Principal Scientist
| B E | 2003, Government Engineering College, Ujjain |
| M Tech | 2005, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur |
| PhD | 2019, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee |
| E Mail | sdivekar@iip.res.in |
| Telephone No. | +91 – 135-2525727 / 732 / 766 |
| Cell No. | +91 – 9997049077 |
Research Interest
- Development, Scale Up and Commercialization of Adsorption based Separation Processes
- Modeling and simulation of Adsorptive Processes
- Formulation of Metal Organic Framework (MOF) materials into uniform sized beads for process applications
- Single Component and Multi Component Isotherm Modeling
- Pressure/ Vacuum Swing Adsorption (PVSA) based Process Development
Work Experience
| Principal Scientist | CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2019 – Till Date) |
| Senior Scientist | CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2014 – 2019) |
| Scientist | CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2010 – 2014) |
| Jr. Scientist | CSIR Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2006 – 2010) |
Awards and Honours
- MHRD Scholarship, 2003-2005
- Senior Research Fellowship by TIFAC, New Delhi, 2005-2006
Patents
- Adsorbent derived from bamboo for high pressure methane storage application and its preparation thereof
Anshu Nanoti, Aamir Hanif, M O Garg, Soumen Dasgupta, Swapnil Divekar, Aarti, Raj Kumar Kashyap (GAIL), Thenmani Nandkumar (GAIL) and Anil Sood (CSIR-IHBT)
Indian Patent Application No. 201611003824, Dt. 03.02.2016
Selected Publications
- Adsorption Equilibria of Propylene and Propane on Zeolites and Prediction of Their Binary Adsorption with the Ideal Adsorbed Solution Theory
S Divekar, A Nanoti, S Dasgupta, R Chauhan, P Gupta and M O Garg
Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data 2016 61 (7), 2629-2637 - [Cu3(BTC)2]-polyethyleneimine: an efficient MOF composite for effective CO2 separation
Aarti, S Bhadauria, A Nanoti, S Dasgupta, S Divekar, P Gupta and R Chauhan
RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 93003–93009 - Adsorption properties and performance of CPO-27-Ni/alginate spheres during multicycle pressure-vacuum-swing adsorption (PVSA) CO2 capture in the presence of moisture
S Dasgupta, S Divekar, Aarti, A I Spjelkavik, T Didriksen, A Nanoti and R Blom
Chem. Eng. Sci., 2015, 137, 525–531 - A vapor phase adsorptive desulfurization process for producing ultra-low sulphur diesel using NiY zeolite as a regenerable adsorbent
S Dasgupta, S Divekar, Aarti Arya, P Gupta, R Chauhan, S Bhadauria, A Hanif, M O Garg and A Nanoti
RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 56060-56066 - Upgrading Biogas at Low Pressure by Vacuum Swing Adsorption
Aarti Arya, S Divekar, R Rawat, P Gupta, M O Garg, S Dasgupta, A Nanoti, R Singh, P Xiao and P A Webley
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2015 (54) 404−413
Google Scholar Link
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