Saleem Akhtar Farooqui

Research Interest

• Hydroconversion of renewable and non-renewable feeds
• Kinetic modelling for heterogeneous reaction engineering
• Process modelling for hydroprocessing reaction and simulations (ASPEN, COMSOL)
• Reactor modelling and Equipment sizing for catalytic application like hydroprocessing reactions
• Process engineer for high pressure reaction systems at lab scale like (hydroprocessing reactors)
• Molecular modelling and simulations (Material Studio) and comparison of results with experimental runs
• Conversion of vegetable based oil to fuel, high energy density fuels, hydroprocessing of various petroleum fractions, new generation reactors
• Microchannel reactors, reaction, catalyst evaluation and modelling

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), India, 2008 (AIR-142)

Patents

• Catalyst coating formulation for process Intensification in hydroprocessing of vegetable oils
  Indian Patent 3246DEL2013
• An improved process to produce aromatics rich aviation fuel along with other C1-C24 hydrocarbons
  Indian Patent 2622DEL2014; WO/2016/038633
• Pt/PdSodalite Caged Catalyst combination with sulfided base metal catalyst for the improved catalytic hydroprocessing of Feedstock
  US Patent US2017/0165655A1
• Improved hydrogenation function incorporated in the hydroprocessing catalyst
  Indian Patent 4093DEl2015
• H2 and Bio-fuels production from renewable feedstocks
  Indian Patent 201611023588

Selected Publications

• Mechanistic in-operando FT-IR studies for hydroprocessing of triglycerides
  M Anand, S A Farooqui, J Singh, H Singh and A K Sinha
  Catalysis Today 2018, 309, 11-17
• Mesoporous γ-alumina with isolated silica sites for direct liquid hydrocarbon production during fischer–tropsch reactions in microchannel reactor
  A Rai, M G Sibi, S A Farooqui, M Anand, A Bhaumik and A K Sinha
  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5 (9), 7576-7586
• Hydrotreatment of jatropha oil over NiMoS catalyst supported on thermostable mesoporous silica doped titania for the production of renewable drop-in diesel
  R Kumar, S A Farooqui, M Anand, R Kumar, R Joshi, A Khan and A K Sinha
  Catal. Comm., 2017, 98, 102-106
• Aviation biofuels through lipid hydroprocessing
  M Anand, S A Farooqui, Rakesh Kumar, Rakesh Joshi, Rohit Kumar, M G Sibi, Hari Singh and A K Sinha
  Applied Catalysis A: General, 2016, 516, 144–152
• Kinetics, thermodynamics and mechanisms for hydroprocessingor renewable oils
  AK Sinha, M Anand, S A Farooqui;
  Biofuels for Aviation, 85-108; 2016