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Dr. Sumit H. Dhawane

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Fundamentals of Transport Processes

Chemical Reaction Engineering-II

Chemical Process Technology-I and II

Mechanical Operation

Petroleum Refinery Engineering

Bioenergy Technology

Petrochemical Technology

Professional Practices

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Transport Phenomena

Bioenergy and Biorefinery Engineering

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Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal.

22/12/2023 Present Assistant Professor Grade-I Teaching, Research and Administrative

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal.

16/06/2020 21/12/2023  Assistant Professor Grade-II  Teaching and Research
Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Center Bengaluru 29/04/2019 26/03/2020  Research Associate Research

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Shubhangi Niranjan Umare Development and Applications of Novel Adsorbents for Removing Toxic Pollutants from Contaminated Groundwater Ongoing Dr. A. K. Thawait (Main Supervisor, Civil Engg.)
Rehan Khan Synergistic Production of Clean Hydrogen and Liquid Fuels from Waste Oils Ongoing Dr. Ramkishore Anant (Dept of MME)
Pragya Pareek Development of Waste Biomass-Derived Biochar as a Functional Additive for Sustainable and Low-Carbon Building Materials. Ongoing Dr. Nabendu Paul

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Waste biomass valorization towards synthesis of carbonaceous catalysts and biodiesel: Optimization and Engine Characteristic studies

SEED grant MANIT Bhopal

2020-2022 10.0 Lakh Dr. Tikendra Nath Verma

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    04 Months    
 

Authors

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Journal

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PAGE NO

YEAR

SCI/

Scopus

IMPACT FACTOR

Rehan Khan, Sudhanshu Kaithwas, Premraj Choudhary, Ramkishore Anant, Sumit Dhawane

Synergistic Thermocatalytic Cracking and In-Situ Hydrogenation of Waste Cooking Oil for Co-Production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel and Clean Hydrogen

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

191, 152189

2025

SCI

8.3

Shubhangi Umare, Ajay K Thawait, Sumit H Dhawane

Development and optimization of sustainable activated biochar from waste pigeon pea stalks for efficient adsorptive removal of methylene blue from water

Biomass and Bioenergy

204, 108385

2026

SCI

5.8

Umare, Shubhangi, Ajay K. Thawait, and Sumit H. Dhawane.

Remediation of arsenic and fluoride from groundwater: a critical review on bioadsorption, mechanism, future application, and challenges for water purification

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

31.26 37877-37906.

2024

SCI

5.8

 Pragati Agrawal, Gnanaprakash R., Sumit H. Dhawane

Prediction of Biodiesel Yield Employing Machine Learning: Interpretability Analysis via Shapley Additive Explanations

Fuel

359, 130516

2024

SCI

7.5

Wasi Ur Rahman, Syed Mohd Yahya, Zahid A. Khan, Naseem Ahmad Khan, Gopinath Halder, Sumit H. Dhawane

Valorization of waste chicken egg shells towards synthesis of heterogeneous catalyst for biodiesel production: Optimization and statistical analysis.

Environmental Technology & Innovation

22

 

101460

2021

SCI

7.1

Rashmi Dhurandhar, Sumit H Dhawane, Jyoti Prakash Sarkar,Bimal Das

Depicting the role of gas-solid interactions on the hydrodynamics of converging pneumatic riser

Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering

42,

 

190-195

2022

SCI

 

Sumit H. Dhawane, E. G. Al-Sakkari, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder

Comprehensive elucidation of the apparent kinetics and mass transfer resistances for biodiesel production via in-house developed carbonaceous catalyst

Chemical Engineering and Research Design

165,

 

192-206

 

 

 

 

2021

 

Scopus

 

3.9

Somnath Chowdhury, Sumit H. Dhawane, Bipul Jha, Sucharita Pal, Ramanand Sagar, Adil Hossain, Gopinath Halder

Biodiesel synthesis from transesterified Madhuca indica oil by waste egg shell–derived heterogeneous catalyst: parametric optimization by Taguchi approach

Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

1171–1181

 

2021

 

SCI

 

4.0

Sumit H. Dhawane, E. G. Al-Sakkari, Gopinath Halder

 

 

 

 

 

Kinetic Modelling of Heterogeneous Methanolysis Catalysed by Iron Induced on Microporous Carbon Supported Catalyst.

Catalysis Letters

 

149

 

3508-3524

 

2019

 

SCI

 

2.8

Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insight into biodiesel synthesis using biocatalyst designed through lipase immobilization onto waste derived microporous carbonaceous support.

Process safety and Environmental Protection

 

124

 

231-239

 

2019

 

SCI

 

7.8

Sumit H. Dhawane, Somnath Chowdhury, Gopinath Halder

 

 

 

Lipase immobilised carbonaceous catalyst assisted enzymatic transesterification of Mesua ferrea oil.

Energy conversion and Management

 

184

 

671–680

 

2019

 

SCI

 

 

10.9

Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder

 

 

 

 

Process optimisation and parametric effects on synthesis of lipase immobilised carbonaceous catalyst for conversion of rubber seed oil to biodiesel.

Energy conversion and Management

 

 

 

 

176

 

55-68

 

2018

 

SCI

 

10.9

Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recent advancement and prospective of heterogeneous carbonaceous catalysts in chemical and enzymatic transformation of biodiesel.

 

Energy conversion and Management

 

167

 

176–202

 

2018

 

SCI

 

 

10.9

Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder

 

 

 

 

 

Parametric effects and optimization on synthesis of iron (II) doped carbonaceous catalyst for the production of biodiesel.

Energy conversion and Management

 

122

 

310–320

 

2016

 

SCI

 

 

10.9

Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder

 

 

 

 

 

Central composite design approach towards optimization of flamboyant pods derived steam activated carbon for its use as heterogeneous catalyst in transesterification of Hevea brasiliensis oil

Energy conversion and Management

 

100

 

277–287

 

2015

 

 

 

SCI

 

10.9

Sumit H. Dhawane, Akash Pratim Bora, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder

 

 

 

 

Parametric optimization of biodiesel synthesis from rubber seed oil using iron doped carbon catalyst by Taguchi approach.

Renewable Energy

 

105

 

616-624

 

2017

 

 

SCI

 

 

9.1

Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder

 

 

 

 

 

Biodiesel synthesis from Hevea brasiliensis oil employing carbon supported heterogeneous catalyst: Optimization by Taguchi method.

Renewable Energy

 

89

 

506-514

 

2016

 

 

 

SCI

 

9.1

Akash Pratim Bora, Sumit H. Dhawane, Kumar Anupam, Gopinath Halder

Biodiesel synthesis from Mesua ferrea oil using waste shell derived carbon catalyst.

Renewable Energy

 

121

 

195-204

 

2018

 

SCI

 

9.1

Sumit H. Dhawane, Bisheswar Karmakar, Shubham Ghosh, Gopinath Halder.

 

 

Parametric optimization of biodiesel synthesis from waste cooking oil via Taguchi approach.

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

6 (4)

 

3971-3980

 

2018

 

SCI

 

7.7

Bisheswar Karmakar, Sumit H. Dhawane, Gopinath Halder

 

 

Optimization of biodiesel production from castor oil by Taguchi design.

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

 

6

 

2684-2695

 

2018

 

SCI

 

 

7.7

Sumit H. Dhawane, Anoar Ali Khan, Kiran Singh, Ajay Tripathi, Rahala Hasda, Gopinath Halder

 

 

Insight into Optimization, Isotherm, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics of Fluoride Adsorption onto Activated Alumina

Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy

 

37 (2)

 

766-776

 

2017

 

SCI

 

2.82

Gopinath Halder, Sumit Dhawane, Prabir K. Barai, and Abhijna Das.

 

 

Optimizing Chromium (VI) Adsorption onto Superheated Steam Activated Granular Carbon Through Response Surface Methodology and Artificial Neural Network

Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy

 

34

 

638-647

 

2015

 

SCI

2.8

Ranjana Rathaur, Amit Ganguly, Sumit H. Dhawane, Mrinal Kanti Mandal, Gopinath Halder

 

Methanogenesis of organic wastes and their blend in batch anaerobic digester: Experimental and kinetic study.

Process safety and Environmental Protection

 

113

 

413–423

 

2018

 

 

 

SCI

 

7.8

Gopinath Halder, Sumit H. Dhawane, Debaprasad Dutta, Sohan Dey, Soumya Banerjee, Shraboni Mukherjee, Madhumanti Mondal

 

 

 

Computational simulation and statistical analysis of bioethanol production from Madhuca indica by batch fermentation process using Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

 

18

 

16-33

 

2016

SCI

 

8.0

Gopinath Halder, Anoar Ali Khan, Sumit Dhawane

 

 

Fluoride Sorption Onto a Steam-Activated Biochar Derived From Cocos nucifera Shell.

Clean – Soil, Air, Water

 

44

 

124-133

 

2016

SCI

 

2.4

Seema Halder, Sumit H. Dhawane, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Gopinath Halder

Acid-catalyzed esterification of castor (Ricinus communis) oil: optimization through a central composite design approach

Biofuels

 

6,

 

191-201

 

2015

 

Scopus

 

 

2.731

Gopinath Halder, Kankana Sinha, Sumit Dhawane

Defluoridation of wastewater using powdered activated carbon developed from Eichhornia crassipes stem: optimization by response surface methodology

Desalination and Water Treatment

 

56

 

953–966

 

2014

 

 

SCI

 

 

1.27

Deepshikha Datta, Chitrita Banerjee, Gopinath Halder, Sumit H. Dhawane

 

 

Elucidating enhanced biodegradability of starch blended polyolefinic sheet by physico-mechanical and thermal property assessment

Materials Today: Proceedings

 

49, Part 2, 464-472

 

2022

 

Scopus

 

 

 

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