Research Group - BITS Pilani

Amol Deshpande

Assistant Professor

CFD, Chemical Looping (Unmixed) Combustion, Heat Transfer, Modeling and Simulation

Students – Completed PhD

Amina F. (2018PHXF0425G) :

PhD Topic: Experimental and Theoretical Investigations on Application of Packed Bed Chemical Looping Combustion (PBCLC) for Hot Liquid Utility Generation

Supervisor: Dr. Amol Deshpande

Her research work resulted in 4 journal papers (+ 2 under review) and she has presented her work in 5 different national/international conferences

Completion Date: 5th March 2025.

Current Research Scholars

Narayan Korde

Narayan is currently working as an Associate Director at Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Mumbai. He has around 18 years of industrial experience in Energy Management, Global Engineering Projects and more than 500+ Utility design and consultancies globally. He is a Chemical Engineer from J.N.E. College, Cha. Sambhaji Nagar (formerly Aurangabad), Maharashtra and completed his M.Tech in Energy from Savitribai Phule (Pune) University, followed by MBA in Operations Management from ICFAI, Hyderabad.

Currently, he is pursuing PhD as a part-time student under Dr. Amol Deshpande at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus.

PhD Thesis Topic: Techno-economic feasibility of flue gas waste heat recovery system integrated with heat pump for process oil-fired boiler

His research demonstrates the optimum waste heat recovery potential while avoiding the sulfur dew point-induced acidic corrosion irrespective of the process load variations and minimizing the bypassing of the hot flue gas from the process boilers. The study also explores the application of the heat pump to improve the overall boiler efficiency without impacting acidic corrosion. The work includes defining the industrial problem statement, designing and installing the proposed system and plant scale, collecting the data and its analysis to verify the differentiation in the key performance parameters between the conventional and the proposed modified system including the process modeling to generalize its application for similar systems

The research has resulted in two conference papers / posters.

Ridhish Kumar

Mr. Ridhish Kumar is native of Delhi-NCR. He completed his graduation with a degree of B.E. (Hons) Chemical from BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa campus in 2019. He worked in the industry SRF Ltd. and later went on to pursue his entrepreneurial journey in the field of deep technology. After spending 3 years in startups and industry, he decided to join PhD at in the Department of Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa campus under the supervision of Dr. Amol Deshpande.

Phd Topic: Investigation on achieving efficient operation performance of Rotary Kiln in Coke calcination processes: Modeling and simulation studies.

He is working on a project sponsored by Goa Carbon Ltd., Goa. His study focuses on developing a CFD model for Rotary kiln used in industry for coke calcination process. There are three zones inside Rotary kiln and for each section CFD model need to be developed, validated and CFD simulations need to be performed to predict the heat and mass transfer behaviour in each zone. And finally, integrating CFD models of all three zones to predict the overall behaviour of the kiln and validate the integrated model. Our aim is to study the effect of various input parameters on the Rotary kiln operation using the validated CFD model and propose optimum parameters for efficient operation.

Prahlad Gurjar

Mr. Prahlad Gurjar is a native of Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh. He completed his B.Tech degree in Chemical Engineering from Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain. After graduation, he worked as a Project Associate at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, where he focused on carbon capture, hydrate kinetics, and mathematical modeling. Later, he gained industrial experience as a Shift Engineer at Krishna Phoschem Ltd., Meghnagar. Currently, he is pursuing a PhD under Dr. Amol Deshpande at BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus on a project sponsored by the industry - ASM-HHV Engineering Pvt. Ltd.

PhD Thesis Topic: Modeling and CFD simulation of a Laser Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Reactor for High-Purity Polysilicon Production.

The outcomes of this study will provide insights into a new design of CVD reactor for polysilicon production, contributing to the development of energy-efficient and high-throughput CVD reactors for the semiconductor and solar industries.

Amrutha P. C.

Amrutha P. C. from Kerala is a Chemical Engineer with teaching experience as an Assistant Professor. She holds an M.Tech and B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Government Engineering College, Kozhikode. In her M. Tech, she worked on CFD-based bioreactor studies and protein powder plant simulation and published a paper in SSRN.

She is currently pursuing PhD under the supervison of Dr. Amol Deshpande in the Department of Chemical Engineering at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus.

PhD Topic: CFD simulation and Design of a novel Laser Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor for Polysilicon production

During her PhD, she will be working on the project sponsored by ASM- HHV Engineering Pvt Ltd.

Daliboyina Neelima

PhD Thesis Topic: Studies on a Carbon monoxide (CO) fueled self-sustaining Unmixed Combustion (UMC) reactor for integrated Carbon dioxide (CO₂) capture and power/steam generation

Supervisor: Prof. Srinivas Krishnaswamy

Co-Supervisor: Dr. Amol Deshpande

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