Research

• Soot Modeling
• Chemical Kinetics of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH)
• Spray, Combustion, and Emission Modeling of Combustion Engines

Educational Background and Professional Career

• Project Research Scientist, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian institute of Technology Bombay, India (2022)
• Post-doctoral Research Associate, Computational Turbulent Reacting Flow Laboratory, Princeton University, USA (2021- 22)
• Ph.D., Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (2020)
• Engineer - Technical Specialist, Combustion Research, Cummins Technical Centre India, Pune, India (2011-21)
• Graduate Engineering Trainee, Product Development, JK Tyre and Industries limited, Faridabad, India (2010)
• Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Delhi College of Engineering, India (2010)
• Trainee, Indian Space Research Organization Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network, Bangalore, India (2009)

Publications

1. Duvvuri PP, Maldonado Colmán H, Mueller ME, ‘Relative influence of soot oxidation kinetics and subfilter soot-turbulence interactions on soot evolution in turbulent nonpremixed flames’, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 39, 2022. Accepted
2. Maldonado Colmán H, Duvvuri PP, Mueller ME, ‘Large Eddy Simulation of soot evolution in turbulent nonpremixed bluff body flames’, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 39, 2022. Accepted
3. Duvvuri PP, ‘Formation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Oxygenated Fuels: An Overview’, In: Kumar N, Mathiyazhagan K, Sreedharan R, Kalam MA, editors. ‘Advancement in Oxygenated Fuels for Sustainable Development’, Elsevier, 2022. Accepted
4. Duvvuri PP, Shrivastava RK, Sreedhara S, ‘Comparison of soot models for reacting sprays in diesel engine-like conditions’, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 236: 451-59, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544070211015490
5. Krishnamoorthi M, Sreedhara S, Duvvuri PP, ‘The effect of low reactivity fuels on the dual fuel mode compression ignition engine with exergy and soot analyses’, Fuel 290: 120031, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.120031
6. Duvvuri PP, Shrivastava RK, Sreedhara S, ‘In-cylinder validation of a method of moments-based soot model for diesel engines’, SAE 2021-26-0414, Symposium on International Automotive Technology, Pune, India, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4271/2021-26-0414
7. Chaurasia S, Duvvuri PP, Sreedhara S, ‘Combustion characteristics of premixed hydrogen fueled spark ignition engine’, SAE 2021-26-0224, Symposium on International Automotive Technology, Pune, India, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4271/2021-26-0224
8. Duvvuri PP, Shrivastava RK, Sreedhara S, ‘Numerical optimization of a diesel combustion system to reduce soot mass and particle number density’, Fuel 266: 117015, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117015
9. Krishnamoorthi M, Sreedhara S, Duvvuri PP, ‘Numerical analysis of the effects of direct dual fuel injection on the compression ignition engine’, ACS Omega 5:30047-30058, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c04434
10. Krishnamoorthi M, Sreedhara S, Duvvuri PP, ‘Modelling of Soot Formation and Experimental Study for Different Octane Number Fuels in Dual Fuel Combustion Engine with Diesel’, ASME IC engine fall conference, Denver, CO, USA, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEF2020-2914
11. Krishnamoorthi M, Sreedhara S, Duvvuri PP, ‘Experimental, numerical and exergy analyses of a dual fuel combustion engine fuelled with syngas and biodiesel/diesel blends’, Applied Energy 263: 114643, 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.114643
12. Duvvuri PP, Sukumaran S, Shrivastava RK, Sreedhara S, ‘Numerical modeling of thermophoretic deposition on cylinder liner of a diesel engine using a sectional soot model’, Journal of Aerosol Science 139: 105464, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaerosci.2019.105464
13. Duvvuri PP, Sukumaran S, Shrivastava RK, Sreedhara S, ‘Modeling the Effect of Parametric Variations on Soot Particle Size Distribution in a Diesel Engine’, ASME Journal of Energy Resources Technology 142: 032201, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044563
14. Duvvuri PP, Sukumaran S, Shrivastava RK, Sreedhara S, ‘Modeling soot particle size distribution in diesel engines’, Fuel 243: 70–8, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.01.104
15. Duvvuri PP, Shrivastava RK, Sreedhara S, ‘Numerical Modelling of Soot in Diesel Engines’, In: Agarwal AK, Dhar A, Sharma N, Shukla PC, editors. ‘Engine Exhaust Particulates’, Singapore: Springer, p 71–119, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3299-9_5
16. Duvvuri PP, Deshpande N, Boopathi SM, Jain P, Yeole R, ‘Lube oil soot reduction using combustion simulation for CPCB2 compliant Cummins N14 engine’, ASME IC engine fall conference, Indiana, USA, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEF2014-5571
17. Duvvuri PP, Krishna SA, Kazi SA, ‘Small Engine Fuel Control Using Fuzzy Logic’, 22nd National Conference on IC Engines and Combustion, Combustion Institute – Indian Section, Calicut, India, 2011.
18. Duvvuri PP, Krishna SA, Kazi SA, Bhaskar N, Maji S, ‘The DCE Supermileage engine’, International Powertrains, Fuels & Lubricants Meeting, SAE 2010-01-1549, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2010.  https://doi.org/10.4271/2010-01-1549