Research Areas

  • Biomass resource assessment - data analytics – biomass supply chain issues.
  • Life-cycle analysis of biomass conversion processes and bioenergy systems
  • Waste 2 energy
    • Biomass cookstoves/combustors – heating and cooling - rural enterprises; Hybrid (biomass + solar) dryer.
    • Technology demonstration and monitoring of improved cookstoves/combustors at selected sites for domestic, institutional and industrial end uses in the state of Punjab.
    • Municipal Solid Waste – biohydrogen (collaboration with IISc) by oxy-steam gasification.
    • Fuel – paddy based pellets, addressing the issue of alkali and chlorine – power plants.
    • Expert inputs as Sub-Committee member under SAMARTH Mission of MOP.
  • Waste 2 Wealth: Value added products
    • Pyrolysis and HTL of lignocellulosic, Biochar/Activated carbons.
    • Activated carbon to graphene – biomaterial for fuel cell, Supercapacitor.
  • Pilot scale demonstration of Enriched Biogas (bioCNG), Bio-Hydrogen, Bio-chemicals