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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

 

1

Matlab 7.0 – 01 copy

2

Mathcad Prof.2000 – 01 Copy

3

Cadian Mech  - 12 copies

Funded Research Projects

Sr. No.

Year

Title of the project

Investigator

Agency Funded

Year

 

BCUD Funded Research Project

 

 

1

2016-17

Synthesis Of Nanoparticles Using Plant Extracts In Microreactor

PI: Prof. S.R. Shirsath

Co-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. Shirsath

Dr.  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. Barkade

Dr. S. S. Sable

Prof:  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

1

Dr. S. M. Chavan

Chemical

Kinetic Model for Extraction of Betulic Acid by Batch Extraction from Leaves of Syzygiumcumini (Jamun)”, Novel Water Treatment and Separation Methods - Simulation of Chemical Processes

Apple Academic Press

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. Barkade

Dr. 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

7

Prof: D. S. Patil

Chemical

Studies on the removal of manganese from synthetic wastewaters by nanofiltration –A parametric and modeling study

Desalination Publication

88:93-105, 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

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