Home > Academics > Academic Units > Departments > Chemical Engineering > Saikat Chakraborty
Ph.D., University of Houston, USA
Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
P.K. Sinha Centre for Bioenergy and Renewables
Multiscale Bioenergy Systems
The Bioenergy Group in the Department of Chemical Engineering focuses on the production of second generation lignocellulosic biofuels and third generation algal biofuels. We follow a multiscale approach towards producing renewable fuels from plants to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. We perform tightly-coupled experimental and theoretical studies across the various length scales that constitute second and third generation bioenergy systems - from the gene scale to study the upregulation of transcription factors and metabolic pathways, through the molecular scale where biochemical reactions promote fuel synthesis, to the reactor scale where scale-up and optimization facilitate large scale biofuel production. The coupled effects of the mass transport and reaction kinetics across these disparate scales - micro, meso and macro - are quantified using multiscale mathematical models of lignocellulosic and algal biofuel systems. Non-linear dynamical studies are also performed to optimize the performance of biofuel reactors operating far from equilibrium.
Multiscale integration of mixotrophic microalgal cultivation, lipid synthesis, rapid biomass harvesting, and nutrient recycling in pilot-scale photobioreactors by Mehta A. K., Chakraborty S. Algal Research 53 12146- (2021)
Interaction of reactions and transport in lignocellulosic biofuel production by Chakraborty S., Paul S. K. Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering 29 104-121 (2020)
Synergistic effects between autotrophy and heterotrophy in optimization of mixotrophic cultivation of Chlorella sorokiniana in bubble-column photobioreactors by Nair A., Chakraborty S. Algal Research 46 101799- (2020)
Biorefineries: A Step Towards Renewable and Clean Energy by Roy S., Chakraborty S. A Kinetic Framework for Microwave-Irradiated Catalytic Conversion of Lignocelluloses to Biofuel Precursors by Employing Protic and Aprotic Ionic Liquids 173-215 (2021)
Mixing effects on the kinetics of enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic Sunn hemp fibres for bioethanol production by Paul S. K., Chakraborty S. Chemical Engineering Journal 377 120103- (2019)
Multiscale Dynamics of Hemicellulose Hydrolysis for Biofuel Production by Dutta S. K., Chakraborty S. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 58 8963-8978 (2019)
Comparative study of the effectiveness of protic and aprotic ionic liquids in microwave-irradiated catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic June grass to biofuel precursors by Roy S., Chakraborty S. Bioresource Technology Reports 8 100338- (2019)
Microwave-assisted ionic liquid-mediated rapid catalytic conversion of non-edible lignocellulosic Sunn hemp fibres to biofuels by Paul S. K., Chakraborty S. Bioresource Technology 253 85-93 (2018)
Mixing effects on the kinetics and the dynamics of two-phase enzymatic hydrolysis of hemicellulose for biofuel production by Dutta S. K., Chakraborty S. Bioresource Technology 259 276-285 (2018)
Modelling of reaction and transport in microbial fuel cells by Ramya V., Dutta S. K., Chakraborty S. Microbial Fuel Cell 269-283 (2018)
PK SINHA CENTRE PROJECT Dr. Prabhantkant Sinha
Award of fellowship under national renewable fellowships MNRE
Arun Kumar Mehta
Area of Research: Algal Biofuel
Sourav Mondal
Area of Research: Bioenergy
Subhrajit Roy
Area of Research: Lignocellulosic Biofuel
Gourab Ghosh
Area of Research: Algal Biofuel
Apurba Sharma
Area of Research: Biofuel
