Process Engineering & Design

Mission

Developing feasible technology for scale up and value addition strategy.

Objectives

Assist in up-scaling economically and technically feasible for oleochemical downstream processes.

 Strategic Research Areas

1. Bio-lubricant

     i. Drilling mud
     ii. Corrosion inhibitor
     iii. Modelling framework for bio-lubricant formulation
     iv. Grease
     v. Lubricant base

2. Heterogenous catalysis
    i. Glycerol additives

3. Bio-based surfactant and biosurfactant
    i. Identification of DMS in surfactant
    ii. Biosurfactant production
    iii. Powder behaviour on MES and formulation of MES
    iv. Esteramine and Esterquats

4. Sustainable oleochemical processes (Circular economy)
    i. Scale up process for polyol/plasticizer and relative distillation of glycerol carbonate
    ii. Simulation using ASPEN towards IR 4.0
    iii. Process efficiency/ reduce production cost/ maximise energy
    iv. Designing out waste and pollution