B. Prasad

Patents

1. Patent Grant No. 404050, A system and method of ultrasound-induced catalytic detoxification of acrylonitrile from aqueous solution - Arvind Kumar and B Prasad

2. Patent Application No. IN201911009915A, A method for producing synthesis gas from biomass residues - B Prasad

3. Patent Application No. IN202111016514A, A process for the production of Bio CNG from biogas- B Prasad

4. Patent Application No. 202111046759, A method for removing acrylonitrile from aqueous solution using heterogeneous catalysts - Arvind Kumar and B Prasad

5. Patent Application No. 202211038895, A process for the capture of carbon dioxide from flue gas- B Prasad

M.Tech students

M.E./M.Tech. Dissertations

S. No.	Title	Name of student	Year of Award	Co-supervisor
1.	Studies on biomass gasification	S.K. Sharma	1988	Dr I.M. Mishra
2.	Development of adsorption tubes for the determination of VOCs	M. Kaif	2001
3.	Development of recovery and reuse system for ozone depleting chlorofluoro refrigerants	Deepak Gupta	2001
4.	Kinetics of biomass gasification	M.J. Safi	2002
5.	Modelling of environmental leachability of petroleum refinery oily sludge	S.K. Sharma	2002	R.B. Singh, EIL, NEW Delhi
6.	Modelling of L-glutamic acid fermentation	S. Prasad	2003
7.	Dust emission due to vehicular traffic	Arvind Kumar	2003
8.	Gasification in a fluidized bed reactor	Anand Singh	2004
9.	Studies on biodiesel production	B.K Barnwal	2004	Dr M.P. Sharma, AHEC
10.	Studies on pyrolysis of biomass	Rahul S. Bhishikar	2005
11.	Chromium removal from electroplating sludge	Praveen Bansal	2005
12.	Oil field effluent treatment for safe disposal by electroflotation	Rupesh Bande	2006
13.	Nickel hydroxide recovery from stainless steel pickling liquor by selective precipitation method	P. Dhanasekaran	2006
14.	Studies on removal of chlorobenzene by adsorption	Ravi Rajoria	2006
15.	Studies on fludized bed gasification of biomass	Abhishek Ranjan	2007
16.	Heavy metal removal from wastewater by tea factory waste	Mohammad Atif	2007	Dr K. L. Wasewar
17.	Removal of tin from synthetic waste water	Shiv Kumar	2007
18.	Studies on particle characteristics and pressure drop in granular media filtration	Indu Gupta	2007
19.	Flash pyrolysis of biomass for bio oil	Vineet Kumar	2008
20	Removal of VOC using activated carbon	Kamlesh Singh	2008
21.	Densification of biomass	Varun Panwar	2008
22.	Studies on removal of selenium from water by adsorption	C.S. Gulipalli	2008
23.	Mathematical Simulation of Fluidized Bed Reactor for Dimethyl ether Synthesis from Syngas	Narendra Kumar	2008
24.	Studies on densification of biomass for usage in brick kilns	Rahul Chadha	2009
25.	Modeling and simulation of saline extractive distillation column for production of absolute ethanol	Dheeraj Lalchandani	2009
26.	Removal of phenol by electro-coagulation and adsorption	Pachimatla Rajesh	2009
27.	Cold phase studies of biomass and sand in a rotating cone reactor	Naresh. Gaddapati	2009
28.	Modelling of ethanol steam reforming in a packed bed tubular reactor	Anshul Kumar	2010
29.	Process hazard analysis of ethyl acetate plant using HAZOP	Parkhe B. Rangnath	2010
30.	Quantitative risk assessment of a delayed coker unit	Muneshwar Anand	2010
31.	Phosphate removal by electrocoagulation	Jaymant Jha	2010
32.	Assessment of ambient air quality at Greater Noida	Mohit Yadav	2011
33.	Quantitative risk assessment of FCC unit of in petrochemical complex	Manish Shrivastava	2011
34.	Studies on removal of Boron by electrocoagulation	K. K. Garg	2011
35.	Mixing characteristics of sand and biomass in a rotating cone reactor	Ankit Raj	2011
36.	Modelling and simulation of fluidized bed biomass gasifier	Amit Sharma	2011
37.	Risk assessment of Catalytic reforming unit	Manish Chaudhary	2012
38.	Removal of colour from waste water of pulp and paper industry	Alok Rai	2012
39.	HAZOP study of Hydrogen production unit of a petroleum refinery.	Bhupendra Suryavanshi	2012
40.	Fast pyrolysis of corn stalks	Nikhil Sinha	2012
41.	Measurement of risk and reliability of cement industry.	Harish Mahawar	2012
42.	Removal of heavy metals from electroplating wastewater using electrochemical methods	Vidya Sagar Jagati	2013
43.	Pyrolysis of scrap tyres	Arjeet Maheshwari	2013
44.	Adsorptive removal of hexavalent chromium and COD from electroplating waste water by corncobs based activated carbon	Prashant Rawat	2013
45.	Removal of Bromate from water by granuular ferric hydroxide	Suneel Yadav	2014
46.	Chemical reduction of nitrate bearing waste water by zero valent iron	Ashish Kumar	2014
47.	Adsorptive removal of hexavalent chromium from tannery waste water by corncobs based activated carbon	Sandeep Singh	2014
48.	Treatment of Petroleum refinery wastewater using electrocoagulation	Pallam Uday Bhanu	2014
49.	Mathematical modelling and simulation of FCC riser rector	Shikha Dhankar	2014
50.	Simulation and intgerration analysis of gas to liquid fuels	Sohaj Singh Brar	2014
51.	Adsorptive removal of heavy metals from electroplating waste water using coconut shell activated carbon	Amit Singh	2015
52.	Adsorption of fluoride ions from waste water using flyash	Pushpendra Singh	2015
53.	Modelling and simulation of biodiesel production employing membrane reactor coupled with a pre - reactor	Kapil Chandra Suyal	2015
54.	Methanol production from sysngas by tri- reforming process: simulation and optimization	Varun Rajeevkumar Lohia	2015
55.	Simulation of CO2 removal from coal fired power plant	Rishabh Johri	2016
56.	Electrochemical treatment of phosphate fertilizer industry waste water	Jitendra Kumar	2016
57.	Absorptive removal of cadmium from metal plating industry wastewater	Rajendra Kumar Senapati	2016
58.	Modelling and simulation of bubbling fluidized bed pyrolyser for pyro oil production	Devesh Kumar Shrivastava	2016
59.	Studies on the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater by coagulation and Fenton methods	Udham Singh	2017
60.	Treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater by coagulation and fenton processes	Pushpraj Choudhary	2018
62	Electrochemical treatment of refinery RO reject	Bhupendra Yadav	2019
61.	Extraction of silicon from rice husk for solar cell fabrication	Yashi Rastogi	2021

A. In Peer-Reviewed Journals

1. Achal Pandey, Srinivasarao Naik B, Shishir Sinha, B. Prasad, Carbon black production from various sources by thermal cracking method, Energy Environment and Storage, (2022) 1-8.

2. S. Maiti, B. Prasad, A.K. Minocha, Optimization of Pb (II) removal from aqueous solutions by fly ash using Box-Behnken Design, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, (2022) 125-135.

3. S. Maiti, J. Malik, B. Prasad, A.K. Minocha, Solidification/stabilization of Pb (II) and Cu (II) containing wastewater in a cement matrix, Environmental Technology, (2022) 0959-3330.

4. A. Kumar, B. Prasad, Mechanistic approach of SO4•−/•OH radical toward target pollutants degradation simultaneously enhanced activity and stability of perovskite-like catalyst SrCuxNi1-xO3, Separation and Purification Technology, 279 (2021) 119677.

5. A. Kumar, B. Prasad, K.K. Garg, Enhanced catalytic activity of series LaCuxFe1-x O3 (x = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8) perovskite-like catalyst for the treatment of highly toxic ABS resin wastewater: Phytotoxicity study, parameter optimization, and reaction pathways, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 147 (2021) 162-80.

6. A. Kumar, B. Prasad, V.K. Sandhwar, K.K. Garg, Mechanistic insight into heterogeneous Fenton-like catalysis with M-Al2O3/SiO2 (M = Fe, Co, and Ni) for acrylonitrile mineralization from real ABS resin wastewater: Optimization and toxicity assessment, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9 (2021) 105177.

7. S. Maiti, B. Prasad, A.K. Minocha, Optimization of copper removal from wastewater by fly ash using central composite design of response surface methodology. SN Applied Sciences, (2020) 2523-3971.

8. A. Kumar, B. Prasad, K.K. Garg, Efficiently degradation of acrylonitrile from aqueous solution by La0.5Ce0.5MO3 (M = Fe, Cu, and Co) perovskite-like catalyst: Optimization and reaction pathways, Journal of water process engineering, 36 (2020) 101314.

9. A. Kumar, B. Prasad, Catalytic peroxidation of acrylonitrile aqueous solution by Ni-doped CeO2 catalysts: characterization, kinetics, and thermodynamics, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 17 (2020) 1809-1824.

10. A. Kumar, B. Prasad, K.K. Garg, Catalytic peroxidation of acrylic acid from aqueous solution incorporated with highly active La0.5Sr0.5BO3 (B=Cu, Fe and Ni) perovskite-like catalysts, Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, (2020) 1-16.

11. V.K. Sandhwar, B. Prasad, Comparison of electrocoagulation, peroxi-electrocoagulation and peroxi-coagulation processes for treatment of simulated purified terephthalic acid wastewater: Optimization, sludge, and kinetic analysis. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 35 (2018) 909–921.

12. V.K. Sandhwar, B. Prasad, Comparative study of electrocoagulation and electrochemical Fenton treatment of aqueous solution of benzoic acid (BA): Optimization of process and sludge analysis, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 34 (2017)1062-1072.

13. V.K. Sandhwar, B. Prasad, A comparative study of electrochemical treatment of para-Toluic Acid (p- TA) from aqueous solution, Water Conserv. Sci. Eng. 1, (2017) 257–270.

14. V.K. Sandhwar, B. Prasad, Terephthalic acid removal from aqueous solution by electrocoagulation and electro-Fenton methods: process optimization through response surface methodology, Process Saf. Environ. Prot. 107 (2017) 269–280.

15. V.K. Sandhwar, B. Prasad, A comparative study of electrochemical degradation of benzoic acid and terephthalic acid from aqueous solution of purified terephthalic acid (PTA) wastewater, Journal of water process engineering. doi: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2017.03.006.

16. V.K. Sandhwar, B. Prasad, Comparative study of electrochemical oxidation and electrochemical Fenton processes for simultaneous degradation of phthalic and para-toluic acids from aqueous medium, J. Mol. Liq. 243 (2017) 519–532.

17. V.K. Sandhwar, B. Prasad, Comparison of phthalic acid removal from aqueous solution by electrochemical methods: Optimization, kinetic and sludge study, J. Environ. Manage. 203 (2017) 476- 488.

18. K.K. Garg, B. Prasad , Treatment of toxic pollutants of purified terephthalic acid waste water: A review. Enviro. Tech. & Inno.. 8 (2017) 191-217.

19. D.V.Naik, V. Karthik, V. Kumar, B. Prasad, Garg, M.O., 2017. Kinetic modeling for catalytic Cracking of pyrolysis oils with VGO in a FCC unit. Chem. Eng. Sci.170, 2017,790-796.

20. K. K. Garg, B. Prasad, Treatment of multicomponent aqueous solution of purified terephthalic acid wastewater by electrocoagulation process: optimization of process and analysis of sludge, J. Taiwan Inst. of Chem. Eng., 60, 2016, 383-393.

21. K. K. Garg, B. Prasad, Development of Box Behnken design for treatment of terephthalic acid wastewater by electrocoagulation process: optimization of process and analysis of sludge, J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 04, 2016, 178-190.

22. S. Mahesh, K.K. Garg, V.C. Srivastava, B. Prasad, I.D. Mall, I.M. Mishra, Continuous electrocoagulation treatment of pulp and paper mill wastewater: operating cost and sludge study, RSC Adv., 06, 2016, 16223-16233.

23. K. K. Garg, B. Prasad, Removal of para-toulic acid (p-TA) from purified terephthalic acid (PTA) wastewater by electrocoagulation process, J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 03, 2015, 1731-1739.

24. K.K. Garg , B. Prasad , Electrochemical treatment of benzoic acid (BA) from aqueous solution and optimization of parameters by response surface methodology (RSM). Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 56, 2015, 122-130.

25. K. K. Garg, B. Prasad, Removal of Br- and NO3- ions from petroleum refinery wastewater by electrocoagulation process, Int. J. Chem. & Bio. Sci., 04, 2015, 35-48.

26. K. K. Garg, P. Rawat, B. Prasad, Removal of Cr (VI) and COD from electroplating wastewater by corncob based activated carbon, Int. J. Water and Waste Water Treatment, 1(1), 2015, 1-9.

27. Naik, D.V; Kumar, V.; Prasad, B.; Behera, B.; Poddar, M.K.; Bal, R.; Khatri, O.P.; Adhikari, D.K.; Garg, M.O., Catalytic cracking of jatropha-derived fast pyrolysis oil with VGO and their NMR characterization, RSC Adv. 5, 398-409, 2015.

28. K. K. Garg, B. Prasad and V.C. Srivastava, Comparative study of industrial and laboratory prepared purified terephthalic acid (PTA) wastewater with electro-coagulation process, Sep. and Puri. Tech., 128, 2014, 80-88.

29. Naik, D.V; Kumar, V.; Prasad, B.; Behera, B.; Atheya, N.; Singh, K.K.; Adhikari, D. K.; Garg, M. O., Catalytic cracking of pyrolysis oil oxygenates (aliphatic and aromatic) with vacuum gas oil and their characterization, Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 92, 1579-1590, 2014a.

30. Naik, D.V; Kumar, V.; Prasad, B.; Behera, B.; Atheya, N.; Adhikari, D. K.; Nigam, K.D.P.; Garg, M. O., Catalytic cracking of C2-C3 carbonyls with vacuum gas oil, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 53, 49, 18816- 18823, 2014b.

31. Naik, D.V; Kumar, V.; Prasad, B.; Behera, B.; Singh, K.K.; Bangwal, D.P.; Atheya, N.; Garg, M. O., Catalytic Cracking of Glycerol to Fine Chemicals over Equilibrium Fluid Catalytic Cracking Catalyst, Energy Procedia, 54, 593-598, 2014c.

32. N. S. Khan, R.P. Singh and B. Prasad, Modeling the Diffusional Mass Transfer of Glucose in Microbial Production of L-glutamic Acid, Inter. Rev. Appl. Eng. Res., 3(1), 2013, 45-54.

33. N. S. Khan, R.P. Singh and B. Prasad, Modeling the Fermentative Production of L-Glutamic Acid by Corynebacterium Glutamicum in a Batch Bioreactor, Inter.J. Eng. Sci. and Techn., 5(1), 2013, 192-199.

34. K. K. Garg, B. Prasad, S. Verma, Removal of boron from waste water by electro-coagulation process, In. J. Applied Eng. Res. 1(1), 2013, 61-72.

35. S. Verma, B. Prasad, I.M. Mishra, Thermochemical Treatment (Thermolysis) of Petrochemical Wastewater: COD Removal Mechanism and Floc Formation. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 50 (9), 2011,5352– 5359.

36. S. Verma, B. Prasad and I.M Mishra, Pretreatment of Petrochemical Wastewater by Coagulation and Flocculation and the Sludge Characteristics, J. Hazard. Mater., 178, 2010, 1055-1064.

37. Arvind Kumar, B. Prasad and I. M. Mishra, Isotherm and Kinetics Study for Acrylic Acid Removal Using Powdered Activated Carbon, J. Hazard. Mater., 176 (1-3), 2010, 774-783.

38. Arvind Kumar, B. Prasad and I. M. Mishra, Optimization of Acrylonitrile Removal by Activated Carbon-Granular Using Response Surface Methodology, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 84 (4), 2009, 637-643.

B. Papers Presented in Seminars/Conferences

1. S. Maiti, B. Prasad, A.K. Minocha. Studies on removal of Cu (II) from aqueous solution by fly ash. International Conference on Advanced Materials, Energy and Environmental Sustainability, organized by University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, 14-15th December 2018.

2. S. Maiti, B. Prasad, A.K. Minocha. An integrated adsorption-solidification/stabilization process for fixing and immobilizing the lead ion. International Conference on Advanced Materials. Energy and Environmental Sustainability, organized by University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, 14-15th December 2018.

3. S. Maiti, B. Prasad, N. Jain, A.K. Minocha. Response Surface Methodology for optimization of copper removal from wastewater by fly ash. International Conference on Water Resource Management, Page No. Tech 4/1-4/11, organized by Academy of Water Technology and Environmental Management and CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata, 11-12th Jan 2018.

4. S. Maiti, B. Prasad, A.K. Minocha. Optimization of lead adsorption by fly ash using Box-Behnken Design technique of Response Surface Methodology from aqueous solution. Fifth International Online Conference on Reuse and Recycling of Materials (Polymers, Wood, Paper, Leather, Glass, Metals, Ceramics, Semi-Conductors, Water, etc.) and their products (ICRM – 2020), organized by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 11-13th December 2020.

5. S. Maiti, B. Prasad, A.K. Minocha. Immobilization of lead-loaded fly ash in the cement matrix. 11th International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Management. organized by FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts, 8 – 10th September 2021, Muttenz, Switzerland.

6. Sandhwar V.K., Prasad B., Treatment of Phthalic Acid from Aqueous Medium by Electrocoagulation using Aluminum Electrodes: Optimization by Response Surface Methodology. 6th World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering & Technology, 26-27 August 2017, UMPO, Indonesia, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-3-8, pp 026-031.

7. Kumar Arvind, Prasad, B, “Treatment of Styrene from Aqueous Solution by Coagulation Flocculation Methods” 6th World Conference on Applied Sciences, Engineering & Technology, 26-27 August 2017, UMPO, Indonesia, ISBN 13: 978-81-930222-3-8, pp 017-021.

8. Naik, D.V; Kumar, V.; Prasad, B.; Kumar, R., A perspective of fast pyrolysis oil processing in refinery. 4th International Conference on Sustainable Development, SUSCON-2015, IIM Shillong, India, March 11-13, 2015.

9. Naik, D.V; Kumar, V.; Prasad, B.; Poddar, M.K.; Atheya, N.; Singh, K.K.; Adhikari, D.K.; Garg, M.O., Processing of fast pyrolysis oil-derived tar fraction in fluid catalytic cracking unit. 21st World Petroleum Congress, Moscow, Russia, 15-19 June, 2014.

10. Naik, D.V; Kumar, V.; Prasad, B.; Behera, B.; Singh, K.K.; Bangwal, D.P.; Atheya, N.; Gupta, P.; Adhikari, D. K.; Garg, M. O., Catalytic cracking of biomass-derived glycerol to fine chemicals in a refinery FCC unit. 4th International conference on advances in energy research (ICAER-2013), 10-12 December, 2013b.

11. Naik, D.V; Kumar, V.; Prasad, B.; Behera, B.; Bal, R.; Poddar, M.K.; Atheya, N.; Singh, K.K.; Adhikari, D.K.; Garg, M.O., Co-processing of upgraded fast pyrolysis oil in fluid catalytic cracking unit. 18th Refinery Technology Meet (RTM-2013), 11-13 November, 2013a.

12. K.K. Garg, B. Prasad “Removal of Phenol from Oil Refinery Waste Water by Electrocoagulation Process” in international conference held in IIT ROORKEE in Feb-2013 based on advances in chemical engineering 2013 (ACE-2013).

13. Naik, D.V; Kumar, V.; Prasad, B.; Behera, B.; Atheya, N.; Singh, K.K.; Adhikari, D.K.; Garg, M.O., Catalytic cracking of pyrolysis oil pyrolytic oil model compound with gas oil: a case study of acetic acid. CHEMCON 2012, 27-30 December, 2012.

14. Vinod K. Yadav, Vineet Kumar, B. Prasad, Modeling Trajectory of fire Fighting Water Jet: With and Without Air Interference, Proceedings of the conference on Management and Technology of control of disaster, held at Muzaffarnagar from November 23-24, 2013, 17-28.

15. S. Verma, B. Prasad, I.M. Mishra, Thermochemical precipitation for the pre-treatment of purified terephthalic wastewater, Proceedings of International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation, held at Ottawa, Ontario, Canada from August 17-19, 2011, 77.1-77.8.

16. S. Verma, B. Prasad, I.M Mishra, Review on Biological Treatment of Purified Terephthalic Acid Wastewater, Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Trends in Management, Technology and Environment, held at S.D. College of Engineering and Technology, Muzaffarnagar, (UP) from November 28-29, 2009, 78-82.

TOPIC	START DATE	FIELD	DESCRIPTION	FINANCIAL OUTLAY	FUNDING AGENCY	OTHER OFFICERS
Centre of excellence on Process development, wastewater management in petrochemical industries	01 Jan 2018	Petrochemicals	COE at IIT Roorkee	13.16 CRORES	Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, New Delhi	Shishir Sinha, V C Srivastava, Prakash Biswas, Vimal Kumar and Shabina Khanam
Detailed study of plant manufacturing carbon black	12 May 2019	Manufacturing	Technical and Environmental Audit	35.4 Lakhs	M/S Continental Carbon India Ltd	Shishir Sinha, V C Srivastava
Preliminary study of pollution control devices	12 Mar 2018	Air and Water Pollution		4.13 lakhs	Continental Carbon India Ltd., Ghaziabad	Shishir Sinha, V C Srivastava
Flash pyrolysis of biomass for the production of biooil	01 Jan 2007	Renewable Energy		8.4	Faculty Initiation Grant of IIT R from MHRD funds
Hydrogen Generation from Off-peak Electricity	12 Mar 1995	Green Energy		5.89 Lakhs	Ministry of Non Conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi
Biomass based gasification for electricity generation	25 Mar 1993	Renewable energy		7.1 Lakhs	Ministry of Non Conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi
Development of hydraulic air compressor system	12 Oct 1991	Renewable Energy		5.6 Lakhs	Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi