Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering,

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani

Pilani - 333031 (Rajasthan) INDIA

Chamber: 1223-F

Ph No: 01596-245073 x 215 (O), 9799212070 (M)

e-mail: pratik@bits-pilani.ac.in , pnsheth@gmail.com

QUALIFICATIONS

B.E , Govt. Engg. College, Gandhinagar, Gujarat University

M.E , BITS-Pilani

Ph.D, BITS-Pilani

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Presently working as Assistant Professor, BITS - Pilani

Lecturer, BITS Pilani from January 2004 - January 2010

Assistant  lecturer, BITS Pilani from December, 2002 - December, 2003.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Biomass Gasification

Modeling and Simulation

Alternate Energy Resources

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Process Control

PROJECTS

A Dissertation on "Application of Wavelet Transform in Process control".

A PhD Thesis on "Modeling and Simulation of Fixed bed Biomass Gasifier".

Supervised ME students for the course project on the topic of "development of software for various rigorous methods of distillation".

PUBLICATIONS

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Production of hydrogen energy through biomass (waste wood) gasification". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Accepted (In Press)

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Experimental Studies on Downdraft Biomass Gasifier". Proceedings of International Symposium & 62nd Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2009 ), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, December 27-30, 2009.

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Power Generation from Biomass Gasification: A Renewable Energy Source based Technology". Electrical India . Vol. 49 (No. 11), pp. 152-157, 2009

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Modeling and Simulation of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier". Proceedings of 2009 Annual Meeting of AIChE, Gaylord Opryland Hotel, Nashville, TN, USA, November 8-13, 2009.

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Experimental studies on producer gas generation from wood waste in a downdraft biomass gasifier". Bioresource Technology, Vol. 100, pp. 3127-3133, 2009.

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Differential Evolution Approach for obtaining Kinetic Parameters in Non isothermal Pyrolysis of Biomass". Materials and Manufacturing Processes. Vol. 24, pp. 47-52, 2009.

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Kinetic Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Pyrolysis". Proceedings of International Symposium & 61st Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2008), Panjab University, Chandigarh, December 27-30, 2008.

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Optimization of Kinetic Parameters in Pyrolysis of Biomass Using Logarithmic Differential Evolution (LDE)". Proceedings of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2008), Atlanta , Georgia , USA , July 12-16, 2008.

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Optimization of Kinetic Parameters in Pyrolysis of Biomass Using Differential Evolution (DE)". Proceedings of International Conference on Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm in Materials Science and Engineering (NGMS-2008), Kolkata, January 9-11, 2008

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , " Kinetic Modeling for Pyrolysis of Hazelnut Shell: Optimal Parameter Estimation using Differential Evolution (DE)". Proceedings of International Symposium & 60th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2007), The Diamond Jubilee Conference of IIChE, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, December 27-30, 2007, pp. 33, 2007.

Babu, B.V. and Pratik N.Sheth, " Modeling and Simulation of Reduction Zone of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier: Effect of Air to Fuel Ratio" . Journal on Engineering and Technology, Vol. 2 (No. 3), pp. 35-40, February-April, 2007.

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Pyrolysis of Hazelnut Shell: Kinetic Modeling and Simulation". Proceedings of International Symposium & 59th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2006), GNFC Complex, Bharuch, December 27-30, 2006.

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu , "Kinetic Modeling of the Pyrolysis of Biomass". Proceedings of National Conference on Environmental Conservation (NCEC-2006), BITS-Pilani, September 1-3, 2006, pp. 453-458, 2006.

Babu, B.V. and Pratik N Sheth, "Modeling and Simulation of Reduction Zone of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier: Effect of Char Reactivity Factor", Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 47 (No. 15-16), pp. 2602-2611, 2006.

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Effect of Moisture Content on Composition Profiles of Producer Gas in Downdraft Biomass Gasifier", Proceedings of International Congress Chemistry and Environment (ICCE-2005), Indore , December 24-26, 2005, pp. 356-360, 2005.

Sheth, P.N. and B.V.Babu, "Parametric Study of Factors affecting the Composition of Producer Gas", Proceedings of International Symposium & 58th Annual Session of IIChE in association with International Partners (CHEMCON-2005), New Delhi, December 14-17, 2005.

Babu, B.V. and Pratik N. Sheth, “Modeling & Simulation of Biomass Gasifier: Effect of Oxygen Enrichment and Steam-to-air Ratio”, Presented at International Congress on Renewable Energy (ICORE-2005), Pune, January 20-22, 2005.

Babu, B.V. and Pratik N.Sheth , "Modeling and Simulation of Downdraft Biomass Gasifier", Proceedings of International Symposium & 57th Annual Session of IIChE in association with AIChE (CHEMCON-2004), Mumbai, December 27-30, 2004

 

Book/Book Chapters

Pratik N Sheth and B V Babu , " Advances in Downdraft Biomass Gasification ". In Handbook of Research on Chemoinformatics and Chemical Engineering , Edited by A K Haghi, Nova Science Publishers, USA (2010).

B V Babu, H K Mohanta, Basu Deb Munshi, Rakesh Angira , Madhusree Kundu, A K Jana, Suresh Gupta, Pratik N Sheth, Smita Raghuvanshi, and Priya C Sande, Chemical Engineering Laboratory Manual, Educational Development Division, BITS-Pilani, 2006.

Conference/Workshop Organised

Resource Faculty, Workshop on Process Equipment Design for the Employees of Engineers India Limited (EIL) New Delhi , organized by Research & Consultancy Division of BITS Pilani at EIL-New Delhi, October 30-31, 2007.

Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering-3 for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur , Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, 12 Jan. – 13 Feb. 2007.

Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering-2 for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur , Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, 08 Dec. – 09 Jan. 2007 .

Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering-1 for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur , Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, 06 Nov. – 05 Dec. 2006.

Committee Member, National Conference on Environmental Conservation (NCEC-2006), BITS Pilani, September 1-3, 2006. 

Conference/Workshop attended

Indo-German Workshop on "Green Manufacturing", Jointly Organized by Technische Universität (TU) Braunschweig, Germany and Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India, September 21, 2009

Chemical Engineering Congress- 2008 (CHEMCON-2008), Chandigarh, December 27-30, 2008

International Conference on Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm in Materials Science and Engineering (NGMS-2008), Kolkata, January 9-11, 2008

Chemical Engineering Congress- 2006 (CHEMCON-2006), Bharuch, December 27-30, 2006.

Summer School Programme on “Advance in Petroleum Refining Industry” held at Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon organized by Petrotech society, New Delhi from 3rd to 8th July 2006

International Congress on Chemistry and Environment –2005 (ICCE-05), Indore, December 24-26, 2005, pp. 356-360, 2005.

Chemical Engineering Congress- 2005 (CHEMCON-2005), New Delhi, December 14-17, 2005.

Advanced Summer Programme on “Synergy in Petroleum Exploration: Emerging Trends” organized by Petrotech Society, New Delhi conducted at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun from 20th June 2005 to 1st July 2005.

Chemical Engineering Congress- 2004 (CHEMCON-2004), Mumbai, December 27-30, 2004

 

 

 

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