Anuradda Ganesh

Adsorption characteristics and pore-development of biomass-pyrolysis char

Abstract Utilization of biomass-pyrolysis char for adsorption purposes is of bonus advantage and importance considering the ubiquitous need for a cheap source of carbon adsorbent for various small-scale industries for waste water treatment. Experimental studies were conducted in this context, to characterize the biomass-pyrolysis char to explain their specificity as conditioned by their individual adsorptive properties. The influence of ash elements was studied in detail; and a theory according with the various relevant literature is proposed for the interaction among the components—advocating that post-fusion pore-growth sustains the interaction among components that, in turn, influences the adsorption characteristics of biomass. A general correlation is further developed to explain the adsorption properties of char obtained from various treated and untreated biomass based upon (a) volatile yield and rate of pyrolysis, (b) average molecular weight of the products, and (c) the elemental H:C and O:C ratios.

Bio-oil from pyrolysis of cashew nut shell: a near fuel

Abstract Cashew nut shell (CNS) has been studied for the product distribution in a packed bed vacuum pyrolysis unit. The effect of pyrolysis temperatures on the product yields is also studied. The oil-to-liquid ratio in the pyrolysis products was found to remain almost constant in the range between 400°C and 550°C. The properties of CNS oil has been found to be amazingly near to that of petroleum fuels with calorific value as high as 40 MJ kg −1 , the oil has a low ash content (0.01%) and water content is limited to 3– 3.5 wt % of oil.

Automated Optimisation of Multi Stage Refrigeration Systems within a Multi-Objective Optimisation Framework

a IITB-Monash Research Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India b Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC-3168, Australia c Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India d Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India 114174001@iitb.ac.in

Optimisation of Pressure Swing Adsorption (psa) Process for Producing High Purity CO2 for Sequestration Purposes

a IITB-Monash Research Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India b Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC-3168, Australia c Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India d Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India 114174001@iitb.ac.in

Methodology for "surrogate-assisted" Multi-Objective Optimisation (MOO) for computationally expensive process flowsheet analysis

a IITB-Monash Research Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India b Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC-3168, Australia c Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India d Department of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India 114174001@iitb.ac.in

Modelling and Optimisation of Dual Fluidisation Bed Gasifiers for Production of Chemicals

a IITB-Monash Research Academy, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India b Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC-3168, Australia c Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India d Department of Energy Science and Eng., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India pratham.arora@monash.edu