Chemical ÔÇö Research

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Research

Research centre was established at Department of Chemical Engineering. Students and faculty perform their research work at the centre. Research work on projects funded by AICTE , BCUD and IIChE also carried out at the centre.

Various projects on separation science, synthesis and characterization of nano particles , separation of heavy metals from aqueous solution by nanofiltration, sonophotocatalytic degradation of dyes, herbal extraction have been carried out. All students and faculty members use following analytical instruments for research work.

Research Facilities


Sr. No.	Name of the Instrument
1	Gas Chromatograph
2	High Performance Liquid Chromatograph
3	Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
4	Double Beam UV-Visible Spectrophotometer
5	Autoclave
6	Probe Sonicator
7	Fermenter
8	Reverse Osmosis set up

List of Important softwares


3	Cadian Mech - 12 copies

Funded Research Projects

BCUD Funded Research Project


Sr. No.	Year	Title of the project	Investigator	Agency Funded	Year
1	2016-17	Synthesis Of Nanoparticles Using Plant Extracts In Microreactor	PI: Prof. S.R. ShirsathCo-PI: Dr. P. D. Johle	BCUD, SPPU	2016-17

Faculty Publications in International Journals


Sr. no.	Name of Faculty	Department	Title of Paper	Name of Journal	Volume, Page No., Year
Year 2021
1.	Dr. S.R. ShirsathDr. S. S. Sable	Chemical	Ultrasound assisted curcumin recovery from Curcuma aromatica: understanding the effect of different operating parameters	Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification	169, 108604, 2021
2.	Dr. S. S. BarkadeDr. S. S. SableProf: V. S. Ashtekar	Chemical	Removal of Lead and Copper from wastewater using Bael fruit shell as an Adsorbent	Elsevier: Materials Today: Proceedings	2021
3	Dr. P. G. Bansod,Dr. S. R. Shirsath	Chemical	Review on membrane technology for separation of biodiesel	Elsevier: Materials Today: Proceedings	2021
4	Dr. P. G. Bansod	Chemical	Application of TiO2 and Nb2O5 for ultrasonic degradation of Rhodamine-B	Elsevier: Materials Today: Proceedings	2021
5	Dr. P. G. Bansod	Chemical	Removal of Nigrosine by Mgo Nanoparticles Using Madhuca Longifolia Flower Extract	Springer, Environment, Development and Sustainability SCI	2021
6	Dr. P. G. Bansod	Chemical	Ceramic membranes (Al2O3/TiO2) used for separation glycerol from biodiesel using response surface methodology	Journal of Material Today (Elsevier)	2021
7	Dr. P. G. Bansod	Chemical	Review of membrane technology applications in wastewater treatment and biofuels	Journal of Material Today (Elsevier)	2021
8	Dr. P. G. Bansod	Chemical	Enhanced diesel properties with energy efficient nano-aluminium oxide and nano-cobalt oxide particles.	Material today proceeding (Elsevier)	2021
Year 2020
1	Dr. S. R. Shirsath	Chemical	Ultrasound assisted preparation of rGO/TiO2nanocomposite for effective photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under sunlight	Elsevier-Nanostructures & Nano Objects	21, 100407, 2020
2	Dr. S. R. Shirsath	Chemical	Sonochemical preparation of multifunctional rGO-ZnS-TiO2 ternary nanocomposite and its application for CV dye removal	Elsevier- Optik	208, 164532, 2020
3	Dr. S. R. Shirsath	Chemical	Sonochemical preparation of ternary rGO-ZnO-TiO2 nanocompositephotocatalyst for efficient degradation of crystal violet dye	Elsevier- Optik	208, 164555, 2020
4	Dr. S. S. Barkade,Dr. P. G. Bansod	Chemical	Development of Poly(aspartic-co-glutamic acid) Green Antiscalant for Calcium Carbonate Scale Inhibition	Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine	12(2):198-206, 2020
5	Dr. J. G. Gujar	Chemical	Rejection Behavior of Manganese Ions from Synthetic Wastewater by Nanofiltration and Estimation of Membrane Transport Parameters	International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts	8(8), 913-921, 2020
6	Dr. P.G. Bansod	Chemical	Biodiesel Production from Nagpur Thermal Power Plant Ash Used As Catalyst	Indian Journal of Environmental Protection	40(9), 921-928, 2020
Year 2019
1	Dr. S. R. Shirsath	Chemical	Ultrasound assisted preparation, characterization and adsorption study of ternary chitosan-ZnO-TiO2 nanocomposite: Advantage over conventional method	Elsevier-Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	52, 120-130, 2019
2	Dr. J. G. Gujar	Chemical	Feasibility Study of Solar Thermal Integration to Community Cooking Systems	International Journal of Research in Engineering, Science and Management	2(7), 596-98, 2019
3	Dr. J. G. Gujar	Chemical	Heat Transfer Characteristics of Rotating Cylinder with Water Impinging Jet	International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development	6 (7), 2019
4	Dr. J. G. Gujar		A Study of Extraction of Ferulic Acid from Bamboo Plant	International Journal of Research in Engineering, Science and Management	2(8), 103-106, 2019
5	Dr. J. G. Gujar	Chemical	Study of Purification & Separation of Natural Polyphenols (Gallic Acid) from Pomegranate Peel	International Journal of Science Technology & Engineering	5(6), 45-49, 2019
6	Dr. P.G. Bansod	Chemical	Enhancement of Separation Efficiency For Nanofiltartion Membrane Using Water Soluble Polymer	Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering	8(2), 2277-3878, 2019
7	Prof. P. P. Sirsat,Dr. S. R. Shirsath	Chemical	Recovery of uranium from lean streams by extraction and direct precipitation in microchannels	Elsevier-Separation & Purification Technology	227, 115641, 2019
Year 2018
1	Dr. P. G. Bansod	Chemical	Polyacronitrile Ultra Filtration Membranes Used for Separation of Glycerol from Trans esterification Process of Biodiesel production	Asian Journal of Nanoscience and Materials	1;1(3):157-65, 2018
2	Prof: R. S. Deshpande	Chemical	Removal of Heavy metal from Aqueous wastewater by Emulsion Liquid Membrane	International Journal of Advance Research	6(1):455-63, 2018
Year 2017
2	Dr. S. R. Shirsath	Chemical	A Novel Approach for Continuous Synthesis Of Calcium Carbonate Using Sequential Operation Of Two Sonochemical Reactors	UltrasonicsSonochemistry	35,124-133, 2017
3	Dr. S.R. Shirsath,Dr. S. S. Sable	Chemical	Intensification of extraction of curcumin from Curcuma amada using ultrasound assisted approach: Effect of different operating parameters	Ultrasonics Sonochemistry	38, 437-445, 2017
4	Dr. S. S. BarkadeDr. S.M. Chavan	Chemical	Extraction of uranium (VI) by tri iso-amyl phosphate (TiAP) in ionic liquids	Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry	2(2):255-62, 2017
5	Dr. S. A. Ghodake	Chemical	Halloysitenanocontainers for controlled delivery of Gibberellic Acid	Russian Journal of Applied Chemistry	90 (1), 120-128, 2017
6	Prof: V. H. Bankar	Chemical	Reducing Sugar Determination of Jaggery by Classical Lane and Eynon Method & 3,5-Dinitrosalicylic Acid Method	Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research	3(6):2454-1362, 2017
Year 2016
1	Dr. S. M. Chavan	Chemical	Thermodynamic Consideration of Hydrolysis of Cellulose to Glucose Under Liquid to Semi-liquid Conditions	Journal of Advances in Engineering and Science	13(2), 18-21, 2016
2	Dr. S. M. Chavan,Dr. J. G. Gujar	Chemical	Study of Extraction of Tannic Acid from EmblicaOfficinalis (Amla)	International Journal for Scientific Research & Development	4 (5), 1070-1072, 2016
3	Dr. S. S. Barkade	Chemical	Studies on Synthesis of TFC-RO Membranes and their Applications in Water Industry	Journal of Advances in Engineering and Science	13(2), 01-04, 2016
4	Dr. J. G. Gujar	Chemical	Recent Advances in Extraction of Bioactive Ingredients from Medicinal Plants	Imperial Journal of Interdisciplinary Research	2 (8), 2016
5	Dr. J. G. Gujar	Chemical	Experimental and Modeling Studies on Extraction of Eugenol from Cinnamomum Zeylanicum (Dalchini)	International Journal of Science Technology &Engineering	2 (11), 831-835, 2016
6	Prof: V. S. Astekar	Chemical	Synthesis, Characterization of Doped Zinc Oxide Nanostructure and its Photocatalytic Application	Journal of Advances in Engineering and Science	13(2), 08-10, 2016