DR. ASHISH S. CHAURASIA

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Brief Bio
Dr. Ashish S. Chaurasia is Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur. He was Head of Chemical Engineering Department at VNIT from May 2016 to April 2018. He was Chairman of Publication committee of Institute Magazine ‘Rajbhasha Prerna Patrika’, in 2015, 2016, 2017. He was Centre In-charge of UG Admission Committee, CSAB in 2022. He worked as Associate Dean, Student Activities and Sports at VNIT from January 2021 to January 2024. Currently he is holding additional responsibility as In-charge – Campus Up-keeping at VNIT from February 2024. Prior to joining VNIT in 2012 as Associate Professor, he worked for Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, Guna, Madhya Pradesh (2009-2012), Maharashtra Academy of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra (2005-2006), Jawaharlal Darda Institute Engineering and Technology, Yavatmal, Maharashtra (2004-2005) and Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan (2001-2004). He has completed his B. Tech. degree from Shri Shivaji Education Society’s, College of Engineering and Technology, Akola, Maharashtra affiliated to Amravati University in 1999. He did his M. Tech. in Chemical Engineering and PhD from Birla Institute of Technology & Science in 2001 and 2004 respectively. He has been a postdoctoral fellow at National Chemical Laboratory-India (2005-2006) and postdoctoral research associate at Imperial College London, United Kingdom (2006-2008). His research interests focus on pyrolysis of biomass, biomass gasification, and modeling simulation of renewable-based processes. He has supervised three PhD and six M. Tech. students. He authored three books and has more than 90 publications in top quality international conference and journals. He has been invited speaker at many conferences in the areas of biomass gasification and energy. He has been referee and reviewer for a number of premier conferences and journals. Dr. Chaurasia is a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education, Associate Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and Life Member of American Chemical Society.

Dr. Ashish S. Chaurasia is Professor in Chemical Engineering Department at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur. He was Head of Chemical Engineering Department at VNIT from May 2016 to April 2018. He was Chairman of Publication committee of Institute Magazine ‘Rajbhasha Prerna Patrika’, in 2015, 2016, 2017. He was Centre In-charge of UG Admission Committee, CSAB in 2022. He worked as Associate Dean, Student Activities and Sports at VNIT from January 2021 to January 2024. Currently he is holding additional responsibility as In-charge – Campus Up-keeping at VNIT from February 2024. Prior to joining VNIT in 2012 as Associate Professor, he worked for Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology, Guna, Madhya Pradesh (2009-2012), Maharashtra Academy of Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra (2005-2006), Jawaharlal Darda Institute Engineering and Technology, Yavatmal, Maharashtra (2004-2005) and Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Rajasthan (2001-2004). He has completed his B. Tech. degree from Shri Shivaji Education Society’s, College of Engineering and Technology, Akola, Maharashtra affiliated to Amravati University in 1999. He did his M. Tech. in Chemical Engineering and PhD from Birla Institute of Technology & Science in 2001 and 2004 respectively. He has been a postdoctoral fellow at National Chemical Laboratory-India (2005-2006) and postdoctoral research associate at Imperial College London, United Kingdom (2006-2008). His research interests focus on pyrolysis of biomass, biomass gasification, and modeling simulation of renewable-based processes. He has supervised three PhD and six M. Tech. students. He authored three books and has more than 90 publications in top quality international conference and journals. He has been invited speaker at many conferences in the areas of biomass gasification and energy. He has been referee and reviewer for a number of premier conferences and journals. Dr. Chaurasia is a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education, Associate Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers and Life Member of American Chemical Society.

Education

Sr. No.	Degree	Year	Specialization	University
1	B.Tech.	1999	Chemical Engineering	Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
2	M.E.	2001	Chemical Engineering	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
3	Ph.D.	2004	Chemical Engineering	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
4	Postdoctorate	2006	Chemical Engineering	National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, India
5	Postdoctorate	2008	Chemical Engineering	Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Contact Details

Phone:	Email:	Address:
0712-280-1784	aschaurasia@che.vnit.ac.in	CHE-116, Department of Chemical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technolgy, Nagpur,Maharashtra-440010, India

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Research Interest

Research Interest
1. Biomass Gasification
2. Pyrolysis of biomass
3. Carbon Capture and Storage
4. Modeling, Simulation and Experimentation
5. Parameter estimation and Optimization

Sr. No.	Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year
1	Development of processes for high value products from agricultural biomass – Part I: Production of bio-oil and activated carbon	KVIC	PI	2022-2024
2	Thermal transformation of waste toner into Carbon nanotubes and Iron in a novel cascade reactor system	DST	Co-PI	2021-2024
3	Design and Synthesis of Ionic Liquids for Separation of Bio-butanol from Fermentation Broth to Enhance Its Production	DBT	Co-PI	2018-2021
4	Process development of potato bio refinery	DST	Co-PI	2017-2020
5	Removal of chlorinated herbicide from dilute aqueous solution using biomass ash	DST	Co-PI	2013-2017

Sr. No.	Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year	Amount (in Lakhs INR)

Description	Author(s)	Publisher	ISBN	Year
Chaurasia, A. S. (2021). Computational Fluid Dynamics and COMSOL Multiphysics A Step-By-Step Approach for Chemical Engineers. USA: Apple Academic Press, co-publishes with CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. (ISBN hard: 978-1-77463-008-2, ISBN ebook: 9781003180500)		Author
Chaurasia, A. S., & Babu, B. V. (2011). Modeling, simulation, and optimization of pyrolysis of biomass. Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.		Author
Chaurasia, A. S., Shah, N. & Adjiman, C. S. (2010). Key challenges in biomass gasification processes. Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing		Author

Sr. No.	Patent Title	Application No.	Date	Present Staus
1	Method for converting biomass to hydrogen rich syngas in a two-stage process.	Indian Pat. Publication No. 201621041388 A/MUM/2017		Granted on 27/01/2021, No. 356848

Sr. No.	Title
1	Co-Convener of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2024), VNIT, Nagpur, India, April 6-7, 2024.
2	Coordinator of SERB Sponsored Workshop on Environmental Issues, Challenges and Opportunities, VNIT, Nagpur, India, December 8-12, 2023.
3	Organized Seminar on ‘Sustainable Energy – Opportunities and Challenges’ by Dr. KRIS Ravi, KRIS Ravi Consultancy, Texas, USA, January 20, 2023.
4	Organized Seminar on ‘Gas Processing’ by Mr. Sishir Haldulkar, Petrofac International, Sharjah, UAE, January 27, 2023.
5	Delivered expert talk on ‘Computer Aided Software for Process Intensification’ in a AICTE-ISTE Sponsored One Week Online Faculty Development Programme organized by Gharda Institute of Technology, Lavel, 5 – 10th April 2021.
6	Delivered expert talk on ‘Biomass Energy in India’ in a GUJCOST Sponsored One Day National Webinar on “Renewable Biofuel and Bioenergy in the Global Energy Transformation” organized by PPSU, Surat, Gujarat, 10th October, 2020.
7	Organized Seminar on ‘An overview of oil processing and gas processing facilities’ by Mr. Sishir Haldulkar, Petrofac International, Sharjah, UAE August 19, 2019.
8	Organized Seminar on ‘Comsol for academic research and teaching’ by Mr. Rohit More, Comsol Multiphysics Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, India, October 22, 2019.
9	Delivered Expert Lecture on “Role of Softwares in Chemical Engineering” organized by Chemical Engineering Department, Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, India, August 11, 2018.
10	Organized Seminar on ‘Application of Chemical Engineering and Digitalization to Solve Challenges in Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Energy Production’ by Dr. KRIS Ravi, KRIS Ravi Consultancy, Texas, USA, December 10, 2018.
11	Convener of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2018), VNIT, Nagpur, India, April 7-8, 2018.
12	Organized Seminar on ‘Process Systems Engineering for Treatment Strategies and Design Decisions in Health and Environment’ by Dr. Kirti Yenkie, Rowan University, NJ, USA, January 9, 2018.
13	Organized Seminar on ‘Well integrity is critical for safe and economic energy production’ by Dr. KRIS Ravi, KRIS Ravi Consultancy, Texas, USA, January 8, 2018.
14	Organized Seminar on ‘Filing of Patent’ by Ms Mita Sheikh, Registered Indian Patent Agent, IIPRD, Khurana and Khuran, Mumbai, India, December 7, 2017.
15	Organized Seminar on ‘Physical Mechanism of Ultrasound Assisted Synthesis of Biodiesel with Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalyst’ by Dr. V. S. Moholkar, Professor of Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India, October 9, 2017.
16	Organized Seminar on ‘NISCAIR activities and writing scientific papers’ by Dr. Sanjay Sengupta, Principal Scientist, NISCAIR, New Delhi, India, May 11, 2017.
17	Delivered expert talk on Biomass Energy in India in a National Level AICTE Sponsored Faculty Development program on “The Multi Disciplinary Nature of Environment, Environmental Ethics and Issued” organized by GH Raisoni Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, India, November 8, 2017.
18	Convener of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2017), VNIT, Nagpur, India, March 25-26, 2017.
19	Expert/Jury Member for Evaluation Research Paper “32nd M. P. Young Scientist Congress” Bhopal, India, March 10-11, 2017.
20	Expert/Jury Member at India International Science Festival ( IISF) 2016 organised by the Ministry of Science and Technology (DST, DBT and DSIR/CSIR) and Ministry of Earth Sciences in collaboration with Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) from 8th to 11th of December, 2016 at CSIR-NPL, Delhi.
21	Delivered full one day Expert Lecture on “Comsol Multiphysics” organized by Chemical Engineering Department, Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, India, October 22, 2016.
22	Delivered Expert Lecture on “Computation with Comsol Multiphysics” organized by Chemical Engineering Department, Priyadarshini Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nagpur, India, September 17, 2016.
23	Organized self sponsored short term training program on “Computational Modeling with Comsol Multiphysics” organized by Chemical Engineering Department, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, India, May 21 – 25, 2016.
24	Expert of AICTE Expert Committee Visit for “Christian College of Engineering, Durg, Bhilai, India, April 27, 2016.
25	Judge for Evaluation Research Paper “31st M. P. Young Scientist Congress” Bhopal, India, February 28-29, 2016.
26	Delivered expert talk on Biomass Energy in India in a National Level Seminar on “Role of Bio-energy in Sustainable Growth (RBESG-2013)” organized by Chemical Engineering Department, Maharashtra Institute of Technology Academy of Engineering, Pune, India, August 30-31, 2013.

Sr. No.	Responsibility	Institute	Year
1	In-charge – Campus Up-keeping	VNIT, NAGPUR	Feb 2024 – Till Date
2	Associate Dean (Student Activities and Sports)	VNIT, NAGPUR	Jan 2021 – Jan 2024
3	Center In-Charge UG Admission Committee-2022 (CSAB)	VNIT, NAGPUR	Jan 2022 – Dec 2022
4	Co-Center In-Charge UG Admission Committee-2021 (CSAB)	VNIT, NAGPUR	Jan 2021 – Dec 2021
5	Head, Chemical Engineering Department	VNIT, NAGPUR	May 2016 – April 2018
6	Chairman of Publication committee of Institute Magazine ‘Rajbhasha Prerna Patrika’, 2015, 2016, 2017	VNIT, NAGPUR	January 2014 – January 2017
7	Centre Superintendent for Pragya Examination	VNIT, NAGPUR	July 2016 – Dec 2016
8	Member, Remission of fees to financially backward students	VNIT, NAGPUR	Academic year 2020-2021, 2022-2023
9	Chairperson, Remission of fees to financially backward students	VNIT, NAGPUR	Academic year 2021-2022

Sr. No.	Awards
1	Postdoctoral fellowship, Imperial College London, London, UK (Sep’06 – Sep’08)
2	National Merit Scholarship, Government of India, 1993-1995

S.No.	Paper Citation
1	Bhurse, R.R., Gope, P.P., Yadav, H., Prasad, K.R., and Chaurasia A.S. Syngas and hydrogen production from co-gasification of rice husk biomass and plastic waste mixture using Aspen Plus. Environ Dev Sustain (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-024-04571-z
2	Sharma, K.B.B., Bhurse, R.R., and Chaurasia, A.S. (2024). Experimental investigation of the influence of calcium oxide on product quality, tar cracking efficiency, heating value, and syngas ratio in two-stage fixed bed gasification. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects, 46(1), 1319–1331. https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2023.2298290
3	Gautam, N., and Chaurasia, A. (2022). Study on chemical kinetics and catalytic cracking of tar from gasification of rice straw using various catalysts. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-021-01307-3 (Print ISSN: 1438-4957, Online ISSN: 1611-8227)
4	Chaurasia, A. (2020). Modeling of downdraft gasification process: Part II – Studies on the effect of shrinking and non-shrinking biomass geometries on the performance of gasification process. Energy, Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118186 (ISSN: 0360-5442)
5	Gautam, N., Rose, A., and Chaurasia, A. (2020). Study on chemical kinetics and characterization of nano-silica from rice husk and rice straw in the fixed bed pyrolysis process. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-00838-3 (Print ISSN: 2190-6823, Electronic ISSN: 2190-6815)
6	Gautam, N. B., Kate, G. U., and Chaurasia, A. S. (2020). Production of amorphous silica and activated carbon from rice husk char obtained from two stage gasification process. Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, vol. 27, 340-345. DOI: http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/IJCT/article/view/31043 (Print ISSN: 0971-457X, Online ISSN: 0975-0991)
7	Gautam, N., Kate, G., and Chaurasia, A. (2020). Upgrading of rice husk char obtained by pyrolysis process to amorphous silica and activated carbon. Materialstoday:Proceedings. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.04.859 (ISSN: 2214-7853)
8	Gautam, N., and Chaurasia, A. (2020). Study on kinetics and bio-oil production from rice husk, rice straw, bamboo, sugarcane bagasse and neem bark in a fixed-bed pyrolysis process. Energy, vol. 190, 1-13. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116434 (ISSN: 0360-5442)
9	Chaurasia, A. (2019). Modeling of downdraft gasification process: Part I – Studies on shrinkage effect on tabular, cylindrical and spherical geometries. Energy, vol. 169, 130-141. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2018.12.038 (ISSN: 0360-5442)
10	Sonarkar, P. R. and Chaurasia, A. S. (2018). An Improved Gasifier Cookstoves: Utilizing Fan Driven Forced Draft for Cleaner Combustion. Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, vol. 77, 381-385. DOI: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/44676 (Print ISSN: 0022-4456, Online ISSN: 0975-1084)
11	Chaurasia, A. S., Katiyar, K., Iyengar, S., Reddy, M. M., and Sandilya W.V.Y.S. (2018). Rice husk gasification in a two-stage reactor: Effect of K2CO3 on H2/CO ratio in homogeneous and heterogeneous tar cracking. Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, vol. 77, 293-296. DOI: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39822 (Print ISSN: 0022-4456, Online ISSN: 0975-1084)
12	Chaurasia, A. (2018). Modeling of downdraft gasification process: Studies on particle geometries in thermally thick regime. Energy, vol. 142, 991-1009. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.10.093 (ISSN: 0360-5442)
13	Sonarkar, P. R., and Chaurasia A. S. (2019). Thermal performance of three improved biomass-fired cookstoves using fuel wood, wood pellets and coconut shell. Environment Development and Sustainability, vol. 21, 1429-1449. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-018-0096-0 (Print ISSN: 1387-585X, Online ISSN: 1573-2975)
14	Khonde, R. D., Nanda, J., and Chaurasia, A. S. (2018). Experimental investigation of catalytic cracking of rice husk tar for hydrogen production. Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, vol. 20, 1310-1319. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-017-0695-0 (Print ISSN: 1438-4957, Online ISSN: 1611-8227)
15	Trivedi, N. S., Mandavgane, S. A. and Chaurasia A. S. (2018). Characterization and valorization of biomass char: a comparison with biomass ash. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 25, 3458-3467. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0689-4 (Print ISSN: 0944-1344, Online ISSN: 1614-7499)
16	Kate, G. U., and Chaurasia, A. S. (2018). Gasification of rice husk in two stage gasifier to produce syngas, silica and activated carbon. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects, vol. 40, 466-471. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2017.1423418 (Print ISSN: 1556-7036, Online ISSN: 1556-7230)
17	Sonarkar, P. R., Mardikar, E. A., Gupta, S., Dhabu, S. S. and Chaurasia A. S. (2017). Performance Evaluation, Economic Analysis and Design of Biomass-Based Modified Purti Gasifier Stove. Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, vol. 76, 110-114. DOI: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39822 (Print ISSN: 0022-4456, Online ISSN: 0975-1084)
18	Khonde, R. D., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2017). Tar Cracking of Rice Husk in Biomass Gasifier: Reactor Design and Experimentation. Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, vol. 24, 55-60. DOI: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/39758 (Print ISSN: 0971-457X, Online ISSN: 0975-0991)
19	Khonde, R. D., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2016). Rice husk gasification in a two-stage fixed-bed gasifier: Production of hydrogen rich syngas and kinetics. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 41, 8793-8802. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.03.138 (ISSN: 0360-3199)
20	Chaurasia, A. (2016). Modeling of downdraft gasifier: Studies on chemical kinetics and operating conditions on the performance of the biomass gasification process. Energy, vol. 116, 1065-1076. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.10.037 (ISSN: 0360-5442)
21	Khonde, R.D., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2016). Kinetics of Tar Cracking in Two-Stage Biomass Gasifier using Distributed Activation Energy Model. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization and Environmental Effects, vol. 38:21, 3132-3138. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15567036.2015.1135212 (Print ISSN: 1556-7036, Online ISSN: 1556-7230)
22	Khonde, R., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2015). Pyrolysis of Sawdust, Rice Husk and Sugarcane Bagasse: Kinetic Modelling and Estimation of Kinetic Parameters Using Different Optimization Tools. Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series E, vol. 96, 1, 23-30. DOI: 10.1007/s40034-014-0052-y (Print ISSN: 2250-2483, Online ISSN 2250-2491)
23	Ramesh, S., Chaurasia, A. S., Mahalingam, H., & Rao, N. J. (2013). Kinetics of Devolatilization of Black Liquor Droplets in Chemical Recovery Boilers – Pyrolysis of Dry Black Liquor Solids. International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications, 4, 1-5.
24	Bathe, G. A., Patil, V. S., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2012). Study on Temperature Gradients and Protein Enrichment by Aspergillus Oryzae in Solid-State Fermentation on Packed Bed Bioreactor using Jowar (Sorghum) Straw as Substrate. Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems, 2, 33-36.
25	Kapoor, L., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2012). Product Yields and Kinetics of Pyrolysis of Sawdust and Bagasse Particles. Energy Education Science & Technology Part A: Energy Science and Research, 29, 419-426. (ISSN: 1308-772X)
26	Chaurasia, A. S., & Kulkarni, B. D. (2007). Most Sensitive Parameters in the Pyrolysis of Shrinking Biomass Particle. Energy Conversion and Management, 48, 836-849. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2006.08.018 (ISSN: 0196-8904)
27	Chaurasia, A. S., & Kulkarni, B. D. (2005). The Role of Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions in the Pyrolysis of Shrinking Biomass Particle. Energy Education Science & Technology, 16, 31-43.
28	Chaurasia, A. S., Babu, B. V., Kaur, A., & Thiruchitrambalam, V. (2005). Convective and radiative heat transfer through a biomass particle. Indian Chemical Engineer, 47, 75-80. (Print ISSN: 0019-4506 Online ISSN: 0975-007X) Earned the Kuloor Memorial Award-2006 awarded for the Best Technical Paper published in the Institute’s Journal ‘Indian Chemical Engineer’ in its issues for 2005.
29	Babu, B. V., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2004). Dominant design variables in pyrolysis of biomass particles of different geometries in thermally thick regime. Chemical Engineering Science, 59, 611-622. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2003.10.014 (ISSN: 0009-2509)
30	Babu, B. V., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2004). Heat transfer and kinetics in the pyrolysis of shrinking biomass particle. Chemical Engineering Science, 59, 1999-2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2004.01.050 (ISSN: 0009-2509)
31	Babu, B. V., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2004). Parametric study of thermal and thermodynamic properties on pyrolysis of biomass in thermally thick regime. Energy Conversion and Management, 45, 53-72. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-8904(03)00130-4 (ISSN: 0196-8904)
32	Babu, B. V., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2004). Pyrolysis of biomass: Improved models for simultaneous kinetics and transport of heat, mass, and momentum. Energy Conversion and Management, 45, 1297-1327. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2003.09.013 (ISSN: 0196-8904)
33	Chaurasia, A. S., & Babu, B. V. (2004). Influence of product yields, density, heating conditions and conversion on pyrolysis of biomass. Journal of Arid Land Studies, 14S, 159-162.
34	Chaurasia, A. S. (2004). Impact of Shrinkage on Pyrolysis of Slab, Cylinder and Sphere, Energy and Fuel Users Association of India, LIV, 18-24.
35	Babu, B. V., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2003). Modeling for pyrolysis of solid particle: kinetics and heat transfer effects. Energy Conversion and Management, 44, 2251-2275. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-8904(02)00252-2 (ISSN: 0196-8904)
36	Babu, B. V., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2003). Modeling, simulation, and estimation of optimum parameters in pyrolysis of biomass. Energy Conversion and Management, 44, 2135-2158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-8904(02)00237-6 (ISSN: 0196-8904)
37	Bhurse, R. R. and Chaurasia, A. S. (2023). Effect of biomass char and other catalysts for tar reduction and production of hydrogen rich syngas. Proceedings of International symposium & 76th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2023), Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, December 27-30, EE-OP111, 2023.
38	Malakar C., Majumder A., Mehtre J. R., Bhurse R. R. and Chaurasia A. S. (2024). Study of co-gasification of rice husk and LDPE using two – stage downdraft reactor. Proceedings of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2024), VNIT, Nagpur, India during April 6-7, 2024.
39	Armorikar B. H., Musku S., Kalase S. H., Bhurse R. R. and Chaurasia A. S. (2024). Experimental and aspen simulation study of rice husk gasification on twin screw auger reactor. Proceedings of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2024), VNIT, Nagpur, India during April 6-7, 2024.
40	Bhurse R. R. and Chaurasia A. S. (2024). Development and experimental analysis of a bench-scale auger pyrolysis reactor for rice-husk biomass. Proceedings of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2024), VNIT, Nagpur, India during April 6-7, 2024.
41	Chaurasia, A. S. & Gautam N. B. (2021). Production and characterization of bio-oil in a fixed bed pyrolysis process. Proceedings of International symposium & 74th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2021), Bhubaneswar, December 27-30, ATCE397, pp. 340-343, 2021.
42	Chaurasia A. S. (2021). Modeling of shrinking and non-shrinking biomass particles in the fixed bed downdraft gasifier. Proceedings of 7th International Symposium of Gasification and its Applications (ISGA 7), Organized Online by University of Lorraine/CNRS – LRGP, Nancy, France, 27th – 30th September, 2021.
43	Gautam N. B., Kate G. U. and Chaurasia A. S. (2019). Production of amorphous silica and activate carbon from rice husk char obtained from two stage gasification process. Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Recend Trends in Metallurgy, Materials Science and Manufacturing (IMME 2019), Nationa Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India during December 27 – 28, pp. 55, 2019.
44	Gautam N. B. and Chaurasia A. S. (2019). Production of bio-oil through pyrolysis of rice husk using plug flow pyrolysis reactor. Proceedings of Conference on Advances in Process Metallurgy (APM 2019), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India during July 4 – 5, 2019.
45	Chaurasia A. S., Gautam N. B. and Rose A. M. (2019). Production of hydrogen rich syngas, nano-silica and activated carbon in two-stage gasification process. Proceedings of 3rd National Symposium on Shaping Energy Future: Challenges and opportunities (SEFCO-2019), Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India during May 10-11, pp. 71, 2019.
46	Chaurasia A. S. (2018). Two stage gasification process for the production of syngas, silica and activated carbon from rice husk. Proceedings of National Conference on Carbon Capture and its Utilization (CCU 2018), National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India during December 14-15, 2018.
47	Sonarkar P. R. and Chaurasia A. S. (2018). Performance evaluation and emission characterization of three stoves using fuel wood, wood pellets and coconut shell. Proceedings of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2018), VNIT, Nagpur, India during April 7-8, 2018.
48	Kate G. U. and Chaurasia A. S. (2018). Production of syngas, silica and activated carbon from rice husk. Proceedings of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2018), VNIT, Nagpur, India during April 7-8, pp. 70-71, 2018.
49	Chaurasia, A. S. (2018). Production of Hydrogen Rich Syngas with Catalytic Cracking of Rice Husk Tar. Proceedings of 6th world conference on applied science, engineering and technology (WCASET-2018), Goa, January 2-3, pp. 55, 2018 (ISBN: 978-81-932966-9-1).
50	Sonarkar, P. R. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2017). User Centric Approach for Design of Forced Draft Biomass Cook Stove to Lower Indoor Air Pollution. Proceedings of International symposium & 70th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2017), Haldia, December 27-30, RE530, pp. 45, 2017.
51	Kate G. U. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2017). Gasification of Rice Husk in Two Stage Gasifier to Produce Syngas, Silica and Activated Carbon. Proceedings of International symposium & 70th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2017), Haldia, December 27-30, RE531, pp. 46, 2017.
52	Sonarkar P. R. and Chaurasia A. S. (2017). Pollutant emissions and energy efficiency of gasifier cooking stoves and implications for future intervention studies. Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology for Waste Conversion (ETBWC 2017)’, NEERI, Nagpur, India during October 8-10, pp. 198, 2017.
53	Kate G. U. and Chaurasia A. S. (2017). Gasification of rice husk in two stage gasifier to produce syngas, silica and activated carbon. Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology for Waste Conversion (ETBWC 2017)’, NEERI, Nagpur, India during October 8-10, pp. 199, 2017.
54	Sonarkar P. R. and Chaurasia A. S. (2017). Emission performance between traditional and improved biomass fired cook stoves using fuel wood, wood pellets and coconut shell. Proceedings of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2017), VNIT, Nagpur, India during March 25-26, pp. 73-74, 2017.
55	Nanda J. and Chaurasia A. S. (2017). Heterogenous tar cracking using different catalyst and production of syn gas. Proceedings of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2017), VNIT, Nagpur, India during March 25-26, pp. 75-76, 2017.
56	Katiyar K., Iyengar S., Reddy M, Sandilya W. and Chaurasia A. S. (2017). Hydrogen rich syngas production from biomass in fixed bed gasification using catalyst. Proceedings of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2017), VNIT, Nagpur, India during March 25-26, pp. 78-79, 2017.
57	Sonarkar, P. R. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2016). Design and Performance Evaluation of Forced Draft Cooking Stove. Presented at International symposium & 69th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2016), Chennai, December 27-30, pp. 746, 2016.
58	R. D. Khonde and Chaurasia, A. S. (2016). Kinetics study of gasification products of rice husk. Proceedings of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2016), VNIT, Nagpur, India during April 2-3, pp. 70, 2016.
59	Khonde, R. D. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2016). Gaseous products from homogeneous gasification of rice husk in a two-stage gasifier. Proceeding of National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Engineering and Technology (REACT 2016) organized by Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur, February 27-28, pp. 9, 2016.
60	Sonarkar, P. R. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2016). Performance based improvements in biomass cook stoves design. Proceeding of National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Engineering and Technology (REACT 2016) organized by Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur, February 27-28, pp. 12, 2016.
61	Khonde, R. D. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2015). Homogeneous tar cracking of rice husk in two-stage biomass gasifier and optimization of kinetic parameters. Presented at International symposium & 68th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2015), Guwahati, December 27-30, pp. 108, India.
62	Sonarkar, P. R. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2015). Design and testing of biomass cook stoves. Presented at International symposium & 68th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2015), Guwahati, December 27-30, pp. 549, India.
63	O. Yadav, R. Avadhoot, S. S. Raj, R. D. Khonde and Chaurasia, A. S. (2015). Cracking of rice husk tar in two-stage fixed bed gasifier. Proceedings of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2015), VNIT, Nagpur, India during March 28-29, pp. 107-111, 2015. Earned Second Prize, awarded for the Best Paper Presentation in Chemical Engineering at CHEMIX’ 15.
64	E. Mardikar, S. Dhabu, S. Gupta, P. R. Sonarkar and Chaurasia, A. S. (2015). Effect of moisture content of biomass pellet on different parameters in gasifier based purti cook stoves. Proceedings of National Conference on Inter and Intra-disciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2015), VNIT, Nagpur, India during March 28-29, 2015, pg. 173-177. Earned Second Prize, awarded for the Best Paper Presentation in Chemical Engineering at CHEMIX’ 15.
65	Khonde, R. D. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2015). Design and Experimentation on Two-Stage Biomass Gasification Reactor. Proceeding of National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Engineering and Technology (REACT 2015) organized by Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur, February 27-28, pp. 21, 2015.
66	Sonarkar, P. R., Mardikar, E. A., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2015). Improvement in the Design of Biomass-Based Gasifier Stoves. Presented at TRANSTECH’ 15 organized by Tolani Maritime Institute in association with ‘The Institute of Marine Engineers (India)’ and ‘The Institution of Engineers (India)’, Pune, February 26-28, pp. 51, 2015. Earned Second Prize, awarded for the Best Paper Presentation in Chemical Engineering at TRANSTECH’ 15.
67	Khonde, R. D. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2014). Estimation and Optimization of Kinetic Parameters of Rice Husk and Sugarcane Bagasse Pyrolysis. Presented at International symposium & 67th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2014), Chandigarh, December 27-30, pp. 1415, 2014.
68	Khonde, R. D. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2014). Biomass Pyrolysis: Optimization of Kinetic Parameters. Poster Presented at Research Scholars Day (RSD-2014), VNIT Nagpur, September 20, 2014, India. Earned the First Prize, awarded for the Best Poster Presentation in Chemical Engineering at Research Scholars Day (RSD-2014), VNIT Nagpur, September 20, 2014, India.
69	Sonarkar, P. R. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2014). Experimental and Computational Studies on improved Gasifier Stoves. Poster Presented at Research Scholars Day (RSD-2014), VNIT Nagpur, September 20, 2014, India.
70	O. M. Jichkar, V. R. Kumar, B. Mohan, R. D. Khonde and Chaurasia, A. S. (2014). Pyrolysis of saw dust, rice husk and bagasse particles: Experiment and modeling. Proceedings of National Conference on Interdisciplinary Blend of Chemical Engineering (CHEMIX 2014), VNIT, Nagpur, India during March 23-24, 2014, 30-33.
71	Chaurasia, A. S. (2013). Kinetics of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Cracking of Wood Pyrolysis Tars under Conditions Approximated to Gasification and Combustion. Presented at International Conference on Energy System Modeling and Optimization (ESMOC 2013), Durgapur, West Bengal, India during December 9-11, 2013.
72	Suman, A., Agrawal, R., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2012). Production of Bisphenol A. To be Presented at National Level Technical Paper/Project/Working Model Presentation Competition for Engineering Students (GREENCHEM 2012), Yavatmal, India during February 27-28, 2012.
73	Tiwari, S., Singh, A. P., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2012). Experimental Study on Pyrolysis of Sawdust. National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Engineering (RACE 2012), Jalgaon, February 4, India.
74	Kapoor, L., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2011). Experiment and Model Based Investigation of Pyrolysis of Sawdust and Bagasse Particles. International symposium & 64th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2011), Bangalore, December 27-29, India.
75	Kapoor, L. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2011). Kinetics of Pyrolysis of Sawdust and Bagasse Particles: Experiment and Modeling. Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Innovative Green Technology for Sustainable Development (CUTSE 2011), Miri, Sarawak, Malayasia during November 8-9, pp. 36-41.
76	Kapoor, L. & Chaurasia, A. S. (2010). Experiment based investigation of pyrolysis of biomass. National Conference on Recent Advances in Material Science and Engineering: A Multidisciplinary Approach (RAMSE 2010), Guna, India during October 23-24, 2010.
77	Chaurasia, A. S., Shah, N., Adjiman, C. S., Kandiyoti, R., Brandon, N. P. & Kulkarni, B. D. (2008). Role of heterogeneous cracking of tar to increase the overall efficiency of biomass gasification plant. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering, Loni, Ahmedanagar, India during December 20-22, 2008.
78	Chaurasia, A. S., & Kulkarni, B. D. (2006). Product Yield from Pyrolysis of Shrinking and Non-Shrinking Biomass Particles. International symposium & 59th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2006), Bharuch, December, India.
79	Chaurasia, A. S., & Kulkarni, B. D. (2006). Effects of moisture content and gasification temperature on composition of gases for different biomass materials. Presented at 22nd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA U.S.A., during March 18-21, 2007.
80	Chaurasia, A. S. (2005). Products from biomass by pyrolysis: Effect of exothermic and endothermic reactions. Presented at 20th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA U.S.A., during April 3 – 6, 2005.
81	Babu, B. V., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2003). Modeling & simulation of pyrolysis of biomass: effect of heat of reaction. Proceedings of International symposium on process systems engineering and control (ISPSEC-2003) – for productivity enhancement through design and optimization, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai, January 3-4, India, 181-186.
82	Babu, B. V., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2003). Optimization of pyrolysis of biomass using differential evolution approach. Proceedings of Second International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems (CIRAS-2003), Singapore, December 15-18.
83	Babu, B. V., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2003). Pyrolysis of shrinking cylindrical biomass pellet. Proceedings of International symposium & 56th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2003), Bhubhaneswar, December 19-22, India.
84	Chaurasia, A. S., & Babu, B. V. (2003). Modeling & simulation of pyrolysis of biomass: effect of thermal conductivity, reactor temperature and particle size on product concentrations. Proceedings of International conference on Energy and Environmental Technologies for Sustainable Development (ICEET-2003), Jaipur, October 8-10, India, 151-156.
85	Chaurasia, A. S., & Babu, B. V. (2003). Influence of product yields, density, heating conditions and conversion on pyrolysis of biomass. Proceedings of International Conference on Desert Technology-7 (DT-7), Jodhpur, November 9-14, India, 111-114.
86	Babu, B. V., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2002). Modeling & simulation of pyrolysis: influence of particle size and temperature. Proceedings of International conference on multimedia and design (ICMD-2002), Mumbai, September 23-25, India, 4, 103-128.
87	Babu, B. V., & Chaurasia, A. S. (2002). Modeling & simulation of pyrolysis: effect of convective heat transfer & orders of reactions. Proceedings of International symposium & 55th annual session of IIChE (CHEMCON-2002), OU, Hyderabad, December 19-22, India, 105-106.