"Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar." - Nnamdi Azikiwe

Publications

First Author

1. Aayush Gupta, Prakhar Srivastava, Nitin Kaistha "PI Averaging Level Control In Plantwide Systems", The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2025. doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25739 

2.  Aayush Gupta, Prakhar Srivastava, Nitin Kaistha, "Plantwide Surge Capacity Control for Sustainable Process Operation", Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability. 9, 209-225 (2024). doi.org/10.1007/s41660-024-00456-w

3. Aayush Gupta, Prakhar Srivastava, Nitin Kaistha, "Fuzzy averaging level control for tight product quality control", The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 103(3), 1295-1308 (2025).doi.org/10.1002/cjce.25466 

4. Aayush Gupta, Prakhar Srivastava, Nitin Kaistha, "Adaptively Tuned PI Averaging Level Control for Plantwide Applications",  Industrial \& Engineering Chemistry Research, 64(28), 14171-14184 (2025). doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.5c01149 

5. Aayush Gupta, Prakhar Srivastava, Nitin Kaistha, "Leveraging Surge Capacity for Sustainable Process Operation: Control Structure", Industrial \& Engineering Chemistry Research, 64(4), 2183-2198 (2025). doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03646 

6. Aayush Gupta, Hemant Kumaiya, Prakhar Srivastava, Nitin Kaistha, "Single-pot extractive double divided wall column for Acetonitrile, Ethanol, and water Separation: Design and control", Separation and Purification Technology, 357, 130162 (2025). doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2024.130162 

Others

1. 1.  Prakhar Srivastava, Aayush Gupta, Nitin Kaistha, " Compact Process for Cumene Manufacture: Synthesis, Design and Control", Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 190, 220-232 (2022). doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2022.12.026 

   2. Prakhar Srivastava, Aayush Gupta, Nitin Kaistha, "Sustainable Glycerol Carbonate Manufacturing: Process Synthesis, Design, and Control", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2024), 10.1021/acs.iecr.3c02513 .

   3. Prakhar Srivastava, Aayush Gupta, Nitin Kaistha, "Synthesis and Integrated Design of a Compact Azeotropic Process for EtAc–MeOH–Water Separation", Industrial \& Engineering Chemistry Research, 63(49), 21466-21478 (2024). doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03880 

   4. Prakhar Srivastava, Prit Dadhania, Aayush Gupta, Nitin Kaistha, "Azeotropic distillation process for methanol-ethyl acetate-water separation: design and control", Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 19(11), 1-12 (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s11705-025-2607-5 

Conference Presentation

1. A. Gupta, P. Srivastava, Nitin Kaistha " Fuzzy Level Control for Improved Quality Control in Chemical Plants", 75th Annual meeting of AIChE."

2. A. Gupta, P. Srivastava, " Optimizing product Quality and performance: Fuzzy logic level control in chemical plants", ChEmference 2023.

Conference Proceedings

1. A. Gupta, K. Maurya, N. Kaistha, "Robust Flowsheet Synthesis for Ethyl Acetate, Methanol and Water Separation", Systems \& Control Transactions, 4(2025), 571-576.

2. A. Gupta, N. Kaistha, "A Non-linear PI Averaging Level Controller for Plantwide Systems", IFAC-PapersOnLine 59 (2025) 564-569.

3. A. Gupta, P. Srivastava, N. Kaistha, "Systematic Tuning of PI Averaging Level Control for Recycle Systems", IFAC-PapersOnLine 59 (2025) 421-426.

Book Chapter

1. A. Gupta, P. Srivastava,  N. Kaistha "ROLE OF THE THROUGHPUT MANIPULATOR ON ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABLE PROCESS OPERATION" ESCAPE34-PSE24 Symposium on Process Systems Engineering 2024.

2. P. Srivastava, A. Gupta,  N. Kaistha "Glycerol Valorization to Glycerol Carbonate: Synthesis, Design, and Control" ESCAPE34-PSE24 Symposium on Process Systems Engineering 2024.