Dalai, Ajay K. - University of Saskatchewan - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

个人简介

Education and Experience: 1990 Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan, Canada, Chemical Engineering 1984 M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, India, Chemical Engineering 1982 B.Sc. Tech., Nagpur University, India, Chemical Engineering (Petro-chem.Major) 1979 B.Sc. Utkal University, India, Chemistry (Hons) 1977 I.Sc. Utkal University, India, Physics, Chemistry, and Math Professional Engineer (Alberta), 1993-2000 Professional Engineer (Saskatchewan), 2000-present Honours (Medals, Fellowships, Prizes): Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016 The Bantrel Award in Design and Industrial Practice, Chemical Institute of Canada, 2014 Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 2014 Fellow, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2013 Fellow, The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2013 Fellow, The Canadian Academy of Engineering, 2012 Fellow, The Chemical Institute of Canada, 2012 Glory of India Award, for outstanding contributions in Science & Technology, Education Services, January 2012 Deepak Group’s Padma Bhushan Prof L K Doraiswamy Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award, December 2011 Fulbright Fellowship, Government of USA, 2012 Award of Innovation (Jointly with Professor Hui Wang and Dr. Jianguo Zhang), Dry Reforming of Methane Using Novel Catalysts, Innovation Place & ILO, University of Saskatchewan, 2011 Canadian Catalysis Lectureship Award (CCLA), 2011 Fellow, The Engineering Institute of Canada, 2011 DAAD Visiting Professor Fellowship, Institute of Industrial Production, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Government of Germany, 2010 Nominated for Leo Derikx Synergy Award for Innovation with Syncrude Canada Ltd., Natural Science & Engineering, NSERC, 2009 McMaster University’s Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, Distinguished Speaker Award, 2008

研究领域

Activated Carbon Production and Applications for CO2 Capture from Flue Gases in Power Plants (PhD student) Activated Carbon Production from Various Waste Carbonaceous Materials and Their Utilization as Soil Conditioner (Research Assistant and Summer Student) Applications of Carbon Nano-tubes in Hydroprocessing of Heavy Gas Oil (PDF) Applications of SBA-15 in Hydroprocessing of Heavy Gas Oil (PDF) Biodiesel Production Using Resins and Solid Acids (Three Visiting PhD Students, one PhD student and one MSc student) Biomass Conversion to Fuel Gas Using Supercritical Water (one PDF and one MSc student) Catalyst Development for Higher Alcohols from Syngas (Ph.D. Student) Catalytic Hydrocracking and Gasification of Bio-oil (two M.Sc. Students) Catalytic Oxidation of H2S Using Activated Carbon Catalysts in a Fixed-Bed Reactor (PDF) Development of P Doped NiMo Nitride Catalysts (Ph.D. Student) Development of Solid Acid Catalysts for Transesterification of Vegetable Oils (PDF ) Ethanol Purification using Bioadsorbent (Two M.Sc. Students) Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Using Fe and Co Supported on CNTs for the Production of Green Diesel from Biomass Derived Gas (one Ph.D. Student) Gasification of Canola Meals, Glycerol and Forest Residue (one Research Engineer, one PhD Student and one M.Eng. Student) Hydrodeoxygenation of Vegetable Oils (one PhD Student) Hydrogen Generation and Purification Using Membrane System (M.Sc. Student) Hydrotreating of Bitumen Derived Coker Gas Oil over P Doped NiMoW Trimetallic Catalysts (PDF and Summer Student) Investigation and Demonstration of Close Coupled Gasification and Combustion of Raw Glycerin and Canola Hull Fiber/Meal Fuel Pellets/Briquettes (PDF and one Research Asssistant) Mesoporous Carbon as Hydroprocessing Catalysts for Upgrading of Gas Oils (M.Sc. Student) Mixed Oxides Supported NiMo Hydrotreating Catalysts (M.Sc. Student) NiMo(W) Nitride Catalysts: Impact of Catalyst Properties on Processing of Light Gas Oil (Ph.D. Student) Preparation and Characterization of Carbon Nano Particles with Different Average Pore Diameters (Research Assistant) Production of Biolubricant from Canola Oil using Solid Catalyst (PDF and M.Sc. students) Production of Diesel Fuel Lubricity Additives from Various Vegetable Oils (Ph.D. Student and PDF) Propylene Glycol Production from Glycerol (one Visiting PhD student and a PDF)

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S. N. Reddy, N. Ding, S. Nanda, A. K. Dalai, J. A. Kozinski, 2014. Supercritical water gasification of biomass in diamond anvil cellsand fluidized beds. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 8, 728-737. C. Baroi, A. K. Dalai, 2014. Review on Biodiesel Production from Various Feedstocks Using 12-Tungstophosphoric Acid (TPA) as a Solid Acid Catalyst Precursor. Industrial Chemistry and Engineering Research, 53, 18611-18624. S. N. Reddy, S. Nanda, A. K. Dalai, J. A. Kozinski, 2014. Supercritical water gasification of biomass for hydrogen production. International journal of hydrogen energy , 39, 6912-6926 S. Nanda, A.K. Dalai, A. K., J. Kozinski, 2014. Butanol and ethanol production from lignocellulosic feedstock: biomass pretreatment and bioconversion, Energy Science & Engineering, 2(3), 138-148. T. Issariyakul, A. K. Dalai, Biodiesel from vegetable oils. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 31, 2014, 446–471. S. Jain, P. Kumar, R. K. Vyas, P. Pandit, A. K. Dalai, Occurrence and removal of antiviral drugs in environment: A review (2013) Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 224 (2), art. no. 1410. K. Jacobson, K. C. Maheria, A. K. Dalai, Bio-oil valorization: A review (2013) Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 23, pp. 91-106. K. Dalai, A.K., G. D. Yadav, A. Prakash and N. Abatzoglou, Catalytic Processes for Clean Energy, Waste Minimization and Green Chemicals, Novel Catalysis Research for Sustainable Environment, Catalysis Today, Special Issue, 207, 1-2, 2013 S. Nanda, J. A. Kozinski and A. K. Dalai, Biomass – An Overview on Classification, Composition and Characterization. In Biomass Processing, Conversion and Biorefinery, Eds. B. Zhang and Y. Wang, Nova Science publishers, 2013 A.K. Dalai, G.D. Yadav, A. Prakash, N. Abatzoglou (Eds), 2012. Catalytic Processes for Clean Energy, Waste Minimization and Green Chemicals, Novel Catalysis Research for Sustainable Environment. Special Issue, Catalysis Today, 2013: 1-2. S. Srivastava, P. Mohanty, J. K. Parikh, A. K. Dalai, S. S. Amritphale, A. K. Khare, “Cr-free Co-Cu/SBA-15 catalysts for hydrogenation of biomass-derived α-,β-unsaturated aldehyde to alcohol” (2015) Chinese J. Catalysis (2015), 36(7), 933-942 S. Nanda, R. Azargohar, A. Dalai, J. A. Kozinski, “An assessment on the sustainability of lignocellulosic biomass for biorefining” (2015) Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, 50, 925-941 R. Sharma, A. Somidi, A. K. Dalai, “Preparation and properties evaluation of biolubricants derived from canola oil and canola biodiesel” (2015) Journal of Agri and Food Chemistry, 63(12), 3235-42 R. Azargohar, R. Gerspacher, A.K. Dalai, D. Y. Peng, “Co-gasification of petroleum coke with lignite coal using fluidized bed gasifier” (2015) Fuel Processing Technology, 134, 310-316 J. Chitanda, P. Misra, A. Abedi, A.K. Dalai, J. D. Adjaye, “Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Poly(glycidyl methacrylate)-Based Particles for the Selective Removal of Nitrogen Compounds from Light Gas Oil: Effect of Linker Length” (2015) Energy & Fuels, 29(3), 1881-1891 K. Kang, R. Azargohar, A. K. Dalai, H. Wang, “Noncatalytic Gasification of Lignin in Supercritical Water Using a Batch Reactor for Hydrogen Production: An Experimental and Modeling Study” (2015) Energy & Fuels, 29(3), 1776-1784 S. Srivastava, N. Solanki, P. Mohanty, K. A. Shah, J. K. Parikh, A. K. Dalai, “Optimization and Kinetic Studies on Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol over SBA-15 Supported Bimetallic Copper-Cobalt Catalyst” (2015) Catalysis Letters, 145(3), 816-823. N. Arun, R. Sharma, A. K. Dalai, “Green diesel synthesis by hydrodeoxygenation of bio-based feedstocks: Strategies for catalyst design and development” (2015) Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 48, 240-255. C. Baroi, A.K. Dalai, “Process sustainability of biodiesel production process from green seed canola oil using homogeneous and heterogeneous acid catalysts” (2015) Fuel Processing Technology, 133, 105-119. S. Majhi, A.K. Dalai, K.K. Pant, “Methanol assisted methane conversion for higher hydrocarbon over bifunctional Zn-modified Mo/HZSM-5 catalyst” (2015) Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 398, 368-375. Abedi,Chitanda, J. Dalai, A. K., Adjaye,” Synthesis and application of functionalized polymers for the removal of nitrogen and sulfur species from gas oil” (2015) Fuel Processing Technology, 131, 473-482. P. Misra, Chitanda, J. M., A.K. Dalai, J. Adjaye, “Immobilization of fluorenone derived π-acceptors on poly (GMA-co-EGDMA) for the removal of refractory nitrogen species from bitumen derived gas oil “ (2015) Fuel, 145, 100-108. Tilay, Azargohar, R., Drisdelle, M., A.K. Dalai, J.A. Kozinski, “Canola meal moisture-resistant fuel pellets: Study on the effects of process variables and additives on the pellet quality and compression characteristics” (2015) Industrial Crops and Products, 63, 337-348. S. Badoga, R. V. Sharma, A.K. Dalai J. Adjaye, “Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous aluminas with different pore sizes: Application in NiMo supported catalyst for hydrotreating of heavy gas oil” (2015) Applied Catalysis, A: General, 489, 86-97. S. Nanda, J. Mohammad, S.N. Reddy, J.A. Kozinski, A.K. Dalai, “Pathways of lignocellulosic biomass conversion to renewable fuels” (2014) Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 4(2), 157-191.