Research Projects

Sponsored

Title : Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Polymers (CoE-SusPol)
Duration : 2013-2017
Funding agency : Dept. of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals &Fertilizers, Govt. of India
Budget : Rs.20.74 Crores
PI : Dr. V. Katiyar
Co-PI : Prof. A. K. Ghoshal , Dr. G. Pugazhenthi, Dr. V. V. Goud, Dr. Amit Kumar and Dr. P. Kotecha

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Title : Pilot plant for separation of C5+ hydrocarbons and water vapour from natural gas by adsorption process oil Duliajan
Duration : 2013-2015
Funding agency : OIL India Limited, Duliajan, Assam
Budget : Rs.65.50 Lacs
PI : Dr. S. Gumma
Co-PI : Prof. A. K. Ghoshal, Prof. P.Saha, Dr. B. P. Mandal

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Title : Modelling and simulation of membrane contactor for CO2 absorption in amine
Duration : 2013-2014
Funding agency : Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, BHEL, Bangalore
Budget : Rs.15.40 Lacs
PI : Prof. A. K. Ghoshal
Co-PI : Prof. P.Saha, Dr. B. P. Mandal, Dr. S. Gumma

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Title : Algal Route to CO2 Capture
Duration : 2012-2015
Funding agency : CSIR
Budget : Rs.17.0 Lacs
PI : Prof. A. K. Ghoshal
Co-PI : Dr. K. Mohanty

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Title : Assessment of microbial communities and their biodegradation potentials in petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated environments in Assam
Duration : 2012-2015
Funding agency : DBT (Twinning Scheme)
Budget : Rs.67.30 Lacs (Rs. 21.80 Lacs for IITGuwahati, Rs. 30.50 for NIT Durgapur & Rs. 15.0 Lacs for IIT Kharagpur)
PI : Prof. A. K. Ghoshal
Co-PI : Dr. S. Kazy (NIT Durgapur), Dr. P. Sar (IIT Kharagpur)

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Title : Petroleum Wastewater Treatment in a Packed Bed Reactor Using Suitable Microorganism(s)
Duration : 2009-2012
Funding agency : CSIR
Budget : Rs.16.0 Lacs
PI : Prof. A. K. Ghoshal

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Title : Design and development of adsorption process for removal of C5+ liquid condensate from gas lift pipeline network
Duration : 2009-2010
Funding agency : Oil India Limited, Duliajan
Budget : Rs.54.0 Lacs
PI : Dr. S. Gumma
Co-PI : Prof. A. K. Ghoshal, Prof. P.Saha, Dr. B. P. Mandal

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Title : Study on Assessment of Technologies for capture of CO2 for Carbon sequestration
Duration : 2009-2010
Funding agency : NTPC Limited, New Delhi
Budget : Rs.15.0 Lacs
PI : Prof. A. K. Ghoshal
Co-PI : Prof. P.Saha, Dr. B. P. Mandal, Dr. S. Gumma

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Title : Synthesis and Development of Gel Based Iron Catalyst for Direct Coal Liquefaction at OIL, Duliajan
Duration : 2009-2010
Funding agency : Oil India Limited, Duliajan
Budget : Rs.11.0 Lacs
PI : Prof. A. K. Ghoshal
Co-PI : Dr. S. Gumma

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Title : Synthesis of a candidate surfactant for the membrane based separation of heavy metals
Duration : 2007-2010
Funding agency : CSIR
Budget : 10.0 Lacs
PI : Dr. M. K. Purkait
Co-PI : Prof. A. K. Ghoshal

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Title : Heat Exchanger Network (HEN) Analysis of Crude Distillation Units (CDU) and Delayed Coked Units (DCU)
Duration : 2007-2008
Funding agency : Guwahati Refinery and BRPL, Bongaigaon
Budget : 2.9 Lacs
PI : Dr. R. Uppaluri
Co-PI : Prof. A. K. Ghoshal

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