Doctor of Philosophy (PMRF) - Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras (2024)
Master of Technology - Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras (2020)
Bachelor of Technology - Department of Chemical Engineering, TKMCE (2017)
Thermochemical conversion processes
Biofuels
Waste to value
Bioplastics and biopolymers
Effect of water quality on hydrothermal liquefaction and carbonization of rice straw
Utilization of upgraded bio-crudes in diesel engine
Biopolymers from hydrothermal bio-crude
Harisankar, S., Francis Prashanth, P., Nallasivam, J., Vishnu Mohan, R., Vinu, R., 2021. Effects of aqueous phase recirculation on product yields and quality from hydrothermal liquefaction of rice straw. Bioresour. Technol. 342, 125951
Harisankar, S., Vishnu Mohan, R., Choudhary, V., Vinu, R., 2022. Effect of water quality on the yield and quality of the products from hydrothermal liquefaction and carbonization of rice straw. Bioresour. Technol. 351, 127031
Harisankar, S., Prashanth, F.P., Nallasivam, J., Vinu, R., 2022. Optimal use of glycerol co-solvent to enhance product yield and its quality from hydrothermal liquefaction of refuse-derived fuels. Biomass Convers. Biorefin. 1, 1-15
Harisankar, S., Vinu, R., 2023. Comprehensive Evaluation of Municipal Solid Wastes and Mixed Feedstocks for Commercial Hydrothermal Liquefaction in Bio-Refineries. Fuel 339, 127236
Harisankar, S., Vinu, R., 2023. Platform chemicals from hardwood black liquor via hydrothermal liquefaction: Influence of process conditions on product yields and quality. Sustainable Energy Fuels. (Paper accepted)
Harisankar, S., Saravanakumar, K., Vinu, R., 2023. Optimizing phenol production from ppolycarbonate waste using sub-critical water. (Under preparation)
Harisankar, S., Sankar, J., Ismayil, S., Saibi, R., 2016. Study of tyre pyrolysis oil–diesohol blends. Imp. J. Interdiscip. Res. 2, 33–35
Nallasivam, J., Francis Prashanth, P., Harisankar, S., Nori, S., Suryanarayan, S., Chakravarthy, S.R., Vinu, R., 2021. Valorization of red macroalgae biomass via hydrothermal liquefaction using homogeneous catalysts. Bioresour. Technol. 346, 126515
Mahesh D., Harisankar S., Vinu R., 2023, Hydrothermal co-liquefaction of cellulose and polypropylene: Effect of operating conditions. 2023, Bioresour. Technoil. Reports (Paper accepted)
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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