Group achievements

New patents granted to the group:

Publications and conference presentations:

• Aparna Anilkumar and Yagnaseni Roy, Improved Solution Thermodynamics Modeling in Pervaporation, Chemical Engineering Science, Available online 14th July 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2024.120497.

• Mahsa Gholami, Bram Middelkamp, Yagnaseni Roy (co-supervisory role), Wiebe M. de Vos, Boelo Schuur. Flux decline in crossflow ultrafiltration-based diafiltration process for lignin recovery from a deep eutectic solvent comprised of lactic acid and choline chloride. Chemical Engineering Research and Design. 2024 Jan 12. 

• Alan D. Pérez, Yagnaseni Roy, Constantijn Rip, Sascha R. Kersten, Boelo Schuur. Influence of pulping conditions on the pulp yield and fiber properties for pulping of spruce chips by deep eutectic solvent. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 2023 Dec 21:1-5.

• Rasmi Mohan T and Subhash Kumar win second prize in the Indian International Conference on Water Quality Management held at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in December 2023. 

• Milana M. Mavinkurve presented 'Nanofiltration-based energy-efficient scheme for concentrating plant extracts by replacing conventional evaporation' at the Third International Scientific Conference on Environmental Research: Issues, Challenges and Strategies for Sustainable Development’ to be held at Karwar, Karnataka, India during 1-2 December 2023.

• Aparna Anilkumar presented 'Hybrid pervaporation-distillation: a sustainable technology to break azeotropes for efficient, high-purity solvent recovery' in  the Distillation Experts Conclave in Mumbai, India, October 2023.

• Preprint of "Pervaporation System Level Modeling and Thermodynamic Analysis: Isopropanol Dehydration" authored by Aparna Anilkumar released (http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4481082)

• Mahsa Gholami, Boelo Schuur, and Yagnaseni Roy (guiding author). "Ultrafiltration-based diafiltration for post-delignification fractionation of lignin from a deep eutectic solvent comprised of lactic acid and choline chloride." Separation and purification technology 302 (2022): 122097. 

Funding:

• Consultancy project for purification of boiler water (3 months)

• Ministry of Earth Sciences grant as Co-PI (2 years)

• IISc-Rice Collaborative Seed Grant 2024, in collaboration with Prof. Qilin Li.

• SERB Core Research grant (2024-2027)

• Earthwatch fund for 'Arsenic remediation awareness and demonstration' (2023-2024)

• Industry funding for 'Solvent recovery from pharma process' (3 month project)

• Industry funding for curcumin isolation using membranes (2024-2026)

• CSR grant for zero-waste arsenic remediation scheme (June 2023) from Avnet

• CSR grant for zero-waste arsenic remediation scheme (August 2021) from L&T

• IISc startup grant for curcumin recovery using membrane separations and solvent separation using pervaporation (2021-2022)

Patents filed:

• Curcumin isolation using a membrane, filed in January 2024, filing number 202441000534, Inventors: Dr. Yagnaseni Roy, Milana M. Mavinkurve, Prof. Suryasarathi Bose, Ria Sen Gupta, Samir Mandal, Amit Malakar.  

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• SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMEDIATING GROUNDWATER FROM IMPURITIES WITH ZERO WASTE, filed in February 2024, filing number 202441010127, Inventors: Dr. Yagnaseni Roy, Subhash Kumar, Rasmi Mohan T, Prof. Prof. Lakshminarayana Rao, Prof. Suryasarathi Bose.  

(Details in the application document embedded below)