Full Name: Dr. Sunil R. Patel
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Chemical Engineering
Email ID: srp@vgecg.ac.in
Date of Joining: 20/07/2017
Ph.D.
M-Tech in Chemical Engineering
B.E in Chemical Engineering
Advance Separation Techniques, Water Treatment Technologies.
Working as an Assistant Professor in the Chemical Engineering Dept. at Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Chandkheda, from 20th July, 2017 onwards.
Worked as an Assistant Professor in the Chemical Engineering Dept. at L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, from 5th October 2012 to 19th July 2017.
Fluid Flow Operations
Pollution Control and Safety Management
Mass Transfer Operations
Heat Transfer
Waste Water Engineering
B. K. Nandi, S. Patel, Removal of pararosaniline hydrochloride (Basic red 9) dye from aqueous solution by electrocoagulation: Experimental, kinetics and modeling, Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 34 (2013) 1713–1724.
B. K. Nandi, S. Patel, Removal of brilliant green from aqueous solution by electrocoagulation using aluminum electrodes: Experimental, kinetics and modeling, Separation Science and Technology Technology 49 (2014) 601-612.
B. K. Nandi, S. Patel, Effects of operational parameters on the removal of brilliant green dye from aqueous solutions by electrocoagulation, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 10 (2017) S961-S968 .
Sunil R. Patel, Sachin P. Parikh, Statistical optimizing of electrocoagulation process forthe removal of Cr ( VI ) using response surface methodology and kinetic study, Arabian Journal of chemistry (2020) 7032-7044.
Sunil R. Patel, Sachin P. Parikh, A.K. Prajapati, Copper electrode for the removal of chromium from dyestuff industries effluent by electrocoagulation: kinetic study and operating cost, J. Dispers. Sci. Technol. 0 (2021) 1–11.
Sunil R. Patel, Sachin P. Parikh, Chromium Removal from Industrial Effluent by electrocoagulation : Operating Cost and Kinetics Study, J. Env. Sci. Treat. 9 (2021) 621–628.
Sunil R. Patel, Mahirkhan Pathan, Milap G. Nayak, Sachin P. Parikh, T.S. Rajaraman, Nikita J. Ambegaonkar, Jay B. Trivedi, 2025. Energy efficient electrocoagulation using brass electrode for simultaneous nickel and chromium removal from synthetic wastewater: Cost and parametric evaluation. Results in Engineering .22, (2024), 102361.
An Indian Patent titled “Brass Electrode for Simultaneous Nickel and Chromium Removal from Artificial Wastewater by Electrocoagulation Process" has been granted. The application number for the patent is 202221047402.
Sunil R. Patel and Sachin P. Parikh “New trends of electrocoagulation for heavy metal removal from waste water: A review.” National conference on “Pollution Control, Cleaner Production and Chemical Security Program- Issues and Concerns” 19-20, September 2018 Bhaikaka Bhavan, IEI, Gujarat State Center, Ahmedabad Gujarat, India
Sunil R. Patel and Sachin P. Parikh ‘‘kinetics study of chromium removal by electrocoagulation from industrial effluent’, International conference on Water, Energy and Environment Sustainable 2020 (WEES 2020), January 13-15, 2020 NIT Durgapur, India.
Sunil R. Patel, Sachin P. Parikh and Mahirkhan Pathan ‘‘Simultaneous removal of chromium and nickel from aqueous solution by electrocoagulation’, Virtual International conference on Green Technologies for Sustainable Development-2021” (ICON-GTSD-2021), March 9-11, 2021 Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, India.
Completed a two-week short-term training program on Induction Phase-I conducted by the National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research (NITTTR), Ahmedabad. The training was held from April 16, 2018, to April 27, 2018.
Completed the Advanced Training of Trainers Programme in Advancement in Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis with a 'B' Grade. The course was conducted at L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, during March 11–15, 2019.
Completed a one-week short-term training program on Modern Trends on Characterization Technique With Hands on Experience conducted by the Chemical Engineering Department at L. D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad, during November 04–08, 2019.
Completed a training program on E- Content Development conducted by KCG, Ahmedabad and HRDC, Gujarat University Ahmedabad , July 28, 2020, to August 18, 2020.
Completed a training program on Comprehensive Online Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) conducted by i-HUB Ahmedabad , July 06, 2020, to September 14, 2020.
Completed a two-week short-term training program on Induction Phase-II conducted by the National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research (NITTTR), Bhopal. The training was held from July 26, 2021, to August 06, 2021.
Completed a two-week industrial training at Aksharchem (India) Ltd. Kadi. The training was held from July 01, 2024, to July 14, 2024.
Completed a two-week industrial training at Macro Polymers Pvt Ltd, Changodar, Ahmedabad. The training was held from June 02, 2025, to June 16, 2025.
A NPTEL MOOC Course Completed on Basic Environmental Engineering and Pollution Abatement conducted by IIT Madras from July 24, 2023, to October 13, 2023.
A NPTEL MOOC Course Completed on Biological Process Design for Wastewater Treatment conducted by IIT Madras from January 22, 2024, to March 15, 2024.
A NPTEL MOOC Course Completed on Industrial Wastewater Treatment conducted by IIT Madras from January 20, 2025, to April 11, 2025.