IITKGP

Sonali Sengupta

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering

+91-3222-283954

sonalis@che.iitkgp.ac.in

Research Areas

Research is carried on in the area of petroleum fuel processing and removal of pollutants, such as sulfur compounds from them, development of nano-metal/metal oxide catalysts and utilisation of the catalysts in process developments and reactions. Wastewater treatment through catalysis and adsorption, development of efficient nano-catalysts and adsorbents.
  • Comparative studies of extraction ability of organic solvents to extract thiophene from model fuel Sengupta S., Saha B. , Selvin R. By Separation Science & Technology 55 1123-1132 (2020)
  • Microwave mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles on various metal alginate composites: evaluation of catalytic activity and thermal stability of the composites in solvent free acylation reaction of amine and alcohols Basu J. K., Sengupta S. , Pal C. K., Kaspate R. , S. By SN Applied Science 2 282- (2020)
  • Application of Ag- nanoparticles embedded polyvinyl alcohol-polyvinylpyrrolidone composite catalyst for -enaminone synthesis Sengupta S., S. By Asian Pacefic Confedaration of Chemical Engineering Congress - (2019)
  • Green-Synthesis of Nano Ag in Calcium Alginate Beads and Its Catalytic Performance and Kinetic Study in Nitroarene Reduction Sengupta S., S. , Pal C. K., Basu J. K. By 9th International Colloids Conference - (2019)

Principal Investigator

  • Simultaneous deep oxidative desulfurization-denitrogenation of light petroleum fuel in a semi-continuous reaction-extraction system: Application of nanostructured titanium silicate zeolites

Ph. D. Students

Abhinav Desai

Area of Research: Application of catalysts in petroleum fuel upgradation

Amit Rajkonwar

Area of Research: Cryogenic carbon capture and utilization

Awadhesh Sonakar

Area of Research: Waste treatment

Dwaipayan Dhar

Area of Research: Catalysis and Reaction Engineering

Sk Amir Ali

Area of Research: Pervaporative separation of sulfur and nitrogen from light petroleum fuel

Snehlata Kumari

Area of Research: Remediation of pollutants by reaction and adsorption

Soumyadeep Das

Area of Research: Water Treatment

Suraj P

Area of Research: Catalysis and reaction engineering