This research group consists of two sections - Gasification, Methanol and Hydrogen Economy Section associated with R&D activities in the area of gasification of coal, biomass, petcoke and addresses the industrial problems related to gasification and Catalysis section which is engaged in R&D activities in the area of development of heterogeneous catalyst for conversion of syngas to chemicals/fuels.
| Name | Designation | Email & phone | Photo |
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| Head of the Research Group | |||
| Dr. Prakash Dhondiram Chavan Briefbiodata |
Chief Scientist & HORG | E-mail : pdchavan[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, chavanpd[at]gmail[dot]com Phone : +91-326-2388315 (O), +91 99313 13637, +91 94313 17970 (M) |
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| Section 1: Gasification Methanol and Hydrogen Economy | |||
| Dr. Prakash Dhondiram Chavan Briefbiodata |
Chief Scientist & HOS | E-mail : pdchavan[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, chavanpd[at]gmail[dot]com Phone : +91-326-2388315 (O), +91 99313 13637, +91 94313 17970 (M) |
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| Dr. Sujan Saha Briefbiodata |
Sr. Principal Scientist | E-mail : sujansaha[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, sjan_1976[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in Phone : +91-326-2388389 (O) , +91 94711 91168 (M) |
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| Mr. Vishal Chauhan Briefbiodata |
Scientist | E-mail : vishalchauhan[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in Phone : +91 94118 50253 (M) |
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| Mr. Rupesh Kumar Singh Briefbiodata |
Scientist | E-mail : rupeshsingh[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, rupeshcvrce006[at]gmail[dot]com Phone : 7205474779 (M) |
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| Dr.(Smt.) Arti Sahu Briefbiodata |
Scientist | E-mail : artisahu[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, artisahu7[at]gmail[dot]com Phone : 8090171360 (M) |
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| Dr. Gajanan Sahu Briefbiodata |
Sr. Technical Officer (1) | E-mail : gajanansahu[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, gajanansahu[at]rediffmail[dot]com Phone : +91-326-2388389, +91 99311 06448 |
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| Mr. Rakesh Kumar Rawani | Technical Assistant |  |
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| Mr. Nilesh Dhananjay Dhaigude | Technical Assistant | E-mail : nddhaigude[at]gmail[dot]com, nileshdhaigude[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in Phone : 7588945019 (M) |
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| Mr. Mahendra Rajak | Salesman | E-mail : mrajak[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in Phone : +91-326-2388263, +91 92045 29717 |
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| Mrs Meera Singh | Group D (NT) | Phone : +91-326-2388298, +91 72500 52720 |  |
| Section 2: Catalysis | |||
| Dr. Sudipta Datta Briefbiodata |
Chief Scientist & HOS | E-mail : sdatta[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, sud_datta[at]rediffmail[dot]com Phone : +91-326-2388237/389 (O), +91 9471191154 (M) |
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| Dr.(Smt.) Shweta Kumari Briefbiodata |
Sr. Scientist | E-mail : shweta[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, shwetasingh[dot]ism@gmail.com Phone : 9031132024 (M) |
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| Mr. Pavan Kumar Gupta Briefbiodata |
Sr. Scientist | E-mail : pavan[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, pkchehit[at]gmail[dot]com , +91-326-2388363 (O) |
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| Mr. Shiva Kumar Saw Briefbiodata |
Technical Assistant | E-mail : shivakumar[at]cimfr[dot]nic[dot]in, shivakumar[dot]saw07[at]gmail[dot]com Phone : 7205685844 (M) |
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| 15 Results |
| Sl. No. | A brief description of Facilities/ Equipment/Tools/software with photos |
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| Major Facilities | |
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Thermo-gravimetric Analyzer (TGA): Used to study the gasification reactivity and kinetics of coal, biomass and coal-biomass blends using different reactive gases at temperature up to 1200oC.
Micro-reactor: Used for methanol synthesis in fixed bed Tabular micro reactor.
Gas Chromatograph (GC):Used to determine the qualitative and quantitative analysis of gaseous component.
Surface Area Analyzer: Used to determine the surface area of coal, biomass, catalyst and solid fuels. |
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Thermo-gravimetric Reactor (TGR): Usedto study weight changes during thermo-chemical reactions of solids in lump/granular/powder form in the gaseous environment of different gases at temperature up to 1000oC with gas analyser at outlet.
Methanol reactor: High pressure packed bed modular catalytic reactor is used to conduct the experimental run for the synthesis of methanol from syngas using Cu-Al-Zn based catalysts. |
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1.5 TPD Oxy-Blown Pressurized Fluidized Bed Gasification (PFBG) Pilot Plant Facility: Used to test the gasification performance of high ash coal, biomass, washery reject and their blends at temperature & pressure up to 1050 oC& 10 kg/cm2 and fuel feed rate up to 60 kg/h.
20kg/h Air-Blown Pressurized Fluidized Bed Gasification (PFBG) Pilot Plant Facility: Used to test the gasification performance of high ash coal, biomass, washery reject and their blends at temperature & pressure up to 970 oC& 3 kg/cm2 and fuel feed rate between 10-20 kg/h. |
| Sl.No. | Projects | Sponsor |
| 1 | Development of 1.5 TPD Oxy-blown PFBG Plant sponsored by CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad | CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad |
| 2 | Development of 20 kg/h Air-blown PFBG | Standing Scientific Research Committee, Ministry of Coal(SSRC, MoC) |
| 3 | Gasification Potential Mapping of Indian Coal | CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad |
| 4 | Coal-Syngas to Methanol (CoSynol): Syngas Clean-up, Conditioning and conversion to methanol under the CSIR Mission directorate | CSIR Mission Directorate |
| 5 | Feasibility Study on Coal Gasification Project for JSW Steel Pvt. Ltd., Ballary, Karnataka | JSW Steel Private Limited, Ballary |
| 6 | Multi-feed gasification performance evaluation of coal, biomass and blends in PFBG | DRDO-VRDE, Ahmednagar |
| 7 | Coal briquetting & characterization for Transworld FurtichemRohaPvt. Ltd., Mumbai | Transworld FurtichemRoha Private Limited, Mumbai |
| 8 | Prefeasibility study on Coal Gasification to supplement Natural gas with Syngas | Gujarat Gas Limited, Ahmedabad, Gujrat |
| 9 | Development of Catalyst for synthesis of Methanol from syngas | CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad |
| 10 | Catalytic Petcoke Gasification | CSIR, FBR project |
| 11 | Effect of Ash composition on Gasification behaviour of Coal | CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad |
| 12 | Ash Characterization with respect to operational aspect in different type of gasifier | CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad |
| 13 | Co-gasification of coal and biomass, CSIR 11th and 12th FYP plan projects | CSIR |
| 14 | Prefeasibility study on coal gasification | Adani Energy, Gujrat |
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To undertake basic and applied research in the area of gasification of coal, biomass, petcoke towards development of suitable gasification technology and selection criterion vis-à-vis utilization strategy along with syngas utilization towards different applications including methanol and chemicals.