Research Areas:

• Solution combustion method of catalyst synthesis
• Fischer–Tropsch synthesis
• Metal-support interaction
• Reactor design
• Catalyst characterization using advanced spectroscopy tools
• Chemical kinetics
• Catalytic oxidation and TWC
• Washcoat layer deposition over monolith catalysts
• Biomass gasification and tar analysis
• Computational fluid dynamics for reacting and non reacting incompressible flows – ICEM-CFD, Fluent, CFX
• Techno-economic analysis for conversion of biomass to higher hydrocarbons via FT synthesis

Research interest:

• Catalyst synthesis and characterization
• Reaction kinetics
• Reactor design
• Biomass combustion and gasification
• NO_x catalysts
• IC – engines
• Hydrogen generation

Skills:

• Catalyst characterization techniques (XRD, XPS, SEM-EDX, TPR-TPD, BET, FT-IR, DRIFTS, TGA-DTA)
• Evolved gas analysis (EGA), with coupled TGA, FT-IR and GC-MS system
• Gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy (creating custom methods for analysis – SIM-SRM)
• Reactor design and system/process automation
• Use of commercial CFD Packages: ICEMCFD, Fluent, CFX - for reacting and non reacting incompressible flows
• Numerical methods and mathematical modelling

Journal Publications:

• Fischer-Tropsch route for the conversion of biomass to liquid fuels - Technical and economic analysis.
  Snehesh Shivananda Ail, H S Mukunda, Sadhan Mahapatra, S Dasappa
  Energy; 2017; (130): 182-191
• Investigations into enhanced wax production with combustion synthesized Fischer Tropsch catalyst.
  Snehesh Shivananda Ail, S Dasappa.
  Energy Conversion and Management. DOI:10.1016/j.enconman.2016.02.075
• Biomass to liquid transportation fuel via Fischer Tropsch synthesis - Technology review and current scenario.
  Snehesh Shivananda Ail, S Dasappa.
  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews; 2016; (58) : 267-286
• Characterisation of the producer gas from an open top gasifier: Assessment of different tar analysis approaches.
  D Prando, Snehesh Shivananda Ail, D Chiaramonti, M Baratieri, S Dasappa
  Fuel; 2016; (181): 566-572

Conference Publications:

• Characterization of tar depositions of three commercial gasification systems.
  Prando D, Snehesh Shivananda Ail, Karl M, Chiaramonti D, Dasappa S, Baratieri M.
  Proceedings of the 23rd European Biomass Conference & Exhibition, Wien (Austria), 2015: 362-365
• Characterization of SiO₂ supported Co catalysts synthesized by solution combustion method for Fischer Tropsch synthesis.
  Snehesh Shivananda Ail and S Dasappa
  8th International conference on Environmental Catalysis, Asheville, USA, 2014.
• CO₂ capture through biomass gasification.
  Sandeep K, Snehesh Shivananda Ailand S Dasappa
  19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition; ISBN-10:88-89407-55-7; 1127-1133; June 2011.
• Characterization and comparison of cobalt catalysts on Al₂ O₃ and SiO₂ by impregnation method and solution combustion method.
  Snehesh Shivananda Ail, S Dasappa
  3rd National Conference on Recent advances in Bioenergy

Gallery

Catalysts:

Combustion synthesized cobalt-catalyst

600cpsi-Co-loaded-monolith catalysts	Uncoated-coated-monolith-catalysts

Instruments:

Evolved-gas-analysis

FTIR-ATR	GC-MS
Inert-Atmosphere Furnace	SEM
STA	TPD-TPR
XPS	XPS
XRD	XRD

Reactors:

Bench-scale reactor

Bulk-Reduction-Reactor

Reactor-head