Principal Scientist
| M Sc | 1997, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling |
| Ph D | 2004, H N B Gharwal University, Srinagar |
| E Mail | soumen[at]iip[dot]res[dot]in |
| Telephone No. | +91 – 135-2525727 / 766 |
| Cell No. | +91 – 9412437465 |
Research Interest
- Adsorptive desulfurization of transportation fuels
- Pressure vacuum swing adsorption (PVSA) process development for CO2 capture from power plant flue gas
- Process development for biogas and landfill gas up-gradation by PVSA
- Development of high temperature CO2 sorbents relevant to pre-combustion CO2 capture
- Adsorbed natural gas
- Hydrogen recovery from refinery off gases
- Adsorption based process development for light olefin-paraffin separation
- Efficient air separation
Work Experience
| Principal Scientist | CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2016 – Current) |
| Senior Scientist | CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2012 – 2016) |
| Scientist | CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2008 – 2012) |
| Junior Scientist | CSIR – Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2006 – 2008) |
Award and Honours
- Our research has been cited in the chronology of key achievements made in the field of MOFs and CO2 capture Ref: NATURE REVIEWS | MATERIALS VOLUME 2 | ARTICLE NUMBER 17045
- Certificate for outstanding contribution in reviewing from Elsevier awarded Sept. 2015
- Qualified Jt. UGC-CSIR NET in Chemical Sciences and GATE with AIR rank 46 in Chemistry
- Developed a low energy intensive process based on regenerable adsorbent for gasoline and diesel desulphurization
- Developed a process for CO2 recovery from power plant flue gas
- Developed a process which can produce pipeline grade methane from raw biogas
Patents
Selected Publications
Google Scholar link https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=Cb2ohrsAAAAJ&hl=en
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