Dr Neeraj Atray

Research Interest

• Process Development for Biofuel Production
• Development of Multifunctional Additives for Fuels and Lubricants
• Development of Certified Reference Material (CRM) for Petroleum Applications
• Exploration of unexploited tree borne seed oil of Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh region for application as biofuel and bio-additives
• Applied Chemistry

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

• Young Scientist Award in First Uttarakhand Science Congress organized by Uttarakhand State Council of Science & Technology (UCOST), 2006
• Best Paper Award, International Conference on Biofuels, Universty of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, 2015
• Chairman, Technical Session, International Conference on Biofuels, Universty of Petroleum and Energy Studies,
  Dehradun, 2015
• Best Stall Award, India International Science Festival (IICF), CSIR-National Physical Laboratry, New Delhi, 2016

Patents

• A process for conversion of low cost and high FFA oils to biodiesel
  Indian patent (Appl. No. 1900 Del 2009)
• A process for Conversion of low cost and high FFA oils to biodiesel
  US US20120255233 A1
• A process for Conversion of low cost and high FFA oils to biodiesel
  PCT/1B2010/000592, PCT patent in France, Germany, Europe and US, Canada and Australia
• Process for the production of fatty acid methyl esters from fatty acid esters from fatty acid triglycerides
  Indian Patent (Appl. No. 031 Del 2011)
• Development of new generation micro-electromechanical bio lube base stocks for clock like mechanisms and precision instruments
  Indian Patent (Appl. No. 0288NF2013)
• An Improved continuous process for alkyl ester from low cost feed stocks
  Indian Patent (Appl. No.201711000453)

Selected Publications

• Recent Progress in the preparation of eco-friendly lubricants and fuel additives through organic transformations of biomaterials
  Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry, 14(1), 44-55, 2017
• Synthesis of a novel effiecient anti-oxidant for use in lubes and biodiesel
  Petroleum Chemistry, 57(1), 100-105, 2017
• Study of a Novel phenolic-ester as antioxidant additive in lube, biodiesel and blended diesel
  J. Ind. Eng. Chem. Research, (DOI :10.1016/j.jiec.2016.03.029, 2016
• Development of new ecofriendly detergent / dispersant /antioxidant/antiwear additives from L-histidine for biolubricant applications
  RSC Advances, 5, 37649-37656, 2015
• Use of Acylated Chitosan Schiff Base as Ecofriendly Multifunctional Bio-Lubricant Additive
  Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 53 (48), 18370–18379, 2014