Dr. Jyoti Prasad Chakraborty

Associate Professor
Department/School/Unit Name
Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology
Phone No(s): 9795396580, 9260997137
Email: jpc.che@iitbhu.ac.in
Area of Interest: Chemical Reaction Engineering, Torrefaction, Pyrolysis, Gasification, Kinetic Modeling

Education

PhD in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 2011 (Date of thesis defense 26 JULY 2011)

MTech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 2003

BE in Chemical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 1999

Teaching Experience

Associate Professor, IIT (BHU), September, 2023 onwards 

Assistant Professor IIT (BHU): May, 2014 to September, 2023

Asistant Professor (on contract), RGIPT Rae Bareli: 2011 - 2013

Taught the following courses

1. Process Calculations (CHO103)

2. Petroleum Refinery Engineering (CHE331)

3. Renewable Energy Technology (CH5210)

4. Chemical Reaction Engineering-I (CHO201)

5. Heat and Mass Transfer (CHO101)

PhD awarded: 04

MTech awarded: 16

Currently guiding 03 PhD and 03 MTech students....

  • "Adsorption potential of biochar obtained from pyrolysis of raw and torrefied Acacia nilotica towards removal of methylene blue dye from synthetic wastewater", S Singh, AK Prajapati, JP Chakraborty, MK Mondal; Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery; 13, 2023, 6083-6104.
  • "Development of a frugal solar still using phase change material and nanoparticles integrated with commercialization through a novel economic model", VK Sonker, JP Chakraborty, A Sarkar; Journal of Energy Storage; 51, 2022, 104569.
  • "Pyrolysis of torrefied biomass: Optimization of process parameters using response surface methodology, characterization, and comparison of properties of pyrolysis oil from raw biomass", S Singh, JP Chakraborty, MK Mondal; Journal of Cleaner Production; 272, 2020, 122517.
  • "A comparative study on valuable products: bio-oil, biochar, non-condensable gases from pyrolysis of agricultural residues", K Sahoo, A Kumar, JP Chakraborty; Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management; 23, 2021, 186-204. 
  • "Torrefaction of Acacia nilotica: Oxygen Distribution and Carbon Densification Mechanism Based on In-Depth Analyses of Solid, Liquid, and Gaseous Products", S Singh, JP Chakraborty, MK Mondal; Energy Fuels, 34(10), 2020, 12586-12597.
  • "Performance assessment of a passive solar still integrated with thermal energy storage and nanoparticle stored in copper cylinders", VK Sonker, RK Singh, JP Chakraborty, A Sarkar; International Journal of Energy Research; 45, 2021, 2856-2869.
  • "Optimizing the torrefaction of pigeon pea stalk (cajanus cajan) using response surface methodology (RSM) and characterization of solid, liquid and gaseous products", RK Singh, JP Chakraborty, A Sarkar; Renewable Energy; 155, 2020, 677-690.
  • "Energy and exergy analysis for torrefaction of pigeon pea stalk (cajanus cajan) and eucalyptus (eucalyptus tereticornis)", RK Singh, K Jena, JP Chakraborty, A Sarkar; International Journal of Hydrogen Energy; 45(38), 2020, 18922-18936.
  • "Co-pyrolysis of eucalyptus and sodium polyacrylate: optimization and synergistic effect", RK Singh, DK Shrivastava, A Sarkar, JP Chakraborty; Fuel; 277, 2020, 118115.
  • "Effect of torrefaction on the physicochemical properties of eucalyptus derived biofuels: estimation of kinetic parameters and optimizing torrefaction using response surface methodology (RSM)", RK Singh, A Sarkar, JP Chakraborty; Energy; 198, 2020, 117369.
  • "Torrefaction of woody biomass (Acacia nilotica): Investigation of fuel and flow properties to study its suitability as a good quality solid fuel", S Singh, JP Chakraborty, MK Mondal; Renewable Energy; 153, 2020, 711-724.
  • "Solar distillation using three different phase change materials stored in a copper cylinder", VK Sonker, JP Chakraborty, A Sarkar, RK Singh; Energy Reports; 5, 2019, 1532-1542.
  • "Optimization of process parameters for torrefaction of Acacia nilotica using response surface methodology and characteristics of torrefied biomass as upgraded fuel", S Singh, JP Chakraborty, MK Mondal; Energy; 186, 2019, 115865. 
  • "Effect of torrefaction on the physicochemical properties of pigeon pea stalk (Cajanus cajan) and estimation of kinetic parameters", RK Singh, A Sarkar, JP Chakraborty; Renewable Energy; 138, 2019,805-819.
  • "Intrinsic kinetics, thermodynamic parameters and reaction mechanism of non-isothermal degradation of torrefied Acacia nilotica using isoconversional methods", S Singh, JP Chakraborty, MK Mondal; Fuel; 259, 2020, 116263.
  • "Influence of Alternate Fuels on the Performance and Emission from Internal Combustion Engines and Soot Particle Collection Using Thermophoretic Sampler: A Comprehensive Review", RK Singh, A Sarkar, JP Chakraborty; Waste and Biomass Valorization; 10(10) 2019, 2801-2823.
  • "Performance assessment of novel biomass gasification based CCHP systems integrated with syngas production", M. Prakash, A. Sarkar, J. Sarkar, JP Chakraborty, SS Mondal, RR Sahoo; Energy; 167, 2019, 379-390.
  • "Proposal and design of a new biomass based syngas production system integrated with combined heat and power generation", M. Prakash, A. Sarkar, J. Sarkar, SS Mondal, JP Chakraborty; Energy; 133, 2017, 986-997.
  • "Bio-oil: the future of hydrogen generation", Ankit Kumar, Jyoti Prasad Chakraborty, Rupesh Singh; Biofuels; 8(6), 2017, 663-674.
  • "High pressure pyrolysis of n-heptane: Effect of Initiators", Jyoti Prasad Chakraborty, Deepak Kunzru; Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis; 95, 2012, 48-55.
  • "Disproportionation of toluene on ZSM5 washcoated monoliths", Brishti Mitra, Jyoti Prasad Chakraborty, Deepak Kunzru; AIChE Journal; 57(12), 2011, 3480-3495.
  • "High pressure pyrolysis of n-heptane", Jyoti Prasad Chakraborty, Deepak Kunzru; Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis; 86(1), 2009, 44-52.
  • "Wall effects in flow past a circular cylinder in a plane channel: a numerical study", Jyoti Chakraborty, Nishith Verma, RP Chhabra; Chemical Engg & Processing: Process Intensification; 43(12), 2004, 1529-1537.

 

1. "A new process to reduce heat loss in brick kilns", JP Chakraborty, SC Singh; 390070, 2022 (GRANTED)

  1. Stood 2nd in the district level in 10+2 Board examination (West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education): 1995
  2. MHRD scholarship to pursue MTech (2001-2003) and PhD (2005-2011) from IIT Kanpur
  3. Best Poster award in Chemference 2008, organized at IIT Kanpur by research scholars
  4. Travel award from CSIR to present my research in Pyrolysis conference, May 2008, Canary Islands, Spain
  5. Best MTech thesis award to my MTech student, Mr. Rahul Goel, from Ambuja Cement in 2018
  6. Mr. Suvas C. Singh, a farmer from Mirzapur and working with me, received IFFCO Rural Innovation Award in Lucknow, 2017
  7. Dr. Satyansh Singh, my PhD student, got the best poster award in Chemcon 2017, at Haldia
  8. I got the best oral presentation award in Chem-Spark, a national conference organized by HIT, Kolkata in 2022