Principal Technical Officer
M Sc | 1996, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar |
Ph D | 2009, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Srinagar |
E Mail | rcsaxena@iip.res.in |
Telephone No. | +91 – 135 - 2525 849 |
Cell No. | +91 – 9411511858 |
Research Interest
- Development of corrosion control measures for hydrocarbon handling equipments installed at up, mid and down-stream operations
- Corrosion studies of gas turbine engine parts during maintenance
- Material compatibility and corrosion of IC engine parts exposed to various trial fuels and renewable bio fuels
- Corrosion inhibitor formulations for controlling internal corrosion of crude oil and petroleum product transportation pipelines
Work Experience
Principal Technical Officer | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2013-till date) |
Senior Technical Officer 3 | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2008-2013) |
Senior Technical Officer 2 | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2002-2008) |
Senior Technical Officer 1 | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (1997-2002) |
Technical Officer | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (1994-1997) |
Senior Technical Assistant | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (1989-1994) |
Junior Technical Assistant | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (1984-1989) |
Awards and Honours
- Best Presentation Award in 2nd Annual R & D Meet, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, 1993
- Best research paper award in CORCON/99 organized by NACE India section, New Delhi, 1999
- Award for Position paper on bio-oil, TIFAC New Delhi, 2006
- 16th NIGIS (NACE International Gateway India Section) Corrosion Awareness Award for Best Ph.D. Thesis in Corrosion Science & Technology, 2010
Patents
- A device useful for carrying out controlled velocity corrosion test in a vacuum distillation unit
A Jayaraman, K D Neemla, R C Saxena and S Portion
Indian Patent, IP No 188207 - A device useful for evaluating corrosion inhibitors used for corrosion control of overhead distillation units
Jayaraman, R. C. Saxena and S. Portion
Indian Patent IP No 193654 - Corrosion inhibitor formulation useful for temporary protection of metals and alloys
S Kaul, R C Saxena, B Sain, A Jayaraman and V K Bhatia
Indian Patent IP No 242364 - A device for electrochemical recovery of metals from heterogeneous catalyst
P S Verma, R C Saxena, S Portion, R K Chauhan and A Jayaraman
Indian Patent Appl No 0789/DEL/2005
Selected Publications
- Application of thin layer activation technique for monitoring corrosion of carbon steel in hydrocarbon processing environment
R C Saxena, J Biswal, H J Pant, J S Samantray, S C Sharma, AK Gupta and S S Ray
Appl. Radiat. Isot. 2018, 135, 201-206 - High performance multifunctional fuel additives derived from renewable fatty acids and phosphazene,
P K Khatri, M Aila, A Kukrety, R C Saxena, R K Singh and S L Jain
J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc. 2017, 94, 1111–1119 - Phosphazene-based novel organo-inorganic hybrid salt: synthesis, characterization and performance evaluation as multifunctional additive in polyol,
R K Singh, A Kukrety, R C. Saxena, A Chouhan, S L Jain and S S. Ray
RSC Adv. 2017, 7, 13390 –13397 - Novel Triazine Schiff Base-Based Cationic Gemini Surfactants: Synthesis and Their Evaluation as Antiwear, Antifriction and Anticorrosive Additive in Polyol,
R K Singh, A Kukrety, R C Saxena, G D Thakre, N Atray, and S S Ray
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2016, 55, 2520-2526 - Poultry chicken feather derived biodegradable multifunctional additives
P P Latha, R K Singh, A Kukrety, R C Saxena, M Bhatt and S L Jain
ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2016, 4, 999−1005 - Efficacies of novel gemini compounds derived from dibasic acids as multifunctional additives for tribological applications
N Karanwal, P K Khatri, S Joshi, G D. Thakre, R C Saxena, S Kaul and S L Jain
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2015, 54, 6831−6835 - Study of cystine schiff base esters as new environmentally benign multifunctional biolubricant additives,
R K Singh, S Pandey, R C Saxena, G D Thakre, N Atray, S S Ray
J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 2015, 26, 149–156 - Derivatizing L-histidine to develop a novel additive for a polyol-based biolubricant
R K. Singh, S Pandey, R C Saxena, G D. Thakre, N Atray S S Ray
New J. Chem. 2015, 39, 5354 - Studies on corrosion control of naphtha fractions in overhead condensing system using laboratory distillation device
R C Saxena, A Jayaraman, R KChauhan, H B Goyal
Fuel Process. Tech. 2010, 91, 1235-124 - Biomass Based Energy Fuel through Biochemical routes: A review
R C Saxena, D K Adhikari and H Goyal
Renewable Sustainable Energy Rev. 2009, 13, 167–178
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