Dr. B.Musthafa

Teaching

Educational Background

Work Experience

Research

Areas of Research Interest

• Biofuels Production and Characterization
• Fuel Reformulation
• Hydrogen as fuel and Fuel cell
• Engine Calibration
• Electric Vehicle Technology
• Numerical Analysis (MATLAB, RSM)

Research Publications

• Musthafa, M.Prabhahar. Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Performance, and Emission Characteristics of a CI Engine Using Juliflora-Gulmohar Biodiesel/ Blends and ANN Prediction in MATLAB. Case studies in thermal Engineering (Elsevier), 2025, Vol. 72, 106338, August 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2025.106338. (Impact factor – 6.8)
• Srinivasan SA, Musthafa B, Naidu BV, Kumar MS. Optimization and experimental investigation on CI engine characteristics fuelled with low carbon alcohols and juliflora biodiesel blends: A RSM approach. Fuel. 2025 May 15;388:134542., (Impact factor: 2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2025.134542.
• Raja M, Sivalakshmi S, Balusamy T, Musthafa B, Sudharshan M, Goyal A, Bhowmik A. Experimental investigation on thermal performance of polyurethane foam mattresses with PCM. Discover Applied Sciences. 2025 May 15;7(5):497.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-025-06994-3.
• Sabapathy SP, Ammasi AM, Khalife E, Musthafa B et al., Optimization of Injection Timing and Ethyl Hexyl Nitrate Additive Effects on Diesel Engine Characteristics Using Rubber Seed Oil Biodiesel. International Journal of Energy Research. 2025;2025(1):1686933. (Impact factor – 3) https://doi.org/10.1155/er/1686933.
• Musthafa B, Saravanan B, Vaibhav B, Muhammad P, Sam F, Asokan MA. Performance and emission analysis of a diesel engine fuelled with Juliflora biodiesel: a simulation and experimental study. Australian Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 2025 Mar 15: 23 (2): 220-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/14484846.2023.2274999 (Impact factor: 4)
• Antony Casmir jayaseelan, B. Musthafa, A.Anderson, J.Antony Abishek, K.Bhuvaneshwaran. Explore the impact of TiO2 Nano particles as Fuel additives with Candlenut biodiesel /diesel blends in CI Engine. Journal of Environmental Nanotechnology (Scopus). https://doi.org/10.13074/jent.2025.03.2511244
• Musthafa B, Saravanan B, Prabu SS, Asokan MA, Sujai S. Effect of lower rate exhaust gas re-circulation variations on CI engine characteristics fueled with Prosopis Juliflora biodiesel: An experimental study” Journal of Thermal Engineering, 11(1) , (JAN 2025), pp:16-24, DOI:10.14744/thermal.0000900 (Impact factor:1) .
• Nawaz IS, Musthafa B, Srinivasan SA, Asokan MA. Influence of Nano Fuel Additives on Filter Blocking Characteristics Blended with Biodiesel-Bioethanol-Diesel Blends. Solid Fuel Chemistry. 2024 Aug; 58(4):280-4. https://doi.org/10.3103/S0361521924700162 (Impact factor: 7)
• Asokan MA, Prabu SS, Musthafa B, Saravanan B, Sujai S, Pote RT, Chavan NP, Bhor DS. Effect of antioxidants on CI Engine characteristics of safflower biodiesel with varying fuel Injection pressures. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 2024 Jun 6:104658. (Impact factor: 8). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2024.104658
• Musthafa B, Asokan MA. Numerical and experimental investigation of performance and emission characteristics of hydrogen enrichment with prosopis juliflora biodiesel in CI engine using RSM and ANN optimization. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2024 May 13;66: 326-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.04.083 (Impact factor: 4)
• Saravanan B, Musthafa B, Asokan MA. Assessment of CI engine vibration at various injection timing and injection pressure with Ceiba pentandra biodiesel. International Journal of Green Energy. 2024 Mar 15;21(4):719-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2023.2211131. (Impact factor: 3)
• Musthafa B, Sivaraman M, Jeyaseelan T, Ma A. A comprehensive assessment of vehicular performance and emission characteristics during real-time test-runs using selected bio-ethanol–gasoline blends. Biofuels. 2024 Feb 7;15(2):137-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/17597269.2023.2221968. (Impact factor: 7)
• Musthafa B, Asokan MA. Influence of Fuel Filterability, Performance, and Emission Characteristics of Dual Biodiesel Mixture with Diesel Blends in Compression Ignition Engine. International Journal of Automotive Technology. 2024 Feb 2:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12239-024-00040-8.(Impact factor: 6)
• Musthafa B, Asokan MA. Reducing NOx emission from palm biodiesel/diesel blends in CI engine: a comparative study of cetane improvement techniques through hydrogenation and fuel additives. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering. 2024 Jan 2:09544089231223380. https://doi.org/10.1177/ (Impact factor: 2.1)
• Kumar MS, Srinivasan SA, Alphin MS, Mustafa B, Selvaraj SK. Progresses in the NO_x Elimination Using Zeolite Under Low‐Temperature Ammonia‐Based Selective Catalytic Reduction—A Review. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering. 2024(1):1827332. (Wiley – Scopus) https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/1827332.
• Musthafa B, Asokan MA. Impact of Fuel Hydrogenation and Fuel Additives on Dual Biodiesel Mixture for Improving Combustion and Emission Characteristics in Compression Ignition Engine. Solid Fuel Chemistry. 2023 Dec;57(7):481-93. https://doi.org/10.3103/S0361521923080050. (Impact factor:7)
• Musthafa B, Asokan MA. A Comparative Study of Fuel Filterability, Performance, and Emission Characteristics in CI Engine Fuelled with a Dual Biodiesel Mixture Blended with Conventional Diesel. Solid Fuel Chemistry. 2023 Dec;57 (Suppl 1):S42-52. https://doi.org/10.3103/S0361521923070066. (Impact factor:7)
• Saravanan B, Musthafa B, Asokan MA. A combined study of filterability and soaking strength of fuel filter and effect of injection timing on CI engine characteristics using Ceiba pentandra biodiesel. Biofuels. 2023 Aug 9;14(7):703-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17597269.2023. 2167270. (Impact factor: 7)
• Musthafa B, Saravanan B, Asokan MA, Devendiran S, Venkatesan K. Effect of ethanol, propanol and butanol on karanja biodiesel with vegetable oil fuelled in a single cylinder diesel engine. Egyptian Journal of Petroleum. 2023 Jun 1;32(2):35-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpe.2023.05.001.
• Musthafa B, Asokan MA. An experimental evaluation of cetane improving techniques for enhancing the performance and emission trade-off in diesel engine: A comparative study. Energy & Environment. 2023: https://doi.org/10.1177/0958305X231193866 (Impact factor: 2)

Reviewer for International Journals

• Energy and Environment (SAGE)
• International Journal of energy Research (wiley)
• Journal of Thermal Engineering (Yildiz University)
• Sigma Journal (Yildiz University)
• International journal of Engine Research (SAGE)
• Journal of Engineering Research and Report

Membership of Scientific / Engineering Bodies

•  MISTE (Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education)

Value added courses

•  The certificate is awarded Musthafa B for successfully completed the course “Cryogenic Hydrogen Technology” on NPTEL 8 week course with FDP in FEB 2025.