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Plasma Processes for Energy and Environment

Plasma Processes for Energy and Environment

This monograph explores the pervasive role of plasma processes in some areas related to energy and environment.

2017

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John Pucadyil

Smiley’s World: Requiem For An Unlikely Hero

I felt the shadowy presence of George Smiley in the Regal Theatre in New Delhi’s Connaught Place in the late seventies in one of my…

Oct 26

Smiley’s World: Requiem For An Unlikely Hero

Oct 26

John Pucadyil

A Success Story from God’s Own Country:

Kottayam, a small town in Kerala has done exceptionally well in many metrics of human development. The Progress Review of the National…

Oct 11

Oct 11

John Pucadyil

A Journey of Grace: The Story of Ardhrata Fellowship

Altruism is an English word meaning selfless service to others without expecting anything in return. This has no simple equivalent in…

Sep 25

A Journey of Grace: The Story of Ardhrata Fellowship

Sep 25

John Pucadyil

Mythical Worlds of Films and Fiction: An Exploration Into Our Fascination With Them

The recent publicity around Alien: Romulus reminded me of the fascination I had as a youth with the alien and horrifying world created…

Sep 11

Sep 11

John Pucadyil

My Experiments with Innovation

Aug 11

My Experiments with Innovation

Aug 11

John Pucadyil

Not the End of the World: The Optimism of Hanna Ritchie

In the realm of existential threats, humanity has introspected on its fragility and the potential for self-destruction. The Doomsday Clock…

Jun 21

Not the End of the World: The Optimism of Hanna Ritchie

Jun 21

John Pucadyil

The Full Circle of Life

Life took a full circle when I moved back to Kottayam after sixty years. I was born here and spent my school years here. I started college…

May 27

The Full Circle of Life

May 27

John Pucadyil

Bollywood Finds Bharat: An Appreciation of “Laapataa Ladies”

I, along with my wife, started watching “Laapataa Ladies”, the celluloid saga of lost brides, on Netflix. I was sceptical about the…

May 5

Bollywood Finds Bharat: An Appreciation of “Laapataa Ladies”

May 5

John Pucadyil

Biomass Gasification by Plasma Pyrolysis: An Alternative to Stubble Burning?

Burning of crop residue is prevalent in North India although banned by the National Green Tribunal. Wheat stubble burning is a recent…

Apr 13

Apr 13

John Pucadyil

Energy Transitions: From Hydrocarbon to Hydrogen

The earliest discovered wood fire goes back to 75,000 years ago in a cave near Marseilles in France. From those days until close to 1800…

Mar 30

Energy Transitions: From Hydrocarbon to Hydrogen

Mar 30

John Pucadyil

John Pucadyil

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I am a plasma physicist who also paints and writes poetry. My work is available on my website www.pucadyil.com. I write on science, technology and my life

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