Upstream and Wax Rheology Division

The responsbilities of this newly created Division is to carry out fundamental and applied researches, do comprehensive studies and offer laboratory based scientific and technical services in order that by doing so it would meet technological needs of the upstream sector of the petroleum industry and solve their problems.
The Division comprises four independent research areas Waste Plastics Conversion-Process Technology, Catalytic Depolymerization, Wax Rheology and Upstream.

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Dr Sanat Kumar
Senior Principal Scientist
Head of Division
Email: sanat[at]iip[dot]res[dot]in
Phone: +91 135 2525794

Dr Sanat Kumar

sanat[at]iip[dot]res[dot]in

Dr Shailendra Tripathi

stripathi[at]iip[dot]res[dot]in

Dr Ajay Kumar

ajaykr[at]iip[dot]res[dot]in

Dr Bipul Kumar

bsarkar[at]iip[dot]res[dot]in

Dr Indrajit K Ghosh

ikghosh[at]iip[dot]res[dot]in

Setting up of 1 TPD demo unit for conversion of waste plastics to diesel
Conversion of waste plastics to chemicals
Hydrogen Production by Methane/Natural Gas Cracking
Novel Catalysts for Depolymerization of Waste Plastic
Production of Gasoline-range Aromatics from Waste Plastic Naphtha
Development of Hierarchical Nano Zeolites for Value Addition of Waste Plastics

Catalysis Society of India – https://nccr.iitm.ac.in/
Catalysis Society of Japan – https://nccr.iitm.ac.in/
German Catalysis Society – https://gecats.org/news.html
Dutch Institute for Catalysis Research – https://www.niok.nl/
North American Catalysis Society – https://nacatsoc.org/
International Zeolite Association – https://www.iza-online.org/
Institute of Applied Catalysis – https://www.iac.org.uk/
European Federation of Catalysis Societies – https://efcats.org/
Hydrogen Association of India – https://www.hai.org.in
International Centre for Hydrogen Energy – https://www.iahe.org/
Indian Association for Hydrogen Energy and Advanced Materials – https://www.iaheam.org/

Research Areas

Catalytic Dehydrogenation

Catalytic Depolymerization

Upstream

Waste Plastics Conversion – Process Technology

Waste Plastics Conversion – Process Technology

Wax and Crude Rheology

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