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Ravi Ramesh is a PhD candidate at TU Delft in the Netherlands, working at the intersection of engineering, energy access, and sustainable technology. His research focuses on physicochemical phenomena, particularly hydrodynamics and heat transfer in novel, multi-jet bubbling fluidised bed reactors, using advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

He is the founder of B-FREE (Bubbling Fluidised bed Reactor for Energy Expansion), a project aimed at producing clean fuel from plastic waste in low and middle-income countries. By developing a low-cost, multi-orifice reactor, his goal is to generate syngas, hydrogen, methanol, and ethanol from household plastic waste, contributing to Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy.

Ravi brings entrepreneurial experience through the TU Delft Impact Contest, where he was a semi-finalist, and THRIVE Academy Rotterdam, where he trained as a knowledge broker, bridging academic research with real-world applications. He has also freelanced for companies like Avery Dennison and Nobian via Blackbear.

Currently at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4, Ravi’s project is in the validation phase, with active outreach to customer groups. He is seeking mentorship, funding, and networks to scale the technology and create real energy impact for communities in regions such as Kenya, India, Indonesia, and Brazil.