Research Interests
Design and synthesis of nanostructured materials as shape and size selective catalyst for the conversion of CO2 and methane to hydrogen/synthesis gas, Synthesis of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) catalyst for hydrogen production and CO2 capturing, DFT (density functional theory) calculations for catalyst design, Conversion of CO2 to methanol/olefins, Conversion of biomass derived oxygenates to valuable chemicals and fuels, Kinetic modeling, for heterogeneous reaction, Green catalytic process
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Research
Steam reforming of ethanol for the production of Hydrogen over Ni/CeO2-ZrO2 catalyst: Effect of Support and metal loading
2007
Prakash Biswas and Deepak Kunzru* | Elsevier
Journal: Internal Journal of Hydrogen Energy Pages: 969-980 , Volumes: 32 ,
Steam reforming of ethanol on Ni-CeO2-ZrO2 catalysts: effects of doping with copper, cobalt, and calcium
2007
Prakash Biswas and Deepak Kunzru* | Springer
Journal: Catalysis Letters Pages: 36-49 , Volumes: 118 ,
Oxidative Steam Reforming of Ethanol over Ni/CeO2-ZrO2 catalyst
2008
Prakash Biswas and Deepak Kunzru* | Elsevier
Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal Pages: 41-49 , Volumes: 136 ,
Ruthenium and gold-doped M1 Phase MoVNbTeO Catalysts for propane ammoxidation to acrylonitrile
2010
Prakash Biswas, Jungwon Woo, Vadim V. Guliants* | Elsevier
Journal: Catalysis Communication Pages: 58-63 , Volumes: 12 (1) ,
Hydrogen production by water-gas shift reaction over bimetallic Cu-Ni catalysts supported on La-doped mesoporous ceria
2010
Jiann-Horng Lin, Prakash Biswas, Vadim V. Guliants*, Scott Misture | Elsevier
Journal: Applied Catalysis A: General Pages: 87-94 , Volumes: 387 (1-2) ,
Rice Husk as Reinforcing Filler in Polypropylene Composites
2010
Vinay Kumar, Shishir Sinha*, Manohar Singh Saini, B K Kanungo and Prakash Biswas | De Gruyter
Journal: Reviews in Chemical Engineering Pages: 41-53 , Volumes: 26 (1-2) ,
Modeling and Simulation for Pressure Swing Adsorption system for Hydrogen Purification
2010
Prakash Biswas, Supriya Agrawal and Shishir Sinha* | Croatian Society of Chemical Engineering Technology
Journal: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly Pages: 409–414 , Volumes: 24 (4) ,
Kinetics of Esterification of Ethylene Glycol with Acetic Acid using Cation Exchange Resin Catalysts
2011
Vishnu P. Yadav, Sunil K. Maity*, Prakash Biswas, Raghubansha K. Singh | Croatian Society of Chemical Engineering Technology
Journal: Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly Pages: 359–366 , Volumes: 25 (3) ,
Liquid phase oxidation of Styrene over Polymer Anchored and Non-Polymer Anchored Cu (II) and Mn (II) Complexes Catalysts
2013
Sweta, Shishir Sinha*, Prakash Biswas, Shri Chand, Mannar R. Maurya | Wiley
Journal: Journal of Applied Polymer Science Pages: 3424-3434 , Volumes: 127 (5) ,
Conversion of glycerol into value-added products over Cu-Ni catalyst supported on γ-Al2O3 and activated carbon
2014
Satyanarayana Murthy Pudi, Tarak Mondal, Prakash Biswas*, Shalini Biswas and Shishir Sinha | De Gruyter
Journal: International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering Pages: 1–12 , Volumes: 12(1) ,
Vapor Phase Hydrogenation of 2-Methylfuran over Noble and Base Metal Catalysts
2014
Prakash Biswas, Jiann-Horng Lin, Jungshik Kang, and Vadim V. Guliants* | Elsevier
Journal: Applied Catalysis A: General Pages: 379–385. , Volumes: 475 ,
Liquid phase conversion of glycerol to propanediol over highly active copper/magnesia catalysts
2015
Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Abdul Zoeb, Prakash Biswas*, and Shashi Kumar | Springer
Journal: Journal of Chemical Science Pages: 833–842. , Volumes: 127(5) ,
Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1, 2-Propanediol over bimetallic Cu-Ni catalyst supported on γ-Al2O3
2015
Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas*, Shashi Kumar, Biswajit Sarkar | Brazilian Chemical Society
Journal: Journal of Brazilian Chemical Society Pages: 1551-1564 , Volumes: 26 (8) ,
Hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol over highly active and stable Cu/MgO catalysts
2016
Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas*, Shashi Kumar | Wiley
Journal: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology Pages: 2063-2075 , Volumes: 91 ,
Esterification of glycerol with acetic acid over highly active and stable alumina-based catalysts: A reaction kinetic study
2016
Sailee Anant Rane, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas* | Croatian society of Chemical Engineering Technology
Journal: Chemical & Biochemical Engineering Quarterly Pages: 33–45 , Volumes: 30 (1) ,
Hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1, 2-propanediol over γ-Al2O3 supported Cu or Ni monometallic and bimetallic catalysts: Comparison of liquid and vapor phase operation
2016
Nitin Naresh Pandhare, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas*, Shishir Sinha | Elsevier
Journal: Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers Pages: 90-96 , Volumes: 61 ,
Acetylation of glycerol over sulfated alumina: Reaction parameter study and optimization using response surface methodology (RSM)
2016
Arun P, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, and Prakash Biswas* | ACS
Journal: Energy & Fuel Pages: 584−593. , Volumes: 30 ,
Selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1, 2-propanediol over highly active and stable Cu/MgO catalyst in vapor phase
2016
Nitin Naresh Pandhare, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Prakash Biswas* and Shishir Sinha | ACS
Journal: Organic Process Research & Development Pages: 1059−1067. , Volumes: 20 ,
Catalytic performance and reaction mechanism study over highly stable and efficient Cu-Zn/MgO catalyst for hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1, 2-propanediol
2017
Smita Mondal, Al Ameen A, Prakash Biswas* | Springer
Journal: Catalysis Letters Pages: 2783–2798. , Volumes: 147 ,
Liquid Phase Hydrogenolysis of Glycerol over Highly Active 50%Cu-Zn (8:2)/MgO Catalyst: Reaction Parameter Optimization by Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM)
2017
Al Ameen A, Smita Mondal, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Nitin Naresh Pandhare and Prakash Biswas* | ACS
Journal: Energy & Fuel Pages: 8521–8533. , Volumes: 31 (8) ,
Highly active Cu-Zn-Mg-Al-O catalyst derived from layered double hydroxides (LDHs) precursor for selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol
2017
Smita Mondal, Rathikanti Janardhan, Mohan Lal Meena, Prakash Biswas* | Elsevier
Journal: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering Pages: 5695-5706. , Volumes: 5 ,
Acetylation of glycerol over highly stable and active sulfated alumina catalyst: Reaction mechanism, kinetic modeling, and estimation of kinetic parameters
2017
Arun Pankajakshan, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, and Prakash Biswas* | Wiley
Journal: International Journal of Chemical Kinetics Pages: DOI:10.1002/kin.21144 ,
Development of a kinetic model for hydrogenolysis of glycerol over Cu/MgO catalyst in a slurry reactor
2018
Nitin Naresh Pandhare, Satyanarayana Murty Pudi, Smita Mondal, Keval Pareta, Manish Kumar, and Prakash Biswas* | ACS
Journal: Industrial Engineering & Chemistry Research Pages: 101−110. , Volumes: 57 ,
Kinetic modeling for the hydrogenolysis of bio-glycerol in the presence of a highly selective Cu–Ni–Al2O3 catalyst in a slurry reactor
2019
Smita Mondal, Himanshu Malviya, and Prakash Biswas* | RSC
Journal: Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Pages: 595–609. , Volumes: 4 ,
Production of propylene glycol (propane‑1, 2‑diol) in the vapor phase over Cu–Ni/γ‑Al2O3 catalyst in a downflow tubular reactor: effect of catalyst calcination temperature and kinetic study
2019
Dinesh Kumar Pandey, Nitin Naresh Pandhare, Prakash Biswas* | Springer
Journal: Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms and Catalysis Pages: 523–542. , Volumes: 127 ,
Production of propylene glycol (1, 2-propanediol) by the hydrogenolysis of glycerol in a fixed bed down flow tubular reactor over highly effective Cu-Zn bifunctional catalyst: Effect of acidic/basic support
2019
Dinesh Kumar Pandey and Prakash Biswas* | RSC
Journal: New Journal of Chemistry Pages: 10073-10086. , Volumes: 43 ,
Density functional theory investigation of structure, stability, and glycerol/hydrogen adsorption on Cu, Cu-Zn, and Cu-ZnO clusters
2020
Ram Singh, Prakash Biswas, Prateek K. Jha* | Wiley
Journal: International Journal of Quantum Chemistry Pages: doi.org/10.1002/qua.26239 ,
Continuous production of propylene glycol (1, 2-propanediol) by the hydrogenolysis of glycerol over a bi-functional Cu-Ru/MgO catalyst
2020
Dinesh Kumar Pandey and Prakash Biswas* | RSC
Journal: Reaction Chemistry & Engineering Pages: 2221-2235 , Volumes: 5 ,
Dehydration of glucose/fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) over an easily recyclable sulfated titania (SO42-/TiO2) catalyst
2020
Richha Tomer and Prakash Biswas* | RSC
Journal: New Journal of Chemistry Pages: 20734-20750 , Volumes: 44 ,
Kinetic model for the manufacturing of 1, 2-propanediol (1, 2-PDO) via hydrogenolysis of bio-glycerol over layered double hydroxide (LDH) derived Cu0.45Zn0.15Mg5.4Al2O9 catalyst in an autoclave reactor
2021
31. M. L. Meena, D. K. Pandey, H. Malviya, and P. Biswas* | Springer
Journal: Catalysis Letters Pages: DOI: 10.1007/s10562-021-03791-6 ,
Conversion of bio-glycerol to propylene glycol over basic oxides (MgO, La2O3, MgO-La2O3, CaO, and BaO2) supported Cu-Zn bimetallic catalyst: A reaction kinetic study
2022
Smita Mondal and Prakash Biswas* | Elsevier
Journal: Environmental Technology & Innovation Pages: 102367 , Volumes: 27 ,
Kinetic modeling of conversion of glycerol to 1,2-Propanediol over bifunctional LDH catalyst
2022
Mohan Lal Meena, Himanshu Malviy, Nitin Naresh Pandhare and Prakash Biswas* | Elsevier
Journal: Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry Pages: 100289 , Volumes: 5 ,
Dehydration of glucose over sulfate impregnated ZnO (hexagonal-monoclinic) catalyst in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) medium: production, separation, and purification of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) with high purity
2022
Richa Tomer and Prakash Biswas* | Elsevier, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.02.009
Journal: Catalysis Today
Kinetics of glycerol dehydration-hydrogenation reaction in the vapor phase in a fixed bed down flow tubular reactor over a bi-functional Cu-Zn/MgO catalyst
2022
Dinesh Kumar Pandey, Shyam Pratap Singh, and Prakash Biswas* | Elsevier, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.03.021
Journal: Catalysis Today
Optimization of reaction parameters by using response surface methodology (RSM) for the selective dehydration of glucose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), a valuable platform chemical over a mesoporous TiO2 catalyst in dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) medium
2022
Richa Tomer and Prakash Biswas* | Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.03.019
Journal: Catalysis Today
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· Mo-V-Nb-Te-O catalyst for the ammoxidation of propane to acrylonitrile
Application submitted to IIT Roorkee for a provisional patent
Inventors: Prakash Biswas* and Co-workers
Address: Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India.
Status: Provisional patent is filed in December 2020.
· CINIITR0000100028 (CRN028) “Copper-zinc-magnesium catalyst for highly selective conversion of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol in liquid phase”. Application no. 201711017272 dated 17/05/2017.
Inventors: Prakash Biswas*, Al Ameen A, Satayanarayana M. Pudi, Nitin Naresh Pandhare, and Smita Mondal
Address: Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India.
Status: Granted in August 2021.
Patent No.: 373960 / Application No.: 201711017272/ Date of Filing: 17/05/2017
