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Faculty

Chemical Engineering

Responsibilities
  • Head, Chemical Engineering
Contact
  •  gargi@che.iitkgp.ac.in
  •  +91-3222-283952
  • Multiphase flow and complex fluids
  • Process Intensification
  • Mutiphase Flow in reduced dimensions
  • Sensor Development for Multiphase system
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • AICTE Career Award
  • Amar Dye-Chem Award by IIChE
  • Institute Silver Medal by IIT
  • ISCA Young Scientist Award
  • University Gold Medal by JU

  • Current Research Persuits
    Process intensification of mass transfer controlled processes in reacting and non-reacting systems
    Internal hydraulic jump through closed conduits – Experimentation and analysis
    Hydrodynamics of liquid-liquid and gas-liquid two phase flow through horizontal and vertical pipes, inclined systems, pipe fittings and milli and micro systems.
    Hydrodynamics of gas-liquid-liquid three phase systems
    Multiphase Flow involving non Newtonian fluids
    Development of suitable instrumentation techniques to identify phase distribution during gas-liquid and liquid-liquid flows.
    Development of photographic and image processing techniques for multiphase flows.
  • Core-annular flow for reduction of pressure drop during transportation of high viscosity oil
    Computing techniques for two phase flows




Ph.D. Students

Mrinmoy Dhar
Area of Research: Fluid mechanics and heat transfer

Abir Chakravorty
Area of Research: Process Intensification in Flow systems

Alex Koshy
Area of Research: Multiphase flow

Saibalini Nayak
Area of Research: Multiphase Flow

Arun Kumar Mehta
Area of Research: Algal Biofuel

Banashree Samanta
Area of Research: Multiphase Flow

Gourab Ghosh
Area of Research: Algal Biofuel