Dr. K. Haribabu

Dr. K. Haribabu
Associate Professor
Office Address:
Room 109, Department of Chemical Engineering National institute of Technology Calicut Kozhikode, Kerala, India
PhD, Chemical Engineering, July 2015, NITC
M.E, Chemical Engineering, May 2004, Annamalai University,
M.B.A, Human Resource and Management, April 2005
B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, May 2002, Madras University
Educational Qualifications
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PhD, Chemical Engineering, July 2015, NITC
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M.E, Chemical Engineering, May 2004, Annamalai University,
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M.B.A, Human Resource and Management, April 2005
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B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, May 2002, Madras University
Journals
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V Selvaraj, H Krishnan Acidic functionalized graphene dispersed polyethylene glycol nano-phase change material for the active cooling of a simulated heat-generating electronic system, Journal of Energy Storage (Accepted for Publication) - Impact factor: 6.583 - SCI
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V Selvaraj, H Krishnan; Graphene-silver alloyed quantum dots nanofluid: Synthesis and application in the cooling of a simulated electronic system; Applied Thermal Engineering 187, 116580, 2021. (Impact factor: 5.295) - SCIE
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Karthick S, Vishnuprasad S, Haribabu K & Manju N J; Activated carbon derived from ground nutshell as a metal-free oxygen reduction catalyst for air cathode in single chamber microbial fuel cell. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01335-x (Impact factor: 4.987) - SCIE
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V Selvaraj, K Senthilkumar, H Krishnan; Covalent Functionalization of Graphene for the Enhancement of Thermophysical Properties in Nanofluids; Chemical Engineering & Technology 44 (5), 811-818, 2021. (Impact factor: 1.728) - SCIE
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R Rajendran, GPD Moorthy, H Krishnan, S Anappara; A Study on Polythiophene Modified Carbon Cloth as Anode in Microbial Fuel Cell for Lead Removal; Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 46 (7), 6695-6701, (2021) (Impact factor: 2.334) - SCIE
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Asok, A., Krishnan, H. Time-Optimized Hydrothermal Synthesis of Nano-WO3 for Application as Counter Electrode in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell. Arab J Sci Eng (2021). ttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-021-05556-0 (Impact factor: 2.334) - SCIE
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A Sumisha, K Haribabu ;Energy Generation and Iron Removal in Batch and Continuous Single‐Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells ; Chemical Engineering & Technology 44 (2), 258-264, 2021, (Impact factor: 1.728) - SCIE
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Karthick S, Sumisha A, Haribabu K; Performance of tungsten oxide/polypyrrole composite as cathode catalyst in single chamber microbial fuel cell. J Environ Chem Eng 2020; 8:104520. doi:10.1016/j.jece.2020.104520. (Impact factor: 5.909) – SCIE
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Vishnuprasad S, Haribabu K. Synthesis of graphene encased alumina and its application as nanofluid for cooling of heat-generating electronic devices. Powder Technol 2020; 363:665–75. doi:10.1016/j.powtec.2020.01.050. (Impact factor: 5.134) - SCI
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Sumisha A, Kanirudhan A, Prabakar S, Haribabu K. Energy Generation in Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell from Pure and Mixed Culture Bacteria by Copper Reduction. Arab J Sci Eng 45 (9)7719-7724 (2020) doi: 10.1007/s13369-020-04832-9. (Impact factor: 2.334) – SCIE
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Karthick S, Haribabu K. Bioelectricity generation in a microbial fuel cell using polypyrrole- molybdenum oxide composite as an effective cathode catalyst. Fuel 2020;275:117994. doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117994. (Impact factor: 6.609)- SCIE
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Sumisha A, Ashar J, Asok A, S Karthick, Haribabu K. Reduction of copper and generation of energy in double chamber microbial fuel cell using Shewanella putrefaciens. Sep Sci Technol 2020; 55:2391–9. doi:10.1080/01496395.2019.1625919. (Impact factor: 2.475) - SCIE
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Karthick S, Anappara S, Haribabu K, Ramasamy P. Simultaneous power generation and Congo red dye degradation in double chamber microbial fuel cell using spent carbon electrodes. Energy Sources, Part A Recover Util Environ Eff 2020;0:1–17. doi:10.1080/15567036.2020.1781978. (Impact factor: 3.447) - SCI
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Sumisha A, Haribabu K. Nanostructured Polypyrrole as Cathode Catalyst for Fe (III) Removal in Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell. Biotechnol Bioprocess Eng 2020;25:78–85. doi:10.1007/s12257-019-0288-y. (Impact factor: 2.836) - SCIE
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S Karthick , Sajal Wankhede, Vishnu Prasad, R Palani, K Haribabu, Experimental and kinetic study on the treatment of synthetic and real pharmaceutical wastewater by Electrocoagulation. J. Ind. Chem. Soci. 97 (2020)326-331. (Impact factor: 0.284) - Scopus
- Vishnuprasad S, Morri B, Karthick S, Haribabu K. Investigation on the heat transfer performance of BeO-water nanofluid in an electronic cooling system. IHMTC-2019;257-262.doi: 10.1615/IHMTC-2019.440 – Scopus
- A.Ajith, N. Vishnuprasad, H. Krishnan, Removal of Congo Red from Aqueous Solution Using ‘ Perna viridis ’: Kinetic Study and Modeling Using Artificial Neural Network, Arab. J. Sci. Eng. 44 (2019) 9925–9937. doi:10.1007/s13369-019-03993-6. (Impact factor: 2.334) – SCIE.
- Vishnuprasad S, Morri B, Nair LM, Haribabu K. Experimental investigation on the thermophysical properties of beryllium oxide-based nanofluid and nano-enhanced phase change material. J Therm Anal Calorim 2019;137:1527–36. doi:10.1007/s10973-019-08042-w. (Impact factor: 4.626) – SCI/SCIE.
- S Vishnuprasad, K Haribabu, VT Perarasu; Experimental study on the convective heat transfer performance and pressure drop of functionalized graphene nanofluids in electronics cooling system; Heat and Mass Transfer 55 (8), 2221-2234 (2019 ) (Impact factor: 2.464) – SCI/SCIE.
- Asok A, Naik AA, Arunachalam S, Govindaraj R, Haribabu K. Microwave assisted synthesis of polythiophene–molybdenum sulfide counter electrode in dye sensitized solar cell. J Mater Sci Mater Electron 2019;30:13655–63. doi:10.1007/s10854-019-01740-z. (Impact factor: 2.478) – SCI/SCIE.
- Sumisha A, Haribabu K. Modification of graphite felt using nano polypyrrole and polythiophene for microbial fuel cell applications-a comparative study. Int J Hydrogen Energy 2018; 43:3308–16. doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.12.175. (Impact factor: 5.816) – SCIE.
- Vishveshvar K, Aravind Krishnan M V., Haribabu K, Vishnuprasad S. Green Synthesis of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Using Ixiro coccinea Plant Leaves and its Characterization. Bionanoscience 2018;8:554–8. doi:10.1007/s12668-018-0508-5. – Scopus
- N. Vedaraman, K. V Sandhya, N.R.B. Charukesh, B. Venkatakrishnan, K. Haribabu, Process Intensification Ultrasonic extraction of natural dye from Rubia Cordifolia , optimisation using response surface methodology ( RSM ) & comparison with artificial neural network ( ANN ) model and its dyeing properties on different substrates, Chem. Eng. Process. Process Intensif. 114 (2017) 46–54. doi:10.1016/j.cep.2017.01.008. (Impact factor: 4.237) – SCI.
- Haribabu, V. Sivasubramanian, Biodegradation of organic content in wastewater in fluidized bed bioreactor using low-density biosupport, Desalin. Water. Treat. (2016) – 57(10) – 4322 -4327. doi:10.1080/19443994.2014.992978. (Impact factor: 0.854) – SCIE.
- Minju N, Venkat Swaroop K, Haribabu K, Sivasubramanian V, Senthil Kumar P. Removal of fluoride from aqueous media by magnesium oxide-coated nanoparticles. Desalin Water Treat (2015); 53:2905–14. doi:10.1080/19443994.2013.868837. (Impact factor: 0.854) – SCIE.
- K. Haribabu, V. Sivasubramanian, Treatment of Wastewater in Fluidized Bed Bioreactor Using Low Density Biosupport, Energy Procedia. 50 (2014) 214–221. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.06.026.
- K. Haribabu, V. Sivasubramanian. Determination of Mass Transfer Coefficient in an Inverse Fluidized Bed Reactor using Statistical and Dynamic Method for a Non-Newtonian Fluid. J Sci Ind Res. 72 (2013)485-490 (Impact factor: 1.056)
- K. Haribabu, N. Selvaraju,V. Sivasubramanian, Mathematical Model using Statistical Design of Experiments for the Determination of Minimum Fluidization Velocity in Inverse Fluidized Bed Bioreactor with Non-Newtonian Fluids, Res.J.Chem.Environ. 2 (2011) 15
Professional Experience
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NIT Calicut Associate Professor –Level – 13A 04-07-2022 Till date 4 Months
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NIT Calicut Assistant Professor –Level - 12 26-04-2018 03-07-2022 4 Years 3 Months
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NIT Calicut Assistant Professor – AGP 6000. 06-05-2010 25-04-2018 7 Years 11 Months
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St. Peters Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai. Lecturer 20-09-2004 26-04-2010 5 Years 7 Months
Conference and FDP Organized
Coordinator for the Virtual International Conference on Green Energy and Environmental Sustainability, ICGEES 2020 from 5th to 6th August 2020, NITC.
Coordinator for the two-day National Conference on Biological Wastewater Treatment towards Green Environment, BWTGE2011 from 28-29th January 2011, NITC.
Coordinator for the faculty development programme on ‘”Computer Applications in chemical and biological Engineering” from 13 – 18 June 2011, NITC
Ph.D Students
Sumisha A (P150082CH) – Performance of Nano-Polypyrrole Coated Electrode for the Removal of Heavy Metals Using Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell– Completed - 18/02/2020.
VISHNUPRASAD (P160054CH) - Investigation on the heat transfer performance of graphene-derived nanofluids in electronic cooling system. - Completed – 09/03/2020.
KARTHICK S (P170060CH) - Synthesis and performance of transition metal oxide/polypyrole composite as cathode catalyst in single chamber microbial fuel cell. Completed - 04.10.2021
Aswathy Asok (P150070CH)-Synthesis and performance of transition metal compound/Polythiopene composite as counter electrode in dye-sensitized solar cell Completed - 08.10.2021
KARNAPA AJIT (P200031CH) – Scale up of Microbial Fuel cell
Research interests
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Microbial Fuel cell for Energy generation and wastewater treatment
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Nanofluids fpr heat transfer applications
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Syntheis and fabrication of Electrode in dye sensitized solar cell.
Courses Handled
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Chemical Engineeirng Design
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Computational Fluid Dynamics
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Fluid Mechanics
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Mass Transfer
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Chemical Technology
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Chemical Reaction Engineering
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Introduction to chemical engineering
Administrative Responsibilities
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Head of the Department - Chemical Engineering - 27/08/2022 - Till date
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Vice Chairperson – Centre for Student Activities and Sports (CSAS) - 30/09/2022 – Till date.
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Associate Dean – Students Welfare with additional charge of HOD – Physical Education from 20/12/2021 to 23/08/2022.
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Faculty Coordinator – ICCR from 12/01/2022 to 17/08/2022
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Warden – MBA Hostel – from 08/08/2018 to 31/07/2021