Research Focus

• Dr. Sarkar's research is focused on the development of catalytic technology routes for the industrially important chemicals reactions. The activities include but are not limited to,
• Design and Development of Novel Catalyst Systems for Existing and New Applications
• Performance Enhancement of Catalytic Systems using improvized solutions
• Understanding/ enhancing the commercial viability of catalytic reactions by inculcating "Green Chemistry" Principles, Sustainable feedstock, Catalyst-product separation and efficient catalyst reuse and recycle etc.
• Proposing futuristic designs for catalyst performance enhancement e.g. use of supercritical fluids (SCFs), Xerothermal systems, Gas-Expansion of Liquid (GXLs) Solvents etc.

Experimentation Setups

• In his efforts to build a sophisticated Industrial Catalysis Experimentation (ICE) Facility, the following setups are already in function
  1. 100 mL High Temperature High Pressure Stirred Autoclave Reactor Setup (MOC: Hastelloy C276)
  2. High Vacuum Pump Setup for Product Separation by Fractionation

Upcoming Setups

• Membrane-assisted ultra/ nano filtration setup for catalyst separation (2020)