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Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad

Department of Petroleum Engineering

Welcome to the Bio-energy Laboratory

of

Prof Chandan Guria

About the group

Bio-energy laboratory is one of the innovative laboratories the of Department of Petroleum Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. It is a multi-disciplinary laboratory with research from green–fuel synthesis to multi-objective optimization of petroleum and chemical processes. This group is engaged in exploring the fundamentals of the basis sciences. The versatile approach of this laboratory combines the best knowledge of Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, and Information Sciences to apply in the Petroleum Industry.

Research Area

Selected Publications

Sharma, G. and Guria, C. 2024. An improved Klinkenberg permeability model for tight reservoir cores: Effects of non-linear gas slippage to real gases. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 233, p. 212477.
Guria, C., 2023. Pressure-and temperature-dependent klinkenberg slippage effect in porous media to non-ideal gases. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 224, p. 211629.
Tikadar, D., Gujarathi, A.M., Guria, C. and Al Toobi, S., 2021. Retrofitting and simultaneous multi-criteria optimization with enhanced performance of an industrial gas-cleaning plant using economic, process safety, and environmental objectives. Journal of Cleaner Production, 319, p.128652.
Gautam, S., Guria, C. and Gope, L., 2021. Prediction of high-pressure/high-temperature rheological properties of drilling fluids from the viscosity data measured on a coaxial cylinder viscometer. SPE Journal, 26(05), pp.2527-2548.
Ahmad, T., Guria, C. and Mandal, A., 2018. Optimal synthesis and operation of low-cost polyvinyl chloride/bentonite ultrafiltration membranes for the purification of oilfield produced water. Journal of Membrane Science, 564, pp.859-877.
Kumar, M. and Guria, C., 2017. The elitist non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm with inheritance (i-NSGA-II) and its jumping gene adaptations for multi-objective optimization. Information sciences, 382, pp.15-37.
Sultana, N., Das, A., Guria, C., Hajra, B., Chitres, G., Saxena, V.K. and Pathak, A.K., 2017. Kinetics of bentonite nanoclay-catalyzed sal oil (Shorea robusta) transesterification with methanol. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 119, pp.263-285.
Rajak, D.K., Guria, C., Ghosh, R., Agarwal, S. and Pathak, A.K., 2016. Alkali assisted dissolution of fly ash: a shrinking core model under finite solution volume condition. International Journal of Mineral Processing, 155, pp.106-117.
Hajra, B., Kumar, M., Pathak, A.K. and Guria, C., 2016. Surface tension and rheological behavior of sal oil methyl ester biodiesel and its blend with petrodiesel fuel. Fuel, 166, pp.130-142.
Kumar, A., Guria, C., Chitres, G., Chakraborty, A. and Pathak, A.K., 2016. Modelling of microalgal growth and lipid production in Dunaliella tertiolecta using nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium fertilizer medium in sintered disk chromatographic glass bubble column. Bioresource Technology, 218, pp.1021-1036.
Banerjee, A., Guria, C. and Maiti, S.K., 2016. Fertilizer assisted optimal cultivation of microalgae using response surface method and genetic algorithm for biofuel feedstock. Energy, 115, pp.1272-1290.
Kumar, S., Guria, C. and Mandal, A., 2015. Synthesis, characterization and performance studies of polysulfone/bentonite nanoparticles mixed-matrix ultra-filtration membranes using oil field produced water. Separation and Purification Technology, 150, pp.145-158.
Kumari, A., Kumar, A., Pathak, A.K. and Guria, C., 2014. Carbon dioxide assisted Spirulina platensis cultivation using NPK-10: 26: 26 complex fertilizer in sintered disk chromatographic glass bubble column. Journal of CO2 Utilization, 8, pp.49-59.