National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Transport Processes
Areas of Interest
  • Fluidization Engg, Energy & Environment, Modeling and Design

Abanti Sahoo Professor

Chemical Engineering

asahoo@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2258

97

PUBLICATIONS

20

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

2

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Abanti Sahoo

Professor

Chemical Engineering

Room Number: CH-017

Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

Ph.D. (Sambalpur University)

Total Publications: 97

A. K. Swain, A. Sahoo, H. M. Jena, and H. Patra,"Effect of system parameters on phase holdups for an inverse fluidized bed", Indian Journal of Chemical Technology (IJCT), vol.32, no.2, pp.246-253, CSIR-NIScPR, March 2025, 10.56042/ijct.v32i2.9819       Article

M. Kashyap, C. S. Karua, and A. Sahoo,"Modeling of permeate flux for cross-flow ultra-filtration membrane by ANN and ANFIS approach", Recent Technologies and Challenges in Water Remediation: Select Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Water Technologies (ICWT 2023), ch.3, vol.581, pp.31-55, Springer, May 2025, 10.1007/978-981-96-2092-0       Inbook

A. Jaishwal, A. Sahoo, and S. S. Mohapatra,"Pulp extraction from agricultural residue for paper production", Institution of Engineers (India) Symposium, Bhubaneswar, vol.1, March 2025       Misc

K. P. Ravikumar, A. Sahoo, and S. S. Mohapatra,"The critical limits of thermophysical properties defining the optimum heat transfer coefficient in case of spray quenching from high temperature", Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Springer, May 2024, 10.1007/s10973-023-12245-7       Article

H. S. Kenganal and A. Sahoo,"Ground tire rubber/activated carbon/expanded graphite aerogels and foams as support material for the preparation of polyethylene glycol composite phase change materials for thermal energy storage applications", Energy Storage, vol.78, no.1, pp.109805, Elsevier 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2023.109805       Article

Application of Fluidized Bed Technology for a Sustainable Environment (AFBTSE-2025) Chemical Engineering (Short-term Course)
Short Term Course On Fluidized Bed Technology For Waste Management : Design, Modeling and Simulation Chemical Engineering (Short-term Course)

  • CH3111 : Process Equipment Design {Theory}
  • CH331 : Equipment Design (Mechanical aspect) {Theory}
  • CH337 : Equipment Design (Mech. Aspects) {Theory}
  • CH434 : Project Engineering {Theory}
  • CH611 : Bioenergy Engineering {Theory}
  • CH6132 : Advanced Fluidization Engineering {Theory}
  • CH616 : Advanced Fluidization Engineering {Theory}
  • CH621 : Bioenergy Engineering {Theory}
  • CH626 : Advanced Fluidization Engineering {Theory}
  • CH6332 : Chemical Engineering Analysis: Application of Mathematical and Statistical Methods {Theory}
  • CH6431 : Bioenergy Engineering {Theory}
  • CH6438 : Energy Management and Economics {Theory}
  • CH271 : Process Technology Laboratory {Practical}
  • CH371 : Heat Transfer Fundamentals Laboratory {Practical}
  • CH371 : Heat transfer Operation Laboratory {Practical}
  • CH6171 : Advanced Chemical Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • CH6472 : Energy Engineering Laboratory {Practical}
  • CH670 : Chemical Engineering Laboratory - III {Practical}
  • CH671 : Chemical Engineering Laboratory - I {Practical}
  • CH678 : Experimental Laboratory - II {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [16]
Studies on Diffusion-Mass Transfer in Solid Oxide Fuel Cell
P Ramakrishnan
Enrolled: Jan 2014
Graduated :  Mar 2024
Supervisor
Studies on Removal of Ammonia-Nitrogen from Industrial Wastewater Using Inverse Fluidized Bed Biofilm Reactor
Anup Kumar Swain
Enrolled: Jan 2016
Graduated :  Aug 2021
Supervisor
Studies on Pr1-xLnxBa0.5Sr0.5Co0.5Fe1.5O5+δ (Ln = Nd, Gd, La; x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75 and 1) Double Perovskite Oxides for SOFC Application
Gandham Harshitha
Enrolled: Jul 2013
Graduated :  Jan 2021
Supervisor
Studies on Multipurpose Liquid Repelling Functional Coatings for Various Industrial Applications
Debasis Nanda
Enrolled: Jul 2015
Graduated :  Sep 2020
Co-Supervisor
Studies on Treatment of Industrial Effluent using Polyethersulfone/Chitosan Membrane Derived from Fishery Waste
Suneeta Kumari
Enrolled: Jan 2012
Graduated :  Sep 2017
Co-Supervisor
Studies on Drying Characteristics of Some Crops in a Portable Tapered Fluidized Bed Dryer and Its Design Optimization
Subasini Jena
Enrolled: Jan 2012
Graduated :  Jan 2016
Supervisor
EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES ON FLUIDIZED BED BIOMASS GASIFIER FOR PRODUCTION OF CLEAN ENERGY
Deo Karan Ram
Enrolled: Jan 2012
Graduated :  Oct 2016
Supervisor
FLUIDIZIED BED REACTOR
Pranati Sahoo
Enrolled: Jan 2012
Graduated :  Jun 2015
Supervisor
iNORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Subhashree Priyadarsini Dash
Enrolled: Jan 2010
Graduated :  Jan 2015
Co-Supervisor
Innovative and Sustainable Approaches for Removal of Oil from Oil-water Emulsion in an Eco-Friendly manner
Anup Kumar Bairagi
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Thesis Submitted
Co-Supervisor
WASTE WATER TREATMENT, WASTE GAS REMOVAL FROM AIR AND CONVERT TO VALUE ADDED PRODUCT,PHOTO-CATALYSIS
Bidisha Majumder
Enrolled: Jul 2023
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Value Added Products from Steel Industry Wastes
Susanta Sethi
Enrolled: Apr 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
waste plastic disposal
Shashir S Kenganal
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
EXTRACTION OF MINERALS/MATERIALS FROM WASTE
Geetikamayee Padhy
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
chemical engineerng
Vanamu Jagadeeswari
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
Value Addition of Beach Sand Minerals
Adabala Kumar Sanjay
Enrolled: Jan 2016
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [4]
Environmental Engineering
Nivedita Pandey
Enrolled: Sep 2023
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Environmental Engineering
Ashok Kumar Mishra
Enrolled: Sep 2023
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Polymers and advanced materials
Karthick S M
Enrolled: Sep 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Chemical Engineering with Environmental sector
Rakesh Kumar Mohanty
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [2]
Fluidization Engineering
Harjeet Nath
Graduated :  Feb 2015
Supervisor
FLUIDIZATION
Chinmayee Patra
Graduated :  Nov 2014
Supervisor