LINGA, Praveen

Professor

Qualifications

  • PEng (Chemical) Professional Engineers Board, Singapore
  • PhD (Chem. Eng.) UBC Vancouver, 2009
  • MTech (Chem. Eng.) IIT-KGP, 2002
  • BTech (Chem. Eng.) University of Madras, 2000

Awards and Honours

  • Engineering Educator Award (EEA) for AY2018/19 (2020)
  • Outstanding Asian Researcher and Engineer Award, Society of Chemical Engineers Japan (2019)
  • Applied Energy Best Paper Award (2019)
  • Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), United Kingdom (2019)
  • Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate Analytics USA (2018)
  • Donald W. Davidson Award, International Conference on Gas Hydrates Denver USA (2017)
  • Young Researcher Award, NUS (2017)
  • Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA), NUS (2017)
  • Young Researcher Award, NUS Engineering NUS (2017)
  • Class of Influential Researchers, I&EC Research Journal (2017)

Research Interests

  • Gas hydrates
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture & Storage
  • District and Data Center Cooling
  • Energy Storage and Seawater Desalination

Selected Publications

Battacharjee, G.; Veluswamy, H. P.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P.; Rapid methane storage via sII hydrates at ambient temperature. Applied Energy (2020), 269, 115142.

Yin, Z.; Moridis, G.; Chong, Z. R.; Linga, P.; Effectiveness of multi-stage cooling processes in improving the CH4-hydrate saturation uniformity in sandy laboratory samples. Applied Energy (2019), 250, 729-749.

Veluswamy, H. P.; Kumar, A.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P. An innovative approach to enhance methane hydrate formation kinetics with leucine for energy storage application Applied Energy (2017), 188, 190-199. (Highly Cited Paper)

Veluswamy, H. P.; Lee, P. Y.; Premesinghe, K.; Linga, P.; Effect of bio-friendly amino acids on the kinetics of methane hydrate formation and dissociation. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (2017), 56 (21), 6145-6154. (Invited for “2017 Class of Influential Researchers”)

Zheng, J.; Zhang, P.; Linga, P.; Semiclathrate hydrate process for pre-combustion capture of CO2 at near ambient temperatures Applied Energy (2017), 194, 267-278.

Chong, Z. R.; Pujar, G. A.; Yang, M.; Linga, P.; Methane hydrate formation in excess water simulating marine locations and the impact of thermal stimulation on energy recovery, Applied Energy (2016), 177, 409-421.

Veluswamy, H. P.; Wong, A. J. H.; Babu, P.; Kumar, R.; Kulprathipanja, S.; Rangsunvigit, P.; Linga, P.; Rapid methane hydrate formation to develop a cost effective large scale energy storage system, Chemical Engineering Journal (2016), 290, 161-173. (Highly Cited Paper)

Babu, P.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P. Unusual behavior of propane as a co-guest during hydrate formation in silica sand: Potential application to seawater desalination and carbon dioxide capture, Chemical Engineering Science (2014), 117, 342-351

Babu, P.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P., A new porous material to enhance the kinetics of clathrate process: Application to pre-combustion carbon dioxide capture, Environmental Science & Technology (2013), 47 (22), 13191-13198.

Babu, P.; Kumar, R.; Linga, P., Pre-combustion capture of carbon dioxide in a fixed bed reactor using the clathrate hydrate process, Energy (2013), 50, 364-373. (Highly Cited Paper, Highlighted by Elsevier)