Dr.Partha Kundu

Dr.Partha Kundu
  • Dr.Partha Kundu
  • Senior Scientist
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Research Area: Environmental engineering, Renewable energy engineering (H2 energy), Pollution abatement (Air/Water/Solid), Bio-remediation, Process engineering & Optimization, Advance Separation process, Modeling & Simulation.

Current Research:

  • Green H2 generation from various renewable feed stock.
  • Process development for VOC & Odour control.
  • Sustainable process for solid waste management (MSW).
  • Waste to energy engineering.
  • Biodegradability of alternative to single use plastic materials.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/partha-kundu-10784422/
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-5246
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Partha-Kundu-4
Google scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=X0NPqmgAAAAJ&hl=en

Current Position: Senior Scientist & Assistant Professor (AcSIR), CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram

Previous Positions:

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow
    Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  • Research Associate
    Hindustan Petroleum Corporation limited (HPCL) R&D Centre, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
  • CSIR Award for S&T Innovations for Rural Development: CAIRD-2020 (Team Award)
  • Recipient of Shastri Indo-Canadian Post-Doctoral Research fellowship (SRSF 2016-17).
  • Recipient of YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD (VIRA 2016) in the year 2016.
  • Recipient of International Travel grant sponsored by DST in the year 2015.
  • Recipient of IIChE sponsored R&D project (IIC-734-CHD) in the year 2013.
  • Received Research Fellowship (PhD) by IITR-MHRD in the year 2011-2016.
  • Received MHRD Fellowship (M.Tech) during 2009 to 2011.
  • GATE-2009 Scholarship

Membership of Professional Bodies/Societies

  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) (Membership No.: 009905782809)
  • Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) (Membership No.: LAM-48355)
  • The Institution of Engineers (India) (IEI) (Membership No.: AM-1714883)

2016PhD (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, Department of Chemical Engineering
2011M.Tech (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, Department of Chemical Engineering
2009B.Tech (Chemical Engineering), University College of Science and Technology (UCST), University of Calcutta
2006B.Sc (Chemistry Honours), Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta

 

2016PhD (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, Department of Chemical Engineering
2011M.Tech (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, Department of Chemical Engineering
2009B.Tech (Chemical Engineering), University College of Science and Technology (UCST), University of Calcutta
2006B.Sc (Chemistry Honours), Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta

 

Book/Book Chapters:

  • P. Kundu, “Stability, Rheology, Transport Behavior of Emulsions In Porous Media” Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, (2019), ISBN: 978-620-0-00443-7.
  • P. Kundu, I.M.Mishra, Recent Advances in Bioenergy Research, Ch: Biogas generation from Industrial waste/Domestic sewage by using UASB reactor: Reactor design and Hydro-dynamics study using CFD, (2013) SSS-NIRE, India, ISBN 978-81-927097-0-3.

Papers:

  • P.M. Saharuba, P. Kundu, E. Plotnikov, D. Martemianov, Performance evaluation and intensification of novel buoyant filter bioreactor with associated secondary treatment process for rice processing industries, Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification, (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2021. In-press.
  • D. Martemianov, E. Plotnikov, M. Rudmin, A. Tyabayev, A. Artamonov, P. Kundu, Studying glauconite of the bakchar deposit (Western Siberia) as a prospective sorbent for heavy metals, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 55 (11) (2020)1359-1365.
  • P. Kundu, V. Kumar, I.M. Mishra, Experimental study on flow and rheological behavior of oil-in-water emulsions in unconsolidated porous media: Effect of particle size and phase volume fractions. Powder Technology, 343 (2019) 821-833.
  • P. Kundu, I.M. Mishra, Treatment and reclamation of hydrocarbon bearing oily wastewater as a hazardous pollutant by different processes and technologies - A State-of the-Art Review. Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 35 (1) (2019) 73-108.
  • P. Kundu, V. Kumar, P.J. Scales, I. M. Mishra, Synergistic influence of pH and temperature on rheological behavior of adhesive emulsions stabilized with micelle dispersion of an anionic surfactant. Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 22 (2) (2019) 301-313.
  • P. Kundu, K. Arora, Y. Gu, V. Kumar, I.M. Mishra, Formation and Stability of Water-in-Oil Nano-Emulsions with Mixed Surfactant using In-Situ Combined Condensation-Dispersion Method. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 97 (7) (2019) 2039-2049.
  • P. Kundu, V. Kumar, I.M. Mishra, Study the electro-viscous effect on stability and rheological behavior of surfactant-stabilized emulsions. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 39 (3) (2018) 384-394.
  • P. Kundu, V. Kumar, Y. Hoarau, I.M. Mishra, Numerical simulation and analysis of fluid flow hydrodynamics through a structured array of circular cylinders forming porous medium. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40 (23-24) (2016) 9848-9871.
  • P. Kundu, V. Kumar, I.M. Mishra, Experimental and numerical investigation of fluid flow hydrodynamics in porous media: Characterization of pre-Darcy, Darcy and non-Darcy flow regimes. Powder Technology, 303 (2016) 278-291.
  • P. Kundu, V. Paul, V. Kumar, I. M. Mishra, An Adaptive Modeling of Petroleum Emulsion Formation and Stability by A Heuristic Multi-Objective Artificial Neural Network-Genetic Algorithm. Petroleum Science and Technology, 34 (4) (2016) 350-358.
  • P. Kundu, I. M. Mishra, Treatment of surfactant stabilised oily wastewater using coalescing bed of bagasse fly ash (BFA) as a low cost filter medium: Modeling and optimization of process parameters. Desalination and Water Treatment, 57 (42) (2016) 19713-19726.
  • P. Kundu, V. Kumar, I.M. Mishra, Modeling the steady shear rheological behavior of dilute to highly concentrated oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions: Effect of temperature, oil volume fraction and anionic surfactant concentration. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 129 (2015) 189-204.
  • P. Kundu, V. Paul, V. Kumar, I.M. Mishra, Formulation development, Modeling and optimization of emulsification process using evolving RSM assisted hybrid ANN-GA framework, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 104 (2015) 773-790.
  • P. Kundu, V. Kumar, I.M. Mishra, Numerical modeling of turbulent flow through isotropic porous media. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 75 (2014) 40-57.
  • P. Kundu, A. Agrawal, H. Mateen, I.M. Mishra, Stability of oil-in–water macro-emulsion with anionic surfactant: Effect of Electrolytes and Temperature. Chemical Engineering Science, 102 (2013) 176-185.
  • P. Kundu, I.M. Mishra, Removal of Emulsified Oil from Oily wastewater (oil-in-water emulsion) using Packed Bed of Polymeric resin beads. Separation and Purification Technology, 118 (2013) 519-529.