P. K. Bhattacharya Professor B.Sc. (Chem. Engg.), HBTI, Kanpur, 1970 M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1973 Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, 1976   Phone: +91-512-2597093 (O)             +91-512-2598237 (R) email: pkbhatta@iitk.ac.in

Research Interests

   Membrane Separations; Environmental Pollution; Process Modeling

• Pervaporation: Dense membrane casting, characterization, various systems separations, organic-organic, effluent treatment, process modelling, etc.

• Membrane Contactors, Enzymatic Membrane Reactor & Electro-dialysis.

• Catalytic Membrane Reactor, Carbon Fibre membrane

• Pressure Driven Membrane Separations (RO/NF/UF/MF): Limiting Flux Phenomena, Fouling, Mass Transfer; Design, Optimization & Process Modelling;

• Pulping and Process Development: treatment of effluents from paper & pulp, brewery, tannery, etc. Sugar Juice processing. Biological Treatment of Effluent, etc.

Awards

• "Hiyoshi Think of Ecology Award - 2009" of Hiyoshi Corporation, Japan for Outstanding contribution to applied study for Environmental Conservation and Protection. The Annual Prestigious Award is given to one person and comprises of a memento, cash prize and a citation.

• Herdillia Award (1998) of “Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers” for “Excellence in basic research in chemical engineering”. The award carries a memento, citation and cash.

• Chemical Engineering R & D Award (1996) by Institution of Engineers (India), UP State Centre for “Significant contributions in Membrane Separations”.  The award carries a memento, citation and cash.

• Member – Advisory/Editorial Board (from 2008 -) for “Int. Journal of Chemical Sciences" ISSN 0972-768X (www.sadgurupublications.com)

• Member – Editorial Board (from 1998 - ) for Journal of “Nature, Environment and Pollution Technology”, Techno-science Publications, India.

• Member – Editorial Board (from 2000 - ) for “Environmental Conservation Journal”, Action for sustainable efficacies development and awareness (ASEA) publications, India.

• Member – National Board of Accreditation (NBA) set-up by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

• Member – Advisory Committee, Council of Science & Technology, U.P., Lucknow (2000-2003).

• Member – Technical Advisory Panel of “Centre for Science and Environment – New Delhi” for “Green Rating of Pulp and Paper Industries”, (Refer to www.cseindia.org à Down to Earth, July 31, 1999 issue).

• Member – Advisory Board, National Sugar Institute, Kanpur (September 2006 -).

• Member – Board of Studies for ChE (from 2003) for UP Technical University, India.

Patent

• Patent No. (India) 189310 - "Process for the Recovery of Inorganic Chemicals from Kraft Black Liquor", P. K. Bhattacharya, S. De & Director, IIT KANPUR.

Selected Publications

• Amish Mandowara and Prashant K. Bhattacharya, “Simulation studies of ammonia removal from water in a membrane contactor under liquid-liquid extraction mode”, J. Environmental Management, Journal of Environmental Management, 92 (2011) 121-130.

• Mrinal Kanti Mandal, Sudhindra B. Sant and P. K. Bhattacharya, “Dehydration of aqueous acetonitrile solution by pervaporation using PVA-iron oxide nanocomposite membrane”, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 373 (2011) 11–21

• Amish Mandowara and Prashant K. Bhattacharya, “Membrane contactor as degasser operated under vacuum for ammonia removal from water: A numerical simulation of mass transfer under laminar flow conditions”, Computers and Chemical Engineering, 33, 1123–1131 (2009).

• Mrinal K. Mandal and P. K. Bhattacharya, "Poly (ether-block-amide) membrane for pervaporative separation of pyridine present in low concentration in aqueous solution", J. Membrane Sci., 286, 115-124 (2006).

• Sumesh P. T. and P. K. Bhattacharya, "Analysis of Phase Change during Pervaporation with Single Component Permeation", Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 290, 263-272 (2006).

• Gargi Ghosh and Prashant K. Bhattacharya, "Hexavalent chromium ion removal through micellar enhanced ultrafiltration", Chem. Eng. J.: Environ. Chem. Eng., 119, 45 - 53 (2006).

• Nazish Hoda, Satyanarayana V. Suggala and Prashant K. Bhattacharya, "Pervaporation of Hydrazine - Water through Hollow Fiber Module: Modeling and Simulation", Computers Chem. Eng., 30 (2), 202-214 (2005).

• R. Jayan, C. Bhattacharjee and P. K. Bhattacharya, "A combined biological and membrane based treatment of prehydrolysis liquor from pulp mill", Separ. Purif. Technol., 45 (2), 119-130 (2005).

• S. V. Satyanarayana, P. K. Bhattacharya, "Pervaporation of Hydrazine Hydrate: Separation characteristics of membranes with hydrophilic to hydrophobic behaviour", J. Membrane Sci., 238, 103 -115 (2004).

• Satyanarayana V. Suggala and Prashant K. Bhattacharya, "Real Coded Genetic Algorithm for Optimization of Pervaporation Process Parameters for Removal of Volatile Organics from Water", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 42 (13), 3118 -3128 (2003).

• P. K. Bhattacharya, Shilpi Agarwal, S. De and U.V.S. RamaGopal, "Ultrafiltration of sugar cane juice for recovery of sugar: analysis of flux and retention", Separ. Purif. Technol., 21, 247-259 (2001).

• S. De and P. K. Bhattacharya, "Recovery of water with inorganic chemicals from kraft black liquor using membrane separation processes", Tappi J., 79, 103-111 (1996).