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Prof.Arunkumar Samanta

Designation: Professor

Department: Chemical Engineering

Email: asamanta[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

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Research Interest: Carbon Capture, Utilization & Sequestration (CCUS), Gas Separation & Purification, Chemical Looping Combustion & Gasification, Clean Coal Technology, Hydrogen Generation

Curriculum
Vitae
Publications

Teaching

  • Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
  • Chemical Process Calculations
  • Advanced Process Control
  • Process Dynamics and Control

Academics

  • PhD from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Dissertation Title: Absorption of Carbon Dioxide into Piperazine Activated Alkanolamines.
  • Master of Technology (M. Tech) in Chemical Engineering with a CGPA of 8.50 (First Class) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.
  • Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) in Chemical Engineering with 78.70% (First Class), from the University of Calcutta.
  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc., Honors in Chemistry) with 64.25% (First Class) from the University of Calcutta.

Position

Professor: 2024-

Associate Professor: 2013- 2024

Awards and Honors

  • Received 2nd Runner Award in the "Hackathon on Coal Gasification" organized by the Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India, under the category "Emission Reduction in Coal Gasification", held from May 13  - 17 May 2024.
  • Received 2nd Runner Award in the "Hackathon on Carbon Capture Technology (CCT)" organized by the Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India, under the category "Direct Air Capture (DAC) of Greenhouse Gases", held from 23-25 June 2025.

  • Received National Scholarship award consecutively in 1988 and 1990 from MHRD, GOI.

  • Received a Gold medal from Ramakrishna Mission Vidya Mandir, Belur Math, WB, 1993.

Publications

Books Published

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List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

Peer-reviewed Journals:

  • Ravisha Goswami, Babuni Prasad, Rajender Gupta, and Arunkumar Samanta, Siliceous Nanosphere Material for CO2 Capture: Kinetics, Isotherm, and Multicyclic Performance Studies. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 1-13, March 2026.

  • Babuni Prasad and Arunkumar Samanta, Post-combustion CO2 Capture in a Radial Flow Adsorber using Amine Functionalized Gamma-alumina from the Aluminium-hydrolysis Byproduct. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 65(4), 2315-2326, 2026. 

  • Chitrang Jayantibhai Lad, Babuni Prasad, Tapas Kumar Mondal, Soumyajit Sen Gupta, Sandipan Kumar Das, Arunkumar Samanta, Hydrogen Production from the Scrap Aluminium Beverage Can Chips and Valorization of Byproduct Residue for CO2 Capture. Journal of Energy Resources Technology, Part B: Subsurface Energy and Carbon Capture, 2(1), 011012-1- 011012-11, 2026.

  • Runa Dey, Babuni Prasad, Srikanth Katta, and Arunkumar Samanta, Polyamine-functionalized 3-D Mesostructured Siliceous Foam Support for Postcombustion Carbon Dioxide Capture. Adsorption, 32(6), 1-19, 2026.

  • Jaywardhan Kumar, Vinod Atmaram Mendhe, Arunkumar Samanta, Integrated Insights into CO2 Storage, Trapping Mechanisms, and Hydrocarbon Recovery in Coal and Shale from the Damodar Valley Basin, India. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research,  64 (45), 21946 - 21962, 2025.  

  • Devesh Kumar, Arunkumar Samanta, Tanmay Dutta, Comparison of a novel mini-channel design with other coolant channel designs for liquid cooling type of battery thermal management system: A numerical study. Results in Engineering, 28, 107768, 2025. 

  • B. Prasad, R. Dey, A. Samanta, Facile synthesis, characterization, and performance study of a low-cost structured adsorbent for CO2 capture. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 64 (2), 1274−1285, 2025.

  • Roy, S. Sengupta, A. Samanta, P.V.S. Sai Likhith, S. K Das, Prospects of energy-efficient power generation system with ammonia as hydrogen carrier,  International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 71, 131-142, 2024.

  • A. K. Dubey, A. Samanta, P. Sarkar, V. K. Saxena, Investigations on the chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling process using Indian coal and copper oxide oxygen carrier, Fuel,  311, 122546, 2022.

  • R. Dey, A. Samanta, Microwave-synthesized high-performance mesoporous SBA-15 silica materials for CO2 capture, Korean J. Chem. Eng., 37(11), 1951-1962, 2020.

  • Agarwal, A. Samanta, B. K. Nandi, A. Mandal, Synthesis, characterization and performance studies of kaolin-fly ash-based membranes for microfiltration of oily wastewater, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 194, 107475, 2020.

  • A. K. Dubey, A. Samanta, P. Sarkar, R. Dey, V. K. Saxena, Performance and kinetic evaluation of synthesized CuO/SBA-15 oxygen carrier for chemical looping with oxygen uncoupling, Energy Technology, 7:1900407, 2019.

  • Runa Dey, Rajender Gupta, Arunkumar Samanta, Carbon dioxide capture under postcombustion conditions using amine-functionalized SBA-15: Kinetics and multicyclic performance. Separation Science and Technology, 53, 2683-2694, 2018.

  • A. K. Dubey, A. Samanta, P.Sarkar, M.K.Karmakar, A.Mukherjee, C.Loha, M.Kumar, S.G.Sahu, V.K.Saxena, P.K.Chatterjee, Hydrodynamic characteristics in a pilot-scale cold flow model for chemical looping combustion. Advanced Powder Technology, 29, 1499-1506, 2018.

  • A Shabani, M Rahman, D Pudasainee, A Samanta, P Sarkar and R Gupta, Evaluation of ash-free coal for chemical looping combustion - Part II: Thermogravimetric Multi-cycle Performance. The Canadian Chemical Engineering, 95, 832-633, 2017.

  • A Shabani, M Rahman, D Pudasainee, A Samanta, P Sarkar and R Gupta. Evaluation of ash-free coal for chemical looping combustion -Part I: thermogravimetric single cycle study and the reaction mechanism. The Canadian Chemical Engineering, 95, 623-633, 2017.

  • Mittal, Nikhil; Samanta, Arunkumar; Partha Sarkar; Rajender Gupta, Post-combustion CO2 capture using N-(3-Trimethoxysilylpropyl)diethylenetriamine  grafted solid adsorbent, Energy Science & Engineering, 3, 207-220, 2015.

  • M. Rahman; A. Samanta; R. Gupta, Production and characterisation of ash-free coal from low-rank Canadian coal by solvent extraction. Fuel Processing Technology, 115, 88-98, 2013.

  • Zhao, A. Samanta, P. Sarkar, R. Gupta, Carbon dioxide adsorption on amine impregnated mesoporous SBA-15 sorbents: experimental and kinetics study. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 52(19), 6480-6491, 2013.

  • Samanta, A.; A. Zhao; G. K. H. Shimizu; P. Sarkar; R. Gupta, Post-combustion CO2 capture using solid sorbents: a review. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 51(4), 1438-1463, 2012.

  • S. K. Dash; A. Samanta; A. N. Samanta; S. S. Bandyopadhyay, Absorption of carbon dioxide in piperazine activated concentrated aqueous 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol solvent. Chemical Engineering Science, 66, 3223 -3233, 2011.

  • Samanta and S.S. Bandyopadhyay Absorption of carbon dioxide into piperazine activated aqueous n-Methyldiethanolamine. Chemical Engineering Journal, 171, 734-741, 2011. 

  • S. K. Dash; A. Samanta; A. N. Samanta; S. S. Bandyopadhyay, Vapour liquid equilibria of carbon dioxide in dilute and concentrated aqueous solutions of piperazine at low to high pressure. Fluid Phase Equilibria, 300, 145-154, 2011.

  • Samanta and Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Absorption of carbon dioxide into aqueous solutions of piperazine activated 2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol. Chemical Engineering Science, 64, 1185 - 1194, 2009.

  • Samanta and Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Kinetics and modeling of carbon dioxide absorption into aqueous solutions of piperazine. Chemical Engineering Science, 62, 7312-7319, 2007.

  • Samanta and Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Physical solubility and diffusivity of N2O and CO2 in aqueous solutions of piperazine and (n-methyldiethanolamine + piperazine). Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 52, 1381- 1385, 2007.

  • Samanta, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Density and viscosity of aqueous solutions of piperazine and (2-amino-2-methyl-1-propanol + piperazine) from 298 to 333 K. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data, 51, 467-470, 2006.

  • Samanta, A., Basu. J. K. and Kundu, G. Removal of hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution by using low-cost adsorbent. Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 20 (10), 754-760, 2000.

  • Samanta, A., Banerjee, T. K. and Das, S. K.  Pressure losses in orifices for the flow of gas-non-Newtonian liquids. The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 77, June, 579-583, 1999.

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

Conference Presentations/ Publications:

  • B. Prasad, S.K. Sharma, T.K. Mondal, A. Samanta, CO2 utilization through mineral carbonation using steel slag, International Conference on Refractories in Iron & Steel Industries, Organized by the Steel Authority of India Limited,  Bokaro Steel Plant,  12-13 April 2024.

  • B. Prasad, A. Samanta, Post-combustion CO2 capture using functionalized supported sorbents, National Seminar on Transforming waste into valuable resources for mitigating Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Organized by the Steel Authority of India Limited, Bokaro Steel Plant,  5-6 January 2024, Bokaro.

  • B. Prasad, A. Samanta, Carbon dioxide capture using functionalized structured adsorbents, CHEMCON 2023 (Platinum Jubilee Celebration),  27-30 December 2023 Kolkata.

  • B. Prasad, A. Samanta, Facile synthesis, characterization, and performance study of low-cost structure adsorbent for CO2 capture, National Seminar on Sustainable & Green Technologies for Industries, Organized by The Institution of Engineers (India) Bokaro Steel City Local Centre, 26-27 August 2023, Bokaro.

  • C. Lad, B. Prasad, T. K. Mondal, A. Samanta, Hydrogen production using scrap aluminium from municipal waste, National Seminar on Sustainable & Green Technologies for Industries, Organized by The Institution of Engineers (India) Bokaro Steel City Local Centre on 26-27 August 2023, Bokaro.

  • B. Prasad, A. Samanta, Postcombustion carbon dioxide capture using functionalized structured adsorbents, Two-day International Conference on Net-Zero Emission Technologies for Sustainable Development: Challenge and Opportunities (N0ET-2022) 12-13 December 2022, Dhanabd.

  • A. Agarwal, A. Samanta, A. Mandal, B.K. Nandi, Fabrication of low-cost ceramic membranes and its application in the treatment of oily wastewater, CHEMCON 2018, Jalandhar.

  • Ashwani Kumar Dubey, Arunkumar Samanta, Pinaki Sarkar, Vinod Kumar Saxena, Kinetics of silica supported CuO as an oxygen carrier for chemical looping oxygen uncoupling (CLOU), CHEMCON 2018, Jalandhar.

  • Runa Dey, Ravisha Goswami and Arunkumar Samanta, Modeling of CO2 adsorption properties on KCC-1, CHEMCON 2018, Jalandhar.

  • O. Kotpalliwar, A. Singhal, T. Dutta and A. Samanta, Efficiency Analysis of Organic Rankine Cycle, CHEMCON 2018, Jalandhar.

  • R. Goswami, and A. Samanta, A novel mesoporous sorbent KCC-1 for CO2 capture under postcombustion conditions, CHEMCON 2017, Haldia.

  • R. Kumar, and A. Samanta, Photocatalytic conversion of CO2 to methanol using TiO2 as photocatalyst, CHEMCON 2017, Haldia

  •  R. Dey and A. Samanta, Modelling CO2 Adsorption on PEI-Functionalized SBA-15: Kinetics and Semi-empirical Equilibrium Model, 67th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference 2017, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 2017.

  • A. K. Dubey, P. Sarkar, A. Samanta and V. K. Saxena, Development of ilmenite as oxygen carrier with coal in chemical looping combustion, National conference on Sustainable Technologies to Connect People with Nature-2017, CGCRI, Kolkatta.

  • Katta. Srikanth, R. Dey, A. Samanta, PEI impregnated mesocellular siliceous foam (MCF) for post-combustion CO2 capture, CHEMCON 2016, Chennai.

  • A.K. Dubey, A. Samanta, V.K. Saxena and P. Sarkar, Investigation of Chemical Looping Combustion with coal, CHEMCON 2016, Chennai.

  • A.K. Dubey, A. Samanta, P. Sarkar and V.K. Saxena, Cold Flow Model Investigation on a Chemical Looping System, CHEMCON 2016, Chennai.

  • R. Dey and A. Samanta, Investigation on Performance of PEI Impregnated mesoporous SBA-15 sorbent for CO2 capture, CHEMCON 2016, Chennai.

  • A. Agarwal, A. Mandal, B.K.Nandi and A. Samanta, Separation of oil from oil-in-water emulsions using kaolin-based ceramic membranes, Conference on Challenges and prospects of petroleum production and processing industries, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, 2016.

  • A Samanta, P Sarkar, R Gupta, A Multi-Cyclic Study on Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Using Polyethyleneimine-Impregnated Mesoporous SBA-15 Silica Sorbents, 65th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, 2015, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2015.

  • R. Dey and A. Samanta, Mesoporous SBA-15 Support for CO2 Capture: Microwave-Assisted Synthesis and Morphology Study, CHEMCON 2015, Guwahati.

  • A Samanta, N Mittal, J Segura, P Sarkar, R Gupta, 'Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Structured Bed Loaded with Functionalized Sorbent', CHEMCON 2014, December 27- 30, 2014, Chandigarh, India.

  • A K Dubey, P Sarkar, V K Saxena, A Samanta, 'Chemical Looping Combustion of Indian Coal with Copper oxide as Oxygen Carrier' CHEMCON 2014, December 27- 30, 2014, Chandigarh, India.

  • Runa Dey and A. Samanta, 'Amine-functionalized mesoporous solid sorbents for CO2 capture from flue gas: A Review', 10th Annual Session of SCHEMCON 2014, September, 19 – 20, 2014. Haldia, India.

  • Azar Shabani, Moshfiqur Rahman, Deepak Pudasainee, Arunkumar Samanta, and Rajender Gupta, and Partha Sarkar, 'Chemical Looping Combustion of Ash Free Coal with CuO as an Oxygen Carrier', The 39th International Technical Conference on Clean Coal & Fuel Systems, June 1 - 5, 2014, Clearwater, Florida, U.S.A.
  • N. Mittal, A. Samanta, J. Segura, S. Amiri, P. Sarkar and R. Gupta, Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Using Structured Bed Loaded With Functionalized SBA-15 Sorbent.  AIChE Annual General Meeting, San Francisco, CA , USA, Nov. 3- 8, 2013.

  • Z. Liu, A. Samanta, Q. Liu and R. Gupta, Amine Functionalized Mesostructured Cellular Foams (MCF) for Post-combustion CO2 Capture. Carbon Management Canada 3rd Annual Conference 2013, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 3-5, 2013.

  • N. Mittal, A. Samanta, P. Sarkar and R. Gupta, Performance of Structured Bed Configuration for Post-combustion CO2 Capture. Carbon Management Canada 3rd Annual Conference 2013, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 3-5, 2013.

  • N. K. Sandhu, A. Samanta, P. Sarkar and R. Gupta, Measurement of Heats of Adsorption of Amine Functionalized SBA-15 Sorbents. Carbon Management Canada 3rd Annual Conference 2013, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 3-5, 2013.

  • N. Mittal, A. Samanta, P. Sarkar and R. Gupta, Study of CO2 Capture Using Amine Grafted SBA-15 Sorbent. 245th  American Chemical Society Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, April 7-11, 2013.

  • A. Samanta, A. Zhao, P. Sarkar and R. Gupta, Kinetics and Modeling of CO2 Adsorption on Amine Functionalized Mesoporous SBA-15 Sorbents. AIChE Annual General Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Oct. 28- Nov 02, 2012.

  • P. Sarkar, Luis Yamarte, A. Samanta and R. Gupta, Synthesis and Characterization of Lithium Zirconate based Adsorbents for CO2 capture. The Energy and Materials Research Conference (EMR2012), Torremolinos (Malaga), Spain, June 20 – 22, 2012.

  • A. Samanta, A. Zhao, P. Sarkar and R. Gupta, Adsorption of CO2 on Amine Functionalized SBA-15. Carbon Management Canada 2nd Annual Conference 2012, Gatineau, QC, Canada, May 23-25, 2012.

  • N. Mittal, A. Samanta,  P. Sarkar and R. Gupta, Numerical Simulation and Analysis of Postcombustion CO2 Capture using Structured Sorbent Bed Configuration. Carbon Management Canada 2nd Annual Conference 2012, Gatineau, QC, Canada, May 23-25, 2012.

  • A. Samanta, P. Sarkar, Luis Yamarte, R. Gupta, CO2 Capture Using Lithium Zirconate Based Adsorbents. 61st Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, London, Ontario, Canada, October 23-26, 2011.

  • A. Zhao, A. Samanta and R. Gupta, CO2 Capture Using Amine Functionalized Mesoporous Sorbents. Clean Coal Technology and Carbon Capture & Storage (C5MPT) Workshop, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August 25-26, 2011.

  • S. Lunawat, A. Samanta and R. Gupta, Hot Gas Desulfurization with Metal Oxide Supported and Non-Supported Sorbents and Thermodynamic Analysis for H2S Sorption. Clean Coal Technology and Carbon Capture & Storage Workshop, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August 25-26, 2011.

  •    S. Tian, Ambrose Itika, A. Samanta, Zhenghe X., R. Gupta, Q. Zhang, Fragmentation of Large Coal Particles in a Drop Tube Furnace. Clean Coal Technology and Carbon Capture & Storage Workshop, Alberta, Canada, August 25-26, 2011.

  • A. Zhao, A. Samanta, R. Gupta, Postcombustion CO2 Capture Using Some Nanocomposite Amine Functionalized Sorbents. 28th International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 12-15, 2011.  

  • M.  Rahman, A. Samanta, Arno de Klerk and R. Gupta, Ash free coal (afc) from low-grade Canadian coal by solvent extraction. Prep. Pap.-Am. Chem. Soc., Div. Fuel Chem, 56, 308-309, 2011.

  • Tian, S., Ambrose Itika, A. Samanta, Zhenghe X., R. Gupta; Q. Zhang, Fragmentation Behavior of Lumpy Coal at High Temperatures. The 7th International Symposium of Coal Combustion (ISCC) Harbin, China, July 17-20, 2011.

  • S. K. Dash; A. Samanta; A. N. Samanta; S. S. Bandyopadhyay, Absorption of Carbon Dioxide in Piperazine Activated Concentrated Aqueous 2-Amino-2-Methyl-1-propanol Solvent. 10th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS10), Braga, Portugal, June 26-29, 2011.

  • A. Samanta, W.Chen, S.Kuznicki, Z. Hashisho, P.  Sarkar, and R. Gupta, Development of High-Performance Amine Impregnated Solid Sorbents for Postcombustion CO2 Capture & Techno-Economic Assessment. Carbon Management Canada 1st Annual Conference 2011, Calgary, Canada, May 17-20, 2011.

  • M. Rahman, A. Samanta, Ebrahim Azimi and R. Gupta, Beneficiation of Low-Rank Coals and Petcoke. Carbon Management Canada 1st Annual Conference 2011, Calgary, Canada, May 17-20, 2011.

  • A. Samanta and S.S. Bandyopadhyay Absorption of Carbon Dioxide into Piperazine Activated Aqueous N-Methyldiethanolamine. Proceedings of Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture Workshop, Tufts European Center, Talloires, France, July 11-13, 2010. 

  • A. Samanta and Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Absorption of Carbon Dioxide into Piperazine Activated Aqueous N-Methyldiethanolamine. Proceedings of Distillation Absorption 2010 (DA 2010) Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 12-15, 2010.

  • S. Shah, S. Ray, Y. Prajapati, A. Singh, A. Metre and A. Samanta,  Biodiesel Production from Waste Vegetable Oil Using Alkali Catalyst. Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2009), December, Visakhapatnam, AP, India.

  • A. Samanta. Relative Performance of Aqueous (MDEA + PZ) and Aqueous (AMP + PZ) Solvents for CO2 removal. National Conference on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Sequestration-Challenges for Engineers (NCCS09), March, 2009, V.V. Nagar, Gujarat, India.

  • Jayaprakash, B., Samanta, A., Dash S. K., and Bandyopadhyay, S. S., Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium of CO2 in Piperazine Activated Aqueous AMP, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2008), December, Chandigarh, India.

  • Samanta, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Absorption of Carbon Dioxide into Piperazine Activated 2-Amino-2-Methyl-1- Propanol Solvent. Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2007), December, Calcutta, India.

  • Samanta, A., Roy, S. and Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium of Carbon Dioxide in Aqueous Piperazine. Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2007), December, Calcutta, India.

  • A. Samanta and Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Kinetics and Modeling of Carbon Dioxide Absorption into Aqueous Solutions of Piperazine. International Conference on 8th Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering (GLS 8), December, 2007, New Delhi.

  • Samanta, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Natural Gas Processing: Absorption of Carbon Dioxide into Piperazine Activated Amine Solvents. 2nd International Conference on Advances in Petrochemicals and Polymers (ICAPP 2007), June, Bangkok, Thailand.

  • Samanta, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. S.  Natural Gas Processing: Density and Viscosity of Binary Mixtures of Water and Piperazine over the Temperature Range (303-333) K, 1st Student Chemical Engineering Congress (SCHEMCON 2005), December, IIT Guwahati, India.
  • Samanta, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Absorption of Carbon Dioxide into Aqueous Solutions of Piperazine Activated Alkanolamine. Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2006), December, Bharuch, Gujarat, India.

  • Samanta, A. and Bandyopadhyay, S. S. Physical Solubility of Carbon Dioxide and Nitrous Oxide in Aqueous Solutions of Piperazine Activated 2-Amino-2-methyl-1-propanol. Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2006), December, Bharuch, Gujarat, India.

  • Jani, J. and Samanta, A. Estimation of Binary Parameters using Non-linear Least Square Regression Technique. Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2002), December, Hyderabad, India.

  • Trivedi, S. and Samanta, A. Development of User-Friendly Software for Fluidized Bed. Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2002), December, Hyderabad, India.

  • Patel, J. B. and Samanta, A.  Development of User-friendly Thermodynamic and Physical Property Databank for Pure Components. Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2001), December, CLRI Chennai, India.

Patents

Patent Filed/Published/Granted:

Title: An integrated fluidized bed reactor system for Ammonia combustion to obtain hydrogen and power and method for the same                        

Name of Inventors: S. K. Das, A. Samanta, S. Sengupta, S Sen Gupta

Patent No. and Publication Date: 202331017619, 15.03.2023 

Status: Granted, Date: 14.06.2024

 

Title: Dual fluidized bed chemical looping gasification system for Hydrogen production and process of Hydrogen production therein 

Name of Inventors: A. Samanta, S.K. Das, S. Sen Gupta      

Patent No. and Publication Date:  202331073657, 24 November 2023 

Status: Granted, Date: 12.03.2026

 

Title: A system for ammonia combustion with two-stage coupled combustor   

Name of Inventors: S.K. Das, A. Samanta, S. Sen Gupta,     

Patent No. and Publication Date:  202331078073, 01 December 2023 

Status: Granted, Date: 27.05.2026

 

Title: A process for the production of Hydrogen from Aluminum waste              

Name of Inventors: A. Samanta, C. J. Lad, B. Prasad, T.K. Mandal, S.K. Das, S. Sen Gupta

Patent No. and Publication Date:202431005303, 23 February 2024

Status: Published

 

Title: Synthesis method and apparatus for carbon dioxide capture using functionalized fabric cloth

Name of Inventors: A. Samanta, B. Prasad, S.K. Das, S. Sen Gupta

Patent No. and Publication Date: 202431032179, 23 April 2024

Status: Granted, Date 28.07.2025

 

Title: An adsorbent/catalyst support material from the byproduct of hydrolysis of aluminium waste or scrap and a process for the preparation thereof

Name of Inventors: A. Samanta, B. Prasad, S.K. Das, S. Sen Gupta

Patent No. and Publication Date: 202431092364, 26 November 2023

Status: Granted, Date: 29.07.2025

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

Title: Conversion of Anthracene Oil into High-Speed Grease (Phase-I)

Funding Agency: SAIL/Bokaro

Total Outlay of the Project: 18.26 Lakh

Role: PI

Status: Ongoing

 

Title: High-Temperature CO2 Capture using Novel Fly-ash infused CaO-MgO Sorbents in Pre & Post Combustion Processes: Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Breakthrough Studies

Funding Agency: DST (SERB)

Total Outlay of the Project: 35.145 Lakh

Role: Co-PI

Status: Ongoing


Title: High Ash Coal Gasification and Associated Upstream and Downstream Processes (Coal to Chemicals, CTC)             

Funding Agency: Coal India Ltd

Total Outlay of the Project: 21.60 Crores       

Role: Co-PI since inception, PI since 2022

Status: Completed

 

Title: Post-combustion CO2 Capture using Novel Amine-Based Solvent

Funding Agency: IIT(ISM) Dhanbad

Total Outlay of the Project: 7.3 Lakhs                

Role: PI

Status: Completed

Consultancy Project

1. Title: Testing of HFO sample of NTPC

Funding Agency: NTPC

Total Outlay of the Project: 4.13 Lakhs

Role: Co-PI

Status: Completed

2. Title: Testing for the Mass Loss Profile of Coal Tar Pitch Samples under High-Pressure, High-Temperature
Funding agency: PMS Engineering Consultancy Services 
Total Outlay of the Project: 3.03 Lakhs
Role: PI
Status: Completed

Membership of Scientific Societies

  • Member:  Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (LM No.: 53982)

                      : American Institute of Chemical Engineers (Membership No.: 009900153330)

                      : Chemical Institute of Canada (Membership No.: 604242)

  • Life Member: Indian Society of Technical Education (LM No.: 53064)

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

  • Former Head of Department: Dept of Chemical Engineering, IIT(ISM), Tenure: 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2023
  • Chairman DFSC: From 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2023
  • Senate Member: 01 January 2021 to 31 December 2023, July 2024-
  • Chairman of Junior Technician Scrutiny Committee (Chemical Engineering)
  • Faculty-in-Charge (Training & Placement): From 2014 – 2019
  • Convener: Department Under-Graduate Committee (DUGC): From 2018-2020, Modification of  UG course structure from NON-CBCS to CBCS
  • Member Senate Under Graduate Committee (SUGC)
  • BOCS Member: 2014 – 2016, Involved in designing UG & PG courses
  • Faculty-in-Charge for Gas Sorption Analyzer, Central Research Facility (CRF), From 2015 – till date
  • Member International Relations & Alumni Affairs
  • Member Central Library Committee, Year: 2015-2017
  • Member of DFSC, DPAC, DAC, Budget Advisory Committee, Space Committee, UG Lab coordination committee
  • Established the process simulation lab 
  • Established UG process control lab, Upgradation of Process Control Lab and procured control lab equipment, such as computer-controlled absorption and distillation Column, DCS Workstation, Temperature Calibration unit, etc., Worth ~Rs. 70.5 lakhs

Guidance

Project Guide (Ongoing):

  • Mr. Jaywardhan Kumar

Research Topic: CO2 Sequestration and Mineralization in Coal/Shale Rocks for Enhanced Gas Recovery and Permanent Storage (Thesis under review)

  • Mr. Devesh Kumar

Research Topic: Numerical Investigations of Liquid-cooled Battery Thermal Management System for Performance Optimization

  • Mr. Venkata Ramana Murthy B

Research Topic: Hydrogen Generation through Biomass Gasification

  • Mr. Niraj Kumar

Research Topic: Hydrogen Production from Aluminium Waste

 

Project Guided:

  • Dr. Runa Dey

Thesis Title: Postcombustion Carbon Dioxide Capture using Functionalized Mesoporous Materials

  • Dr. Ashwani Kumar Dubey

Thesis Title: Studies on Chemical Looping Combustion Using Natural and Synthetic Oxygen Carriers

  • Dr. Aditi Agarwal

Thesis Title: Separation of Oil from Oil-in-water Emulsions by Microfiltration Using Ceramic Membranes

  • Mr. Babuni Prasad

Thesis Title: Post-Combustion Carbon Dioxide Capture Using Functionalized Structured Adsorbents

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