Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
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Dr. Yogendra Nath Prajapati

Joined Institute on : 28-Jan-2020

  • Assistant Professor
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) - Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, M.Tech (Chemical Engineering) - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) - BIET Jhansi
Contact Address

Department of Chemical Engineering, BIT Mesra, Ranchi - 835215

Gorakhpur (U. P.)

  • Phone Office - +91-651-2274365
  • Phone Residence - XXXXXXXXXX
  • Email - ynprajapati@bitmesra.ac.in
Professional Background

January 2020-present

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi-835215 Jharkhand

 

January 2018-January 2020

Assistant Professor (TEQIP-III)

Department of Chemical Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology Mesra Ranchi-835215 Jharkhand

                                                                                                                                            

                                                                                                   Courses Taught
SP2026   MO2026
             
S. No. Course Code Course Name   S. No. Course Code Course Name
1 CL24213 Chemical Reaction Engineering-I   1    
2 CL310 Design Lab   2    
        3    

 

SP2025   MO2025
             
S. No. Course Code Course Name   S. No. Course Code Course Name
1 CL223 Chemical Reaction Engineering-I   1 CL24205 Chemical Process Calculation
2 CL310 Design Lab   2 CL407 Process Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization 
        3 CL408 Plant Design

 

SP2024   MO2024
             
S. No. Course Code Course Name   S. No. Course Code Course Name
1 CL223 Chemical Reaction Engineering-I   1 CL325 Chemical Reaction Engineering-II
2 CL310 Design Lab   2 CL437 Natural Gas Engineering
        3 CL408 Plant Design 

 

SP2023   MO2023
             
S. No. Course Code Course Name   S. No. Course Code Course Name
1 CL223 Chemical Reaction Engineering-I   1 CL325 Chemical Reaction Engineering-II
2 CL330 Natural Gas Engineering   2 CL404 Project Engineering & Economics
3 CL310 Design Lab   3 CL403 Plant Design 

 

SP2022   MO2022
             
S. No. Course Code Course Name   S. No. Course Code Course Name
1 CL215 Mass Transfer Operations-I   1 CL319 Mass Transfer Operations-II
2 CL306 Chemical Reaction Engineering-II   2 CL403 Plant Design
3 CL310 Design Lab   3 FT515 Food Processing Equipment Design

 

SP2021   MO2021
             
S. No. Course Code Course Name   S. No. Course Code Course Name
1 CL306 Chemical Reaction Engineering-II   1 CL301 Mass Transfer Operations-II
2 CL305 Chemical Engineering Lab-II   2 CL403 Plant Design
3 CL 310 Design Lab   3 CL305 Chemical Engineering Lab-II
4 FT309 Mass Transfer in Food Processing   4 CL516 Heterogeneous Catalysis and Catalytic Processes
5 FT313 Food Engineering Lab   5 SAF3003 Automation in Food Processing Industries

 

SP2020   MO2020
             
S. No. Course Code Course Name   S. No. Course Code Course Name
1 CL506 Advanced Transport Phenomena-II   1 CL301 Mass Transfer Operations-II
2 CL 6006 Chemical Engineering Equipment Design Lab (CEED LAB)   2 PC7002 CAE Lab-II
3 IMF 6003 Food Engineering III    3 SAF3003 Automation in Food Processing Industries

 

Link for Lecture Notes: MTO-I, MTO-II, CRE-I
Research Areas

Adsorption and Heterogeneous Catalysis

Abatement of Air and Water Pollution

Synthesis of Carbon-based Nanostructures

CO2 Utilization
Publications

B.I. Gilani, Y.N. Prajapati, Adsorptive denitrogenation of fuels using carbon-based adsorbents: A review, Energy Fuels, 39 (2025) 13183-13218. http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5c01608

B.I. Gilani, Y.N. Prajapati, Efficient adsorption of multi-heavy metal ions at trace-levels from groundwater using UiO-66 and activated carbon nanocomposites for safe drinking, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 63 (2024) 20327-20342. http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c02399

R. Kumar, Y.N. Prajapati, A.K. Baranwal, Free Convection in a Square Enclosure from Two Submerged Cylinders of Different Aspect Ratio in Shear-Thinning Fluids, in: R.P. Bharti, K.M. Gangawane (Eds.) Recent Trends in Fluid Dynamics Research, Springer Nature Singapore, Singapore, 2022, pp. 87-101. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6928-6_8

Yogendra Nath Prajapati, Nishith Verma. Hydrodesulfurization of thiophene on activated carbon fiber supported NiMo catalysts. Energy&Fuels, 32 (2018) 2183-2196. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b03407

Yogendra Nath Prajapati, Nishith Verma. Fixed bed adsorptive desulfurization of thiophene over Cu/Ni dispersed carbon nanofiber. Fuel, 216 (2018) 381-389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2017.11.132 

Yogendra Nath Prajapati, Nishith Verma. Adsorptive desulfurization of diesel oil using nickel nanoparticle-doped activated carbon beads with/without carbon nanofibers: Effects of adsorbate size and adsorbent texture. Fuel, 189 (2017) 186-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2016.10.044

Yogendra Nath Prajapati, Bhaskar Bhaduri, Harish C.Joshi, Anurag Srivastava, Nishith Verma. Aqueous phase adsorption of different sized molecules on activated carbon fibers: Effect of textural properties. Chemosphere, 155 (2016) 62-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.04.040

Bhaskar Bhaduri, Yogendra Nath Prajapati, Ashutosh Sharma, Nishith Verma. CuCl2 nanoparticles dispersed in activated carbon fibers for the oxygen production step of the Cu-Cl thermochemical water splitting cycle. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 51 (2012) 15633-1564. https://doi.org/10.1021/ie302446p
Current Sponsored Projects

2019

      Project Title:          Transition Metal(s) containing Perovskite/CNFs Composite for Low Temperature CO2 Reduction

      Funding Agency:   TEQIP Collaborative Research Scheme (TEQIP-III, NPIU-MHRD)

      Budget:                   Rs. 16,58,000 (Rupees Sixteen Lakh Fifty Eight Thousand Only)

      Role:                        Principal Investigator (PI)

 

2018

      Project Title:          Photocatalytic Desulfurization of Diesel Oil by Bentonite-Supported TiO2 Catalyst

      Funding Agency:  NPIU-TEQIP-III grant (New R&D Projects) under the Seed money scheme 2018, BIT Mesra, Ranchi

      Budget:                  Rs. 2,00,000 (Rupees Two Lakh Only)

      Role:                       Principal Investigator (PI)