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Prakash Biswas
Professor
prakash.biswas@ch.iitr.ac.in
+91-1332-285820
Areas of Interest
- Design and synthesis of nanostructured materials as shape and size selective catalyst for the conversion of CO2 and methane to hydrogen/synthesis gas, Synthesis of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) catalyst for hydrogen production and CO2 capturing, DFT (density functional theory) calculations for catalyst design, Conversion of CO2 to methanol/olefins, Conversion of biomass derived oxygenates to valuable chemicals and fuels, Kinetic modeling, for heterogeneous reaction, Green catalytic process
Professional Background
| From | Period | Position | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-01 | Assistant Professor | National Institute of Technology Rourkela | |
| 2009-01-01 | 6 years | Assistant Professor | IIT Roorkee |
Multiple Posts
| From | Period | Position | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-01 | Ongoing | Liaison Officer for SC/ST | IIT Roorkee |
| 2020-08-10 | Ongoing | Professor | Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| 2020-08-04 | Ongoing | Liaison Officer for SC/ST | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee |
| 2015-01-01 | Ongoing | Faculty in-charge, Instrumental analysis Laboratory | IIT Roorkee |
| 2020-08-04 | Ongoing | Associated Faculty Centre for Transportstion Systems (CTRANS), IIT Roorkee | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee |
| 2013-01-01 | Ongoing | Associated Factlty | Center of Excellence for Transportation System (CTRANS), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| 2015-12-23 | 4 years 7 months 17 days | Associate Professor | IIT Roorkee |
| 2015-01-01 | Ongoing | Faculty in-charge, UG Reaction Engineering Laboratory | IIT Roorkee |
| 2009-01-01 | Ongoing | Faculty in-charge, Engineering of Catalysis and chemical kinetics Laboratory | IIT Roorkee |
| 2018-01-01 | Ongoing | Member, Departmental administrative committee | IIT Roorkee |
| 2018-01-01 | Ongoing | Member, Departmental academic committee | IIT Roorkee |
| 2014-01-01 | 1 year | Dy. Chief Advisor | Himalayan Explorers Club, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| 2012-01-01 | 2 years | Staff advisor | Himalayan Explorer Club, IIT Roorkee |
| 2015-01-01 | Ongoing | Member, Departmental research committee | IIT Roorkee |
| 2013-01-01 | 2 years | Warden | Govind Bhawan, IIT Roorkee |
| 2015-01-01 | 3 years | Member, Departmental purchase committee | IIT Roorkee |
Educational Details
| Degree | Subject | University | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| B. Sc. (Honors) | Chemistry | University of Calcutta | 1997 |
| B.Tech. | Chemical Engineering | University of Calcutta | 2000 |
| M.Tech. | Chemical Engineering | IIT Kanpur | 2002 |
| Ph.D. | Chemical Engineering | IIT Kanpur | 2007 |
| Post doctorate fellow | Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering | University of Cincinnati Ohio USA | 2009 |
Sponsored Research Projects
| Topic | Funding Agency | Start Date | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centre of Excellence in Process Development, Wastewater management in petrochemical Industries at II | Government of India, Ministry of Chemical And Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemical | 2019-01 | Ongoing |
| First-principle design, synthesis, and characterization of nickel-ceria-zirconia catalysts for metha | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (File No. CRG/2018/002744), Department of Science & Te | 2019-01 | Ongoing |
Participation in seminars
| Name | Place | Sponsored By | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered participant in the SERC School on Modeling of Industrial Reactors". | I.I.T. Kanpur, Kanpur, India, | Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi. | 2004-01 |
| 5th Summer School on Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals | Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon, India. | Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management | 2010-01 |
| Participated in the National Symposium on "Current Trends in Materials Characterization". | Advanced Center for Materials Science, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India. | Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi | 2005-01 |
Memberships
- Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Life Member (LM-43902)
- The Institution of Engineers (India), Life Member (M-147440-5)
Teaching Engagements
| Title | Course Code | Class Name | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reaction Engineering | CH 303 | B.Tech & IDD 3rd Year | Autumn |
| Hydrocarbon Processing and Engineering-I | CH-551 | IDD 4th Year | Autumn |
| Industrial Safety and Hazards Management | CH-515 | IDD 4th Year | Autumn |
| Heterogeneous Catalysis & Reactor Design | CHN-564 | M.Tech *B.Tech | Spring |
| Heat Transfer | CHN-201 | B.Tech | Autumn |
| Advanced Reaction Engineering | CHE 505 | B.Tech., M.Tech., Ph.D. | Autumn |
| Chemical Technology | CHN-206 | B.Tech. 2nd year | Spring |
| Transfer Processes-I | CH-206 | B.Tech & IDD second year | Spring |
| Natural Gas Engineering | CH-556 | IDD IV th year& M.Tech (IPA) 1st year | Spring |
| Communication Skill | CH-312 | B.Tech & IDD 3rd Year | Spring |
| Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics | CH-204 | B.Tech & IDD second year | Spring |
| Chmical Enginering Lab-III | CH-310 | B.Tech & IDD 3rd Year | Spring |
| Chemical Technology | CHN-206 | B.Tech. 2nd year | Spring |
| Advanced Reaction Engineering | CHE-505 | PG | Autumn |
| Reaction Engineering Laboratory | CHN-204 | B.Tech. 2nd year | Spring |
| Process dynamics and Control Laboratory | CHN-303 | B.Tech. 3rd year | Autumn |
| Mass transfer-II Laboratory | CHN-301 | B.Tech. 3rd year | Autumn |
Research Scholar Groups
| Scholar Name | Interest |
|---|---|
| Richa Tomer | Dehydration of glucose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural |
| Akansha Pandey | Tri-reforming of methane |
| Mahendra Kumar Meena | Tri-reforming of methane |
| Pravin Kumar | Treatment of waste water generated in petrochemical industries |
| Soham Roy | Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering |
PHDs Supervised
| Topic | Scholar Name | Status of PHD | Registration Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over supported copper and nickel catalysts | Satyanarayana Murthi Pudi | O | 2010-01 |
| Vapor phase conversion of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over supported nanoparticle catalysts | Nitin Naresh Pandhare | O | 2011-01 |
| Development of Catalysts for Liquid Phase Conversion of Glycerol to propanediol | Smita Mondal | O | 2014-01 |
| Vapor phase hydrogenolysis of glycerol | Dinesh Kumar Pandey | O | 2014-01 |
Visits to outside institutions
| Institute Visited | Purpose of Visit | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Post Doctoral Research | 2009-01-01 |
| Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, MN, USA | AIChE Annual Meeting | 2020-08-04 |
| Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, | Research collaboration. | 2014-01-01 |
| York University, Canada | Research Collaboration. | 2014-01-01 |
Invitations
| Topic | Organistaion | Date |
|---|---|---|
| As an external expert for the faculty Selection in the Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh – 201314, INDIA. | Shiv Nadar University | 2020-08 |
| As a selection committee member for the selection of PhD student under the sachem of Prime Ministers Research Fellowship (PMRF) at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar , Palaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India – 382355 | IIT Gandhinagar | 2020-08 |
| As an external expert for the faculty Selection at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Kamand Campus, VPO Kamand, Distt. Mandi - 175075 Himachal Pradesh, India | IIT Mnadi | 2020-08 |
Courses or Conferences Organised
| Conference Name | Sponsored By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Transportation Safety | QIP | 2016-01 |
Special Lectures Delivered
| Title | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Ammoxidation of propane over Mo-V-Nb-Te M1 phase catalyst | Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta, 92-APC Road, Kolkata-9, West Bengal, Ind | 2010-01 |
| Hydrogenation of 2-methylfuran, Furan over Supported noble and non-noble metal nanoparticle catalyst | IIChE, Kolkata, Jadavpur | 2014-01 |
| Conversion of Glycerol to Value Added Products over Supported Nanoparticle Catalyst | Jaipur, India | 2014-01 |
| Conversion of Biomass Derived Oxygenates to Value Added Chemicals over Nano-structured Catalysts | University of Saskatchewan, Canada | 2014-01 |
| Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over a Copper-Zinc bi-metallic catalyst | Paris, France | 2018-01 |
| Heterogeneous Catalyst and its Application | Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Kolkata | 2019-01 |
| Byproducts of biodiesel plant waste (glycerol) to value added products | IIT Roorkee | 2020-08 |
| Catalysis | NIT Jalandhar | 2019-01 |
Referred Journal Papers
- Steam reforming of ethanol for the production of Hydrogen over Ni/CeO2-ZrO2 catalyst: Effect of Support and metal loading, Prakash Biswas and Deepak Kunzru*, Elsevier, 2007 , Internal Journal of Hydrogen Energy , 32 vols , 969-980 pages
- Steam reforming of ethanol on Ni-CeO2-ZrO2 catalysts: effects of doping with copper, cobalt, and calcium, Prakash Biswas and Deepak Kunzru*, Springer, 2007 , Catalysis Letters , 118 vols , 36-49 pages
- Oxidative Steam Reforming of Ethanol over Ni/CeO2-ZrO2 catalyst, Prakash Biswas and Deepak Kunzru*, Elsevier, 2008 , Chemical Engineering Journal , 136 vols , 41-49 pages
- Ruthenium and gold-doped M1 Phase MoVNbTeO Catalysts for propane ammoxidation to acrylonitrile, Prakash Biswas, Jungwon Woo, Vadim V. Guliants*, Elsevier, 2010 , Catalysis Communication , 12 (1) vols , 58-63 pages
- Hydrogen production by water-gas shift reaction over bimetallic Cu-Ni catalysts supported on La-doped mesoporous ceria, Jiann-Horng Lin, Prakash Biswas, Vadim V. Guliants*, Scott Misture, Elsevier, 2010 , Applied Catalysis A: General , 387 (1-2) vols , 87-94 pages
- Rice Husk as Reinforcing Filler in Polypropylene Composites, Vinay Kumar, Shishir Sinha*, Manohar Singh Saini, B K Kanungo and Prakash Biswas, De Gruyter, 2010 , Reviews in Chemical Engineering , 26 (1-2) vols , 41-53 pages
- Modeling and Simulation for Pressure Swing Adsorption system for Hydrogen Purification, Prakash Biswas, Supriya Agrawal and Shishir Sinha*, Croatian Society of Chemical Engineering Technology, 2010 , Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly , 24 (4) vols , 409–414 pages
- Kinetics of Esterification of Ethylene Glycol with Acetic Acid using Cation Exchange Resin Catalysts, Vishnu P. Yadav, Sunil K. Maity*, Prakash Biswas, Raghubansha K. Singh, Croatian Society of Chemical Engineering Technology, 2011 , Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly , 25 (3) vols , 359–366 pages
- Liquid phase oxidation of Styrene over Polymer Anchored and Non-Polymer Anchored Cu (II) and Mn (II) Complexes Catalysts, Sweta, Shishir Sinha*, Prakash Biswas, Shri Chand, Mannar R. Maurya, Wiley, 2013 , Journal of Applied Polymer Science , 127 (5) vols , 3424-3434 pages
- Conversion of glycerol into value-added products over Cu-Ni catalyst supported on γ-Al2O3 and activated carbon, Satyanarayana Murthy Pudi, Tarak Mondal, Prakash Biswas*, Shalini Biswas and Shishir Sinha, De Gruyter, 2014 , International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering , 12(1) vols , 1–12 pages
- Vapor Phase Hydrogenation of 2-Methylfuran over Noble and Base Metal Catalysts, Prakash Biswas, Jiann-Horng Lin, Jungshik Kang, and Vadim V. Guliants*, Elsevier, 2014 , Applied Catalysis A: General , 475 vols , 379–385. pages
- Liquid phase conversion of glycerol to propanediol over highly active copper/magnesia catalysts, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Abdul Zoeb, Prakash Biswas*, and Shashi Kumar, Springer, 2015 , Journal of Chemical Science , 127(5) vols , 833–842. pages
- Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1, 2-Propanediol over bimetallic Cu-Ni catalyst supported on γ-Al2O3, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas*, Shashi Kumar, Biswajit Sarkar, Brazilian Chemical Society, 2015 , Journal of Brazilian Chemical Society , 26 (8) vols , 1551-1564 pages
- Hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over highly active and stable Cu/MgO catalysts, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas*, Shashi Kumar, Wiley, 2016 , Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology , 91 vols , 2063-2075 pages
- Esterification of glycerol with acetic acid over highly active and stable alumina-based catalysts: A reaction kinetic study, Sailee Anant Rane, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas*, Croatian society of Chemical Engineering Technology, 2016 , Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Quarterly , 30 (1) vols , 33–45 pages
- Hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1, 2-propanediol over γ-Al2O3 supported Cu or Ni monometallic and bimetallic catalysts: Comparison of liquid and vapor phase operation, Nitin Naresh Pandhare, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas*, Shishir Sinha, Elsevier, 2016 , Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers , 61 vols , 90-96 pages
- Acetylation of glycerol over sulfated alumina: Reaction parameter study and optimization using response surface methodology (RSM), Arun P, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, and Prakash Biswas*, ACS, 2016 , Energy & Fuel , 30 vols , 584−593. pages
- Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1, 2-propanediol over highly active and stable Cu/MgO catalyst in vapor phase, Nitin Naresh Pandhare, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas* and Shishir Sinha, ACS, 2016 , Organic Process Research & Development , 20 vols , 1059−1067. pages
- Catalytic performance and reaction mechanism study over highly stable and efficient Cu-Zn/MgO catalyst for hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1, 2-propanediol, Smita Mondal, Al Ameen A, Prakash Biswas*, Springer, 2017 , Catalysis Letters , 147 vols , 2783–2798. pages
- Liquid Phase Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol over Highly Active 50%Cu-Zn (8:2)/MgO Catalyst: Reaction Parameter Optimization by Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM), Al Ameen A, Smita Mondal, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Nitin Naresh Pandhare and Prakash Biswas*, ACS, 2017 , Energy & Fuel , 31 (8) vols , 8521–8533. pages
- Highly active Cu-Zn-Mg-Al-O catalyst derived from layered double hydroxides (LDHs) precursor for selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol, Smita Mondal, Rathikanti Janardhan, Mohan Lal Meena, Prakash Biswas*, Elsevier, 2017 , Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering , 5 vols , 5695-5706. pages
- Acetylation of glycerol over highly stable and active sulfated alumina catalyst: Reaction mechanism, kinetic modeling, and estimation of kinetic parameters, Arun Pankajakshan, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, and Prakash Biswas*, Wiley, 2017 , International Journal of Chemical Kinetics , DOI:10.1002/kin.21144 pages
- Development of a kinetic model for hydrogenolysis of glycerol over Cu/MgO catalyst in a slurry reactor, Nitin Naresh Pandhare, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Smita Mondal, Keval Pareta, Manish Kumar, and Prakash Biswas*, ACS, 2018 , Industrial Engineering & Chemistry Research , 57 vols , 101−110. pages
- Kinetic modeling for the hydrogenolysis of bio-glycerol in the presence of a highly selective Cu–Ni–Al2O3 catalyst in a slurry reactor, Smita Mondal, Himanshu Malviya, and Prakash Biswas*, RSC, 2019 , Reaction Chemistry & Engineering , 4 vols , 595–609. pages
- Production of propylene glycol (propane‑1, 2‑diol) in the vapor phase over Cu–Ni/γ‑Al2O3 catalyst in a downflow tubular reactor: effect of catalyst calcination temperature and kinetic study, Dinesh Kumar Pandey, Nitin Naresh Pandhare, Prakash Biswas*, Springer, 2019 , Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis , 127 vols , 523–542. pages
- Production of propylene glycol (1, 2-propanediol) by the hydrogenolysis of glycerol in a fixed bed down flow tubular reactor over highly effective Cu-Zn bifunctional catalyst: Effect of acidic/basic support, Dinesh Kumar Pandey and Prakash Biswas*, RSC, 2019 , New Journal of Chemistry , 43 vols , 10073-10086. pages
- Density functional theory investigation of structure, stability, and glycerol/hydrogen adsorption on Cu, Cu-Zn, and Cu-ZnO clusters, Ram Singh, Prakash Biswas, Prateek K. Jha*, Wiley, 2020 , International Journal of Quantum Chemistry , doi.org/10.1002/qua.26239 pages
- Continuous production of propylene glycol (1, 2-propanediol) by the hydrogenolysis of glycerol over a bi-functional Cu-Ru/MgO catalyst, Dinesh Kumar Pandey and Prakash Biswas*, RSC, 2020 , Reaction Chemistry & Engineering , 5 vols , 2221-2235 pages
- Dehydration of glucose/fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) over an easily recyclable sulfated titania (SO42-/TiO2) catalyst, Richha Tomer and Prakash Biswas*, RSC, 2020 , New Journal of Chemistry , 44 vols , 20734-20750 pages
