Projects
Project title |
Funding Agency |
Start w.e.f. |
Name of the PI/Co-PI |
Project duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dissemination of Improved Biomass Cookstoves among SC Community of Punjab State | Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, Chandigarh | Aug, 2024 | PI | -- |
| To Optimize Coal and Agro-Wastes Mixing and Feeding for Co-Milling for Thermal Power Plants with Minimum Changes to Installed Systems and Operations | Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi | July, 2024 | Co-PI | -- |
| Advanced microalgal biorefinery approach for the recycling of domestic sewage/wastewater for a cleaner and greener Indian Himalayan region | National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) | June 2023 | (PI: Dr Sachin Kumar; Co-PI: Dr. Sanjeev Mishra/Dr. Mamta Awasthi (NIT Hamirpur)) | 3 years | Complete heating and emission analysis of raw biomass and pellets during combustion | Central Power Research Institute, Ministry of Power | Mar 2022 | (PI: Dr Kunwar Pal; Co-PI: Dr Anil Kumar Sarma/Dr Nikhil Gakkhar) | 2.5 years |
| Complete Ash Analysis of biomass pellets and co-combusted fuels | Central Power Research Institute, Ministry of Power | Mar 2022 | (PI: Dr Tapas Kumar Patra; Co-PI: Dr Anil Kumar Sarma/Dr Nikhil Gakkhar) | 3 year |
| Densification of agro-waste and assessment for its application in the gasifier | MNRE | Mar 2022 | (PI: Dr Tapas Kumar Patra; Co-PI: Dr Sachin Kumar/ Dr Nikhil Gakkhar) | 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 |
Project title |
Funding Agency |
|---|---|
| Composition analysis of different types of pellets/briquettes received from unknown sources | CPRI |
| 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 |
Title |
PI |
|---|---|
| Development of National Biomass of India | Dr. Vandit Vijay |
| 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. Vandit Vijay/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. Kunwar Pal |
| 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 |