IIT Bombay Chemical Engineering

Nimish Pankhedkar

NMP

Full Name
Dr. Nimish M Pankhedkar
Email
nimishmp@iitb.ac.in

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:

  • N. Pankhedkar, R. Sartape, M. Singh, R. Gudi, P. Biswas, System-level feasibility analysis of a novel chemical looping combustion coupled with electroreduction unit for valorization of CO2 to ethylene, Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SE00770K
  • 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
  • S. Sunkara, N. Pankhedkar, R. Gudi, ‘Valorization of refinery flue gas through Tri-reforming and Direct hydrogenation routes’, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25187
  • 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, S. Sunkara,  A. Dwivedi, R. Gudi, P. Biswas, S. Bhargava, ‘Analysis of Biomass as feedstock in a CLC-based polygeneration process for CO2 valorization’, 2024, under review in Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Preprint: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-2822254/v1
  • N. Pankhedkar, R. Gudi, and P. Biswas, ‘Integrated chemical looping combustion and water splitting for valorization of CO2: polygeneration of power, hydrogen and methanol’, manuscript under preparation.

Consultancy Projects:

  • Industrial consultancy project with R&D-Metals and Mining, Aditya Birla Science & Technology, Navi Mumbai, India on Dynamic modeling, optimization and control of Multiple Effect Evaporator to maximize steam economy

Apr’23-Present
  • Academia collaboration with research group led by Prof. Meenesh Singh, University of Illinois Chicago on integration of CLC based power generation with electrochemical reduction of CO2 to ethylene: conceptual development, modeling and assessing tech-economic feasibility

Oct’21-Present

  • Industrial collaboration with R&D-Metals and Mining, Aditya Birla Science & Technology, Navi Mumbai, India on Development of ML based soft sensor and control strategy for quality parameters in alumina calcination plant

Oct’21-Oct’22

Leadership/Involvements:

  • Executive member at Post Graduate Academic Council, IIT Bombay - nominated by Dean of Academic Programmes.

Jul’19-Jun’20
  • General Secretary of Chemical Engineering Students Association, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune

Aug’14-Jul’15
  • Associate Member, The Institution of Engineers - India (IEI)

Feb’17-Present