A Training Program on - Challenges and Emerging Trends in Catalysis (Session-1)

17 July, 2021

    The Chemical Engineering Department under the auspicies of the Institution of Engineers India (IEI) organized an online training program on “Challenges and Emerging Trends in Catalysis” from July to September 2021. The session – 1 of the following training program etitled “Environmental Catalysis” was organized on 17/07/2021 on the Microsoft Teams under the coordination of Prof. Dolly Gandhi and Prof. Yogesh Morabiya. The webinar was conducted by the expert Dr. Nitin Kumar Labhasetwar (Chief scientist and Head, Energy & Resource Management Division, CSIR - NEERI, Nagpur). The training program was attended by 105+ UG & PG students of Chemical Engineering from various institutes of Gujarat.

The main purpose of this training was to make the participants aware of the latest development in the field of catalysis with the theme “catalysis promising the universe a better habitation”. Catalysis lies at the heart of many chemical processes by changing the pace of the process as per requirement thus making the reactor system controllable.

During this session – 1, the expert discussed the application of catalysis in the field of  environmental pollution control and the importance of catalysts in the production of various chemicals and their utmost importance in green synthesis. The participants were also guided about the synthesis methods of perovskites, catalyst coating methods, catalytic materials for diesel soot oxidation, nano-catalyst for energy conservation and low-cost catalysts for energy and environmental application. The expert also focused on nanocatalyst for energy conservation, catalyst coating and non-noble metal-based catalyst/material for energy and environment applications. The participants were made aware of catalyst design, catalysis and chemical alterations, catalysis and energy & catalysis and the environment.

 

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