PATENTS

1. 2014900341, Provisional Patent Number, Australian Patent Office, titled “Production Process for Ammonium Nitrate”, filed on 5 February 2014 by Orica Mining Services, Newcastle, Australia

2. 201721043223, Indian Patent Office, titled “A fixed-bed downdraft gasifier for gasification of solid feedstock” filed on 1 December 2017 by IIT Bombay, India

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

1.     A life cycle assessment of biomass torrefaction in inert and partially oxidative conditions. Applied Energy “A+B” Symposium, August 2020, MIT, Cambridge, USA

2.     Effective start-up and shutdown strategies for continuously operated biomass torrefaction    reactor, Applied Energy “A+B” Symposium, May 2019, MIT, Cambridge, USA

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

1.     Utilizing bioenergy for production of energy and mitigation of climate change, 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting, Orlando, USA

2.     Biochar-based fertilizers for improving soil quality and crop yield, Mechanical Engineering Research Exhibition (MERE) and MIT Energy Night, October 2019, MIT, Cambridge, USA

3.     Decentralized biomass torrefaction for rural fertilizer production, IdeaStream, April 2019, Hyatt  

 Regency, Cambridge, USA

4.     Co-gasification of high ash coal and high ash biomass in downdraft gasifier, 5th International Conference on Recycling and Waste Management, March 2018, London, UK

5.     Technologies for achieving zero waste to landfill; A Joint U.S.-India Conference on Waste Management Innovation organized by Ohio State University, April 2017, Mumbai

6.     A new alternative process for nitric acid production based on chemical looping approach, AIChE Annual Meeting 2014, November 2014, Atlanta, USA

7.     Nanotechnology for climate change, National Conference on Energy and Sustainable Development 2012, College of Engineering Pune, India

8.     Techno-economic evaluation of water splitting technologies to produce H₂ for NH₃ production, All-Energy Australia Exhibition & Conference, Melbourne, October 2012

9.     Mathematical modeling and simulation of a continuous stirred tank bioreactor, Global Tech Symposium, International Conference on Advances in Energy Research 2011, IIT Bombay

10.  Exploration of the potential of Nanotechnology to tackle climate change, International Conference on Climate Change 2010, Institute of Technology and Management, Gwalior

11.  Environmental Nanotechnology, National Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry 2010, BITS Pilani

12.  Simulation and sensitivity analysis of an auto thermal ammonia synthesis reactor, Chemcon 2010, Annamalai University, Chidambaram

INVITED TALKS AND SEMINARS

1.     Decentralized biomass torrefaction system for soil amendment application; RGD Seminar, July 2020

2.     Integrated solid waste management- Idea to Demonstration; TEQIP III KIT Summer Training Program for Senior Faculty, IIT Bombay, June 2018

3.     What to do with biomass waste in India? Waste Alliance Lecture Series, MIT, USA, Oct 2017

4.     Stakeholder analysis for gasification case study; TCTD, IIT Bombay, August 2017

5.     Webinar on Waste to Energy: Opportunities for U.S. Businesses in India; June 2017

6.     Solid Waste Management at IIT Bombay Campus; Waste Alliance, MIT, USA, April 2017

7.     Garden waste gasification for community cooking; CEPR-RGD Seminar, MIT, March 2017