Past Achievements
On going activities
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1 | FTIR (Perkin Elmer) HPLC (Varian) Fluidized Bed Gasification Test Facility X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer (XRF) Surface Area Analyzer Thermo gravimetric Analyzer (TGA) Gas Chromatograph Fluorescence Spectrophotometer (Hitachi F-7000) Crossing Point Temperature Measurement System High Pressure Fixed Bed Tubular Reactor (Pressure-100-Bar, Temp: ~ 500oC, Catalyst Vol-100 mL) Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (Pressure: 100 Bar, Temp: 450 oC, Reactor Vol: 1.0 L) Gas Chromatograph for Gas and Liquid Analysis GC - MS TPD/TPR/Pulse Chemisorptions Unit UV-Vis Spectrometer |
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1 | Coal Constitution (CLP 3009) | Coal Constitution | Routine analysis and tests done for outside parties and various on-going projects in this institute. Analysis and tests done are chiefly Crossing Point Temperature (CPT) and Ignition point temperature(IPT) in Coal. Quantitative determination of various functional groups in coal. | CPT and IPT of samples are determined on payment basis. | |
2 | Prevention of asphaltene aggregation towards improving real term process viability of coal liquefaction. | SERB, DST, New Delhi | 01-08-2013 to 01-08-2016 | Project No - GAP–7030
To study the self aggregation phenomenon of asphaltene in molecular scale and develop an easy method in order to minimize asphaltene aggregation by trapping various guest molecules within the asphaltene aggregates for efficient conversion of coal to oil. Major outputs (if any): Coal tar samples were sourced from various nearby coke plants such as Barari, Lodna, Bhowrah etc. and also from our Coal liquefaction (CTL) plant. Coal Derived Asphaltene (CDA) sample could be successfully prepared as per ASTMD2007-80 method from respective tar samples and derived anthracene oil. The (CDA) sample was characterized by CHN, NMR, UV and Fluorescence spectroscopic analysis. Aggregation studies of CDA have been done in organic solvents with series of electron acceptors as probe materials. | |
3 | Development of iron & cobalt based mesoporous and macroporous catalysts for conversion of syngas to liquid hydrocarbon through Fischer-Tropsch route | SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India | From 16th November, 2015 to 15th November, 2018 |
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4 | Development of Indigenous Catalyst through Pilot scale studies of Coal-to-Liquid (CTL) conversion technology | Ministry of Coal, Government of India | From 1st January, 2010 to 30th June, 2016 |
| Establishment of a Coal – to – Liquid Pilot Plant for testing of Fischer – Tropsch Catalysts |
5 | Catalytic petcoke gasification | In-house funding | September 2015 to August 2017 |
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6 | Prefeasibility study on Coal Gasification to supplement Natural gas with Syngas (Project No. CNP-7125) | Gujarat Gas Limited, Gujarat | September 2014 to March 2016 |
| Prepared pre-feasibility report consisting of survey of different gasification technologies and techno-economic analysis for coal to SNG project in India. |
7 | Tap Coal : Co-gasification of High Ash Indian Coal and Biomass (Project No:CSC-0102) | CSIR Network Project under 12th Five Year Plan | April 2013 to March 2017 |
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7 Results |
Mandate:
This group aims to provide necessary input in the fields of value addition, gasification and liquefaction of coal. This includes direct sourcing of coal for value added products including futuristic advanced carbon nanomaterials. R & D on gasification of high ash coal, biomass, petcoke and to address the industrial problem related to gasification. This research group also provides basic & applied research related to the catalyst and process development for synthetic oils and chemicals production from syngas generated from coal/natural gas/biomass feed stocks.