1. Name    :  Biswajit Mandal         

2. Date of Birth :  22^nd  September 1977

3. Educational Qualification: B. Sc (Chem. Hons) B. Tech., M. Tech.  PhD (Alternate Energy) Continuing

4.Work Experience                                   

  - Teaching  :  3* Years,Research :  4.5* Years, Industry :  1.5Years.

5.Area of Specialization :   Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cell. Biological hydrogen and microbial fuel cell

6.Subjects teaching at

 Under Graduate Level:

             Energy Sources and Their Utilization

             Renewable Energy Technology

             Process Equipment Design and Drawing 

             Mechanical Operation 

             Environment and Ecology 

             Mass Transfer  

             Chemical Reaction Engineering  

             Petroleum and Refinery Engineering

             Industrial Stoichiometry                                                  

  Post Graduate Level              

             Petroleum and Refinery Engineering

             Environ mental and Waste Management 

             Industrial Safety and Hazards Management

.7.Research guidance: 

a) Production of Solar Hydrogen from wastewater. ( Experimental Setup)

b) Studies and design of Hydrogen powered Fuel Cell . ( Lab Setup) research group

c) Production of Biological hydrogen..(Exp. Setup)

d)Studies and design of   Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC).(Lab Setup)

 Publications and Short-term course attained: 

 i. “Improvement of biohydrogen production under decreased partial pressure of H2 by Enterobacter cloacae” Int. Journal of Biotechnology Letters,Biswajit Mandal, Kaushik Nath , Debabrata Das. 28:831–835,17^th Feb. 2006.

 ii. “An article on Fuel Cell” by Biswajit Mandal, Global Development Networks,2006. http://www.gdnet.org/fulltext/mandal_fuel_cell.pdf, 

 iii. “Hydrogen economy might impact Earth's stratosphere: A survey of literature” by Biswajit Mandal, A chapter in book, Environmental Studies, Volume 1, Atlantic publishers and distributors Pvt. Ltd. 2007.

 iv. “Studies on Ideal and Actual Efficiency of Solar Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell ”Rishabh Jain, Biswajit Mandal, Earthtoys (Your Energy Resource)-Emagazine, February 2007,Article

 v. “Future Distributed Solar Photovoltaic and Hydrogen Residence concept”Rishabh Jain, Biswajit Mandal, In DCE, TATVA,February 2007. Paper

 vi. “The Possibilities of Electricity Generation Using Microbial fuel Cells” Biswajit Mandal, In HIT, ET & TE,

24^th February 2007. Paper

 vii. “Electricity Generation in Microbial fuel Cells Using Proton Exchange Membrane”  Pradipta Hazra, Diptendu Bhattacharya, Biswajit Mandal, In AU,RIPPLES,5^th January  2007.Paper

 viii. “Studies on efficiency of solar polymer electrolyte fuel cell” Rishabh Jain, Biswajit Mandal, In AU, RIPPLES,4^th January 2007.Paper

 ix. “An Article on Microbial Fuel Cells” Biswajit Mandal, In Earthtoys (Your Energy Resource)-Emagazine, Aprill 2007. Article 

x. “Natural Gas hydrates and their Potentiality for Future energy supply: A survey of literature” Biswajit Mandal, In Earthtoys (Your Energy Resource)-Emagazine, June 2007. Article

 ·       Reviewer of International Journal of Energy Research.

 Short-term course: “Advances in Application for Renewable Energy Sources.” organized by Dept. of Power Engineering, Jadavpur University, Under TEQUIP activity.

• Short-term course: “Process Pipeline design and Network Analysis” organized by dept. Of Chemical Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology,2007
 In-House workshop: “Modeling Simulation and Optimization’ organized by Dept. of chemical Engineering, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, West Bengal, Under TEQUIP activity.
•  The project entitle “solar hydrogen production and the development of PEM fuel cell” is listed in Fuel Cell Today. ‘Fuel Cell in India: A survey of current development’. June 2007, by Dr. Jonathan Butler. Report 
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8: Project Carried out :

a) (As Research scholar):  Project completed on production of biological hydrogen using enterobactor cloacae IIT BT 08 entitled “Scale up studies on production of hydrogen from enterobactor cloacae IIT BT 08 (HEC)”, sponsored by Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources, New Delhi, undertaken in the Dept. of Biotechnology in the Indian Institute of Technology,Kharagpur. ( Process Flow Sheet and Drawing)

b) TIFAC project is running.

c)Consultancy project with Rosoi limited is under progress.

d) Water as fuel

e)Algal biodiesel

f)Phase Change Material synthesis

11.     Research Publications  : International Journal of Biotechnology Letters   “Improvement of biohydrogen production under decreased partial pressure of H₂ by Enterobacter cloacae” 

12.No. Of Books published with details:

a)“Hydrogen economy might impact Earth's stratosphere: A survey of literature” by Biswajit Mandal, A chapter in book, Environmental Studies, Volume 1, Atlantic publishers and distributors Pvt. Ltd. 2007  

b)"Natural Gas hydrates and their Potentiality for Future energy supply: A survey of literature" by Biswajit Mandal,A chapter in book"FROM NEGATIONS TO NEGOTIATIONS-SOLVING THE PUZZLES OF DEVELOPMENT" Edited by Prasenjit Maiti(ISWBM),NEW DELHI: PRAGUN, 2008)

c) Engineering Book in Press

d) "The Audacity of Love: A story of Unrequited Dream"-Under progress

 1.Lecture Notes on Industrial Stoichiometry

      Introduction

    a)Buckingham Pi Theorem

    b)Dimensionless group

    c)Material Balance

    d) Energy Balance     ( Hess's law)

    e) Energy and material balance tutorial

    f)  Multiple choice questions

2.Lecture Notes on Energy sorcess

    a) docannexe.pdf

    b) Coal

    c) Petroleum

    d) Oil refining

    e) Gaseous fuel

    f) Renewable energy sourcess

3.Lecture Notes on Petroleum and Refinary Engineering

   a)Oil Drilling

   b)Oil sand

   c)Hydroprocessing

   d)Octane rating ,Cetane number

   e)Internal combustion Engine, Diesel Engine(CIE)

4.Lecture Notes on PEDD

    a) Heat exchanger

    b) Evaporator

    c) Dryer

    d) Distillation column

    e) Pressure vessel

    f) Reactor

5.Lecture Notes on Industrial Safety and Hazards Management

6.Lecture Notes on  Environmental and Waste Management

7.Lecture Notes on  Environment and Ecology

8.Lecture Notes on  Mechanical Operation

9.Lecture notes on Membrane Technology

10. Pipeline Design

11. HDPE

12. Battery Technology

13.Fundamentals of Photovoltaics

     Physics and Technology

 14. Cavitation and Bubble dynamics

15. Centrifugal Pump

16. Unit operations of Chemical Engineering

17. Drilling Technology

18. Electric Vehicle battery

19. Fluid mechanics

  Journal

1)Chemical Engineering

July2007,  August 2007, September 2007, January2008,February2008, March2008,

2)Renewable Energy World

Nov 2007,

 Songs of my choice:  Rudali1 , Rudali2, Utsab, Bas Ek Pal,Nadiya_ke_paar, parinda1, parinda4, Gangstar1, Gangstar2, Umrao Jaan,Aar paar.

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