LIST OF PROJECTS (FUNDED)
Total Projects funded: 10
Total amount funded till date: Approved ~930 lakhs / Sanctioned: ~846 lakhs
Funding agencies: Ministry of Fertilizers, DST-SERB, Gail (India) Ltd., Centre for High Technology, Thermax Ltd., Aditya Birla Group
Project 1: Techno-economic feasibility studies on an alternative process route for removal of methanol, ammonia and carbon di-oxide from process condensate in an ammonia fertilizer plant
FUNDING AGENCY: DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS (Grants-in-Aid Bill No: 15061/2/2006)
FUNDING SANCTIONED: Rs. 86,98,800/-
Duration: 3 years
Status: Completed
Project 2: High - efficiency energy conversion in steam boilers using unmixed combustion
FUNDING AGENCY: Department of Science and Technology (DST)
FUNDING SANCTIONED: Rs. 31,05,000/-
COLLABORATIVE FUNDING: Rs. 4,00,000/- (Thermax Limited Pune)
Duration: 3 years
Status: Completed
Project 3: Coke reduction and selectivity increase using novel reactor configurations for allyl chloride process
FUNDING AGENCY: Aditya Birla Group
FUNDING SANCTIONED: Rs. 10,00,000/-
Duration: 2 years
Status: Completed
Project 4: Studies on an enhanced efficiency contactor and once-through aqueous ammonia-based flue gas CO2 capture process scheme for reuse in fertilizer production
FUNDING AGENCY: Aditya Birla Group
FUNDING SANCTIONED: Rs. 10,00,000/-
Duration: 2 years
Status: Completed
Project 5: LNG regasification integrated with Freeze desalination
FUNDING AGENCY: GAIL (India) Limited
SANCTIONED BUDGET: Rs. 3,82,21,000/-
Duration: 3 years
Status: Completed
Project 6: Experimental and Simulation studies on coke mitigation in petroleum refinery systems
FUNDING AGENCY: Centre for High Technology (CHT); Collaboration with Bharat Petroleum Corporate R & D Centre
SANCTIONED BUDGET: Rs. 1,68,17,700/-
Duration: 3 years
Status: Completed
Project 7: Theoretical and experimental studies on unmixed steam reforming for hydrogen production
FUNDING AGENCY: DST - SERB
SANCTIONED BUDGET: Rs. 40,70,370/-
Duration: 3 years
Status: Completed
Project 8: Studies on CO fueled self-sustaining
unmixed combustion (UMC) reactor for integrated CO2 capture and
power steam generation
FUNDING AGENCY: DST - SERB (UNDER THE MISSION INNOVATION CHALLENGE CALL FOR CARBON CAPTURE)
APPROVED / SANCTIONED BUDGET: Rs. 78.61,832/- / Rs. 49,74,536/-
Duration: 3 years
Status: Ongoing
Project 9: Recovery of water from tail gas streams exiting carbon black plants
FUNDING AGENCY: DST - SERB (UNDER THE MISSION INNOVATION CHALLENGE CALL FOR CARBON CAPTURE
APPROVED / SANCTIONED BUDGET: Rs. 63,00,000/-
Duration: 5 years
Status: Ongoing
Project 10: Advanced High Temperature High Pressure OSR materials for Unmixed Combustion
FUNDING AGENCY: SPARC
APPROVED / SANCTIONED BUDGET: Rs. 41,20,430/-
Duration: 2 years
Status: Ongoing
LIST OF PROJECTS COMPLETED (NON-FUNDED)
Project 1: Co-Chlorination of Polyolefins in Paraffin – A greener alternative to conventional solvent-based chlorination
COLLABORATTING AGENCY: Aditya Birla Science &Technology Centre
Status: Completed (1 PhD student graduated; 1 patent granted)
Project 2: Techno-feasibility studies on a Closed Loop Advanced Sanitation System (CLASS) for blackwater treatment
Project supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and in collaboration with Kohler India
Status: Completed (1 PhD student graduated)