BRICS Young Scientist Forum

Sonal Thengane 

Faculty in the Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy at IIT Roorkee

About:

Sonal K. Thengane is a faculty in the Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy at IIT Roorkee. He has got postdoctoral experiences at MIT and UC Berkeley, USA in the field of bioenergy after completing his Ph.D. from IIT Bombay Monash Research Academy. His research group is actively engaged in the area of utilizing waste and residual biomass from agriculture, forestry, food processing industries, and municipal solid waste for the production of energy, fuels, chemicals, and other useful products.

Current Research:

Biomass conversion and utilization; Carbon capture and storage; Waste to energy and waste management; Wastewater treatment; Chemical looping; Life cycle and techno-economic analysis

Recent Publication: 

• Gupta, A., Thengane, S.K., Mahajani, S.M. (2020). Kinetics of pyrolysis and gasification of cotton stalk in the Central parts of India. Fuel, 263, 116752 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236119321064
• Thengane, S.K., Bandyopadhyay, S. (2020). Biochar Mines: Panacea to Climate Change and Energy Crisis? Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 22, 5-10 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10098-019-01790-1
• Barr, M., Kung, K., Thengane, S.K., Sweeney, D., Ghoniem, A. (2020). Characterization of aggregate behaviors of torrefied biomass as a function of reaction severity. Fuel, 266, 117152 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236120301472
• Kung, K., Thengane, S.K., Ghoniem, A. (2020). Functional mapping of torrefied product characteristics with index of torrefaction. Fuel Processing Technology, 202, 106362 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378382019325020
• Kung, K., Thengane, S.K., Lim, C.J., Sokhansanj, S., Ghoniem, A. (2020). Thermal loss analysis and improvements for biomass conversion reactors. Energy Conversion and Management, 218, 11292415.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890420304623
• Thengane, S.K., Burek, J., Kung, K., Ghoniem, A., Sanchez, D.L. (2020). Life cycle assessment of rice husk torrefaction and prospects for decentralized facilities at rice mills. Journal of Cleaner Production, 275, 123177. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620332224
• Thengane, S.K., Kung, K., York, R., Lim, C.J., Sokhansanj, S., Sanchez, D.L. (2020). Techno- economic and emission evaluation of mobile in-woods biochar production. Energy Conversion and Management,223, 113305. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890420308438
• Ma, W., Ma, C., Liu, X., Gu, T., Thengane, S.K., Bourtsalas, A., Chen, G. (2020). NO_x formation in fixed-bed biomass combustion: Chemistry and Modeling. Fuel 290, 119694. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236120326909
• Thengane, S.K., Kung, K., Gupta, A., Ateia, M., Sanchez, D. L., Mahajani, S., Lim, C.J., Sokhansanj, S., Ghoniem, A. (2020). Oxidative torrefaction for cleaner utilization of biomass for soil amendment. Cleaner Engineering and Technology 1, 100033. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666790820300331
• Kung, K., Thengane, S.K., Lim, C.J., Sokhansanj, S., Ghoniem, A. (2021). Bulk permeability characteristics in a biomass moving bed and their effects on scaling. Chemical Engg. Journal 420, 1, 129979 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894721015631
• Thengane, S.K., Kung, K., Hunt, J., Gilani, H., Lim, C.J., Sokhansanj, S., Sanchez, D. (2020) Market prospects for biochar production and application in California. Biofuels, Bioprod. & Biorefining
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