Reactor Engineering
Research Projects
Bubble dynamics and tomography of bubbling beds
Simulations of single and interacting bubbles in liquids and thin columns, and electrical capacitance volume tomography (ECVT) to measure bubbles in fluidized beds.
Droplet impact and evaporation on hot surfaces
Experiments and simulations of droplets hitting, spreading on and evaporating from hot surfaces and particles, including film boiling above the Leidenfrost temperature.
Hydrodynamics of FCC risers, strippers and catalyst circulation
CFD and gamma-ray measurements of the gas-solid flow in fluid catalytic cracking units, and tests of baffles and pulsating flow to make them perform better.
Modelling fluidized bed polymerization reactors
Reactor models linking polymerization kinetics, particle size distribution and condensed-mode operation in fluidized bed polypropylene reactors, plus jet fluidization experiments and CFD.
Intensifying multiphase reactions and reactors
Strategies and worked examples for making gas-liquid and gas-solid reactors smaller, safer and more productive, from 3D-printed distributors to retrofit reactor inserts.
Solid oxide fuel cell modelling from cell to system
Multi-scale and dynamic tank-in-series models of solid oxide fuel cells, plus observer design to estimate internal states, built for process simulators.
Kafirin from sorghum: continuous purification and biomaterials
Purifying kafirin, the main sorghum seed protein, in a continuous fluidized-bed ion-exchange system, and characterising kafirin from grain and from distillers grain for food-grade biomaterials.
Gas-liquid and solid-liquid stirred tanks
CFD and optical-probe measurements of how stirred tanks suspend solids and disperse gas, from dilute to dense slurries, and from baffled tanks to unbaffled vortices.
Courses
Publications
- Wong J C Q , Sun B , Shah M , Utikar R P , Pareek VAIChE Journal , 71 (10) : e18925 , 2025
- Arguello M E , Labanda N A , Calo V M , Gumulya M , Utikar R , Derksen JJournal of Energy Storage , 62 : 106854 , 2023
- Arguello M E , Labanda N A , Calo V M , Gumulya M , Utikar R , Derksen JJournal of Energy Storage , 53 : 104892 , 2022
- Arguello M E , Gumulya M , Derksen J , Utikar R , Calo V MJournal of Energy Storage , 50 : 104627 , 2022
- Sun B , Wadnerkar D , Kim H , Utikar R P , Pareek V KApplied Thermal Engineering , 193 : 117023 , 2021
- Sun B , Wong J , Wadnerkar D , Utikar R P , Pareek V K , Guo KApplied Thermal Engineering , 166 : 114671 , 2020
- Sun B , Ghatage S , Evans G M , Bhatelia T , Utikar R P , Pareek V KInternational Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer , 150 : 119372 , 2020
- Mazur M , Bhatelia T , Kuan B , Patel J , Webley P A , Brandt M , Pareek V , Utikar RChemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification , 143 : 107595 , 2019
- Redondo B , Shah M T , Pareek V K , Utikar R P , Webley P A , Patel J , Lee W J , Bhatelia TChemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification , 143 : 107606 , 2019
- Sun B , Wadnerkar D , Utikar R P , Tade M , Kavanagh N , Faka S , Evans G M , Pareek V KIndustrial & Engineering Chemistry Research , 57 (28) : 9281–9291 , 2018
- Wadnerkar D , Sun B , Utikar R P , Evans G , Tade M O , Kavanagh N , Faka S , Pareek V KChemical Engineering Science , 183 : 37–46 , 2018
- Hosseini S , Vijay P , Ahmed K , Tadé M O , Pareek V , Utikar RInternational Journal of Energy Research , 41 (11) : 1563–1578 , 2017
- Utikar R P , Ranade V VACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering , 5 (7) : 6356–6356 , 2017
- Utikar R P , Ranade V VACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering , 5 (5) : 3607–3622 , 2017
- Amiri A , Vijay P , Tadé M O , Ahmed K , Ingram G D , Pareek V , Utikar RInternational Journal of Hydrogen Energy , 41 (4) : 2919–2930 , 2016
- Amiri A , Vijay P , Tadé M O , Ahmed K , Ingram G D , Pareek V , Utikar RComputers & Chemical Engineering , 78 : 10–23 , 2015
- Vijay P , Tadé M O , Ahmed K , Utikar R , Pareek VJournal of Power Sources , 248 : 1218–1233 , 2014
- Sun B , Utikar R P , Pareek V K , Guo KJournal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries , 26 (1) : 117–128 , 2013
- Shah M T , Mayne J , Utikar R P , Tade M O , Pareek V KChemical Engineering Journal , 159 (1–3) : 138–148 , 2010
- Utikar R P , Harshe Y M , Mehra A , Ranade V VJournal of Applied Polymer Science , 108 (4) : 2067–2076 , 2008