Dr. Sushil Kumar


Dr. Sushil Kumar

Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India-211004
E-mail: sushilk[at]mnnit[dot]ac[dot]in
Telephone: 05322271583(O) 9455421398(M)

Research Publications


Books:

Kumar, S., Patle D.S. (eds.) Proceedings, International Conference on Energy and Environmental Technologies for Sustainable Development (CHEM-CONFLUX20), Excellent Publishing House, New Delhi, February 14-16, 2020 (ISBN 9789386238863).
Kumar, S., Jain, A. (eds.) Proceedings, Conference on Technological Advancements in Chemical and Environmental Engineering. Excellent Publishing House, New Delhi, March 23-24, 2012 (ISBN No.: 978519381583-31-9).

Book Chapter:

Kamsonlian, S., Yadav, S., Wasewar K.S., Gaur A., Kumar, S., Treatment of contaminated water: membrane seperation and biologial processes, Book titled "Contamination of Water: Health Risk Assessment and Treatment Strategies" (Elsevier) 2021, Pages 339-350, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824058-8.00034-7.
Arfin, R.M., Wasewar K.S., Katiyar P., Kumar, S., Process Intensification in wastewater treatment: Cavitations and hybrid technologies for organic pollutants Book titled "Contamination of Water: Health Risk Assessment and Treatment Strategies" (Elsevier) 2021, Pages 363-374, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824058-8.00034-7.
Patle, D.S., Khajone, V., Bhagat, P.R., Jaiswal, A.K., Kumar, S. "Functionalized ionic liquids for photodegradation of dyes" the book entitled "Water Pollution and Remediation: Photocatalysis" M. Inamuddin (ed.) Springer, 2020.
Srivatava, A. Saxena, D., Patle, D., Gaur, A., Kumar, S. "Wastewater Treatment using Nano-Adsorbents based on Chitin/Chitosan Derivatives: A Review" Excel India Publishers, New Delhi (2020) (978-93-89947-26-7)
Gehlaut A.K., Hasan S.U., Kumar S., Gaur A. "An overview of advance nano-materials for carbon dioxide capture and storage" Excel India Publishers, New Delhi (2020) (978-93-89947-26-7)
Sheth P. N., Gupta S., Kumar S. “Energy Integration in Process plants” for book entitled Sustainable utilization of natural resources, Mondal P., Dalai A. K. (eds.),CRC Press 2015 (ISBN No.: 9781315153292-19).
Nitin Sahai, Tanvi Jain, Sushil Kumar and P.K.Dutta “Development and selection of porous scaffolds using computer aided tissue engineering: An important tool for regenerative medicine” in New Springer book Series on “Polymer and Composite Materials” on Chitin & Chitosan for Regenerative Medicine Part II: Focus on therapeutics, functionalization & computer aided techniques. (ISBN No.: 978-81-322-2510-2) Springer Pub.
Kumar, S., Prakash, N., Datta, D. Biopolymers based on Carboxylic Acids Derived from Renewable Resources, in Biopolymers: Biomedical and Environmental Applications. Susheel Kalia and Luc Avérous (eds.), Scrivener Wiley Publishing LLC, USA, 2011, 169-182 (ISBN No.: 9780470639238).
Sushil Kumar, Absorption Towers, Heat Exchangers and Leaching used in Mining Industries in the Lecture Notes “Basic Chemical Engineering Operations” compiled by B V Babu, Academic Development Program in Basic Process Engineering for the Employees of Process Industries Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, 2009.

Journals:

Kumar, S., Wasewar, K.L., Babu, B.V. Intensification of Nicotinic Acid Separation using Organophosphorus Solvating Extractants: Extraction Equilibria. Chemical Engineering and Technology (Wiley Interscience). 2008, 31, 1584-1590.
Kumar, S., Babu, B.V. Process Intensification of Nicotinic Acid Production via Enzymatic Conversion using Reactive Extraction as Separation Technique. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Quarterly (Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers). 2009, 23, 367-376.
Kumar, S., Babu, B.V. Extraction of Pyridine-3-Carboxylic Acid Using 1-Dioctylphosphoryloctane (TOPO) with Different Diluents: Equilibrium Studies. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society). 2009, 54, 2669-2677.
Kumar, S., Datta, D., Babu, B.V. Experimental Data and Theoretical (Chemodel Using the Differential Evolution Approach and Linear Solvation Energy Relationship Model) Predictions on Reactive Extraction of Monocarboxylic Acids Using Tri-n-octylamine. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society). 2010, 55, 4290–4300.
Datta, D., Kumar, S. Reactive Extraction of Glycolic Acid using Tri-n-Butylphosphate and Tri-n-Octylamine in Six Different Diluents: Experimental Data and Theoretical Predictions. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (American Chemical Society). 2011, 50, 3041–3048.
Datta, D., Kumar, S. Reactive Extraction of 2-Methylidenebutanedioic Acid with N, N-Dioctyloctan-1-amine Dissolved in Six Different Diluents: Experimental and Theoretical Equilibrium Studies at (298 ± 1) K. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society). 2011, 56(5), 2574-2582.
Kumar, S., Datta, D., Babu, B.V. Estimation of Equilibrium Parameters using Differential Evolution in Reactive Extraction of Propionic Acid by Tri-n-Butyl Phosphate Dissolved in n-Decane & 1-Decanol. Chemical Engineering Processing: Process Intensification (Elsevier). 2011, 50(7), 614-622.
Datta, D., Kumar, S., Reactive Extraction of Benzoic Acid and Pyridine-3-Carboxylic Acid using Organophosphoric- and Aminic Extractants Dissolved in Binary Diluent Mixtures. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society). 2011, 56(8), 3367–3375.
Kumar, S., Datta, D., Babu, B.V. Differential Evaluation Approach for Reactive Extraction of Propionic Acid using Tri-n-Butyl Phosphate (TBP) in Kerosene and 1-Decanol. Material and Manufacturing Processes (Tailor and Francis). 2011, 26, 1222–1228.
Datta, D., Kumar, S., Modeling and Optimization of Recovery Process of Glycolic Acid using Reactive Extraction. International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications (IACSIT). 2012, 3(2), 141-146.
Datta, D., Kumar, S., Wasewar K.L., Babu B.V. Comparative Study on Reactive Extraction of Picolinic Acid with Six Different Extractants (Phosphoric and Aminic) Dissolved in Two Different Diluents (Benzene and Decane-1-ol). Separation Science and Technology (Tailor and Francis). 2012, 47(7), 997-1005.
Kumar, S., Babu, B.V. Investigations of Biocompatible Systems for Reactive Extraction of Propionic Acid Using Aminic Extractants. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering (Springer). 2012, 17, 1252-1260
Datta, D., Kumar, S. Intensification of Recovery of Formic Acid from Aqueous Stream using Reactive Extraction with N, N-dioctyloctan-1-amine: Effect of Diluent and Temperature. Chemical Engineering Communications (Tailor and Francis). 2013, 200(5), 678-700
Datta, D., Kumar, S. Reactive Extraction of Pyridine Carboxylic Acids with N, N-Dioctyloctan-1-amine Dissolved in Five Different Diluents. Separation Science and Technology (Tailor and Francis). 2013, 48(6), 898-908.
Kumar, P., Rao, R., Chand, S., Kumar, S., Wasewar, K.L., Yoo, Ch. K. Adsorption of lead from aqueous solution onto coir-pith activated carbon. Desalination and Water Treatment (Tailor and Francis). 2013, 51, 2529–2535.
Datta, D., Kumar, S. Equilibrium and Kinetic on Reactive Extraction of Nicotinic Acid with Tri-n-Octylamine Dissolved in MIBK. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (American Chemical Society). 2013, 52 (41), 14680–14686.
Sahai, N., Jain, T., Kumar, S., Dutta, P.K. Chitosan based Porous Scaffolds by Computer Aided Tissue Engineering. Asian Chitin J. Scopus 10, 11-18, 2014.
Kumar, S., Kamsonlian, S., Chomal, N., Equilibrium Study on Reactive Extraction of Nicotinic Acid from Aqueous Solution. International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications (IACSIT). 2014, 5 (6), 506-510.
Datta, D., Kumar, S. Reactive Extraction of Pyridine-2-Carboxylic Acid (Picolinic Acid) using Non-toxic Extractant and Diluent Systems. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society). 2014, 59(5), 1540–1548.
Uslu H., Datta, D., Kumar, S. Reactive Extraction of Oxoethanoic Acid (Glyoxylic Acid) Using Amberlite-LA2 in Different Diluents. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society). 2014, 59 (8), 2623–2629.
Datta, D., Kumar, S. Modeling using Response Surface Methodology and Optimization using Differential Evolution of Reactive Extraction of Glycolic Acid. Chemical Engineering Communications (Tailor and Francis). 2015, 202(1), 59-69.
Datta, D., Uslu, H., Kumar, S. Intensification of Picolinic Acid Extraction with Tri-n-Butylphosphate and Tri-n-Octylamine in Three Different Diluents. Chemical Engineering Research and Design (Elsevier). 2015, 95, 105-112.
Jain, T., Kumar, S., Dutta, P.K. Chitosan in the Light of Nanobiotechnology: A Mini Review. Journal of Biomedical Technology and Research. 2015, 1-7.
Datta, D., Kumar, S., Uslu, H. Status of the Reactive Extraction as a Method of Separation. Journal of Chemistry (Hindawi Publishers) Scopus 2015, Article ID 853789, 1-16.
Kumar, S., Uslu, H., Datta, D., Rarotra, S., Rajput, K. Investigation of Extraction of 4-Oxopentanoic Acid by N,N-Dioctyloctan-1-amine in Different Diluents: Equilibrium Study. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society). 2015, 60, 1447−1453.
Jain, T., Kumar, S., Dutta, P.K. Theranostics: A Way to Modern Diagnostics and the Role of Chitosan. Journal of Molecular and Genetic Medicine. 9:159, 2015
Datta, D., Kumar, S. Reactive Extraction of Picolinic Acid using Tri-n-Octylamine Dissolved in Different Diluents: Effect of Solvent Polarity Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society). 2015, 60 (9), pp 2709–2716.
Uslu, H., Datta, D., Kumar, S. Investigation on the Reactive Extraction of Glyoxylic Acid by Amberlite-LA2 in Alcoholic Diluents. Separation Science and Technology (Tailor and Francis). 2015, 50(17) 2658-2667.
Datta, D., Uslu, H., Kumar, S. Adsorptive Separation of Cu2+ from an Aqueous Solution Using Trioctylamine Supported Montmorillonite. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society) 2015, 60 (11), pp 3193–3200.
Gupta, M.K., Srivastava, R.K., Kumar, S., Gupta, S., Nahak B. Mechanical and Water Absorption Properties of Hybrid Sisal/Glass Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composite. American Journal of Polymer Science & Engineering () 2015, 3, 208-219.
Jain, T., Kumar, S., Dutta, P.K. Dibutyrylchitin Nanoparticles as Novel Drug Carrier. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (Elsevier) 2016, 82:1011-1017.
Datta, D., Marti, M.E., Uslu, H., Kumar, S. Extraction of Levulinic Acid Using Tri-n-butyl phosphate and Tri-n-octylamine in 1-Octanol: Column Design Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (Elsevier) 2016, 66: 407-413.
Datta, D., Babu, B.V., Kumar, S. Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Studies on Reactive Extraction of Nicotinic Acid using a Biocompatible Extraction System Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society) 2017, 62 (10): 3431–3436.
Datta, D., Marti, M.E., Pal, D., Kumar, S. Equilibrium Study on the Extraction of Levulinic Acid from Aqueous Solution with Aliquat 336 Dissolved in Different Diluents: Solvents Polarity Effect and Column Design. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society). 2017, 62 (1): 3–10.
Pandey, S., Chomal, N., Kamsonlian S., Kumar S. Theoretical and experimental studies on extraction of carboxylic acids from aqueous solution using ionic liquids International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications (IACSIT). 2018, 9(1), 20-25.
Ghosh, A., Datta, D., Uslu, H., Bamufleh, H. S., Kumar, S., Separation of copper ion (Cu2+) from aqueous solution using tri n butyl phosphate and di 2 ethylhexyl phosphoric acid as extractants. Journal of Molecular Liquids (Elsevier) (2018) 258, 147–154
Singh A., Lavkush, Kureel, A.K., Dutta, P.K., Kumar, S., Rai, A.K. Curcumin loaded Chitin-Glucan Quercetin Conjugate: Synthesis, Characterization, Antioxidant, In Vitro Release Study and Anticancer Activity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (Elsevier) 2018, 110: 234-244.
Pandey Shitanshu, Kumar, S. Reactive Extraction of Gallic Acid using Aminic and Phosphoric Extractants Dissolved in Different Diluents: Solvent’s Polarity and Column Design Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (American Chemical Society) 2018, 57 (8): 2976–2987.
Kumari, A., Gaur A., Wasewar, K.L., Kumar, S. Modeling and Optimization of Reactive Extraction of Isonicotinic Acid Using Tri‑n‑octylamine in Biocompatible Diluents Mixture: Response Surface Methodology and Regeneration of Solvents. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (American Chemical Society) 2018, 57 (37): 12485–12493.
Patle D. S., Sharma S., Gadhamsetti, A. P., Balinge, K. R., Bhagat, P. R., Pandit, S., Kumar, S. Ultrasonication-Assisted and Benzimidazolium-Based Brønsted Acid Ionic Liquid-Catalyzed Transesterification of Castor Oil. ACS Omega (American Chemical Society) 2018, 3, 15455−15463.
Jain, T., Kumar, S., Dutta, P.K. Carboxymethylchitin Nanocarrier (CMCNC): A Novel Therapeutic Formulation for Drug Release. Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering (Tailor and Francis). 2019, 58 (1): 55-69.
Kumari, A., Uslu, H., Kumar, S. Reactive separation of p-nitro phenol (PNP) from aqueous solution using tri-n-butyl phosphate: equilibrium and COSMO-RS studies. Separation Science and Technology (Tailor and Francis). 2019, 54(16), 2738-2748.
Kumar, H., Gaur A., Kumar, S., Park J.‑W. Development of silver nanoparticles‑loaded CMC hydrogel using bamboo as a raw material for special medical applications. Chemical Papers (Springer). 2019, 73, 953–964.
Gautam, K., Kumar, S., Kamsonlian, S. Decolourization of Reactive Dye from Aqueous Solution using Electrocoagulation: Kinetics and Isothermal Study. Z. Phys. Chem. (De Gruyter) 2019 233(10): 1447–1468 DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2017-1044.
Gautam, K., Kamsonlian, S., Kumar, S. Removal of Reactive Black 5 Dye from Wastewater using Electro-coagulation: Equilibrium Isotherms and Kinetic Study. Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology (Springer). 2019 (Accepted in Press).
Gautam, K., Kumar, S., Kamsonlian, S. Decolourisation of Azo Dyes by Electrocoagulation Process with Response Surface Methodology”, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment. 2019 (Accepted in Press).
Gautam, K., Kamsonlian, S., Kumar, S. Removal of Reactive Red 120 Dye from Wastewater using Electrocoagulation: Optimization using Multivariate Approach, Economic Analysis and Sludge Characterization. Separation Science and Technology (Tailor and Francis). 2019 (Accepted in Press).
Pandey S., Kumar, S. Reactive extraction of gallic acid from aqueous solution with Tri-noctylamine in oleyl alcohol: Equilibrium, Thermodynamics and optimization using RSM-rCCD. Separation and Purification Technology (Elsevier). 2020, 231, 115904.
Dhongde, V. R., De B. S., Wasewar, K. L., Gupta P. Kumar, S. Experimental perspective for reactive separation of malonic acid using TBP in natural non-toxic solvents. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (Elsevier) 2020, 91, 273-284.
Yadav, N., Sharma, S., Joys, J.S., Kumar, S. Microwave Assisted Extraction of Bioactive Compounds: A Brief Review. Journal of Indian Chemical Society (Elsevier) 2020 (Accepted in Press).
Gautam, K., Kamsonlian, S., Kumar, S. Decolorization of Reactive Black B from Wastewater by Electro-coagulation: Optimization using Mutilvariate RSM and ANN. Chemical Product and Process Modeling (De Gruyter) 2020. (Accepted in Press). https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2020-0043.
Srivastava, A., Rani, R., Kumar, S. Role of biological processes for treatment of textile waste water - A state of art review. Journal of Indian Chemical Society (Elsevier) 2020 (Accepted in Press).
Patle D. S., Pandey A., Srivastava S., Sawarkar A. N., Kumar S., Ultrasound-intensified biodiesel production from algal biomass: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters (Springer) 2020 (Accepted in Press) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-01080-z
Shitanshu Pandey, Sushil Kumar, Gallic acid extraction with mixed aminic extractants dissolved in 1-decanol. Journal of Indian Chemical Society (Elsevier) 2020 (Accepted in Press)
Pattanayaka, D.S., Pal D., Thakur C., Kumar S., Devnani G.L. Bio-synthesis of iron nanoparticles for environmental remediation: Status till date. Materials Today: Proceedings Available 2021 (Accepted in Press)
Kumar, S., Pandey, S., Wasewar K.L., Namik A., Uslu H., Reactive Extraction as an Intensifying Approach for the Recovery of Organic Acids from Aqueous Solution: A Comprehensive Review on Experimental and Theoretical Studies, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data (American Chemical Society) 2021 (Accepted in Press).
Gautam, A., Bhagat, P.R., Kumar, S., Patle, D.S., Dry Route Process and Wet Route Process for Algal Biodiesel Production: A Review of Techno-economical Aspects, Chemical Engineering Research and Design (Elsevier) 2021 (Accepted in Press).
Srivastava, A., Rani, R., Patle, D.S., Kumar, S. Emerging bioremediation technologies for the treatment of textile wastewater containing synthetic dyes: A comprehensive review", Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (Wiley) 2021 (Accepted in Press).
Kumar, S., Kumari, A., Pandey, S., Gaur, A. Role of reactive extraction in removal of phenol from wastewater. Emerging Trends in Chemical Engineering (STM Journals), 2016 3(1), 19-25.