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Industrial Research Activities at Catalytic Reaction Engineering Lab (CRE Lab)
Prof. K.K. Pant Research Group*Email: [email protected]
Industry Day Theme # 4: Sustainable Habitat
Heterogeneous Green Catalysis, Reaction Kinetics, HydrocarbonConversion Processes, Green Technologies for Sustainable Energy andEnvironment, Biomass Conversion, Biofuel, Specialty Chemicals, Fuelfrom Waste Biomass and Waste plastic, Metal Recovery from WEEEwaste, Integrated Biorefinery, Water Treatment, Ionic Liquids, CleanEnergy, Bio-renewable Energy.
Current Projects: Catalytic Conversion of Coal and Natural Gas to LiquidFuels (CTL, GTL, MTO, CO & CO2 Conversion, Tri-reforming, NG to BTX),Hydrogen Production from Biomass, Biomass Conversion to High ValueSpecialty Chemicals and Fuels.
Research Interest
10 kg/h pyrolysis pilot plant 3D view
Pyrolysis conditions: Time 1 h, N2 flow rate 100 ml/min, particle size: 1000 micron
Bulk Metal Separation
• Around 90% metal were separated from metal –char mixture
• More than 90 wt.% metal content of e-waste was separated in the form metal mixture consisting of majorly Cu, Pb, Fe, Al and Ni (87 wt.%)
Element Metal Content
in PCB (5 g )
Bulk Metal
Mixture (1.5
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% Total
Metal
Recovery
Cu 1.27 g (25.56%) 0.948 74.17%
Pb 0.09 g (1.8%) 0.09 g ~100%
Fe 0.19 g (3.8%) 0.185 g 97.26%
Al 0.07 g (1.40%) 0.064 g 90.64%
Ni 0.032 g (0.64%) 0.025 g 77.34%
Ag 432 ppm 1341 ppm 93.10%
Au 1.7 ppm 5 ppm 97.05%
Pyrolysis experiment: study of effect of temperature
Scale Up of technology
E-waste RecyclingOverall Methodology :
Overall Research Activities at CRE Lab
Biomass Conversion Beyond Energetic Needs Biomass to Value Added Chemicals
Catalyst’s activity over (a) Ni/MgO, (b) Ni/TiO2, (c) Ni/CeO2-ZrO2, (d) Ni/ZrO2, (e) Ni/SBA-15 and (f) Ni/Al2O3:(A) CH4 conversion and (B) CO2 conversion(Reaction conditions: CH4:CO2:H2O:O2:N2 = 1:0.23:0.46:0.07:0.28, WHSV = 17220 mLh-1g-1, Temp. 800oC at 1 bar
Reduction of Carbon Footprint via Tri-reforming
Major units of lignin High pressure reactor
• Result: 100% conversion of lignin• Major products: 3-methyl
cyclopentanol (4.2%),2-methyl-benzene methanol (18%), benzene propanol(4.7%), ethyl-benzene acetaldehyde (9.5%)
• Reaction conditions: 0.25 g Alkali lignin, 0.25 g Cu-PMO, 80 mLsolvent, 0.14 mL Formic acid,350o C, 4 h)
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CO conversion vs. Temperature
varying operating pressure
Methanol selectivity trend in the formation of DMECoal to methanol and DME pathway
Thermodynamics Analysis using Aspen plus
Lignin conversion
Process development for coal to methanol