Invited Talks

Invited Talks

• “Density Functional Theory Study on Conversion of Levulinic Acid to Value Added Chemicals in Supercritical Water” in GUJCOST sponsored Faculty Development Programme on “Green Chemistry & Technology for Sustainable Engineering” Organized by PP Savani University, Surat, Gujrat, India (Jan 18, 2021).
• “ANSYS Implementation Procedure – HDO of 2-HB in a Fluidized Bed Reactor” – Hands on Session in AICTE STTP-1 on “Industrial Pollution & Control Strategies” organized by Anurag University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Aug 29, 2020).
• “Role of Modelling and Simulation of Hydrodeoxygenation to Upgrade Sustainable Bio-oils Required for Combating Pollution Concerns” in AICTE STTP-1 on “Industrial Pollution & Control Strategies” organized by Anurag University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (Aug 28, 2020).
• “Computational Fluid Dynamics Applied to HDO of Bio-oil: A Non-Isothermal Multiphase Multicomponent Catalytic Reactive System” in AICTE STTP-1 on “Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer” organized by Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India (Aug 27, 2020).
• “ANSYS Implementation Methodology for HDO of Bio-oil in a Fluidized Bed Reactor” – Hands on Session in AICTE STTP-1 on “Computational Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer” organized by Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (Autonomous), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India (Aug 27, 2020).
• "Technoeconomical Challenges of Pyrolytic Conversion of Biomass Waste” – Webinar Organized by University College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (July 30, 2020).
• “CFD Study of Hydrodeoxygenation of 2-Hydroxybenzaldehyde (A Bio-oil Model Compound) in A Fluidized Bed Reactor” in TEQIP sponsored five-day national seminar on “Recent Advances in Materials, Energy and Environmental Engineering” organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India (July 17, 2018).
• “Computational Fluid Dynamics Study on Upgrading of Pine Pyrolytic Bio-oil in Fixed Bed Reactor” in TEQIP sponsored two-day national seminar on “Process Intensification in Process Industries” organized by University College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Telangana – 500007, India (March 25, 2016).
• “Simulations of Catalytic Reactive Multiphase Flows using CFD – Case Study on Upgrading Bio-oil” in TEQIP short term course on “Advanced Clean Fuel Technologies and Alternative Energy Systems”, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, (March 11, 2016).
• “Numerical Study on Upgradation of Bio-oil in Upflow Fixed Bed Reactor” in 68^th Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (CHEMCON – 2015), IIT Guwahati, India, (Dec. 30, 2015).
• “Power-law Fluids Flow and Heat/Mass Transfer Phenomena of Spherical Particles with Full Slip, Partial Slip and No-Slip Surface Boundary Conditions” in International Conference on Computational Heat and Mass Transfer organized by Department of Mathematics, NIT Warangal, India (Dec. 01, 2015).
• “CFD Study on Effects of Impurities on Hydrodynamics of Low Volume Fraction Bubble Swarms in Power-law Liquids” in 31^st National Convection of Chemical Engineers, Institution of Engineers (India), Odisha State Centre, Bhubaneswar, India (Sept. 12, 2015).
• “Drag and Heat Transfer Coefficients of Unconfined, Confined and Multiple Spheroid Particles at Moderate Reynolds and Prandtl Numbers” in the Alumni Science Evening, Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, London, United Kingdom (Feb. 8, 2011).
• “Design of Experimental Setups for Engineering Practice: Heat Transfer Equipment” in the Short Term Training Program, DESFEP-2008 at National Institute of Technology Warangal, sponsored by the Ministry of the Human Resource and Development, Government of India (Sep. 4, 2008).
• “Flow and drag phenomena of single and multiple fluid spheres in power-law liquids at moderate Reynolds numbers” in the Division of Mathematical and Information Sciences, CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia (May 26, 2008).