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Kalliat T Valsaraj

Louisiana State University

Cain Department of Chemical Engineering

110 Chemical Engineering
South Stadium Road
Baton Rouge, LA  70803  

valsaraj@lsu.edu

Project List:

Consortium for the Molecular Engineering of Dispersant Systems (C-MEDS)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead

Understanding the Phase Behavior of Oil/ Dispersant/ Water System at Different Salinities, Temperature and Pressure

Year One Block Grant - Louisiana State UniversityRole: Co-Principal Investigator

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 11

2016

Zhang, Z., Avij, P., Perkins, M. J., Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Field, J. A., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2016). Combined Experimental and Molecular Simulation Investigation of the Individual Effects of Corexit Surfactants on the Aerosolization of Oil Spill Matter. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120(30), 6048-6058.

2015

Rao, A., Reddy, R. K., Valsaraj, K. T., Nandakumar, K., Pandey, S., & Wu, C. (2015). Influence of unsteady mass transfer on dynamics of rising and sinking droplet in water: Experimental and CFD study. AIChE Journal, 61(1), 342-354.

2014

Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Shu, X., Dugas, V., Woodson, I., Liyana-Arachchi, T., Zhang, Z., Hung, F. R., & Valsaraj, K. T. (2014). Bubble bursting as an aerosol generation mechanism during an oil spill in the deep-sea environment: laboratory experimental demonstration of the transport pathway. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 16(1), 65-73.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Zhang, Z., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2014). Bubble bursting as an aerosol generation mechanism during an oil spill in the deep-sea environment: molecular dynamics simulations of oil alkanes and dispersants in atmospheric air/salt water interfaces. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 16(1), 53-64.
Rao, A., Reddy, R. K., Ehrenhauser, F., Nandakumar, K., Thibodeaux, L. J., Rao, D., & Valsaraj, K. T. (2014). Effect of surfactant on the dynamics of a crude oil droplet in water column: Experimental and numerical investigation. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 92(12), 2098-2114.

2013

Habartová, A., Valsaraj, K. T., & Roeselová, M. (2013). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Small Halogenated Organics at the Air–Water Interface: Implications in Water Treatment and Atmospheric Chemistry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 117(38), 9205-9215.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Hansel, A. K., Stevens, C., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Molecular Modeling of the Green Leaf Volatile Methyl Salicylate on Atmospheric Air/Water Interfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 117(21), 4436-4443.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Stevens, C., Hansel, A. K., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Molecular simulations of green leaf volatiles and atmospheric oxidants on air/water interfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(10), 3583.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Ice growth from supercooled aqueous solutions of reactive oxygen species. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 132(1).

2012

Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Ice Growth from Supercooled Aqueous Solutions of Benzene, Naphthalene, and Phenanthrene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116(33), 8539-8546.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Adsorption of Naphthalene and Ozone on Atmospheric Air/Ice Interfaces Coated with Surfactants: A Molecular Simulation Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116(10), 2519-2528.

Book Chapter - 1

2014

Reddy, R. K., Rao, A., Yu, Z., Wu, C., Nandakumar, K., Thibodeaux, L., & Valsaraj, K. T. (2014). Challenges in and Approaches to Modeling the Complexities of Deepwater Oil and Gas Release. In Oil Spill Remediation (pp. 89-126) Wiley.

Conference Presentations - 13

2014

Avij, P. D., V.; Shu, X. V., & K.T (2014). Dispersant Effect in Enhancing the Droplet and Particle Formation by Bursting Bubbles. In 2014 State of the Coast Conference
Avij, P. E., F.S.; Dugas, V. S., X.; Zhang, Z. P., M.; Field, J. H., & F.; Valsaraj, K. (2014). Laboratory Experimental Demonstration of the Effect of Oceanic Whitecap in Transferring Oil and Dispersant Compounds to Atmosphere. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Rao, A. P., S.; Huang, A. R., R.K.; Nandakumar, K. V., & K.T (2014). The impact of mass transfer on the dynamics of droplets released in quiescent medium. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Zhang, Z. L., T.P.; Avij, P. E., F.S.; Valsaraj, K. H., & F.R (2014). Molecular dynamics simulation of oil alkanes and dispersants in atmospheric air/salt water interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014

2013

Ehrenhauser, F. S. H., A. A.; Liyana-Arachchi, T. P. W., M.J.; Hung, F. R. H., & P. R.; Valsaraj, K. T. (2013). Chemistry at the interface: Chemical transformations at the air-water interface. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P. . Z., Z.; Ehrenhauser, F. S. A., P.; Valsaraj, K. T. H., & F. R (2013). Oil hydrocarbons and dispersants at air/salt water interfaces: Molecular simulations and experiments. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition
Liyana-Arachchi, T. E., F.S.; Avij, P. V., & K.T.; Hung, F. (2013). Oil hydrocarbons and surfactants at air/salt water interfaces: Molecular simulations and experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Liyana-Arachchi, T. V., & K.T.; Hung, F. (2013). Molecular dynamics simulations of green leaf volatiles and OH radicals on atmospheric air/water interfaces. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition

2012

Ehrenhauser, F. W., I.; Dugas, V. V., & K.T (2012). Deepwater Horizon Spill - Aerosolization via Bursting Bubbles. In American Chemical Society Meeting
Liyana-Arachchi, T. V., & K.T.; Hung, F. (2012). Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ozone on atmospheric air/ice interfaces: A molecular simulation study. In American Chemical Society Meeting
Liyana-Arachchi, T. V., & K.T.; Hung, F. (2012). Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ozone on atmospheric air/ice interfaces. In Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation Conference

2011

Dugas, V. E., & F.S.; Valsaraj, K. (2011). Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Aerosolization of Crude Oil through Bursting Bubbles. In TripleEx Conference for Undergraduate Research

2010

Woodson, I. E., F.S.; Khadapkar, K. C., M, M., & B.; Valsaraj, K. (2010). Deepwater Horizon Spill - Determination of Organic Pollutants in the Marine Environment. In TripleEx Conference for Undergraduate Research