MEET DR. SUMIT H. DHAWANE
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
PROFESSIONAL BIO
Educating the Next Generation
Dr. Sumit H. Dhawane has always found joy in learning, but it wasn’t until he arrived at university that he realized just how much he enjoyed being enveloped in an academic environment.
He work hard to balance the many aspects involved in being an effective Engineering Professor, and try to make sure he has as much time available for teaching as possible. He has published widely in the field of Renewable Energy specifically on biofuels and Heterogeneous catalysis. He has great interest in development of low cost and green catalysts for solving energy and environmental problems. Moreover, he has keen interest in reaction engineering, petroleum downstream engineering and optimization of chemical processes.
PUBLICATIONS
Research and Articles
Since the start of his career, Dr. Sumit H. Dhawane has been committed to producing a high standard of published work. They have a number of upcoming articles earmarked for scholarly journals currently in peer review.
EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN
Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder, Insight into biodiesel synthesis using biocatalyst designed through lipase immobilization onto waste derived microporous carbonaceous support. Process safety and Environmental Protection 124 (2019) 231-239.
2. Sumit H. Dhawane, Somnath Chowdhury, Gopinath Halder. Lipase immobilised carbonaceous catalyst assisted enzymatic transesterification of Mesua ferrea oil. Energy conversion and Management 184 (2019) 671–680.
3. Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder, Process optimisation and parametric effects on synthesis of lipase immobilised carbonaceous catalyst for conversion of rubber seed oil to biodiesel. Energy conversion and Management 176 (2018) 55-68.
4. Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder, Recent advancement and prospective of heterogeneous carbonaceous catalysts in chemical and enzymatic transformation of biodiesel. Energy Conversion and Management 167 (2018) 176–202.
5. Sumit H. Dhawane, Akash Pratim Bora, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder. Parametric optimization of biodiesel synthesis from rubber seed oil using iron doped carbon catalyst by Taguchi approach. Renewable Energy 105 (2017) 616-624.
6. Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder. Parametric effects and optimization on synthesis of iron (II) doped carbonaceous catalyst for the production of biodiesel. Energy Conversion and Management 122 (2016) 310–320.
7. Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder. Biodiesel synthesis from Hevea brasiliensis oil employing carbon supported heterogeneous catalyst: Optimization by Taguchi method, Renewable Energy 89 (2016) 506-514.
8. Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder. Central composite design approach towards optimization of flamboyant pods derived steam activated carbon for its use as heterogeneous catalyst in transesterification of Hevea brasiliensis oil. Energy Conversion and Management 100 (2015) 277–287.
9. Sumit H. Dhawane, Bisheswar Karmakar, Gopinath Halder. Parametric optimization of biodiesel synthesis from waste cooking oil via Taguchi approach. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 6 (4) (2018) 3971-3980.
10. Bisheswar Karmakar, Sumit H. Dhawane, Gopinath Halder, Optimization of biodiesel production from castor oil by Taguchi design. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 6 (2018) 2684-2695.
11. Akash Pratim Bora, Sumit H. Dhawane, Gopinath Halder. Biodiesel synthesis from Mesua ferrea oil using waste shell derived carbon catalyst. Renewable Energy, 121, (2018), 195-204.
12. Sumit H. Dhawane, Anoar Ali Khan, Kiran Singh, Ajay Tripathi, Rahala Hasda, Gopinath Halder, Insight into Optimization, Isotherm, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics of Fluoride Adsorption onto Activated Alumina, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy Journal, 37 (2), 2017, 766-776.
13. Ranjana Rathaur, Amit Ganguly, Sumit H. Dhawane, Mrinal Kanti Mandal, Gopinath Halder. Methanogenesis of organic wastes and their blend in batch anaerobic digester: Experimental and kinetic study. Process safety and Environmental Protection 113 (2018) 413–423.
14. Gopinath Halder, Sumit H. Dhawane, Debaprasad Dutta, Sohan Dey, Soumya Banerjee, Shraboni Mukherjee, Madhumanti Mondal. Computational simulation and statistical analysis of bioethanol production from Madhuca indica by batch fermentation process using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 18 (2016) 16–33.
15. Seema Halder, Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder. Acid-catalyzed esterification of castor (Ricinus communis) oil: optimization through a central composite design approach, Biofuels, 6 (2015), 191-201.
16. Gopinath Halder, Anoar Ali Khan, Sumit Dhawane. Fluoride Sorption Onto a Steam-Activated Biochar Derived From Cocos nucifera Shell. Clean – Soil, Air, Water, 44 (2), 2016, 124–133.
17. Gopinath Halder, Kankana Sinha, Sumit Dhawane. Defluoridation of wastewater using powdered activated carbon developed from Eichhornia crassipes stem: optimization by response surface methodology, Desalination and Water Treatment, (2014) 56, 953–966.
18. Gopinath Halder, Sumit Dhawane, Prabir K. Barai, and Abhijna Das. Optimizing Chromium (VI) Adsorption onto Superheated Steam Activated Granular Carbon Through Response Surface Methodology and Artificial Neural Network, Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 34, 2015, 638-647.
19. Sumit H. Dhawane, E. G. Al-Sakkari, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder, Kinetic Modelling of Heterogeneous Methanolysis Catalysed by Iron Induced on Microporous Carbon Supported Catalyst. Catalysis Letters https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02905-5.
20. Sumit H. Dhawane, E. G. Al-Sakkari, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder, Kinetics and mass transfer studies on heterogeneously catalysed transesterification of rubber seed oil using waste derived carbonaceous catalyst. Renewable Energy (Under review). 21. Somnath Chowdhury, Sumit H Dhawane, Bipul Jha, Sucharita Pal, Ramanand Sagar, Adil Hossain, Gopinath Halder. Biodiesel synthesis from transesterified Madhuca indica oil by waste egg shell–derived heterogeneous catalyst: parametric optimization by Taguchi approach. Biomass Conv. Bioref. (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-019-00512-3.
BOOK CHAPTER
1. Sumit H. Dhawane, Gopinath Halder. Chapter 11: Synthesis of catalyst support from waste biomass for impregnation of catalysts in biofuel production. “Advances in Feedstock Conversion Technologies for Alternative Fuels and Bioproducts” 2019, 199-216.
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