Information
Key Notes
- Journal(s): 23
- Conference(s): 26
- PhD: Current - 2 Awarded - 3
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PUBLICATIONS5
DOCTORAL STUDENTS7
PROJECTSResearch Areas
De-coupled Electrolysis
• Hybrid Separations
• Looping Technologies for Hydrogen production, CO2 Capture
• Process Modeling, simulation & optimization
• Process Scheduling and Heat Integration
• Sustainable energy technologies
EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
| Degree | Institute | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctor of Philosophy | IIT Delhi | 2013 |
| Master of Technology | NIT Warangal | 2009 |
| Bachelor of Technology | JNTU College of Engineering Anantapur | 2006 |
COURSES HANDLED
| Course | L-T-P | Credit | Degree Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydrogen Generation and Storage(CH26003) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG, PG |
| Fundamentals of Mass Transfer(CH1206) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Mass Transfer-I(CH253) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG |
| Hydrogen Generation and Storage(CH5302) | 3-0-0 | 3 | PG |
| Advanced Mass Transfer(CH5151) | 3-0-0 | 3 | UG, PG |
RESEARCH IDs
ORC ID
PUBLICATIONS
Journal(s)
Cyclic scheduling and heat integration of batch process: Design of heat storage vessels,
By R Vooradi, SS Mummana,
scienceDirect,
Chemical Engineering Research and Design,
vol.179,
pp.130-142,
2022
A novel thermally stable Fe2O3/Al2O3 nanofiber-based oxygen carrier for chemical-looping combustion,
By SS Sikarwar, R Vooradi, VS Patnaikuni, M Kakunuri, GD Surywanshi,
SPRINGER NATURE,
Chemical Paper,
vol.76,
pp.3987-3993,
2022
Robust nonlinear model predictive control of cascade of fermenters with recycle for efficient bioethanol production,
By P Skupin, P Łaszczyk, EC Goud, R Vooradi, SR Ambati,
scienceDirect,
Computer & chemical engineering,
vol.160,
pp.107735,
2022
Heat integration and cyclic scheduling of multipurpose batch plants using three index unit-specific event-based model,
By SS Mummana, R Vooradi,
Tylor&Francis,
Chemical Engineering Communications,
vol.208,
pp.1167-1188 ,
2021
A novel calcium looping–integrated NGCC power plant configuration for carbon capture and utilization—Comprehensive performance analysis,
By BBK Pillai, GD Surywanshi, VS Patnaikuni, SB Anne, R Vooradi,
WILEY,
International Journal of Energy Research,
vol.49,
pp.900-922,
2021
CO2 capture and Utilization from Supercritical Coal Direct Chemical Looping Combustion Power plant – Comprehensive analysis of different case studies,
By GD Surywanshi, VS Patnaikuni, R Vooradi, M Kakunuri,
scienceDirect,
Applied Energy,
vol.304,
pp.117915,
2021
4-E and life cycle Analyses of a Supercritical Coal Direct Chemical Looping Combustion Power Plant with Hydrogen and Power Co-generation,
By GD Surywanshi, VS Patnaikuni, R Vooradi, SB Anne,
scienceDirect,
Energy,
vol.217,
pp.119418,
2021
A simple unit specific event-based modeling framework for short term scheduling and heat integration of batch plants: Design and optimization of heat storage vessels,
By SS Mummana, SB Anne, R Vooradi,
scienceDirect,
Computers and Chemical Engineering,
vol.145,
pp.107115,
2021
Energy and exergy analyses of Performance analysis of chemical looping combustion based 660 MWe supercritical coal fired power plant,
By
GD Surywanshi, BBK Pillai, VS Patnaikuni, R Vooradi, SB Anne,
ScienceDirect,
International Journal of Exergy,
vol.31,
pp.14-33,
2020
Simultaneous Scheduling and Heat Integration of Batch Plants Using Unit-Specific Event Based Modelling.,
By SS Mummana, MM Seepana, R Vooradi,
De Gruyter Brill,
Chemical Product and Process Modeling,
vol.15,
pp.,
2020
Chemical looping combustion integrated Organic Rankine Cycled biomass-fired power plant–Energy and exergy analyses,
By SS Sikarwar, GD Surywanshi, VS Patnaikuni, M Kakunuri, R Vooradi,
scienceDirect,
Renewable Energy,
vol.155,
pp.931-949,
2020
Formic Acid Synthesis – A Case Study of CO2 Utilization from Coal Direct Chemical Looping Combustion Power Plant,
By GD Surywanshi, BBK Pillai, VS Patnaikuni, R Vooradi, SB Anne,
Taylor&Francis,
Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects,
vol.44,
pp.2220-2235,
2019
Energy and CO2 management for chemical and related industries: Issues, opportunities and challenges,
By R Vooradi, SB Anne, AK Tula, MR Eden, Rafiqul Gani,
SPRINGER NATURE,
BMC Chemical Engineering,
vol.1,
pp.1-17,
2019
Performance analysis of a double calcium looping integrated biomass fired power plant: exploring a carbon reduction opportunity,
By BBK Pillai, GD Surywanshi, VS Patnaikuni, SB Anne, R Vooradi,
WILEY,
International Journal of Energy Research,
vol.43,
pp.5301-5318,
2019
4-E Analyses of Chemical Looping Combustion Based Subcritical, Supercritical and Ultra-Supercritical Coal-Fired Power Plants,
By GD Surywanshi, BBK Pillai, VS Patnaikuni, R Vooradi, SB Anne,
scienceDirect,
Energy Conversion and Management,
vol.200,
pp.112050,
2019
Hybrid Separation Scheme for Azeotropic Mixtures - Sustainable Design Methodology,
By R Vooradi, VS Patnaikuni, AK Tula, SB Anne, MR Eden, R Gani,
AIDIC,
Chemical Engineering Transactions,
vol.69,
pp.637-642,
2018
Sustainable chemical processing and energy-carbon dioxide management: Review of challenges and opportunities,
By R Vooradi, MO Bertran, R Frauzem, SB Anne, Rafiqul Gani,
ScienceDirect,
Chemical Engineering Research & Design,
vol.131,
pp.440-464,
2018
Unit Cell Modeling and Simulation of All Vanadium Redox Flow Battery,
By MM Seepana, S Samudrala, PV Suresh, R Vooradi,
De Gruyter Brill,
Chemical Product and Process Modeling,
vol.,
pp.1-13,
2017
Short-term Scheduling of Batch Plants: Reformulation for handling Material Transfer Occurring at Same Event,
By MA Shaik, R Vooradi,
ACS,
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research,
vol.,
pp.11175-11185,
2017
Analysis of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power plant incorporating Chemical Looping Combustion for Environment-friendly Utilization of Indian Coal,
By H Shijaz, Y Attada, VS Patnaikuni, R Vooradi, SB Anne.,
ScienceDirect,
Energy Conversion and Management,
vol.151,
pp.414-425,
2017
Rigorous unit-specific event-based model for short-term scheduling of batch plants with conditional sequencing and unit-wait times,
By R Vooradi, MA Shaik,
ACS,
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research,
vol.43,
pp.12950-12972,
2013
Unification of STN and RTN models for short-term scheduling of batch plants with shared resources,
By Shaik, M.A. and R Vooradi.
,
ScienceDirect,
Chemical Engineering Science,
vol.98,
pp.104-124,
2013
Improved three-index unit-specific event-based model for short-term scheduling of batch plants,
By Vooradi, R., & Shaik, M. A.,
Elsevier ,
Computers and Chemical Engineering,
vol.43,
pp.148-172,
2012
Conference(s)
Energy and exergy analysis of CLC based biomass fired power plant with different oxygen carriers
By Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, R Vooradi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Manohar Kakunuri,
14th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-14) ,
2023
Analysis of Chemical Looping and Calcium Looping Combustion Integrated Power Plant for Hydrogen and Power Co-generation
By Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, R Vooradi , Sarath Babu Anne,
11th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-11), ,
2019
Integration of NGCC power plant with dry reforming of natural gas for dimethyl ether production: CO2 utilization approach
By B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne, R Vooradi.,
11th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-11),
2019
Heat Integration of Chemical Looping Combustion based Biomass-Fired Power Plant
By S. S. Sikarwar, Surywanshi Gajanan D., B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne, R Vooradi .,
2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2019),
2019
Energy and exergy analysis of a natural gas fired combined cycle power plant integrated with calcium looping for CO2 capture in Indian climatic conditions
By B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne, R Vooradi ,
2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2019), ,
2019
Chemical Looping Combustion based Advanced Ultra-Supercritical Coal Fired Power Plant
By Surywanshi Gajanan D., B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, R Vooradi , Sarath Babu Anne,
2nd International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2019), ,
2019
Analysis of Chemical Looping Combustion integrated Coal-fired Power plant using different Oxygen carriers
By Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, R Vooradi , Sarath Babu Anne,
International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology 2019 (SEGT 2019),
2019
Interaction between Coal-Ash and Iron-Ore in Chemical Looping Combustion
By Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Manohar Kakunuri, R Vooradi ,
International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Green Technology 2019 (SEGT 2019), ,
2019
Thermodynamic Analysis of Chemical Looping Combustion Integrated Sugarcane Bagasse based Biomass Power Plant
By S. S. Sikarwar, Surywanshi Gajanan D., B. Basant K. Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne, R Vooradi .,
International Conference on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable Ecosystems (ICACSE 2018),
2018
Synthesis of Formic Acid – A Case Study of CO2 Utilization from Coal Direct Chemical Looping Combustion Power Plant
By Surywanshi Gajanan Dattarao, B. Basant K. Pillai, M. Maheshwari, K. Venkatesh, R Vooradi , Sarath Babu Anne, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni,
International Conference on Advances and Challenges for Sustainable Ecosystems (ICACSE 2018),
2018
Hybrid Separation Scheme for Azeotropic Mixtures - Sustainable Design Methodology
By R Vooradi , Venkata S. Patnaikuni, Anjan K. Tula, Sarath B. Anne, Mario R. Eden, Rafiqul Gani.,
Distillation & Absorption 2018 (DA2018),
2018
Direct heat integration of multipurpose batch plants using three index unit specific event based model,
By Mummana, S.S., Seepana, M.M., R Vooradi.,
First International Conference on Energy and Environment: Global Challenges (ICEE 2018),
2018
Hybrid Separation Scheme for Recovery of Acetonitrile from Ethanol Ammoxidation Process
By Singh, M. K., Patnaikuni, P. V., R Vooradi , Anne, S. B., Gani, R.,
First International Conference on Energy and Environment: Global Challenges (ICEE 2018),,
2018
Process Intensification using Hybrid Distillation Scheme - Separation of Benzene and Cyclohexane,
By Nasir, H., R Vooradi , Patnaikuni, V. S., Anne, S. B., Gani, R. ,
First International Conference on Energy and Environment: Global Challenges (ICEE 2018),
2018
Energy and exergy analysis of supercritical coal fired power plant integrated with chemical looping combustion
By Surywanshi, G. D., Pillai, B. B. K., Patnaikuni, V. S.,R Vooradi , Anne, S. B,
10th International Exergy, Energy and Environment Symposium (IEEES-10),
2018
Synthesis, design and analysis of energy efficient sustainable process alternatives
By Rafiqul Gani, R Vooradi , Sarath Babu Anne.,
28th European symposium on computer aided process engineering (ESCAPE-28),
2018
Integration of a Calcium looping system for CO2 capture in an Indian natural gas fired combined cycle power plant
By B. Basant Kumar Pillai, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne, R Vooradi .,
A feasibility study, 2nd International Conference on Functional Materials and Chemical Engineering (ICFMCE 2018,
2018
Review of energy usage and carbon dioxide management
By R Vooradi , Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Sarath Babu Anne,
Review of energy usage and carbon dioxide management,
2018
Sustainable chemical processing and energy-carbon dioxide management:
By R Vooradi, Bertran, M. O., Frauzem, R., Anne, S. B., & Gani, R.,
International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICChE), 2017,,
2017
A. Design of control structure for binary distillation column
By R Vooradi & Sarat Babu,
International Conference on Chemical, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ICCCEE),
2015
Unification of STN and RTN based Models for short-term scheduling of batch plants
By R Vooradi & Shaik, M.A,
6th International conference on process systems engineering (PSE ASIA),
2013
Short-term scheduling of batch plants based on conditional sequencing of processing tasks,
By R Vooradi & Shaik, M.A,
ICCBPE-IN-2013,
2013
Short-term scheduling of multipurpose batch plants with shared resources
By R Vooradi & Shaik, M.A,
INDIAN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS (CHEMCON), 2012,
2012
Advanced unit-specific event-based modeling approach for short-term scheduling of batch plants
By R Vooradi & Shaik, M.A,
AIChE Annual Meeting, 2012,,
2012
Three-index model for short-term scheduling of Westenberg-Kallrath benchmark problem
By R Vooradi, Shaik, M.A. & Gupta, N.M,
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELING, OPTIMIZATION AND COMPUTING (ICMOC),
2010
Computer Approach for Solving McCabe-Thiele Method
By R Vooradi ,
FUSION-2005,
2005
PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
Design and development of ethanol based chemical looping water splitting configuration for green hydrogen production
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: SERB-CRG
Project Cost (INR): 3085764
Date of Commencement: 28-02-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: SERB-CRG
Project Cost (INR): 3085764
Date of Commencement: 28-02-2024
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Evaluation of Resin-Based Catalysts for the Production of Ethyl Acetate: Investigating Opportunities for Performance Enhancement
Role:
Co-Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: SIPCHEM
Project Cost (INR): 2182516
Date of Commencement: 16-07-2024
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: SIPCHEM
Project Cost (INR): 2182516
Date of Commencement: 16-07-2024
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Ongoing
Design and operation of chemical looping combustion of coal and biomass for clean energy production with CO2 capture
Role:
Co-Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: SERB-CRG
Project Cost (INR): 2953400
Date of Commencement: 13-06-2023
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Type: Research
Sponsor: SERB-CRG
Project Cost (INR): 2953400
Date of Commencement: 13-06-2023
Duration: 36 Months
Status: Ongoing
Development of low-cost indigenous oxygen carriers with high redox cyclic stability for Chemical Looping Combustion of high ash Indian coals
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: SPARC
Project Cost (INR): 4043920
Date of Commencement: 28-07-2023 Date of Completion: 27-07-2025
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Research
Sponsor: SPARC
Project Cost (INR): 4043920
Date of Commencement: 28-07-2023 Date of Completion: 27-07-2025
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
Design and development of Expanded Graphite based Al-ion Battery
Role:
Co-Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: HBL Power systems Ltd.
Project Cost (INR): 6479325
Date of Commencement: 13-07-2023 Date of Completion: 12-07-2025
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Research
Sponsor: HBL Power systems Ltd.
Project Cost (INR): 6479325
Date of Commencement: 13-07-2023 Date of Completion: 12-07-2025
Duration: 24 Months
Status: Completed
Design and Development of indigenous membrane-less water electrolysis system
Role:
Co-Principal Investigator
Type: Research
Sponsor: Kellton Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Project Cost (INR): 1188000
Date of Commencement: 30-03-2024 Date of Completion: 29-03-2025
Duration: 12 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Research
Sponsor: Kellton Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Project Cost (INR): 1188000
Date of Commencement: 30-03-2024 Date of Completion: 29-03-2025
Duration: 12 Months
Status: Completed
Steady state simulation of CO2 absorption column using MEA solvent
Role:
Principal Investigator
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: M/s S.S. Gas Lab Asia (P) Ltd., Delhi
Project Cost (INR): 150000
Date of Commencement: 02-12-2016 Date of Completion: 02-12-2017
Duration: 12 Months
Status: Completed
Type: Consultancy
Sponsor: M/s S.S. Gas Lab Asia (P) Ltd., Delhi
Project Cost (INR): 150000
Date of Commencement: 02-12-2016 Date of Completion: 02-12-2017
Duration: 12 Months
Status: Completed
RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
Current PhD Students
Azarudeen N
Area of Research:
Green Hydrogen Generation
Lagudu Hemanth Rajesh
Area of Research:
Chemical looping methane reforming
Previous PhD Students
Shialesh Singh Sikarwar
(2024)
Area of Research:
Chemical Looping Combustion of Biomass: Thermodynamic
Analysis and Metal Oxide Synthesis
Basanth Kumar Pillai
(2022)
Area of Research:
Integration of calcium looping technology in coal, biomass and natural gas fired power plants - Energy, Exergy, Economic and Environmental analyses
Semal Shekhar
(2021)
Area of Research:
Process Scheduling and Heat Integration of Multipurpose Batch Plants using Three Index Unit-Specific Event Based Models
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Associate Dean, Faculty Welfare (Continuing from July, 2025)
- PIC - Energy Generation and Conversion Lab (July, 2023 - July, 2025)
- NITWAA Treasurer (January, 2023 - January, 2025)
- PIC-Design and Simulation lab (July, 2019 - July, 2023)
- PIC - Department Time Tables (May, 2014 - July, 2018)
Last updated on December 4, 2025