B. Rajasekhar Reddy, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Fuel, Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad

Email: rajasekhar@iitism.ac.in, rajasekharreddy104@gmail.com,

Mob: +91-9566267944,-91-8247628816

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=xjxU23cAAAAJ&hl=en

Research Interests

  1. Circular Economy, Plastics upcylcing

  2. Microwave heating for Circular Economy

    • Waste plastics conversion to lubricants and transportation fuels

    • Carbon Nanostructures from Waste Plastics, Biomass and Coals

  3. Conversion of renewable and non-renewable resources to drop-in fuels and intermediates by thermochemical techniques

  4. Rapid Coke Making via Microwave Heating

  5. Pyrolysis and Gasification Kinetics

  6. Fuel Characterization and Solid Waste Management

Research Projects Succeeded

Ongoing Research Projects

  1. Bi-functional catalyzed thermo-chemical conversion of hydrocarbons to transportation fuels
  2. Optimized conditions for uniform growth of Carbon Nanostructures from plastics
  3. Application of Carbon Nanostructures in Super-capacitors
  4. Effect of Bulk-Density on Microwave Absorbing Capability
  5. Development of Continuous Microwave Pyrolysis System
  6. Development of Hybrid Microwave Reactor System