Dr. Ramesh Kumar C | Development of Single Seater Hovercraft | EUROEXIM BANK, London | Sept 2018 – Dec 2018 | 2,21,000 | |
| 28 | E. Porpatham | K Ravi | Engine Modification to burn syngas 1100 kcal | Tata power Company Limited, Mumbai | March 2015-March 2016 | 7,31,115 |
| 29 | K Ravi | E Porpatham | Testing of 2 wheeler gasoline engine | Evoque Engineering Pvt. Limited, Gurgaon | January 2017 | 50,000 |
