INDIAN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS 2000(CHEMCON 2000)

and53rd Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers

December 18-21, 2000

Science City, Calcutta

TIB/UB Hannover126116911

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Organised byCALCUTTA REGIONAL CENTRE

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERS

INDIAN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CONGRESS 2000 -Calcutta, December 18-21,2000

Technical Sessions Transcription

VOLUME-II

ContentsArticleMufftor Page No.

Oxidoreductase Chemolithotrophic Bioleaching : Is in Recoveries of Mining WastesNitosh Kumar Brahma BIO 1-4

Innovation in InversionS. Ghosh BIO 5-7

A Study on the Transient Behaviour of Enzyme Emulsion Liquid Membrane Reactoras an Ea>Friendly Route in Biochemical EngineeringParimal Pal, Siddhartha Datta and Pinaki Bhattacharya BIO 9-12

Bio-Oxidation of Chalcopyrite by Thiobacillus FerrooxidansTamal Mandal and P.C.Banerjee BIO 13-16Phase Behaviour and Partitioning of Proteins in Polyacrylic Acid-PblyethyleneglycolBased Aqueous Two Phase System : Effect of Inorganic Salt as AdditivesVandana Gupta, Sunil Nath and Subhash Chand BIO 17-20

Stimulatory Effects of Chemical Nutrients on Bioaccumulation ofCadmium by Aspergillus nigerJapan K. Pal, Sauryya Bhattacharyya, Arunabha Basumajumdar and Ajit K. Banik BIO 21-24Separation of an Enzyme by Reverse Micelles of BIS (2-Ethylhexyl) SodiumSulfo Succinate A. Sivasamy, P.G.Rao and V. Padma Priya BIO 25-28

The Effectiveness of Aeration and Agitation on Glucose Oxidase Activity duringCalcium Gluconate Production by Aspergillus nigerSima Ray, M. Das and A.K.Banik BIO 29-32

Modeling a Fed-Batch Reactor for the Production of Recombinant Vaccine for Hepatitis-BDipten.du Das and B.R.Maiti BIO 33-36

Improvement of Lipase Production with the Addition of Ch, PO4'3 Mg+2, Zn+2 and Co+2 Ionsby a Mutant Strain Rhizopus arrhizus AB100Malabika Chattopadhyay and A.K.Banik BIO 37-40

Genetic Possibilities for Extending the Range of Microbial Transformations in BiotechnologyB. Gnana Prakash and C. Gnana Ruban BIO 41-44

Studies on Stimulatory and Inhibitory Effects of Some Chemical Agents on InvertaseActivity during Ethanol Production by Saccharomyces Cerevisiae AB910X,Pallab Saha and A.K.Banik BIO 45-48

Bioleaching of Low Grade Indian Dolomite Ore by Aspergillus niger X, andStimulatory Role of Fe2+, F~ and EDTA in itIndranil Pradhan and A. K. Banik BIO 49-52

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Esterification of Isobutyric Acid by BiocatalystsG.D.Yadav and P.S.Lathi BIO 53-56

Transesterification of Various Alcohols using Vinylacetate : Kinetics of Synthesisof n-Octy I acetateG.D.Yadav and Archana H. Trivedi BIO 57-60

Enzyme Catalyzed Hydrolysis of p-Nitrophenyl Laurate in Supercritical Carbon DioxideShireesh Srivastava and Giridhar Madras - BIO 61-63

Production of Monoclonal Antibodies and its Potential usesP. Ravichandran, B. Gnana Prakash and Surrao Denver Conrad BIO 65-68

Studies on Treatment of Salycylic Acid Waste by Anaerobic Rotating BiologicalContactor and Aerobic Rotating Biological ContractorG. Swaminathan and T.K.Ramanujam BIO 69-72Biohydrometallurgical beneficiation of Low Grade OresKaushik Nath BIO 73-76

Non-Aqueous Biocatalysis in Petroleum IndustryD.K.Adhikari and V.S.Saini BIO 77-80

New Trends in Mineral BioprocessingP. Ravindra, M. Bhagvanth Rao, K. Bharathi BIO 81-84

Modeling the Growth Kinetics of Phanerochaete Chrysosporium for Bioremediationof Toxic Effluents P. Ravindra and R. Padmini BIO 85-88

Development of a Biocatalyst (Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae) for the Productionof Ethanol D. Satyanarayana Reddy S. Venkateswar and S.V.Ramakrishna BIO 89-92

Release of Intracellular p-galactosidase of Bacillus polymyxa using High PressureHomogenization in French Press Purva Vats and Uttam Chand Banerjee BIO 93-96Free-Radical mediated Improvement in Enzyme Production from BioreactorsSusmita Sahoo, K. Krishnamurthy Rao and Xj.K.Sureshkumar BIO 97-100Urokinase Production using Human Kidney Cell Line-Effect of Amino Acid SupplementationJames Gomes, Pradip K. Roychoudhury and Gayatri BIO101-104

Development of a Suitable Operational Strategy for Coal BiodesulphurizationProcess through Pyrite Oxidation by Thiobacillus ferroxidansAnusree Malik, Manisha Ghosh Dastidar and Pradip.K.Roychoudhury BI0105-108

A Kinetic Study and Modeling of Dextran Synthesis in a Batch FermenterA.G.Zambad, Z.V.PMurthy N.S.Jayakumar and S.A.Sheikh BIO109-112

Zinc Biosorption by Isolated FungiSurekha Sharma, Manisha Ghosh Dastidar and T.R.Sreekrishnan BIO 113-115

Production of Alpha Amylase from Bacillus LicheniformisH.J.Prabhu, P. Sivashanmugam and M. Satyamoorthy BI0117-120

Application of a Computer System in Search of Chemicals and Drugs fromIndegenous Plant Sources Sriparna Ghosh and Sukumar Chattopadhyay BI0121 -124

Influence of Cultivation Conditions on Xanthan Gum Productivity and PropertiesSachin S. Muthiyan, G. K. Sureshkumar and A.K. Suresh BI0125-128

Bleach-Stable Alkaline Proteases from MicroorganismsQasim khalil Beg, Ruchi Oberoi, R.K.Saxena and Rani Gupta BI0129-131

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Flow Sheeting and Desrgn Engineering Calculatiorts^for Upstream Bioprocessjng^and : ">'"

Downstream Separation of Beta hCG production by TFBAmitava Ghosh and S.N.Mukhopadhyay BIO133-136

A Mathematical model for Poly-p Hydroxy Butyrate Production from AzotobacterVinelandii Utilizing Different Carbon SourcesR. Dhanasekar, T. Viruthagiri and P.LSabarathinam BI0137-140

Quantification of Single Substrate Limited Microbial Growth Kinetics using PolynomialSubstrate Functions Debashis Roy and Pinaki Bhattacharya BIO141-144

Biological Hydrogen Production in a Packed Bed Reactor using EnvironmentallyFriendly Solid Matrices Narendra Kumar and Debabrata Das BI0145-148

Kinetic Studies on Citric Acid Production by Aspergillus niger AB 1801Pratiti Ghosh and A.K.Banik BIOP 1-4

Role of PC^3", Na+, Ca2+ and Fe2+ on Bioaccumulation of Lead by Rhizopus arrhizusSauryya Bhattacharyya, Tapan K. Pal, Arunabha Basumajumdar and Apt K. Banik BIOP 5-8Stimulatory Role of PO43~, Ch, Mg2+, Fe2+ and Mn2+ Ions on Bioleaching of Silicafrom Indian Pyrolusite Ore by a Mutant Strain of Aspergillus nigerSudipta De and A.K.Banik BIOP 9-12

Purification and Characterization of an Acid Protease Produced by a Mutant Strain ofAspergillus niger Dolanchanpa Dasgupta, A.K.Banik and Anthony Gomes BIOP 13-16

Single Cell Proteins (SCP) from Starch - Production of Fungal Proteins (Mycoproteins)as a New Food B. Gnana Prakash and S. Santosh BIOP 17-20

Production of Bacterial Proteins from MethanolB. Gnana Prakash and B. Gnana Ruban BIOP 21-24

Treatment of Uranium Bearing Active Effluent by Biosorption Method for Safe DisposalP. Sh'anumugavelu, Rani B. Menon, P.R.Padmakumar and R. V.Rao SHE 1 -4

Organochlorine Pesticide Removal from Contaminated Water using an Active SoilBarrier SystemT.K.Biswas, G. Chattopadhyay N.S.Jayawardane, J. Blackwell and T.D.Waite SHE 5-8

Biological Denitrification of Liquid Effluent in a Fluidized Bed ReactorM.A.Dabhade and S.P.Mahajan ' SHE 9-12*

Modeling and Simulation of a Phenol Degrading Biochemical SystemSusmiia Dutta, Pinaki Bhattacharya and Ranjana Chowdhury SHE 13-16Biodegradation of Phenolic Waste Water in a Fluidized Bed BioreactorG. VenkatReddyandA.Venu Vinod SHE 17-20

Some Special Aspects of Biological Effluent TreatmentB.K. Chaudhuri and D.K.Biswas SHE 21-24

Removal of Chrbmum (VI) using New Low Cost Adsorbent - Rice StrawV. Sivakumar and T. Ashokkumar SHE 25-29

Tannery Sludge Disintegration by 'Cavitation' TechniqueC. Lajapathi Rai, A. Sivasamy and P.G.Rao SHE 31-33Characterization of Hazardous Pesticide Wastes for Assessing Their IncinerabilityM.P.Pati, R.L.Sonolikar and T.Chakrabarti SHE 35-38

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Adsorption of Cu, Ni and Pb on Irish PeatD. Homatidis, B. Sen Gupta and S.J.Allen SHE 39-42

Removal of Sulphur-Dioxide by Dry ScrubbingKushal Dasgupta and N. Verma SHE 43-46

A Study on Phenol Removal using lndion-1014 MN ResinM.K.Kadre, N.N.Haware, N.P.Dhabi, J.S.Brahmane, S.K.Shende and K.C.Ghanta SHE 47-50

Lab Scale Characterization of Soil-Vapor Extraction ProcessSoh Tze Kwang, R. Stanforth and M.B.Ray SHE 51-54

Treatment of Textile Dyeing Industry Effluent using FlyashT. Karunanithi, T.S.Ganesh, L. Venkatachalem and T.K.Arun Prakash SHE 55-57

Treatment of Textile Dyeing Industry Effluent using Different AdsorbentsT.Karunanithi, S. Boopathy M. Palaniappan, S.Karuppaiya and T.K.Arun Prakash SHE 59-61

Treatment of Textile Dye Effluents by Flyash Adsorption StudiesA.VSrikanth, S.V.Ramana Reddy Ch.Sailu and V.S.Basava Rao SHE 63-66

Model for Removal of Heavy Metals from Waste WaterS.N.Saha SHE 67-70

An Efficient use of amberlite XAD-4 Resin for Phenol RemovalN.A.Joshi, M.R.R.M.Shaikh, C.P.Baikar, VP.Tupe and K.C.Ghanta SHE 71-74

Standby Operation of Safety Grade Decay Heat Removal System in LMFBRU.Parthasarathy N.Kasinathan, P.Selvaraj, P.Chellapandi and S.C.Chetal SHE 75-78Detoxification of Combined Effluents - A Novel ApproachP.Ravindra, M.Bhagvanth Rao, S.Venkateshwar, K.Sripathi Rao and R.Padmini SHE 79-82

Molasses Alcohol Distillery Effluent Colour Removal by Rice Husk Ash & Bagasse AshSunil Dutta, Subhas Sharma and N.P.Shukla SHE 83-86

Studies on Adsorption of Cadmium from Aqueous Solutions on 5A - Molecular SievesV. Sarada, M.K.Prasad, Ch.V.R. Murthy and G.V.S.Sarma SHE 87-89'

Energy Efficient Effluent Treatment ProcessShankarayya S. Salimath and T.K.Ramanujam SHE 91-93Wastewater Treatment by Waste Stabilization Ponds'Raghvendra Gupta and Shailendra Kumar SHE 95-98

Photocatalytic Oxidation of Compounds using Metal Oxides - A Novel Approach to WasteWater.Treatment Dinesh Gupta, Kumarkrishna Bhattacharjee and M.Srinivasarao SHE 99-102Natural Systems for Wastewater Treatment "Aquatic Plant Treatment Systems"DishaAhuja SHE103-106Water Treatment and RecyclingRahul R. Deshmukh SHE107-110

Biodegradable Plastics : A Technological Solution to Protect EnvironmentA. Prasad Reddy, A.V.Narasa Reddy and K.Yamini SHE111-114

Management of Hazardous WasteV.PKalpana SHE115-118

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Novel Technique for Fighting the NitratesAlok.S.Agarwal and Dhanajay.D.Marathe SHE119-122Biological Waste Water TreatmentJ. T.H.Satya Krishna and B. Vamshi Krishna SHE123-126

Water Treatment and Recycling Reduction of Toxicity using Granular Activated CarbonCh.Viswanath and A.Jagadishwar Kumar - SHE127-129

Recycling of PlasticsE.V.Venkat Raju and A.Babu Prasad SHE131-134A Study of Efficacy of a Novel Material for Boiler Water TreatmentR.Raghavan and J.Keerthivasan SHE135-137

An Innovative Approach Towards Tannery Waste Water TreatmentR.Raghavan and B.S.M.Kumar SHE139-142

Recent Trends in Ecological and Energy Aspects of Waste ManagementPramod Kumar SHEP 1 -4

Studies on the Role of Coagulants in Removal of Pollutants from WastewaterSupriyo Kundu and S.C.Roy SHEP 5-8

Chemical Detoxification of Pesticides by the Ozonation ProcessB.K.Guha, Manoj Kr. Sharma and J. Kumar SHEP 9-12Computer Aided Performance Modeling and Design of Cyclone Dust SeperatorsP. Sivashanmugam, R. Baskar and V. Abarna SHEP 13-16

Solid Wastes A Potential Energy SourceS. Sharma, S.K.Gupta and R.S.Tripathi SHEP 17-19

Emerging Trend in Treatment of Effluent Containing RadionuclideBhaumik N. Kothari, Pankaj H. Satasiya and A.M.Doshi SHEP 21-24Energy Auditing - An Essential Tool for Cost MinimizationMunish M. Malewar, Major M. Tumbde, M.B.Malewar and Associates SHEP 25-28NOx Reduction from Vent Gases from Ammonia Cobustion Section, Caprolactam-1Plant at GSFC U. V. Yajnik, M.S.Shah and G.G. Vaghela CS 1-3Performance Enhancement of Electrostatic Precipitator (ESP) by Ammonia Injectionfn the Flue gas - A Case Study R.R.Sonde and Prabir Saha CS 5-8

Safety in Chemical IndustryK.C.Talwar CS 9-11

Improving the Efficiency of Production of Floral Essential Oils and Attars by Distillation :Kewda - A Case Study Y.R.Rao, S. Behera, Reeta Misra and P.K.Dash CS 13-16

Qualitative and Quantitative Impact Analysis of Implementation of Cleaner TanningTechnologies K.C.Velappan, M. Jinandra Doss and P.G.Rao CS 17-19

Enhancement of Selectivity in Extraction of Aromatics from Naptha A Simulations StudyR. C. Ramaswamy, S. K. Ghosh, S. Raut and Himmat Singh CS21-24

Pre Feasibility of Cogeneration in a Pharmaceutical Industry in BangladeshM.A.R.Sarkar, M.Obaidullah and A.M.Aziz-UI-Huq CS 25-28

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Experimental Evaluation of the Effect of Maldistribution and Subcooled Reflux onStructured Packing Performance K.Majumder, R.Chawla, T.K.Sarkar and S. Banik CS 29-32Thermal Hydraulic Analysis of Spent Fuel Storage PoolR.Gajapathy P. Selvaraj, P. Chellapandi and S.C.Chetal CS 33-36Feed Stock Recycling an Alternative to Plastic Waste ManagementJ.L.Purohit and M.H.Joshipura - CS 37-40

A Chemurgic Investigation of Coconut ShellC.C.Menon CS 41-43

Leakage of Carbon Disulfide and hydrogen Sulfide in a Carbon Disulfide ManufacturingUnit A Case Study R.K.Gangopadhyay CS 45-48

Setting up of Hazardous Chemical Factories and Role of Inspection of FactoriesR.K.Gangopadhyay CS 49-50

Application of LP Modeling for Improvement of Distillate Yield and HSD QualitySachi N. Maiti, Ashutosh Nischal, Soumitra Kundu and David J. Adams CS 51-54

Modelling of thermochemical Conversion of Biomass in a Fuel BedP. Gupta MS 1-4

Modeling and Simulation of an Ammonia Converter using Artificial Neural NetworksA.Sarath Babu, N. Rama Gopal and G. Venkat Reddy MS 5-8

Modelling and Simulation of FCCUG.D. Yadav and S.S.Salgaonkar MS 9-12

Modeling of steam/Water Leak Rate for Sodium-Water Reaction Pressure Transient AnalysisShamsheer, P. Selvaraj, P. Chellapandi and S.C.Chetal MS 13-16Design & Simulation of Falling Film AbsorberDeepak Jain, Jigisha Parikh and Kama! Parikh MS 17-20

Numerical Analysis of Solidification of Sulfur over a Moving SurfaceC. Guha and S.Sadhukhan MS 21-24

Modeling and Simulation of Clean Fuel Production by Enterobacter Cloacae IIT-BT 08N. Kumar, PS.Monga, A.K.Biswas and D.Das MS 25-28

Network Architecture for On-Line Prediction of Unmeasured States of Yeast Fermentationusing Oxygen Measurements for Updating WeightsK. Gadkar, S. Mehra and J. Gomes MS 29-32

Modelling and Simulation of a pH Dependent Bioprocess : Enzymatic Conversion of PenG to 6-APA Gopal Chaudhari, Pranav Gamit, Mukesh Dhangar and Amish Ghandhi MS 33-36

Computer Simulation of the Dynamics of Acylation of Phenon Over ZeolitesJ.B.Bhatt and G.D.Yadav MSP 1-4

Modular Online System for Preparation of Liquid FeedstockB.V.Shah, K.N.Kutty R. D'Silva and I.A.Siddiqui MSP 5-7

Insight into Multiphase Transfer Catalysis : Role of Catalyst Preparation and SupportG.D.Yadav and S.S.Mahajan CT 1-4Friedel - Crafts Acylation using CS25 H05 PW12 O40-K10 as a Catalyst : Acylationof Anisole with Benzoylchloride G.D.Yadav and N.S.Asthana CT 5-8

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Selective Hydrogeneration of p-Nitroanisole to p-Anisidine over Supported Metal CatalystsG.D.Yadav and P.K.Goel CT 9-12

Nitration of Benzyl Chloride using Eclectically Engineered Catalysts UDCaT-2G.D.Yadav and A.V.Joshi CT 13-16

Modelling and Simulation of a Contactor for Removal of Dye from Industrial Process WaterA. Srivastava and D.K.Acharjee - CT 17-20Combustion of Biomass with Coal : A Sensitivity AnalysisR.P.Gupta, H.R.Rezaeiand T.F.Wall CT 21-24

Coal Disulphurisation and Clean Coal Technology : A Radiological ApproachVandana Sakhre, K.K.Mishra, R.R.P.Roy and P.S.M.Tripathi CT 25-28

Fuel Cells and Their Engineering Aspects A Clean Energy System for the FutureR.Chandrasekaran and R. Pattabiraman CT 29-32

Simulation of AA+B'B" Type Reversible Polymerizations with Mass Transfer ofCondensation Product Kuldeep KumarAgarwal PSE 1-3

Viscoelastic Characterisation of EPDM Rubber Compounds for Low TemperatureApplications D.Sindhu, S.S.Bhagawan, R. Muraleekrishnan, A.J.Raghavan and S.S.Rao PSE 5-7

Comparison of Mono and Diacid Stabilizers in Hydrolytic Polymerization of Nylon-6 inIndustrial Reactors Kotilingam Devika, Deepak Wadhwa and Ashwini K. Agarwal PSE 9-12

A Model for Assessing the Role of Surface Tension in Flow of Polymers through aBed of Fibers Abhijit P. Deshpande and V.S.Shiva PSE 13-16Effects of Glass Reinforcement on Properties of NylonsDinesh Desai, Rashmi Shukla and Vanita Purani . PSE 17-20

Reactive Processing of Polymer Blends : A Case Study of PP and PBT BlendsPurnima jain, Ashok Misra and Anup K. Ghosh PSE 21-24Linear Viscoelastic Behaviour of Molten Polymer Blends : An Evaluation of Palierne'sModel Sandeep Tyagi, Bhawna Kulshreshtha and Anup K. Ghosh PSE 25-28

Processing of Poly (Butylene Terephthalate) using Epoxy Resin as Reactive SolventBhawna Kulshreshtha, Sandeep Tyagi, Anup K. Ghosh and Ashok Misra PSE 29-32

Optimization of Reaction Parameters for the Preparation of Methylmethacrylate (MMA)'-Grafted Nylon-6 Fibres Pramod Kumar and Deepak Srivastava PSE 33-36

Coag'ulation Studies of Polyacrylonitrile Fibre in DMF - Water SystemAshwi/ii K. Agrawal, Ranjeeta, Ayush Chauhan and Amit K. Sood PSE 37-40Heterogeneously Catalyzed Olefin Polymenization : Modeling Monomer TransportLimitations U.S.Agrawal PSE 41-44

Aqueous Polymerisation of Acrylonitrile Using Ceric Ammonium Nitrate and PlantGums as Initiator S.C.Jana and S. Biswas PSEP 1-4

Nonaqueous Dispersion Polymerisation of Methyl MethacrylateA. Venu Vinod and Anil Kumar PSEP 5-8

Application of Pneumatic Nebulization Techniques for Preparation of Drug LoadedNanocapsules A. Bhattacharya and A. Mukherjee PSEP 9-11

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Environmental Sustainability through Recycling and Hybrid Membrane BasedSeparation Technology Nitosh Kumar Brahma WTR 1 -4

Taylor Vortex Reactor for Water PurificationTapan K. Sengupta, Mohammad Fazlul Kabir and Ajay K. Roy WTR 5-8Deflouridation of Drunkury Water using Activated AluminaV.D. Talnikar and K.K. Pant " WTR 9-12

Desalination of Water by Membrane ProcessSarang V. Kolte WTR 13-16

Treatment of Distillery Waste Water using Membrane Filtration for Water ReuseUmesh Rai, B.K.Guha and Jitendra Kumar WTR 17-20

Pulp and Paper and Refinery Processed Waters Characterization to DetermineCompliance with Water Quality Objectives Tapas K. Das WTR 21-23Zero Discharge Systems A Practical ApproachV.Kiranmayee and C.V.Manian WTR 25-28

Advances in Science and Technology Attributes of Water for Process IndustriesP. Mukhopadhyay and S.N.Mukhpadhyay WTR 29-32

SAFF Reactor Technology in Industrial Waste Water TreatmentPradyot Kumar Patitunda WTR 33-34

Simulation and Multi-Objective Optimization of an Industrial Wiped-Film Pet ReactorV.Bhaskar, Ajay K. Ray and Santosh K. Gupta IT 1-4Artificial Neural Network based Controller for a FermenterN.Ramakanth, R.C.Panda, T. Thyagaran, P.G.Rao and R.C.Sastry IT 5-8

Computer-Aided Design of a Multi-Component Distillation ColumnU. Pramod, C. Narayanasamy, S. Deepak and K. Soundarajan IT 9-11Chaotic Oscillations in a CSTRA.L.Bhargav, Raghunath Haider and D. Phaneswara Rao IT 13-15

The Dotcoming of Chemical IndustryK. Sahasranaman IT 17-20

Simplistic Computerized Design of EvaporatorP. Sivashanmugam, T. Mohan Rao and M. Thirumavalavan IT 21-23

Mu'ltiobjective Optimization of Industrial Gas Cleaning DevicesG.Ravi, Santosh K. Gupta, S. Viswanathan and M.B.Ray IT 25-28

Information Technology in Process ManagementJ.C.Mishra, Satish Kumar Singh and Jyoti Jacom IT 29-32

Computer-aided Design of a Multi-Component Flash Distillation ColumnC.M.Pramoth, S.Balasubramanian, S. Deepak and K. Soundarajan IT 33-36