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Prof. Srinivas Appari

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

D 218, Department of Chemical Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

Research Interest

  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • H2 from Renewable sources 
  • CO2 utilization 
  • Detailed kinetic modeling
  • Biomass to value-added products
  • Machine Learning approaches for Catalysts
  • Process Modeling, Simulation, and Control

Sponsored Projects

 

On-going

  • Title: Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Design of CO₂ Hydrogenation to Methanol, Siemens Energy Ltd,  INR 24,78,000, Feb, 2025- Aug. 2025 

 

  • Project Title: Sustainable alternatives to Carbon intensive rice straw burning and air pollution in India: Paddy waste based concrete and value added chemical production to boost the income of rural farmers, Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, New Delhi- Under SPARC- phase II  (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration)- with University of Leeds, INR. 42,72,511, (2023- 2025)

 

  • Project Title: Solution to agro-waste burning and air pollution in India: Ecofriendly concrete and value added chemical production by reusing agro-waste, CDRF, BITS- Pilani, INR. 20,00,000 (2023- 2025)

 

Completed:

  • Title: Prevention of Hazardous Field-Firing of Bagasse and Its Sustainable Utilization as a Raw Material in An Innovative Industrial Process, Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India, New Delhi- Under SPARC  (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration), with Kyushu University, INR. 28,79,650 (2019- 2021)

 

  • Dual Catalytic Monolith Reactor for Biogas Reforming, ACRG, BITS- Pilani, INR. 8,25,000, 2017- 2019

 

  • Syngas production by reforming of biogas over Ni- based catalytic monoliths, RIG, BITS Pilani,2015- 2017