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)