04 September, 2021

    The Chemical Engineering Department under the banner of the Institution of Engineers India (IEI) organized an online training program on ‘Challenges and Emerging Trends in Catalysis’ from July to September 2021. The main idea of this training is to make aware the participants of the latest development in the field of catalysis with the theme “Catalysis promising the universe a better habitation”. The session-10 of the following training program entitled “Overview of Catalysis in Thermo-chemical Conversion of Biomass” was organized on 04/09/2021, from 1:30 to 3:30 P.M. on the online platform of Microsoft Teams.

Key Features:

• Expert:  Dr. Pratik Sheth
  • Associate Professor, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
• Faculty Coordinator: Prof. Dolly R. Gandhi & Prof. Y. J. Morabiya

• Participants: 60+

Discussion Points:

• Biomass to valuable product generation like hydrogen; recent advancements and scenario
• Catalytic treatment of syngas for  hydrogen  production
• Important process parameter that effect on conversion of biomass to hydrogen : steam to biomass ratio and gasification temperature
• Different cases:  Air-gasification, Oxy-gasification and Steam-gasification of biomass and reactions during these gasification

A Quote from Expert:

• “Biofuels via catalytic Thermochemical route.” - Dr. Pratik Sheth