Mr. Pravin G. Suryawanshi
NAME : Mr. Pravin G. Suryawanshi
DESIGNATION : Assistant Professor
QUALIFICATION :
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (Pursuing), M.Tech. Chemical Engineering (2015), B.Tech. Chemical Engineering (2010)
OVERVIEW OF PROFILE :
Mr. Pravin G. Suryawanshi has completed his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from University Institute of Chemical Technology, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra. He has completed his M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from Nirma University, Ahmedabad. He has completed his Ph.D. in chemical Engineering from IIT Guwahati, Assam in Chemical Engineering. He has 2.5 Years of industrial experience as a Process Engineer and about 5 years of research experience. His broad area of interest is Chemical Process Development, Renewable Energy Engineering, Biorefinery Process Development, and Environmental Process Design. His specific research experience includes Process intensification and integration, Algal biorefinery process development, Extraction of phytochemical from biomass, Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass, Kinetic analysis of thermal degradation process, and Industrial wastewater treatment. Also, he has experience of content creation for NPTEL MOOCs - Energy Conversion Technologies (Biomass and Coal) and Renewable Energy Engineering: Solar, Wind and Biomass Energy Systems. His industrial process experience includes Leaching, Liquid-liquid extraction, Electroplating, Crystallization, Flocculation, Adsorption, Chromatographic separation, Mass and Energy balance, PFD & P&ID drafting, etc.
FORE FRONT AREA OF RESEARCH : Chemical process development, Biofuels, Phytochemicals, and Wastewater treatment.
EMAIL ID : pravin.suryawanshi@mitaoe.ac.in
CONTACT NO : : 020-30253500 Ext:
Research: 5 Years, Industrial: 2.5 Years
AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
- Best paper award at International Conference on Advances in Renowned Renewable Energy Technologies (ICARRET 2019) at Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada.
- Peer Reviewer to the international journal Algal Research, Elsevier.
- Awarded in Masterplan 2017, an Annual B-Plan Competition hosted by Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, India.
- Awarded in Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Innovation Ecosystes (2017), under the category Water and Environment held at Sri Sairam Engineering College, Chennai, India.
- Awarded Senior Research Fellowship at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), on the India-Brazil collaborative project sponcered by DST, Government of India.
- Hands-on Laboratory Safety Training Workshop (2015) at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
- Completed workshop on ISO 50001:2011 Energy Management System (2014) at Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India.
PROJECT DETAILS
- Integrated Biorefinery Approach towards production of sustainable fuel and chemicals from Algal biobased systems. (Ph.D. Thesis)
- Application of hydrodynamic cavitation in industrial wastewater treatment. (M.Tech. Thesis)
- Domestic wastewater recycle. (Working as Research Assistant, Sponsored under Innovation and Networking Centre, Technical Education Quality Improvement Program INN-TEQIP).
- P2O5 recovery in phosphoric acid plant. (Working as Research Assistant, Sponsored by Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai & Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited, Chembur).
- Chromatographic separation and adsorption studies for the separation of impurities in API and removal of Fe and Cu from industrial wastewater. (Working as Project Trainee at Atul Limited, Valsad, Gujarat).
PATENT
- Ghosh, P.K.; Bhagwat, S.S.; Patwardhan, A.V.; Patwardhan, A.W.; Suryawanshi, P.G.; Prabhu, V.V.; Iyer, A.R.; Godbole, E.P. (2017). Water recycle and re-use from domestic washing machines and dishwashers. Patent No. 348700.
JOURNALS
- Suryawanshi, P.G., Mukherjee, C., Kalita, M.C., Deka, D., Aranda, D.A., Goud, V.V. (2022). Polarity-wise successive solvent extraction of Scenedesmus obliquus biomass and characterization of the crude extracts for broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 1-7. Springer.
- Suryawanshi, P.G., Bhandari, V.M., Sorokhaibam, L.G., Ruparelia, J.P., & Ranade, V.V. (2018). Solvent degradation studies using hydrodynamic cavitation. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 37(1), 295-304. AIChE, Wiley.
CONFERENCES
- P.G. Suryawanshi & V.V. Goud, Process optimization for the production of sugars and biocrude oil from algal slurry in integrated biorefinery approach. THE 1st International Conference on the Practical Zero Emissions Technologies & Strategies (PZETS 2023) at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam.
- P.G. Suryawanshi & V.V. Goud, Processing Thermogravimetric Analysis Data for Pyrolysis Kinetic Study of Microalgae Biomass. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research (ICAER 2020) at IIT Bombay, India.
- P.G. Suryawanshi & V.V. Goud, Thermal Degradation Analysis and Co-pyrolysis Kinetic Study of Microalgae and Rice Husk. International Conference on Advances in Renowned Renewable Energy Technologies (ICARRET 2019) at Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Vijayawada.
- P.G. Suryawanshi, M.S. Bhalerao & V.V. Goud, Waste to wealth: Synthesis of nano-absorbent for clean-up oil spills. Research Conclave 2017, IIT Guwahati, India.
- P.G. Suryawanshi, V.M. Bhandari, & V.V. Ranade, Industrial Wastewater Treatment using Hydrodynamic Cavitation. International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE 2015) at NIT Warangal, India.
BOOK CHAPTERS
- Suryawanshi P.G., Das S., Borugadda V.B., Goud V.V., & Dalai A.K. (2020). Process Improvements and Techno- Economic Feasibility of Hydrothermal Liquefaction and Pyrolysis of Biomass for Biocrude Oil Production. In Biorefinery of Alternative Resources, pp. 221-248. Springer.
- Patil, R.C., Suryawanshi, P.G., Kataki, R., & Goud, V.V. (2019). Current challenges and advances in butanol production. In Sustainable Bioenergy, pp. 225-256. Elsevier.