Publications - BITS Pilani

International Journals

Sharma Timilsina, Manish, Subhadip Sen, Bibek Uprety, Vashishtha B. Patel, Prateek Sharma, and Pratik N. Sheth. 2024. 'Prediction of HHV of fuel by Machine learning Algorithm: Interpretability analysis using Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP)', Fuel, Vol. 357, pp.129573, 2024
Sharma, Prateek, Pratik N. Sheth, and Subhadip Sen. 'Aspen plus simulation of an inline calciner for white cement production with a fuel mix of petcoke and producer gas', Energy, Vol. 282, pp. 128892, 2023.
Yashpal Singh, Jyoti Rani, Jeetesh Kushwaha, Madhumita Priyadarsini, Kailash Pati Pandey, Pratik N. Sheth, Sushil Kumar Yadav, M. S. Mahesh, and Abhishek S. Dhoble. “Scientific characterization methods for better utilization of cattle dung and urine: a concise review”, Tropical Animal Health and Production, Vol. 55, pp. 274, 2023
Sharma, P., Sheth, P.N. and Mohapatra, B.N. "Co-processing of petcoke and producer gas obtained from RDF gasification in a white cement plant: A techno-economic analysis", Energy, Vol. 265, pp. 126248, 2023
Pandey, B., P.N. Sheth and Prajapati, Y.K. "Tar cracking enhancement by air sparger installation in the combustion zone of the downdraft gasifier", Biomass and Bioenergy, Vol 166, pp. 106620, 2022.
Pandey, B., P.N. Sheth and Prajapati, Y.K. "Air-CO₂ and oxygen-enriched air-CO₂ biomass gasification in an autothermal downdraft gasifier: Experimental studies", Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 270, pp.116216, 2022.
Pandey, B., Prajapati, Y.K., and Sheth, P.N. "CFD analysis of the downdraft gasifier using species-transport and discrete phase model", Fuel, Vol. 328, 125302, 2022.
Sharma, P., Sheth, P.N. and Mohapatra, B.N. "Recent Progress in Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) Co‑processing in Cement Production: Direct Firing in Kiln/Calciner vs Process Integration of RDF Gasification", Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2022
Sharma, P. Sen, S., Sheth, P.N. and Mohapatra, B.N. "Multizone model of refused derived fuel gasification: A thermodynamic semi-empirical approach", Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 260, pp.115621 - 115632, 2022.
Pandey, B. Prajapati, Y.K., and Sheth, P.N. "CFD analysis of biomass gasification using downdraft gasifier", Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol. 44, pp. 4107 - 4111, 2021.
Pandey, B., Prajapati, Y.K., and Sheth, P.N. "Recent progress in thermochemical techniques to produce hydrogen gas from biomass: A state of the art review", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 44, pp. 25384-25415, 2019.
Patra, T. and Sheth, P.N. "Biomass gasification coupled with producer gas cleaning, bottling and HTS catalysis treatment for H2-rich gas production", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 44, pp. 11602 - 11616, 2019.
Patra, T., Mukherjee, S. and Sheth, P.N. "Process Simulation of hydrogen rich gas production from producer gas using HTS Catalysis", Energy, Vol. 173, pp. 1130-1140, 2019.
Jain, Tanmay and Sheth, P.N. "Design of energy utilization test for a biomass cook stove: Formulation of an optimum air flow recipe", Energy, Vol. 166, pp.1097-1105, 2019.
Sharma, Rajeev and Sheth P.N., "Multi reaction apparent kinetic scheme for the pyrolysis of large size biomass particles using macro-TGA", Energy, Vol. 151, pp. 1007-1017, 2018.
Patra, T., Ravindran, N. and Sheth, P.N., "A comprehensive dynamic model for downdraft gasifier using heat and mass transport coupled with reaction kinetics", Energy, Vol. 116, pp. 1230-1242, 2016
Sharma, S. and Sheth, P.N., "Air-steam biomass gasification: experiments, modeling and simulation", Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 110, pp. 307 - 318, 2016
Sharma, R., Sheth, P.N., and Gujarathi, A.M., “Kinetic modeling and simulation: Pyrolysis of Jatropha residue de-oiled cake”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 86, pp. 554-562, 2016
Patra, T K, and Sheth, P.N., “Biomass gasification models for downdraft gasifier: A state-of-the-art review”, Renewable and Sustainable energy Reviews, Vol. 50, pp.583-593, 2015.
Sharma, R. and Sheth, P.N., "Thermo-Chemical Conversion and of Jatropha Deoiled Cake: Pyrolysis vs. Gasification". International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications. Vol. 6 (No 5), pp 376-380, 2015
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Production of hydrogen energy through biomass (waste wood) gasification". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Vol. 35 (No. 19), pp. 10803-10810, 2010.
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Experimental studies on producer gas generation from wood waste in a downdraft biomass gasifier". Bioresource Technology, Vol. 100, pp. 3127-3133, 2009.
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Differential Evolution Approach for obtaining Kinetic Parameters in Non isothermal Pyrolysis of Biomass". Materials and Manufacturing Processes. Vol. 24, pp. 47-52, 2009.
Babu, B.V. and Pratik N Sheth, "Modeling and Simulation of Reduction Zone of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier: Effect of Char Reactivity Factor", Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 47 (No. 15-16), pp. 2602-2611, 2006.

National Journals

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Power Generation from Biomass Gasification: A Renewable Energy Source based Technology". Electrical India. Vol. 49 (No. 11), pp. 152-157, 2009
Babu, B.V. and Pratik N.Sheth, " Modeling and Simulation of Reduction Zone of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier: Effect of Air to Fuel Ratio". Journal on Engineering and Technology, Vol. 2 (No. 3), pp. 35-40, February-April, 2007.
Rungta, S. and P.N. Sheth, “Study of the Production Technologies of Heavy Crude Oil”, The IUP journal of chemical engineering, Vol II, No:3, pp.22-32, 2010.

Conference Proceedings

Parth Joshi, Tapas Kumar Patra and Pratik N Sheth, "Design Modifications to Improve Tar cracking and Catalytic Tar reforming in Biomass Gasification Systems: A review", Proceedings of International Symposium & 70 th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2017), Department of Chemical Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, Wewst Bengal, India, December 27-30, 2017
Tapas K Patra and Pratik N Sheth, "Parametric study of downdraft biomass gasification using a comprehensive transport and kinetic model", Proceedings of AIChE Annual Meeting 2017, Oct 29- Nov 3, Minneapolis, USA
Mudita Garg and Pratik N Sheth, "Syngas composition prediction for biomass gasification", Proceedings of International Symposium & 69th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2016), Department of Chemical Engineering, Anna University, IIT Madras and CLRI, Chennai, India, December 27-30, 2016.
Santosh Khandgave, Pratik N Sheth, Suresh Gupta, "The hydrodynamic simulation of bio-film reactors using computational fluid dynamics for bioenergy systems", Proceedings of International Conference on Translational Biotechnology (Biosangam 2016) held at MNNIT, Allahabad, Feb 4-6, 2016
Heinz A. Preisig, Henrik Rusche, Sigve Karolius, Pratik N Sheth, Mandar Thombre, "A Multi-Scale Simulation Platform Facilitating Interactions Using Model-Based Design of Experiments and Surrogate Models", Proceedings of 2015 Annual Meeting of AIChE, Saltlake city,UT, USA, Nov 8 -13, 2015.
Sushil Kumar, Pratik N Sheth and B V Babu, "Reactive Extraction of Nicotinic Acid from Aqueous Solution: Equilibrium and kinetic study", Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering & Technology (ICACE 2014), Department of Chemical Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala, India. Oct 16 -18, 2014
Rajeev Sharma and Pratik N Sheth, “Experimental Investigations of Thermal decomposition of Jatropha residue cake”, Proceedings of International Symposium & 66th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2013), Department of Chemical Engineering, University Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India, December 27-30, 2013.
Amit Vikram Dutta, Pratik N Sheth, “CFD Analysis of Flow around Static Mixer”, Proceedings of Innovations in Chemical Engineering (ICE 2013), Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India , Nov 15 -16, 2013.
B V Babu, Rajeev Sharma, Pratik N Sheth, "Kinetic Modeling & Simulation of thermo-chemical conversion of Jatropha de-oiled cake", Proceedings of 2012 Annual Meeting of AIChE, Pittsburgh, USA, Oct 28 - Nov 2, 2012.
Rajeev Sharma, Pratik N Sheth, "Gasification potential of Jatropha de-oiled residue cake", Proceedings of 2012 Annual Meeting of AIChE, Pittsburgh, USA, Oct 28 - Nov 2, 2012.
Akshay Nipane and Pratik N Sheth, “A review: Pyroysis of Biomass in a Fluidized Bed Reactor”, Proceedings of Technological Advancements in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (TACEE-2012), Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, India, March 24-25, 2012.
Nipun Chowrasia and Pratik N Sheth, “Simulation of a Coal Gasifier to Optimize the Hydrogen Production using Aspen Plus Software”, Proceedings of Technological Advancements in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (TACEE-2012), Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, India, March 24-25, 2012.
Prashanth G, Purva Goel, Rajeev Sharma and Pratik N Sheth, “Characterization of Bio-oil generated from Pyrolysis of Biomass: A Review”, Proceedings of Technological Advancements in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (TACEE-2012), Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, India, March 24-25, 2012.
Rajeev Sharma, Nipun Chowrasia and Pratik N Sheth, “Kinetic Modeling & Simulation of Pyrolysis of Jatropha cake waste”, Proceedings of Technological Advancements in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (TACEE-2012), Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, India, March 24-25, 2012.
Rajeev Sharma and Pratik N Sheth, “Experimental Study on Pyrolysis of Wood Waste and Product Characterization”, Proceedings of International Symposium & 64 th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2011), Department of Chemical Engineering, M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India, December 27-29, 2011.
Satish Madasu and Pratik N Sheth, “Steam Gasification of Wood Waste in a Downdraft Biomass Gasifier”, Proceedings of International Symposium & 64 th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2011), Department of Chemical Engineering, M. S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India, December 27-29, 2011.
Pratik N Sheth and Sushil Kumar, “Sustainable Manufacturing and Recovery of Chemicals from Bio-oil generated from Jatropha Residue Cake: A Brief Review”, Proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (ICSM): Issues, Trends and Practices, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PILANI, November 10 – 12, 2011
Sushil Kumar, Pratik N Sheth, Kunal Suraj and Sonal Zade, “Ionic Liquids as Green Solvents for Extraction of Organic Compounds, Metals and Biocompounds: A Brief Review”, Proceedings of International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (ICSM): Issues, Trends and Practices, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PILANI, November 10 – 12, 2011
Sheth, P.N., Amita, U., and B.V.Babu, "Combined Transport and Kinetic Modeling of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier". Proceedings of 2010 Annual Meeting of AIChE, Salt Lake City, UT, November 7-12, 2010.
U.Amita, P. N. Sheth, and B.V.Babu, "Experimental Studies On Gasification of Pine Wood Shavings in a Downdraft Biomass Gasifier". Proceedings of 2010 Annual Meeting of AIChE, Salt Lake City, UT, November 7-12, 2010.
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Experimental Studies on Downdraft Biomass Gasifier". Proceedings of International Symposium & 62nd Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2009), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, December 27-30, 2009.
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Modeling and Simulation of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier". Proceedings of 2009 Annual Meeting of AIChE, Gaylord Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN, USA, November 8-13, 2009.
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Kinetic Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Pyrolysis". Proceedings of International Symposium & 61st Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2008), Panjab University, Chandigarh, Dec 27-30, 2008.
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Optimization of Kinetic Parameters in Pyrolysis of Biomass Using Logarithmic Differential Evolution (LDE)". Proceedings of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2008), Atlanta , Georgia , USA , July 12-16, 2008.
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Optimization of Kinetic Parameters in Pyrolysis of Biomass Using Differential Evolution (DE)". Proceedings of International Conference on Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm in Materials Science and Engineering (NGMS-2008), Kolkata, Jan 9-11, 2008
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , " Kinetic Modeling for Pyrolysis of Hazelnut Shell: Optimal Parameter Estimation using Differential Evolution (DE)". Proceedings of International Symposium & 60th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2007), The Diamond Jubilee Conference of IIChE, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, Dec 27-30, 2007, pp. 33, 2007.
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Pyrolysis of Hazelnut Shell: Kinetic Modeling and Simulation". Proceedings of International Symposium & 59th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2006), Bharuch, December 27-30, 2006.
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Kinetic Modeling of the Pyrolysis of Biomass". Proceedings of National Conference on Environmental Conservation (NCEC-2006), BITS-Pilani, September 1-3, 2006, pp. 453-458, 2006.
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Effect of Moisture Content on Composition Profiles of Producer Gas in Downdraft Biomass Gasifier", Proceedings of International Congress Chemistry and Environment (ICCE-2005), Indore, December 24-26, 2005, pp. 356-360, 2005.
Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Parametric Study of Factors affecting the Composition of Producer Gas", Proceedings of International Symposium & 58th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2005), New Delhi, December 14-17, 2005.
Babu, B.V. and Pratik N. Sheth, “Modeling & Simulation of Biomass Gasifier: Effect of Oxygen Enrichment and Steam-to-air Ratio”, Presented at International Congress on Renewable Energy (ICORE-2005), Pune, January 20-22, 2005.
Babu, B.V. and Pratik N. Sheth, "Modeling and Simulation of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier", Proceedings of International Symposium & 57th Annual Session of IIChE in association with AIChE (CHEMCON-2004), Mumbai, December 27-30, 2004.

Books/Book Chapters

Pratik N Sheth and Bhanu Vardhan Reddy Kuncharam, Content Contributions of Indian Adaptation of the book "Transport Phenomena Revised 2nd edition An Indian Adaptation", Original Authors: by R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart, Edwin N. Lightfoot.
https://www.amazon.in/Transport-Phenomena-Revised-Indian-Adaptation/dp/9354244459
Prateek Sharma, Pratik N Sheth and B N Mohapatra, "Waste-to-Energy: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities for RDF Utilization in Indian Cement Industry". In: Bose M., Modi A. (eds) Proceedings of the 7^th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore (2021)
Tapas Kumar Patra and Pratik N Sheth, "Biomass thermo-chemical treatment methods and techno-economic assessment". In Recent Advancements in Biofuels and Bioenergy Utilization Editors: Sarangi, Prakash Kumar, Nanda, Sonil, Mohanty, Pravakar (Eds.) Springer Singapore (2018).
Pratik N Sheth, S. Gupta and S. Kumar (2017). Energy Integration in Process Plants. In Sustainable Utilization of Natural Resources, Edited by Prasenjit Mondal and Ajay K. Dalai, CRC Press: 513-537.
Pratik N Sheth and B V Babu, "Advances in Downdraft Biomass Gasification". In Handbook of Research on Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering, Edited by A K Haghi, Nova Science Publishers, USA (2010).

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