S. Vijayan

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 788 citations indexed

About

S. Vijayan is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Vijayan has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 788 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 8 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in S. Vijayan's work include Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (13 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (9 papers) and Food Drying and Modeling (8 papers). S. Vijayan is often cited by papers focused on Solar Thermal and Photovoltaic Systems (13 papers), Heat Transfer Mechanisms (9 papers) and Food Drying and Modeling (8 papers). S. Vijayan collaborates with scholars based in India, Latvia and Nepal. S. Vijayan's co-authors include T.V. Arjunan, Anil Kumar, Srinivasan Kesavan, M.M. Matheswaran, P. Koshy Mathews, Zamri Mohamed, D. Ramasamy and M. Samykano and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable Energy, Solar Energy and Journal of Energy Storage.

In The Last Decade

S. Vijayan

25 papers receiving 752 citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Exergo-environmental analysis of an indirect forced convection solar dryer for drying bitter gourd slices

2019 227 citations S. Vijayan, T.V. Arjunan et al. Renewable Energy profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. Vijayan India	12	443	394	286	235	101	31	788
D.V.N. Lakshmi India	9	298 0.7×	408 1.0×	178 0.6×	216 0.9×	119 1.2×	19	645
Manoj Kumar Gaur India	17	290 0.7×	329 0.8×	504 1.8×	247 1.1×	84 0.8×	69	975
Abhay Lingayat India	12	538 1.2×	524 1.3×	354 1.2×	266 1.1×	117 1.2×	20	980
O. V. Ekechukwu Nigeria	14	510 1.2×	368 0.9×	470 1.6×	263 1.1×	76 0.8×	36	1.1k
Deva Kanta Rabha India	6	312 0.7×	340 0.9×	198 0.7×	215 0.9×	87 0.9×	9	597
Ravinder Kumar Sahdev India	17	197 0.4×	299 0.8×	185 0.6×	267 1.1×	90 0.9×	46	671
Akshay Bhardwaj India	8	309 0.7×	219 0.6×	186 0.7×	137 0.6×	58 0.6×	24	564
Ataollah Khanları Türkiye	7	270 0.6×	294 0.7×	135 0.5×	114 0.5×	75 0.7×	9	532
Abdelghani Boubekri Algeria	15	242 0.5×	319 0.8×	162 0.6×	208 0.9×	72 0.7×	26	570
Prashant Singh Chauhan India	11	258 0.6×	348 0.9×	165 0.6×	330 1.4×	81 0.8×	13	600

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Vijayan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. Vijayan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. Vijayan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with S. Vijayan. S. Vijayan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Vijayan, S., et al.. (2025). Experimental investigation of an evacuated tube solar air heater with baffles and perforated twisted tapes for air heating applications. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part E Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering.

Vijayan, S., et al.. (2024). Effect of packing factor on energy performance of solar PV/T water-heating collector system – An experimental study. AIP conference proceedings. 3231. 20007–20007.

Vijayan, S., et al.. (2024). The efficiency of solar stills with copper-coated sponge cubes for water desalination: A comparative study. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part E Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering. 239(6). 3717–3726. 2 indexed citations

Arjunan, T.V., et al.. (2024). Energetic and enviro-economic performance of medium scale evacuated tube solar air heating system for industrial applications. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A Journal of Power and Energy. 239(2). 388–399. 1 indexed citations

Vijayan, S., et al.. (2023). Investigation and optimization of design parameters for the thermal performance of a flat-plate solar air heater with sensible heat storage medium. Desalination and Water Treatment. 315. 287–303.

Arjunan, T.V., S. Vijayan, & M.M. Matheswaran. (2023). Solar Thermal Conversion Technologies for Industrial Process Heating. 1 indexed citations

Vijayan, S., et al.. (2022). Impact of stir-squeeze casting process parameters on tensile strength of hybrid aluminium matrix composite. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part E Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering. 236(6). 2589–2598. 5 indexed citations

Vijayan, S., et al.. (2022). Effect of austenitic stainless steel weld clad layers on conduction heat transfer across the walls of pressure vessels. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 236(12). 6677–6687. 1 indexed citations

Vijayan, S., et al.. (2021). Investigation of the thermal performance of an indirect forced convection solar dryer for tapioca chips drying. Desalination and Water Treatment. 230. 430–441. 4 indexed citations

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Arjunan, T.V., et al.. (2021). Influence of twisted tape inserts on energy and exergy performance of an evacuated Tube-based solar air collector. Solar Energy. 225. 892–904. 23 indexed citations

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Vijayan, S., et al.. (2020). Performance Evaluation of a Solar PV/T Water Heater Integrated with Inorganic Salt Based Energy Storage Medium. Journal of New Materials for Electrochemical Systems. 23(3). 213–220. 1 indexed citations

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Vijayan, S., T.V. Arjunan, Anil Kumar, & M.M. Matheswaran. (2020). Experimental and thermal performance investigations on sensible storage based solar air heater. Journal of Energy Storage. 31. 101620–101620. 56 indexed citations

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Arjunan, T.V., et al.. (2020). Experimental investigation of temperature swing adsorption system for air dehumidification. Heat and Mass Transfer. 56(7). 2093–2105. 6 indexed citations

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Arjunan, T.V., et al.. (2020). Low‐temperature drying characteristics of mint leaves in a continuous‐dehumidified air drying system. Journal of Food Process Engineering. 43(4). 23 indexed citations

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Vijayan, S., T.V. Arjunan, & Anil Kumar. (2019). Exergo-environmental analysis of an indirect forced convection solar dryer for drying bitter gourd slices. Renewable Energy. 146. 2210–2223. 227 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kesavan, Srinivasan, T.V. Arjunan, & S. Vijayan. (2018). Thermodynamic analysis of a triple-pass solar dryer for drying potato slices. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 136(1). 159–171. 113 indexed citations

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Vijayan, S., et al.. (2017). Drying of carrot slices in a triple pass solar dryer. Thermal Science. 21(suppl. 2). 389–398. 20 indexed citations

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Mathews, P. Koshy, et al.. (2017). INVESTIGATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF PROCESS VARIABLES ON CLAD ANGLE IN 316L STAINLESS STEEL CLADDING USING GENETIC ALGORITHM. High Temperature Material Processes An International Quarterly of High-Technology Plasma Processes. 21(2). 109–125. 5 indexed citations

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Vijayan, S., et al.. (2017). Thin layer drying characteristics of curry leaves (Murraya koenigii) in an indirect solar dryer. Thermal Science. 21(suppl. 2). 359–367. 25 indexed citations

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Vijayan, S., et al.. (2016). Solar Tracking System Using A Refrigerant As Working Medium For Solar Energy Conversion. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 10(8). 1610–1615.

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