Publications

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Mathematical Modeling of Divided Blast Cupola, N.N. Viswanathan, A.K. Lahiri and M. N. Srinivasan, Steel Research, 5/97, 192.
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A Steady State 3-D Mathematical Model for Cupola, N.N. Viswanathan, A.K. Lahiri and M. N. Srinivasan, Iron and Steel Making, vol.24, No.6, 1997, 476
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Scientific Rationale Towards Cupola Design, N.N. Viswanathan, A.K. Lahiri and M. N. Srinivasan, AFS Transactions, 1997, 97-21, 665.
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Post Combustion in Cupola for Pollution Control, N.N. Viswanathan, A.K. Lahiri and M. N. Srinivasan, AFS Transactions, 1997, 97-40, 685.
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A Pseudo 2-D Mathematical Model for Shaft Type Counter Current Reactor - A Study of Cupola, N.N. Viswanathan, A.K. Lahiri and M. N. Srinivasan, ISIJ International vol.38, NO.10
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Estimation of Escape Rate of Volatile Components SiF4 and HF from Slags Containing CaF2 during Viscosity Measurement, N. N. Viswanathan, F. Shahbazian, Du Sichen and S. Seetharaman, Steel research, Vol. 70, (1999) , No. 2, pp 53.-58
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A Dislocation Pile-up Model for the Yield Stress of a Composite, V. Jayaram, N.N. Viswanathan and T. A. Abinandanan, Acta Materialia, Vol. 47, Iss 5, 1999, pp 1635-1643
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Simulation of deoxidation of steel using aluminium wire in a gas stirred ladle, N. N. Viswanathan, Kristina B, Amit B and Du Sichen, Trita-met 40, Department of Metallurgy, KTH, Aug 1999.
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Investigation of Reduction of ZnWO4 by Hydrogen gas, J. A. Bustnes, N. N. Viswanathan, Du Sichen and S. Seetharaman, Zeitschrift für Metallkunde, 91, 2000, pp 500-503.
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Mathematical Model to Simulate the Temperature and Composition Distribution inside the Flux Layer of a Continuous Casting Mould, N. Viswanathan, S. Sridhar, K. C. Mills and Du Sichen, Scandinavian J of Metallurgy, 2002, vol. 31, pp. 191-200
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Investigation of Reduction of CoAl2O4 by Hydrogen Gas using TGA, J. A. Bustnes, N. N. Viswanathan, Du Sichen and S. Seetharaman, Communication Met & Matls Trans B, vol 31 B, June 2000, pp 540-542.
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Interfacial Phenomena in some slag-metal reactions, A. Jakobsson, N. N. Viswanathan, Du Sichen and S. Seetharaman, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 31B, no 5 (2000), 973-980.
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Study on deoxidation of steel with aluminium wire injection in gas stirred ladle, K. Beskow, N. N. Viswanathan, L. Jonsson and Du Sichen, Met. & Matls. Trans, Vol 32 B, No.2, pp 319-328.
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Dynamic Viscosity Measurements on Fayalite Slags, N. N. Viswanathan, F. Z. Ji, N.N., Du Sichen and S. Seetharaman, ISIJ International, Vol. 41, 2001, No.7, pp722-727.
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Relative effect(s) of texture and grain size on magnetic properties in a low silicon non-grain oriented electrical steel PremKumar, R. (Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Inst. of Technology, Bombay); Samajdar, I.; Viswanathan, N.N.; Singal, V.; Seshadri, V. Source: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, v 264, n 1, August, 2003, p 75-85
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Thermodynamic analysis of gas phase chemistry in hot wire chemical vapor deposition of a-Si:H and μc Si:HAdhikari, Subhra (Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai); Viswanathan, N.N.; Dusane, R.O. Source: Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, v 352, n 9-20 SPEC. ISS., Jun 15, 2006, p 928-932
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Low silicon non-grain-oriented electrical steel: Linking magnetic properties with metallurgical factors Chaudhury, A. Khatirkar, R.; Viswanathan, N.N.; Singal, V.; Ingle, A.; Joshi, S.; Samajdar, I. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, v 313, n 1, p 21-28, June 2007
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Simulating Burden Descent in Blast Furnace using Potential Flow Theory authored by P.B. Abhale, M. Guha, N.N. Viswanathan and N.B. Ballal in a Journal Tata Search in 2007.
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Efficient Simulation of Gas Flow in Blast Furnace authored by P.B. Abhale, N.N. Viswanathan and N.B. Ballal, Computers, Materials and Continua Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 195-216
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G. Vijh, A. Gokhale, S. Mishra, V. Singh and N. N. Viswanathan, Solid freeform fabrication of aluminum alloy components: Numerical simulations, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 62, 291-294 (2009)
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Modeling of Reactions between Gas Bubble and Molten Metal Bath—Experimental Validation in the Case of Decarburization of Fe-Cr-C melts. Haijuan Wang, Nurni N. Viswanathan, N Bharath Ballal and Seshadri Seetharaman. High Temperature Materials Process, 2009.
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Modelling of Physico-chemical Phenomena between Gas inside a Bubble and Liquid Metal during Injection of Oxidant Gas. Haijuan Wang, Nurni N Viswanahan, N Bharath Ballal and Seshadri Seetharaman. Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. Volume 8, 2010.
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Hesham M. Ahmed, Abdel-Hady A. El-Geassy, N. N. Viswanathan and Seshadri Seetharaman, Kinetics and Mathematical Modeling of Hydrogen Reduction of NiO-WO3 Precursors in Fluidized Bed Reactor ISIJ International, Vol. 51 (2011), No. 9, page. 1383–1391
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Hesham M. Ahmed, Nurini N. Viswanathan and S. Seetharaman, Dynamic Thermal Diffusivity Measurements – A Tool for Studying Gas-Solid Reactions, Defect and Diffusion Forum Vols. 312-315 (2011) pp 217-222.
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Luckman Muhmood, Nurni Neelakandan Viswanathan, Seshadri Seetharaman Some Investigations into the Dynamic Mass Transfer at the Slag–Metal Interface Using Sulfur: Concept of Interfacial Velocity, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B, volume 42B, June 2011, 460.
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Luckman Muhmood, Nurni Neelakandan Viswanathan, Seshadri Seetharaman, A Proposal for a Novel Method to Measure the Diffusivity of Species in Slag, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B, volume 42B, April 2011, 393
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Luckman Muhmood, Nurini N. Viswanathan, Seshadri Seetharaman Evaluating the Diffusion Coefficient of Sulfur in Low-Silica CaO-SiO2-Al2O3 Slag, Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B, volume 42B, April 2011, 274
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Luckman Muhmood, Nurini N. Viswanathan, Seshadri Seetharaman, A New Approach for the Diffusion Coefficient Evaluation of Sulfur in CaO-SiO2-Al2O3 Slag, Defect and Diffusion Forum, Volumes 312 – 315, Apr 2011, 626.
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K Mukhopadhyay, N B Ballal, N N Viswanathan, T Venugopalan, P K Tripathi and Satya Prakash, Modelling of Solidification & Prediction of Center Line Segregation in Continuously Cast Steel Slabs" Tata Search 2012 vol-2 pp. - 225 to 238
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Luckman Muhmood, Nurni Neelakandan Viswanathan, Seshadri Seetharaman, Studies of dynamic mass transfer at the slag–metal interface – Interfacial velocity measurements, Journal of Materials Research 2012.
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Composite pellets: a potential raw material for iron-making Ahmed, H., Nurni, V. & Björkman, B. 2014 In: Steel Research International, 2013.
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Model for reduction of iron oxide pellet with a C-O-H-N gas mixture considering water gas shift equilibrium in the gas while it diffuses through the product layer Nurni, V. & Ballal, B. 2013 In: Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. 7, p. 666-6705 p.
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Suresh. S, and N. N. Viswanathan, Microwave mineral processing: a challenge in process intensification, J. Met. and Mat. Sci., Vol. 55, No. 2, pp. 141-148, 2013.
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Suresh. S, and N. N. Viswanathan, An overview of Microwave Applications in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy'', Minerals Engineering International, Special Issue: Physical Separation, 2013.
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Hesham M. Ahmed, Nurni N. Viswanathan and Bo Bjorkman, Composite pellets- A potential Raw Material for Iron-Making, Steel Research International, Vol. 85 (2014) No. 3 pp 293-306.
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T. K. Sandeep Kumar, N.N. Viswanathan, H. Ahmed, C. Andersson and B. Björkman, Sintering Kinetics of Oxidized Magnetite Pellet: Estimation using Optical Dilatometer and its Application, Accepted for publication in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B.
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Measurement of heat transfer characteristics along the radial direction in a vertical cylindrical packed bed with stagnant fluid, Swaren Bedarkar, Nurni Neelakantan Viswanathan, Nidambur Bharatha Ballal, Accepted for publication in International Journal of Powder Technology.
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Mass Diffusion in Process Metallurgy, Viswanathan Neelakantan Nurni, Bharath Nidambur Ballal and Seshadri Seetharaman, to be published in Special Issue in Diffusion Foundations.
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Kamesh Sandeep; Hesham Ahmed; Viswanathan Nurni; Bo Björkman, Estimation of Sintering Kinetics of Magnetite Pellet Using Optical Dilatometer, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B - Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science. 47, 1, Vol. :, 2016, pp.309-319.
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Ahmed, H., Nurni, V. & Björkman, B, Isothermal reduction kinetics of self-reducing mixtures, Ironmaking and Steelmaking, Vol. :, 2016.
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Wang, L. J., Nurni, V., Muhmood, L., Kapilashrami, E. & Seetharaman, S., Some Aspects of Interfacial Phenomena in Steelmaking and Refining, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B - Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science., Vol. :, 2016.
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H. Ahmed, R. Morales-Estrella, N. N. Viswanathan and S. Seetharaman, Gas-Solid Reaction Route toward the Production of Intermetallics from Their Corresponding Oxide Mixtures, Metals, 2016, vol. 6, 190, Vol.06 :, 2016, pp.190
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Ahmed, Hesham, Viswanathan Nurni, Seetharaman, Seshadri 2016 In: Materials Today: Proceedings, E-ISSN 2214-7853, Vol. 3, no 9 Part B, 2951-2961.
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T. K. Sandeep Kumar, Martin Simonsson, Nurni Neelakandan Viswanathan, Hesham M. Ahmed, Charlotte Andersson, Abdel-Hady A. El-Geassy and Bo. Björkman, Establishing a Novel Methodology to Correlate the Macroscopic and Microscopic Degree of Sintering in Magnetite Pellets during Induration, Nov 2017, Steel Research International.
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Neelam Sharma, Viswanathan N. Nurni, Vilas Tathavadkar & Somnath Basu, A review on the generation of solid wastes and their utilization in Indian steel industries, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy: Section C, Volume 126, 2017 - Issue 1-2: Sustainability, waste processing and secondary resources, Pages 54-61 https://doi.org/10.1080/03719553.2016.1277103
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Kiamehr. S, Ahmed. H, Nurni. V, Seetharaman. S, Changes in Effective Thermal Conductivity During the Carbothermic Reduction of Magnetite Using Graphite (2017), Metallurgical and materials transactions. B, process metallurgy and materials processing science, ISSN: 1073-5615, Vol. 48, nr. 3, s. 1502-1513
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Flow Phenomena in the Dripping Zone of Blast Furnace − A Review, Snigdha Ghosh, Nurni Neelakantan Viswanathan, N Bharath Ballal, Steel Research International, March 2017.
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T.K. Sandeep Kumar, N.N. Viswanathan H. Ahmed, A. Dahlin, C. Andersson, and B. Bjorkman, Developing the Oxidation Kinetic Model for Magnetite Pellet, Met. & Mats. Trans. B, Feb 2019, 50, 162
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BOF process Dynamics, Ghosh Snigdha, Ballal N. Bharath & Nurni N. Viswanathan, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Vol 128, 2019, Pages: 17-33
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Viswanathan, N.N. & Basu, S., Rise of Gas Bubbles Across the Interface Between Two Liquids, Rozario, A., Metall and Materials Trans B (2019) 50: 10.
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Minhaj Hashim, N.N. Viswanathan, Arunkumar Sridharan, Experimental study of orthogonal water jet impingement on horizontal heated plate, IHMTC-2017.1250, pages 889-895.
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Minhaj Hashim, N.N. Viswanathan and Arunkumar Sridharan, Wetting Front Studies on Heated Plate with Orthogonal Water Jet Impingement, Journal of Enhanced Heat Transfer, Volume 27, Issue 6, 2020, pp. 577-593, DOI: 10.1615/JEnhHeatTransf.2020034457
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S. Snigdha, N. B. Ballal and Viswanathan N. N., Shape and maximum volume of static holdup in between two vertical spheres: A modeling study, Chemical Engineering Science, February 2020.
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Prakash B. Abhale, Nurni N. Viswanathan & Henrik Saxén, Numerical modeling of blast furnace – Evolution and recent trends, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, 2020, 166-183.
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Niraja Moharana, Seshadri Seetharaman, N.N. Viswanathan, K.C. Hari Kumar, Modelling the density of Al2O3–CaO–MgO–SiO2 system using the CALPHAD approach, Calphad, Volume 71, 2020, 101781, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.calphad.2020.101781.
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S. Snigdha, Viswanathan N. N. and N. B. Ballal, Fundamental insight into the dripping criteria of slag and hot metal in a coke bed using energy minimization model, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2021, pp. 2829-2842.
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Dharmendra Kumar Rajak, Nidambur Bharath Ballal, Nurni Neelakantan Viswanathan, Mrigandra Singhai, Effect of Oxygen Enrichment on Top Layer Sinter Properties, ISIJ International, 2021, Vol 61, page 79-85.
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S. Snigdha, A. Erram, M. Namadi, N. B. Ballal and Viswanathan N. N., The efficacy of a three-dimensional liquid-vapor interface model, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 2021.
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S. P. Patil and Viswanathan N. N., Numerical Investigation of Single-Strand Slab Casting Tundish Flow with Heat Transfer and Inclusion Transport, Trans. Ind. Inst. Metals, Jan 2021, 74, 369-379.
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Abhale, P. B., Viswanathan, N. N., & Saxén, H. (2020). Numerical modelling of blast furnace – Evolution and recent trends. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, 129(2), 166-183.
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Abhale, Prakash & Nag, S. & Bapat, Yogesh & Kulkarni, A. & Nurni, Viswanathan & Padmapal, (2022). Development of 2D Steady-State Mathematical Model for Blast Furnace Using OpenFOAM®. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B. DOI: 10.1007/s11663-022-02610-6
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Shanmugam, S.P.; Nurni, V.N.; Manjini, S.; Chandra, S.; Holappa, L.E.K., Challenges and Outlines of Steelmaking toward the Year 2030 and Beyond—Indian Perspective. Metals 2021, 11, 1654. https://doi.org/10.3390/met1110165
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Manjini Sambandam, Viswanathan N. Nurni & Soorya Prakash Jayaraj, Sustainable Production of Steel–Carbon Neutrality and Low Life Cycle Emission, Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, Volume pages 117–126 (2022)
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Vidhyasagar, M., Kumar, D., Viswanathan, N.N., Kumar, S.M. and Manjini, S., A Static Model for Energy‐Optimizing Furnace. Steel Research International, 93(9), p.2200185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202200185
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Tushar Thorat, Viswanathan N. Nurni, M. Basavaraja, Mrigandra Singhai, Sujoy Hazra and Amit Mogale, Modelling of heat transfer in a straight grate pellet induration reactor complemented with plant scale experiments, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy, 131(3), 283-289, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/25726641.20211984828
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Viswanathan N. Nurni, Ananthu Hari, Tirtha Biswas, Srinivasan Rajagopalan, Optimizing the Co-injection of Natural Gas and Pulverized Coal for Indian Blast Furnaces Toward Productivity Gains and Lower-Carbon Emissions, Steel Research International, 93, 2200091, 29 April 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202200091
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T. K. Sandeep Kumar, N.N. Viswanathan, A. Ericsson, C. Andersson, and H. Ahmed, Development of Single Pellet Induration Model for Magnetite Pellet: A Holistic Approach, accepted for publication in Metallurgical and Materials Transactions - B.
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Sujit A. Jagnade, Saurabh K. Nayak, Jose M. Korath, Nurni N. Viswanathan, Prakash B. Abhale, A mathematical model of a twin-shaft parallel flow regenerative lime kiln, accepted for publication in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy (TIMM C).
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Diti Garg, P.P. Sahoo, P.K. Tripathy, Biswajit Ghosh, Hitesh Hasmukhrai Shah, N. N. Viswanathan, Deepoo Kumar, Evolution of Steel Chemistry and Cleanliness During RH Degassing Process, AIST Transactions, Vol 20, No. 6, June 2023, pp. 170.