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Research Activities

 
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Research Projects
 
  • Core Project Member, STINT (The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education), “Collaboration for net-zero emission targets of Sweden and India - Higher education institutions approach”, SEK 150 000 (AED 53,600), January 2023 – February 2024. (Ongoing)
  • Research articles published in collaboration with the Shimadzu Middle East in high impact factor journal.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133616

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.133194

  • "Development of Photocatalyst Embedded Graphene based Membranes for Treatment of Dye-Containing Wastewater under Sunlight" sponsored by Aditya Birla Science and Technology Co. Pvt. Ltd (ABSTC) Mumbai, April 2018- April 2020, INR 53.2 LCo-PI.
  • McWane Gulf LLC, UAE have sponsored industrial cut valves worth 4000 AED to Dr Prakash Kumar B G and Dr Amaranath G, as a token of appreciation for their safety analysis to predict TNT equivalency and potential damage to structures due to compressed gas cylinders in their industry.

  • "Treating waste water using pilot plant ", sponsored by Ocean Corner Water Treatment Equipment & Chemicals (L.L.C) Dubai, UAE (PI).
  • "Optimization of Selected High Yield Grass Species for Biomass and Bioenergy Applications Using Saline and Recycled Wastewater", sponsored by BPDC (Seed Grant), Feb 2017 - Jan 2020, AED 245,000, Co PI.
  • Cultivation of Microalgae using Tubular Photobioreactor for biomass production. The custom built photobioreactor is used for lab scale research on high quality microalgal biomass production for applications in nutritional supplements, biodiesel production and Carbon sequestration.
 Research Interests
  
Solar Photocatalysis
 
Waste Water Treatments
 
Biofuels from Biomass, Activated Carbon From Biomass
 
Separation Processes
 
Journal Reviewer
 

Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier)

 
Carbohydrate Polymers (Elsevier)
 
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Elsevier)
 
Groundwater for Sustainable Development (Elsevier)
 
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier)

 

 
Professional Membership
 

Life Associate Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)

 
International Visits
 

     Attended Process Safety Faculty Workshop, conducted by American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) on 6th to 9th Aug, 2018 at the Chemours Company, Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA.
 
Delivered an invited talk entitled "Current Developments in Mass Production of Microalgae for Industrial Applications", at symposium on Current Perspectives and Challenges in Chemical Engineering and Technologies, May 14th, 2015, Salalah College of Technology, Salalah, Oman.
 
B.G. Prakash Kumar*, Roseline and Lima Rose Miranda, “Photocatalytic Degradation of Remazol Brilliant Red by TiO2-UV Process”, International Conference on Chemical and Environmental Engineering (ICCEE 2012), April 25-26, 2012, Paris, France.
 
Ankit Sachdeva, Veena V.D, Meyyappan, N, Prakash Kumar B.G* ‘Reliability of Solar Energy System’, International Conference on Harnessing Technology (ICHT), Feb 2011, Caledonian College of Engineering, Muscat, Oman.
 
Prakash Kumar B. G*., Gulyani B. B., Vijaikumar B., Lima Rose Miranda, ‘Chemical Activation of Mango Seed Coat (Mangifera Indica L) – Preparation and Characterization’ Proc. International Conference on Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (CBEE 2009), Oct 2009, Nanyang Technological Institute, Singapore. 

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