Dr Venkata Chandra Sekhar Palla

Research Interest

• Heterogeneous Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering
• Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass and Bio-Oil
• Catalytic Cracking and Reforming
• Hydrogen Production from Renewable Resources

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

• Excellence in Academics award from IIT Hyderabad in 2010.
• JENESYS^2.0 Participation Award by Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE), 2014
• Received Excellence in Research award from IIT Hyderabad in 2015 and 2017.

Selected Publications          

• Catalytic interventions in bio-oil production from lignocellulosic biomass and Co-processing with petroleum refinery fractions: A review         
  Biomass Bioenerg (2024), 183, 107119
• Pyrolysis of pine needles: Parameter optimization using response surface methodology.               
  Bioresour Technol Reports (2023), 22, 101407
• Effect of zeolite structure and Si/Al ratio on cotton stalks hydropyrolysis.                   
  Bioresour Technol (2023), 376, 128933
• Flash hydropyrolysis of cotton stalks: Role of temperature, metal loading, pressure for enhancement of aromatics
  Bioresour Technol (2022), 351, 127047
• Synthesis of renewable carbon biorefinery products from susceptor enhanced microwave-assisted pyrolysis of agro-residual waste: A review
  Process Saf Environ Prot (2022), 164, 354-372
• Production of Aromatics from n-Butanol over HZSM-5, H-β, and γ-Al2O3: Role of Silica/Alumina Mole Ratio and Effect of Pressure. 
  ACS Sus Chem Eng (2020), 8, 15230-15242