Full Name: Dr. B. K. Sheth
Designation: Associate Professor
Department: Chemical Engineering
Email ID: bksheth@vgecg.ac.in
Date of Joining (GPSC): 28/9/1998
Institute joining Date: 21/10/2022
Ph.D. [Chemical Engineering]
M. E. [Chemical Engineering-CAPD]
B. E. [Chemical Engineering]
Evaporative cooling systems
Freese crystallization
Membrane separation techniques (Electrodialysis)
Adhoc lecturer in Chemical engineering department, LDCE, Ahmedabad from 28/9/1998 to 8/9/1999.
Lecturer in Chemical engineering department, LDCE, Ahmedabad from 9/9/1999 to 01/8/2008.
Assistant Professor in Chemical engineering department, VGEC, Chandkheda from 2/8/2008 to 1/3/2009.
Associate Professor in Chemical engineering department, VGEC, Chandkheda from 2/3/2009 to 9/3/2019.
Assistant Professor in Chemical engineering department, GECV, Valsad from 10/3/2009. to 20/10/2022.
Assistant Professor in Chemical engineering department, VGEC, Chandkheda from 21/10/2022 to continue.
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Process control
Multicomponent Distillation
Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis
Computational methods for CAD, opti. and simulation in chemical and polymer engg., from 12/6/2000 to 1/7/2000 to org. by LDCE, sponsored by AICTE , DTE
Nagarik Sarakshan from 21/10/2001 to 27/10/2001, org. and sponsored by Gujarat state civil Défense unit , Gujarat state, civil Défense unit
Testing of Rubber Raw materials from 24/2/2003 to 28/2/2003, org. by LDCE sponsored by AICTE,
Engg. Computations using MATLAB from 20/6/2005 to 24/6/2005, org. by LDCE sponsored by AICTE, DTE
Faculty Development for Inst. Reforms from 16/5/2007 to 19/5/2007, org. by LDCE sponsored by DTE
Computational fluid dynamic and heat transfer from 5/5/2008 to 9/5/2008, org. by LDCE sponsored by DTE
Industrial training, from 26/5/2008 to 7/6/2008, Nirav dyes and chemical, GIDC, Vatva, Abad, Self sponsored
CAD-Detailed process synthesis-Algorithm methods from 17/1/2011 to 21/1/2011, org. and sponsored LDCE and sponsored by Co- Anchor inst. and industrial commission
Gendere Issues from 23/7/2015 to 24/7/2015, org. by SPIPA Gandhinagar, sponsored by CTE.
Optimization-Theory and engg. Practice from 7/12/2015 to 19/12/2015, org. by VGEC, sponsored by ISTE, DTE
Future Trends in Renewable Energy Sources from 12/12/2016 to 17/12/2016, org. by VGEC and GTU.
Energy conservation through process intensification form 1/5/2017 to 5/5/2017, org. by LDCE, sponsored by CTE.
Heat Exchange Process Intensification from 31/12/2018 to 5/1/2019, org. by LDCE, sponsored by GTU and ISTE.
Comprehensive Online Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) from 6/7/2020 to 14/9/2020, org. by i-HUB, sponsored by CTE.
Exploring cutting edge process design & engineering with advanced software tools from 11/12/2023 to 15/12/2023, org. by NITTTR , sponsored by CTE.
Sheth B., Nath K., Concentration of sulfuric acid from spent liquor by cascaded electrodialysis using an interpolymer anion exchange (IPA) membrane, Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 32 (5), 1169-1176, 2020.
Sheth B., Nath K., Effect of selected process parameters on the electrodialytic separation and concentration of sulfuric acid using graphite electrodes. J. Chem. Eng. Comm. (Taylor & Francis) 207 (3), 295-305, 2019.
Sheth B., Nath K., Analysis of molar flux and current density in the electrodialytic separation of sulfuric acid from spent liquor using an anion exchange membrane, Korean J. Chem. Eng. (Springer) 35, 1878–1888, 2018.
Patel S., Sheth B., Reduction of pollution with green technology at source with sustainability development on calcium chloride effluent, at all India seminar on hazards in chemical industry, technology, prevention and remedies, Institute of Engineers, 6-7, March, 2014.
Raval S., Sheth B., A review – Parameters effects on oil extraction form natural source by using supercritical fluid extraction, J. IJFTET, special issue aszeotropie’14, vol. 1(02), pp. 68-74, 2014.
Ajabia K., Sheth B., A review—Energy efficient and economic separation of binary liquid mixture via freeze crystallization, J. IJFTET, special issue aszeotropie’14, vol. 1(01), pp 31-34, 2014.
Chaudhary G., Sheth B., Cleaner production in vinyl sulphone industry, J. Petroleum and Gas Exploration Research (ISSN 2276-6510), Vol. 2(8), pp. 152-160, Sept. 2012.
Conferences Proceedings
Patel P., Sheth B., “Studies on supercritical extraction of oil from grape pomace”, NCERTE-2016, VGEC, Chadkheda, pp. 872-877,April, 2016
Saikia B., Sheth B., “Tissue engineering and Bioreactor - A review”, NCERTE-2016, VGEC, Chadkheda, pp. 855-861, April, 2016
Iyer N., Sheth B. Nath K., Studies on the recovery or separation of sulfuric acid from waste liquor [spent acid] using ion-exchange membrane-based separation techniques, National Symposium on Advances in Separation and Purification Science & Technology [NSST], GCET, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Sep. 2016.
Momin J., Sheth B., Performance evaluation of membrane separation techniques to concentrate sulfuric acid, International conference at Paradigm shift in Chemical Engineering Education, Organized by Institute of Engineers, Sep., 2017.
Duties performed
Acted as Government nominee for purpose of GPSC interviews conducted for lecturer, Chemical Engineering, Class-2, Government Polytechnic from 11/9/2017 to 15/9/2017 at GPSC, Gandhinagar.