Nimish Pankhedkar
Full Name
Mr. Nimish M Pankhedkar
Email
PhD Thesis: Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) based polygeneration processes for CCUS: Modeling and Simulation Approach
Co-supervisor: Prof. Pratim Biswas, University of Miami, USA
Research Interests:
- Process modeling and simulation – thermodynamic, kinetic, steady state, dynamic modeling, sensitivity analysis
- Chemical Looping Processes – process modeling and simulation, techno-economic analysis for chemical looping combustion (CLC), chemical looping water splitting (CLWS), chemical looping reforming (CLR)
- Polygeneration processes for CO2 capture, storage and utilization – conceptual process development, modeling & simulation, feasibility studies
- Process control – formulating control strategies, developing control logic, ML based soft sensing
Awards and Honors:
- Best 3-Minute Thesis Talk (3MTT) Award - Research Scholar Symposium, IIT Bombay, India - Mar’23
- Best Oral Presentation Award - Research Scholar Symposium, IIT Bombay, India - Mar’23
- Best Outgoing Student – 2016, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, India - Jun’16
- Winner in Industry Defined Problem at Sinhgad College of Engineering, India - Feb'15
Publications:
- S. Sunkara, N. Pankhedkar, A. Dwivedi, R. Gudi, P. Biswas, S. Bhargava, Analysis of Biomass as feedstock in a CLC-based polygeneration process for CO2 valorization, 2023, under review in Journal of Waste and Biomass Valorization, https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2822254/v1
- N. Pankhedkar, R. Gudi, and P. Biswas, Polygeneration of Hydrogen and Power Using Chemical Looping Water Splitting with Dual Loops of Oxygen Carrier, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2023, 62 (6), 2768-2776, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c01339
- N. Pankhedkar, A. Dwivedi, R. Gudi, and P. Biswas, Intensified Chemical Looping Combustion Based Polygeneration for CO2 Valorization to Value-Added Chemicals (Methanol and DME), Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2022, 61 (32), 11861-11879, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.2c02900
- N. Pankhedkar, R. Sartape, M. Singh, R. Gudi, P. Biswas, Valorization of CO2 to ethylene via Chemical Looping Combustion coupled with electroreduction unit, 2023, in preparation
Consultancy Projects:
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Apr’23-Present |
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Oct’21-Present |
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Oct’21-Oct’22 |
Leadership/Involvements:
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Jul’19-Jun’20 |
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Aug’14-Jul’15 |
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Feb’17-Present |