Publications in International Journals

1. Saleel Ismail and P. S. Mehta (2011). Second Law analysis of hydrogen-air combustion in a spark ignition engine. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 36(1), 931-946.
2. Saleel Ismail and P. S. Mehta (2011). Evaluation of the effects of fuel and combustion-related processes on exergetic efficiency. Fuel, 90(5), 1818-1825.
3. Saleel Ismail and P. S. Mehta (2012). Second-law analysis of fuel-air mixing and combustion subprocesses in a heterogeneous charge engine. Journal of Automobile Engineering, 226(6), 815-827.
4. Saleel Ismail and P. S. Mehta (2014). A phenomenological model for predicting entropy generation during vaporization of droplets in engine fuel sprays. Applied Mechanics and Materials, 592-594, 1403-1407.
5. Saleel Ismail and A. Ramesh (2015). Cylinder pressure based indices for knock detection in an automotive spark ignition engine. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 10(68), 947-950.
6. Sayooj K. R. and Saleel Ismail (2015). CFD analysis of fluid flow and heat transfer in a solar water heater with corrugated pipe. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 10(68),34-39.
7. Aby Alias and Saleel Ismail (2015). CFD analysis of heat enhancement methods for a solar air collector. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 10(68),40-43.
8. Feroskhan M and Saleel Ismail (2016). Investigation of the effects of biogas composition on the performance of a biogas–diesel dual fuel CI engine. Biofuels 7(6), 593-601.
9. Feroskhan M, Saleel Ismail, Ajay Kumar, Vibhav Kumar and Syed Khwaja Aftab (2017). Investigation of the effects of biogas flow rate and cerium oxide addition on the performance of a dual fuel CI engine. Biofuels, 8(2), 197-205.
10. Feroskhan M and Saleel Ismail (2017). Evaluating the influence of biogas flow rate and addition of cerium oxide nanoparticles on the performance of a dual fuel engine using Taguchi method. Nano Hybrids and Composites, 17, 179-193.
11. Ram Kishore S, Venugopal T and Saleel Ismail (2017). A simple and cost effective electronic fuel injection system for reactivity controlled compression ignition (RCCI) engines. SAE Technical Paper 2017-28-1940.
12. Feroskhan M and Saleel Ismail (2017). A review on the purification and use of biogas in compression ignition engines. International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering, 14(3), 4383-4400.
13. Balaji S and Saleel Ismail (2018). Production and use of HHO gas in IC engines, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(14), 7140-7154.
14. Feroskhan M, Saleel Ismail, Gopinatha Reddy M and Sai Teja A (2018). Effects of charge preheating on the performance of a biogas-diesel dual fuel CI engine, Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal, 21(3), 330-337.
15. Ram Kishore S, Feroskhan M, Saleel Ismail and Venugopal T (2018). Experimental studies on Premixed Charge Compression Ignition (PCCI) engine using port injection of heated diesel, Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, 13 (11), 3457-3472.
16.  Feroskhan M, Saleel Ismail, Siddhesh Gosavi, Pranil Tankhiwale and Yasir Khan (April 2019). Optimization of performance and emissions in a biogas-diesel dual fuel engine with cerium oxide nanoparticle addition, Journal of Automobile Engineering, 233(5), 1178-1193.
17. N A Mandhare, K Karunamurthy and Saleel Ismail (October 2019), Compendious review on “Internal flow physics and minimization of flow instabilities through design modifications in a centrifugal pump”, ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 141(5), 051601-1 – 051601-15.
18. N A Mandhare, K Karunamurthy and Saleel Ismail (June 2020), Computational investigation of flow over nose cap of closed impeller of mixed flow centrifugal pump, ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, 142(3), 031701.
19. B J Shinde, K Karunamurthy and Saleel Ismail (Aug 2020), Thermodynamic analysis of gasoline‑fueled electronic fuel injection digital three‑spark ignition (EFI‑DTSI) engine, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 141, 2355–2367.
20. Feroskhan M and Saleel Ismail (2020). Evaluating the effect of intake parameters on the performance of a biogas-diesel dual fuel engine using Taguchi method. Biofuels, 11(4), 441 – 449.
21. Feroskhan M, Sreekanth Manavalla and Saleel Ismail (2021), Exergy analysis of a biogas-diesel fuelled dual fuel engine, International Journal of Exergy, 36(2/3/4), 264 – 279.
22. Abhishek Chaudhary, Shreyash Hemant Panchal, Aashirwad Surana,  M. Sreekanth, Saleel Ismail, M. Feroskhan (2022), Performance, Emission and Combustion characteristics of various Biodiesel Blends, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 147(3), 2455 – 2479.
23. Feroskhan M, Saleel Ismail, Panchal Shreyash Hemant (2022), Study of Methane Enrichment in a Biogas Fuelled HCCI Engine, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47, 3504-3514.
24. Pravritt Kushwaha and Saleel Ismail, Investigation of the Effects of Oxyhydrogen Flow Rate and Injector Penetration on the Performance of a Dual Fuel CI Engine, Indian Chemical Engineer, DOI: 10.1080/00194506.2022.2048096 , (Online: March 2022).
25. Sreekanth Manavalla, Abhishek Chaudhary, Shreyash Hemant Panchal, Saleel Ismail, Feroskhan M, T M Yunus Khan , Syed Javed, Mohammed Azam Ali, Exergy Analysis of a CI Engine Operating on Ternary Biodiesel Blends, Sustainability, 14, 12350 DOI: 10.3390/su141912350 (online September 2022).
26. Javed Sikandar Shaikh and Saleel Ismail, A review on recent technological advancements in humidification dehumidification (HDH) desalination, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(6), 108890, December 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2022.108890
27. Pranay Deshwar, Gaurav Kumar, Balaji Subramanian, Shreyash Hemant Panchal, Venugopal Thangavel, Saleel Ismail and M. Feroskhan (2023), Simultaneous reduction of NOx and smoke emissions in gasoline–ethanol blended RCCI engine with biogas as a ternary fuel, International Journal of Energy for a Clean Environment 24(2), 83–101. (Online Nov. 2022) DOI: 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.2022040767
28. Feroskhan M, Saleel Ismail, Gobinath N, Sreekanth M, Yunus Khan TM, Shaik Dawood Abdul Khadar and Mohammed Azam Ali, A Comprehensive Study of the Effects of Various Operating Parameters on a Biogas-Diesel Dual Fuel Engine, Sustainability,  15, 1232, 2023. DOI: 10.3390/su15021232
29. Javed Sikandar Shaikh and Saleel Ismail, Performance evaluation of a solar humidification dehumidification desalination system employing a multistage bubble column dehumidifier, Solar Energy, 263, 111933, August 2023. DOI:  10.1016/j.solener.2023.111933.
30. Javed Sikandar Shaikh and Saleel Ismail, Theoretical investigation on humidification-dehumidification desalination employing flat plate solar water collector, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, (Online August 2023), DOI: 10.1007/s10973-023-12478-6.

Publications in Conferences

1. Saleel Ismail and P. S. Mehta (2009). A two-zone combustion model for a hydrogen fuelled SI engine. 7th Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion - ASPACC 09, May 2009, National Taiwan University, Taipei.
2. Saleel Ismail and P. S. Mehta (2009). A comparison of the combustion efficiencies of hydrogen and hydrocarbon fuels - a Second Law approach. International Conference on Advances in Energy Research - ICAER 2009, December 2009, IIT Bombay.
3. Saleel Ismail and P. S. Mehta (2009). A Second Law analysis of the constant volume combustion of hydrogen and hydrocarbon fuels. XXI National Conference on IC Engines and Combustion - NCICEC 2009, December 2009, BIET Davangere.
4. Saleel Ismail and P. S. Mehta (2010). Second Law analyses of some emission control techniques. 8th Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion - ASPACC 10, December 2010, Hyderabad.
5. Saleel Ismail and P. S. Mehta (2010). Prediction of turbulence in spark ignition engines with manifold injection of gaseous fuels. 37th National & 4th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power - FMFP2010, December 2010, IIT Madras.
6. Saleel Ismail and P. S. Mehta (2011). Effect of exhaust gas recirculation on combustion irreversibilities and emissions. XXII National Conference on IC Engines and Combustion - NCICEC 2011, December 2011, NIT Calicut.
7. Mohammed Asif Chand, Saleel Ismail and Adarsh Modi (2014). Pitching moment control strategy using an active spoiler for a sedan type vehicle. SARC-ITR International Conference, May 2014, Chennai.
8. Feroskhan M. and Saleel Ismail (2014). Modified Otto cycle for a biogas fuelled HCCI engine. International Mechanical Engineering Congress - IMEC-2014, June 2014, NIT Trichy.
9. Sarath S. and Saleel Ismail (2015). CFD based optimization of finned heat pipe design for cooling CPU of laptop. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology, May 2015, Institute for Engineering Research and Publication, Chennai.
10. Abhijeet B. Chougule, Vinay C. A. and Saleel Ismail (2016). CFD analysis of oil cooling system for turboprop aircraft engine in pusher configuration. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering - ICETE 2016, May 2016, NMAM Institute of Technology, Udupi District, Karnataka.
11. Abhishek Patil, Saleel Ismail, Suresh Kumar J. and Venugopal T. (2018). CFD simulation of ETV-EGR combined system for diesel engine intake. First International Conference on Energy and Environment: Global Challenges - ICEE 2018, March 2018, NIT  Calicut.
12. Feroskhan M, Saleel Ismail, Prashant Das and Prashant Dhar Dwivedi (2019). Investigations on performance, emission and combustion characteristics of methane in dual fuel and HCCI engines. 12^th Asia Pacific Conference on Combustion - ASPACC 19, July 2019, Fukuoka International Congress Center, Japan.
13. Nihal Mishra, Shubham Mitra, Abhishek Thapliyal, Aniket Mahajan, Feroskhan M and Saleel Ismail (2019), Investigations on a biogas fuelled HCCI engine with DEE pilot injection at various locations. 11^th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES'11-2019), July 2019, SRM Institute of Technology, Chennai.
14. Balu Jalindar Shinde, Karunamurthy Krishnasamy and Saleel Ismail (2019), The first and second law analysis of gasoline fuelled Electronic Fuel Injection Digital Three Spark Ignition  (EFI- DTSI) engine. 2^nd International Mechanical Engineering Congress (IMEC) 2019, November-December, NIT Trichy.
15. Prashant Dhar Dwivedi, Prashant Das, Hrushikesh V Bhalerao, Sumanth Samsani, Subham Balyan, Yasonandan Vadlamudi, Saleel Ismail and Feroskhan M, Effect of diesel-DEE blending on performance and emission characteristics of a biogas fuelled dual fuel engine, International Conference on Innovations in Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Sciences (ICITFES – 2020), February 2020, NIT Rourkela.
16. Jijy Renj C. F., Ghulam Jilani, Saleel Ismail and Simon Peter, Mathematical modelling and numerical simulation of an energy generating hollow cylinder, International Conference on Computational Sciences - Modelling, Computing and Soft Computing, March 2020, NIT Calicut .
17. K Karunamurthy, Feroskhan M, Suganya G and Saleel Ismail, Prediction and Optimization of Performance and Emission Characteristics of a Dual Fuel Engine Using Machine Learning, International Conference on Applications in Computational Engineering & Sciences (IConACES 2020), October 2020, VIT Chennai.
18. Jayakrishna S, Abhishek K S, Madanagopalan P, Goyal A, Santhosh Krishna M, Karthik J, Saleel Ismail,  Feroskhan M, Performance and emission characteristics of a methane fuelled HCCI engine at various injection location and operating speed,  28^th International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials, December 2020, VIT Chennai, Published in Materials Today: Proceedings, 46(2), 1022 – 1027, 2021.
19. Prashant Dhar Dwivedi, Prashant Das, Hrushikesh V Bhalerao, Sumanth Samsani, Subham Balyan, Yasonandan Vadlamudi, Saleel Ismail and Feroskhan M, Performance and emission characteristics of a biogas fueled dual-fuel engine with various DEE fractions, 12^th International Exergy, Energy, and Environment Symposium, December 2020, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar.
20. Srinivasa Advaith Thutupalli, Grandhi Sri Sai Charith, Doppalapudi Manohar, Choppala Sarath, Saleel Ismail and Jagadeesha Thimmaiah, Fault bearing detection using Random Forest and Support Vector machine learning algorithms, 3^rd International Conference on Communication and Intelligent Systems (ICCIS 2021), December 2021, NIT Delhi
21. Srinivasa Advaith Thutupalli, Grandhi Sri Sai Charith, Doppalapudi Manohar, Choppala Sarath, Saleel Ismail and Jagadeesha Thimmaiah, Machine learning with Support Vector Method algorithm for fault bearing detection, International Conference on Future Technologies 2021 in Manufacturing, Automation, Design and Energy (ICOFT - MADE 2.0 @ NITPY 2021), December 2021, NIT Puducherry.
22. Kirankumar K. R. and Saleel Ismail, Experimental investigation of performance and emission characteristics of a gasoline engine fueled with HHO gas, 13^th International Exergy, Energy, and Environment Symposium (IEEES-13), March 2022, College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture, Umm-Al Qura University, Makkah.
23. Feroskhan M and Saleel Ismail, A comprehensive study of the effects of various operating parameters on the performance and emission indices of a biogas-diesel dual fuel engine, 13^th International Exergy, Energy, and Environment Symposium (IEEES-13), March 2022, College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture, Umm-Al Qura University, Makkah.
24. Akshay C and Saleel Ismail, Design and analysis of EV motor liquid cooling system,  1^st International Conference in Fluid Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES2022), June 2022, NIT Calicut
25. Hisham Abdul Kadir and Saleel Ismail, Comparison of knock characterization techniques in a CI engine, 2^nd International Conference on Energy Resources and Technologies for Sustainable Development (ICERTSD 2023), April 2023, IIEST Shibpur.

Book Chapters

1. Feroskhan M and Saleel Ismail, Simultaneous Reduction of NOx and Smoke Emissions in Dual Fuel and HCCI Engines Operated on Biogas, IGI Publications, IGI Global, 2020.

Project proposals under preparation:

• PI of the proposal “Use of Hydrogen Direct Injection as a Supplement in a Gasoline-Ethanol Fuelled Spark Ignition Engine”, Budget INR 53.6 lakh.
• Co-PI of the proposal “Optimizing the Low Carbon Energy Mix using Machine Learning and CFD Simulation for Transportation Decarbonization”, Budget INR 44.3 lakh.

At REC Calicut:

• Proficiency Award for securing not less than 60% marks in each semester examination in the first attempt, up to and including the sixth semester - March 1999.

At IIT Madras:

• Prof. N Venkatrayulu Memorial Prize for securing highest CGPA in M. Tech in Thermal Engineering stream - April 2002.
• Mico-Bosch Prize for the best M. Tech project in the area of Environmental Pollution Control and Energy Conservation - July 2002.

At EACoE / GE:

• Certificate of Achievement for various projects - December 2002.
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certification - December 2003.
• Hats off Award for reducing project execution time - October 2004.
• Management Awards for the Project of the Month in July 2003, March-April 2004 and July 2005.
• Engineering Recognition Day Awards for Technical Excellence in Analysis - April 2004 and April 2005.

At VIT Chennai:

• Research Award for contributions to research at the institute, August 2015, 2016 and 2017.
• Certificate of Appreciation for organizing a start-up competition in Cultural Fest Vibrance’17 – March 2017.
• Certificate of Appreciation for assistance in conducting an International Conclave organized by Interdisciplinary Research Group – Sept 2017.

At NIT Calicut

• Co-author of the paper “Study of methane enrichment in a biogas fuelled HCCI engine” which won the Best Paper (4^th) Award at the International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-12), Qatar – December 2020.
• Co-guide of best M.Tech thesis (first position) instituted by the Indian Society for Heat and Mass Transfer (ISHMT) Regional Chapter, Trivandrum – Awarded to Mr. Jijy Renj for his project titled "Numerical Study of Entropy Generation in an Energy Generating Hollow Cylinder with Conjugate Conduction and Forced Convection". - April 2021

Professional Affiliations:

• Member of the Combustion Institute (Indian Section)

• Solar powered Humidification Dehumidification (HDH) Desalination System
• Hydrogen fuelled IC engines
• Biogas in gas turbines 

Institute Level:

• Associate Dean of Alumni and Corporate Relations [May 2022 till date]
• Member of C-PRIME [February 2022 till date]
• Administrator of NITCAA alumni portal www.worldnitcaa.com [July 2021 till date]
• Administrator of NITC LinkedIn account [February 2022 till date]

Department Level:

• Coordinator for B.Tech Project [Winter 2019-20 till date]
• FA for 30 students of 2019 admission B.Tech ME [Monsoon 2019-20 till date]
• Co-in-charge of i) Heat Engines Lab [Monsoon 2018-19 till date], ii) Green Energy Lab, iii) Fuel Cells Lab [Monsoon 2018-19 to Winter 2021-22],  iv) Centre for Advanced Studies in Cryogenics (CASC) [Monsoon 2019-20 to Winter 2021-22]
• Co-in-charge of Alumni and International Affairs [Monsoon 2019-20 till date]
• Editorial board member of department newsletter MechNews [Winter 2019-20 till date]
• Leader of NBA Team VII (Continuous Improvement) for M.Tech Energy Engg. & Management and M.Tech Thermal Sciences [November 2019 till date]