Publications

R&D Areas/Projects

• Consultant interest has been in the area of adsorptive separation processes which includes theoretical as well as experimental research. A software package PRODASS 9PROcess design of adsorption separation systems) has been released recently (with significant contribution from Dr. (Mrs.) Rama Prakash of CAD Centre of this institute). Reactor modelling has been another area of interest. The notable industrial reactors simulated are : the slurry reactor for vegetable oil hydrogenator, multistage catalytic naphtha reformer and the reactor - regenerator assembly in Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) process. A software package FCC has been made available to Indian refineries. Ocassional interest has been in air pollution modelling. A software called ALIAS (ALgorithm for Impact ASsessment) has been developed for one of the leading pollution consultants for modelling of dispersion from a single continuous point source. An update ALIAS-N capable of simulation of dispersion from multiple continuous point, line and surface sources is now available for use. A continuing interest has been in numerical solution techniques (especially for partial differential equations) and optimization techniques. CASIO (Computer Aided Self-Instruction in Optimization) which is a set of modules with theory backed by PC-based instruction and a sprinkle of problems with Chemical Engineering bias is ready for publication.