Krishna Shrestha, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Postdoc, Los Alamos National Laboratory, US, 2024
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg, Germany, 2021
M.Sc., Power Engineering, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg, Germany, 2016
Contact Information:
Rougeou Hall, Rom 262
Email: krishna.shrestha@louisiana.edu
Phone: (337) 482-1453
Courses Taught:
MCHE 362 – Thermal Engineering
Areas of Research Interest:
• Thermal Process Engineering
• Combustion
• Energy and Fuels
• Low and zero carbon fuels
Hydrogen, Ammonia, Natural Gas, Oxygenated Hydrocarbons, Biomass, Biofuel
• Heterogenous Catalysis
• Theoretical Chemistry
• Material Science
• Energetic Materials
• Chemical Kinetic Modeling
• Computational Fluid Dynamics
• AI and Machine learning
• Computational Modeling
Heat Flux Burner, Constant Volume Reactor, Shock Tube, Rapid Compression Machine,
Jet-stirred Reactor, Flow Reactor, Diffusion Flame
• Emission – NOx, SOx, PAH, Soot
Honors and Awards:
Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, US, 2023
Travel Grant for Short-Term Scientific Mission, 2022
COST ACTION CA20127
European Cooperation in Science and Technology
Selected Publications:
1. Krishna Prasad Shrestha, Charles Lhuillier, Amanda Alves Barbosa, Pierre Brequigny, Francesco Contino, ChristineMounaïm-Rousselle, Lars Seidel, Fabian Mauss, “An experimental and modeling study of ammonia with enriched oxygen content and ammonia/hydrogen laminar flame speed at elevated pressure and temperature”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38 (2021) 2163-2174. doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.197
2. Krishna. P. Shrestha, Lars Seidel, Thoma Zeuch, and Fabian. Mauss, “Detailed Kinetic Mechanism for the Oxidation of Ammonia Including the Formation and Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides”, Energy & Fuels 32 (2018) 10202 – 10217. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b01056
3. Sven Eckart, Krishna P. Shrestha, Binod R. Giri, Qilong Fang, Chen Chen, Wei Li, Hartmut Krause, Fabian Mauss, Dong Liu, Yuyang Li, “Chemical insights into ethyl acetate flames from experiment and kinetic modeling: Laminar burning velocity, speciation and NOx emission”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40 (2024) 105487. doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2024.105487
4. Sven Eckart, Krishna P. Shrestha, Binod R. Giri, Qilong Fang, Wei Li, Fabian Mauss, Hartmut Krause, Yuyang Li, “Insight into premixed diethoxymethane flames: Laminar burning velocities, temperatures, and emissions behaviour”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40 (2024) 105579. doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2024.105579
5. Binod Raj Giri, Manuel Monge Palacios, Ravikumar Thangaraj, Krishna Prasad Shrestha, Béla Viskolcz, Fabian Mauss, Milán Szőr, “An Ab Initio Based OH Initiated Oxidation Kinetics of Glycerol Carbonate: A Promising Biofuel Component”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 40 (2024) 105668. doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2024.105668
6. Krishna P. Shrestha, Sven Eckart, Ayman M. Elbaz, Binod R. Giri, Chris Fritsche, Lars Seidel, William L. Roberts, Hartmut Krause, Fabian Mauss, “A comprehensive kinetic model for dimethyl ether and dimethoxymethane oxidation and NOx interaction utilizing experimental laminar flame speed measurements at elevated pressure and temperature”, Combustion and Flame 218 (2020) 57- 74. doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.04.016
7. Krishna P. Shrestha, Sven Eckart, Simon Drost, Chris Fritsche, Robert Schießl, Lars Seidel, Ulrich Maas, Hartmut Krause, Fabian Mauss, “A comprehensive kinetic modeling of oxymethylene ethers (OMEn, n=1-3) oxidation - laminar flame speed and ignition delay time measurements”, Combustion and Flame 246 (2022) 112426. doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2022.112426
8. Gani Issayev, Binod Raj Giri, Ayman M. Elbaz, Krishna P. Shrestha, Fabian Mauss, William L. Roberts, Aamir Farooq, “Ignition delay time and laminar flame speed measurements of ammonia blended with dimethyl ether: A promising low carbon fuel blend”, Renewable Energy 181 (2022) 1353–1370. doi: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.09.117
9. Daniel E. Thomas, Krishna P. Shrestha, Fabian Mauss, William F. Northrop, “Extinction and NO formation of ammonia-hydrogen and air non-premixed counterflow flames”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 39 (2023) 1803 – 1812. doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2022.08.067
10. Maria Virginia Manna, Pino Sabia, Krishna P. Shrestha, Lars Seidel, Raffaele Ragucci, Fabian Mauss, Mara de Joannon, “NH3-NO interaction under low-temperatures: an experimental and modeling study”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 39 (2023) 775 – 784. doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2022.09.027
11. Ayman M. Elbaz, Binod Raj Giri, Krishna P. Shrestha, Omar Z. Arab, Aamir Farooq, Fabian Mauss, William L. Roberts, “A comprehensive experimental and kinetic modeling study of laminar flame propagation of ammonia blended with propene”, Combustion and Flame 253 (2023) 112791.doi: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2023.112791
12. Krishna Prasad Shrestha, Nicolas Vin, Olivier Herbinet, Lars Seidel, Frédérique Battin-Leclerc, Thomas Zeuch, Fabian Mauss, “Insights into nitromethane combustion from detailed kinetic modeling - Pyrolysis experiments in jet stirred and flow reactors”, Fuel 261 (2020) 116349. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2019.116349
13. Binod R. Giri, Krishna P. Shrestha, Tam V.-T. Mai, Fabian Mauss, Lam K. Huynh, “A theoretical kinetic study of the reactions of NH2 radicals with methanol and ethanol and their implications in kinetic modeling”, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics 55 (2023) 3-14. doi:10.1002/kin.21609
14. Binod R. Giri, Krishna Prasad Shrestha, Tam V.-T. Mai, Sushant Giri, Mohammad Adil, R. Thirumaleswara Naik, Fabian Mauss, Lam Kim Huynh, “A Theoretical Study of NH2 Radical Reactions with Propane and Its Kinetic Implications in NH3-Propane Blends’ Oxidation”, Energies 2023, 16(16), 5943. doi: 10.3390/en16165943
15. Krishna P. Shrestha, Ayman M. Elbaz, Binod R. Giri, Omar Z. Arab, Mohammad Adil, Lars Seidel, William L. Roberts, “Aamir Farooq, Fabian Mauss, An Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of 1,3- Dioxolane Oxidation and Comparison with Dimethoxymethane”, Energy & Fuels 36 (2022) 7744–7754. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c01132
16. Krishna Prasad Shrestha, Binod Raj Giri, Ayman M Elbaz, Gani Issayev, William L Roberts, Lars Seidel, Fabian Mauss, Aamir Farooq, “A Detailed Chemical Insights into the Kinetics of Diethyl Ether Enhancing Ammonia Combustion and the Importance of NOx Recycling Mechanism”, Fuel Communications 10 (2022) 100051. doi: 10.1016/j.jfueco.2022.100051
17. Rakhi, Krishna P. Shrestha, Vivien Günther, Fabian Mauss, “Kinetically consistent detailed surface reaction mechanism for steam reforming of methane over nickel catalyst”, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms, and Catalysis (2022). doi: 10.1007/s11144-022-02314-7
18. Gani Issayev, Binod. R. Giri, Ayman M. Elbaz, Krishna P. Shrestha, Fabian Mauss, William L.Roberts, Aamir Farooq, “Combustion Behavior of Ammonia Blended with Diethyl Ether”, Proceedings of the Combustion Institute 38 (2021) 499-506. doi: 10.1016/j.proci.2020.06.337
19. Krishna Prasad Shrestha, Lars Seidel, Thomas Zeuch, Gladys Moréac, Philippe Dagaut, Fabian Mauss, “On the implications of nitromethane - NOx chemistry interactions for combustion processes”, Fuel 289 (2021) 119861. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119861
20. Krishna Prasad Shrestha, Binod Raj Giri, Mohammad Adil, Lars Seidel, Thomas Zeuch, Aamir Farooq, and Fabian. Mauss, “Detailed Chemical Kinetic Study of Acetaldehyde Oxidation and Its Interaction with NOx”, Energy & Fuels. 35 (2021) 14963–14983. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c01948
21. Ayman M. Elbaz, Binod Raj Giri, Gani Issayev, Krishna P. Shrestha, Fabian Mauss, Aamir Farooq, William L. Roberts, “Experimental and Kinetic Modeling Study of Laminar Flame Speed of Dimethoxymethane and Ammonia Blends”, Energy & Fuels 34 (2020) 14726–14740. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.0c02269
22. Krishna Prasad Shrestha, Lars Seidel, Thomas. Zeuch, and Fabian Mauss, F., “Kinetic Modeling of NOx Formation and Consumption during Methanol and Ethanol Oxidation”, Combustion Science and Technology, 191:9 (2019) 1628-1660. doi: 10.1080/00102202.2019.1606804
23. Tam V.-T. Mai, Thanh Q. Bui, Nguyen Thi Ai Nhung, Phan Tu Quy, Krishna P. Shrestha, Fabian Mauss, Binod R. Giri, and Lam K. Huynh, “An Ab Initio RRKM-Based Master equation Study for Kinetics of OH-Initiated Oxidation of 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran and Its Implications in Kinetic Modeling”, Energies 2023, 16(9), 3730. doi: 10.3390/en16093730