Annual Report Chemical Engineering Department 2010 - 2011

Preface It has been very productive year for the Department of Chemical Engineering. I am pleased to state that the tradition of a large number of quality publications in international journals was continued this year. The chemical engineering faculty members published 98 papers in International refereed journals and presented 44 papers in National and International conferences. I must add that another 30+ papers have been accepted for publication. The faculty members of the Department received very prestigious awards and recognitions for their contributions to the profession. Professor G. D. Yadav received the Jagdish Chandra Bose National Fellowship of Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. He is also the third faculty member from the Department to be selected for the Fellowship of TWAS, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World. Dr. A.B. Pandit received Dr CV Raman Award for the 4th IES National Teachers Excellence. Dr. Parag Gogate received SGSITS National Award for Best Research by Young Teachers from Indian Society for Technical Education and Young Scientist Awards of Scopus/ Elsevier India and National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad. Dr. Prakash Vaidya received IEI Young Engineers Award and was also selected as Young Associate, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences. Dr. C.S. Mathpati received the Dr. K. H. Gharda Best Thesis Award in the Department. The students of the Department have also won several prizes in conferences and competitions. But keeping tradition of the Department , Anuj Verma, won the Acharya P.C. Ray Award for Best Design Project award of I.I.Ch.E. In all 21 Ph.D. theses were submitted along with 49 Masters theses. The number of Ph.D. Candidates in the Department has increased to impressive 136 and the number of masters has reached to 89, all with full scholarship. Support for these students come from University Grant Commission as the Department is recognized as the Centre of Advanced Studies in Chemical Engineering, Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Biotechnology, CSIR, Department of Science and Technology, and several industry sponsored projects. In all 56 research projects are being supervised by the faculty of which the major share is from DAE. In addition, the UGC Networking Resource Centre has brought a substantial support to augment the research infrastructure. A number of highly sophisticated equipments has been added to the research labs that include a Tunneling Electron Microscope (TEM), XRD, Nano-Liquid Chromatography and ICP. With the focus of the Department shifting to Nanotechnology and Green Technology, these equipments have become essential to match quality of experimental work as demanded by international community. We should be inaugurating the Sophisticated Analytical Instruments Centre with this UGCNRC support very soon. The Centre conducted two workshops for Engineering teachers in the last year, on Process Intensification and Chemical Engineering Lab Practice, and a Summer Research Programme for six weeks for undergraduates at third year level in the last summer for 40 students who came from all over India to learn the basics of research. Each one of these students was paid a fellowship for the training period. This year also saw a very good placement for the Graduates of the Department. By the time of writing this report, we have placed 90% of students in Industry through campus interviews with minimum salary of 3.5 lakhs and a maximum of 9.5 lakhs. All these placements are in core manufacturing sectors of chemical industry. Amongst post-graduates also 50% of the candidates have been placed.

I must add that this year, we received a collective donation of Rs. 60 lakhs from family members of an alumnus, Late Dr. Surendra Gupta(1964 BchemEngg), to support four students on merit cummeans basis that covers entire education expenses of the selected students. This is a second highest scholarship, after Pratapbhai and Sarojben Shah scholarship by Shri Pankaj Shah, instituted by individuals in the Department for needy students. The 1985 bacth has also developed a corpus for supporting needy students from the Department in the same manner. We hope that the recepients of these scholarships will continue this tradition after their graduation from ICT. In the next five years, we should be able to support at least 25% of the UGs with such endowments
V G Gaikar

Chemical Engineering Faculty

Publications 1. Samant, B.S., Bhagwat, S.S., A novel improvement in ArLPdF catalytic fluorination of aromatic Professor of Chemical Engineering compounds, Applied Catalysis A: General, 394(1-2), & Head Warden, ICT Hostels 191-194, 2011 2. Samant, B.S., Bhagwat, S.S., Enantioselective cycloetherification in a micellar catalysis system, Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 32(1), 231-234, 2011 Research interests: Energy Engineering, Interfacial Science and 3. Sonchal B.P. , Bhagwat, S.S., Droplet exchange Engineering, Applications of artificial neural networks kinetics in microemulsions, J. Disp. Sci. Tech., 2011 Subjects taught: Chem. Eng. Thermodynamics-I, Chemical 4. Manish M., Shinde Sunil S. Bhagwat, Surfactant assisted aueous phase Heck reaction, J. Disp. Sci. Engineering Thermodynamics-II, Interfacial Sci. and Engg Tech., 2011 5. Manish M. Shinde Sunil S. Bhagwat, Surfactant Awards assisted Pd/C catalyzed Sonogashira reaction in Prof. R.A. Rajadhyaksha Best Teacher Award aqueous media, Colloids & Surfaces A, 2011 (Second Year Chem Engg)

S. S. Bhagwat

Professional Activities
Member, Executive Council, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Mumbai Regional Centre Honorary Secretary, Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology, Western India Chapter Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Surface Science and Technology

Consultant to
Galaxy Surfactants Ltd Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd Esmech Equipment Pvt Ltd Maharashtra State Power Generation Com. Ltd. Marico Ltd Chandrapur superthermal power station Trio Chemicals and Allied Products Miura Trading and Finvest Pvt Ltd IPCA laboratories Ltd

Conference Papers 1. Dynamics of interdroplet exchange kinetics in w/o microemulsions, Sonchal B. P. and Bhagwat S. S., in National Seminar on Membranes, Microemulsions and Self-Assembled Systems (MMSAS-2010), organized by Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Sikkim (E), Sept. 28-30, 2010. 2. Kinetics of interdroplet exchange in water-in-oil microemulsions, Sonchal B. P. and Bhagwat S. S., in National Conference on Trends in Surface Science and Related Areas (TSSRA) , organized by Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology and Jadhavpur University, Kolkata, Nov. 09, 2010. 3. Aqueous surfactant solutions as green media for organic reactions, Bhagwat Sunil S and Shinde, M. M., 18th Conference on Surfactants in Solution, Nov 14-19, 2010, Melbourne, Australia List of Patents 1. Bhagwat S.S., Improved regenerative Rankine cycle.(2282/Mum/2010) 2. Bhagwat S.S., Novel Amidoamine compounds useful as surfactants(2393/Mum/2010) 3. Bhagwat S.S., PCT filing: PCT/IN/201100169 for 'Improved Thermodynamic Cycle' Original 66/Mum/2010

.Conference papers 1. Studies on steam pyrolysis of amides as a waste Bharat Petroleum Professor of Chemical solvent management method, Deepak Dicholkar and V. nd Engineering & Head, Department of Chemical G. Gaikar, 2 International Conference on Asian Nuclear Prospects (ANUP}, in Young Researchers Engineering Forum (YRF), IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India , 12-14th October, 2010.

V. G. Gaikar

2. Optimization of steam pyrolysis of N, N- dimethyl

Research interests: Biofuels and biodegradable lubes, Reactive formamide by Response Surface Methodology (RSM)
sorption with functionalized polymers, Extraction and Purification of Natural Products, Development of newer chemical engineering applications of surface actives, Clean technology with aqueous solutions based chemistry, Biochemical Separations, Simulation of complex distillation column, Molecular simulation of interfacial and complexation processes Subjects taught: Biochemical Engg., Chemical Reaction Engineering-I, Process Engineering, Advanced Separation Processes Deepak Dicholkar and V. G. Gaikar, Research Scholars Meet organized by Indian Chemical Society , N. G. Acharya and D. K. Marathe College, Chembur, Mumbai - 71, 25 26th February, 2011 3. Preparation of biodiesel from palm fatty acid distilled by using sulphonated carbohydrate catalyst Deepak Chabukswar and V. G. Gaikar, Research Scholars Meet organized, Indian Chemical Society, N. G. Acharya and D. K. Marathe College, Chembur, Mumbai - 71, 25 26th February, 2011. 4. Polymer bound penta aza ligand for selective adsorptive separation of Co (II) from Zr (IV) Pradipta Kumar and V. G. Gaikar, 2nd International Conference on Asian Nuclear Prospects (ANUP}, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India , 12-14th October, 2010. 5. Steric effects of tri-alkyl phosphates on the extraction of uranyl cation Rupa Madyal and V. G. Gaikar, DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology, Kalpakkam, 2010 6. Computational modeling of metal phosphate complexation: The role of cone angle, Rupa Madyal and V. G. Gaikar, India-EU Workshop in Environmental Materials and Modeling, Nagpur, 2010 7. DFT modeling on the interaction of crown ethers with Zn Rupa Madyal, V.G. Gaikar, Anil Boda, Sk. M. Ali , Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS10), IIT, Kanpur, 8th -10th Dec, 2010 8. Reactive adsorption for removal of 2,4-dichlorophenl impurities from aqueous solutions of 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid-dimethyl amine solutions , Y. P. Koparkar, V.G. Gaikar, India-EU Workshop in Environmental Materials and Modeling, Nagpur, 2010 9. .Designing of Ligands for Extraction of Cs+ using Molecular Modelling Approach K.N.Shobha, V.G.Gaikar and Sk. Musharaf Ali, DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology, Kalpakkam, 201 10. Designing of Ligands for Extraction of Cs+ using Molecular Modelling Approach, K.N.Shobha, V.G.Gaikar, Research Scholars Meet (RSM09), Sathye College, Vile Parle, Mumbai-19, Feb-2009 11. Crown ether based novel ligands for the selective removal of Cs+ and Sr2+ from the nuclear waste K.N.Shobha, V.G.Gaikar, poster presentation in 2nd international conference on Asian Nuclear Prospects [ANUP-2010], IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India , 12-14th October, 2010 12. Design of Ligands for extraction of Sr2+ and Cs+, , A. Ali, V.G.Gaikar, and S.K. Musharaf Ali, DAE-BRNS Biennial Symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology, Kalpakkam, 2010

Awards
Prof. R.A. Rajadhyaksha Best Teacher Award (Final Year Chem Engg)

Professional Activities
Member, Review Board for SAIL Project, Research in Wastewater Treatment in Steel Industry, Ministry of Steel, Government of India Member, Editorial Board, Indian Journal of Chemical Technology Member, Research Evaluation Committee, Vel Tech, RR ans SR University, Chennai Member, Vishwakarma Puraskar Committee, Labour Ministry, GOI Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Member, Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology, Western India Chapter Member, Oil Technologists Association of India

Consultant to
Godavari Biorefineries Ltd Kirloskar Integrated Technologies Ltd

Publications
Devendra, L.P., Gaikar, V.G. Microwave-assisted extraction of forskolin from coleus roots and its purification by adsorptive separation using functionalized polymer designed by molecular simulation Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 49(19) 9271-9278. Gujar, J.G., Chattopadhyay, S., Wagh, S.J., Gaikar, V.G. Experimental and modeling studies on extraction of catechin hydrate and epicatechin from indian green tea leaves Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 88(2) 232-240. Gujar, J.G., Wagh, S.J., Gaikar, V.G. Experimental and modeling studies on microwave-assisted extraction of thymol from seeds of Trachyspermum ammi (TA) Separation and Purification Technology 70(3) 257-264 K. N. Shobha, & Gaikar, Vilas, G. Extraction of Aleuritic acid from seedlac and purification by reactive adsorption on functionalized polymers. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 49 (14) 65476553

P.R. Gogate
Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering

Research interests: Cavitation Phenomena, Sonochemistry,

Hydrodynamic Cavitation, Process Intensification, Wastewater Treatment Subjects taught: Computer Programming Laboratory, Advanced Reaction Engineering, Engg. App. Digital Computers, Material and Energy Balance Computations

Awards
Indian Society for Technical Education's SGSITS National Award for Best Research by Young Teachers Young Scientist Award - Scopus/ Elsevier India and National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad

Professional Activities
Life Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, and Member, Executive Council, IIChE Mumbai Regional Center Young Associate, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences. Member, Indian Science Congress Association Life Member, UDCT Alumni Association

Consultant to
Ecosphere Technologies Ranbaxy Research laboratories Book / Book Chapters
Cavitation in Chemical Engineering Chapter in book entitled High Temperature Processes in Chemical Engineering edited by M. Lackner, ProcessEng Engineering GmbH, Austria, 2010, pp 155-185 Theory of Cavitation and design aspects of Cavitational reactors Chapter in book entitled Theoretical and Experimental Sonochemistry involving inorganic systems edited by Pankaj, Ashokkumar, Springer, 2010, 31-67 (DOI: 10-1007/978-90-4813887-6_2) Cavitation generation and usage without ultrasound: Hydrodynamic Cavitation Chapter in book entitled Theoretical and Experimental Sonochemistry involving inorganic systems edited by Pankaj, Ashokkumar, Springer, 2010, 69-106 (DOI: 10-1007/978-90-4813887-6_3) Application of Hydrodynamic cavitation for food and bioprocessing, Chapter in book entitled Ultrasound Technologies for Food and Bioprocessing edited by H. Feng, J. Weiss, G. Barbosa-Cnovas, Springer, New York, USA, 2011, 141-173 (DOI: 10-1007/978-14419-7472-3_6) Sonocrystallization and its application in food and bioprocessing, Chapter in book entitled Ultrasound Technologies for Food and Bioprocessing edited by H. Feng, J. Weiss, G. Barbosa-Cnovas, New York, USA, 2011, 467-494 (DOI: 10-1007/978-1-4419-74723_17) Matching Chemistry with Chemical Engineering for Optimum Design and Performance of Pharmaceutical Processing Chapter in book entitled Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry edited by Shioiri, T., Izawa, K and Konoike, T, Wiley-VCH Gmbh & Co, Weinheim, 2011, 443-467

Publications Mishra, K.P., Gogate, P.R. Intensification of sonophotocatalytic degradation of p-nitrophenol at pilot scale capacity Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 18(3) 739-744 2011 Mohod, A.V., Gogate, P.R. Ultrasonic degradation of polymers: Effect of operating parameters and intensification using additives for carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 18(3) 727-734 2011 Gogate, P.R., Sutkar, V.S., Pandit, A.B. Sonochemical reactors: Important design and scale up considerations with a special emphasis on heterogeneous systems Chemical Engineering Journal 166(3) 1066-1082 2011 Katekhaye, S.N., Gogate, P.R. Intensification of cavitational activity in sonochemical reactors using different additives: Efficacy assessment using a model reaction Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification 50(1) 95-103 2011 Mishra, K.P., Gogate, P.R. Intensification of degradation of Rhodamine B using hydrodynamic cavitation in the presence of additives Separation and Purification Technology 75(3) 385-391 2010 Gogate, P.R. Hydrodynamic Cavitation for Food and Water Processing Food and Bioprocess Technology 1-16 2010 Khokhawala, I.M., Gogate, P.R. Degradation of phenol using a combination of ultrasonic and UV irradiations at pilot scale operation Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 833-838 17(5) 2010 Sutkar, V.S., Gogate, P.R. Mapping of cavitational activity in high frequency sonochemical reactor Chemical Engineering Journal 158(2) 296-304 2010 Sutkar, V.S., Gogate, P.R., Csoka, L. Theoretical prediction of cavitational activity distribution in sonochemical reactors Chemical Engineering Journal 158(2) 290-295 2010 Pradhan, A.A., Gogate, P.R. Degradation of pnitrophenol using acoustic cavitation and Fenton chemistry Journal of Hazardous Materials 173(1-3) 517-522 2010 Amin, L.P., Gogate, P.R., Burgess, A.E., Bremner, D.H. Optimization of a hydrodynamic cavitation reactor using salicylic acid dosimetry Chemical Engineering Journal 156(1) 165-169 2010 Pradhan, A.A., Gogate, P.R. Removal of p-nitrophenol using hydrodynamic cavitation and Fenton chemistry at pilot scale operation Chemical Engineering Journal 156(1) 77-82 2010

Conference Papers

A. M. Lali
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Coordinator DBT-ICT Centre for Energy Biosciences

Research interests: Bioenergy and Biofuels, Chromatographic

purification of proteins/ biomolecules/ natural & synthetic APIs/high value inorganic chemicals, Modeling Adsorptive Separations, Biocatalysis and Biotransformations Mixing and dynamics of solidliquid fluidized beds Dynamics of gas-solid circulating fluidized bed Subjects taught: Adsorptive Separations, Bioreaction Engineering Energy Biotechnology, Instrumentation and Process Control II, Separation Processes II, Biosystems Engineering

Professional Activities
Member, Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) on Bio-fuels and Bio-energy (DBT) Member, Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) on Industrial Biotechnology (Department of Biotechnology-Government of India) Member, International Scientific Committee on Bio-fuels & Industrial Biotechnology, UNIDO, Trieste, Italy

Consultant to
Cadilla Pharmaceutical Ltd Privi Organics Ltd Strides Arcolab Ltd

Publications
Wadekar, S.D., Patil, S.V., Kale, S.B., Lali, A.M., Bhowmick, D.N., Pratap, A.P. Study of glycerol residue as a carbon source for production of rhamnolipids by Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 10145) Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents 48(1) 16-22 2011 Devi, P.S.R., Joshi, S., Verma, R., Reddy, A.V.R., Lali, A.M., Gantayet, L.M. Ion-exchange separation of 60Co and 125Sb from zirconium for radioactive waste management Nuclear Technology 171(2) 220-227 2010 Wadekar, S., Patil, S., Kale, S., Lali, A.M., Bhowmick, D.N., Pratap, A.P. Study of glycerol and sweet water as a carbon source for production of rhamnolipids by naturally occurring strains of pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 10145 and ATCC 9027) Tenside, Surfactants, Detergents 47 (4) 238-242 2010 Remya Devi, P.S., Joshi, S., Verma, R., Lali, A.M., Gantayet, L.M. Effect of gamma radiation on organic ion exchangers Radiation Physics and Chemistry 79(1) 41-45 2010

List of Patents
Lali, A. M.; Odaneth, Annamma A.; Iyer, P. R., A process for Isolation of Natural and Bioactive Proteins and Other Minor Components from Defatted Oil Seed Material, (2010). Lali, A. M.; Odaneth, Annamma A.; Warke, M. A., Process for production of lactones using immobilized cells of Yarrowia lipolytica (2010) Lali, A. M.; Nagwekar, P.D.; Varavadekar, J. S.; Wadekar, P. C.; Gujarathi, S. S.; Valte, R. D.; Birhade, S. H.; Odaneth, Annamma A. Method for preparation of fermentable sugars from Biomass (2009). Lali, A. M.; Nagwekar, P.D.; Varavadekar, J. S.; Wadekar, P. C.; Gujarathi, S. S.; Valte, R. D.; Birhade, S. H.; Odaneth, Annamma A. Process for Fractionation of biomass (2010)

Mrunal Warke, Microbial Conversion of Ricinoleic Acid to Lactones, 11th -13th November, 2010, International Conference for Genomic Sciences, Madurai Mrunal Warke, Microbial conversion of Ricinoleic acid into decalactone using immobilised Yarrowia lipolytica, Young Researchers Conference at ICT, Mumbai, India 13th 14th January 2011 Hiral Shukla, Insights and developments in butanol fermentation, Young Researchers Conference at ICT, Mumbai, India, 13th -14th January 2011 Gautam Degweker, Advances In Cell Immobilization For Increased Ethanol Production, Young Researchers Conference at ICT, Mumbai, India, 13th -14th January 2011 Sachin Birhade, Enzymatic Depolymerisation of Biomass Derived Cellulose, International Conference on Bioenergy from Wastes: Green Chemistry Interventions, NEERI, Nagpur 24th -25th November, 2010 Mukesh, Analysis of Total Carbohyrate from cereal grain, International Conference on Innovations in Food Processing & Ingredients towards Healthy India (IFPIHI)-2011, 3rd -5th January, 2011 Rajesh Vadgama, Characterization of Hydrolytic Products of Castor oil Young Researchers Conference at ICT, Mumbai, India 13th -14th January 2011 Anuradha Bhat, Lipases for value addition of food products. International Conference on Innovations in Food Processing & Ingredients towards Healthy India. 3rd -5th January, 2011 Padmini Iyer, Protein isolation from defatted soy meal, International Conference on Innovations in Food Processing & Ingredients towards Healthy India 3rd -5th January, 2011 Sarita B, Sequence Analysis for Glycosyl Hydrolase Family, International Conference for Genomic Sciences, Madurai 11th -13th November,2010 Pravin Konde, Integration of enzyme systems for coupling redox reactions, National conference on thrust area of biotechnology and bioenginnering NCTABB - 2010 at IBARC, Sikar, Rajasthan Pravin Konde, Quinones as electron donors for glucose oxidase, National conference on thrust area of biotechnology and bioenginnering NCTABB - 2010 at IBARC, Sikar, Rajasthan Pravin Konde, Tyrosinase mediated oxidation of phenols, 22nd Research scholars meet RSM - 2010 at Sathaye College, Mumbai Pravin Konde, Use of vacuum dehydration in enzymatic synthesis of polyricinoleate in solvent-free system, Young Researchers Conference at ICT, Mumbai, India Pravin Konde, Estolide synthesis using immobilized lipases, International Conference on Innovations in Food Processing & Ingredients towards Healthy India (IFPIHI) at Sakinaka, Mumbai Swanand Gangal, Micro-algal-bio-oil for next generation liquid biofuel, International conference on Bioenergy from waste: Green Chemistry innovation Chaitali Vira, Algal biomass a pre-requisite to produce biofuels from algae, Young Researchers Conference at ICT, Mumbai, India Rutuparna Karkare, Purification of Mono/Polyclonal Antibodies using AbSep: A Novel Pseudobioaffinity Adsorbent, CHEMCON, Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu Yogesh Mishra, Optimization of Gradient resolution using GHCurve for Peptides and Closely related peptide Intermediates, CHEMCON, Annamalainagar, Tamilnadu Gaurangi Deore, Thermodynamic and Hydrodynamic Characterization of AbSep for Purification of Mono/Polyclonal Antibodies, 62nd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Manipal Pooja Joshi, Biotransformation of rifamycinB to rifamycinS, 62nd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Manipal Yogesh Mishra, Development of Large Scale Extraction and Purification Process for Artemisinin from Artemisia annua 62nd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Manipal Deepak Kanjwani, Development of Highly Selective Chromatographic Method for Removal of -Lactoglobulin from Whey, 62nd Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, Manipal

Mrs. K. V. Marathe
Associate Professor in Metallurgical Engineering

Research interests: Hydrometallurgical Extraction, Effluent

treatment, Membrane separations, Corrosion, Metal composite, Development of new materials Subjects taught: Materials Technology I, Materials TechnologyII, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, Elective-II: Advanced Material Science, Materials Technology

Awards
Indian Society for Technical Education's SGSITS National Award for Best Research by Young Teachers Young Scientist Award - Scopus/ Elsevier India and National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad

Publications Tadakamalla, K., Marathe, K.V. Hydrodynamic study and optimization strategy for the surfactant recovery from aqueous solutions . Desalination 266 (1-3) 98-107 2011 Manchalwar, S.M., Anthati, V.A., Marathe, K.V. Simulation of micellar enhanced ultrafiltration by multiple solute model Journal of Hazardous Materials 184 (1-3) 485-492 2010 Chaudhari, R.R., Marathe, K.V. Separation of dissolved phenolics from aqueous waste stream using micellar enhanced ultrafiltration Separation Science and Technology 45 (8) 1033-1041 2010 Anthati, V. A., Marathe, K. V. Selective separation of Copper and Cobalt from wastewater by using continuous cross-flow micellar-enhanced Ultrafiltration and surfactant recovery from metal micellar solutions The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering,. 9999 17 2010. Conference Papers Polymer Enhanced Ultrafiltration for Effective Removal of Metal Ions from Waste Water Stream. National conference on Sustainable Development of Water Resources and Environmental Management. Organized by SBCOET, Jaipur Continuous Cross Flow Micellar Enhanced Ultrafiltration for Selective Separation of Cobalt and Nickel from Aqueous Stream. National conference on Sustainable Development of Water Resources and Environmental Management. Organized by SBCOET, Jaipur

Professional Activities
Reviewer for Journal of Membrane Science, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Indian Journal of Chemical Technology

Publications Mathpati,C. S., Sathe,M.J., and Joshi,J.B. Reply to the Comments on Article Dynamics of Phenomena - Part I: Experimental and Numerical Flow Structures and Transport Techniques for Identification and Energy Content of Flow Structures Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. Research interests: Multiphase reactors, Interface heat and mass 49(9) 4471-4473 2010 transfer, Computational fluid dynamics Joshi,J.B., Nere,N.K., Rane,C.V., Murthy,B.N., Subjects taught: Chemical Engineering Laboratory, Multiphase Mathpati,C.S., Patwardhan,A.W., and Ranade,V.V. Reactors, Chemical Engineering Laboratory, Bioreactor design and CFD simulation of stirred tanks: Comparison of turbulence models (part I: radial flow impellers) control Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 89 23-82 Awards 2011 Dr. K. H. Gharda Best Thesis Award
Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering

C. S. Mathpati

Consultant to
UPL JR FibreGlass Pvt Ltd

A.B. Pandit
UGC, Research Scientist C (Professor's Grade)

Research interests: Design of Cavitational Reactors and

Cavitation Chemistry, Effluent Treatment, Multiphase Reactors, Ultrasonic atomization, Sono-crystallization, Ultrasound assisted emulsification, Enzyme synthesis /usage, Ballast Water treatment Subjects taught: Chemical Project Economics, Multiphase Reactors, Environmental Engineering and Pollution Control, Project Economics Conference Papers

Seth, N., Chakravarty, P., Khandeparker, L., Anil, A.C., Pandit, A.B. Quantification of the energy required for the destruction of Balanus amphitrite larva by ultrasonic treatment Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90 (7) 1475-1482 2010 B. V. Gangar, K. Nagarajan, R. V. Krishnan, A. B. Pandit Studies of internal gelation for the production of microsphere: Sonication assisted gelation Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 18(1) 250-257 2011 K.J. Jarag, D.V. Pinjari, A.B. Pandit, G. S. Shankarling Synthesis of Chalcone (3-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)prop-2en-1-one): Advantage of Sonochemical Method over Conventional Method Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 18(2) 617623 2011

Awards

Dr CV Raman Award for the 4th IES National Teachers Excellence Awards Best Teacher Award, Final Year B Tech

Professional Activities
UGC Expert, Selection of Ph.D. (Tech.) Fellows in the Areas of Engineering and Technology, and Member, Project Appraisal Committee, Major Research Projects, UGC Member, Project Appraisal Committee, Department of Science and Technology, Scheme for Women in Science Member, Project Appraisal Committee, Department of Science and Technology, Scheme for Chemical Engineering Specialization under the SERC Programme Member, Board of Governors, UDCT Alumni Association Member, Editorial Board, Chemical Engineering & Processing Member, Editorial Board, Candian Journal of Chemical Engineering Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Science Assam Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Mustard Research Promotion Council

Consultant to
Lele and Associates & Engineers Kirloskar Integrated Technologies Ltd.

Publications
Biradar, P.M., Roy, S.B.,D'Souza, S.F., Pandit, A.B. Excess cell mass as an internal carbon source for biological denitrification Bioresource Technology 101 (6) 1787-1791 2010 Kausley,S.B., and Pandit, A.B. Modeling of solid fuel stoves. Fuel 89 (3) 782-791 2010 Prasad, K., Pinjari, D.V.,Pandit, A.B., Mhaske, S.T. Synthesis of titanium dioxide by ultrasound assisted sol-gel technique: Effect of amplitude (power density) variation. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 17 (4) 697-703 2010 Prasad, K., Pinjari, D.V.,Pandit, A.B., Mhaske, S.T. Phase transformation of nanostructured titanium dioxide from anatase-to-rutile via combined ultrasound assisted sol-gel technique Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 17 (2) 409-415 2010 Pinjari,D.V. and Pandit,A.B. Cavitation milling of cellulose to nanofibrils Ultrasonics Sonochemistry17 (5) 845-852, 2010 More, H.T., Pandit, A.B. Enzymatic acyl modification of phosphatidylcholine using immobilized lipase and phospholipase A2 European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology 112 (4) 428-433 2010 Ganguli, A.A., Sathe, M.J., Pandit, A.B., Joshi, J.B., Vijayan, P.K. Hydrodynamics and heat transfer characteristics of passive decay heat removal systems: CFD simulations and experimental measurements Chemical Engineering Science 65 (11) 3457-3473 2010 Bhatte, K.D., Fujita, S.-I., Arai, M., Pandit, A.B., Bhanage, B.M. Ultrasound assisted additive free synthesis of nanocrystalline zinc oxide Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 18(1) 54-58 2011

D. V. Pinjari, A. B. Pandit, Ultrasonic Assisted Synthesis of Ps/TiO2 Nanocomposite Particles, International Conference on Materials for the Millennium (MatCon 2010). V. S. Karande, D. V. Pinjari, A. B. Pandit and S. T. Mhaske, Ultrasonic Assisted Synthesis of Polystyrene Nanomaterials International Conference on Materials for the Millennium (MatCon 2010). D. V. Pinjari, A. B. Pandit, Cavitation Based Fabrication of Micron Size Soft Rubbery and Rigid Material into Nanomaterials, National Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (NCNN 2010), VNIT Nagpur India D. V. Pinjari, N. R. Savadekar, S. T. Mhaske and A. B. Pandit, Ultrasonic Assisted Synthesis of Nano Metal Oxide, National Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (NCNN 2010), VNIT Nagpur India D. V. Pinjari, Krishnamurthy Prasad, A. B. Pandit and S. T. Mhaske, Synthesis Of Nanostructured Metal Oxide (TiO2) by Acoustic Cavitation Assisted Sol-Gel Technique International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT2010) D. V. Pinjari, A. B. Pandit, Ultrasonic Assisted Synthesis of PS/TiO2 Nanoemulsions, International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM-2010) Krishnamurthy Prasad, D. V. Pinjari, A. B. Pandit and S. T. Mhaske, Ultrasound Assisted Synthesis of PMMA/CaCO3 Nanoemulsions International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM-2010) V. S. Karande, D. V. Pinjari, Parag Wasekar, A. B. Pandit and S. T. Mhaske, Ultrasonic Assisted Synthesis Of Polystyrene Nanoemulsions International Conference on Advancements in Polymeric Materials (APM-2010) D. V. Pinjari, B. A. Bhanvase, S. H. Sonawane and A. B. Pandit, Ultrasound Assisted Synthesis of Poly (Methyl Methacrylate co Styrene) by Emulsion Copolymerization NanoCon 2010 D. V. Pinjari and A. B. Pandit, Synthesis of Nanomaterials: Cavitation Technological Approach 6th Outstanding Young Chemical Engineering Award (OYCE) 2010. D. V. Pinjari and A. B. Pandit, Cavitation Technology: A Greener Tool For Producing Nanomaterials UGC supported STTP Workshop on Nanotechnology for Engineering Faculty, 2010. D. V. Pinjari and A. B. Pandit, Nanomaterials Production: A Cavitational Approach, Chemference 2010.

Book/ Book Chapters

Analysis of Hydrodynamic and Acoustic Cavitation Reactors, VDM publisher, Germany, (2010). Cavitation-A New Horizon for Water Disinfection, VDM publisher, Germany, (2010). Pharmaceutical Process Chemistry:Matching Chemistry with Chemical Engineering for Optimum Design and Performance for Pharmaceutical Processing, Chapter 22, Page No. 443468, Wiley-VCH Verlag Gmbh, Germany, (2010) Cavitation Generation and Usage without Ultrasound: Hydrodynamic Cavitation, Chapter 3, Page No. 89-106, Springer Science and Business Media B. V., New York, (2010)

A. V. Patwardhan
Professor of Chemical Engineering

Research interests: Heterogeneous Reactions; Green Technology

(utilisation of nonedible oils, CO2, and H2S); Steam Reforming of Petroleum Feedstock and Biofuels; Flue Gas Conditioning; Membrane Separation Subjects taught: Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Momentum Transfer-I, Momentum Transfer-II, Transport Phenomena

Professional Activities
Life Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Member, DSIR Experts Panel (New Delhi), Accreditation of Research & Development Units of Various Industries

Consultant to
Kamdhenu Agro-Chem Industries Publications Mahalik, K., Sahu, J.N., Patwardhan, A.V., Meikap, B.C. Statistical modelling and optimization of hydrolysis of urea to generate ammonia for flue gas conditioning Journal of Hazardous Materials 182 (1-3) 603-610 2010 Dinda, S., Goud, V.V., Patwardhan, A.V., Pradhan, N.C. Kinetics of reactive absorption of carbon dioxide with solutions of 1,6hexamethylenediamine in polar protic solvents Separation and Purification Technology 75(1) 1-7 2010

Sahu, J.N., Chava, V.S.R.K., Hussain, S., Patwardhan, A.V., Meikap, B.C. Optimization of ammonia production from urea in continuous process using ASPEN Plus and computational fluid dynamics study of the reactor used for hydrolysis process Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 16(4) 577-586 2010 Sahu, J.N., Meikap, B.C., Patwardhan, A.V. Optimization for the production of ammonia from urea in a semibatch reactor for safe feedstock in power plants: Experimental and statistical studies Clean - Soil, Air, Water 38(5-6) 533-542 2010 Sahu, J.N., Patwardhan, A.V., Meikap, B.C. In-situ catalytic synthesis of ammonia from urea in a semibatch reactor for safe utilization in thermal power plant Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering 5(3) 533543 2010 Mahalik, K., Sahu, J.N., Patwardhan, A.V., Meikap, B.C. Kinetic studies on hydrolysis of urea in a semi-batch reactor at atmospheric pressure for safe use of ammonia in a power plant for flue gas conditioning Journal of Hazardous Materials 175(1-3) 629-637 2010 Goud, V.V., Dinda, S., Patwardhan, A.V., Pradhan, N.C. Epoxidation of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) oil by peroxyacids Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering 5 (2) 346-354 2010

A. W. Patwardhan
Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering

Research interests: Gas - Liquid, Liquid - Liquid multiphase

contacting in variety of multiphase contactors, such as mechanically agitated contactors, jet mixers, ejectors, etc. Mathematical modeling and experimental measurements of momentum, heat and mass transfer in multiphase systems Subjects taught: Momentum and Mass Transfer, Thermodynamics of Phase Equilibria, Separation Processes I, Material and Energy Balance Computations, Process Modeling and Simulation

Consultant to
NOCIL Ltd Publications Srilatha C., Mundada T. P., Patwardhan A. W. Scale-up of PumpMix Mixers Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 88 10-12 2010 Patil L. T., Patwardhan A. W., Padmakumar G., Vaidyanathan G. Distribution of Liquid Sodium in the Inlet Plenum of Steam Generator in a Fast Breeder Reactor Nuclear Engineering and Design 240 850-859 2010 Srilatha C., Morab V. V., Mundada T. P., Patwardhan A. W. Relationship between Hydrodynamics and drop size distribution in pump-mix mixers Chem. Eng. Sci. 65 3409-3426 2010 Durve A. A., Patwardhan A. W., Padmakumar G., Vaidyanathan G. Thermal Striping in Triple Jet Flow Nuclear Engineering and Design 240 3421-3433 2010 Naik-Nimbalkar V. S.; Patwardhan A. W., Banerjee I.; Padmakumar G.; Vaidyanathan G. Thermal Mixing in TJunctions Chem. Eng. Sci. 65 5901-5911 2010

Conference Papers Experimental and Numerical Studies in Thermal Hydraulics for Fast Breeder Reactor , Theme meeting on Challenges on Thermal Hydraulics of Nuclear Reactors, Feb 18 19, 2010, IGCAR, Kalpakkam Design of Pump-Mix Mixers Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC-2010) organized by the Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), March 1 - 4, 2010 at IGCAR, Kalpakkam. Laboratory Education in ICT, Workshop of Chemical Engineering Laboratory Education organized at ICT, Mumbai, June 2010 Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Series of Lectures at Reliance Industries Ltd. June 2010, Sept 2010 Thermal Mixing in T-Junctions, NUTHOS 8, 10 14 October 2010, Shanghai, China Thermal Striping in Triple Jet Flow, NUTHOS 8, 10 14 October 2010, Shanghai, China Argon Entrainment into Liquid Sodium in Fast Breeder Reactor, NUTHOS 8, 10 14 October 2010, Shanghai, China Flow Distribution in Inlet Plenum of Steam Generator, NUTHOS 8, 10 14 October 2010, Shanghai, China Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National Initiative on Undergraduate Sciences, Chemistry camp, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCS), December 28, 2010

V. K. Rathod
Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering

Research interests: Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions, Biodiesel

Preparation and Separation, Separation Processes, Extraction of Natural Ingredients and Synthesis of Perfumes and Flavours, Separation of Biomolecules, Wastewater Treatment

Subjects taught: Heat Transfer-I, Advanced Heat Transfer,

Transport Phenomena, Heat Transfer-II, Engineering, Introduction to MPR Multiphase Reactor

Publications Charpe, T.W., Rathod, V.K. Biodiesel production using waste frying oil Waste Management 31(1) 85-90 2011 Rathod, V.K., Pandit, A.B. Enzymatic hydrolysis of oil in a spray column Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 67 (1-2) 1-9 2010 Sonare, N.R., Rathod, V.K. Transesterification of used sunflower oil using immobilized enzyme Journal of Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic 66 (1-2) 142-147 2010 Hingu, S.M., Gogate, P.R., Rathod, V.K. Synthesis of biodiesel from waste cooking oil using sonochemical reactors Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 17 (5) 827-832 2010

Consultant to
Gitanjali Chemicals Pvt Ltd Frost International Ltd Jubiliant Lifesciences Ltd Thaker, S. M. Mahanwar, P. A. Patil, V. V. and Thorat, B. N. Synthesis and spray drying of water redispersible polymer. Drying Technology 28(5) 669-676 2010 Professor of Chemical Engineering Jadhav, D.B. Visavale, G.L. Sutar, P.P. Annapure, U.S. and Thorat, B.N. Solar Cabinet Drying of Bitter Gourd: Optimization of pretreatments and quality evaluation. International Journal of Food Engineering 6(4) Research interests: Drying Technology, Process Development, Telang, A., Joshi, V. S., Sutar, N. and Thorat, B. N. Multiphase Reactors, Industrial Crystallization and Filtration Enhancement of Biological Properties of Soy Milk by Subjects taught: Chemical Engineering Operations, Advanced Fermentation. Food Biotechnology 24(4) 1-10 2010 Vilas V. Patil, Revanappa V. Galge and Thorat B. N. Momentum Transfer, Chemical Engineering Operations, CRE Extraction and Purification of Phosphatidylcholine from Soyabean Lecithin Journal of Separation and Professional Activities Purification Technology 75(2) 138-144 2010 Member, Advisory Board, Department of Environment, Ministry Telang A. and Thorat, B. N. Optimization of process of Environment and Forestry, Government of Maharashtra parameters for spray drying of fermented soy milk. Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Drying Technology, Taylor Drying Technology 28 1445-1456 2010 & Francis, USA Jangam, S. V. and Thorat, B. N. Optimization of Spray Member, Advisory Committee, Asia Pacific Drying Conference Drying of Ginger Extract. Drying Technology 28 Member, Advisory Committee, Nordic Drying Conference 1426-1434 2010 Member, R & D Recognition, DSIR, New Delhi Chaughule V.A., Jangam S.V. and Thorat B.N. Committee Member, 11th UGC Plan, New Delhi Formulation, drying & nutritional evaluation of readyto-eat Sapota extrudes. International Journal of Food Consultant to Engineering, 7(1) 2011 Calax Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Unitop Chemicals Pvt List of Patents Ltd, Naiknavare Chemicals Ltd, Sandoz Pvt Ltd, Divya Organics Thorat B. N. and Chokashi K. P. Haemostatic BioSponge, Pvt Ltd, SLN pharma Chem Pvt Ltd, PI industries Ltd, Jubiliant (2010) Filed with Indian Patent. Lifesciences Ltd, Privi Organics Ltd, SI group India Ltd Thorat B. N. and Gaware T. J., (2010) Method for Dehydration of Turmeric Like Biomaterials, Filed with Publications Indian Patent. Jadhav, D.B. Visavale, G.L. Sutar, N. Annapure, U.S. and Thorat, B.N. Studies on Solar Cabinet Drying of Green Peas (Pisum Book / Book Chapters sativum) Drying Technology 28(5) 600-607 2010 Gaware T. J., Sutar N., Thorat, B. N. Drying of Tomato using Chaughule, V. A., and Thorat B. N.., Application of Statistical Design in Food Dehydration, Drying of different methods: Comparison of dehydration and rehydration Fruits, Vegetables and Fruits, Volume 1. 2010 kinetics Drying Technology 28(5) 651-658 2010 Shyamkuwar, A.L., Chokashi, K., Waje, S.S. and Thorat, B.N. Synthesis, characterization and drying of absorbable gelatin sponge. Drying Technology28(5) 659-668 2010 Patil V. V., Dandekar P. P., Patravale V. B. and Thorat, B. N. Freeze drying: potential for powdered nanoparticulate product. Drying Technology 28(5) 624-635 2010

B. N. Thorat

P. D. Vaidya
K. V. Mariwala Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering

Research interests: Gas Purification, Reforming, Hydrogenation,

Advanced Oxidation Processes

Subjects taught: Chemical Engineering Laboratory, Advanced

Mass Transfer, Momentum and Mass Transfer, Instrumentation and Process Control I, Chemical Reaction Engineering-II, IPC

Awards
IEI Young Engineers Award Young Associate, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences

Professional Activities
Life Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers

Consultant to
Greenyug Inc Royal Energy Ltd Carbon Clean Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Publications Vaidya, P.D., Konduru, P., Vaidyanathan, M., Kenig, E.Y. Kinetics of carbon dioxide removal by aqueous alkaline amino acid salts Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 49(21) 11067-11072 2010 Vaidya, P.D., Kenig, E.Y. Termolecular kinetic model for CO2-Alkanolamine reactions: An overview Chemical Engineering and Technology 33(10)15771581 2010 Dhoka, M.V., Vaidya, P.D., Pande, A.V., Arora, A.A. Development and validation of analytical method for estimation of cefixime in swab samples International Journal of ChemTech Research 2(4) 1918-1923 2010 Sutar, P.N., Vaidya, P.D., Rodrigues, A.E Glycerolreforming kinetics using a Pt/C catalyst Chemical Engineering and Technology 33(10) 1645-1649 2010 Konduru, P.B., Vaidya, P.D., Kenig, E.Y. Kinetics of removal of carbon dioxide by aqueous solutions of N,N-diethylethanolamine and piperazine Environmental Science and Technology 44(6) 2138-2143 2010 Sutar, P. N.; Vaidya, P. D.; Rodrigues, A. E Glycerol reforming kinetics using a Pt/C catalyst Chem. Eng. Technol 33 1645-1649 2010 Vaidya, P. D.; Junghare, R. K Acceleration of the wet oxidation reaction of piperazine by heterogeneous Ru/TiO2 catalyst Chem. Eng. Commun 2011 Bindwal, A. B.; Vaidya, P. D.; Kinetics of carbon dioxide removal by aqueous diamines Chem. Eng. J. 2011 Conference Papers Konduru, P. B.; Vaidya, P. D.; Kenig, E. Y. Activated DEEA process for CO2 capture. Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Gas Processing Symposium (GPS-2010), 11 -14 January 2010, Doha, Qatar Workshop on Micro-Reactor Technology, jointly organized by Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, and Bayer Technology Services, India on February 16, 2011.

Publications

G. D. Yadav
Director and R.T. Mody Professor of Chemical Technology

Yadav, G.D. R&D can breathe a new life into the chemical industry Chemical Engineering World 45(12) 62-64 2010

Sowbna, P.R., Yadav, G.D., Ramkrishna, D. Process modeling of mandelic acid from benzaldehyde by Research interests: Fundamental and applied aspects of green, phase transfer catalysis AIChE Annual Meeting, clean and benign processes in chemical and allied industries such as Conference Proceedings 2010 bulk, intermediate, pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, perfume and the Indian flavour and inorganics, new catalytic materials, phase transfer Yadav, V.G., Yadav, G.D. Fuelling catalysis, nanoscience and nanotechnology, bio-catalysis, modeling economic engine by retooling Indian technical and simulation education Current Science 98 (11) 1442-1457 2010

Subjects taught: Catalytic Green Science and Technology Awards

Jagdish Chandra Bose National Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India Fellowship of TWAS, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World

Yadav, G.D., Tekale, S.P. Selective O -alkylation of 2naphthol using phosphonium-based ionic liquid as the phase transfer catalyst Organic Process Research and Development 14 (3), 722-727 2010 Yadav, G.D., Subramanian, S., Manyar, H.G. Selective oxidation of methyl diphenyl methyl mercapto acetate to methyl diphenyl methyl sulfinyl acetate using a novel catalyst UDCaT-3 Organic Process Research and Development 14(3) 537-543 2010 Yadav, G.D., Borkar, I.V. Lipase-catalyzed hydrazinolysis of phenyl benzoate: Kinetic modeling approach Process Biochemistry 45 (4) 586-592 2010 Yadav, G.D., Motirale, B.G. Selective oxidation of methyl mandelate to methyl phenyl glyoxylate using liquid-liquid-liquid phase transfer catalysis Chemical Engineering Journal 156(2) 238-336 2010

Professional Activities
Life Fellow, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences Life Fellow, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Life Fellow, Indian Chemical Society Member, American Chemical Society Life Member, Catalysis Society of India Life Member, Indian Society for Surface Science and Technology Life Member, Membrane Society of India Life Member, UDCT Alumni Association Life Member, National Society of the Friends of Trees Life Patron, Marathi Vidnyan Parishad Member, Organizing Committee: 3rd International Workshop on Crystallization, Filtration and Drying, February 2008

Consultant to
Chemito Technologies Ltd Hikal Ltd Krishna Solvochem Ltd

Gandhi, A.B., Joshi, J.B., Estimation of heat transfer coefficient in bubble column reactors using support vector regression Chemical Engineering Journal 160 J. C. Bose Fellow (DST) 302-310 2010 Gandhi, A.B., Joshi,J.B. Unified Correlation for Overall Gas Hold-Up in Bubble Column Reactors for Various GasLiquid Systems Using Hybrid Genetic AlgorithmResearch interests: Fluid Mechanics, Computational Fluid Support Vector Regression Technique Canadian Journal Dynamics, Design of Multiphase Reactors, Absorption of NOx Gases, of Chemical Engineering 88(5) 758-776 2010 Renewable Energy Resources Mathpati,C. S., Sathe,M.J., and Joshi,J.B. Reply to the Comments on Article Dynamics of Phenomena - Part Subjects taught: I: Experimental and Numerical Flow Structures and Transport Techniques for Identification and Energy Professional Activities Content of Flow Structures Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. Member, Editorial Board, Chemical Engineering Research and 49(9) 4471-4473 2010 Design Sathe,M.J., Deshmukh, S.S., Joshi,J.B., Koganti,S.B. Member, Advisory Board, Canadian Journal of Chemical CFD Simulation and Experimental Investigation: Study Engineering of Two Phase Liquid-Liquid Flow in a Vertical TaylorMember, Advisory Board, Reviews in Chemical Engineering Couette Contactor Ind. Eng. Chem. Res 49(1) 14-28 Chairman, Biotechnology Parks, Department of Biotechnology, 2010 Government of India Dahikar;S.K., Sathe;M.J., Joshi,J.B. Investigation of flow Chairman, Research and Innovation, NPIU-TEQIP, Government and temperature patterns in direct contact condensation of India using PIV, PLIF and CFD Chemical Engineering Chairman, Extramural Research Programmes, CSIR, Government Science 65 4606-4620 2010 of India Deshpande,S.S., Tabib,M.V., Joshi,J.B., Ravi Kumar,V., Member, Advisory Board, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Kulkarni,B.D. Analysis of flow structures and energy Government of India spectra in chemical process equipment Journal of Member, Governing Council, Tata Institute of Fundamental Turbulence, 11, N 5 2010 11 2010 Research, Mumbai Reddy,R.K.,; Shi Jin; K. Nandakumar; Minev,P.D., Member, Research Advisory Committee, NEERI, Nagpur Joshi,J.B. Direct numerical simulation of free falling Member, Rajeev Gandhi Commission for Science and sphere in creeping flow International Journal of Technology, Government of Maharashtra Computational Fluid Dynamics 24 109-120 2010 Member, Governing Board, Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Kulkarni,R.P., Pandit,A.B., Joshi,J.B., Kataria,K.L., Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Tandon,D., and Man Mohan Kumar Visbreaking Conferences on Gas- Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Studies in the Presence of Soaker Internals Ind. Eng. Engineering Chem. Res 49(22) 11221-11231 2010 Joshi,J.B., Nere,N.K., Rane,C.V., Murthy,B.N., Publications Mathpati,C.S., Patwardhan,A.W., and Ranade,V.V. Dahikar, S.K., Joshi, J.B., Shah,M.S., Kalsi,A.S., RamaPrasad,C.S., CFD simulation of stirred tanks: Comparison of Shukla,D.S. Experimental and computational fluid dynamic study turbulence models (part I: radial flow impellers) of reacting gas jet in liquid : Flow pattern and heat transfer Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 89 23-82 Chemical Engineering Science 65(2) 827-849 2010 2011 Reddy,R.K., Joshi,J.B. CFD modeling of pressure drop and drag coefficient in fixed beds: Wall effects Particuology 8 37-43 2010 Sathe,M.J., Thaker,I.H., Strand,T.E., Joshi,J.B. Advanced PIV/LIF and shadowgraphy system to visualize flow structure intwo-phase bubbly flows Chemical Engineering Science 65 2431-2442 2010 Reddy,R.K., Joshi,J.B., Nandakumar,K., Minev,P.D. Direct numerical simulations of a freely falling sphere using fictitious domain method: Breaking of axisymmetric wake Chemical Engineering Science 65 2159-2171 2010 Dasgupta, D.K., Sen, S. Mazumder,S.S., Basak,C.B., Joshi,J.B., and Banerjee,S. Optimization of Parameters by Taguchi Method for Controlling Purity of Carbon Nanotubes in Chemical Vapour Deposition Technique Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 10 4030-4037 2010

J. B. Joshi

V.V. Mahajani
ICT- DAE Professor of Chemical Engineering (Emeritus)

Research interests: Environmental Engineering (Advanced

Oxidation Processes), Multiphase Reactions, Applied Catalysis (homogeneous and heterogeneous), Organic Process Development, Gas Sweetening Processes, Process Intensification, Advanced Extraction Processes. Bio fuels, Gas to liquid and Solid to liquid fuels, Carbon Credit. Energy Conservation Subjects taught: Plant Utilities, Separation processes

Professional Activities
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers Member, The Institution of Engineers (India) Life Member, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Life member, Indian Environmental Association Member, Catalysis Society of India Member, Technology and Energy Expert Committee, Indian Chemical Council (ICC, formerly ICMA) Member, Expert Advisory Committee (EAC) on Alternative Fuels, DST, Government of India

Publications Gunale, T.L., Mahajani, V.V. An insight into Ru/TiO2 catalyzed wet air oxidation of N-ethylethanolamine in an aqueous solution Chemical Engineering Journal 159(1-3) 17-23 2010 Kankekar, P.S., Wagh, S.J., Mahajani, V.V. Process intensification in extraction by liquid emulsion membrane (LEM) process: A case study; enrichment of ruthenium from lean aqueous solution Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification 49 (4) 441-448 2010 Kankekar, P.S., Wagh, S.J., Mahajani, V.V. Process intensification in extraction by liquid emulsion membrane (LEM) process: A case study; enrichment of ruthenium from lean aqueous solution Chemical Engineering and Processing 2010 Kankekar, P.S., Wagh, S.J., Mahajani, V.V. Process intensification via liquid emulsion membrane technique in extraction and enrichment of rhodium (III) from chloride media Separation Science and Technology 45 (4) 562-571 2010

Consultant to BPCL

Publications Dalvi, V.H., Srinivasan, V., Rossky, P.J. Understanding the effectiveness of fluorocarbon ligands in dispersing nanoparticles in supercritical carbon dioxide Journal of Physical Chemistry C 114(37) 15553-15561 2010 Dalvi, V.H., Srinivasan, V., Rossky, P.J. Understanding Research interests: Molecular Simulations, Process Simulations, the relative effectiveness of alkanethiol ligands in Solar Thermal Systems dispersing nanoparticles in supercritical carbon dioxide and ethane Journal of Physical Chemistry C Subjects taught: Chemical Engineering Laboratory, Industrial 114(37) 15562-15573 2010 Engineering and Chemistry Dalvi, V.H., Rossky, P.J. Molecular origins of fluorocarbon hydrophobicity Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107 (31) 13603-13607 2010 DAE-Scientist Grade A (DAE-ICT Centre)

V. H. Dalvi

P. R. Nemade
DAE-Scientist Grade A (DAE-ICT Centre)

Publications Nemade, P.D., Kadam, A.M., Shankar, H.S. Removal of arsenite from water by Soil Biotechnology International Journal of Environment and Pollution 43(1-3) 32-41 2010

Research interests: Membrane Separations and Membrane

Reactors, Solar Thermochemical synthesis

Subjects taught: Advanced Separation Processes, Chemical

Engineering Laboratory

M.Sriram
Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering

Research interests: Chemical Process Research & Development, Chemical Technology Management, Safety,
Health and Environmental Protection Management, Project Management

Subjects taught: Industrial Safety and Environmental Engineering, Chemical. Process Technology, Industrial
Management, Organizatinal. Behaviour and Project Management

Professional Activities
Contribution as Resource Person during Participation in Seminars Organized by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (Mumbai Regional Centre), Indian Chemical Council

Honorary Professors of Chemical Engineering

Dr. Ravi Mariwala, Hindustan Polyamides Ltd. Mumbai (Separation processes) Shri K. V. Seshadri, Executive Director, BPCL (Petroleum Refinery Science and Engineering) ery Engineering

Visiting Faculty and Endowment Speakers

Sr. No. 1 Name Affiliation Visiting Endowment

Dr. R.P. Iyer

Chief Scientific Officer, Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals USA Executive Director Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Chennai Michigan State University NCL, Pune Executive Director, Thermax India Ltd Internation School of Management Development Switzerland Head Green Technologies Cell, Kirloskar Integrated Technology, Pune President, People Oriented Science and Technology Society, New Delhi IIT, Kanpur SABIC, Mumbai

Dr. B.D. Tilak Visiting Fellow

2 3 4 5

Dr. B. Gopalan Professor Denis Millier Dr. V. V. Ranade Dr. R.R. Sonde Professor Georges Haour Dr. Nitant Mate Professor J. K. Gehlawat Professor Deepak Kunzru Dr. Kamlesh Kushalkar

Dr. B.D. Tilak Visiting Fellow Dr. B.D. Tilak Visiting Fellow Dr. G P Kane Visiting Professor Smt. Kusumben and Shri Mathurdas Kothari Visiting Professor Professor B.D. Tilak Distinguished Lecturer Shri K.V. Mariwala Visiting Professor UGC- CAS Visiting Fellow Visiting Fellow Golden Jubilee Visiting Fellow

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Chemical Engineering Support Staff

Mr U A Paralkar Jr. Engineer M.Sc. (Physics)

Ms. Urmila Sathe Jr. Engineer B.Tech. (Electronics)

Dr Sopan A Bhamare Sr. Tech. Asst. Ph. D. (Physics)

Mr. Mahesh Harkar Sr. Tech. Asst. M Sc (Chemistry)

Mr. S A Mane Sr. Tech . Asst. M.Sc. (Chemistry)

Mrs R M Pillai Sr. Grade Stenographer SSC

Mrs. Poonam Khachane Typist clerk B Com

Shri P P Bhole Lab Assistant SSC

Mr. Vishal Bhambid Laboratory Assistant B. Sc.

Mr Rahul Mohite Laboratory Assistant B. Sc.

Mr. Lalit Sawant Laboratory Assistant B. Sc.

Mr S D Shigwan Lab attendant IX Std.

Mr K S Sawant Lab attendant IX Std

Mr J P Gavahane Lab attendant X Std.

Mr Ganesh Masale Lab attendant HSC + ITI

Mr Avadhut Prabhu Lab attendant SSC

Mr Pandurang Patil Lab attendant HSC

Mr Uttam Yadav Lab attendant SSC

Mr Sachin Ghodke Lab attendant HSc

Namrta Kargutkar Lab Attendant

Mr Vilas Mayekar Lab Attendant

Ph. D. (Tech.) (Completed) Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Name of Student Barve Prashant P. Joshi Varsha S. Karale Chaitanya M. Nirukhe Ashwini Parhad Prakash Patil Vilas V. Patkar Vivek C Pawar Sanjay B. Sathe Mayur J. Satpute S R Sontakke Jyoti Sowbna P. R. Tandale Jagdishkumar Guide Joshi J. B. Thorat B. N. Bhagwat S. S. Yadav G. D. Yadav G. D. Thorat B. N. Patwardhan A. W. Thorat B. N. Joshi J.B. Bhagwat S. S. Yadav G. D. Yadav G. D. Lali A. M. Title Studies in downstream processing and separation of Lactic acid Advance separation techniques for biological products: studies in filtration and drying Flow and heat trasnfer in small channels Insight into hydrogen production by inorganic cycle and its storage on nano-materials Fundamentals of hydrogen production using Cu-Cl cycle Advance drying systems for pharmaceutical products Transport process in fluid-fluid contactors: cfd simulations Studies in advanced drying systems Development of experimental techniques and cfd simulations of multiphase dispersions Study of Thermodynamic Cycles using Binary Fluids Enzymatic catalysis for synthesis and separation of chiral compounds insight into multiphase reactions using catalysis, micromodels and microwaves Structure retention relationship (SRR) in process chromatography

Ph.D.(sci.) (completed) Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Name of Student Bhat Anuradha Chandan Payal Arvind Das Chaitali Devendra Leena P. Konde Pravin Patil Anil R. Shobha K.N. Shinde Manish M. Guide Lali A. M. Yadav G. D. Lali A. M. Gaikar V. G. Lali A. M. Gaikar V.G. Gaikar V.G. Bhagwat S. S. Title Engineering of lipases for specific bioconversions Waste minimization strategies catalysis and green chemistry using novel

Metabolic analysis of bioethanol fermentation Development of novel extraction and purification techniques for some natural products Design and development of enzyme biocatalyst for organic transformations Extraction, recovery and purification of natural products Organic reactions in aqueous phase Studies on rate and/ or selectivity enhancement of organic reactions: Role of surfactant media

M. Chem. Engg. (Completed) SR. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Research Student Ajgaonkar Naishadh Badve Mandar Prakash Bait Rahul G. Banergee Nilanjana Bhandari Pravin Bhor Kiran Dnyaneshwar Bindwal Ankush B. Dhar Anu Dhavala Subhash Dussa V.S. Ghosh Somdev Gonnade Nilesh Waman Jain Gajendra A. Kamalakar Adapa Kamble Nilesh A. Kamble Pradnya H. Katekhaye Shital N. Khadamkar Hrushikesh P. Kode Prabhakar Siddheshwar Research Supervisor Yadav G. D. Pandit A. B. Thorat B. N. Gaikar V.G. Yadav G.D. Patwardhan A. W. Vaidya P.D. Joshi J. B. Pandit A. B. Vaidya P.D. Yadav G.D. Bhagwat S. S. Pandit A. B. Bhagwat S. S. Thorat. B. N. Rathod V.K. Gogate P. R. Patwardhan A. W. Patwardhan A. V. Marathe K. V. Vaidya P. D. Gogate P.R. Gogate P.R. Lali A.M. Gaikar V.G. Joshi J. B. Marathe K. V. Research Topic Selectivity Engineering In Nanotechnology Microbial Disinfection Of Seawater And Biofouling Prevention Fluid Bed Processing Of Pharmaceuticals And Specialty Chemicals. Study of Algal Engineering For The Development of Biomass And Other Chemicals Novel Catalytic Processes For The Synthesis Of Fine Chemicals Gas Entrainment In Reactors Study Of Co2 Capture By Amines Development Of Continuous Counter-Current Solid Liquid Fluidized Beds Cavitation Dynamics In Liquid Solutions And Mixtures Study Of Catalytic Hydrogenation Development Application Of Novel Catalysts And Their

Thermodynamic Study Of Ternary Refrigerant Equilibria Steam Based Pumping And Cavitational Effect Study Of Novel Refrigerant-Absorbent System For Heat Based Refrigeration Continuous And Intermittent Microwave Drying Studies In Enzymatic Reactions. Intensification Of Cavitational Activities Using Additives CFD Modeling Of Heat Exchangers Studies In Separation System Advances In Ultrafiltration Study Of Wet Oxidation Reaction Industrial wastewater treatment using cavitational reactors Polymer degradation using acoustic cavitation Design Of Continuous Chromatography Development Of Functional Polymeric Resins To Separate CO2 From Mixture Of CO2And Methane Design Of Multiphase Reactors Role Of Jet And Spargers Studies In Membrane Separation Processes

Marathe Vishal Kisanrao Mhatre Amit N. Mishra Kashyap P. Mohod Ashish Pardeshi Laxmikant V. Parminder Kaur K.S. Heer Patil Bhaskar Sudhakar Patil Pankaj Nandalal

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Research Student Shinde Ghanshyam R. Shriwas Akshaykumar K. Somkuwar Nitin C Tadkar Pravin Sudhakar Tiwari Indresh K. Vibhandik Amar Dilip Wasnik Meghana S. Yobilishetty Swathi

Research Supervisor Rathod V.K. Gogate P. R. Rathod V.K. Patwardhan A. V. Lali A.M. Bhagwat S. S. Patwardhan A. V. Marathe K. V.

Research Topic Studies In Extraction Of Natural Ingredients Chemical Processing Applications Of Ultrasound Studies In Pulsed Sieve Plate Extraction Column Studies In Organic Reactions In Alternate Reaction Media Recovery And Purification Of Components From Natural Sources Value-Added

Simulation Of Heat-Based Refrigeration Cycle With Novel Pairs Of Absorbent/Refrigerant Studies In Organic Reactions In Alternative Reaction Media Removal Of Pollutants From Wastewater

M Tech (BPT) (completed) SR. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Research Student Belge Prafulla V. Chopda Viki Rajendra Dedhia Bhavin S. Koli Aditya Chandan Mestry Abhijit P. Pachorkar Abhijit B. Patil C.P. Sangave Pratik Prakash Shete Shrinivas A. Shinde Ashish Hari Shinde Jagdish R. Shirke Abhijit N. Solanki Sachin Nanaji Subhedar Preeti Bhagwan Research Supervisor Gaikar V.G. Pandit A. B. Rathod V.K. Gaikar V.G. Thorat B. N. Lali A.M. Lali A.M. Patwardhan A. V. Yadav G.D. Yadav G.D. Rathod V.K. Bhagwat S. S. Bhagwat S. S. Gaikar V.G. Research Topic Enzymatic Reactions In Supercritical Fluids Biocatalytic Processing Of Carbohydrates Studies In Enzyme Applications Enzymatic Recovery Of Valuable Chemicals From Vegetable Oil. Effect Of Various Drying Technologies Functional Food And Biomaterials On

Isolation And Purification Of Natural Secondary Metabolites Characterization Of Adsorbents For Purification Of Small Molecules Extraction And Isolation Of Bioconstituent From Arecanut Enzymatic Catalysis In Synthesis Of Fine Chemicals Biocatalysed Transformation Of Intermediate Separation And Purification Of Biomolecule Separation And Purification Of Biomolecules Using Surfactants Downstream Processing Of Biomolecules Using Surfactants Recovery Of Valuable Enzymes/Chemicals From Fermentation Biomass

Students Awards
Prof. S.B. Chandalia Best Research student Award for Chem. Engg. O.P. Narula Best M. Chem. Engg. Thesis Award Late Dr. (Mrs.) Mahalaxmi Bhagwat Prize for F.Y.B. Chem. Engg. Mr. Prasad V. Vernekar & Ms. Shaila L. Bajoria Mr. Bhaskar S. Patil Mr. Deorukhakar Amol Ajit, Mr. Vora Raj Jayesh, Mr. Pednekar Sidhant Chandrakant, Mr. Marfatia Pratik Bharat & Ms. Irani Seema Hoshang Mr. Mundra Ruchir Vishwaprakash Mr. Tangade Prashant Sudhakar Mr. Verma Anuj Arun Mr. Verma Anuj Arun Mr. Tidke Vaibhav Ms. Verma Disha Harish Mr. Ahuja Vishal Rajkumar, Mr. Vakharia Varun Kanthilal & Mr. Gharat Tanmay Pradip Mr. Agarwal Manas & Ms. Verma Disha Harish

Professor V. G. Pangarkar Award for Highest Marks in Separation Processes at final year B.Chem. Engg. Professor R.A. Rajadhyaksha Award for Highest Marks in Chemical Reaction Engineering Prof. S.B. Pandya Prize for Highest Marks in Home Paper Ambuja Cement Best Home Paper Award Shree Mangalam Drugs & Organics Ltd. Endowment for securing highest marks in M.Chem.Engg. (Sem I and II) Professor M.A. Nabar Prize for Students who stand first in Chemistry Professor Prasad Kasibhatla Award for the subject of Environmental Engineering (TYCE) Dr. B.M. Khadilkar Ex- Student and Friends Endowment Fund for First Y.B. Chem. Engg. Student securing Highest Marks in Organic Chemistry course Ambuja Cement Award for 1st ranker in each Semester F.Y.B.Chem. (Sem I) Mr. Sathe Sameer S. F.Y.B.Chem. (Sem II) Mr. Agarwal Manas Manmohan S.Y. B. Chem. (Sem I) Ms. Shah Mansi Sanjeev S.Y. B. Chem. (Sem II) Ms. Shah Mansi Sanjeev

T.Y. B. Chem. (Sem I) T.Y. B. Chem. (Sem II) B.Chem. Eng. (Sem I) B.Chem. Eng. (Sem I)

Mr. Rangnekar Neel Dilip Mr. Mitesh Laxmichand Gangar Ms. Mahajan Sayalee Girish Ms. Mahajan Sayalee Girish

Chimanlal Choksi Memorial Prize, Highest marks in each year, Chem.Engg. F.Y. B. Chem. Engg. Mr. Tandon Aman Ramesh T.Y. B. Chem. Engg. S.Y. B. Chem. Engg. Ms. Shah Mansi Sanjeev B.Chem. Eng. Chimanlal Choksi Memorial Prize, Second Highest marks in each Yr F.Y.B.Chem.Eng Mr. Agarwal Manas Manmohan T.Y. B.Chem. Eng. S.Y. B. Chem. Eng. Mr. Parekh Riki Bharatbhai B.Chem. Eng. B.Chem.Engg. Merit Prizes (ICT Students Fund) First Year Mr. Tandon Aman Ramesh Mr. Agarwal Manas M. Mr. Sathe Sameer S Second Year Ms. Shah Mansi Sanjeev Mr. Parekh Riki Bharatbhai Mr. Shah Chintan Milan

Mr.Mitesh Laxmichand Gangar Mr. Rangenekar Neel Dilip

Mr. Ahuja Vishal Mr. Verma Anuj Arun

Third year

Mr. Mitesh Laxmichand Gangar Mr. Rangnekar Neel Dilip Mr. Ahuja Vishal Rajkumar Ms. Pooja Jambhunathan

Awards in various competitions

Exergy (ICT, Mumbai) SIMPLANT: Amit Shah, Tej Choksi, Pritish Kamat, & Manasi Shah Paper presentation: Pritish Kamat & Shankali Pradhan Chemical Engg Quiz: Mansi Shah & Manish Jain Azeotropy (IITB, Mumbai) Neil Patki (HPCL, IDP) Tej Choksi (HPCL, IDP) Pritish Kamat (HPCL, IDP) Chemergence (TSEC, Mumbai) Chemical Engg Quiz Manasi Shah Chintan Shah Pritish Kamat Tej Choksi NR Kamat Trophy (IITB, Mumbai) Chemical Engg Quiz Chinmay Joglekar Manasi Shah Mitesh Gangar

YICC (ICT, Mumbai) (UPL IDP) Sunder Janardhan, Manish Yadav, Anuj Goyal, Mayur Macharia, Kedar Joshi, Ishan Fursule Deepak Nitrite (IDP) Neil Patki, Amit Shah Parth Shah (Chemcrux IDP) Sagar Nirgide, Indrajit Powar & Manav Rizwani

(Alkyl Amines IDP) Chintan Shah, Nirjara Turakhia, Anisha Rehlan Tej Choksi, Srikant Lanka & Pritish Kamat

Ph. D. Research Projects (ongoing) Sr. No

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Name
Amritraj M Anant K. Ghumare Anik A. Goswami Ansari Khursheed Badruddin Avhad Devchand Nivrutee Aware Rahul Suresh Bade Pratap Badve Mandar Bajoria Shaila Balu V. Pawar Bhadra Kalpesh Bhand Dnyaneshwar V. Bhanwariya Saroj Bhatt Anuradha Bindwal Ankush Biradar Prashant M. Bote Pravin Chabuskwar Deepak Chandan Payal Charpe Trupti Wasudeo Chaughule Vivek Avinash Chokashi Kalpesh Parimal Das Chaitali DasGupta Kingshuk Dengle Vrushali K. Deulgaonkar Sushil Uday Devendra Leena Dicholkar Deepak Doke Suresh Dubey Vinita R. Dukhande Vibhuti A. Durve Ameya P. G. Gauthaman Gadgil Omkar D.

Research supervisor
Lali A.M. Bhagwat S.S. Bhagwat S.S. Gaikar V.G. Rathod V.K. Thorat B.N. Lali A.M. Pandit A.B. Rathod V.K. Bhagwat S.S. Yadav G.D. Patwardhan A.V. Lali A.M. Lali A.M. Vaidya P.D. Pandit A.B. Gaikar V.G. Gaikar V.G. Yadav G.D. Rathod V.K. Thorat B.N. Thorat B.N. Lali A.M. Joshi J.B. Bhagwat S.S. Thorat B.N. Gaikar V.G. Gaikar V.G. Yadav G.D. Vaidya P.D. Patwardhan A.V. Patwardhan A.W. Joshi J.B. Joshi J.B.

Research Project
Biocatalytic Synthesis and Resolution of Chiral Compounds Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of cationic Gemini Surfactant. Ecofriendly Surfactants : Dynamic Studies and Application Renewable biofuels from lignocellulosic and waste biomass Studies in Production and Purification of Biomolecule Drying technology- process development and value addition Enzyme Engineering for Biotechnological Routes to fermentable sugars Studies in Sea water treatment Studies in Liquid-Liquid Systems Organic Transformation in Micellar Media Green Processes for Industrially Important Phenolic compounds Biotechnological approaches for the production of L-ascorbic acid Biotransformation and Enzymatic Peptide Synthesis Engineering of lipases for specific bioconversions Studies in Heterogeneous reactions Studies in High Concentration Nitrate Effluent Treatment Novel Reactor design for synthesis of Different Oleo chemicals Studies in preparation of Oleochemical derivatives. Waste minimization strategies using novel catalysis and green chemistry Extraction and Purification of Natural products Formulation, stabilization and drying of biological products. Advanced Drying Techniques for Biological Products Metabolic Engineering of Bioethanol Fermentation Characterization and synthesis of Carbon-Nano tubes using CVD and NUIJED Production and Characterization of Sophorolipids End technologies in the manufacture of Pharmaceuticals and biologicals Development of novel extraction and purification techniques Steam pyrolysis of amides Preparation of Inorganic Nano membranes of various pore size Study of catalytic reforming reaction study in heterogeneous reactions Mixing in liquid pools Synthesis- property relationship and characterization and synthesis of Polymer based carbon composites Studies in liquid-liquid extractions and extractors

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Name
Galge Revanappa Vasantrao Gandhi Mayur J. Gangar Bijal V. Gavade Bapu Gaware Tushar Jagannath Ghosh Bidisha Godfree Fernandes Gujarathi Swapnali Hude Moreshwar Jadhav Dilip Bhaskar Jadhao Sachin B. Jadhao Sachin V. Jadhav Suhas Jagadale Yogesh D. Jangle Rahul D. Joshi Amogh Joshi Varsha Sharad Jyoti Sontakke Kadam Mahesh Kamble Pradnya Kankani Varsha G. karale Chaitanya M. Katole Suraj Kaur Parminder Khan Zoheb Kharatmol Pramod P. Khatri Rachana Khot Kalpesh Khot Lalit Kolhe Nitin Sopan Konde Pravin Kulkarni Ajit L. Kulkarni Mandar Kumar Pradipta Kumbhar Rahul Kunde Gajanan

Research supervisor
Thorat B.N. Joshi J.B. Pandit A.B. Yadav G.D. Thorat B.N. Lali A.M. Yadav G.D. Lali A.M. Yadav G.D. Thorat B.N. B.R. Bakshi Rathod V.K. Patwardhan A.V. Patwardhan A.V. Thorat B.N. Gaikar V.G. Thorat B.N. Yadav G.D. Gaikar V.G. Rathod V.K. Joshi J.B. Bhagwat S.S. Yadav G.D. Gaikar V.G. Joshi J.B. Pandit A.B. Lali A.M. Gaikar V.G. Lali A.M. Rathod V.K. Lali A.M. Patwardhan A.W. Yadav G.D. Gaikar V.G. Yadav G.D. Yadav G.D.

Research Project
Process Development of Biologically Active Compound Studies in Heat Transfer with and without Phase Change using Advanced experimental Techniques and Computational Fluid Dynamics Preparation of monodispersed MOX miocrospheres Novel Organic Transformations by using catalysis Studies in Dehydration of Food and Biological Products Biotrasformation and Purification of Peptides Green Chemistry and sustainable processes based on biomass Purification of inclusion body proteins Utilization of Renewable Resources For The production of Biofuels, Bioenergy and Biopharmaceuticals Extraction,Purification And Drying of Active Ingredients from Herbs. Energy use in india for power generation- economic and LCA Studies in Water treatment technologies Hydrogenation of CO2 to Methanol studies in Membrane separation system Downstream Processing of Biopharmaceutical Products studies on VLE of HI-H2O system Advanced Separation Techniques: Studies in filtration and drying Enzymatic Synthesis for Separation of Chiral Compounds Synthesis of Nanoparticle Using Surface Active Agents Studies in Waste water treatment Studies of Metal Dissolution in nitric Acid and NOx absorption. Flow and Heat Transfer in Small Channels Green and clean bioglycerol based products and their derivatives Engineering analysis of renewable energy and chemical resources Transport Phenomena and CFD of multiphase Reactors Extraction and Purification of Biomolecules from Vegetable source Stratagies for Downstream Processing of Natural Products Design and synthesis of functionalised ligand for adsorptive separation of CO2/CH4 and Co2/N2 mixture Metabolic Engineering Hydrodynamics of Extraction Systems Design and Development of Enzyme Biocatalyst for Organic Transformations Studies in Gas Entrainment Synthesis and applications of chiral phase transfer catalysts in multiphasic green reactions. Synthesis of extractant for metal ions and environmentally hazardous compounds. Self Assembly of Tethered Nanoparticle: Macromolecule for Tailored Nanoparticles Synthesis of Inorganic Membranes

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Name
Lade Vikesh Gurudas Maddikeri Ganesh Lakshman Madyal Rupa S. Mali Nilesh A. Manchalwar Shirish M Mandade Prasad Mandade Prasad V. Manisha V. Bagal Mirage Yogesh H. Mishra Yogesh More Santosh Naik Apurva N. Nimbalkar Vijay Nirukhe Ashwini Pandit Ninad Tushar Parekh Vishal.J. Parhad Prakash Patil Anil Patil Lalit K. Patil Pankaj N. Patil Vilas V. Pawan Meshram Pawar Sandip V. Pawar Sanjay Bhimrao Pooja Thorat Prajapati Hiral N. R. Kiran Kumar Raina Monika Rajesh Kumar R. Singh Ramesh R. Prajapati Rane Chinmay V. Rathod Aditi Ravi N. Sundari Rekha B.N

Research supervisor
Rathod V.K. Gogate P.R. Gaikar V.G. Bhagwat S.S. Pandit A.B. Yadav G.D. BRB Gogate P.R. Patwardhan A.V. Lali A.M. Yadav G.D. Pandit A.B. Marathe K.V. Yadav G.D. Pandit A.B. Pandit A.B. Yadav G.D. Gaikar V.G. Gaikar V.G. Gogate P.R. Thorat B.N. Bhagwat S.S. Yadav G.D. Thorat B.N. Yadav G.D. Patwardhan A.W. Gogate P.R. Lali A.M. Bhagwat S.S. Bhagwat S.S. Joshi J.B. Pandit A.B. Bhagwat S.S./Vaidya P.D. Pandit A.B.

Research Project
Studies in Liquid Liquid Extraction Oleochemicals from waste vegetable oil Molecular modeling approach to design a ligand Exergy Based Analysis of Novel Power Cycles Disinfection of Potable water Evaluating the lifecycle Environmental and economic aspects of tropical biofuels Evaluating life cycle environmental and economic aspects of tropical biofules Waste water treatment using hybrid treatment schemes based on cavitational reactors Studies in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Pulsed Sieve Plate Column Design of High Resolution Chromatographic purification processes for Biopharmaceuticals and Oligosaccharides Synthesis,Characterization and Applications of Novel Solid Acids in Fine Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries. Cavitation in Sodium Pumps Nano crystalline TiB2 paticulate reinforced A Insight into hydrogen production by inorganic cycle & its storage by nanomaterials Biotransformation and downstream processing of industrially useful compounds from natural sources Fermentative production of sophorolipids from natural lipids Fundamentals of hydrogen production using cu-cl cycle extraction, purification and recovery of natural product Studies on Runaway Reaction Pesticides degradation using advance oxidation processes Advance Drying System for Pharmaceutical Products Studies in Adsorption Kinetics of Surfactant : Modified Clay and Biosorbent Selectivity Engineering in Pharmaceutical and API synthesis using Enzymatic reactions Studies In Advanced Drying System Novel approaches in biopharmaceuticals synthesis and separations Heat transfer equipment design Intensification of physical processes by ultrasound: atomization, crystallization, emulsification Design and use of specific molecular interactions in protein purification and catalysis Studies in Interfacial Science: Dynamic Aspects Metal Surface Phenomena: The Role of Interfacial Science Design of crystallizer prediction of crystal morphology Distribution Modeling & Experimental Validation of Sodium Cold-trap' Study of Hydrogen Production by Steam Reforming Process Intensification of anaerobic Digestion

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105

Name
Saharan Virendra Kumar Salunke Jeetendra Saravanan Devendran Sarish S. Joshi Shah Manish Shaikh Latif Jafar Sharad B. Gotmukle Shinde Somnath Shinde Yogesh Hanumant Shingade Sunil G. Shingare Shyamala P. Sona C.S. Sonchal Bhushan P. Sowbna P.R. Surve Prasad Sutar Parag Swapnil P. Sulakhe Takalkar G.D. Tamhane Tushar V. Tandale Jagdishkumar Tekale Devendra Thaore Vaishali Thorat Sandeep Tongaonkar Jitendra G. Varvadekar Jayesh Vernekar Prasad V. Vetal Mangesh D Vibhandik Amar Vishvas S. Naik Nimbalkar Vitthal Gole Vivek C. Patkar Vrushali K. Dengle Wadekar Prathamesh Yadav Akhilesh

Research supervisor
Pandit A.B.

Research Project
Hydrodynamic Cavitation Based Degradation Of Bio-Refractory Pollutants Waste minimization through development of Novel catalytic processes Selectivity Engineering in Biotransformation of Industrial Relevance Triglyceride Microemulsion : Formulation, Characterisation and Application Transport Phenomena in Gas Jet Reactor Column through Visualization and CFD modeling Studies in crystallization process and crystal morphology Studies on Synthesis, Characterization and Surface Active properties of Anionic Gemini Surfactant Chemo and Biocatalysis in synthesis of valuable intermidiates and drugs Stuidies in renewable energy Design of continuous process and equipment system for mixed oxides Studies in Dehydration of Biomass and Cellulosic Materials Thermal Hydraulic investigations on various coolants Interdroplet Interaction in microemulsion Insight into multiphase reactions using catalysis,micromodels and microwaves Synthesis Chracterisation and Application of Novel Nano-Catalysts. Studies in gas purification Studies in Interfacial Science: Ecofriendly Surfactant Simulation and Experimental Study of Heat based Refrigeration system Design and scale up of annular Centrifugal extractors Structure Retention Relationship in process chromatography Production of Value-added Chemicals from Renewable Resources using Green Chemistry Investigation of red oil explosion Novelties of Solid acids and Super acids in the development of Clean and Benign Process Studies in Interfacial science: Dynamics and Stabilization of Foam Fermentation technology for products from lignocellulosic biomass Towards understanding interaction between engg & Envivia Agent Based modeling Studies in Extraction and Purification of Bioactive Molecule from Natural Source Study in Environmental Engineering for treatment of aqueous effluent Thermal hydraulics of liquid pools Process intensification of chemical processing using cavitational reactor Fluid Fluid Contactors : Exp. Investigation and CFD simulations Production and Characterization of Sophorolipids Development of lignin as chemical building block Synthesis,characterization and applications of microporous,mesoporous materials and nanocatalysts.

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Yadav G.D. Yadav G.D. Bhagwat S.S. Joshi J.B. Pandit A.B. Bhagwat S.S. Yadav G.D. Pandit A.B. Pandit A.B. Thorat B.N. Patwardhan A.W. Bhagwat S.S. Yadav G.D. Yadav G.D. Vaidya P.D. Bhagwat S.S. Bhagwat S.S. Joshi J.B. Lali A.M. Yadav G.D. Gaikar V.G. Yadav G.D. Bhagwat S.S. Lali A.M. BRB Rathod V.K. Marathe K.V. Patwardhan A.W. Gogate P.R. Patwardhan A.W. Bhagwat S.S. Lali A.M. Yadav G.D.

Current Research Projects M.Chem. Engg. and M.Tech.

Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Name Atul Bari Bakade Suchit Vasantrao Balaji Ethiraj Bari Atul Harishchandra Baxi Pranav Bhargav Bhadange Yogesh Ashok Chandak Rohankumar Shirish Chavan Vivek Prakash Dabhade Shrihari Dnyandeo Dhumal Vivek Dilip Elizabeth Joseph Farakte Raosaheb Ananda Gaddamedi Parasuram Ganeshkumar Patil Ghayal Dnyaneshwar Appasaheb Hatkar Ujwal Nanaji Hule Pritam Vijay Jangle Amit Vidyanand Khan Humanaaz Javed Koralkar Naval Vishwanath Kulkarni Rahul Kashinath Kumbhar Shwetali Mahadeo Kunghadkar Akhil Sukiram Lakhapati Ravindra Vitthal Malhotra Sneha Rakesh Mohitkar Ganesh Haridas Nagose Nilesh Ramraoji Nande Sachin Baliram Patankar Saurabh Chandrakant Patil Ganeshkumar Narayan Patil Vikas Madhukar Pawar Nilesh Atmaram Sangle Jyoti Suresh Santosh Shirke Shinde Pramod Tatyaba Shirke Santosh Nathuram Singh Ashishkumar Anjanikumar Suryawanshi Abhijeet Dattatray Tamgadge Atul Gautam Thalange Vinayak Channappa Tidke Vaibhav Baburao Tushar Meshram Research supervisor Vaidya P.D. Thorat B.N. Patwardhan A.V. Vaidya P.D. Pandit A.B. Rathod V.K. Bhagwat S.S. Gogate P.R. Gaikar V.G. Bhagwat S.S. Vaidya P.D. Yadav G.D. Rathod V.K. Vaidya P.D. Rathod V.K. Gogate P.R. Mathpati C.S. Pandit A.B. Pandit A.B. Mathpati C.S. Pandit A.B. Lali A.M. Lali A.M. Gaikar V.G. Patwardhan A.V. Patwardhan A.W. Patwardhan A.V. Gaikar V.G. Yadav G.D. Vaidya P.D. Marathe K.V. Gaikar V.G. Marathe K.V. Vaidya P.D. Patwardhan A.W. Vaidya P.D. Yadav G.D. Patwardhan A.W. Mathpati C.S. Thorat B.N. Thorat B.N. Marathe K.V. Title of Research Project Studies in CO2 removal processes Hydrodynamic study of agitated fluid bed dryer Ecologically Based Life-Cycle assessment of Solar Electricity Studies In Process Development Steam driven hybrid cavitation for cellulose digestion Studies Of Extraction From Natural Ingradients Analysis of Power Cycle Efficiency Employing Multicomponent Working Fluid Intensification of Chemical Synthesis by using Cavitation Biomass Conversion :Thermal Conversion of Bagasse Application Of ANN in Non-linear chemical Process Studies in CO2 removal processes Modified Heteropoly Acids on Novel Nano Support Studies in pulsed Sieve plate extraction column Studies in CO2 capture using novel amines Study in biodisel production Ultrasound Enhanced Crystallization Computational study of fluid dynamics by mixing equipments Understanding and improving the life cycle of multilayer food packets Synthesis of Palladium Nanoparticle for Catalytic Applications Heat transfer of molten salts Catalytic Applications of Palladium Nanoparticles Conversion of holocellulose to chemicals Conversion of Lignin to Chemicals Intensification and Optimization of Process for producing HMF from Fructose Studies in membrane separation. Gas Entrainment In Contactors Study of organic reactions in ionic liquid Technical, Economic and Environmental analysis of decentralised and small scale energy system. Development of novel multifunctional catalyst for tandem green synthesis Study of gas purification Process intensification in ultra-filtration Adsorption of CO2 by polymeric resin (chitosen) Removal of metal ions from wastewater using ultrafitration Studies in wet oxidation Flow distribution studies in heat exchangers Studies in environmental engineering. Role of microwaves in cascade engineered catalytic rections Mixing with Jets Effect of Marangoni Convection on Mass Transfer at Fluid-Fluid Interface. Numerical & experimental analysis of selected drying systems Design & Flow Characterisation of Solar Dryers Aqueous waste management of steel industry Year 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2010-11 2009-11 2009-11 2010-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2010-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11 2009-11

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Name Balki Aniket Bhosale Ghanshyam S. Chavan Ankush Anand Dastane Gaurav G. Iyer Shilpa Santosh Jadhav Santosh Ghanshyam Jawale Rajashree Hiraman Khokrale Ashish B. Malhotra Karan Meshram Tushar C. Pakhare Achyut Dnyanoba Patil Amar Lahu Patil Gajanan Patle Chetan Pawar Pratik K. Pise Viplav Hari Potdukhe Shraddha Vikas Rathi Noopur Shaha Suraj S. Shere Inderdip P. Shettigar Suma Shinde Avinash Shankar Shivashanker Shefali Sinha Dhruvi Sontakke Pallavi P. Srikanth P.V.K. Tanksale Rohini Umale Ritesh Wankhede Prashil C.

Research supervisor Vaidya P.D. Gogate P.R. Bhagwat S.S. Pandit A.B. Bhagwat S.S. Vaidya P.D. Pandit A.B. Mathpati C.S. Mathpati C.S. Marathe K.V. Rathod V.K. Gogate P.R. Thorat B.N. Patwardhan A.W. Patwardhan A.V. Yadav G.D. Yadav G.D. Gaikar V.G. Gogate P.R. Rathod V.K. Marathe K.V. Thorat B.N. Patwardhan A.W. Lali A.M. Gaikar V.G. Patwardhan A.W. Patwardhan A.V. Vaidya P.D. Rathod V.K.

Title of Research Project Study of catalytic hydrogenation reaction Wastewater treatment by using combination of cavitation and chemical oxidation. Exergy Analysis of Absorption Cycles Design and CFD Simulation of hydrodynamic cavitation using non-circular venturies Application of artificial neural networks in chemical engineering CO2 capture by Reactive absorption AOPs for biorefractory pollutants Thermodynamic optimization of chemical process using ASPEN Simulation of Batch and Continuous Process Plant using ASPEN PLUS Aqueous waste management of steel industry Mass Transfer study in pulsed extraction column Treatment of pharma wastewater by chemical oxidation processes Design of industrial solar dryer Thermal mixing Study of reactions in presence of ionic liquids Selectivity of Nanoengineered Catalyst for Cascade Reaction Conversion of biomass into value added chemicals using catalysis Photoswitchable hydrotropes for crystallization processes Intensification of cavitation reactions reactions by using gaseous additives Hydrodynamic in pulse column Treatment of aqueous wastewater in stainless steel industry by membrane process Design of Industrial spray dryer Heat Transfer and Flow Distribution in Heat Exchangers Algae growth kinetics and modeling Synthesis using microwave techniques Gas entrainment in liquids Membrane Seperation and mathematical modelling Study of wet air oxidation Study of liquid liquid extracting system

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Seminar (B Chem Engg)

Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Mate.S. C 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 Mohade.S. S Murkute.S. A Nadgouda.S. G Nagpure.S. R Naik.L. M Nandwana.K. Ninawe.S. N Pagare.A. S Panditrao.K. R Parit.M. B Parvathaneni.P. S Patankar.S. S Patel.A.S Patel.H. K Patel.K. S Patil.V. S Pednekar.P. C Lali A. M. Vaidya P. D. Yadav G. D. Marathe K. V. Mathpati C. S. Mathpati C. S. Mahajani V. V. Gaikar V. G. Pandit A. B. Vaidya P. D. Marathe K. V. Gaikar V. G. Gaikar V. G. Patwardhan A. V. Lali A. M. Mahajani V. V. Rathod V. K. Thorat B. N. Name Ahuja.V. R Akkalkotkar.A. P Bhole .S. B Bundele.V. M Butala .S. S Calcuttawala. H. A Chandrashekharan.A. Chaudhari.P. N Chauhan.J. P Chavare.S. S Chhoga.H. R Dahifale.R. N Dani.A. A Dash.P. R Dedhia.H. P Dev.V. A Devling.T. S Gala.R.M Gangar.M. L Gavit.M. M Gharat.T. P Gore.S. N Hariharan.N. Iyer.S. P Iyer.V. K Jain.A. K Jain.V. S Jambunathan.P. Jape.S. A Joglekar.C. S Kamalia.D. R Kamble.S. D Kumbhar.R. A Lonkar.S. K Maduskar .S. S Mahajan.N. U Majumdar.A. M Manoorkar .S. B Guide Mathpati C. S. Mahajani V. V. Thorat B. N. Yadav G. D. Lali A. M. Pandit A. B. Patwardhan A. W. Gogate P. R. Marathe K. V. Pandit A. B. Vaidya P. D. Rathod V. K. Gogate P. R. Rathod V. K. Mahajani V. V. Bhagwat S. S. Marathe K. V. Thorat B. N. Patwardhan A. W. Yadav G. D. Gaikar V. G. Gogate P. R. Patwardhan A. W. Bhagwat S. S. Vaidya P. D. Rathod V. K. Thorat B. N. Patwardhan A. V. Mahajani V. V. Yadav G. D. Patwardhan A. V. Patwardhan A. W. Rathod V. K. Gogate P. R. Lali A. M. Bhagwat S. S. Patwardhan A. V. Lali A. M. Topic Advances in high shear mixing: Experimental and computational studies Olefin/paraffin separation by non distillation processes Solid-gas fluidization: Role of sparger design Asymmetric reductions Modeling light energy uptake rates by algal cells in photobioreactors Absorptive coatings for solar energy collections Thermal striping phenomenon Synthesis of novel catalysts using ultrasonic irradiations Al-TiB2 nano composite materials Design aspects of gas turbines for electricity generation Coal and Energy security for India- Role of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) Hydrodynamics aspects in three phase inverse fluidized bed. Kinetics analysis of photopolymerization reactions Fouling in heat exchanger Energy solution via methanol Sulfochlorination of paraffins CO2 removal from synthesis gas using membrane filtration. Techno-economic comparison between the rotary dryer and fluid bed dryer. CFD modeling of fired heaters/furnaces Carbon nanotubes and related materials in tissue engineering scaffolds Polymer adsorption on solids: theories and applications. Recent advances in application of advanced oxidation processes for treatment of water containing pesticides. CFD Modeling of static mixers Optimization of combined solar collectors and thermal conversion devices Treatment of Chlorinated organic wastes Removal of fluoride from ground water Design of solar assistated tunnel dryer Recent Developments in the treatment of effluents generated in Pharmaceutical Industry Inventarization and management of green house gases Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts Reactions in aqueous phase Recent developments in the metal catalysis for generation of hydrogen from water. Modeling of precipitation process using jets Design aspects in plate heat exchanger Recent advances in remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls Techno-commercial status and comparison of coal to liquid and biomass to liquid fuel technologies. Role of surface active agents in leather processing Recent development in cleaner synthesis using ionic liquids Metabolic engineering as tool for efficient biobutanol production: current and Future prospects Energy efficient membrane and composite methods for recovery of dissolved slat in high concentrations (>10% W/V) Rigorous modeling of reactive absorption processes New Developments in Pillared Clay catalysis Energy storage using aqueous hydrogen peroxide Modelling of solid oxide fuel cells: Recent advances Historic developments in the art of empirical correlations for heat and momentum transfer. Electrocoagulation Solid particles stabilized emulsions as formulations. Synthesis and compatibility of pour point depressant Amino-Acids for CO2 capture Stimuli responsive membranes Tyre pyrolysis: Downstream processing of products. Advances in cryogenic air separation. Recent Developments in the treatment of effluents in Metal Industry Modeling multicomponent batch adsorption in real solutions Ozone in water treatment Recent developments in extraction of natural products Engineering aspects in the manufacturing of pyrotechnic grade aluminum

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Name Rajput.S. A Rane.P. S Rangnekar.N. D Raut.R. T Ronge.S. B Sahare.N. G Sangle.P. P Sangodkar.P. R Sawant.P. P Sharma.K. A Shelke.K. C Sheth.P. B Shinde.V. Shrivastav.A. S Sirajuddin.M. Solanki.S. H Surve.R. P Surya.N. N Tambe.C. Y Tangade.P. S Unhale.N. R Vakharia.V. K Vatkar.S. S Vora.S.R Wankhede.A. K Zinzuwadia.M. A

Guide Gogate P. R. Marathe K. V. Pandit A. B. Patwardhan A. W. Mahajani V. V. Pandit A. B. Patwardhan A. W. Thorat B. N. Rathod V. K. Vaidya P. D. Gaikar V. G. Gogate P. R. Lali A. M. Mathpati C. S. Bhagwat S. S. Thorat B. N. Gaikar V. G. Marathe K. V. Mathpati C. S. Yadav G. D. Patwardhan A. V. Pandit A. B. Bhagwat S. S. Patwardhan A. V. Vaidya P. D. Bhagwat S. S.

Topic Novel applications of ultrasound induced emulsification processes Multiscale structured and functionally graded gas diffusion electrodes Advanced oxidation processes for the treatment of Bio-refinery pollutants Recent advances in trickle bed reactor design LNG handling Energy requirement in steam cooking and roasting Modeling of agitated thin film evaporator Hydrodynamics of spray dryer: Role of atomizer design. Mass transfer aspects in sieve plate pulsed extraction column Thermodynamic Analysis of methanol reforming Enzymatic degradation of starch granules : Mechanisms Difficulties in mathematical simulations for chemical plants synthesis of biodiesel Rigorous models for pore and surface diffusion of solutes in porous adsorbents matrices Methods for preparation of neutrally buoyant microparticles for flow visualization Algal ponds as solar energy collectors Application of Chitosan and its derivatives for biopharmaceutical industry. Utilizing CO2 with solar energy: Photocatalytic reactions. Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells Computational modeling of single and two phase flow in micro-channels Multi-functionality on Nanoscale Recent development in hydrogen storage Recent development in organic solar cells Heat pump assisted cooling utility as an alternative to cooling water Recent Developments in the treatment of effluents generated in textile Industry Claus process Photooxiation of Paraffins

Seminar (M Chem Engg)

Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Name Balki Aniket B. Bhosale Ghanshyam S. Bote Pravin P. Chavan Ankush A. Dastane Gaurav G. Dhruvi Sinha Iyer Shilpa S. Jadhav Santosh G. Jawale Rajashree H. Khokrale Ashish B. Malhotra Karan Meshram Tushar C. Pakhare Achyut D. Patil Amar L. Patil Gajanan B. Patle Chetan B. Pawar Pratik K. Pise Viplav H. Potdukhe Shraddha V. Rathi Noopur A. Shah Manish (integrated PhD) Shaha Suraj S. Shefali C. S. Shivashanker Shere Inderdip P. Guide Gogate P.R. Thorat B.N. Gogate P.R. Yadav G.D. Thorat B.N. Gogate P.R. Patwardhan A.W. Patwardhan A.V. Rathod V.K. Patwardhan A.V. Bhagwat S.S. Rathod V.K. Thorat B.N. Gaikar V.G. Yadav G.D. Marathe K.V. Rathod V.K. Gaikar V.G. Bhagwat S.S. Mathpati C.S. Pandit A.B. Vaidya P.D. Lali A.M. Patwardhan A.V. Topic Generation of energy from sustainable biomass Steam explosion of bagasse to get value-added chemicals Design aspects and recent advances of microreactors Chiral engineering using solid catalysts Engineering aspects in the manufacturing of acrylamide free-flowing powder Novel synthesis processes for pharmaceutical drugs Synthesis of ceramic membranes Metabolic pathway engineering for the production of L-ascorbic acid Purification of enzymes by liquid-liquid extraction Synthesis of chiral ionic liquids and their applications in synthetic organic chemistry Expert systems for process equipment selection Hydrodynamic aspects of mixer-settler Recent advances in gel drying Separation and recovery of H2 from refinery streams by membranes Synthesis of nano-wires based on cobalt and calcium oxides Treatment of the effluent from stainless steel manufacture Removal of cyanide from waste water Simulation of metal organic frameworks for CO2 capture Excess free energy based volumetric equations of state Computational fluid dynamics studies using lattice Boltzmann method: Applications Fluid mechanics and transport phenomena in single phase pipe flow recent advances Modeling of reactive absorption in slurries Modeling kinetics of growth of algae in different photobioreactors Green organic reactions with water as solvent

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Name Shettigar Suma M. Shinde Avinash S. Shingade Sunil (integrated PhD) Sontakke Pallavi P. Srikanth P. V. K. Tanksale Rohini G. Umale Ritesh M. Wankhede Prashil C.

Guide Lali A.M. Pandit A.B. Mathpati C.S. Mathpati C.S. Vaidya P.D. Pandit A.B. Marathe K.V. Patwardhan A.W.

Topic Synthetic biology for n-butanol production Role of turbulence and fluid shear in creating surface instabilities and new surface Experimental investigations of molten salt corrosion Simulation and optimization of chemical processes using gPROMS Hydrogen production from waste oils and fats from the food processing industry Comparative assessments of aops for bio-refractory pollutants, e.g. cyanides Kinetics and scale-up studies in ultrafiltration Recent advances (post the year-2000) in prediction / correlation of solubility of gases in liquids

Seminar (M Tech BPT)

Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 Name Bharad Varsharani G. Deshmukh Sharad R. Dombe Sushil S. Garg Romy Seminar Guide Gogate P. R. Yadav G.D. Gogate P. R. Thorat B.N. Topic Recent advances in sludge control techniques in wastewater treatment plants Bioremediation of organophospate molecule Recent advances in techniques for food sterilization Role of water activity and glass transition in drying of food materials OR Role of freezing conditions and excipients in the freeze drying of biomaterials Enzyme application in paper making process Pre-treatment of Lignocellulosic biomass for improved anaerobic digestion Proteins for packing materials Mass transfer in Bioreactor Soluble and insoluble dietary fibers: isolation, characterization and applications Estimation of cell wall strength Sterioselective biocatalysis in pharmaceuticals Reaction Engineering of enzyme catalyzed reactions

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Hebbi Vishwanath Hirpara Prakash I. Jaybhaye Vilas B. Joshi Amol Arun Kadam Vikram R. Mane Sharmilee P. Pagar Sandip K. Patil Nilesh S.

Rathod V.K. Bhagwat S.S. Rathod V.K. Rathod V.K. Lali A. M. Pandit A.B. Yadav G.D. Lali A. M.

B. CHEM. ENGG. HOME-PAPER (2010-2011)

Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Name of the Student Ahuja V. R Akkalkotkar A. P Bhole S. B Bundele V. M Butala S. S Calcuttawala H. A Chandrasekharan, A. Chaudhari P. N Chauhan J. P Chavare S. S Chogga H. R Dahifale R. N Dani A. A Dash P. R Dedhia H. P Dev V. A Devling T. S Gala R. M Gangar M. L Gavit M. M Gharat T. P Gore S. N Hariharan N. Iyer S. P Iyer V. K Jain A. K Jain V. S Jambunathan P. Jape S. A Joglekar C. S Kamalia D. R Guide Marathe K. V. Yadav G. D. Mahajani V. V. Matpathi C.S. Vaidya P. D. Gaikar V. G. Mahajani V. V. Yadav G. D. Rathod V. K. Vaidya P. D. Rathod V. K. Pandit A. B. Patwardhan A. V. Lali A. M. Patwardhan A. V. Pandit A. B. Patwardhan A. V. Lali A. M. Patwardhan A. V. Matpathi C.S. Bhagwat S. S. Bhagwat S. S. Marathe K. V. Yadav G. D. Lali A. M. Yadav G. D. Bhagwat S. S. Pandit A. B. Lali A. M. Vaidya P. D. Gaikar V. G. Topics Design a plant to manufacture 10 TPD of sodium p dodecyl phenoxide Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of barium carbonate from barite rock Design a plant to manufacture 25000 TPA of p-hydroxy benzoic acid Design a plant to manufacture 1000 TPA of 3-methoxy propyl amine Design a plant to manufacture 1000 TPA of o-chlorotoulene Design a plant to produce polysaccharides from seaweeds (10 TPD) from coastal area of Maharashtra Design a plant to manufacture 1000 TPA of fluorine Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPD of 50 % W/W hydrogen peroxide Design a plant to manufacture 10 TPD of phosphorous pentachloride Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of Butyrolactone Design a plant to manufacture 1 TPD of Erythromycin Design a plant to manufacture 5 TPD of 2-chloro nicotinic acid Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of Lycine Design a process and plant for clean production of biomass char from 100 TPD of dry wheat straw Design a plant to manufacture 2000 TPA of Glycine. Design a plant to manufacture 50 KL per annum of dry red wine. Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of acetanilide Design a multiproduct biorefinary for 10 TPD (Dry basis) of S. cerevisiae produced in a typical sugar based distillary Design a plant to manufacture 1000 TPA of Acetanilide Design a plant to manufacture 6000 TPA of Diketene Design a unit to recover acid and ferrous salt from 10 m3 per day waste of pickling liquor. Design a water recycling unit for a residential building with 400 residents. Design a plant to manufacture 1 TPD of sodium mentholate catalyst. Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of nano-grade calcium carbonate Design a process and plant for production of 10 TPD of monethylene glycol from cane molasses. Design a plant to manufacture 8000 TPA of ethyl R-mandelate Design a plant to manufacture 1 TPD of cationic Gemini surfactants. Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPD of medium chain triglycerides Design a 10 TPD process and plant for production and purification of hydrogen by fermentation of cyanobacteria. Design a plant to manufacture 1000 TPA of Dithioglycol Design a plant to use 300 M3per day of aqueous glycerol solution (10%) and other water soluble organics (2%) for fermentative production of poly (hydroxyl alkanoates) as biodegradable polymer. Design a plant to manufacture 5000 TPA of 2-Furanone Design a plant to manufacture 10 TPD of Erucamdie Design a plant to process 1000 TPD of tyre waste and recovery of Chemicals from the pyrooil and gases. Design a plant to manufacture 100 TPD of 1 3 5 tribromo benzene. Design a plant to manufacture 10 TPD of diethyl fumerate Design a plant to manufacture 5 TPD of Lacto-bionic acid Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of meta-phenoxy benzaldehyde. Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA trichloroacetic acid. Design a plant to manufacture 1 TPD of potassium ferrate. Design a plant to manufacture 1 TPA of Olmesartan Medoxomil drug. Design a plant to manufacture 20000 TPA of n-butane from C4stream of a FCC cracker Design a plant to manufacture 10 TPD of gamma-butyrolactone Design a plant to pyrolyse cellulosic biomass from sugar factory at a rate of 2000 TPD of biomass of baggasse and processing of the bio-oil and gaseous products. Design a plant to manufacture 5000 TPA Tributyl citrate Desing a plant to manufacture 10 TPD of 2,2 methylene bis (6-tert-butyl-4 methyl-phenol) Design a plant to manufacture 5000 TPD fo polylactic acid resin Design a plant to manufacture 2 TPD of sophorolipids Design a plant to manufacture 5000 TPA of 1,2-Cyclohexanediol Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPP of phenyl isocyanate

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Kamble S. D Kumbhar R. A Lonkar S. K Maduskar S. S Mahajan N. U Manoorkar S. B Mate S. C Mohade S. S Mujumdar A. M Murkute S. A Nadgouda S. G Nagpure S. R Naik L. M Nandwana K. C Ninawe S. N Pagare A. S Panditrao K. R Parit M. B Parvathaneni P. S

Vaidya P. D. Pandit A. B. Gaikar V. G. Gogate P. R. Marathe K. V. Thorat B. N. Patwardhan A. V. Patwardhan A. W. Bhagwat S. S. Matpathi C.S. Mahajani V. V. Yadav G. D. Gaikar V. G. Rathod V. K. Thorat B. N. Gogate P. R. Pandit A. B. Vaidya P. D. Patwardhan A. V.

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Name of the Student Patankar S. S Patel K. S Patel A. S Patel H. K Patil V. S Pednekar P. C Rajput S. A Rane P. S Rangnekar N. D Raut R. T Ronge S. Sahare N. G Sangle P. P Sangodkar R .P Sawant P. P Sharma K. A Shelke K. C Sheth P. B Shinde V. Shrivastav A. S Sirajuddin M. Solanki S. H Surve R. P Surya N. N Tambe C. Y Tangade P. S Unhale N. R Vakharia V. K Vatkar S. S Vora S. R Wankhede A. K Zinzunwadia M .A

Guide Vaidya P. D. Rathod V. K. Matpathi C.S. Thorat B. N. Patwardhan A. W. Patwardhan A. W. Mahajani V. V. Gogate P. R. Matpathi C.S. Gogate P. R. Matpathi C.S. Gogate P. R. Mahajani V. V. Patwardhan A. W. Thorat B. N. Marathe K. V. Pandit A. B. Gaikar V. G. Gogate P. R. Patwardhan A. W. Marathe K. V. Rathod V. K. Bhagwat S. S. Rathod V. K. Lali A. M. Gaikar V. G. Thorat B. N. Mahajani V. V. Marathe K. V. Bhagwat S. S. Thorat B. N. Patwardhan A. W.

Topics Design a plant to manufacture 1000 TPA methacrylic acid Design a plant to manufacture 1000 TPD of Citral Design a plant to manufacture 5000 TPA of sodium meta bisulfite Desing a plant to manufacture 10 TPD of dicyclopentadiene-co-p-cresol. Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of N-methyl aniline Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of nonyl phenol Design a plant to manufacture 1500 TPA of Oxygen (high purity) Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of methyl salicylate Design a plant to manufacture 5 TPA of Lansoprazole antiulcer drug. Design a plant to manufacture 1000 TPD of propylene oxide Design a plant to manufacture 5000 TPA of butyl acrylate Design a plant to manufacture 10 TPD methyl parathion Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of Hydroxylamine sulfate Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of octaldehyde. Desing a plant to manufacture 3 TPH of Mancozeb Design a plant to manufacture 1 TPD of nickel octoate Design a plant to manufacture 25 TPD of hyoxypropyl cellulose Design a plant to manufacture 1 TPM of fructooligosaccharides from sugar solution (10 % in water) completely free of the glucose. Design a plant to manufacture 10 TPD sulfamic acid Design a plant to manufacture 10000 TPA of p-tert butyl cyclohexanol. Design a plant to manufacture 1 TPD of dibutyltin Design a plant to manufacture 10 TPD of Benzyl chloride Design a plant to manufacture 10 TPD vinyl sulfone Design a plant to manufacture 10 TPD of Biodiesel from Oil Design a plant to manufacture 100 TPD of 10% V/V of carbon dioxide enriched air stream from atmospheric air. Design a plant to manufacture 10 TPD of benzimidazole Desing a plant to manufacture 1 TPD of Miconazole nitrate Design a plant to manufacture 25000 TPA of di-isobutene Design a plant to manufacture 1 TPD of phenylisocyante Design a cold storage unit for a agricultural produce based on solar heat based refrigeration. Desing a plant to manufacture 2 TPH aluminium powder from aluminium ingots Design a plant to manufacture 50000 TPA of morpholine

Workshops Organized by the Department

Gogate P. R. Lali A.M. Workshop on Process Intensification of Chemical Processing Applications organized at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, January, 2011, Under UGC National Resource Centre for Chemical Engineering 1. 5th National Workshop on Preparative and Process Chromatography and 1st National workshop on Proteomics and Genomics held in June 10-12,2010 2. Science Day Function (28th February 2011), ICT. Ozone Day Celebrations on 16th September 2010 at K. V. Auditorium, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga (E), Mumbai Laboratory Education in ICT, Workshop of Chemical Engineering Laboratory Education organized at ICT, Mumbai, June 2010

Thorat B. N. Rathod V.K.

International visits by the faculty member for Conferences and Research Collaboration
Pandit A.B. University of Melbourne, Australia University of California Santa Barbara, USA University of Hawaii, USA Gogate P R Vaidya P.D. Chemical Engineering Department of Purdue University, USA, January to May 2010 University of Paderborn, Germany, 1st - 30th November, 2010. 2nd Annual Gas Processing Symposium, Doha, Qatar, 11 -14 January 2011

Lectures delivered in workshops/seminars in and outside Institute

Gaikar V. G. Challenges in Process Industry for Process Intensification, UGC Networking Centre workshop on Process Intensification, ICT, Jan 2011. Microwave Radiation Assisted Process Intensification, UGC Networking Centre workshop on Process Intensification, ICT, Jan 2011. New Strategies for Extraction of Active Ingredients from Natural Products: Process Intensification and Purification Technology, North-Eastern Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, 14th February 2011 Molecular Modelling for Improving Reactive Separations using Functionalized Polymers, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, July 2010 Improving Separation Efficiency of Functionalized Polymers by Molecular Modelling, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, April 2010 P.R. Gogate, Process Intensification/Improvement using Cavitational reactors Invited lecture in the Graduate Seminar Series at the Chemical Engineering Department of Purdue University, USA, March 2010 P.R. Gogate, Process Intensification using Sonochemical reactors: theoretical aspects and overview of chemical processing applications Lecture at the Workshop on Process Intensification of Chemical Processing Applications organized at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, January, 2011 P.R. Gogate, Process intensification using combined approaches: Case study of wastewater treatment Lecture at the Workshop on Process Intensification of Chemical Processing Applications organized at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, January, 2011 Sustainable Chemistry: Green Solutions for All at New Delhi on 3rd September 2010 Indo-US Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Centre (JCERDC) activities at New Delhi on 22nd October 2010 Water & Bio-resources related challenges at New Delhi on 12th Nov. 2010 International Conference on Bioenergy from Wastes: Green Chemistry Interventions on 25th & 26th Nov. 2010. Process Intensification of extraction of natural products using ultrasound and microwave, UGC Networking Centre workshop on Process Intensification, ICT, Jan 2011. Process Intensification using Spinning disk reactors: Synthesis of Magnetite, UGC Networking Centre workshop on Process Intensification, ICT, Jan 2011. Crystallization, Gharda Chemicals, Lote Pershuram, 22nd October 2010. Fluid flow, Heat transfer and Process control Experiments design, A Workshop cum training course on Chemical Engineering Laboratory, ICT, June 2010. Advanced Mass Transfer, BARC Training School, Mumbai, February-March 2010

Gogate, P.R.

Lali A. M.

Rathod V.K.

Vaidya P.D.

List of Lectures delivered by Visiting Professors

Sr. No. 1 Name & ace Dr. R.P. Iyer, FRSC Chief Scientific Officer, Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals USA 2 Dr. B. Gopalan Executive Director Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Chennai 3 Professor Denis Millier Michigan State University, USA 5 Dr. R.B. Gupta Auburn University, USA 6 Dr. Sudip Mukhopadhyay Honeywell Electronic Materials, California, USA 7 Dr. V. V. Ranade NCL, Pune 8 Dr. Frank Schael, Germany 16th Feb 2011 micro-reactor technology 27th Jan 2011 Multiphase flows with phase change 10th Jan 2011 Direct conversion of sunlight into electricity 20th Dec 2010 Petrol and Diesel from Grasses and Plants 30th Nov 2010 Biochemical Sciences 30th Nov 2010 Drug Discovery Date 6th May 2010 Topic Contemporary Drug Discovery and development

Dr. R.R. Sonde Executive Director Thermax India Ltd

5th Mar 2011

Energy Technologies: Need for multidisciplinary approach Operate to Innovate

10

Professor Georges Haour Internation School of Management Development, Switzerland

9 th Mar 2011

11

Dr. Nitant Mate Head, Green Technologies Cell, Kirloskar Integrated Technology, Pune

11th Mar 2011

Energy Generation and Optimization alternate and renewal resources

12

Professor J. K. Gehlawat President, People Oriented Science and Technology Society, New Delhi

14th Mar 2011

Safety in Chemical Plants

List of ongoing sponsored projects Sr. No. Project Sponsor S S Bhagwat

1 2 3 4 British Petroleum International Tri-Diagonal Solutions (TDS) DST IGCAR Private Private Govt Govt Refrigeration utilizing waste Heat as energy input. Forming and aeration Inter droplet Interactions in microemulsions Alternate methods/solvents for dissolution:(a) Methane sulphonic acid derivatives for dissolution & electrowinning, (b) Sonochemical method for dissolution of ThO2. Development of foam formulation Improvement of Turbine Cycle Heat Rate Through Multi-component Ammonia Liquor Absorption Engine (MALAE) 54 lacs 8 lacs 14 lacs 25 lacs

Govt/ Pvt

Title

Fund in INR

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BRNS NTPC

Govt Private

16 lacs 71 lacs

V G Gaikar
1 Department of Atomic Energy / Knowledge Based Engineering Centre Department of Atomic Energy / Knowledge Based Engineering Centre Department of Technology (DST) Science and Govt Design of solvent and extractant by molecular modeling for heavy metals Experimental determination of H2-I2-HI-H2SO4 vapor-liquid equilibria Development of functionalized polymers for separation of organic mixture Studies in Runaway reactions Studies on steam pyrolysis of a CHON Amide as a waste solvent management method Advanced materials as CO2 removers: A computational study of CO2 sorption Thermodynamics and kinetics Development of metal selective macrocyclic ligands supported on a solid matrix 84.4 lacs

Govt

48.4 lacs

Govt Govt Govt Govt

21 lacs 24.725 lacs 24.725 lacs 79.88 lacs

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Indo-European Collaboration, Department of Science and Technology (DST-AMCOS) DAE-BARC

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Govt

P R Gogate
1 Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi University New Delhi Grants Commission, Govt Development of novel treatment strategies for treatment of water containing pesticides Process Intensification of emulsification and atomization 10.35 Lacs

Govt

8.25 Lacs

A.M.Lali
1 Department of Biotechnology Govt DBT-ICT centre for energy biosciences 24.80 crores

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Project Sponsor
Department of Biotechnology Department of Biotechnology

Govt/ Pvt
Govt Govt

Title
Development of Bioscience and Biotechnology for next generation biofuel Patent Cell (Intellectual Property Management & Technology Commercialization Unit under (BIRAP)DBT, Govt. of India) Extraction and purification of Sorghum seed protein for delayed delivery of bioactivities BioRad-MUICT Initiative on Adsorptive and Chromatographic Separations for Biotech and Allied Industry Assisted Extraction, Isolation and Scalable Chromatographic Purification & Biotransformation of Active Components from Plants/Herbs Value Added Products from Milling By-products Value added Products from GMI Vegetable Waste streams Development of process for production of Lactic acid and Poly-lactic Acid

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1.96 crores 76.7 lacs

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Department of Biotechnology Bio-Rad laboratories USA

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101.32 lacs 22.50 lacs

Pepsico Inc, USA

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98.17 lacs

7 8 9

General Mills General Mills Chemtrols India Ltd.

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$ 45000 $ 45000 40 lacs

Marathe K.V.
1 Department of Technology (DST) Science and Govt Removal of Fluoride from concentrated stream generated during membrane separation of ground water. Water Technology Initiative program,. 2010-2013 17 lacs

Mathpati C. S.
1 DAE Govt Thermal hydraulic studies related to coolants for new generation reactors 80 lacs

Pandit A.B.
1 Department of Atomic Energy under the scheme of Knowledge based Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Center Science Society UGC for Govt Characterization of cavitation phenomena and its applications in solid-liquid mass transfer operations Development of novel cavitation based treatment schemes for water disinfections Advanced oxidation processes for the degradation of organic pollutants in aqueous environment 88.9 lacs

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Govt Govt

25 lacs 9 lacs

Department of Science and Technology under India Australia Fund for Scientific and Technological cooperation Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR) Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR)

4 5 6 7

Govt Govt Govt Govt

Design of Sodium Cold-Trap Role of Cavitation and its Prevention in Sodium Pump Preparation of Mono-Disperse MOX Sphere Scale up of MOX Precipitation

23.82 lacs 24.8 lacs 23.82 lacs 21.25 lacs

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Department of Science and Technology, Government of India DAE-BARC

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Development of nano container for anticorrosive properties of coatings Cavitation aided multiphase process: Extraction

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Patwardhan A. V.
1 DAE (Co-Investigator) Govt Transport of Actinides and Fission Products across Hollow Fibre Supported Liquid Membrane 72.4 lacs

Patwardhan A.W.
1 2 3 4 IGCAR/DAE BARC/DAE IGCAR/DAE DAE (Co-Investigator) Govt Govt Govt Govt Thermal Mixer Design Mixing aspects in UF6 H2 reaction Flow Distribution in Inlet Plenum of Steam Generators Transport of Actinides and Fission Products across Hollow Fibre Supported Liquid Membrane 24.2 lacs 86.8 lacs 24.9 lacs 72.4 lacs

V K Rathod
1 DAE-ICT Govt Removal of dissolved TBP from aqueous solutions

Thorat B. N.
1 Rajiv Gandhi Commission For Science and Technology, Government of Maharashtra University (UGC) Black Rose Grant Commission Govt Industrial Scale Dehydration of Agricultural and Marine Food Products: Value Addition to Farm Products Design and Optimization of Agitated Fluid Bed Drying Drying of Monomers and Polymers 197. 39 lacs

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8.91 lacs 3.0 lacs

Vaidya P. D.
1 DAE-BARC Govt Hydrogen Thermochemical

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University Grants Commission (Major Research Project) Carbon Clean Solutions Pvt. Ltd

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CO2 capture using novel amines Novel solvents for CO2 capture from flue gas

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7.45 8

G D Yadav
1 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)- NMITLI Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) DAE-BARC Govt Govt Govt Govt Bio-Glycerol based Chemicals Preliminary Process Thermochemical Analysis for Cu-Cl 88 lacs 79 lacs 25 lacs

Preparation of Inorganic Nanomembranes of various Pore Sizes Self assembly of tethered nanoparticles: Macromolecule for tailored nanomaterials

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BRNS DAE-BARC DAE-IGCAR DAE-BARC

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Development of ACE Passive Decay Heat Removal system of AHWR Fumeless Dissolution in Thermosiphon and Rotary Dissolver CFD simulation of reactive (combustion) submerged gaseous jet under steady and unsteady state conditions Studies in Synthesis and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes by Catalytic Chemical Vapor Deposition Studies on Composites High Strength Carbon Fibre

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Reliance Industries Ltd.

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Evalueserve Dr. Reddy's Laboratories UOP BPCL NALCO Alkyl amines Dolcera

4.50 5.25-5.8 NA 9.38 6.00 3.50 NA

Sneha Malhotra Yogesh Bhadange Amit Jangle Vinayak Thalange NA NA NA Humanaaz Khan Ganeshkumar Patil Nilesh Nagose Ashishkumar Singh Atul Tamgadge Rahul Kulkarni Ujwal Hatkar Sachin Nande Raosaheb Farakte Rohankumar Chandak Santosh Shirke Vivek Chavan Abhijeet Suryawanshi Dnyaneshwar Ghayal NA NA NA NA Vikas Patil Atul Bari Balaji Ethiraj Gaddamedi Parasuram

5.25 5.80 7.00 NA NA NA 4.00

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United Phosphorus Ltd. Flowmaster Biocon ACC

3.80 3.50 NA NA

4.00 3.50 5.00 4.00

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Aker Powergas Zuari India Ltd. HPCL Aarvi Encon Dow Chemicals Exim Corporation Toyo India Ltd.

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GATE qualified candidates in 2011 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Vishal Ahuja (Third Year Chem Engg) Mitesh Gangar (Third Year Chem Engg) Tanmay Gharat (B Chem Engg) Prashant Tangade (B Chem Engg) Sagar Lonkar (B Chem Engg) Chinmay Joglekar (B Chem Engg) Ramnath Dahifale (B Chem Engg)

Students opting for higher studies 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. Neel Rangnekar (B Chem Engg) Pooja Jambunathan (B Chem Engg) Rahul Sangodkar (B Chem Engg) Pradnya Samant (B Chem Engg) Chinmay Joglekar (B Chem Engg) Tanmay Gharat (B Chem Engg) Sagar Lonkar (B Chem Engg) Ankita Majumdar (B Chem Engg) Sumant Patankar (B Chem Engg) Sojwal Manoorkar (B Chem Engg) Piyush Chaudhari (B Chem Engg) Varun Vakharia (B Chem Engg) Chetan Tambe (B Chem Engg) Parag Rane (B Chem Engg) Kedar panditrao (B Chem Engg) Sahil Vora (B Chem Engg) Ameya Akkalkotkar (B Chem Engg) Vinod Patil (B Chem Engg) Vikrant Dev (B Chem Engg) Suraj Nagpure (B Chem Engg) Archit Dani (B Chem Engg) Pratik Pednekar (B Chem Engg) Saurabh Patankar (M Chem Engg) Atul Bari (M Chem Engg) Sneha Malhotra (M Chem Engg)

CAT qualified candidates 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Rohan Gala (B Chem Engg) Mitesh Gangar (B Chem Engg) Sachin Chavare (B Chem Engg) Nikita Surya (B Chem Engg) Nithya Hariharan (B Chem Engg) Vineet Jain (B Chem Engg) Kshitiz Nandwana (B Chem Engg) Kartikeya Sharma (B Chem Engg) Mihir Zinzuwadia (B Chem Engg) Archit Dani (B Chem Engg) Naresh Unhale (B Chem Engg)

Research Theses :Abstracts M Chem Engg

Research Scholar: Ankush B. Bindwal Title: STUDY OF CO2 CAPTURE BY AMINES Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a major Greenhouse gas responsible for global warming, and hence, much effort is being put on the development of technologies for its capture from process gas streams. Currently, a number of different CO2 separation technologies are available, absorption performed with chemical solvents representing the most feasible option. In such operations, alkanolamine-based absorbents and their blends are being extensively applied. Industrially important alkanolamines for CO2 removal are the primary amine, monoethanolamine (MEA), the secondary amine, diethanolamine (DEA), and the tertiary amine, methyldiethanolamine (MDEA). Along with these, solvents comprising polyamines are attractive for the enhancement in CO2 capture, too. 2-(2-Aminoethylamino)ethanol (AEEA) a diamine represents a further candidate solvent having good potential for the bulk removal of CO2 from gaseous streams. AEEA comprises one primary and one secondary amine group; consequently, it has high reactivity with CO2. Moreover, it has high CO2 loading capacity, too. A comprehensive study on the CO2 reaction with AEEA constitutes an important challenge; however, by now, there exists scarce information in the published literature on the reaction kinetics. In this work, the kinetics of the reaction between CO2 and AEEA in aqueous solutions was investigated, using a stirred-cell reactor. CO2 absorption rates were measured at 298, 303 and 308 K over a range in AEEA concentrations (1.5-3.0 kmol/m3). It was found that this reaction system belongs to the fast reaction regime systems. The reaction pathway was described using the zwitterion and termolecular mechanisms. Piperazine (PZ) a cyclic diamine is another promising absorbent for CO2 removal from gaseous streams. PZ, which comprises two secondary amine groups, has high reactivity with CO2. It is applied as an efficient activator within the activated MDEA technology used by BASF SE. While the CO2 absorption kinetics in aqueous PZ solutions has earlier been extensively studied, the agreement between the reaction rate constants estimated in all previous works is poor. In this work, CO2 absorption rates into aqueous PZ solutions were measured at 298, 303 and 308 K at low amine concentrations (0.025-0.1 kmol/m3). The reaction was found to be of the first order with respect to both CO2 and PZ, and hence, overall second order. The second-order rate constant for the CO2-PZ reaction was estimated. An evaluation of the liquid-side mass transfer coefficient was done, and its value (0.003 cm/s) was found to be in good agreement with those typical for stirred cell reactors. Research Scholar: Amit N. Mhatre Title: STUDY OF WET OXIDATION REACTION Wet oxidation, also known as wet air oxidation, involves the sub-critical oxidation of organics and some oxidizable inorganics in the aqueous phase at elevated temperatures (150300 oC) and pressures (0.5-20 MPa). This technique is suitable for the treatment of toxic and non- biodegradable waste streams that exhibit very high chemical oxygen demand (>50 g/L). This advanced oxidation process has several industrial applications, e.g., treatment of pulp and paper mill waste, alcohol distillery waste, and phenol bearing spent caustic. A further important application of wet oxidation is the treatment of waste containing toxic nitrogenous organic pollutants. Ammonia, which is formed during the oxidation of nitrogen-bearing organic compounds, reacts with the low molecular weight organic acids (e.g., formic acid, acetic acid

and oxalic acid) formed during reaction. Consequently, this results in the formation of ammonium salts, e.g., ammonium formate (AF), ammonium acetate (AA) and ammonium oxalate (AO), which resist further oxidation. The destruction of these salts is often the rate-controlling step in the overall process. Knowledge on their oxidation kinetics is essential for the prediction of TOC/COD reduction in wastewaters containing nitrogenous organic pollutants. In the present work, noncatalytic wet air oxidation of AF, AA and AO was studied, for the first time, over the range of temperatures, 150-230 oC. As the temperature increased from 150 to 230 oC, the total organic carbon (TOC) conversions at 0.69 MPa O2 pressure increased from 12, 5 and 4 % to 79, 21 and 91 % after 2 h of reaction with AF, AA and AO, respectively. A heterogeneous Ru/TiO2 catalyst accelerated the oxidation process, and conversions were higher, even with a small amount of catalyst (0.1 kg/m3) added, e.g., at 230 oC and 0.69 MPa O2 pressure, 91, 38 and 96 % conversions were observed after 2 h. It is thus obvious that the oxidation process of AA is slow, and its destruction constitutes an important challenge. The reaction with AA was investigated using a homogeneous CuSO4 catalyst, too. At 200 oC and 0.69 MPa O2 pressure, 27 % TOC reduction was observed after 2 h. Kinetic data were collected over the range of temperatures, 175-200 oC, O2 partial pressures, 0.69-2.07 MPa, and catalyst loading, 0.1-0.3 kg/m3. A power-law kinetic model was used for representing TOC-decay kinetics. Research Scholar: V.S. Dussa Title: STUDY OF CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION Chlorinated organics (e.g., chlorophenols, chlorocresols and chloroanilines) are an important class of compounds present in the waste streams originating from several chemical processes. These pollutants are toxic, hazardous and non-biodegradable, and hence, much effort is being put on the development of technologies for the effective destruction of contaminated effluents. Hydrodechlorination represents a candidate technique, which can efficiently manage chlorinated waste streams. Hydrodechlorination facilitates the conversion of the chlorinated organic contaminants into less toxic products by hydrotreatment. While the chlorine atoms present in the pollutant (e.g., chlorophenol) are converted into chloride ions (salts), the hydroxyl group-bearing aromatic compounds (e.g., phenol) formed during reaction are transformed into hydroxyl group-bearing saturated, cyclic compounds (e.g., cyclohexanol). In the present work, 4-chloro-3-methylphenol (or p-chloro-m-cresol) and 4-chloroaniline (or p-chloroaniline) were chosen as model compounds representative of the genre of chlorinated organic pollutants, and their destruction by catalytic hydrotreatment was investigated in a three-phase slurry reactor. A heterogeneous Ru/TiO2 catalyst facilitated both dehalogenation and ring saturation. 3-Methylphenol (or m-cresol), which was formed during aqueous-phase hydrogenation of 4- chloro-3-methylphenol, was further transformed into 3-methylcyclohexanol. The dechlorination reaction proceeded rather slowly, and 71.4% conversion of 4chloro-3-methylphenol was achieved at 100 oC and 0.69 MPa H2 pressure, only after 100 min. The kinetics of destruction of 4-chloro-3-methylphenol was studied over the range of temperatures, 50-100 oC, H2 partial pressures, 0.34-1.38 MPa, and catalyst loading, 0.2-2 kg/m3. A power-law kinetic model was used for representing reaction kinetics. Catalytic hydrodechlorination of 4-chloroaniline was investigated, too, and it was found that complete 4-chloroaniline destruction was achieved at 70 oC and 0.69 MPa H2 partial pressure, after 100 min. Hydrogenation of the intermediate, aniline, was the ratedetermining step in the hydrotreatment of 4-chloroaniline.

Therefore, kinetics of aniline hydrogenation was studied and a heterogeneous kinetic model was proposed to describe reaction kinetics. Research Scholar: Anu Dhar Title: DEVELOPMENT OF CONTINUOUS COUNTERCURRENT SOLID LIQUID FLUIDIZED BEDS Separation is a difficult process to achieve because it drives the system towards decrease of entropy, a process against third law of thermodynamics. Thus, the separation steps account for the major portion of the project cost. In most of the cases the efficiency of separation process has a significant impact on both quality and cost of the product. Separation processes are continuously being utilized in the diverse areas of chemical and allied industries like bioprocessing, pollution abatement, food processing, polymer and ceramics, refining, nuclear industry etc. With the discovery, development and utilization of ultrapure components in specialized sectors like aerospace, bioelectronics and new realm of medical sciences there is a challenge to improve and develop new technology in order to bring down separation cost. Chromatographic separation is one of the efficient methods of separation of chemical entities having similar chemical and/or physical properties and to achieve high level of purity. The equipment used to exploit this technique is one or the other form of fixed and fluidized bed. In view of its importance and success, it is essential to modify the conventional fluidized bed to carry out continuous adsorptionregeneration in single equipment. Systematic studies are required to develop equipment which can address the shortcomings of packed bed and conventional fluidized bed system and improve the efficiency. The purpose of the study is to investigate mass transfer characteristics in continuous countercurrent solid liquid fluidized bed. Preliminary studies have been done with aqueous phase adsorption of acetic acid on ion-exchange resins. Batch adsorption experiments and kinetic runs have been performed to calculate adsorption isotherm parameters, pore diffusivity and mass transfer coefficient within pores (kP). Film transfer coefficient (kSL) has been calculated in down-comer section of solid liquid continuous fluidized bed by using benzoic acid-water system and glass beads as inerts. Experiments have been performed for various particle sizes covering wide range of voidage (). An attempt has been made to understand the effect of various parameters on film mass transfer coefficient by carefully analyzing experimental values and comparing them with the literature values. Research Scholar: Bhaskar Sudhakar Patil Title: DESIGN OF MULTIPHASE REACTORS ROLE OF JET AND SPARGERS In Industries like petroleum, petrochemicals, fine and specialty chemicals etc. almost 400 different types of multi-phase reactors are widely in use. Out of these, the stirred tank reactors are most commonly used to conduct gas-liquid and gas-liquid-solid reactions, because it offers an unmatched flexibility and control over the transport processes occurring within the reactor. The usual way for introducing gas into the reactor is through suitable distributors such as spargers or gas is allowed to induce from the head space by means of selfinducing impellers and by surface aeration. In present study an alternative for gas inducing impeller has been investigated, by combining plunging jet with stirred tank reactor, so that the head space gases get entrained by plunging jet into the reaction liquid pool and this entrained gas is distributed throughout the reactor with the help of impeller. This reactor can find applications in dead end type of systems, where unreacted gas can be recycled to the liquid phase without the use of external

compressor ensuring the safer operation with savings in cost and also in waste treatment. This reactor configuration can also find application where gas is available at low pressure and can also be use to conduct exothermic reactions without the use of coils and jacket. In order to develop the understanding of this reactor performance experiments has been carried out for following different cases1. Single Impeller Single Jet: Effect of operating parameters like jet diameter, jet axial position, jet inclination, impeller off bottom clearance, impeller speed, impeller diameter and impeller type on performance parameters such as mass transfer coefficient (kLa), gas hold up( G), power consumption(P) have been investigated for three different impellers namely PBTD 0.33m, Hydrofoil 0.33m and 0.5m diameter. 2. Single Impeller Multi Jet: Effect of addition of jet has been investigated by measuring mass transfer coefficient (kLa), gas hold up ( G) and power consumption (P) for five different impellers PBTD with diameters 0.33m and 0.5m, Hydrofoil with diameters 0.33m and 0.5m and Disc Turbine 0.33m diameter. 3. Multi impeller Single Jet and Multi Impeller Multi Jet: performance of 10 different combinations of axial and radial flow impeller have been studied by investigating the mass transfer coefficient (kLa), gas hold up ( G) and power consumption (P). All the above cases have been compared with gas inducing and conventional sparged reactor. It was found that plunging jet coupled with stirred tank gives higher values of volumetric mass transfer coefficient in comparison. Research Scholar: Rahul G. Bait Title: FLUID BED PROCESSING OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND SPECIALTY CHEMICALS Although industrial fluidized bed dryers have been used successfully for the drying of wet solid particles for many years, the development of industrial fluidized bed dryers for any particular application is fraught with difficulties such as scaling-up, poor fluidization and non-uniform product quality. The main advantages of fluidized bed technology in drying application are large contact surface area between solids and gas, good degree of solids mixing, and rapid transfer of heat and moisture between solids and gas that shortens drying time considerably without damaging heat sensitive materials. The plug flow fluidized bed dryer, which features a long, narrow channel through which the fluidized solids flow. Bed lengths up to 20m are commonly employed, with length-to-width ratios of 4:1 to 30:1. A mathematical model has been formulated to design plug flow fluidized bed dryer using laboratory scale batch drying kinetic data of DWGS. Axial dispersion theory was used to describe non-ideal flow in dryer. It was implemented on Microsoft Excel 2003. The effect of the principle operating variables like inlet air velocity, solid loading, & bed height on design & performance of dryer have been studied. This model gives dryer dimensions for predefined throughput & also effect on dispersion. Bed height has significant effect on dispersion of material in plug flow fluidized bed dryer. For particulate materials that have cohesive characteristics, the conventional fluidized bed has some restrictions on its use due to the formation of channels. Insertion of a stirring agitator in the fluidized bed to improve fluidization has been proposed. Drying of Geldart Group C particles of calcium carbonate carried out in mechanically agitated fluidized bed dryer on pilot plant scale. The experiments were also carried out by using three different types of agitators like straight blade agitator, pitch blade agitator & helical ribbon type agitator. The effects of inlet air velocity, inlet air temperature, agitator speed, feed loading, type of

agitators on drying kinetics & hydrodynamics have been studied. Determined heat transfer coefficient, kinetic constant and flow properties of material. Enhancement in fluidization because of agitation was calculated & flow coefficient determined. Research Scholar: Nilesh A. Kamble Title: CONTINUOUS AND INTERMITTENT MICROWAVE DRYING Microwave with their ability to rapidly heat dielectric materials is commonly used as a source of heat. In recent years, microwave drying has gained popularity as an alternative drying method in the food and pharmaceutical industry. Microwave vacuum drying combines the advantages of the rapid volumetric heating by microwaves and the lowtemperature evaporation of moisture with faster moisture removal by vacuum. Compared to hot air drying, microwave vacuum drying techniques can greatly reduce the drying time of biological materials without quality degradation. In present study attempts were made to dry the green chilli with the help of microwave vacuum drying (MVD) for different microwave power density levels and vacuum pressures so as to obtained faster drying rate and good product quality. Effect of various pre-treatments on drying kinetics and quality attributes such as capsaicin content, surface colour and rehydration ratio during MVD of green chilli were studied. MVD of green chilli was compared to solar drying on the basis of drying time, capsaicin content, surface colour and rehydration ratio. Intermittent Effectiveness of intermittent MVD was investigated and compared to continuous MVD. The experimental moisture loss data were fitted to selected theoretical and empirical thin layer drying equations. The mathematical models were compared according to two statistical parameters, i.e. modeling efficiency (R2) and root mean square error (RMSE). Besides, drying kinetics of active pharmaceutical ingredients such as cefpodoxime proxitil (CPP), cefoxitin sodium, cilastatin sodium and calcium carbonate under MVD were studied. Research Scholar: Abhijit P. Mestry Title: EFFECT OF VARIOUS DRYING TECHNOLOGIES ON FUNCTIONAL FOOD AND BIOMATERIALS The design and consumption of probiotic foods which containing living microorganisms is promising solution for the elimination and prevention of the diseases such as intestinal disorders, heart attack, high blood pressure and various types of cancers. The basic reason for the development and acceptance of fermented food can be well correlated with improved health aspects, good nutritional properties, improved aroma and value addition to the substrate. Since, most of the probiotic foods are dairy products, they cannot be consumed by humans having lactose intolerance and/or allergic to milk proteins. Adding probiotic cultures to fresh juice is novel concept and research opportunity for general public and food service professionals. Probiotic fruit and vegetable juice powder can be used in probiotic drinks, probiotic ice-creams, probiotic soups etc. Spray drying is the most commonly used commercial method for drying juice because of the very short time of heat contact and high rate of evaporation that gives a high quality product with relatively low cost. Despite the relatively high temperatures involved, the droplets in the spray dryer do not attain high temperature due to adiabatically evaporative cooling effects; hence it is the most desired method for drying biologically active probiotic food formulations. The objective of present study was to study the fermentation of watermelon and carrot juice (70:30) with Lactobacillus acidophilus strain isolated from ragi, and to optimize the

fermentation time with respect to nutritional aspects. The process of spray drying for probiocated watermelon and carrot juice was optimized using response surface methodology. A total thirty experiments were designed using central composite design. The responses used to optimize spray drying were physical (moisture content, yield, porosity, density); handling (flowability, cohesiveness); biological (viability, lycopene and beta carotene content) and reconstitution properties (solubility). Powder morphology was studied by using Scanning electron microscopy whereas structural characteristics and glass transition temperature of the powder were analyzed by using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and Differential scanning calorimetry. Research Scholar: Pankaj Nandalal Patil Title: STUDIES IN MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESSES The waste streams from the many industries like metal finishing, petroleum refining, tanning, mineral smelting, chemical manufacturing, metal plating operations, photographic processing industries and steel works contains heavy metals like copper, zinc, chromium, cadmium, nickel, iron, lead, mercury, silver, tin, molybdenum, cobalt, manganese, and arsenic. The discharge of such metal pollutants into the environment is a serious problem for these industries. The Treatment of industrial waste water containing toxic heavy metals is an issue of major industrial concern. Traditional methods for the treatment are precipitation, solvent extraction and ion exchange but some of these methods have different disadvantages. Membrane separation processes can remove such pollutants from waste stream with better efficiency. Micellar enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) is a relatively less energy intensive and safer process than traditional separation techniques. MEUF is a pressure driven; membrane-based separation process that makes use of the micellar properties of a surfactant to remove dissolved metal ions and/or organics. Based on the ion exchange properties of ionic surfactant micelles, MEUF can be an efficient technique for removal of multivalent metal ions and/or organics from aqueous effluent streams. In present study the addition of chelating agent to MEUF process for the selective separation of Ni2+ from Co2+ from aqueous stream has been studied. When the waste stream contains Ni2+ and Co2+; by the addition of surfactant to the solution it results imultaneous removal of both the metals by ultrafiltration. If chelating agent is added to the same solution it selectively forms metal chelate with Ni2+ only, and the complex is smaller in size passes through the membrane, Co2+ which electrostatically binds with surfactant is retained by the membrane. The present study is divided into two parts 1. It consists of selective separation of Ni2+ from Co2+ with anionic surfactant and addition of chelating agent. Experimental studies were directed to study effect of flow rate, time of operation, pH of feed solution, S/M ratio, and C/M ratio. 2. This part is selective separation of Ni2+ from Co2+ with mixed (anionic and nonionic) surfactant and addition of chelating agent. Research Scholar: Vishal Kisanrao Marathe Title: ADVANCES IN ULTRAFILTRATION With continuing stringent environmental regulations, disposal of a large volume of waste water containing even trace quantities of toxic organic solutes has recently drawn considerable attention. Wastewater containing organic wastes discharged into natural environment is difficult to be cleaned by natural degradation. Therefore, Wastewater containing organic wastes should be treated effectively and reasonably

before discharged. Micellar enhanced ultrafiltration (MEUF) may be a viable alternative technique which is effective and economical for removing organic matters and from wastewater. In MEUF, surfactant is added into the aqueous stream containing organic matters. Micelle can solubilize organic matters into its hydrophobic core or adsorb counter metal ions on its surface. Then the aqueous stream is ultrafiltered by a proper ultrafiltration membrane whose pore size is smaller than the micelle size. In consequence, micelles and solubilized organic matters as well as adsorbed metal ions are rejected into the retentate stream and the permeate stream is produced where small quantity of free organic matters and surfactant monomers are present. Ultra filtration membrane pores are in the size range necessary to reject these micelles. In the present work, initially cationic surfactant Cetyl Pyridinium Chloride (CPC) and anionic surfactant Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS) flux study was emphasized. Also simultaneous separation of paranitrophenol and catechol from the aqueous phase is studied by cross flow MEUF using Cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) as cationic surfactant. Crossflow membrane filtration was carried out on pilot scale over hollow fiber ultrafiltration module with Molecular Weight Cut Off (MWCO) 6000 Da (6 kDa) and ceramic membrane (50nm) module at room temperature. Parameters like feed flow rate, Surfactant to pollutant ratio, %rejection, pH, Trans membrane pressure (TMP) were studied for ceramic membrane and thereby optimized empirically. Based on the study of parameters like (Flux, Rejection and TMP) hollow fiber membrane and ceramic modules are compared. Research Scholar: Swathi Yobilishetty Title: REMOVAL OF POLLUTANTS FROM WASTEWATER Wastewater from metal finishing industries contains high concentrations of contaminants which are hazardous to the environment and pose potential health risk to the public. With increasingly stringent regulations governing wastewater discharging and greater quantities of wastewater being produced, there is a growing need for more efficient and cost effective method to remove heavy metals. Virtually all metals can produce toxicity when ingested beyond threshold quantities, but there are several metal ions such as lead, mercury, iron, copper, manganese, cadmium, arsenic, nickel, aluminum, silver, and beryllium especially important because either they are so pervasive or produce toxicity at such low concentrations. Some metals may not identify as heavy metal ions but excess concentrations of these metals may toxic in nature and too costly like molybdenum. In the present work, molybdenum was removed efficiently by Micellar Enhance Ultrafiltraation (MEUF) since MEUF is easy, economically feasible and more efficient process among all other enhanced processes. In MEUF, surfactant is added to the aqueous stream at concentration well above the critical micelle concentration (CMC), so that most of the added surfactant exists in micellar form. The molybdenum largely solubilizes in the micelles, with only a small fraction of molybdenum remaining unsolubilized at equilibrium. When this solution is forced through an ultrafiltration membrane having pore diameters smaller than the micelle diameters, the micelles (and the solubilized molybdenum within them) are rejected by the membrane. In the present work, many parameters (time, feed flow rate, S/M ratio, feed pollutant concentration, pH) were optimized empirically and studied effect of anionic (Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate), non-ionic (Tween 20) and mixed (Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate +Tween20) surfactants.

Research Scholar: Laxmikant V. Pardeshi Title: DESIGN OF CONTINUOUS CHROMATOGRAPHY Purification of products from crude streams and other biological feed streams is widely recognized to be technically and economically challenging. Therefore, developments of new processes with high productivity for continuous production are desirable. Adsorptive and chromatographic separation in packed bed, expanded bed and fluidized bed has lot of advantages; but these are batch operations and needs large inventory of adsorbent for the process. In batch operations, the mass transfer takes place only in active adsorption zone whereas remaining section is inactive leading to reduced productivities. A number of innovative technologies have been proposed by the biochemical engineers in the area of separation and purification using chromatographic reactor. For example, liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed, simulating moving bed, true moving bed and continuous countercurrent expanded bed adsorption. The fluidized moving bed (FMB) system designed at ICT is continuous countercurrent fluidized moving bed equipment for carrying out single or multi-component adsorptive separation or chromatographic process involving equilibration, adsorption, washing, elution and regeneration steps. FMB can be used for ion exchange, hydrophobic interaction, reverse phase or affinity chromatographic system. In FMB, adsorbent particles are continuously removed from the bottom of first stage and fed to the next stage and so on, and finally re-circulated to the first stage. A continuous counter-current moving bed of adsorbent can offer higher productivities in column wherein the adsorbent bed height can be restricted to active bed height. The work undertaken comprised of the hydrodynamics of FMB and application of FMB for recovery of copper from industrial effluent. Hydrodynamic studies carried on FMB shows the proper flow profiles inside the each column of FMB. HETP of continuous FMB system obtained is much lesser than that of normal fluidized bed adsorption system. HETP values for FMB were found to be in the range of 1.82-3.68 cm, whereas the HETP values of fluidized were found to be in range of 1.994.74 cm for liner velocities between 0.16-0.254 cm/sec. It was also observed that the presence of distributor plate inside the column has negligible effect on dispersion of liquid. Further, pilot scale FMB system was exploited for continuous recovery of copper from industrial waste stream. The liquid and solid flow rates were optimized so as to achieve complete capture and recovery copper. The optimized feed flow rate was 500 ml/min and eluent flow rate was 200 ml/min, whereas optimized solid circulation rate was 156 ml/min. Also the elution profile was observed to be constant at concentration of 39.6 mg/lit for number of cycles. There was no copper detected at outlet of adsorption and regeneration stage. The overall copper recovery of more than 91% was obtained with FMB. Research Scholar: Indresh K. Tiwari Title: RECOVERY AND PURIFICATION OF VALUEADDED COMPONENTS FROM NATURAL SOURCES Natural products are a rich source of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and fats; these may be obtained from diverse sources like plants, marine organisms, microorganism, animals etc. Natural products derived from marine organisms have proven to be immensely valuable as sources of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals for both human consumption and aquacultural use. From marine world, one of the valuable natural resource is microalgae. Algae are primary producers and are rich sources of many value added products. Algae have also been grown for different purpose such as waste water treatment, aquaculture and source of bio-energy. The advantages of microalgae over

higher plants as a source of energy and value added products are numerous. Microalgae synthesize and accumulate large quantities of neutral lipids/oil and grow at higher rates other than any plants. Lipids obtained from algae have wide variety of saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids which has many health benefits. Therefore recovery and separation of the lipids from algal biomass becomes important. Project work comprises of design of algal bioreactor for growth and recovery of biomass, recovery of lipids from algal biomass and enrichment of the value added products from extracted lipid components obtained from algae. Present work involves study on green algae-Chlorella sp. from Indian Ocean. For the growth studies Tubular photo-bioreactor (1.5L) was designed and operated. Growth studies were carried out using tubular photo- bioreactor using walnes medium. Dry weight and wet weight study for algal biomass was carried out. After dewatering biomass yield of 0.5-0.7 gm/L was obtained in Tubular photobioreactor. Various solvent systems were screened for extraction of lipids from dried biomass. Lipid yields in the range of 20-35% (w/w) were obtained using chloroform-methanol solvent system. Lipids on esterification were analyzed using GC-MS. For scale-up purpose Raceway pond (1000 L) was designed and growth studies for chlorella sp. was undertaken using artificial sea water. In raceway pond biomass yield of 0.06-0.07 gm/L and lipid yield of 5-8% (w/w) was obtained. Enrichment of fatty acids is under investigation. Research Scholar: Abhijit B. Pachorkar Title: ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF NATURAL SECONDARY METABOLITES Natural secondary metabolites can be isolated from the various natural sources like plants, bacteria, fungi, marine organisms etc. They are used as pharmaceuticals, flavours, fragrances, colours, bio-pesticides, agrochemicals, food additives, etc. Secondary metabolites are present in complex mixtures and needs effective purification process to increase their safety, bioavailability and specificity of desired biomolecules. Isolation of natural products generally combines various separation techniques, which depend on the solubility, volatility and stability of the compounds to be separated. The various separation and purification techniques used for the isolation and purification include extraction, precipitation, distillation, membrane separation, chromatography, crystallization, etc. In the first part, purification of artemisinin was carried out from plant extract. Artemisinin is a sesquiterpene lactone, antimalarial drug isolated from Artemisia annua L. plants and supercritical CO2 extract of Artemisia annua contains high amount of polar and non-polar impurities like chlorophyll & color pigments, waxes, heavier oils, lighter oils, precursors of artemisinin, scopoletin, sugars, flavonoids etc. To isolate the artemisinin from the solid supercritical CO2 extract of Artemisia annua, the extract was dissolved in hexane and different adsorbents were screened for decolorization of extract. Anion exchange adsorbents were found to be effective in removal of chlorophyll and color pigments. Further purification of artemisinin then carried out by normal phase adsorption chromatography on polymeric adsorbent coupled with crystallization to get purified artemisinin crystals with more than 99% assay purity and over 95% recovery. In the second part, separation of organic acids i.e. lactic acid and succinic acid from fermentation broth was carried out. Organic acids like lactic acid, succinic acid, etc. occur as end-products and/or intermediates in metabolic pathways of bacteria, yeast and filamentous fungi. The fermentation broth contains maximum percentage of lactic and succinic acid, along with various impurities like acetic acid, propionic acid, carbon sources like glucose, proteins, salts, etc.

For the removal of colour and non-polar impurities from the fermentation broth, different reverse phase adsorbents were screened. Sepabeads SP 700 resin was found to be effective in removal of colour and non-polar impurities. Further, different anion exchange resins were screened to study the adsorption of lactic and succinic acid from decolorized broth. Batch adsorption studies were carried out on Diaion HPA25, Diaion HPA75, Diaion WA11 resins at different pH conditions. Diaion WA11 resin showing predominant binding of succinic acid compared to lactic acid was used for in the purification process. Effect of eluent composition and bed height was studied to improve the resolution of lactic acid from succinic acid. The elution fraction containing partially resolved succinic & lactic acid were subjected to crystallization to get more than 92% HPLC purity & 33.5% assay purity and more than 22% HPLC purity & 10% assay purity respectively. Research Scholar: C.P.Patil Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF ADSORBENTS FOR PURIFICATION OF SMALL MOLECULES Preparative and process chromatography has been emerged as a dominant separation technique in bio/pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. In chromatographic separations characteristics of an adsorbent, solute and mobile phase plays vital role. Based on physicochemical property of solute, chromatographic modes like ion exchange media, reverse phase media, normal phase media can be selected, whereas to obtain desired degree of selectivity, resolution, adsorption capacity, scalability and productivity judicious choice of an adsorbent needs to be done. In pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries, for separation of sugars, proteins, polypeptides, nucleic acids, polynucleotides and acids, ion exchange chromatography is most frequently used. In the present work, effect of adsorbent characteristics on selectivity, resolution and capacity was studied. In the first part of the work, effect of various counter ions (monovalent: H+, Na+; divalent: Pb2+ and Ca2+) on ion exchange adsorbents was studied for separation sugars and sugar isomers. Adsorbents, DIAION WK 10, DIAION WK 40 and DIAION UBK 530 were used in above mentioned ionic forms to study the resolution and selectivity for separation of mannitol and sorbitol. Resolution of more than 0.5 was obtained with adsorbents in calcium and lead ionic form. Retention factors of above mentioned epimers with lead as a counter ion was observed to be higher than calcium as a counter ion. Under optimized conditions on DIAION UBK 530 with calcium as counter ion, resolution of 0.9740 was obtained between mannitol and sorbitol at a load of 100 mg/ml and 150 mg/ml respectively. Same strategy was further exploited for other sugars like glucose, xylose and arabinose. Arabinose and xylose was separated kinetically on resin DIAION UBK 530 with calcium as counter ion. Resolution between arabinose and xylose was found to be 0.82 with loadability of 100 mg/ml of each compounds and resolution between glucose and arabinose was found to be 1.37 with loadability of 50 mg/ml of each compounds. Uptake kinetics and adsorption isotherm patterns for mannitol and sorbitol was also studied on the DIAION UBK 530 with different counter ions. In the second part of present work characterization of adsorbents for separation of glutamic acid from natural source (Tomato: glutamic acid content 36.1 mg/100 gm) was carried out. Different adsorbents like DIAION HPA 25 and DIAION WA 10 were characterized in terms of adsorption isotherm with different counter ions (OH- and Cl-). Breakthrough capacity of glutamic acid on DIAION HPA 25 was found to be 24 mg/ml of resin and dynamic binding capacity was found to be 28.8 mg/ ml of resin. Purification of glutamic acid is currently in progress.

Research Scholar: Jagdish R.Shinde Title: SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF BIOMOLECULE Separation of phytochemical from natural source is becoming important due to increasing interest in plant-derived drugs in recent years. Glycyrrhizic acid (GA) is extracted from licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra), which is the major glycoside of the plant having high therapeutic value. Various techniques i.e. microwave assisted, ultrasound assisted have been explored for extraction of GA from licorice. Hence, after the extraction, separation of GA from its extract is one of important task to get pure GA. Since GA has very high medicinal value and it must be obtained in extremely pure form. GA can be separated by different method like foam separation, precipitation by acidification, adsorption and high speed counter current chromatography In the present work, adsorption is used to separate GA from licorice extract. The adsorption characteristics of GA on three different resins viz. ion exchange resin with benzyl trimethyl amine as a functional group (strongly basic: Indion-810), resin with tertiary amine as functional group (weakly basic: Indion-860) and nonfunctional polymeric adsorbent resin (NPA- I) were studied. Kinetic studies for the adsorption over the resins were carried out. The batch study was carried out on the resin to optimize the temperature and pH. Adsorption thermodynamics of GA adsorbed on the polymeric adsorbent were determined from batch study. It is observed that Indion 810 gives higher adsorption as compared to other resin. Using resin optimized in batch study, column studies were carried out on fixed bed adsorbent. The dynamics of adsorption and desorption were studied to determine the concentration and impurity profiles of the GA. The desorption of adsorbed GA was carried out using 1% Sodium Hydroxide with water to increase the purity. Research Scholar: Bhavin S. Dedhia Title: STUDIES IN ENZYME APPLICATIONS Environment friendly processing is the need of time in paper and pulp industry today. Basic processing in a paper manufacturing involves alkaline pulping of wood or non-wood raw materials, which removes most of the lignin. This is typically followed by bleaching using chlorine based chemicals, which gives the brighter pulp. Application of enzymes has the potential to replace the conventional chemical processing; mainly the chlorine based bleaching process. Byproducts of this chlorine based process are chlorinated organic substances; which are toxic, mutagenic, persistent, and bioaccumulating and cause numerous harmful disturbances in biological systems. Use of enzymes like laccase and xylanase is a promising approach for the chlorine free pulp bleaching process. Also the scarcity of wood sources, time required for their cultivation and increasing demand has lead to use of nonwood raw material like wheat straw, which is abundantly available in country like India, where wheat is one of the major food crops. Hence, the present work focuses on application of enzyme xylanase in pulping of wheat straw (non-wood source) and sequential use of enzymes, xylanase and laccase in bleaching of wheat straw pulp. In the first part of present work, effect of pretreatment of xylanase and ultrasound on pulping of wheat straw has been investigated systematically alone and sequentially. In the second part of the work, the role of xylanase and laccase was studied in bio-bleaching of wheat straw pulp. Xylanase pretreatment to wheat straw pulp was optimized before the bleaching in order to reduce the laccase dose and mediator concentration in subsequent laccase catalyzed bleaching stage. Further laccase catalyzed delignification of xylanase pretreated and untreated pulp was carried using 1-HBT as the mediator. Various parameters like

dose of enzyme, mediator concentration, treatment time, temperature and pH were studied to optimize the bleaching process. Research Scholar: Nitin C Somkuwar Title: STUDIES IN PULSED SIEVE PLATE EXTRACTION COLUMN Pulsed sieve plate extraction column (PSPEC) is one of the most efficient column extractor used in liquid-liquid extraction process. PSPEC provides high turbulence with external mechanical agitation with the help of mechanical or pneumatic pulsation. It causes the large interfacial area to get high mass transfer coefficient. The absence of any mechanical moving part inside the column by facilitation of pneumatic pulsing remotely to the liquid column is the significant advantage of pulsed column. Its applications cover a wide range of industries, e.g. nuclear industries, chemical, petroleum, and many other solvent extraction processes. The design of PSPEC requires the determination of cross section to accommodate the specified flows and the height of column to achieve the desired degree of separation in extraction operation. The cross section is determined by the hydrodynamic characteristics like drop size, dispersed phase hold up and flooding. All these characteristics are mainly dependent on the drop size. The geometrical, operating parameters and physical property of liquid-liquid system have the influence on all above mentioned hydrodynamic properties. Therefore, it is necessary to study all these properties by extensive experimentation. In the present work, the effect of standard geometrical parameters like 1.5 to 3 mm perforation size, 20% fractional free area and 50 to 100 mm plate spacing is studied. Photographic technique and displacement method are used to determine drop size and holdup respectively. This study has been carried out with water-kerosene and 0.3 M HNO3-TBP-Dodecane systems. As the physical properties of the both systems are similar to each other, the same results in terms of drop size, hold up and flooding characteristics are observed. It has been observed that pulse velocity and perforation diameter have more influence on the drop size reduction because of increase in the shear force on droplet with increase in pulse velocity, which facilitates breakage of drop in the active length of column. In addition, it has been observed that dispersed phase superficial velocity has greater effect on dispersed phase hold up rather than continuous phase superficial velocity. The comparison of experimental data on drop size, holdup and flooding with the various correlations available in the literature is also done. Research Scholar: Pravin S. Tadkar Title: STUDIES IN ORGANIC REACTIONS IN ALTERNATE REACTION MEDIA Epoxidation a chemical reaction that is restricted to unsaturated compounds, results in the formation of epoxide that have had practical importance for more than two decades. Epoxidation is the addition of an oxygen bridge across a carbon-carbon double or triple bond to give epoxide. Epoxide, also known as oxirane, is cyclic ether with a three-member ring. The highly strained ring in the molecule makes it more reactive than other ethers. Epoxidation of vegetables oils is a commercially important reaction because the epoxides obtained from these renewable raw materials have wide applications. The present research was aimed at epoxidation of soybean oil. Epoxidation of soybean oil has been done using classical method and using different solvents. However, one of the major drawbacks is opening of the oxirane ring. To overcome this problem, epoxidation was attempted by using some phase transfer catalysts (PTC). Phase transfer catalysis is a synthetic organic method and manufacturing process technology that is used successfully in a

wide range of organic reactions. Different phase transfer catalysts like tetrabutyl ammonium bromide, cetylpyridinium bromide, benzyl trimethyl ammonium hydroxide were used for epoxidation. Better conversion for epoxidation of soybean oil was achieved with tetrabutyl ammonium bromide as a phase transfer catalyst, sulphuric acid and acetic acid as acid mixture, which helps in peroxy acid formation, and urea hydrogen peroxide as an oxidising agent. The effects of various parameters, such as temperature, hydrogen peroxide-toethylenic unsaturation mole ratio, acetic acid-to-ethylenic unsaturation mole ratio, stirring speed and catalyst loading of PTC were studied. Research Scholar: Meghana S. Wasnik Title: STUDIES IN ORGANIC REACTIONS IN ALTERNATIVE REACTION MEDIA Transesterification is the general term used to describe an important class of organic reactions where an ester is transformed into another through interchange of alkoxy moiety. Fatty acid alkyl ester (FAME), which is sometimes called biodiesel fuel, is prepared from vegetable oils and animal fats through transesterification of triglycerides and through esterification of free fatty acids. In a transesterification reaction, a triglyceride reacts with an alcohol in the presence of a strong acid or base producing a mixture of fatty acids alkyl esters and glycerols. The present research is aimed at transesterification of acid oil, mainly containing free fatty acids and acylglycerols. Acid oil, which is a by-product of vegetable refining plant was investigated for its suitability as a source of biodiesel as it is economic and readily available in considerable quantities at most of vegetable oil refinery sites. Since acid oil has a high free fatty acid (FFA) content, direct transesterification was not possible and so a multi-step process involving acid catalysed esterification of the FFA and finally alkali catalysed transesterification was done. The esterification step is usually catalysed by an acidic catalyst such as sulphuric acid, benzene sulphonic acid etc. However, these catalysts are corrosive and are not easily recoverable, leading to the release of environmental unfriendly effluents, which inevitably leads to a series of environmental problems. In order to overcome these adverse effects, it was thought to try some supposedly greener catalysts known as ionic liquids. Ionic liquids have attracted much attention in recent years as clean and promising catalysts because of their properties like negligible vapor pressure, excellent thermal and chemical stability, multiple design possibilities, and easy recoverability. Three different ionic liquids namely, 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium hydrogen sulphate [Hmim][HSO4], 1-butyl-3-ethylimidazoliumhydrogen sulphate [Bmim] [HSO4], 1-butyl3-methylimidazoilum tetrafluoroborate [Bmim][BF4], were investigated and the parameters like oil-to- methanol ratio, reaction temperature, reaction time, speed, catalyst amount were explored. Acidic ionic liquids were found to offer potential alternative for such reactions. The transesterification step was carried out using the traditional catalyst potassium hydroxide and various physiochemical properties were analysed and compared. Research Scholar: Pratik P. Sangave Title: EXTRACTION AND ISOLATION OF BIOCONSTITUENT FROM ARECANUT Separation of phytochemicals from natural sources is becoming important due to increasing interest in the plant-derived drugs in the recent years. Condensed tannin (Catechin) is extracted from arecanut (Areca catechu L.), which is the major tannin of the plant having high therapeutic value. Since catechin has very high medicinal and food value, it must be obtained in extremely pure form. In the present work, the extraction of

catechin was done from areca nut by leaching phenomenon. The leaching process was optimised by studying single parameter at a time. Parameters to be optimised are solubility, time, temperature, solvent-to-sample ratio, solvent-to-water ratio, and stirring speed. Purification of catechin was carried out in three steps. In primary purification, maximum amount crude residues were separated by filtration. In intermediate purification step, total phenolics were separated into four types of tannins as simple tannin, non-tannin flavan, hydrolysable tannin, and condensed tannin, by treating the phenolic extract with cinchonine. Finally, catechin was separated on a size exclusion column by using Sephadex LH-20 resin. Percentage yield and percentage purification of the process was calculated. Research Scholar: Siddheshwar Kode Title: STUDIES IN SEPARATION SYSTEM Liquid-liquid extraction is an important separation technique used in various process industries like chemical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, nuclear, metallurgy and in biotechnology industries. The Pulsed extraction columns were originated by Van Dijck in 1935. The mechanical agitation provided by pulsation improves the mass transfer coefficient as well as improves larger interfacial area. Since the pulsing unit can be remote from the column, the pulsed columns have a clear advantage over the other contactors when processing corrosive or radioactive solutions. Therefore, the use of these extractors is increasing in the industry, especially in the area of nuclear fuel reprocessing. Experiments were carried out on pulsed sieve-plate column of diameter 0.1524 m and 1 m height. Twenty plates with 0.003 m diameter perforations with 21% and 10% free area respectively were placed at a spacing of 0.05 m. To measure the axial dispersion coefficient, a tracer was injected at the inlet, and it was monitored at the outlet by measuring the conductivity. Residence time distribution (RTD) analysis was carried out by plotting C-curve for different pulse amplitude and frequency. Dispersion model was used for calculating dispersion coefficient. The effect of superficial velocity, pulse velocity, free area on axial dispersion coefficient was studied. As the superficial velocity and pulse velocity increase, dispersion coefficient was also found to be increase. However, with an increase in the free area, dispersion coefficient was found to decrease. Research Scholar: Hrushikesh Khadamkar Title: CFD MODELING OF HEAT EXCHANGERS In liquid sodium cooled fast breeder reactor, steam generator (SG) is used to produce superheated steam by transferring the heat from the hot liquid sodium to water. Liquid sodium enters the shell side of SG through the side nozzle and rises up in the annular space, enters into the window region of the tube bundle and flows downward. Water flows on tube side. The tubes are slim and long and are therefore prone to flow induced vibrations generated by cross flow of sodium in the inlet window region. This is a potential cause of tube rupture. Thus it is essential to characterize the flow distribution in the inlet plenum of SG and to devise strategies to make the flow distribution uniform. The flow distribution in a 1/5th scale model of inlet plenum of SG has been studied by a combination of experiments and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations. The standard k turbulence model was used to predict the flow field. Various strategies (disc and doughnut baffle type flow distributor, graded porous shell) adopted for obtaining uniform flow distribution have been evaluated. Experiments have been conducted to measure the axial and radial velocity distributions using Ultrasonic Velocity Profiler (UVP) for a variety of geometries. The pressure drop is measured for various

configurations using digital manometer (AZ 8205). The Particle Image Velocimerty (PIV) studies were also done on 1/8th scale model of inlet plenum of SG. The simulation results were validated with measured set of velocities. The effectiveness of different flow distribution devices has been evaluated using the non-uniformity index parameter (NUI). Experimental and simulation results showed that a uniform flow distribution along the tangential direction was achieved using disc and doughnut baffle type flow distributor whereas uniform flow distribution along the tangential direction as well as along the window height was achieved using graded porous shell in the window region without significant increase in pressure drop. Research Scholar: Kiran Bhor Title: GAS ENTRAINMENT IN REACTORS Gas entrainment is major problem in Fast Breeder Reactors (FBR) in which cover gas argon gets entrained in liquid sodium metal. Entrained gas forms bubbles and passes through Internal Heat Exchanger (IHX) and sodium pump which results into decrease in performance of each. In order to avoid entrainment, conditions under which it occurs must be known. Literature shows three main types of entrainment viz. shearing of free surface, vortex formation and liquid fall type entrainment. Present experimental study includes entrainment due to vortex formation at free surface. Experiments were conducted in cylindrical tank with tangential inlet and bottom outlet. Velocities were measured with the help of turbine flow meter at the outlet. Critical velocity is defined as the outlet velocity at which vortex formation just starts at free surface (onset of entrainment). Effect of different parameters like outlet diameter (d), tank diameter (D), inlet angle () and liquid height (H) in the tank on critical velocity and Froude number (Fr) was studied. Correlation has been proposed to avoid vortex formation due to outlet velocities in tank. Level fluctuations at free surface could be different for gas entrainment conditions than that of non entraining conditions. Level fluctuations were measured at free liquid surface using pressure sensor at onset of shear type and liquid fall type entrainment. The axial RMS velocities were calculated with the help of measured data. These values were compared with the values obtained using Ultrasonic Velocity Profiler (UVP). The results show different RMS velocities at entraining and non entraining conditions. Hence measurement of level fluctuations can be helpful to decide whether entrainment is occurring or not. Research Scholar: Subhash Dhavala Title: CAVITATION DYNAMICS IN LIQUID SOLUTIONS AND MIXTURES Cavitation in multi component flows have wide applications and is a realty in various fields of engineering, such as chemical processes, petroleum industries, geothermal power plants, pumping system in sediment-laden rivers, and hydraulic transports of sewage and slurries, etc. Researchers have, in the recent decade, worked on sonochemistry using acoustic cavitation for chemical reactions by inducing cavitational bubbles in cases of either solid-liquid or liquid-liquid mixtures. Unlike in a pure liquid, in which the sonic velocity is constant, the sonic velocity in multicomponent liquid mixtures varies with the material properties and concentrations of the constituents. The analysis of a bubble dynamics in multicomponent mixtures is more complex than in a singlephase liquid. The physical properties of pure liquid are considerably different from those after adding either another kind of miscible or immiscible liquid.

A model was developed by modifying Rayleigh-Plesset equation for the liquid mixtures, the time variations in bubble radius, pressure, and temperature inside bubble are obtained numerically by solving the model in terms of pressure field and radius of the bubble(R) at any time (t). GPROMS was used in order to solve the set of bubble dynamics equations. The verification of the model was done by comparing the results obtained by the substituting the physical properties of water in the model. The time history of the ambient pressure, bubble radius, pressure, and temperature inside the bubble are found. It is found that the cycles of bubble oscillation in liquid mixtures of water-glycerol became longer as compared to that in water. The effect of various physical parameters (density, surface tension and viscosity) were studied on the dynamics of the cavity as a function of the initial cavity size. Research Scholar: Gajendra A. Jain Title: STEAM BASED PUMPING AND CAVITATIONAL EFFECT The steam driven jet pump (SDJP) is a device without moving part and requires no external energy except steam energy. Depending on its area of application, there could be varying objectives for SDJP design. It could be (a) To get large entrainment of the secondary fluid, (b) To produce intense mixing between the two fluids, or (c) To pump fluids from a region of low pressure to a region of high pressure. The present work focuses on optimizing the ejector geometry with an objective of using steam as an energy source to pump cold water from lower pressure than the steam pressure to a pressure higher than the steam pressure used for pumping. The steam driven jet pumps consist of Steam nozzle having subsonic and supersonic nozzle section; partially converting steam enthalpy into kinetic energy. A water nozzle, producing a moderate acceleration and distribute the liquid all around the steam nozzle is a second part. Mixing section is third part, where water and steam comes into contact, steam transfers heat to water because of the temperature gradient and mass transfer because of the related condensation and momentum transfer because of the velocity difference .The end state is the complete condensation of a introduced steam and the out flow is sub-cooled liquid at relatively high pressure and at a moderate elevated temperature. Study was done by reducing the dimension of ejector used by Cattadori et al(1994) by 1/8 th times and 1/6th times keeping convergent angle (3C) and divergent angle (4C) same. Experiment was carried out to estimate the effect of temperature and pressure of steam as well as that of water. Steam mass flux on the water flow rate was varied by varying the steam pressure from 1 to 6 bar and water just flooding the main line. For venturi just flooded with water, flow rate of water increases with initial water temperature and steam mass flux and show maxima. Correlations have been developed relating input power from steam to the power giving for water pumping. Research Scholar: Badve Mandar Prakash Title: MICROBIAL DISINFECTION OF SEAWATER AND BIOFOULING PREVENTION For more than 30 years there has been remarkable growth in the need for an efficient water purification technique by all categories of users municipal, industrial, institutional, medical, commercial and residential. The increasingly broad range of requirements for water quality has motivated the water treatment industry to refine existing techniques, combine methods and explore new water purification technologies. Similar to this microbial disinfection of Seawater is important in reference to its applications such as ballast water exchange or as cooling water quality degradation. Objective is to kill

biological organisms that could grow and form deposits in the fresh or cooling water circuit and in ballast tank that foul the equipment, by using cavitation technique. In order to optimize the parameter for disinfection it was decided to find out cell wall strength of marine bacteria (gram positive and gram negative) and yeast. Different techniques to predict cell wall strength of any cell have been studied. Methods include micromanipulation, pressure probe and use of mathematical model to directly or indirectly predict cell wall strength. Initially, experiments were done with marine bacteria (gram positive and gram negative) and cell disruption data was generated. Cell wall strength is obtained by fitting the experimental disruption data in a mathematical model which incorporates cell wall strength as an integral parameter. To validate the results obtained by this model, cell disruption data available in the literature for bacterial disruption was used and by using another model there cell wall strength is obtained. It was observed that results obtained by both mathematical models show good consistency. Another set of experiments were done on hydrodynamic cavitation setup by inducing steam. Introduction of steam enhances the intensity of cavitation. Effect of steam induced hydrodynamic cavitation for disinfection of seawater is also studied and successfully modelled. Research Scholar: Chopda Viki Rajendra Title: BIOCATALYTIC PROCESSING OF CARBOHYDRATES Carbohydrates in food occur not only as natural constituents but also are externally added as ingredients or additives. Fructose demand is ever increasing over glucose due to its beneficial role for diabetics, low cariogenic nature and assistance in iron absorption. Enzymatic isomerization is preferred over chemical one as they are specific and no side products are formed. Glucose isomerase (GI, E.C. 5.3.1.5), is an intracellular enzyme which catalyzes the reversible isomerization of glucose to fructose. The activity of enzyme is used in industry for the production of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). It is one of the largest commercially used enzymes. Rising trends in sugar prices and increased demand has made it imperative to search for the production of these HFCS. Hence, this study was undertaken to investigate important aspects of fermentative production, downstream processing and immobilization of GI. The present study covers an increase in fermentative production and purification of intracellular GI from bacterial source. In fermentative production various media components were optimized by using one-factor-at-atime, and then statistical method like RSM was employed to optimize the concentrations of media components in order to enhance production. In downstream processing, partial purification was done by using fractional ammonium sulphate precipitation and further studies were carried out by using chromatographic separation techniques in which ion-exchange chromatography was used as an intermediate purification step. Immobilization of GI was studied on soft and rough glass beads to check the extent of immobilization and the activity of the immobilized enzyme. Research Scholar: Akshaykumar K. Shriwas Title: CHEMICAL PROCESSING APPLICATIONS OF ULTRASOUND Ultrasound is the energy in the form of cyclic sound wave which propagates as compression and rarefactions through a medium with frequency of 20 kHz or above. Passage of ultrasound through liquid medium result in cavitational events, which results in release of large quantum of energy locally in the system. Cavitational effects can be harnessed for different

chemical processing applications such as chemical synthesis, preparation of suspensions, polymer degradation, waste water treatment, etc. The current work is devoted tostudy the application of ultrasound to degrade harmful organic pollutants. Two systems based on synthetic aqueous solutions of pollutants were chosen, first with 2,4,6 trichlorophenol, a human carcinogen and second with methyl Parathion a pesticide. Two acoustic cavitational reactors namely ultrasonic horn and ultrasonic bath reactors were used for both the pollutant systems. Analytical techniques used were UV/VISSpectrophotometer, Total Organic Carbon Analyzer for the first system and additionally High Performance Liquid Chromatography was employed for the second system. Optimization of operating parameters and process intensification using additives was the main focus of work. Effects of initial concentration, temperature, pH, power input, catalyst (TiO2) loading, H2O2 loading, air bubbling, CCl4, UV light were investigated in the first system. Maximum degradation of TCP and TOC removal obtained were 65% and 58.8% respectively for 500 ppm initial TCP solution using sonication with air bubbling in ultrasonic horn. TOC reductions were always found to be lesser than the actual pollutant removal. Also degradation at larger scale was lesser than that obtained at laboratory scale investigation. In the second system based on the use of pesticide, pollutant concentration was fixed at 20 ppm and effects of pH, TiO2 loading, H2O2 loading, CCl4 loading on the extent of degradation were investigated. Use of Fenton chemistry in combination with ultrasonic irradiations was also optimized. Removal of methyl Parathion and TOC reduction were found to be maximum at 98.5% and 73.7% respectively in the case of combination of Fenton chemistry with ultrasonic horn reactor. Research Scholar: Nilanjana Banarjee Title: STUDY OF ALGAL ENGINEERING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOMASS AND OTHER CHEMICALS. In the present scenario where renewable sources of energy is gaining importance, algal technology is showing a promising potential for relatively more efficient conversion of solar energy into biomass. The work on algal engineering carried out till now is mostly in practical manner and basic engineering design approach is lacking in many of the studies leaving a wide scope for simulation and optimization of the reactor design and reactor operation in most efficient manner, particularly for light utilization by the growing algal biomass. A theoretical approach to a system design, based on experimental data, and development of mathematical models makes it easier for optimization of the reactor. A mathematical model for the tubular, airlift and bubble column reactors were thus developed. The initial step for the modeling was to make certain assumptions and with each subsequent model those assumptions were relaxed to make the model more realistic. Equations to predict average light availability inside the reactor and kinetic growth rates for algal cells were also developed. For each of the above photobioreactors, the productivity, utilization of light nutrient and carbon dioxide were studied extensively. It is known that oxygen is produced during photosynthesis and it has a detrimental effect on the cell growth if its amount builds up inside the reactor. So oxygen production and its effect on cell mass growth were also studied. Temperature rise due to continuous exposure to solar radiation and heating effect inside the reactor and its effects were also incorporated in the mathematical model. Finally, light intensity and other design parameters were varied to study their effect on the productivity in each of these reactors.

Research Scholar: Preeti Bhagwan Subhedar Title: RECOVERY OF VALUABLE ENZYMES/CHEMICALS FROM FERMENTATION BIOMASS Invertase (EC 3.2.1.26 ) (systematic name: betafructofuranosidase) is an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose. Invertase is mainly used in the food (confectionery) industry where fructose is preferred over sucrose because it is sweeter and improves the shelf life, as it does not crystallize easily. Commercially invertase is biosynthesized chiefly by yeast strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Chitosan, poly (D-glucosamine) obtained from chitin [poly (N-acetyl-Dglucosamine)] by deacetylation is a natural polymer. Chitosan has a many useful features such as hydrophilicity, biocompatibility, and remarkable affinity for many proteins which attracts its use as support for enzyme immobilization. In the present work, the invertase enzyme was specifically released from compressed bakers yeast by treating with aqueous solutions of cysteine which is a sulfur containing amino acid in alkaline conditions. A mathematical model has been developed based on thiol-disulfide exchange reaction which considers the effect of various parameters like pH, cysteine concentration and yeast loading on the rate of the release of invertase. The recovered invertase was then immobilized on chitosan beads. Effect of glutaraldehyde concentration, time of incubation on immobilization of enzyme was studied. 69 % immobilization of enzyme was obtained with crosslinked chitosan beads. Characterization of immobilized invertase was carried out to confirm optimum pH and kinetic parameters of enzyme for substrate hydrolysis. Research Scholar: Prafulla V. Belge Title: ENZYMATIC REACTIONS IN SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS Supercritical fluids (SCFs) offer several advantages like high diffusivity, low viscosity, non-toxic, non flammable, low cost and also the physical properties lie between that of gases and liquids. Different compounds may be used as SCFs, but supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) has been widely used. Its critical pressure (7.38 MPa) is acceptable and its critical temperature (31.1oC) is consistent with the use of enzymes. In the present work, -amylase (EC 3.2.1.1) has been used for carrying out the turmeric starch hydrolysis in supercritical carbon dioxide. Studies like effect of pressure, temperature and enzyme loading on the rate of hydrolysis had been conducted. There is an appreciable effect of pressure and temperature over the enzymatic hydrolysis of starch. Also the hydrolysis experiments were conducted in aqueous solutions at atmospheric pressure. The conversion rate was higher for the reactions which were carried out in scCO2 resulting in a higher degree of hydrolysis of the turmeric starch. The reactions were analyzed by measuring the production of reducing sugars, determining the unreacted starch and measuring the granule size by polarizing microscope. Box Behnken design of response surface methodology (RSM) was used for the optimization of operating parameters like pressure, temperature and enzyme loading. Results obtained after RSM suggests that the reaction depends upon all the three parameters and varying any of the parameters would result into change in degree of hydrolysis. Research Scholar: Pradnya H. Kamble Title: STUDIES IN ENZYMATIC REACTIONS Increased environmental awareness and depletion of resources are driving industry to develop viable alternative fuels from renewable resources that are environmentally more acceptable. Vegetable oil is a potential alternative fuel but due to its high

viscosity and low volatility it is not directly used as fuel. The most commonly used method to make vegetable oil suitable for use in CI engines is to convert it into biodiesel, i.e. vegetable oil esters using process of transesterification. Transesterification involves the reaction between an alcohol and a vegetable oil or animal fat that are mixture of triglycerides. The product of this reaction i.e. fatty acid alkyl ester can be used as biodiesel. Transesterification can be carried out using different catalysts like alkali, acid and enzyme as a catalyst. Chemical (acid or alkali) catalyzed transesterification of vegetable oil has various problems, such as recovery of glycerol, removal of catalyst and the energy intensive nature of the process (high speed of stirring and temperature required for good conversion). Enzyme catalyzed reactions have advantages over traditional chemical-catalyzed reactions such as the generation of no byproducts, easy product recovery, mild reaction conditions and catalyst recycling. However, due to higher cost of enzyme these reactions have not gained industrial importance. Immobilized enzyme can be reused and easily separated from the product, so cost of the process can be reduced by using immobilized enzyme. Therefore, there is a need to study the process of enzymatic transesterification using immobilized enzyme. In the present work, sunflower oil is used as a raw material for transesterification reaction which contains 90% of the unsaturated fatty acids (linoleic acid and oleic acid) using enzyme as a catalyst. The enzymatic transesterification of sunflower oil is studied by varying different parameters like temperature, solvent, agitation, methanol to oil ratio and enzyme concentration. Methanol which is one of the raw materials reduces activity of enzyme so transesterification reaction is carried out in the presence and absence of solvent. After transesterification the methyl esters were distilled and analyzed. Further the properties of methyl esters were found and compared with standards. Research Scholar: Shital N. Katekhaye Title: INTENSIFICATION OF CAVITATIONAL ACTIVITIES USING ADDITIVES Cavitation phenomenon is a potential tool for process intensification, but its application at industrial level is hampered due to lack of scale up strategies and lower rates of processing at large scale operations. Different additives can be used to intensify the cavitational activity in the reactor and hence the desired effects of cavitation phenomena. The use of additives can be to provide additional nuclei so that the number of cavitation events in the system increases leading to enhanced effects or to promote some of the effects of cavitation such as enhanced generation of free radicals or generation of additional oxidizing species in the system. The objective of the present work is focused on investigating the use of different additives like solid particles; salts; gases etc. to enhance the overall cavitational activity in the reactor. The efficiency of different additives has been evaluated initially at laboratory scale operation followed by experiments at large scale operation to understand the dependency of the observed effects on the scale of operation. The model reaction for the studies has been selected as oxidation of potassium iodide. Three acoustic cavitational reactors namely ultrasonic horn operating at 20 kHz and 36 kHz and an ultrasonic bath operating at 204 kHz have been used in the present study. UV/VIS-Spectrophotometer was used for analysing the samples and quantifies the cavitational yields. It has been observed that all the additives can be effectively used for intensification of the cavitational activity though the maximum iodine liberation was obtained using t-butanol at lower

concentrations (0.2%) in horn reactor (193.8 ppm) and using ferrous sulphate (0.2% concentration) in bath reactor (173.8 ppm). Combination of CCl4/H2O2 resulted in maximum iodine liberation among the different combinations of additives. The extent of iodine liberation was 188.1 ppm for 0.2% concentrations of each of the additive. Research Scholar: Adapa Kamalakar Title: STUDY OF NOVEL REFRIGERANTABSORBENT SYSTEM FOR HEAT BASED REFRIGERATION The absorption refrigeration cycle is one of the best alternatives to the vapor compression refrigeration cycle. The major advantage of the absorption refrigeration cycle is the usage of a residual hot stream as an energy source to obtain cooling power instead of electricity. Water-Lithium bromide system is one of the traditional refrigerant absorbent combinations. In this working pair crystallization is a major problem at higher temperatures and moderate concentrations. Lithium bromide salt shows corrosion effect on metal walls of the refrigeration cycle. Other disadvantages of the lithium bromide pair are high viscosity and high vapor pressure in the absorber. It is possible that the use of combination of salts as an absorbent will reduce the crystallization tendency. In present study anti crystallization additives which is having high boiling temperatures and hygroscopic properties are used to overcome the crystallization problem and ensure a safe cycle operation. The additives used in this research work were salts of organic and inorganic (sodium formate, potassium formate, potassium lactate, lithium nitrate, sodium acetate, potassium acetate, lithium chloride). VLE of the water lithium bromide system with salt additives has studied in the concentration range of 10w%-45w% and the temperature ranges were 303 K 313 K and 383.15 K-414 K. A ratio of 2:1 of lithium bromide to salt additive was taken during experiments. In this work the main objective was studying of thermodynamic properties of traditional working pairs with salt additives. The main thermodynamic properties studied in this work were excess Gibbs free energy, heat of mixing. PTx data from experimental work has fitted with activity coefficient models to derive the mixing properties of the working pairs. Experimental data has fitted with NRTL three parameter model and Wilson model. In order to analyze the suitability of different refrigerant absorbent fluids for their potential use as working in absorption refrigeration machines, excess enthalpy and excess Gibbs free energy of traditional working pair with salt additives at 313.15 K has determined. Research Scholar: Nilesh Waman Gonnade Title: THERMODYNAMIC STUDY OF TERNARY REFRIGERANT EQUILIBRIA Absorption refrigeration systems driven by waste heat as an alternative to conventional power-driven systems has gained significant interest, because of the current energy and environmental issues. Commercially, water - lithium bromide and ammonia water are used as the working fluuids in the absorption refrigeration system and heat pumps. Out of which industrially, ammonia-water system is widely used in ammonia absorption refrigeration (AAR) cycle for the production of refrigeration. The standard AAR cycle runs at a heat source of 120 to 1400C. Significant amount of the industrial waste heat (below 100 0C) can be made available for refrigeration. AAR cycle needs to be modified to run it using low grade heat source. One of the ways to modify the AAR cycle is to change the vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) of ammonia-water binary system. There are few disadvantages of ammonia-water system such as system requires rectification of the refrigerant vapor,

operates at high pressure etc. The addition of salt to any binary or multicomponent system may change the VLE of system by changing the relative volatilitys, solubility and partial pressure, etc. of the solvents because of the interactions between the salt ions and solvent components. In the present research work, ammonia-water-salt system has been studied to correlate this experimental data with Redlich-Kister and NRTL equations. VLE for the binary and ammonia-water-salt system were measured by using Rocked static cell. Initially, the accuracy of the VLE measurement was tested using pure water and ammonia-water binary system., which showed good agreement with the reported data. Temperature range used was 313.15 - 403.15K in 10K steps for 10, 20 and 30 Mass% ammonia concentration. The effect of various salts such as potassium acetate, copper acetate, ammonium sulphate, sodium thiocyanate, sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate were studied at 5, 10 15 and 15 mass% in ammonia-water mixture. Potassium acetate , copper acetate, ammonium sulphate and sodium thiocyanate showed a salting-out effect whereas sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate showed salting-in effect. Experimental data were correlated with modified RedlichKister and NRTL equation. Amongst all the systems studied potassium acetate showed better salting-out effect over the other salting-out salts. Sodium nitrate showed a better saltingin effect over the potassium nitrate. Research Scholar: Solanki Sachin Nanaji Title: DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING OF BIOMOLECULES USING SURFACTANTS Biotechnology need new developments in downstream processing to fulfill its promises. The needed separation techniques should be efficient and allow to continuous operation and easy to scaleup. There are some limitations for the liquidliquid extraction in biotechnology, while reverse micellar extraction (RME) found to have a great potential for the separation of bioactive proteins including enzymes.Reverse micelles are spontaneously and reversibly formed spherical aggregates of amphiphilic molecules in nonpolar liquids. The present work deals with extraction of polyphenol oxidase from banana. Polyphenol oxidases (EC 1.14.18.1) are coppercontaining monooxygenases which catalyse two reactions, the orthohydroxylation of phenols and the oxidation of catechols (1,2dihydroxybenzenes) to orthoquinones utilising molecular oxygen. The enzyme has been used for the regiospecific hydroxylation of phenols, calibration of oxygen electrode, bioremediation of phenol polluted water, detemination of catecholamines In the present study the RME of Polyphenol oxidase has been investigated for different surfactants like anionic (AOT), cationic (CTAB & CPB) and nonionic surfactants (Span 60 & Brij 35). The study included the effect of forward and backward extraction parameter like pH, contact time, ionic strength, surfactant concentration, cosurfactants, counterionic surfactant etc. The purification ratio was found to be 3 with activity recovery of 74% after backward extraction. Research Scholar: Abhijit N. Shirke Title: SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF BIOMOLECULES USING SURFACTANTS The production of various biomolecules like therapeutic proteins, secondary metabolites, industrially important enzymes has been made possible by new discoveries in biotechnology. Many researchers have successfully developed methods to produce these biomolecules in various biological systems, such as microbial, plants, and animals. Introduction of these new technologies necessitates innovation in process development for economical recovery and purification of

biomolecules. The use of surfactants for primary separation and purification of biomolecules can provide a good alternative. Lipoxygenase (linoleate:oxygen 13-oxidoreductase, EC.1.13.11.12), also known as Lipoxidase and Carotene oxidase, has been used for the production of various products which are starting materials for the production of aroma and flavor compounds, pharmaceuticals, fungicides etc. In the present work surfactant based systems, Precipitation using Ionic Surfactants and Aqueous Micellar Two Phase System (AMTPS) were used subsequently to purify LipoxygenaseI(LOX-I) from the soyabean seed extract. LOX-I was extracted from previously soaked soyabean seeds in a buffer. The precipitation of the crude extract was carried out using a cationic surfactant Lauryl benzalkonium chloride(Lauryl BKC). In this step impurities were precipitated out and enzyme was recovered in the clear supernatant .The precipitation was then optimized . AMTPS was studied for the extraction of LOX-I from the supernatant obtained after first step . Extraction of LOX-I using AMTPS with added ionic interactions with the help of cationic surfatant called as Aqueous Mixed (nonionic/ionic) Micellar Two Phase System was also studied. The extraction of LOX-I using Aqueous Mixed ( Triton x-114/Lauryl BKC) Micellar Two Phase System was then carried out and optimized. The overall activity recovery of 59% with around 9 times purification of LOX-I was obtained after two step purification of LOX-I from soyabean seeds. Research Scholar: Amar Dilip Vibhandik Title: SIMULATION OF HEAT-BASED REFRIGERATION CYCLE WITH NOVEL PAIRS OF ABSORBENT/REFRIGERANT Energy is inevitable for human life and secure and accessible supply of energy is crucial for sustainability of modern society. Continuation of the fossil fuels is set to face multiple challenges : depletion of fossil fuels, global warming etc., so that absorption refrigeration systems driven by waste heat as an alternative to conventional power-driven systems has gained significant scope. Commercially, water - lithium bromide and ammonia water are used as the working fluids in the absorption refrigeration system and heat pumps. Dynamic simulation plays an important role in predicting system behavior on part of load which cannot be predicted properly with steady state simulation, hence dynamic simulation is very important for design and analysis of heat based refrigeration system. Presently dynamic simulation of 60 TR single effect LiBr-water and Potassium formate(PF)-water cycle is performed. Modelling is based on the continuity of components constituting the LiBr-water & PF-water mixture and the conservation of energy for each equipment of absorption refrigeration system. Ordinary differential equations governing the response of each equipment are solved by using RungeKutta Merson method. Effect of source temperature disturbance for LiBr-water & PF-water as working pairs was studied for three different cases as, I) constant evaporator temperature II) constant absorber & evaporator temperatures III) constant absorber & condenser & evaporator temperatures. Simulation result indicates that at constant absorber, condenser & evaporator temperature obtain high heat loads than at constant absorber, evaporator and at constant evaporator temperature, also gives quick response to disturbance. Research Scholar: Parminder Kaur K.S. Heer Title: DEVELOPMENT OF FUNCTIONAL POLYMERIC RESINS TO SEPARATE CO2 FROM MIXTURE OF CO2 AND METHANE

Carbon dioxide, which falls into the category of acid gases, is commonly found in natural gas streams at levels as high as 80%. Carbon dioxide also reduces the heating value of a natural gas stream and wastes pipeline capacity. In LNG plants, CO2 must be removed to prevent freezing in the lowtemperature chillers. Moreover, scientists have identified four gases produced by human activities as the principal contributors to the greenhouse effect. These are, in order of their impact, carbon dioxide, methane, CFC's and nitrous oxide. Thus, separation of CO2 and CH4 is one of the top priorities these days. In the present work, polystyrene based polymeric adsorbents with different functional groups were designed and synthesized for the adsorption of CO2. The polymeric base was functionalized by two basic; groups diethanol amine and imidazole. The interaction of these functionalized polymers with carbon dioxide and methane was studied using a molecular modeling approach. This involved Molecular Mechanics as well as Quantum Mechanics studies. Interaction energies were calculated for both functional group loaded polymers with CO2 and CH4. Polymeric structures were built and Molecular Dynamics and Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulations were carried out on both the polymers to estimate the diffusivity and adsorption isotherms for CO2 and CH4. Batch adsorption capacity of CO2 on diethanol amine and imidazole loaded polystyrenes were determined and were found to follow Freundlich Isotherm. The imidazole loaded polymer gave slightly higher adsorption capacity as compared to the diethanol amine loaded polystyrene. A new experimental set-up for batch adsorption studies of the adsorbents was constructed. Batch adsorption runs were carried out at room temperature of 27C Research Scholar: Koli Aditya Chandan Title: ENZYMATIC RECOVERY OF VALUABLE CHEMICALS FROM VEGETABLE OIL Palm oil derived from plant species Elaies guineensis is one of the largest oil resources and contains the highest known concentration of carotenoids (500-700ppm). Palm oil has 15fold more vitamin A activity than carrots and 300-fold more activity than tomatoes. Carotenoids, in particular _- carotene are the important source of vitamin A and prevent certain types of cancer such as oral, pharyngeal, lung and stomach cancers. Most of the carotenoids are destroyed in the present refining process to produce light coloured oils. Therefore, various methods to recover carotenoids from crude palm oil have been developed, which include saponification, adsorption, precipitation, solvent extraction, molecular distillation, transesterification followed by distillation. Amongst above processes, transesterification is the only commercially viable process. The present work includes recovery of carotenoids by adsorption on an adsorbent, from ester phase of transesterified palm oil catalyzed by C. cylindracea lipase immobilized on glutaraldehyde cross linked chitosan beads. Chitosan beads with degree of deacetylation more than 90% were synthesized from chitin by alkaline hydrolysis process, followed by cross linking with glutaraldehyde to increase the mechanical strength of the beads and enzyme stability. The maximum lipase activity was observed at 0.1% glutaraldehyde. Lipase was immobilized on the cross linked chitosan beads. Transesterification of degummed and bleached palm oil was carried out in the presence of methanol using immobilized lipase (30%w/w) of oil, at 40C, in an orbital shaker. Kinetics of the reaction and reproducibility were studied. The interaction of _-carotene with a silver ion loaded BSR chelating resin was studied with the help of Material studio software by molecular mechanics and quantum mechanical

calculations. Batch adsorption studies of _-carotene on the silver ion loaded BSR resin and magnesium ion loaded BSR resin were carried out and the data were fitted in Langmuir isotherm. Comparatively, the silver ion loaded BSR resin showed a higher adsorption capacity than the magnesium ion loaded BSR resin. The recovery of carotenoids directly from crude palm oil using Fullers earth was also studied. The maximum adsorption upto 97% was achieved. Desorption of carotenoids from Fullers earth was carried out using different solvents. Research Scholar: Ghanshyam R. Shinde Title: STUDIES IN EXTRACTION OF NATURAL INGREDIENTS Vanilla is one of the most universally used flavors in the food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. Traditionally vanilla flavorings are extracted from the matured cured beans of luminous celadon-colored orchids, Vanilla planifolia Andrews. The distinctive flavor and aroma comes mainly from the phenolic compound vanillin (4-hydroxy-3methoxybenzaldehyde) and other aromatic compounds such as p-hydroxybenzaldehyde, p-hydroxybenzoic acid and vanillic acid. Although, synthetic vanillin is available in the market and used as a food flavoring agent, consumers prefer high quality flavoring agents that are deemed to be natural with minimal chemical exposure. Hence, arises the need for natural vanilla extract by novel extraction methods. Soxhlet Extraction is one the classical methods of solvent extraction. By varying the different aqueous ethanol concentrations it was found that 70% aqueous ethanol concentration gives the best yield of vanillin of 36.005 mg/g of vanilla bean. Water is necessary for the hydrolysis of cell wall material, which leads to easier penetration of the solvent or facilitates the movement of solvent inside the cell wall, resulting in higher yield of vanillin. The comparison of the yield of other allied compounds like p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (pHB), vanillic acid and p-hydroxybenzoic Acid (pHBA) was also studied. Supercritical fluid extraction of vanilla extract from cured vanilla pods by using carbon dioxide as a solvent. The extractions are carried out in the dynamic mode. Liquid CO2 forced into supercritical state by regulating its pressure and temperature hence pores of the matrix gets expands, releasing the extracted compounds through normal diffusion improving the yield of extraction. Pressure, temperature and extraction time were the parameters affecting the supercritical fluid extraction and were optimized by using response surface methodology. Research Scholar: Naishad Ajgaonkar Title: Selectivity Engineering in Nanotechnology Selectivity engineering refers to the engineering aspect of multiphase reactions that could be manipulated through the use of several techniques such as use of phase transfer catalyst, shape selective catalyst, cascade engineering or single pot synthesis etc. in order not only to intensify the rate of reaction but also to improve the selectivity of desired product. A highly selective reaction permits waste minimization and improve profitability on commercial scale. Sulfated zirconia (S-ZrO2) is well known super acidic catalyst used in various reaction like alkylation, acylation, nitration, isomeriasation, condensation etc. Conventional preparation of S-ZrO2 leads to microporous material which is more suitable for reaction of small molecules in vapour phase. To form a catalyst that has shape selectivity for larger molecules, a mesoporous material with narrow pore size distribution needs to be created. Combustion synthesis method is used to synthesize mesoporpous S-ZrO2. The combustion synthesis

method explores an exothermic, generally very fast and self sustaining chemical reaction between the desired metal salt and a suitable organic fuel, which is ignited at a temperature much lower than the actual phase formation temperature. The structural and textural properties of this newly synthesized catalyst were studied using XRD, Ammonia TPD, FTIR, ASAP, SEM-EDXS. The catalyst showed weak as well as strong acidic sides and mesopores with narrow pore size distribution (Width at half height<2nm). 7-substituted coumarins are important group of coumarin derivatives showing various bioactivities. The 7- hydroxyl 4methyl coumarin is used as fluorescent brightener, efficient laser dye and standard flurometric determination of enzymatic activity, as a starting material for the preparation of insecticide and furano coumarins. The combustion synthesized catalyst was used in Pechmann condensation of resorcinol with ethyl acetoacetate to give 7- hydroxyl 4-methyl coumarin. Effect of various parameters such as speed of agitation, catalyst loading, reactant mole ratio and temperature were studied and a kinetic model was proposed. Research Scholar: Ashish Shinde Title: Biocatalysed Transformation of Intermediate Enzymes are remarkable catalysts capable of accepting a wide array of complex molecules as substrates, and catalyzing reactions with enantio and region selectivity. Under the ambit of green chemistry, biocatalysis shows a very attractive tool to produce chemicals which are also safer. Lipase (triacylglycerol hydrolases, EC 3.1.13) catalyzed biotransformation in nonaqueous media are gaining importance. The immobilization of enzymes is an often used strategy to overcome the problems like high cost, contamination of products, purification problems, etc. In the present study, mesoporous silicate (MS) mainly mesocellular foam (MCF) was prepared by templating method. MCF is environmentally acceptable, structurally more stable and more resistant to microbial attacks, shows large surface area and pores with diameters larger than those of enzyme molecule, thus possessing a suitable support for immobilization. Modification of the surface of lipase was also done with surfactant like CTAB, Triton X which protects it from denaturation in an organic solvent. The above surfactant coated and unmodified lipases were then immobilized on MCF and characterization of the support before and after immobilization was done. Activity of the immobilized lipase was calculated using olive oil assay method. The surfactantcoated lipase shows more hydrolytic activity as compared to unmodified lipase and so was used to carry out the reaction. Terpene alcohols and their esters are among the most important components of essential oils. Because of their flavour and fragrance, they are widely used in the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries. To overcome the problems associated to the extraction of terpene ester, they can be easily synthesized by biocatalysis. Geraniol decanoate, one of the main terpene alcohol used in industries, was thus synthesized using the prepared biocatalyst from geraniol and n-decanoic acid. Effect of different reaction parameters like speed of agitation, temperature, mole ratio, catalyst loading was determined. Also Lineweaver-burk plot for the above reaction was drawn at various concentration of geraniol and n-decanoic acid. From this plot, kinetic model as well as various kinetic parameters was calculated. It was found that the above reaction follows Ping-Pong Bi-bi model with n-decanoic acid, at high concentration, acting as a non-competitive inhibitor of the lipase.

Research Scholar: Pravin Bhandari Title: Novel Catalytic Processes for the synthesis of Fine Chemicals Acid catalyzed reaction form one of the most extensive areas for the application of heterogeneous catalyst. The use of conventional acids poses significant risks. Owing to high reactivity and environmental friendliness; heterogeneous solid acid catalysts are emerging as very attractive alternatives to conventional homogenous acidic reagents. Among various solid acid catalysts zeolites, heteropolyacids and sulfated zirconia have emerged as powerful catalyst due to their super acidity, high reactivity and reusability, Sulfated analogue of CeO2 (as a solid acid catalyst) has not received due attention as compared to other sulfated metal oxide. Attempts were made to synthesize sulfated CeO2 but area obtained was very less. So it was thought worthwhile to synthesize sulfated CeO2. Hexagonal mesoporous silica (HMS) and Santa Barbara Amorphous-15 (SBA-15) were used as supports. Synthesized catalyst were completely characterized by XRD, TGA, FTIR, ASAP, NH3-TPD, SEM and EDXS techniques. The acivity of synthesized catalyst was evaluated vi-a-vis other catalyst developed in our lab for esterification of 4-methoxycinnamic acid with 1-ocatnol as a probe reaction. 20% w/w Cs2,5H0.5PW12O40/K-10 (designated as Cs-DTP/K-10) shown good activity compared to sulfated CeO2/HMS and sulfated CeO2/SBA-15; therefore further reactions were carried out using Cs-DTP/K-10 as a solid acid catalyst. Now a days ther is increase in trend about use of Octyl 4methoxycinnamte (OMC) as a sunscreen. Various routes for its synthesis have been proposed viz., claisen condensation, transesterification, direct esterification, etc. Synthesis by direct esterification is not explored much. The available literature about esterification involve use of 2-ethylhexanol as an alcohol substrate. There is practically no literature about its synthesis using 1-octanol as an alcohol substrate and use of solid acid catalyst. Therefore present research attempt involved catalytic synthesis of OMC by direct esterification. The kinetics of esterification was studied. Suitable kinetic model was developed to explain observed results. Research Scholar: Shrinivas Shete Title: Enzymatic catalysis in synthesis of fine chemicals Enzymes are considered as natural catalyst. Microbial lipases are currently receiving much attention with the rapid development of enzyme technology. Biocatalysis has proven to be useful supplementary technology for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. The particular benefits offered by enzymes are specificity, mild reaction conditions and reduced waste. It may be possible to monitor product formation by choosing right enzyme, which are specific and leading to minimization of unwanted side product. In present work, attempts were made to synthesize novel mesoporous support for enzyme immobilization. Mesocellular foam (MCF) was prepared by templating method. It showed considerable potential for immobilization of enzyme due to its 3D pore system, large surface area and high pore volume.MCF is environmentally acceptable, structurally more stable and more resistant to microbial attack. Esters are used in many foods, cosmetics, medicines and chemicals. Compared with conventional chemical synthesis, enzymatic preparation has advantages, such as one step synthesis and moderate reaction conditions. The present work includes study of various immobilization methods to achieve good yield of hexylacetate. Optimized biocatalyst is used for transesterification reaction of hexanol with vinyl acetate. Around 93% conversion was obtained in transesterification of hexanol to hexylacetate by using lipase immobilized MCF. The

present work provides novel, selective biocatalyst for synthesis of hexylacetate with better conversion and selectivity over the reported methods in literature. Research Scholar: Somdev Ghosh Title: Development of novel catalyst and their applications In the world of constantly growing population and simultaneously growing living standards, the pressure on chemical industries is constantly increasing. The demands are constantly growing both quantitatively and qualitatively. With environmental laws becoming more stringent and cost of energy constantly increasing, lots of efforts are being made to innovate new ways to make the existing processes faster, simpler, more energy efficient and less polluting. One of such area on which lots of emphasis is given is development of novel catalysts. Previously homogeneous catalysts were used which caused severe environmental pollution. Heterogeneous catalysts can be easily recovered, hence more ecofriendly. Titania oxide has been widely used as solid acid catalyst. But it suffers from less surface area. The present work includes the synthesis of novel catalysts persulfated alumina titanite supported on hexagonal mesoporous silica(HMS) and persulfated alumina supported on titania modified hexagonal mesoporous silica(Ti-HMS). The catalyst was synthesized by two different methods namely incipient wetness technique and sol-gel method. The synthesized catalyst was characterized by Temperature programmed desorption(NH3-TPD), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray Diffraction(XRD), BET surface area analysis, Scanning electron microscopy(SEM), Energy dispersive spectroscopy. The activity of the synthesized catalyst was evaluated by alkylation of p-hydroxybenzyl alcohol with isopropyl alcohol. The effect of various parameters such as speed of agitation, catalyst loading, mole ratio, and temperature was studied. A suitable kinetic model was developed.

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Research Scholar: Chaitanya M. Karale Title: FLOW AND HEAT TRASNFER IN SMALL CHANNELS Recent decade saw an abundant increase in the interest towards microchannel systems for chemical processing and heat transfer applications owing to its few natural advantages to size. Even though chemistry is scale-independent, transport phenomena are not, and this gives rise to a range of new opportunities for microengineered structures. Various issues such as conjugate heat transfer, entrance effects, wall roughness, viscous heating and axial conduction are important for understanding and interpreting flow and heat transfer in microchannels. In the present work some of these issues were quantified experimentally as well as computationally. Flow and heat transfer experiments were carried out with a microchannel plate comprising of 20 parallel channels. Pressure drop and heat transfer coefficients were experimentally measured. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model was simulated to predict the experimental data. Despite smaller mixing lengths, the laminar profile in straight microchannels often limits transport coefficients. Serpentine channel helps to overcome some of these issues due to secondary flow created at bends that offers better radial mixing than in straight channels. In the present work flow and heat transfer experiments were carried out with a serpentine channel plate comprising of 10 channels in series. Pressure drop and heat transfer coefficients were experimentally measured. Flow and heat transfer in the experimental set-up were simulated

using CFD model to understand the flow structure at bends and its impact on heat transfer. The CFD methodology was further extended to understand the effect of various geometrical parameters on heat transfer enhancement. For this purpose a new and more appropriate criteria was defined for evaluation of heat transfer performance. A regime map showing the effect of geometrical parameters on heat transfer enhancement and pressure drop was developed. The work was further extended to understand the axial dispersion in serpentine channels. Laminar, fully developed, pulsating pipe flows, form one of the fundamental classes of flows with periodic time variations in the velocity and pressure properties which have attracted substantial attention in fluid mechanics over the years. In the present work the fluid flow and heat transfer for a sinusoidal velocity profile at inlet was investigated using CFD. It was found that the time averaged pressure drop and Nusselt number does not deviates from those obtained with the mean steady state profile at inlet. The work was further extended to study flow and heat transfer in case of air-water flow in small channel. It was observed that the presence of gas enhance the two phase Nusselt number compared to that of single phase. The modeling methodology comprising of a unit cell model was also presented focusing on the heat transfer interaction between gas and liquid. Research Scholar: Vilas V. Patil Title: ADVANCE DRYING SYSTEMS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS Part 1: Drying of Nanoparticles Nanoparticles were prepared by using emulsion solvent evaporation method. Further, the drying of anti-cancer drug of proprietary nature (nano-sized) was carried out by freeze drying technique to get free flowing powder. A systematic approach was developed to study the freeze drying technique for polymeric nanoparticles. Initially, the freeze thawing experiments were carried out with varying concentrations of cryoprotectants to screen the most suitable cryoprotectant. Subsequently, the freeze drying was carried out with the selected cryoprotectants to study their effect on the final product quality after drying. Annealing experiments were carried out to optimize the freeze drying cycle time and study its effect on the particle size of nanoparticles. The effect of selected cryoprotectant on the heat and mass transfer parameters was also studied. Finally, the simulation of the freezing temperature was carried out by using MATLAB 7.0 software. The lyophilized product was characterized in terms of appearance and particle size by photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) and X-ray powder diffractometer (XRD). The lyophilized product obtained with mannitol (0.2 % w/v) and lactose (0.5 % w/v) as cryoprotectant resulted into slight increase in particle size after freeze drying. Part 2: Simultaneous Gelatinization and Drying of Maize Starch in a Single Screw Extruder Maize starch (Zea mays) was gelatinized and dried using a jacketed single screw extruder. The degree of gelatinization (DG), color analysis, swelling properties, solubility, apparent and true densities, expansion ratio and the porosity of extruded maize starch were analyzed. The effect of temperature, feed moisture content, screw speed and feed rate on extrusion processing and final product properties were studied. The apparent density of extruded product was found to increase with an increase in feed moisture content and residence time, while it decreased with an increase in extrusion temperature. It was observed that the porosity and expansion ratio of extruded product decreased significantly with increased feed moisture content and residence time. In addition, an increase in

temperature gave a product of high porosity and expansion ratio. Also, the degree of gelatinization increased with an increase in temperature and screw speed. A correlation was developed for the throughput and the specific consumption of mechanical energy for the studied single screw extruder. Part 3: Extraction, Purification and Drying of Phosphatidylcholine from soyabean lecithin The purification of phosphatidylcholine (PC) from the de-oiled lecithin was carried out using different physical separation techniques, such as extraction, precipitation, adsorption and column chromatography. The extraction of the PC from the deoiled lecithin was carried out using different solvents. The effect of lecithin to solvent ratio on extraction efficiency was studied. It was found that the lecithin to solvent ratio of 1:7 gives higher percentage purity of PC. The precipitation experiments were carried out using acetone and magnesium sulphate hepta-hydrate (MgSO4.7H2O) of different concentrations and the effect of different concentrations of MgSO4.7H2O on percentage purity of PC was studied. Further enrichment of PC was done using column chromatography to increase its percentage purity. Different types of resins were used and the most suitable resin was selected for the column chromatographic purification. The percentage purity of the PC was increased to 84 % after column chromatography. Further, the drying of purified PC was done using organic solvent such as tertiary-butanol by freeze drying technique. Research Scholar: Varsha S. Joshi Title: ADVANCE SEPARATION TECHNIQUES FOR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS: STUDIES IN FILTRATION AND DRYING Part 1: Inactivation kinetics of Lactobacillus acidophilus using HP-FBD: Probiotic (Lactobacillus acidophilus) soy milk-based formulations were dried to generate low priced synbiotic granules. The pellets so formed during extrusion were spheronized and dried using Heat pump assisted fluidized bed drying (HP-FBD) and atmospheric fluidized bed drying (FBD). The inactivation of Lactobacillus acidophilus strain was studied experimentally during the HP-FBD and FBD. The data was modeled using the exponential type of equation. It was found that the inactivation rate constant possess lower value in case of heat pump assisted drying as compared to fluidized bed drying. Hence, in further studies the heat pump assisted fluidized bed drying of soy milk based formulation was optimized using Response Surface Methodology. Part 2: Cost - effective formulation and drying of Saccharomyces bourlardii: Saccharomyces bourlardii is non pathogenic yeast which has been used as both preventive and therapeutic agent for the treatment of variety of diarrheal diseases. A cost-effective process was developed by replacing freeze drying technique with heat pump assisted fluidized bed drying (HP-FBD). HPFBD is a technique which uses dehumidified cold air for drying purpose. It was found that temperatures between 30 and 50 can be used for drying of probiotic yeast with acceptable inactivation coefficient whereas temperatures above 50 results into higher degree of inactivation. The superficial velocity of 1.6 and 2.6 m/s showed low inactivation constant, while, higher velocity (3.6 m/s) results into significant increase in inactivation. Based on the above findings the optimized values of operating parameters were decided. As a part of the project, the study of the rate of release of the yeast in the simulated intestinal fluid and simulated gastric fluid was carried out.

Part 3: Crystallization of rh-GCSF (Granulocyte colony stimulating factor): This study relates to method for developing rh-GCSF crystal formulation. A cytokine protein was chosen as a model biotherapeutic protein for the study. Proteins are frequently being used therapeutically in treating various physical conditions. To date, a limiting factor for use of proteins, particularly in therapeutic regimes, remains the sensitivity of protein structure to chemical and physical denaturation encountered during delivery and storage. Even though these proteins are useful, the dosing of these proteins is very often difficult because they have a very short blood serum half-life. Thus, a method was developed for crystallization of a rh-GCSF in order to provide the first step in developing its sustained release stable dosage form. This will result in a formulation in which the rh-GCSF is continuously released into the blood stream so that its serum concentration reaches a plateau and remains at that level for a considerable period of time and the protein remains in an undenatured state. The process of crystallization involved the determination of the solubility of rh-GCSF, and optimizing crystallization conditions using salt as crystallizing agent. The purity of the crystals so formed was determined and a successful lab scale procedure was developed for obtaining rh-GCSF crystals. Part 4: Filtration as a separation technique: The purpose of this study is twofold, firstly to introduce a methodology for equipment selection and secondly to describe the principal features of Filter Design Software (FDS) using a case study. With respect to the former, a technique for preliminary equipment selection is presented and it is shown how an equipment list can be ranked to help further selection considerations. Descriptions of FDS illustrate how equipment selection and data analysis procedures can be combined using computer software. Research Scholar: Sanjay B. Pawar Title: STUDIES IN ADVANCED DRYING SYSTEMS Part 1: Infrared Drying of Specialty Chemicals Infrared drying is becoming an important source of heat treatment in the chemical, food and allied industries because of advantages such as equipment compactness, fast transient response, significant energy saving and easy accommodation with convective, conductive and microwave heating. Infrared radiation can be divided into three different categories, namely, near-infrared (NIR), mid-infrared (MID) and far-infrared (FIR) radiation and that depends on temperature of the source Various aspects of industrial infrared drying systems are outlined on the basis of radiator types and its selection, irradiation intensity, radiation properties of radiator as well as food / non-food materials. IR drying of organic pigments was carried out to study the effect of heat density on the drying kinetics, color intensity and hue and other physical properties. A comparison was made with the conventional drying techniques. Part 2: Application of Penetration Theory to Design the Agitated Thin Film Dryer The design of scraped surface device is difficult both mechanical and process engineering of view. The process design of scraped surface heat exchanger (SSHE) is well described in the literature. Hence, the flow pattern and heat transfer studies of SSHE are considered here to describe the flow pattern in agitated thin film evaporator (ATFE) and further in agitated thin film dryer (ATFD). Accordingly, the flow pattern and heat transfer in SSHE has been reviewed to envisage the operational behavior of scraped surface device.

The applicability of penetration theory for heat transfer in scraped surface geometry can only be approved only when its assumptions fit to the flow behavior in that geometry. The assumptions of penetration theory are quite realistic in case of the wiped thin film flow rather than the full liquid flow in SSHE. Furthermore, the empirical correlations derived by various authors for SSHE and ATFE have been applied to model the ATFD besides the penetration theory. Moreover, the present work describes the basic flow patterns in the agitated thin film dryer in terms of bow wave and its transformation along the length. Part 3: Mathematical Modeling of Agitated Thin Film Dryer Agitated thin film dryer (ATFD) is used to produce the dry free flowing powder from slurry/solution type feed and widely implemented in pharmaceutical, chemical, and food industries. The feed passes through the ATFD in several forms such as solution / slurry and successively becomes paste, wet powder and dry powder. Agitated thin film dryer is modeled considering the stage wise behavior of feed while passing through the dryer. The flow of feed in the ATFD undergoes helical path (combination of rotational velocity imparted by agitator/blade and axial velocity of feed) while flowing through the annular part of the dryer. The ATFD is described stagewise and the parameters such as physical properties, scraped surface heat transfer coefficient, evaporation rate (drying rate) are derived using stepwise model equations. The penetration theory is modeled to obtain the scraped side heat transfer coefficient. The model equations were solved using MATLAB 7 and the obtained simulated drying rate consequently validated with the experimental values.

Research Scholar: K.N.Shobha Title: ORGANIC REACTIONS IN AQUEOUS PHASE Water plays an essential role in life processes. However, its use as a solvent has been limited in organic synthesis, despite the fact that it is the cheapest, safest and most non-toxic solvent in the world. The use of water as a medium for organic reactions is therefore, one of the important challenges for modern organic chemists. Hydrolysis, oxidation and polymerization are some of the water based reactions explored in the present work. Extraction of Aleuritic acid from seedlac and purification by adsorption on functionalized polymers: Aleuritic acid, an important constituent of lac, has been successfully extracted by alkaline hydrolysis of seedlac. The reaction has been optimized in terms of alkali concentration and temperature. The reaction kinetics has been explained mathematically by developing a model for the process. 94% aleuritic acid has been recovered by the hydrolysis of seedlac. The purification of acid has been done using functionalized polymers. Synthesis of 9, 10 dioxo-16 hydroxyl hexadecanoic acid in aqueous hydrotropic solution: Aleuritic acid has been converted into 9, 10 dioxo-16 hydroxyl hexadecanoic acid in hydrotropic medium using NBS as the reagent, without causing changes in the other functionalities in the molecule. The reaction has been studied with varying hydrotropic concentrations and reaction temperatures. A novel approach to the synthesis of Isoamb rettolide:

Aleuritic acid obtained by the hydrolysis of seedlac has been converted into 16-hydroxy hexa-9-decenoic acid using triethylorthoformate. This acid has been converted to isoambrettolide, a macrocyclic lactone by activation of terminal alcohol group using different aromatic sulpholyl chlorides as reagents and different catalysts. Synthesis of Curcumin Derivatives to be used as Conducting Polymers and Photosensitive Dyes: Considering abundance of solar energy and scope of trapping this energy for useful applications, dye sensitised solar cells have been made by using curcumin and its derivatives. Curcumin extracted from turmeric powder was subjected to polymerization using formaldehyde and different base catalysts in water and the reaction conditions have been optimized. It was discovered that these compounds could act as photosensitive dyes and they were electrically conducting as well. Molecular modeling studies: Molecular modelling is a collective term that refers to theoretical methods and computational techniques to model the behaviour of atoms, ions and molecules. Validation of the system was done using various crown ethers, with alkali metal ions. The preorganization of the crown molecule towards the metal ion is one of the most important strategies to increase complexing ability and selectivity. Molecular modelling was used to design and develop new ligands for extraction of heavy metal ions like Sr2+and Cs2+ion. The MM and QM calculations have been adopted to screen different groups on central donor/acceptor atoms of crown ether to check the suitability of the newly designed molecule towards the metal ions. Dibenzo 18 crown 6 was effectively synthesized and loaded on polystyrene matrix.

New application of highly pure lactic acid for preparation of polymer Development of alternative green route for the preparation of pure lactic esters from alkali metal lactates using carbon dioxide.

Salient features of the research work: A new lactobacillus based strain has been developed for production of calcium lactate. A novel continuous autocatalytic, cost effective, ecofriendly and a promising process for the recovery of high quality lactic acid was developed. No need for separation and regeneration of catalyst. The purity of lactic acid obtained in the pilot plant was more than 99.90%. Highly pure lactic acid was successfully used for various applications like food additives, film and fiber (as a packing material for biodegradable and non-toxic applications). A novel green and a promising process for the synthesis of pure lactate esters and pure lactic acid has been developed Research Scholar: Mayur J. Sathe Title: DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND CFD SIMULATIONS OF MULTIPHASE DISPERSIONS Multiphase dispersions are commonly encountered in many real life and industrial problems when two or more phases are contacted for a variety of reason including reaction and separations. The research work involved development of novel measurement techniques to get deeper understanding of transport phenomena in multiphase dispersion. The hydrodynamics of gas-liquid, liquid-liquid and solid-liquid dispersions was studied with state of the art fluid flow measuring equipment. The following areas have been explored in the current work. Experimental Investigation of Multiphase flows The advanced techniques of experimental fluid dynamics were extended for their application to multiphase flows. Particle Image Velocimetry has been used along with Laser induced fluorescence and shadow imaging to extend its applicability to bubbly flows. Laser Induced Fluorescence has been applied to study liquid-liquid dispersion in annular centrifugal extractor with refractive index matched liquids were used to get drop size, shape, dispersed phase hold-up along with the velocity field. In house electronics has been developed for conductivity probes and pressure sensor arrays. These techniques have been employed in bubble column to discern the mean velocity, energy spectrum, and bubble size. Endoscope along with high speed camera was employed to measure bubble size and velocity measurement inside cylindrical column without the restriction of column diameter or transparent wall. Beside bubble column, a variety of equipments were studied using the above mentioned techniques like annular centrifugal extractor, jet loop reactor, direct contact steam condensation, pool boiling of water, and solid liquid fluidized beds. Data Processing Special data and image processing routines were developed in order to extract the maximum flow information. The advanced techniques like wavelet transform based denoising were applied to the time series recorded by instruments like LDA, pressure probes, HFA and conductivity probes. It has also been applied to the velocity field acquired using PIV. Wavelet transform was employed to extract the length scales and shapes of the flow structures from PIV images. Elaborate image

Research Scholar: Prashant P. Barve Title: STUDIES IN DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING AND SEPARATION OF LACTIC ACID Lactic acid, a naturally occurring multifunctional organic acid, is a valuable industrial chemical used as an acidulant, preservative in the food industry, pharmaceutical, leather, and textile industries, as well as a chemical feedstock. One of the most promising applications of lactic acid is its use for biodegradable and biocompatible lactate polymers, such as polylactic acid. Lactic acid of higher purity or without certain impurities is required for polymerization. The possibility of producing a high volume of inexpensive lactic acid also has lead to research using lactic acid as an alternative feedstock for the production of many speciality and commodity chemicals such as acrylic acid, propionic acid, 2,3- pentanedione, pyruvic acid and propylene glycol. Purification of dilute lactic acid obtained from bacterial fermentation is difficult due to its low vapor pressure, tendency to undergo self-esterification, and the presence of troublesome impurities. The aim of the present study is purification of lactic acid from fermentation broth using trickle bed reactor with autocatalytic process. Another objective of this work is to develop an alternative green route for the preparation of lactic acid and alkyl esters. The work was divided in following parts: Fermentation of sugar cane juice to calcium lactate with new strain. Development of cost effective process for manufacturing of polymer grade lactic acid. Scale-up & demonstration of lactic acid synthesis process at 1 kg/hr.

processing routines were developed to characterize the dispersed phase characteristics like its shape and size along with the trajectory of the particles in the flow field. Effect of Turbulence on Rise Characteristics of the Bubbles The modification of rise velocity of bubbles in presence of free stream turbulence and different surfactant concentration has been studied. The nearly isotropic turbulence was generated by two oscilating grids. The bubble trajectories and 3-D liquid velocity field were recorded by using a high speed camera and stereo PIV. The shape oscillations of the bubbles were also quantified using image processing. Experiments reveal that the change induced in the bubble shape by the turbulence as well as the surfactant concentration is vital in determining the rise velocity. LES Simulation of Rectangular Bubble Column Large eddy simulation (with CFX 11.0) has been carried out for rectangular bubble column. Along with the mean velocity and gas hold-up profiles, the instantaneous, three dimensional snapshots of velocity field obtained from LES were subjected to filter banks to quantify the flow structures of different sizes. Research Scholar: Leena Devendra Title: Development of Novel Extraction and Purification Techniques for some Natural Products Natural products have been widely used in folk medicine, perfume, food, flavors, dyes and pesticides. They have been explored for their potential as starting products for high value fine chemicals. Due to increasing use of natural products in every field, the research has unlimited scope for exploration. Microwave assisted extraction of forskolin: Forskolin was extracted from coleus forskholii roots using organic solvents. The extraction process was studied kinetically. The kinetic data obtained from the extraction process was fitted in solid liquid diffusion model; diffusion coefficient values thereby obtained were compared. The effect of time of irradiation, power level and water soaking of the raw material prior to irradiation on the rate of extraction were studied. Percentage extraction and purity was compared for variable parameter. Purification of forskolin using diethanolamine loaded polymer: Molecular modelling is a collective term that refers to theoretical methods and computational techniques to model the behavior of atoms, ions and molecules. Molecular modeling approach was taken to design a specific adsorbent for selective adsorption of forskolin analogues from the complex extract. The purification of forskolin was carried out by selective adsorption of forskolin analogues on diethanolamine loaded polymer. Continuous column studies were carried out on diethanolamine loaded polymer using acetonitrile and methanol as solvents. Design and synthesis of sulphanilic acid/anthranilic acid based ligand selective for forskolin: Ligands selective for forskolin have been designed on the basis of its two point attachments with forskolin, so as to have desired selectivity. Batch equilibrium studies were carried out in different solvents to evaluate the adsorption capacity of forskolin on the respective ligand loaded polymer. The adsorption data was fitted in Frendulich adsorption isotherm and Frendulich adsorption parameters were evaluated. Dynamic adsorption and desorption experiments were

conducted to establish the optimum parameters for the purification process using ligand loaded polymer. Experimental verification of the selectivity of the ligand towards forskolin was successfully achieved. Hydrotropic solubilization and recovery using sodium cinnamate as hydrotrope: Sodium cinnamate was used as photoswitchable hydrotrope for the solubilization of various solutes like cinnamic acid, aspartic acid, curcumin, thymol, and benzocaine. Solubilization of the curcumin, aspartic acid, thymol, and benzocaine were studied in different concentrations of sodium cinnamate as a function of temperature. Recovery of the solute from the sodium cinnamate solution was carried out under UV-irradiation without dilution. Extraction of forskolin and curcumin from their respective raw materials was studied kinetically and the materials recovered under UV irradiation were compared for percentage extraction and purity. Research Scholar: Anil R. Patil Title: EXTRACTION, RECOVERY AND PURIFICATION OF NATURAL PRODUCTS The term natural products spans an extremely large and diverse range of chemical compounds derived and isolated from biological sources. Our interest in natural products can be traced back thousands of years for their usefulness to humankind, and this continues to the present day. Compounds and extracts derived from the plants have found uses in medicine, agriculture, cosmetics, and food in ancient and modern societies around the world. Purification and Recovery of Curcuminoids from Curcuma-longa Extract by Reactive Sorption using Polymeric Adsorbent carrying Tertiary Amine functional group: A novel reactive sorption method has been devised for purification of curcuminoids from a complex multi-component turmeric extract using a weakly basic polymer as a selective adsorbent. The experimental results are further supported by molecular simulation to quantify the specific interactions of curcumins with tertiary amine group of the adsorbent in presence of organic solvents of different polarity. Batch equilibrium studies were conducted to determine the maximum adsorption capacity of curcumin on the polymeric adsorbent. Equilibrium data was fitted in Langmuir model and Langmuir parameters were evaluated. Continuous column studies were carried out on the polymeric adsorbent using methanol as solvent. Ultrasound technique was used to enhance the desorption. Purification of Artemisinine from Artemisia annua extract by Adsorptive Separation on functionalized Polymer bearing specific ligand designed by Molecular simulation: Molecular modeling approach was taken to design a specific adsorbent for selective adsorption of artemisinine from the complex extract. Different ligands were loaded on suitable polymer support for adsorption. Batch equilibrium data of pure artemisinine was fitted in freundlich adsorption model and parameters were obtained. Dynamic adsorption and desorption experiments were carried out on the ligand loaded polymer, using methanol for adsorption and ethyl acetate as a desorbent. The adsorption data of various ligands were compared. Basic functionalized polymer was used for removal of acidic impurities for further purification. Supercritical Carbon dioxide Extraction of Thymol from Trachyspermum ammi:

The solubility of thymol in supercritical CO2at different temperature (33-530c), different pressure (10-30MPa) were investigated. Supercritical fluid extraction of thymol was carried out from Trachyspermum ammi seeds and optimization for different parameters like pressure, temperature, flow rates of COof raw material. Hydrotropic Solubilization of Benzocaine: Hydrotropes at higher concentrations enhances the solubility of water-insoluble or sparingly soluble compounds such as benzocaine which is a local anesthetic. It was observed that the solubility of benzocaine increased with temperature (303K333K) and concentration of hydrotropes (0.2-2.5mol/dm3, and particle size) in the following manner K-benzoate < Nabenzoate < Na-CS< Na-salicylate < Na-ibuprofen < Na-salt of PABA at room temperature as well as at higher temperatures. The solubility data was fitted in modified association model. Research Scholar: Chaitali Das Title: METABOLIC ANALYSIS OF BIOETHANOL FERMENTATION Bioethanol derived from renewable biomass has emerged as a major contender expected to replace liquid petroleum fuel. Lignocellulosic biomass (LBM) derived from agriculture and forestry wastes have the potential to truly become renewable source of bioethanol. It also prevents highly unfavorable proposition of diverting huge chunk of cultivable landmass to energy production at the expense of food production. For an economical production of ethanol from LBMs there is a need to utilize all of the present sugars and achieve high yields. Present work involves optimization and improvement and metabolic analysis of ethanol fermentation from different sugar streams. Optimization and improvement of bioethanol production from hexose sugars While hexose fermentation is the most widely studied fermentation process, there are several bottlenecks that remain to be tackled in order to arrive at more cost effective ethanol production. In addition to a high yield in fermentation, it is desirable to achieve high productivity. A strain of Saccharomyces sp was isolated from a consortium of bakers yeast and subsequently enriched and improved using random mutagenesis to successfully ferment high concentrations of hexose sugars without loss of any yields. The production of ethanol from glucose has been optimized under conditions of growth such as pH, temperature and nitrogen source. The values of yield (0.48 g/g) and productivity (2 2.2 g/L/hr) are similar to those that have been achieved industrially at the batch-scale level from as high as 200 g/L of sugar. Improvement, optimization and metabolic analysis of bioethanol production from pentose sugars The natural xylose fermenting yeasts such as Pichia stipitis, Pachysolen tannophilus, have slow fermentation rates, low ethanol tolerance, produce xylitol as byproduct and utilize ethanol even in presence of xylose. Genetic development of xylose fermenting organisms has proceeded by selecting improved mutants, creating hybrids, and genetic engineering for new traits. Our approach has been to improve the existing pentose fermenters in terms of their yield and productivity and to make the fermentation system robust. Strains of Pichia stipitis and Pachysolen tannophilus were subjected to random mutagenesis with an aim to increase efficiency of conversion of xylose to ethanol. Mutants of Pichia stipitis showed improved ethanol yields with marginal reduction of specific growth rate (). In comparison to wild type, the strain was observed to be effective at higher concentrations of xylose. The

internal and external metabolites of the wild type and mutant strain were analyzed to improve the overall process by identifying critical reactions. Optimal parameters applied to 5 L fermenter scale resulted in 80 % of theoretical ethanol yield (productivity = 0.66g/L/hr) with 140 g/l of xylose. Co-fermentation of lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysate using coculture of improved ethanologenic microbes The LBM hydrolysates contain a mixture of hexose and pentose sugars. There is no co-fermentation system mentioned in literature that successfully ferments LBM hydrolysates. A prerequisite for a successful coculture is that the optimal fermentation conditions for both microorganisms coincide. The main objective in using a coculture was to use the most efficient microorganisms for hexose and pentose fermentations. The improved ethanologenic microorganisms developed in part I and II of this work were used to ferment mixture of pure sugars. The coculture conditions were also optimized to ferment rice straw hydrolysate of varying sugar concentrations with consistent yields. The coculture system successfully fermented rice straw hydrolysate (71.9 g/l glucose+ 28.1 g/l xylose) with 78% of theoretical ethanol yield and productivity of 0.83g/L/hr. Research Scholar: Pravin Konde Title: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ENZYME BIOCATALYST FOR ORGANIC TRANSFORMATIONS The increasing acceptance of enzymes for organic synthesis is a result of the quest for elegant catalysts to be used in mild reaction conditions with an excellent enantio- and regioselectivity. This has resulted in enzymes being used increasingly for organic reactions. However, the enzymes need careful considerations and optimization for incorporation into any chemical reaction. Present work aims at designing reaction parameters using specific enzymes for organic synthesis both in aqueous and organic media. Oxidoreductases and hydrolases were selected as model enzyme systems for synthesis of catechols and estolide, respectively. Production of catechols The study involved use of mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) tyrosinase to catalyze hydroxylation of monophenols such as pcresol to 4-methylcatechol. The bottleneck in the reaction is rapid assimilation of 4methyl catechol to form quinones that immediately polymerise, thereby lowering the overall yields of the reaction. The use of antioxidants, as ascorbic acid in the reaction was evaluated and was found to be promising. Complete conversion of p-cresol to 4-methylcatechol by soluble tyrosinase was observed in presence of ascorbic acid. Both soluble and immobilized tyrosinase were studied for optimizing p-cresol transformation to 4-methylcatechol. Integrated production of catechols and gluconic acid The consumption of ascorbic acid for the above reaction increased overall cost of the process. Therefore attempt has been made to couple enzymatic conversion of glucose and pcresol to gluconic acid and 4methylcatechol respectively. Glucose oxidase, in the absence of oxygen, can use quinone and convert it to 4-methyl catechol simultaneously oxidising glucose to gluconic acid. Immobilized reactors of Glucose oxidase and Tyrosinase were studied as standalone and integrated systems. Absence of hydrogen peroxide formation coupled with utilization of quinone increased operational life of both the enzymes. The choice of reactor design, reaction medium, and oxygen control along with residence time of reactants were observed to be crucial for optimal conversions. An inert atmosphere in Glucose oxidase bubble column

improved the operational stability and continuous product formation for the integrated system. Estolide synthesis using lipases Polyricinoleate (PRA), an estolide with commercial applications in food industry, is obtained by inter-esterification of ricinoleic acid either by acid or enzyme. Condensation to polyricinoleate by immobilized lipase was largely governed by the efficiency of controlled water environment in the reaction media. Efficient water removal strategies were studied by employing molecular sieves for water adsorption and also performing the reaction under vacuum. These two strategies resulted in PRA with an acid value =50. Under optimal conditions, packed bed immobilized lipase reactor yielded product with an acid value of 35 in 70 hours, with molecular sieves. In case of reactions using vacuum for water removal, rate of reaction was found to be low due to mass transfer constraint in absence of any solvent. Further studies to increase the economic viability of the reaction are being carried out. Research Scholar: Manish M. Shinde Title:STUDIES ON RATE AND/ OR SELECTIVITY ENH ANCEMENT OF ORGANIC REACTIONS: ROLE OF SURFACTANT MEDIA. In recent years, water has been increasingly used as a medium for many organic reactions. This is mainly because unlike organic solvents, the aqueous medium is less expensive, less dangerous and environment friendly. The potential of aqueous surfactant solutions as a replacement for organic solvents is very promising because micellacatalysis has been shown to be applicable to reactions that are important in chemical industries. The objective of the present investigation is to study the role of surfactant solution as reaction medium for the rate enhancement various industrially important organic reactions. The effect of various reaction parameters such as type of surfactant, concentration of su rfactant, temperature etc. on the rates of organic reactions was also studied. The Heck reaction of iodobezene with styrene was carried out in water using Pd/C as catalyst and surfactant as additives. The effect of various cationic and anionic surfactants on the activity of Pd/C in water for Heck reaction was studied. The reaction was found to be catalyzed by cationic surfactants only. The effect of surfactant concentration, different bases, reaction time and temperature on conversion was studied. The results will be compared with previou-sly reported results on alternative media for Heck reaction using Pd/C. A reasonable mechanism for mass transfer and catalysis of the reaction is proposed.Encouraged with these results we studied different types of Suzuki and Sonogashira reactions in aqueous surfactant media using a heterogeneous catalyst . The effect of surfactant concentration , different bases, reaction time and temperature on conversion was also studied Research Scholar : Payal A. Chandan Title: WASTE MINIMIZATION STRATEGIES USING NOVEL CATALYSIS AND GREEN CHEMISTRY Catalysis can serve as an integral green processing tool, ensuring lower operating pressures/temperatures with a reduction in energy requirements while providing alternative cleaner synthetic route and facilitating waste conversion to useful material. The widespread utilization by industry of catalytic processes reflects the economic and environmental benefits achieved through catalysis. The increasing production

of glycerol and growth of bio- diesel plants has resulted in an abundant supply of glycerol leading to a price decline. Utilization of glycerol is a part of the global challenge aiming at the production of marketable chemicals via the catalytic transformations. So it was thought beneficial to synthesize catalysts and to find their potential applications in reactions of industrial relevance. PartA. Synthesis of catalysts Novel solid base catalysts (CHT-HMS and K-ZrO2), solid acid catalyst (DTP-HMS) and redox catalysts (Ag-OMS, Pd- OMS, Cu-Ag-OMS and Pd-Ag-OMS) have been synthesize successfully and screened for the reactions. These catalysts are characterized by various techniques like FT-IR, SEM, EDAX, XRD, TPD-TPR, Surface area and pore size analysis. Their characterizations are correlated with catalytic activity exhibited by them in different reactions. Part B.:Conversion of glycerol to value added products Transesterification of glycerol to glycerol carbonate using CHT-HMS catalyst Glycerol carbonate is a relatively new material in the chemical industry, but one that could offer some interesting opportunities, as it can be prepared directly and in high yield from glycerol. CHT-HMS as a solid base catalyst for the conversion of glycerol to glycerol carbonate has been developed Direct Conversion of glycerol to glycidol using K-ZrO2 catalyst Glycidol and related chiral epoxides has applications in pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals and epoxy resins. A simple catalytic process for production of glycidol was developed directly from glycidol which leads under mild reaction conditions. Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol using OMS based catalysts A systematic study has been conducted to evaluate the effects of operating conditions on glycerol hydrogenolysis to propanediol. Kinetics of etherification of glycerol with 1-phenylethanol using solid acid catalyst Monoalkyl glyceryl ether (MAGE) was synthesized using solid acid catalyst. The effects of various reaction parameters were evaluated and a second order rate equation for the reaction mechanism is developed. Part C. Catalytic organic reactions Synthesis of diarylnaphthylmethane using solid acid catalyst Diarylnapthylmethane and its derivatives have applications as drug intermediate. It was synthesized by a simple process from 2-naphthol and benzhydrol using heterogeneous solid acid catalyst. All the reaction parameters like speed of agitation, catalyst loading, mole ratio and temperature were optimized. Pd-OMS catalysed Suzuki coupling reaction The Suzuki cross coupling reaction is an extremely versatile methodology for generation of carbon-carbon bonds. A heterogeneous reusable Pd-OMS catalyst has been developed for the reaction. Kinetics of N-benzybenzamide synthesized via Ritter reaction Reaction of benzyl alcohol with benzonitrile over solid acid catalyst was studied. Reaction mechanism and kinetic model was developed for the reaction and activation energy was calculated.

Research Scholar : Ashwini B. Nirukhe Title: INSIGHT INTO HYDROGEN PRODUCTION BY INORGANIC CYCLE AND ITS STORAGE ON NANOMATERIALS Hydrogen economy has gained considerable importance due to the intimidating prospect of an emerging energy network, which will provide clean and viable energy solutions. Hydrogen production, storage and distribution are a globally pursued but challenging area of research. Hydrogen demand is increasing, but there are few options for affordable hydrogen production free of greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen production by water splitting thermochemical cycle is a clean method and an environmentally attractive means to produce hydrogen which accomplishes the decomposition of water into hydrogen and oxygen via chemical reactions. Among various promising cycles, Cu-Cl cycle has the option of producing hydrogen gas at a very low temperature, which is very encouraging. 1. Kinetics of hydrolysis of copper chloride The study of non-catalytic reaction of cupric chloride particles with superheated steam was studied as a part of CopperChlorine (Cu-Cl) water splitting thermochemical cycle. A study of different parameters was performed to determine the effect of molar ratio of steam to cupric chloride, temperature of superheated steam, flowrate of nitrogen and reaction temperature. The solid product of the reaction was characterized by different techniques. 2. Decomposition kinetics of copper chloride The decomposition study of cupric chloride particles has been studied. A parametric study has been performed to determine the effect of flowrate of nitrogen, reaction temperature and reaction time. 3. Kinetics of oxygen generation reaction by chlorination of copper oxide The chlorination of copper oxide was studied and the effects of different parameters are examined including flow rate of chlorine, mole ratio of copper oxide to chlorine, flow rate of nitrogen. The rates of reactions were measured at different reaction temperature. 4. Decomposition kinetics of copper oxychloride The decomposition study of copper oxychloride particles was studied. A parametric study has been performed to determine the effect of flow rate of nitrogen, reaction temperature and reaction time. 5. Energy and exergy analyses of the reactions involved in Copper-Chlorine Cycle A comprehensive thermodynamic analysis, incorporating energy and exergy analyses of reactions involved in a CuCl thermochemical cycle for hydrogen production is performed. 6. Synthesis and characterization of carbon nanomaterials Carbon nanospheres were synthesized by a two-step polymerization of furfuryl alcohol, followed by retrieval of polyfurfuryl alcohol spheres, drying and carbonization. Research Scholar : Jyoti Sontakke Title: ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS FOR SYNTHESI S AND SEPARATION OF CHIRAL COMPOUNDS The aim of the present work was to investigate the lipase catalyzed kinetic resolution of different racemic compounds of pharmaceutical and fine chemical interest. Effect of microwave heating on lipase kinetics, mechanism including kinetic modeling has been studied. Statistical Methods were used for optimization of reaction parameters. 1. Kinetic resolution of ()-1-phenylethanol over Candida antartica lipase: Optimization by Response Surface Methodology

Response surface methodology (RSM) and four-factor-fivelevel central composite rotatable design (CCRD) were employed for optimization of reaction parameters. 2. Lipase catalyzed kinetic resolution of ()-2-pentanol using vinyl acetate as an acyl donor S-2-pentanol is a chiral intermediate in the synthesis of several potential anti-alzheimers drugs that inhibit -amyloid peptide release and/or its synthesis. The present work focuses on kinetic resolution of ()-2-pentanol using vinyl acetate as an acyl donor. 3. Optimization and kinetic modeling of lipase catalyzed kinetic resolution of (R,S)-2-octanol using vinyl acetate as an acyl donor. Chiral 2-octanol is one of the most important building blocks for the preparation of liquid crystal materials. Optimization of reaction parameters and kinetic modeling has been done. 4. Microwave irradiated lipase catalyzed enatioselective acetylation of ()-1- phenylethylamine R-stereopreference of lipase was analyzed in details from the aspects of enzymatic kinetic mechanism and reaction activation energy of both enantiomers. Renewable energy sources are now being considered as an attractive solution to the energy problem of both industrialized and developing countries. In this regard, following work has been carried out. 1. Conversion of waste pinewood into bio-oil under supercritical water Bio-oil can be used as commodity chemical and its properties are comparable to conventional fossil fuels. 2. Optimization of biodiesel production from canola oil over Candida antartica lipase using Response Surface Methodology Research Scholar : Prakash S. Parhad Title: FUNDAMENTALS OF HYDROGEN PRODUCTION USING CU-CL CYCLE Hydrogen has been proposed as a means to reduce greenhouse gases and other harmful emissions, satisfying the need of efficient, sustainable, non-polluting source of energy. Hydrogen has a potential as a clean energy fuel and an ideal energy carrier that helps to increase energy diversity and security by reducing dependence on hydrocarbon based fuels. The major perspective of the research carried out was to investigate thermodynamic and experimental aspects of Cu-Cl cycle. The steps studied to meet this objective are 1) complete proof-of-principle experiments for hydrogen generation reaction that demonstrate high yields; 2) complete proof-ofprinciple experiments for the electrolysis reactions; and 3) develop a conceptual process design. Studies of hydrogen generation reaction Hydrogen generation reaction was carried out using liquid HCl and dry HCl gas independently. Copper particles react with aqueous HCl at low temperature but the kinetics of the reaction is very slow with low conversion of copper particles. In the study with dry HCl gas the conversion of copper particle was almost complete. The parameters were studied are temperatures, nitrogen flow rate, molar ratio of HCl: Cu powder and particle size of copper powder used. Studies of electrochemical reaction Electrochemical reaction is the bottle neck reaction of Cu-Cl cycle. Design and fabrication of electrochemical cell was done followed by experimental work. The main aim of study of electrochemical reaction was high yield of copper and cupric chloride, low energy consumption and fine particle size of copper obtained in cathode side. The parameters studied in batch electrochemical cell are (1) area ratio of anode to

cathode, (2) distance between electrodes, (3) HCl concentration, (4) voltage, (5) membrane, (6) flow of electrolyte, (7) molar concentration of CuCl (8) different geometry of electrodes, (9) molar concentration of CuCl2, (10) reaction time, (11) reaction temperature and (12) tapping time of cathode. For the continuous process new plug flow type electrochemical cell was developed. Drying of cupric chloride Drying of CuCl2 solution is crucial, to generate particles that are subsequently reacted to produce copper oxide and hydrogen chloride (HCl) gas and hydrogen afterward. Drying of CuCl2 solution was carried out in a spray dryer. Research Scholar : P.R.Sowbna Title: INSIGHT INTO MULTIPHASE REACTIONS USING CATALYSIS, MICROMODELS AND MICROWAVES Phase transfer catalysis(PTC) is a powerful technique for conducting heterogeneous reactions and has been applied to over 700 industrial processes. Liquid- Liquid- Liquid PTC (LL-L PTC) is most advantageous leading to not only the intensification of reaction rates but also better selectivity. Waste minimization principle was applied to reactions using LL-L PTC. Microwave technology is a novel approach towards clean and green chemistry. The fundamental understanding of PTC on microscopic scale will greatly assist in developing better catalysts and processes. Synthesis of Mandelic acid from benzaldehyde Mandelic acid is an important ingredient in urinary antiseptic medicines. Further, its cosmeceutical and antibacterial activities make it a product of considerable commercial significance. The various reaction parameters were optimized. The mechanism and kinetics of this reaction were studied. Mathematical model accounting for the observed rate was proposed.

Process modeling and simulation of mandelic acid from benzaldehyde A generalized theoretical model was derived in case of L-L-L PTC dispersion and chemical reaction for synthesis of mandelic acid from benzaldehyde. Dynamics of dispersion with chemical reaction in a stirred tank batch reactor was studied for L-L-L PTC for the conversion of benzaldehyde to mandelic acid using the frame work of population balances, which was solved using Monte Carlo simulation method. Synthesis of Benzyl thiocyanate Benzyl thiocyanate has wide application as insecticide, biocides etc. Optimised the various reaction parameters under conventional heating and microwave irradiation.. The mechanism and kinetics of this reaction microwave irradiation were studied. The mathematical model was proposed. Synthesis of 4-benzyloxy propiophenone 4-benzyloxy propiophenone is an important drug intermediate for the production of drugs like Ifenprodil, Buphenine. The various reaction parameters were optimized. The mechanism and kinetics of this reaction were studied. Mathematical model accounting for the observed rates was proposed. Fundamental understanding of L-L-L PTC using microreactor 1-methoxy -4-[2-propenyl oxy] benzene and is a valuable perfume, which is synthesized by O-alkylation of p-methoxy phenol with allyl bromide using microreactor associated with membranes, where both reaction and separation of the three phases occur. The process variables were optimized and mathematical model was developed. By varying the process parameters selectively, the C-alkylation of p-methoxy phenol with allyl bromide was studied using the microreactor.

List of all equipments in Chemical Engineering department

Gas Chromatograph systems (GC) HPCL systems with PDS, UV-Vis, ELSD detectors HPTLC Supercritical Extraction System TOC Analyzers (ANATOC series II Advanced version) GC-MS LC-MS Image Analysis System UV-vis Spectrophotometers FTIR Fluorescence Spectrophotometers Time resolved Fluorescence Spectrophotometer Polarizing Microscope (BX51 P Infinity corrected trinocular) High Precision densitymeter Reaction Calorimeter Differential Scanning Calorimeter Ion Chromatography Scanning electron microscope Atomic force microscopy Autoclaves and related system Liquid Nitrogen Plant Particle Image Velocimetry Laser Doppler Anemometry System Hot film Anemometer Ultrasound Doppler Anemometer Tracking HPGeGamma Ray Spectrometer Contact Angle Measurement System Semi-preparative automated liquid chromatography system UV Visible spectrophotometer Digital Video Recorder (DVR)system, IR camera Olympus Camera TEM JEOL JEM 2100 TEM Bruker XRD Agilent Nano LC Capillary Electrophoresis