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Prakash Biswas
Associate Professor
prakbfch[at]iitr.ac.in
+91-1332-285820
Areas of Interest
- Biofuels and bioenergy
- Green catalytic process
- Reactor / Kinetic modeling
- Design and synthesis of nanostructured materials as shape and size selective catalyst
- CO2 utilization
- Selective hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis over supported nano-particle catalysts
- Selective oxidation and ammoxidation of normal alkanes
Professional Background
| From | To | Designation | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2009 | Assistant Professor | National Institute of Technology Rourkela |
Educational Details
| Degree | Subject | University | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| B.Sc. | Chemistry Honours | University of Calcutta | 1997 |
| B.Tech. | Chemical Engineering | University of Calcutta | 2000 |
| M.Tech. | Chemical Engineering | IIT Kanpur | 2002 |
| PhD | Chemical Engineering | IIT Kanpur | 2007 |
| Post Doctoral Fellow | Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering | University of Cincinnati Ohio USA | 2009 |
Administrative Background
| From | To | Designation | Organisation | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | On Going | Staff advisor | Himalayan Explorer Club, IIT Roorkee | |
| June, 2014 | May 2015 | Dy. Chief Advisor | Himalayan Explorers Club, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | |
| May 2013 | Till Date | Associated Factlty | Center of Excellence for Transportation System (CTRANS), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
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. | 12-07-2004 |
| 5th Summer School on Petroleum Refining & Petrochemicals | Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon, India. | Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management | 07-06-2010 |
| 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 | 05-12-2005 |
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 |
| 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 |
PHDs Supervised
| Topic | Scholar Name | Status of PHD | Registration Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over supported copper and nickel catalysts | Satyanarayana Murthi Pudi | A | 2010 |
| Vapor phase conversion of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over supported nanoparticle catalysts | Nitin Naresh Pandhare | O | 2011 |
| Development of Catalysts for Liquid Phase Conversion of Glycerol to propanediol | Smita Mondal | O | 2014 |
Visits to outside institutions
| Institute Visited | Purpose of Visit | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | Post Doctoral Research | 2007-2009 |
| Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, MN, USA | AIChE Annual Meeting | October, 2 |
Courses or Conferences Organised
| Conference Name | Sponsored By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Transportation Safety | QIP | 20/2/2016 |
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 | 25-5-2010 |
| Hydrogenation of 2-methylfuran, Furan over Supported noble and non-noble metal nanoparticle catalyst | IIChE, Kolkata, Jadavpur | 28-6-2014 |
| Conversion of Glycerol to Value Added Products over Supported Nanoparticle Catalyst | Jaipur, India | 12-10-2014 |
| Conversion of Biomass Derived Oxygenates to Value Added Chemicals over Nano-structured Catalysts | University of Saskatchewan, Canada | 15-10-2014 |
Refereed Journal Papers
In refereed International Journals
- Prakash Biswas and Deepak Kunzru “Steam reforming of ethanol for production of Hydrogen over Ni/CeO2-ZrO2 catalyst: Effect of Support and metal loading”, Internal Journal of Hydrogen Energy 32 (2007) 969-980.
- Prakash Biswas and Deepak Kunzru, “Steam reforming of ethanol on Ni-CeO2-ZrO2 catalysts: effects of doping with copper, cobalt and calcium”, Catalysis Letters 118 (2007) 36-49.
- Prakash Biswas and Deepak Kunzru, “Oxidative Steam Reforming of Ethanol over Ni/CeO2-ZrO2 catalyst”, Chemical Engineering Journal 136 (2008) 41-49. This article got 11th position among top 25 hottest article in Chemical Engineering Journal in 2008. Reference link: http://top25.sciencedirect.com/subject/chemical-engineering/5/journal/chemical-engineering-journal/13858947/archive/15/
- Prakash Biswas, Jungwon Woo, Vadim V.Guliants, “Ruthenium and gold-doped M1 Phase MoVNbTeO Catalysts for propane ammoxidation to acrylonitrile”, Catalysis Communication, 12 (1) (2010) 58-63.
- Jiann-Horng Lin, Prakash Biswas, Vadim V. Guliants, Scott Misture, Hydrogen production by water-gas shift reaction over bimetallic Cu-Ni catalysts supported on La-doped mesoporous ceria, Applied Catalysis A: General, 387 (1-2) (2010) 87-94.
- Vinay Kumar, Shishir Sinha, Manohar Singh Saini, B K Kanungo and Prakash Biswas, “Rice Husk as Reinforcing Filler in Polypropylene Composites”, Reviews in Chemical Engineering 26 (1-2) (2010) 41-53.
- Prakash Biswas, Supriya Agrawal and Shishir Sinha, “Modeling and Simulation for Pressure Swing Adsorption system for Hydrogen Purification”, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly 24 (4) 409–414 (2010).
- Vishnu P. Yadav, Sunil K. Maity, Prakash Biswas, Raghubansha K. Singh, “ Kinetics of Esterification of Ethylene Glycol with Acetic Acid using Cation Exchange Resin Catalysts”, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly, 25 (3) 359–366 (2011).
- Shalini Biswas, Prakash Biswas and Anil Kumar, Catalytic cracking of soybean oil with zirconium Complex chemically bonded to alumina support without hydrogen”, International Journal of Chemical Sciences and Applications, 3 (2) 306-313 ( 2012).
- Sweta, Shishir Sinha, Prakash Biswas, Shri Chand, Mannar R. Maurya, Liquid phase oxidation of Styrene over Polymer Anchored and Non-Polymer Anchored Cu (II) and Mn (II) Complexes Catalysts, Journal of Applied Polymer Science 127 (5) (2013) 3424-3434.
- Satyanarayana Murthy Pudi, Tarak Mondal, Prakash Biswas, Shalini Biswas and Shishir Sinha, “Conversion of glycerol into value-added products over Cu-Ni catalyst supported on γ-Al2O3 and activated carbon”, International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering 12 (1) (2014) 1–12.
- Prakash Biswas, Jiann-Horng Lin, Jungshik Kang and Vadim V. Guliants, “Vapor Phase Hydrogenation of 2-Methylfuran over Noble and Base Metal Catalysts”, Applied Catalysis A: General 475 (2014) 379–385.
- Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Abdul Zoeb, Prakah Biswas, and Shashi Kumar “Liquid phase conversion of glycerol to propanediol over highly active copper/magnesia catalysts”, Journal of Chemical Science 127 (5) (2015) 833–842.
- Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas, Shashi Kumar, Biswajit Sarkar, “Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-Propanediol over bimetallic Cu-Ni catalyst supported on γ-Al2O3”, Journal of Brazilian Chemical Society 26 (8) (2015)1551-1564.
- Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas, Shashi Kumar, “Hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over highly active and stable Cu/MgO catalysts”, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (2015), DOI 10.1002/jctb.4802.
- Sailee Anant Rane, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas, “Esterification of glycerol with acetic acid over highly active and stable alumina-based catalysts: A reaction kinetic study”, Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Quarterly 30 (1) (2016) 33–45.
- Nitin Naresh Pandhare, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas, Shishir Sinha, “Hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over γ-Al2O3 supported Cu or Ni monometallic and bimetallic catalysts: Comparison of liquid and vapour phase operation”, Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers 61 (2016) 90-96.
- Arun P, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, and Prakash Biswas, Acetylation of glycerol over sulphated alumina: Reaction parameter study and optimization using response surface methodology (RSM)” Energy & Fuel 30 (2016) 584−593.
- Nitin Naresh Pandhare, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas and Shishir Sinha, “Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over highly active and stable Cu/MgO catalyst in vapor phase”, Organic Process Research & Development (Accepted on 11th May, 2016).