Address
Department of Chemical Engineering,
102 Silicate Lab, IIT Bombay,
Powai, Mumbai – 400076
102 Silicate Lab, IIT Bombay,
Powai, Mumbai – 400076
Designation
PhD Scholar (Chemical Engineering)
Vikash Kumar
Full Name
Mr. Vikash Kumar
Email
Education:
PhD (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (Pursuing)
M.Tech. (Bioprocess Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (2019)
B. Tech. (Biochemical Engineering), Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, India (2017)
Email ID:194026011 [at] iitb [dot] ac [dot] in
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1042-9647
Thesis research topic: Develop the hollow fiber membrane for water purification.
Research Summary:
According to data, more than 100,000 different dyes are produced in 700,000 tonnes and about 15% of these dyes are directly released into the effluent. These dyes are recalcitrant in nature and very tough to degrade under natural conditions. Therefore, in my Ph.D. work, I am trying to develop a cost-effective hollow fiber membrane that can successfully degrade the dye and purify the water. My aim is to synthesize a hollow fiber membrane coated with metal oxide and evaluate the photocatalytic activity of the modified hollow fiber membrane.
Keywords: hollow fiber membranes, dyes, photocatalytic degradation, metal oxides, water purification
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