Dr B Neelam Naidu

Research Interest

• Gas to liquid technologies- CO2 utilization, syngas production and its conversion 
• Heterogeneous catalysis
• Chemical reaction engineering 
• Process development 

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

• Awarded Prof. GJVJ Raju foundation scholarship for the best academic performance at the graduate level in the chemical engineering department, AUCE, Andhra University (2010) 
• Received fellowship to pursue M Tech in advance petrochemical science and technology under quick hire scientist  hire scheme (QHS) from AcSIR, CSIR-IIP, Dehradun (2010-12) 

Patents

• A new catalyst useful for the production of synthesis gas and a process for the preparation there of, and a process tri reforming of
  methane for the production of synthesis gas
  VVDN Prasad, B N Naidu, K D P Lakshmee Kumar, Ankur Bordoloi, Rajaram Bal, S M Nanoti, M O Garg, Renu Sinha (GAIL), Parvesh Chugh( GAIL), Raj Kumar Kashyap(GAIL)
  2015(IN)3556/Del
• A process for preparation of Ni-CeMgAl2O4 catalyst for dry reforming of methane with carbon-di-oxide
  Ankur Bordoloi, Subhasis Das, Reena Goyal, Rajib Kumar Singha, Chandrashekar Pendem, L N Sivakumar Konathala, Rajaram Bal, VV D N Prasad, B Neelam Naidu and Manoj Kumar
  2014(US)14/51377
  
• Catalyst coating formulation for process intensification in hydroprocessing of biomass-derived liquids
  A K Sinha, Neelam Naidu, M G Sibi, Saleem Akhtar Farooqui, Mohit Anand, Rohit Kumar, Rakesh Kumar Baghel, Rakesh Joshi, Parvez Alam and Tasleem Khan
  2013(IN)3246Del

Selected Publications

• Process intensification for hydroprocessing of vegetable oils: an experimental study
  Anil Kumar Sinha, M G Sibi, Neelam Naidu, Saleem
  Akhtar Farooqui, Mohit Anand and Rohit KumarInd. Eng.Chem. Res, 53(49), 1906219070, Dec 2014
• Coke deposition over Ni-based catalysts for dry reforming of methane: effects of MgO-Al2O3 support and ceria, lanthana promoters
  B Neelam Naidu, KDP Lakshmee Kumar, Hemkant Saini, Manoj Kumar, T Nanda Kumar, VVDN Prasad, J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 10 (2022) 106980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.106980
• Enhanced CO2 utilization via methane tri-reforming over Ru incorporated Co/MgO-Al2O3 catalyst: Influence of La and Ce promoters
  KDP Lakshmee Kumar, B Neelam Naidu, Bipul Sarkar, Prasenjit Mondal, Kaushik Ghosh, VVDN Prasad, J. Environ. Chem. Eng., 9 (2021) 105949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.105949  
• Insights of precursor phase transition of (Cu-Zn-Al)/γ-Al2O3 hybrid catalyst for one step dimethyl ether synthesis from syngas
  KDP Lakshmee Kumar, B Neelam Naidu, Kaushik Ghosh, VVDN Prasad, Prasenjit Mondal, Today. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.03.018