Advances in Chemical, Bio and Environmental Engineering

Dr. Jatinder Kumar Ratan is currently working as Associate Professor in Department of Chemical Engineering, and Associate Dean (Faculty Welfare) at Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar-144011 (India)—An Institute of National Importance of Government of India. He is a gold medalist in Master of Technology (Chemical Engineering) and holds a Ph.D. degree in the field of photocatalysis. He has almost twenty years of research and teaching experience both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research areas are applied photocatalysis, pollution abatement and computational fluid dynamics. During his academic career, he has published as many as 40 research articles in reputed journals, covering the contemporary developments in applied photocatalysis. He has almost 60 publications to his credit in national and international conferences. In addition, he has authored two books with reputed international publishers, besides three book chapters on different aspects of chemical engineering. He has been granted three IPRs (one Patent; one Design; one Copyright), and two more patents are in pipeline as of now. He has one technology transfer to his credit for manufacture of air purifier, which was launched commercially in November, 2020. He is the recipient of 'Outstanding Young Chemical Engineer' Award by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). He has been conferred with Best Teacher Award in the year 2020. He has served on various administrative positions at National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, viz. Associate Dean (Research and Consultancy), Associate Dean (Faculty Welfare), Deputy Chief Warden, Deputy Registrar (Academics), etc. He is on the editorial board of various Chemical and Environmental Engineering journals. He has also served as Guest Editor to Journal of Indian Chemical Society (Elsevier); Environment Technology and Innovations (Elsevier); Environment Science and Pollution Research (Springer); and Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering (Springer), etc.  Dr. Deepak Sahu is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar-144011 (India). He obtained Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, in the field of Chemical Process Safety and Hazard Management. He did M.Tech. from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, in Chemical Engineering with specialization in Computer-Aided Process Plant Design and B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from Jiwaji University Gwalior, MP (India).  He has about six years of experience in Research & Development and Education in India. His research interest in the field of chemical process safety, risk assessment, fire and explosion, computational fluid dynamics and waste to energy. He has published several papers and book chapters in the peer-reviewed International journal and conferences in the field of chemical process safety and fire and explosion, computational fluid dynamics. He has received Fellow of Indian Chemical Society-Kolkata (India) and also a life member of Indian Chemical Society-Kolkata (India).  Dr. Anjireddy Bhavanam is currently working as Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at NIT Jalandhar, Punjab. He obtained Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from NIT Warangal in 2015, M.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from NIT Warangal in 2009 and B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from Acharya Nagarjuna University in 2007. Prior to joining NIT Jalndhar in 2018, he was National Postdoctoral Fellow in the department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Guwahati, where he was involved in a DST-SERB NPDF project on potential reaction pathways and kinetics of catalytic co-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and waste plastics in producing value added products.  At NIT Jalandhar, his research focuses on thermochemical conversion of a variety of feedstocks such as biomass, waste plastics, refuse derived fuels (RDF), municipal solid wastes (MSW) and lignin to liquid fuels, chemicals and materials. His other areas of research includes complex reaction kinetics of biomass conversion processes, composite materials and corrosion. He has published research articles in various reputed journals like Bioresource Technology, Renewable Energy, and Fuel, etc. He has two book chapters and more than 20 conference papers. He is Reviewer of various journals like Waste Management & Research, Bioresource Technology, Energy Conversion and Management, ACS Omega and Journal of Industrial Textiles, etc. He is a life member of The Biotech Research Society, India.  Dr. Nitin Naresh Pandhare is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar-144011 (India)—An Institute of National Importance ofGovernment of India. He did his masters from IIT Kharagpur and Ph.D. from IIT Roorkee in the field of chemical engineering. His research areas are heterogeneous catalysis, biomass conversion to value added products and pollution abatement. He is having an extensive knowledge of handling of high-pressure batch reactor and continuous flow reactor unit. He is familiar with various analytical instruments like UV-VIS spectroscopy, gas chromatography (GC), GCMS, micromeritics pulse chemisorb 2720 equipment (BET, TPR, TPD, TPO, chemisorptions study), micromeritics ASAP 2020 equipment (catalyst surface area, porosity, pore volume and pore size measurement), FTIR, XRD, SEM, TEM, TGA and ICP-MS. He has delivered expert talk in various national and international conferences and published research articles in various reputed journals like Fuels, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Organic Processes Research and Development, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Energy and fuels, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis etc. He is Reviewer of various journals like International Journal of Chemical Kinetics, Review in Environmental Science and Biotechnology, etc. Beside that he has been granted an IPR—“Copper-zinc-magnesium catalyst for highly selective conversion of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol in liquid phase”.

• Review on synthesis of iron doped TiO2 nanoparticles.- Microbial degradation of conventional polyethylene waste: current status and future prospective.- Biological and thermochemical strategies for building biorefinery platform.- Advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment: perspective through nanomaterials.- Coal gasification in a circulating fluidized bed.- Carbon sequestration and capturing technologies-a review.- Feasibility evaluation of reactive distillation process for the purification of bioethanol.- A review of alternative sustainable methods of ammonia production.- Experimental analysis of spherical five hole flow analyzer for subsonic wind tunnels.- Incident heat flux measurements with efficient plate thermometer in the fire test environment.- Comparison of experimental and simulations for esterification process for recovery of acetic acid by reactive distillation.- Development and evaluation of softcomputing models  for monatana flume aeration.- Physicochemical and pyrolysis kinetic aspects of biomass feedstocks: an overview.- Air pollution modelling for Jharia region, in India.- Kinetic studies for the esterification of propionic acid with 1-butanol process with ionic resin catalyst.- Preparation and characterization of amine modified activated carbon from corncobs for carbon dioxide capture.- Electrolyte role in electrocoagulation process for nitrates removal from groundwater.- A review on titanium dioxide based photocatalytic cement: self-cleaning cement.- A review on the valorization of biorefinery based waste lignin: exploratory potential market approach.- Chelating poly (amidoxime) and poly (hydroxamic acid) derived from co-polymers of butyl acrylate, acrylonitrile and cinnamic acid used as metal ion sorbents: a brief review.- Stabilization of expansive soil with thermal power plant waste (fly ash and coal bottom ash)- a review.- Synthesis, properties and photo catalytic application of cadmium based quantum dots: a review.- In-silico identification of potential phytochemicals against human protease activated receptor-2 (par2) involved in rheumatoid arthritis.- Crop residues: a potential bioenergy resource.- Kinetics analysis of solid state reaction for the synthesis of lithium orthosilicate.- An assessment of ghg emission reduction by using renewable energy and energy efficient processes.- Removal of fluoride using nanoparticles of Fe2O3 with Al2O3 and activated sugarcane bagasse.- In silico characterization and structural modeling of proteins involved in arsenic tolerance of hyperaccumulating fern pteris vittata.- Potential application of carbon nanotubes membranes in water and wastewater treatment: a review.- Remediation of crude oil contaminated kaolin clay.- Cost and global warming optimization through landfill reuse and integrated waste management for Kolkata.- Evaluation of abrasive wear of bio-waste based silica/carbon particulate epoxy composites.- Analysis and comparison of mechanical properties of a specimen by using FEA.- Use of multi-criteria decision-making techniques for selecting waste-to-energy technologies.- Environmental impact of application of ozone bleaching for production of pulp from agro based fibrous materials - an innovative approach.- Perception towards infection control measures among health care providers’ working in selected hospitals of Goa.- Assessment of catalytic biodiesel production: a mini-review.- Analysis of fire and explosion hazard of LPG tanker truck accident: a case study.- A review on the divergent pathways used in the purification of biodiesel.- Fenton assisted ultrafiltration for removal of cod of reactive black 5 dye from synthetic wastewater.- Synthesis of biodegradable composite films from polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)/ amla leaf fibre (ALF) for packaging application.- A critical appraisal of biomedical waste management in Uttar Pradesh.- Legacy waste characterization: bio-mining solution for landfills and resource recovery towards circularity.- Hydrogen utilisation via ammonia borane dehydrogenation and regeneration: a review.- Water conservation strategies & opportunities for sustainability of pulp & paper sector – an overview of recent trends.- Sequestering of heavy metal ions from aqueous stream by raw and modified lignocellulosic materials.- Synthesis of iron nanoparticles loaded proton exchange membrane for microbial fuel cell application.- Ferrofluids for waste-water treatment.- Thermal performance study of quarterly-divided cylindrical pin fins under natural convection.- Chitosan - derivatives, properties and applications.- Do millennial exhibit environmentally responsive consumption behaviors - a study on determinants of green purchase decision?.- Screening of organic solvents for separation of thiophene and iso-octane: density functional theory and molecular dynamic simulations.- Optimization of lactobacillus and aspergillus niger biobeads formation for the removal of reactive yellow dye from wastewater.- Fast pyrolysis of coconut coir in solar energy embedded fixed bed tubular reactor.- Study of some magnetic effects of mg substituted hexaferrite in nano range.- Eco-friendly ceramic membranes from inexpensive raw materials and their applications.- Therapeutic potential of seleno-compounds in cancer- an overview.- Photocatalytic degradation of amaranth dye from water using TiO2-BiOI nanocomposite.- Reduction of fluoride from domestic waste water by using activated  diatomaceous earth.- An inside for the treatment of tannery industry effluent.- Enrichment of anammox in sequencing batch reactor (SBR).- Overview of gel casted fused silica ceramics.- Curing of epoxy resin by using commercial amine/hydrazine and its effect on ultra violet spectrum.- An introduction to bioenergy, biofuel, and bio refining.- Optimization of extraction parameters and evaluation of functional properties of protein isolate obtained from cottonseed meal.- MOF encapsulated beads for fluoride removal from water.- Non-catalytic and catalytic co-pyrolysis of lignocellulosic-lignocellulosic waste.- Separation of congo red dye from water using AgNPs based hybrid UF membrane.- Synthesis and characterization of copper (ii) Schiff base metal complex for environmental remediation.- Environmental impact assessment of potato cultivation in northern India.- Evaluation of drugs as corrosion inhibitors for metals: a brief review.- Groundwater quality assessment by using water quality index for block abohar, district fazilka in Punjab.- Sustainable approach to biodiesel production using hydrodynamic cavitation route.- Electrochemical treatment of sulphidic spent caustic waste stream generated from petroleum refineries.- Lignin based hydrogel production and their applications.