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Research paper thumbnail of Provisional investigation of biomass pyrolysis in CSTR using Simulink® and Aspen Plus®

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Jan 26, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Novel Simulation and Optimization for the Production of Green Products I.E., Green Gasoline, Green Diesel and Green Waxes

International journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering, Apr 30, 2020

During the last decagon, there has been expanding international worry over the rise of anthropoge... more During the last decagon, there has been expanding international worry over the rise of anthropogenic CO2 discharge into the Earth’s atmosphere. The application of CO2 into a valuable asset is a major concern. The generation of syn gas and then usage of the syn gas into liquid fuel, seems to be one of the promising options in terms of industrial employment, as it offers several advantages: (a) reduction of CO2, (b) conversion of gases, specially bio-gas, natural gas, LPG, and etc. and CO2 into syngas (c) producing syngas with H2/CO2 ratio 1:1.9 to 1:2.1 which may further be used for the generation of valuable petrochemicals. The present research focusses on the gas to liquid conversion using the simulating software, Aspen Plus ®. The outcomes are then subjected to Design Expert ® for calculation of the optimal generation rate. The feedstocks used for the proposed present examination are bio-gas or pyro-gas, natural gas and LPG. The research scheme, gas to liquid conversion is carried out using three steps: (a) gas (feedstock) to syngas from the combination of dry reforming and steam reforming of methane, (b) Fischer Tropsch process to produce long chains of hydrocarbons and (c) usage of unconverted CO and H2 and other alcohol derivates in the CHP unit for the production of electricity. Amongst all the feedstocks natural gas production or generation is maximum followed by bio-gas or pyro-gas and then LPG. Due to non-available resources of natural gas and generation of GHG emission, for countries like India, bio-gas or pyro-gas can be used as a promising sustainable feedstock for reducing GHG emission and global warming. The outcomes of Aspen Plus ® of biogas or pyro-gas are then subjected to Design Expert ® for the prediction of the maximal production. It can be confirmed that with 6997.54 kg/h of biogas flowrate and 99.39% recycling of CO2, the production of green gasoline, green diesel and green waxes are 565.24 (kg/h), 545.45(kg/h) and 642.68 (kg/h) respectively. The outcomes are in good agreement with the theories, thus proving the process to be a realistic one in nature. Therefore, bringing its viability for India in terms of reduction in CO2 emission and development of gas to liquid conversion process.

Research paper thumbnail of Combustor Characteristics under Dynamic Condition during Fuel – Air Mixingusing Computational Fluid Dynamics

Journal of advances in mechanical engineering and science, Aug 8, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Non-catalytic and catalytic pyrolysis of citrus waste (orange peel)

Indian Chemical Engineer, Mar 13, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of Tar by Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute

Journal of advances in mechanical engineering and science, Aug 8, 2015

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Kinetic Modelling of Non – Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute in a Fixed Bed Pyrolyzer

APCBEE Procedia, 2014

Waste jute has been investigated as an alternative feedstock for the generation of liquid and gas... more Waste jute has been investigated as an alternative feedstock for the generation of liquid and gaseous fuel through noncatalytic pyrolysis in a fixed bed reactor. Kinetic parameters for the pyrolysis of jute wastes have been determined in the temperature range of 400-900 o C. A fixed bed reactor model has been developed using the kinetic parameters determined during the present study and the literature data on secondary tar cracking reaction.

Research paper thumbnail of Non-catalytic and Catalytic Co-pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic-Lignocellulosic Waste

Research paper thumbnail of Energy and Environmental Analysis (EEA) of a 100 tpd waste jute pyrolysis plant: Parametric Sensitivity of Energy Return on Energy Investment (EROEI) and CO2 Avoidance (ACO2)

DJ journal of engineering chemistry and fuel, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Non-catalytic and catalytic pyrolysis of citrus waste (orange peel)

Indian Chemical Engineer, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Provisional investigation of biomass pyrolysis in CSTR using Simulink® and Aspen Plus®

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Modelling and optimization of a pyrolysis plant using swine and goat manure as feedstock

Renewable Energy, 2021

Abstract Worldwide, waste, a biomass, has the potential for solving future problems related to fo... more Abstract Worldwide, waste, a biomass, has the potential for solving future problems related to fossil fuel depletion and environmental problems. Waste conversion or extraction of values from waste can proceed in various ways. In recent times, various thermochemical and biological methodologies have been applied. Amongst all the thermochemical processes, pyrolysis is gaining importance because it can be conducted according to the coveted result. The recent investigation uses swine manure and goat manure as a waste resource. The recent investigation involves the simulation of the pyrolysis plant using the Aspen Plus® process simulation software. It can be inferred that the simulated results are incomparable range with the experimental results for the lab-scale. Then with the same designed model, feed rates of 1 ton/day (TPD), 2tons/day (TPD), and 3 tons/day (TPD) manure were utilized to obtain the production of pyro-products for pilot-plant-scale. The parametric sensitivity and optimization of the simulated model have been conducted using Design Expert®. It is observed that the minimum pyro-char production, maximum pyro-oil, and pyro-gas production is obtained at 0.679232 tons/day and 0.790000 tons/day for swine and goat manure, respectively, when the manure flowrates are 2.000000 tons/day at temperature 800 K for both the manures respectively.

Research paper thumbnail of Kinetic Modelling of Non – Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute in a Fixed Bed Pyrolyzer

APCBEE Procedia, 2014

Waste jute has been investigated as an alternative feedstock for the generation of liquid and gas... more Waste jute has been investigated as an alternative feedstock for the generation of liquid and gaseous fuel through noncatalytic pyrolysis in a fixed bed reactor. Kinetic parameters for the pyrolysis of jute wastes have been determined in the temperature range of 400-900 o C. A fixed bed reactor model has been developed using the kinetic parameters determined during the present study and the literature data on secondary tar cracking reaction.

Research paper thumbnail of Catalytic pyrolysis of lignocellulosic bio-packaging (jute) waste – kinetics using lumped and DAE (distributed activation energy) models and pyro-oil characterization

RSC Advances, 2015

The present study concentrates on the catalytic pyrolysis of a waste bio-packaging material, name... more The present study concentrates on the catalytic pyrolysis of a waste bio-packaging material, namely, jute, under iso-thermal and non-isothermal conditions using a 50 mm diameter and 164 mm long semi-batch pyrolyzer and a TGA set-up, respectively.

Research paper thumbnail of Combustor Characteristics under Dynamic Condition during Fuel – Air Mixingusing Computational Fluid Dynamics

Journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Science, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of A Novel Validated Bio-Analytical Method Development for Azelnidipine (Dihydropyridine) in Indian Human Plasma by Liquid Chromatography Quadruple Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-Esi-MS/MS, API-4000) with an Application to in Vivo Pharmacokinetic and Bioequiva

Indian Drugs

Azelnidipine is a dihydropyridine used as a calcium channel blocker. The main aim of this study w... more Azelnidipine is a dihydropyridine used as a calcium channel blocker. The main aim of this study was to develop a validated bio-analytical method (as per US-FDA and EMA guidelines) for in vivo pharmacokinetic and bioequivalence study of azelnidipine in human plasma by LC-MS/MS, API-4000. In this method, the drug was ionized in negative mode and gave adequate response because this drug was highly sensitive and had high electron affinity due to the presence of the electron-withdrawing the nitro group in the structure of azelnidipine. The deprotonated precursor ions [M-H]- at mz-1 581.2 and consistent fragment ion selected was mz-1 491.0. For internal standard, the deprotonated precursor ions [M-H]- at mz-1 269.0 (highest peak) was observed in Q1 MS and characteristic product ions or fragment ions found in Q3 MS were at mz-1 169.8. For plasma extraction, the liquid-liquid extraction technique was used. The calibration concentrated points of azelnidipine were 0.15 to 10.00 ng mL-1 includ...

Research paper thumbnail of A pharmacological audit and advancement on the recent trend of research on Ficus benghalensis L. including its in vitro hepatoprotective activity

Clinical Phytoscience

Background Trend analysis, graphical representation, and summarization of pharmacological researc... more Background Trend analysis, graphical representation, and summarization of pharmacological research trends were carried out to act as guidance for the future. The main objectives of the research are to find out the complete research trend on the national tree of India so far and to validate its traditional uses along with the pharmacological hepatoprotective activity of Ficus benghalensis L. by developing three in vitro experimental models. Methods The fruit of the said plant (F. benghalensis) was extracted with different solvent (petrochemical ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, ethanol, water) system and the yield value was determined. Phytochemical screening was also done with a different solvent. In an in-vitro study, the liver of freshly slaughtered goat (Capra Capra) was used for various investigational tests, and the hepatotoxicity was induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) at a dose of 2 ml/kg, Acetaminophen at a dose of 7 g/kg, and with Erythromycin at a dose of 1.4 g/kg. The ...

Research paper thumbnail of Chemcon 2013 Kinetic Study and Characterization of product yield of Co-pyrolysis of jute and sesame oil

Research paper thumbnail of Chemcon 2013 Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute – Experiment & Kinetic Modelling

Research paper thumbnail of Chemcon 2013 Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute – Experiment & Kinetic Modelling

In the present study the catalytic pyrolysis of jute has been investigated using a cylindrical se... more In the present study the catalytic pyrolysis of jute has been investigated using a cylindrical semi-batch pyrolyzer made of stainless steel under both isothermal and condition within the temperature range of 400⁰C to 900⁰C in an inert N2 atmosphere. Aluminium Oxide (Al₂O₃) was used as the catalyst. Alumina was pre-calcined at 120ºC for 2 hr in muffle furnace before being used in the reactor. Catalyst and jute were mixed directly at the ratio of 1:10. Non-catalytic pyrolysis of jute sample was conducted in the pyrolser in using the same temperature range. The use of Al₂O₃ catalyst led to higher tar yield and phenolic compounds are increased in liquid products, compared to non-catalytic pyrolysis. Catalytic pyrolysis involves the production of upgraded liquids in a single step within short residence times. The simulated results of the model were compared with the experimental results satisfactorily.

Research paper thumbnail of Chemcon 2013 Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute – Experiment & Kinetic Modelling

Research paper thumbnail of Provisional investigation of biomass pyrolysis in CSTR using Simulink® and Aspen Plus®

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Jan 26, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Novel Simulation and Optimization for the Production of Green Products I.E., Green Gasoline, Green Diesel and Green Waxes

International journal of innovative technology and exploring engineering, Apr 30, 2020

During the last decagon, there has been expanding international worry over the rise of anthropoge... more During the last decagon, there has been expanding international worry over the rise of anthropogenic CO2 discharge into the Earth’s atmosphere. The application of CO2 into a valuable asset is a major concern. The generation of syn gas and then usage of the syn gas into liquid fuel, seems to be one of the promising options in terms of industrial employment, as it offers several advantages: (a) reduction of CO2, (b) conversion of gases, specially bio-gas, natural gas, LPG, and etc. and CO2 into syngas (c) producing syngas with H2/CO2 ratio 1:1.9 to 1:2.1 which may further be used for the generation of valuable petrochemicals. The present research focusses on the gas to liquid conversion using the simulating software, Aspen Plus ®. The outcomes are then subjected to Design Expert ® for calculation of the optimal generation rate. The feedstocks used for the proposed present examination are bio-gas or pyro-gas, natural gas and LPG. The research scheme, gas to liquid conversion is carried out using three steps: (a) gas (feedstock) to syngas from the combination of dry reforming and steam reforming of methane, (b) Fischer Tropsch process to produce long chains of hydrocarbons and (c) usage of unconverted CO and H2 and other alcohol derivates in the CHP unit for the production of electricity. Amongst all the feedstocks natural gas production or generation is maximum followed by bio-gas or pyro-gas and then LPG. Due to non-available resources of natural gas and generation of GHG emission, for countries like India, bio-gas or pyro-gas can be used as a promising sustainable feedstock for reducing GHG emission and global warming. The outcomes of Aspen Plus ® of biogas or pyro-gas are then subjected to Design Expert ® for the prediction of the maximal production. It can be confirmed that with 6997.54 kg/h of biogas flowrate and 99.39% recycling of CO2, the production of green gasoline, green diesel and green waxes are 565.24 (kg/h), 545.45(kg/h) and 642.68 (kg/h) respectively. The outcomes are in good agreement with the theories, thus proving the process to be a realistic one in nature. Therefore, bringing its viability for India in terms of reduction in CO2 emission and development of gas to liquid conversion process.

Research paper thumbnail of Combustor Characteristics under Dynamic Condition during Fuel – Air Mixingusing Computational Fluid Dynamics

Journal of advances in mechanical engineering and science, Aug 8, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Non-catalytic and catalytic pyrolysis of citrus waste (orange peel)

Indian Chemical Engineer, Mar 13, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Analysis of Tar by Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute

Journal of advances in mechanical engineering and science, Aug 8, 2015

ABSTRACT

Research paper thumbnail of Kinetic Modelling of Non – Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute in a Fixed Bed Pyrolyzer

APCBEE Procedia, 2014

Waste jute has been investigated as an alternative feedstock for the generation of liquid and gas... more Waste jute has been investigated as an alternative feedstock for the generation of liquid and gaseous fuel through noncatalytic pyrolysis in a fixed bed reactor. Kinetic parameters for the pyrolysis of jute wastes have been determined in the temperature range of 400-900 o C. A fixed bed reactor model has been developed using the kinetic parameters determined during the present study and the literature data on secondary tar cracking reaction.

Research paper thumbnail of Non-catalytic and Catalytic Co-pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic-Lignocellulosic Waste

Research paper thumbnail of Energy and Environmental Analysis (EEA) of a 100 tpd waste jute pyrolysis plant: Parametric Sensitivity of Energy Return on Energy Investment (EROEI) and CO2 Avoidance (ACO2)

DJ journal of engineering chemistry and fuel, 2019

Research paper thumbnail of Non-catalytic and catalytic pyrolysis of citrus waste (orange peel)

Indian Chemical Engineer, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Provisional investigation of biomass pyrolysis in CSTR using Simulink® and Aspen Plus®

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Modelling and optimization of a pyrolysis plant using swine and goat manure as feedstock

Renewable Energy, 2021

Abstract Worldwide, waste, a biomass, has the potential for solving future problems related to fo... more Abstract Worldwide, waste, a biomass, has the potential for solving future problems related to fossil fuel depletion and environmental problems. Waste conversion or extraction of values from waste can proceed in various ways. In recent times, various thermochemical and biological methodologies have been applied. Amongst all the thermochemical processes, pyrolysis is gaining importance because it can be conducted according to the coveted result. The recent investigation uses swine manure and goat manure as a waste resource. The recent investigation involves the simulation of the pyrolysis plant using the Aspen Plus® process simulation software. It can be inferred that the simulated results are incomparable range with the experimental results for the lab-scale. Then with the same designed model, feed rates of 1 ton/day (TPD), 2tons/day (TPD), and 3 tons/day (TPD) manure were utilized to obtain the production of pyro-products for pilot-plant-scale. The parametric sensitivity and optimization of the simulated model have been conducted using Design Expert®. It is observed that the minimum pyro-char production, maximum pyro-oil, and pyro-gas production is obtained at 0.679232 tons/day and 0.790000 tons/day for swine and goat manure, respectively, when the manure flowrates are 2.000000 tons/day at temperature 800 K for both the manures respectively.

Research paper thumbnail of Kinetic Modelling of Non – Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute in a Fixed Bed Pyrolyzer

APCBEE Procedia, 2014

Waste jute has been investigated as an alternative feedstock for the generation of liquid and gas... more Waste jute has been investigated as an alternative feedstock for the generation of liquid and gaseous fuel through noncatalytic pyrolysis in a fixed bed reactor. Kinetic parameters for the pyrolysis of jute wastes have been determined in the temperature range of 400-900 o C. A fixed bed reactor model has been developed using the kinetic parameters determined during the present study and the literature data on secondary tar cracking reaction.

Research paper thumbnail of Catalytic pyrolysis of lignocellulosic bio-packaging (jute) waste – kinetics using lumped and DAE (distributed activation energy) models and pyro-oil characterization

RSC Advances, 2015

The present study concentrates on the catalytic pyrolysis of a waste bio-packaging material, name... more The present study concentrates on the catalytic pyrolysis of a waste bio-packaging material, namely, jute, under iso-thermal and non-isothermal conditions using a 50 mm diameter and 164 mm long semi-batch pyrolyzer and a TGA set-up, respectively.

Research paper thumbnail of Combustor Characteristics under Dynamic Condition during Fuel – Air Mixingusing Computational Fluid Dynamics

Journal of Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Science, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of A Novel Validated Bio-Analytical Method Development for Azelnidipine (Dihydropyridine) in Indian Human Plasma by Liquid Chromatography Quadruple Tandem Mass Spectrometry (LC-Esi-MS/MS, API-4000) with an Application to in Vivo Pharmacokinetic and Bioequiva

Indian Drugs

Azelnidipine is a dihydropyridine used as a calcium channel blocker. The main aim of this study w... more Azelnidipine is a dihydropyridine used as a calcium channel blocker. The main aim of this study was to develop a validated bio-analytical method (as per US-FDA and EMA guidelines) for in vivo pharmacokinetic and bioequivalence study of azelnidipine in human plasma by LC-MS/MS, API-4000. In this method, the drug was ionized in negative mode and gave adequate response because this drug was highly sensitive and had high electron affinity due to the presence of the electron-withdrawing the nitro group in the structure of azelnidipine. The deprotonated precursor ions [M-H]- at mz-1 581.2 and consistent fragment ion selected was mz-1 491.0. For internal standard, the deprotonated precursor ions [M-H]- at mz-1 269.0 (highest peak) was observed in Q1 MS and characteristic product ions or fragment ions found in Q3 MS were at mz-1 169.8. For plasma extraction, the liquid-liquid extraction technique was used. The calibration concentrated points of azelnidipine were 0.15 to 10.00 ng mL-1 includ...

Research paper thumbnail of A pharmacological audit and advancement on the recent trend of research on Ficus benghalensis L. including its in vitro hepatoprotective activity

Clinical Phytoscience

Background Trend analysis, graphical representation, and summarization of pharmacological researc... more Background Trend analysis, graphical representation, and summarization of pharmacological research trends were carried out to act as guidance for the future. The main objectives of the research are to find out the complete research trend on the national tree of India so far and to validate its traditional uses along with the pharmacological hepatoprotective activity of Ficus benghalensis L. by developing three in vitro experimental models. Methods The fruit of the said plant (F. benghalensis) was extracted with different solvent (petrochemical ether, chloroform, ethyl acetate, ethanol, water) system and the yield value was determined. Phytochemical screening was also done with a different solvent. In an in-vitro study, the liver of freshly slaughtered goat (Capra Capra) was used for various investigational tests, and the hepatotoxicity was induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) at a dose of 2 ml/kg, Acetaminophen at a dose of 7 g/kg, and with Erythromycin at a dose of 1.4 g/kg. The ...

Research paper thumbnail of Chemcon 2013 Kinetic Study and Characterization of product yield of Co-pyrolysis of jute and sesame oil

Research paper thumbnail of Chemcon 2013 Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute – Experiment & Kinetic Modelling

Research paper thumbnail of Chemcon 2013 Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute – Experiment & Kinetic Modelling

In the present study the catalytic pyrolysis of jute has been investigated using a cylindrical se... more In the present study the catalytic pyrolysis of jute has been investigated using a cylindrical semi-batch pyrolyzer made of stainless steel under both isothermal and condition within the temperature range of 400⁰C to 900⁰C in an inert N2 atmosphere. Aluminium Oxide (Al₂O₃) was used as the catalyst. Alumina was pre-calcined at 120ºC for 2 hr in muffle furnace before being used in the reactor. Catalyst and jute were mixed directly at the ratio of 1:10. Non-catalytic pyrolysis of jute sample was conducted in the pyrolser in using the same temperature range. The use of Al₂O₃ catalyst led to higher tar yield and phenolic compounds are increased in liquid products, compared to non-catalytic pyrolysis. Catalytic pyrolysis involves the production of upgraded liquids in a single step within short residence times. The simulated results of the model were compared with the experimental results satisfactorily.

Research paper thumbnail of Chemcon 2013 Catalytic Pyrolysis of Waste Jute – Experiment & Kinetic Modelling