Principal Scientist
| PhD | Chemical Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee |
| E Mail | skmaity@iip.res.in |
| Telephone No. | +91 135 2525724/892 |
| Cell No. | 9410548392 |
Research Interest
- Hydroprocessing of heavy crude oils, residues, and petroleum fractions
- Residue conversion by thermal processes (delayed coking and visbreaking)
- Viscosity reduction of heavy and extra heavy crude oils by aquathermolysis
- Residue and heavy oil conversion by fluid catalytic cracking (FCC).
- Preparation of novel catalytic support materials
- Catalyst preparation, physico-chemical characterisations and activity measurements
- Identification of catalytic sites and routes for catalyst deactivation
- Novel catalyst and process development
Work Experience
| Principal Scientist | Head, Residue Conversion Area, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, 2012-present |
| Senior Scientist | Scientist, InstitutoMexicano del Petroleo, Mexico City, 2002-2011 |
| Scientist | Post Doctoral Fellow, InstitutoMexicano del Petroleo, Mexico City, 1999-2001 |
| Research Associate | Research Associate, Indian Institute of Petroleum, India, 1997-1999 |
Patents
- Preparation method of slurry phase organic-inorganic fused hybrid catalysts use for residue
hydroprocessing.
RavindraPrajapati, KirtikaKohli, Samir Kumar Maity, Madhukar O Garg.
US 2016/0288101 A1. - Waste plastic as a hydrogen donating hydrocarbon in residue upgradation.
KirtikaKohli,RavindraPrajapati, Samir Kumar Maity, Madhukar O Garg.
(Application No. 0239NF2016). - Catalizador para la hidrodesulfuración de residuos y crudospesados.
Patricia Rayo Mayoral, Jorge AncheytaJuárez, Jorge RamírezSolís. Samir Kumar Maity, Mohan Singh, Fernando Alonso
Martínez.
Mexican Patent No. MX/E/2005/066614. - Catalizador para la primeraetapa de hidrodesmetalización en unsistema de hidroprocesamiento conreactoresmúltiples para el mejoramiento de crudospesados y extra pesados.
Mohan Singh,Jorge AncheytaJuárez, Patricia Rayo Mayoral, Samir Kumar Maity.
MX/a/2007/009504. - Catalizador con acidezmoderada para hidroprocesamiento de crudopesado y residuo y suprocedimiento desíntesis.
Mohan Singh, Jorge AncheytaJuárez, Zenaida Carolina Leyva Inzunza, Samir Kumar Maity.
MX/a/2008/006050. - Catalizadorsoportado en carbón para la desmetalización de crudospesados y residuos.
Samir Kumar Maity, Jorge AncheytaJuárez, Fernando Alonso Martínez, Hidetsugu Fukuyama, Satoshi Terai,Masayuki Uchida.
MX/a/2009/002359.
Selected Publications
- Coking propensity during hydroprocessing of vacuum residues, deasphalted oils and asphaltenes.
R.Prajapati, K. Kohli, S.K. Maity, M.O. Garg.
Fuel 2017, 203, 514-521. - Slurry-phase hydrocracking of residue with ultradispersed MoS2 catalysts prepared by microemulsion methods.
R. Prajapati, K. Kohli, S.K. Maity.
Energy & Fuels 2017, 31, 3905-3912.
- Evaluation of residue hydrotreating catalysts supported on mesoporousaluminas.
K. Kohli, R. Prajapati, S.K. Maity, M. Sau, M.O. Garg.
Current Catalysis 2017, 3, 1-9. - Deactivation of hydrotreating catalyst by metals in resin and asphaltene parts of heavy oil and residues.
K. Kohli, R. Prajapati, S.K. Maity, M. Sau, M.O. Garg.
Fuel 2016, 175,264-273. - Slurry phase hydrocracking of residue by phosphomolybdic and phosphotungstic acids.
R. Prajapati, K.Kohli, S.K. Maity, M.O. Garg.
J Pet Environ Biotechnol 2016, 7, 281. - Characterization of asphaltenic material obtained by treating of vacuum residue with different reactive molecules.
S.K. Maity, S. Kumar, M. Srivastava, A.S. Kharola, K.K. Maurya, S.Konathala, A.K. Chatterjee, M.O. Garg.
Fuel 2015, 149, 8–14.
