Projects

  • The department has been sanctioned Rs.20 lakhs from FIST towards networking.
  • MHRD Thrust Area project titled,"CFD modelling of chemical process equipment", Amount Rs. 10 lakhs, Duration – 2 years. Orders are being placed for the purchase of software and other equipment. Research Assistants have been recruited and the work is in progress.
  • MHRD - MODROBS project on Modernization of chemical reaction Engineering Laboratory in proress.

Consultancy projects (2018-2022)

S.No

Name of the Faculty

Title

Agency

Duration

Amount

Status

 

Dr. T. K. Radhakrishnan

Technical Assistance to Reduce the Energy Consumption for Vapour Compression Refrigeration System in Chiller Plant

Heavy Alloy Penetrator Plant, Trichy

2018-19

Rs. 2.5

lakhs

Completed

 

Dr. J Sarat Chandra Babu

Development of design methodology for sizing multi-cyclone separator

BHEL, Ranipet, Tamilnadu (Consulatncy)

2018-19

 

Completed

 

Dr. A Arunagiri/ Dr.K.Muthukumar

Depletion of 

Oxygen in and 

Around 

Pudukudi 

Region

SICGILSOL

 

01.06.2020-30.06.2020

Rs. 25,000

Completed

 

Dr. Jyoti Sahu/ Dr.K.N.Sheeba

Project on Random verification of Annual Inventory on Hazardous Waste Management

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

 

September-2021 - May-2023

 

Ongoing


Sponsored Research

S.No

Name of the faculty

Title of the Project

Agency

Duration

Status

Total No. of Projects

 

Dr.T.K.Radhakrishnan

Emergency Response Support System

CDAC-R&D

Oct. 2018

Oct. 2020`

Completed

 

3

 

Dr.T.K.Radhakrishnan/              Dr. J Sarat Chandra Babu

 

Fracture of Ammonium Percholarate Crystal Particles under compression, shear and impact 

ISRO

2020

2022

Ongoing

 

Dr.T.K.Radhakrishnan

Emergency Response Support System

CDAC-R&D

Nov.2021

Nov. 2023

Ongoing

 

Dr. P. Sivashanmugam

SPARK

MHRD

2019

2022

Completed

2

 

FIST 2017

DST

2018

2022

Ongoing

 

Dr. J Sarat Chandra Babu

 

Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Gas-Solid Reactions in a Tubular Reactor and Established a pilot scale setup with state of the art instrumentation with contribution of equipment worth 1.23 Cr. 

BARC, Mumbai

2014

2019

Completed

6

 

Photo induced electron transfer and facile charge separation for energy applications

MHRD-SPARC

2020

2023

Ongoing

 

Boosting the H2 Economy by harnessing the beaty of encapsulation chemistry: Augmented kinetics fro water splitting reaction under confinement

DST

2019

2022

Completed

 

Fracture of Ammonium Perchlorate crystal particles under compression, shear and impact

ISRO-STIC

2021

2023

Ongoing

 

Design and Development of ‘In-situ Indigenous Soil Analysis System’

DST-CDAC(T)

2021

2023

Ongoing

 

Gainful Reclamation of E-Waste using A catalytic Reactor – A demo unit for processing 10kg/d of E-Waste 

BHEL, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu

2019

2023

Ongoing

 

Dr. K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum

Mentor for Teacher Associateship for Research Excellence

SERB-TARE

2022

2025

Ongoing (Initiated)

4

 

Life cycle assessment of CO2 reduction by energy efficient hybrid biomass pyrolysis and gasification

DST-BRICS

(Co-PI)

2023

2026

(Project Sanctioned & Awaiting Fund)

 

Environmental and Energy Impacts of Higher Alcohol and Biofuel Synthesis by Thermochemical Process

MHRD-SPARC     (Co-PI)

2019

2022

Completed

•2 Workshops conducted.

•Text Book published under Elsevier (International).

•Papers published with Student exchange (Brazil & India)

•Foreign professors visited NIT Trichy and outcome reached

 

Mentor for WOS A-scheme

DST

2018

2021

Completed

(1 PDF worked/Patent published and published papers)

 

Dr.M.Arivazhagan

Analysis of the ground water quality and the effect of conventional disinfection in water supply

DBT

2018

2019

Completed

1

 

Dr.G.Arthanareeswaran

Solar-powered multi-effect membrane distillation for high water recovery and ZLD

MHRD,

India

2018

2019

Completed

5

 

Development of innovative solution to serve water technology for clean and sustainable water resources The Royal Academy of Engineering UK

The Royal Academy of Engineering UK

2019

2021

Completed

 

Development of a new approach in wastewater treatment with the self-cleaning membrane technology and regeneration of membranes via natural source for restoring water ecosystem

DST, India

2018

2021

Completed

 

Reduction in greenhouse gas emission with synergistic mixed matrix membrane for CO2 separation

ASEAN-India Science,Technology & Innovation Cooperation

2018

2021

Completed

 

Multibore hollow fiber ultrafiltration and nanofiltration membranes enabled by nanostructured nanomaterials for Environmental applications

India-Belarus Joint Collaborative Research Project

 

2023

2015

Ongoing

 

Dr.M.Perumalsamy

Downstream processing for utilization of banana wastes for natural fibre production, biomass briquettes and edible packages

DBT, New Delhi

2018

2021

Completed

1

 

Dr.K.N.Sheeba

Design and Development of In-Situ Indigenous Soil Analysis system for effective Fertigation in Precision Farming

DST-AGROTECH

2019

2021

Ongoing

2

 

Development of post-harvest handling and sensor based smart packaging methods for the export of traditional banana varieties and nano-strip based digital health monitoring of banana

ICAR

2021

2023

Ongoing

 

Dr. M. Matheswaran

Self-sustaining photo bio-catalytic reactors with concomitant biofuel harvesting from crepe cotton wastewater

Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB)

2018

2021

Ongoing

1

 

Dr.N.Samsudeen

 

Development of Graphene Based Nanomaterials for Bioelectricity Generation Through Tannery Wastewater Treatment Using Microbial Fuel Cell

DST

5.11.2020

3.05.2023

Ongoing

3

 

Simultaneous Electricity and Biobutanol Production From Industrial Waste Water

Treatment Using Microbial Fuel Cell

TNSCST

2.9.2019 to

30.5.2020

 

 

Design of a Controller for Enhancing the Hydrogen Production in Microbial Electrolysis

Cell

TNSCST

3.9.2018 to

30.5.2019

 

 

Dr.N.Samsudeen/Dr.P.Kalaichelvi

Energy Conservative Approach Towards Sewage Water Treatment Integrated with Power Generation and Desalination using Exoelectrogen and Algal Biocathode

Department of Science and Technology (WTI)

2022

2025

Ongoing

1

 

Dr. Jyoti Sahu

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

Analysis of salt hydrates for thermal energy storage

Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChe)

February-2022

March-2023

Completed

 

Phase analysis of Salt hydrates

In-house Project

March-2021

March-2023

Completed

Total No. of Projects 31

Patent Details

Title of Patent

File Number/ Patent Award Number

Patent Granting Authority

Applicant details

Status

Method of Preparation of Ibuprofen Crystals from a Green solvent & Product thereof

201741033366

Altacit Global, India

T.K.Radhakrishnan, P.Kalaichelvi, S.Karthika

Granted 2020

Calcium ferrite (CaFe2O4) as super paramagnetic nano particle for magnetically targeted drug delivery underin-vitro and in-vivo conditions

2016 41038101

Intellectual Property, India

K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum -Inventor

 Filed in 2016/Report for FER submitted

Applications of phenanthroline-dione and related compounds for various medicinal purposes

201741000780

Intellectual Property, India

K.M. Meera Sheriffa Begum-Co Inventor

 (Filed in 2017/Hearing completed/

Awaiting granting)

In-situ Electric power/ Hydrogen production from catalytic steam gasification of pyro-oil of fruit wastes

Applied

GOI

 

 

Concentric Triple chambered Microbial desalination cell

202241050996 

 

Intellectual Property, India

Dr.N.Samsudeen

Dr.P.Kalaichelvi

P. Sandhya

Published Sep 2022 (FER issued)

Membrane free cylindrical capacitive deionization(CDI) system for the brackish water treatment

202241050994

 

Intellectual Property, India

K. M. Meera Sheriffa Begum -Inventor

 (Filed in 2022/Report for FER under examination)