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Suresh Iyer

Research Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • Larson Transportation Institute
  • Mechanical Engineering

201 Transportation Research Building

ssi105@psu.edu

814-865-2327

Interest Areas:

Optical methods for the detemination of soot characteristics in flames, particulate and gaseous emission measurements of heavy duty engines

 
 

 

Education

  • B.Sc. (Engineering), Mechanical Engineering, University of Kerala, 1978
  • Master of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1980
  • PhD, Mechanical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2005

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Joseph Vais and Suresh S Iyer, 2021, "Comparison of emissions measurement methods based on chassis dynamometer testing", Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International, pp. 16
  • Anand Makwana, A Jain, Milton Linevsky, Suresh S Iyer, Robert J Santoro, Thomas Litzinger, Yuan Xuan and Jacqueline O'Connor, 2019, "Experimental and numerical investigation of effects of premixing on soot processes in iso-octane co-flow flames", The Combustion Institute, 37(2019), (1), pp. 1031-1039
  • Anand Makwana, Suresh S Iyer, Milton Linevsky, Robert J Santoro, Thomas Litzinger and Jacqueline O'Connor, 2018, "Effect of aromatic fuels and premixing on aromatic species and soot distributions in laminar, co-flow flames at atmospheric pressure", Combustion and Flame, 194(2018), pp. 11
  • Yefu Wang, Anand Makwana, Suresh S Iyer, Milton Linevsky, Robert J Santoro, Thomas Litzinger and Jacqueline O'Connor, 2018, "Effect of fuel composition on soot and aromatic species distribution in laminar co-flow diffusion flames - Part 1: Non-premixed fuel", Combustion and Flame, 189, pp. 13
  • Anand Makwana, Yefu Wang, Suresh S Iyer, Milton Linevsky, Robert J Santoro, Thomas Litzinger and Jacqueline O'Connor, 2018, "Effect of fuel composition on soot and aromatic species distribution in laminar co-flow diffusion flames - Part 2: partially premixed fuel", Combustion and Flame, 189, pp. 16
  • Anandkumar Makwana, Suresh S Iyer, Milton Linevsky, Robert J Santoro, Thomas Litzinger and Jacqueline O'Connor, 2017, "Effects of fuel molecular weight on emissions in a jet flame and a model gas turbine combustor", J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power, 140, (3), pp. 9
  • Venkataraman Mahadevan, Suresh S Iyer and David J Klinikowski, 2016, "Recovery of tail pipe species concentrations and its effect on emissions calculations from raw exhaust gas streams during chassis dynamometer tests", SAE International Journal of Engines, (2016-01-0984), pp. 10
  • Anne Geraldine Mouis, Thomas Litzinger, Yefu Wang, Venkatesh Iyer, Suresh S Iyer, Milton Linevsky, Robert J Santoro and Viswanath Katta, 2015, "Effects of a JP-8 surrogate and its components on soot in laminar, N2-diluted ethylene co-flow diffusion flames from 1 to5 atm", Combustion and Flame, 162, (5), pp. 9
  • Partha Mishra, Suresh S Iyer and David J Klinikowski, 2015, "Uncertainties in Emissions Measurements in a Partial Flow Sampling System", Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), International, (2015-26-0096), pp. 8
  • Loknath Mohanta, Suresh S Iyer, Partha Mishra and David J Klinikowski, 2014, "Uncertainties in measurements of emissions in chassis dynamometer tests", Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), International, pp. 9
  • Venkatesh R. Iyer, Suresh S Iyer, Thomas Litzinger, Robert J Santoro, Stephen Dooley, Frederick L. Dryer and Christopher J. Mordaunt, 2014, "Simulating the Sooting Propensity of JP-8 with Surrogate Fuels from Hydrocarbon Fluids", Journal of Propulsion and Power
  • Mathew McKeand, Arvind Menon, Suresh S Iyer, Seong-Young Lee, Milton Linevsky, Thomas Litzinger and Robert J Santoro, 2012, "Effects of NO2 on Soot Formation in a Laminar Premixed Ethylene-Air Flame", American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • Venkatesh R. Iyer, Suresh S Iyer, Thomas Litzinger, Robert J Santoro, Stephen Dooley, Frederick L. Dryer and Christopher J. Mordaunt, 2012, "Emulating the Sooting Propensity of JP-8 with Surrogate Fuels from Solvent Mixtures", American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA 2012-0621, pp. 14
  • Stephen Dooley, Sang Hee Won, Joshua Heyne, Tanvir I. Farouk, Yiguang Ju, Frederick L. Dryer, Kamal Kumar, Xin Hui, Chih-Jen Sung, Haowei Wang, Matthew A. Oehlschalaeger, Venkatesh Iyer, Suresh S Iyer, Thomas A. Litzinger, Robert J. Santoro, Tomas Malewicki and Kenneth Brezinsky, 2012, "The experimental evaluation of a methodology for surrogate fuel formulation to emulate gas phase combustion kinetic phenomena", Combustion and Flame, 159, (4), pp. 1444-1466
  • Thomas Litzinger and Suresh S Iyer, 2011, "The Hypergolic Reaction of Dicyanamide-based Fuels with Nitric Acid", Energy & Fuels, 2011, (25), pp. 72-76
  • Suresh S Iyer, Thomas Litzinger, Seong-Young Lee and Robert Santoro, 2007, "Determination of soot scattering coefficient from extinction and three-angle scattering in a laminar diffusion flame", Combustion and Flame, 149, (1-2), pp. 206-216

Conference Proceedings

  • Michael Dogal, Joel R Anstrom and Suresh S Iyer, 2023, "A Flex-Fuel Sensor and Control Strategy for Variable Concentrations of Hydrogen-Natural Gas Blend Fuel in an Internal Combustion Engine", 25th International Conference of Advanced Vehicle Technologies (AVT), V001, pp. 7
  • Anand Makwana, Milton Linevsky, Suresh S Iyer, Robert J Santoro, Thomas Litzinger and Jacqueline O'Connor, 2018, "Effects of hydrogen addition on the structure of n-dodecane laminar co-flow flame", Eastern States Section of The Combustion Institute ESSCI 2018, The Combustion Institute, 2018-March
  • Anandkumar Makwana, Suresh S Iyer, Milton Linevsky, Robert J Santoro, Thomas Litzinger and Jacqueline O'Connor, 2017, "Effect of aromatic fuels on aromatic species and soot distributions in laminar, co-flow, non-premixed flames at atmospheric pressure", 10th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, pp. 11
  • Anand Makwana, A Jain, Milton Linevsky, Suresh S Iyer, Robert J Santoro, Thomas Litzinger, Yuan Xuan and Jacqueline O'Connor, 2016, "Effects of fuel structure on soot precursors in a laminar co-flow flame", Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute (ESSCI) 2016, The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, pp. 11
  • Anand Makwana, Yefu Wang, Milton Linevsky, Suresh S Iyer, Robert J Santoro, Thomas Litzinger and Jacqueline O'Connor, 2015, "Capturing Soot Formation with the Use of Iso-Octane as a Surrogate for Fischer-Tropsch Fuel", 9th U.S. National Combustion Meeting, The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, pp. 17
  • Yefu Wang, Suresh S Iyer, Venkatesh R. Iyer, Milton Linevsky, Thomas Litzinger, Robert J Santoro and Viswanath Katta, 2013, "Soot and Aromatic Species in Non-premixed and Partially premixed Laminar Co-flow Flames", Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute (ESSCI) 2013, 2013 Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute
  • Venkatesh Iyer, Suresh S Iyer, Stephen Dooley, Milton Linevsky, Frederick Dryer, Thomas Litzinger, Christopher Mordaunt and Robert J Santoro, 2011, "Comparison of Sooting Propensity of JP-8 with its Surrogates in a Wick Burner and a Model Gas Turbine Combustor", Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute (ESSCI) 2011, The Combustion Institute, pp. 8
  • Suresh S Iyer and Thomas Litzinger, 2009, "Reaction mechanism for hypergolic ignition of dicyanamide based ionic liquids", Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute (ESSCI) 2009, Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, (Code 114146), pp. 6 (562-567)
  • Venkatesh Iyer, Suresh S Iyer, Milton Linevsky, Thomas Litzinger and Robert Santoro, 2009, "Development of a wick-fed diffusion flame burner for liquid hydrocarbon fuels", Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute (ESSCI) 2009, Fall Technical Meeting of the Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute, pp. (6) 873-878
  • Gagan Gothaniya, Seong-Young Lee, Arvind Menon, Suresh S Iyer, Milton Linevsky, Thomas Litzinger and Robert J Santoro, 2007, "Effect of aromatic fuels on aromatic species and soot distributions in laminar, co-flow, non-premixed flames at atmospheric pressure", 5th National U.S. Combustion Meeting, The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, pp. 2473-2487
  • Suresh S Iyer, David J Klinikowski, Thomas Litzinger, Scott Wayne and Nigel Clark, 2006, "Diesel Emission Measurements on Transit Buses", Ninth International Symposium on Heavy Vehicles Weights and Dimensions, The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, pp. 14
  • Suresh S Iyer, Thomas Litzinger and Robert J Santoro, 2005, "Are fractal characteristics of soot constant?", Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute (ESSCI) 2005, The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, pp. 4
  • Arvind Menon, Milton Linevsky, Mathew McCeand, Suresh S Iyer, Seong-Young Lee, Thomas Litzinger and Robert J Santoro, 2005, "Soot reduction by NO2 addition in a laminar premixed flame", Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute (ESSCI) 2005, The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USAhttps://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84946225212&origin=inward&txGid=f3fbc8f9df2db1fa3a40b1139a671ff8, pp. 5
  • Suresh S Iyer, Thomas Litzinger, Seong-Young Lee and Robert J Santoro, 2005, "In-situ measurement of primary particle diameter and structure of soot in a laminar diffusion flame", Eastern States Section of the Combustion Institute (ESSCI) 2005, The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, pp. 4

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