| PhD | CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India, 2016 |
| M Tech | Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, 2010 |
| asheesh.kumar@iip.res.in | |
| Telephone No. | +91 – 135 – 2525933 |
| Cell No. | +91 – 9520525395 |
Research Interest
- Gas Hydrates/Clathrate Hydrates
- Flow Assurance in Deepwater Oil and Gas Production Systems
- CO2 Capture and Storage/Sequestration
- Methane/Natural gas and Hydrogen Storage
Awards and Honours
| World’s top 2% Scientist | by Stanford University, 2022 |
| Guest Editor | by Energies (IF 2.7), an international, open-access journal in energy engineering and research, 2020 |
| Certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing | by Applied Energy, Elsevier Journal (IF 9.0), 2019 |
| Certificate of Recognition | by American Chemical Society for publication reviewing activities, 2017 |
| Best Research Scholars-NCL RF-Keerti Sangoram Memorial Endowment Award | by CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Pune, India, 2016 |
| Elsevier Reviewer Recognition | by Journal of Natural gas Science & Engineering (IF 4.0), 2015 |
| NCL RF-Agnimitra Memorial Best Poster Award 2014 | by National Chemical Laboratory Pune, India, 2014 |
| Certificate of appreciation for “Patent Certificate Course for Scientist & Engineers | by IPFACE Venture centre, Pune, 2014 |
| CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship | by CSIR, 2014 |
| Gate (National level examination for IITs) | by MHRD, India, 2008 |
| CSIR-NET |
CSIR, 2008 |
Work Experience
| Ramanujan Fellow Scientist | CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun (2021 -present) |
| Assistant Professor | AcSIR (Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research)- (2022 – Present) |
| Senior Research Associate | The University of Western Australia (UWA), Australia (Aug 2018 to Jan 2021) |
| Visiting Scientist | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Western Australia (Sep 2018- Jan 2019) |
| Post Doctoral Research fellow |
National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (May 2016 to Aug 2018) |
| Assistant Professor | Mewar University, Chittorgarh Rajasthan, India (Sep 2010- Oct 2011) |
| Associate Editor | Frontiers in Chemistry and Frontiers in Physics (2022) |
| Elsevier Book Editor |
Challenges and recent advances in sustainable oil & gas recovery and transportation (2021-22) |
Patents
- Method and Apparatus for Hydrate Production and Storage in Presence of
Thermodynamic Promoter, National University of Singapore, 10201810882W, 2018, USA/
Singapore, Filed. - A Process for Dissociation of Hydrates in Presence of Additives or Hydrate Dissociation Promoters, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-National Chemical Laboratory and GAIL (India) Ltd, WO 2017125954 A1, US10633572B2, 2017, USA, Granted.
- Gas Hydrate Based Gas Separation Process Using Fixed Bed Setup, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-National Chemical Laboratory, 351428 2015, India, Granted.
- A Method for Inhibiting Gas Hydrate Formation by a Novel Green Kinetic Inhibitor, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 311303, 2019, India, Granted.
Selected Publications
- A Kumar, Avinash V. Palodkar, Rupali Gautam, Nilesh Choudhary, Hari Prakash Veluswamy, Sanat Kumar, Role of salinity in clathrate hydrate based processes, Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 2022, 108, 104811.
- A Kumar, N Daraboina, P Linga, R Kumar, and J A Ripmeester, Experimental Study on Hydrate Structure Transition Using an In Situ High-Pressure Powder X-ray Diffractometer: Application in CO2 Capture, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2022, 10, 35, 11473–11482.
- G Pandey, T Poothia and A Kumar, Hydrate based carbon capture and sequestration (HBCCS): An innovative approach towards decarbonization, Applied Energy, 2022, 326, 15, 119900.
- R Gautam, S Kumar, A Kumar, Intensified Carbon Dioxide Hydrate Formation Kinetics in a Simulated Subsea Sediment: Application in Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Energy Fuels 2022, 36, 16, 9194–9202.
- R Gautam, AV Palodkar, M Sahai, S Kumar, A Kumar, Assessment of a Biocompatible Additive for Hydrate Formation Kinetics along with Morphological Observations and Model Predictions, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2022, 10, 100289.
- A Kumar, HP Veluswamy, S Kumar, R Kumar, P Linga, In Situ Characterization of Mixed CH4–THF Hydrates Formed from Seawater: High-Pressure Calorimetric and Spectroscopic Analysis, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2021) 125 (30), 16435-16443.
- A Kumar, CSH Yeo, S Kumar, P Linga, Calorimetric Assessment of Ternary Methane–Carbon Dioxide–Tetrahydrofuran (CH4–CO2–THF) Hydrates: Application in Storage and Transport of CO2 Lean natural gas, Energy & Fuels (2021) 35 (16), 13249-13255.
- G Bhattacharjee, HP Veluswamy, A Kumar, P Linga, Stability analysis of methane hydrates for gas storage application, Chemical Engineering Journal (2021), 415, 128927.
- S Sakurai, B Hoskin, J Choi, T Nonoue, EF May, A Kumar, BWE Norris, Z. Aman, Investigating hydrate formation rate and the viscosity of hydrate slurries in water-dominant flow: Flowloop experiments and modelling, Fuel (2021) 292, 120193.
- A Kumar, HP Veluswamy, R Kumar, P Linga, Direct use of seawater for rapid methane storage via clathrate (sII) hydrates, Applied Energy (2019) 235, 21-30.
- A Kumar, R Kumar, P Linga, Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Preferentially Promotes Enclathration of Methane in Mixed Methane-Tetrahydrofuran Hydrates, Iscience (2019) 14, 136-146.
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