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Dr Hare Krishna Mohanta

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

Department of Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani- 333031, Rajasthan. India.

Research

Research

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Research Interests:

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning; Advanced Process Control; Process Monitoring and Control; Sensors and Microreactors; Catalysis and Pyrolysis; Reactive Distillation; Modeling and Simulation; Consciousness Studies.

 
Thesis/Dissertation:
  • PhD Thesis : Wavelet-based Identification and Control of Chemical Processes, Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani – 333031, Rajasthan, July 2006.
  • M.Tech. Thesis : Magnesium Aluminate Catalyzed Pyrolysis of n-Heptane, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur – 200106, UP, April 1998.
  • B.E. Thesis : Manufacture of Urea by Mitsui Toatsu C-Improved Process, Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (former Regional Engineering College), Rourkela – 769008, Orissa, April 1995.
PhD Students:
 
 

Sl. No.

Name of the Candidate

Title of the Thesis

Role

Date of Completion

1.

Ajaya Kumar Pani

(2007PHXF405P)

Design of Soft Sensors for  Monitoring and Control of Cement Manufacturing Processes

Supervisor

August 13, 2015

2.

Parikshit Kishor Singh

(2007PHXF432P)

(Co-supervised with Prof. Surekha Bhanot)

Design and Implementation of Intelligent Control Schemes for pH Neutralization Process

Co-Supervisor

April 22, 2016

3.

Shweta Sharma

(2014PHXF002P)

(Co-supervised with Prof. Banasri Roy)

Development of metal/ceramic oxide and related nano-catalyst systems for hydrogen and hydrogen rich fuel production from biomass derived hydrocarbon

Co-Supervisor

Feb 24, 2020

4.

S. Venkata Vijayan

(2016PHXF0017P)

(Co-supervised with Dr. Ajaya Kumar Pani)

Design of Adaptive Soft Sensor for Monitoring   and Control of Industrial Processes

Co-Supervisor

June 30, 2023

5.

Ajita Neogi (2018PHXF0004P)

(Co-supervising with Dr. Priya C. Sande)
 

Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) Investigation of the Hydrodynamics of a Bench-Scale Fluidised Bed of Geldard A Particles

Co-Supervisor

On-going

(Jan 13, 2020 – till date)

 
 
Higher Degree Dissertation (HDD) Students:
 

Sl. No.

Name of the Candidate

Title of the Dissertation

Date of Completion

1

Sreelakshmi Rajesh

 

Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Ethyl Acetate Reactive Distillation Column

May, 2022

2

Aditya Ranpura

 

Wavelet Neural Network Based Design of Soft Sensors for Monitoring and Control of Complex Industrial Processes

May, 2021

3

Hemanand T

 

Mathematical Modeling of Reactive Distillation Column Using Tearing Equations Methodology

Dec, 2018

4

Pritish Prayag Sahoo

Design of Soft Sensor for a Reactive Distillation Column

May, 2018

5

Dhivya Jagadish

Development of Soft Sensor for Methyl Acetate Reactive Distillation System

May, 2017

6

Akanksha Pathak

(Co-supervised with Dr. Banasri Roy)
 

Development of Metal Doped Bismuth Vanadate Nanocatalyst System for Hydrogen Production from Ethanol by Low Temperature Steam Reforming Method

May, 2016 

7

Annie Christina Jenifer

Application of Existing Kinetic Model for Coke Oven Gas Reforming

May, 2016

8

Harshvardhan Singh

A Comparative Study on the Performance of Different Training Set Design Techniques

May, 2016

9

Dhrumil Gandhi

Implementation of Advance controller in Process Control Trainer using LabVIEW

May, 2016

10

Madana Venkata Sai Teja

Application of Advanced Controllers to a Fluid Catalytic Cracker

May, 2015

11

Dipankar Kalita

Modeling, Simulation and Control of a Drum Boiler

May, 2014

12

Yantrapati Taraka Revanth Kumar

A Comparative Control Study for Reactive Distillation of Methyl Acetate

May, 2013

13

Chhayakanta Acharya

Fuzzy Logic Based Nonlinear Control of Online pH-Neutralization Process

Dec, 2012

14

Vamsi Krishna Vadlamudi

Modeling and Simulation of Cement Rotary Kiln

May, 2011

15

Sonal K. Thengane

Modeling and Simulation of Spray Pulse Catalytic Dehydrogenation Reactor

May, 2011

16

Dipesh Shikchand Patle

Application of Generic Model Control in Online Control of Temperature in a Plate-type Heat Exchanger Unit

Dec, 2009

17

Unmesh Rameshrao Dhummal

Modeling, Simulation and Control of Hydrodealkylation Process

Dec, 2008

18

Amit Jaykumar Kanashetti

Modeling, Simulation and Control of Reactive Distillation

Dec, 2008

19

Naga Deeepika Kommuri

Modeling, Simulation and Control of a Debutanizer Column

Dec, 2007

20

Anil Kumar M.

Modeling, Simulation and Control of a pH Neutralization Process

Dec, 2006

21

Nikhil Prakash

Process Control using Wavelet Transform

May, 2003

22

Kunwarjit Singh

Application of Wavelet Transform in Removal of Noise from a Signal

May, 2002