Projects

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Complete heating and emission analysis of raw biomass and pellets during combustion Central Power Research Institute, Ministry of Power Mar 2022 (PI: Dr Nikhil Gakkhar; Co-PI: Dr AK Sarma) 2.5 years
Complete Ash Analysis of biomass pellets and co-combusted fuels Central Power Research Institute, Ministry of Power Mar 2022 (PI: Dr AK Sarma; Co-PI: Dr Nikhil Gakkhar) 3 year
Densification of agro-waste and assessment for its application in the gasifier MNRE Mar 2022 (PI: Dr Nikhil Gakkhar; Co-PI: Dr Sachin Kumar) 2.5 years
Exploration of lignocellulolytic enzymes producing thermophiles from hot springs of Western Himalayan region for biorefinery applications. DST Women Scientist Scheme: WOS-B Oct 2021 (Mentor: Dr Sachin Kumar) 3 years

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Composition analysis of different types of pellets/briquettes received from unknown sources
Biomass Cookstove testing and certification MNRE
Biorefinery approach for generation of platform chemicals and bioethanol from indigenous lignocellulosic agro-waste bio-resource DBT
Biorefining of sugarcane bagasse for production of bioethanol and value-added products DBT
Biobutanol production DST-SERB
hydro processing of nonedible vegetable oil using biomass derived catalyst MNRE
'Process development for bioethanol production from agricultural residues, Phase-I: Development of process for co-fermentation of hexose and pentose sugars of agricultural residues' MNRE
Integrated technology development for biodiesel production using heterogeneous catalyst MNRE
Biogas production and utilization for heat and power generation applications using potential alternative feed-stocks MNRE

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Thermophilic anaerobic consortium enrichment for enhanced biogas/ biomethane production (Thermophilic temperature is selected for the project because, as a general rule, at higher temperature the Degradation of biomass is more efficient and the biogas yield is higher) Dr. Nikhil Gakkhar
Upgradation of biogas to BioCNG (Project deals with removal of carbon dioxide from the Biogas, which significantly increases the calorific value of the purified gas by concentration its methane content) Dr Sachin Kumar
Biogas/BioCNG plant design standardization (Project gives Design for Bio-CNG production which is produced from biogas, through convenient process involving desulphurisation, upgradation and compression ) Dr Sachin Kumar
Scale-up of lignocellulosic biorefinery (Project involves The scale up of lignocellulosic biorefinery operations that requires efficient management of resources, process optimizations and innovations) Dr Sachin Kumar
Design and Development of Solar Biomass Hybrid Air Dryer (This project involves solar-biogas hybrid dryer design, development and testing for biomass drying with optimal capacity ) Dr. Nikhil Gakkhar
Biomass Characterization for standardization of pellets and briquettes (Biomass briquettes are a proven way of generating energy from waste. This project investigates the development and characterization of biomass briquettes ) Dr. Nikhil Gakkhar
Development of biomass-based electrode for fuel cells Project investigates Natural biomass as a promising candidate for the preparation of carbon based material that can be used as effective electrode catalysts for fuel cells Dr Anil Kumar Sarma