Dr.K.BALU
Department of Chemical EngineeringDean (Education & Development)
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering
Sriperumbudur – 602 105
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Ph: (+91)-44-27162321,27162352, 27163783/4/5 (O) Extn :Fax:(+91)-44-27162462/27162956 (O)
E-Mail : kbalu@svce.ac.in
- B.Tech Chemical Engineering, A.C.College of Technology, Chennai (First Class with Distinction)
- M.S. Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras
- Ph.D in Chemical Engineering - IIT Madras,Chennai
Academic Experience
PROFESSOR & DEAN (DEVELOPMENT), SVCE, June 15-Till Date SCIENTIST:INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, Hyderabad, 1976?1979RESEARCH ASSOCIATE:DEPARTMENT OF HIGH VOLTAGE,College of Engineering, Guindy.1979?1982 (September)
ASSOCIATE LECTURER:DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING College of Engineering, Guindy Sep., 1982?Dec., 1982
LECTURER:DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,A.C.College of Technology 1983 ? Dec 1985
READER:DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING,A. C. College of Technology Jan., 1986?Aug., 1996
PROFESSOR : DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, A.C.College of Technology Aug., 1996?May 2010
PROFESSOR OF PLANNING : ANNA UNIVERSITY AND DEVELOPMENT Nov., 1996?Nov., 1999
DIRECTOR : CENTRE FOR UNIVERSITY?INDUSTRY COLLABORATION Feb.,2002-Aug.,2004
DEAN: : A.C.COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Anna University March 2004?Jan 2007
DIRECTOR : UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Anna University Feb.2007-May.2010
Additional feedstock for fluid catalytic cracking unit Petroleum Science and Technology, 26: 436-445, 2008
Effect of solvents for the production cyclopentane by Extractive distillation Petroleum Science and Technology, 25: 1593-1603,2007
Design of fuzzy estimator to assist fault recovery in Non-linear systems Intl.Jl.of Computer Science and Network security, Vol. 7, No.5, June 2007, pp 1-7
Application of response Surface Methodology to optimize Process variables for Reactive Red and acid brown dye Removal using a novel adsorbent Dyes and Pigments, 70(2006), 18-26
Decolourisation of aqueous dye solutions by a novel adsorbent. Application of statistical design and surface plots for the Optimisation and regression analysis, Journal of Hazardous Materials, B122(2005) 75-83
Optimisation of batch process parameters using response surface methodology for dye removal by a novel adsorbent, Chemical Engineering Journal, 105(2005) 131-138
A four lumped kinetic model for the simulation of of the hydrocracking Process, Petroleum Science and Technology, 23:1323-1332, 2005
Polyurethane and carboxylated Polysulfine blend Ultrafiltration Membranes: preparation and characterisation., Jl. Of Applied Polymer Science 97, No.3, 1307-1315 (2005)
Three-phase reactor model to simulate the performance of Pilot plant nd Industrial trickle bed reactors sustaining Hydrotreating reactions., Ind.Eng.Chem.Res. 2004, Vol. 43, pp 6454-6469
Application of cellulose acetate membrane, Jl.of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 67, 1998 pp 1939-1946
“Entrapment of white rot Funges Phanero cheate Chrysoponium in Calcium Alginate Heads – its preparation and kinetics for decolorisation of the Dye Basic Green”.,Jl. Of Biotechnolgy, Nov. 2007, 123-131(Bi 34232921)
Reaction Kinetics-Sodiumhydroxide,JSIR, Vol.60,April 2001, pp 348-350
Studies in tubular with mixing elements, Modelling, Simulation and Control, Vol 23, No2,1989, pp 17-32
Model discrimination in Bioreactor studies, Modelling, Simulation and Control, Vol 22, No.2, 1989 pp 47-56
Field induced transport phenomena, Modelling, Simulation and Control, Vol.17, No.4, 1988,pp 19-26
Mathematical methods in energy demand forecast, Modelling, Simulation and Control, Vol. 3, No.3,1985,pp 31-50
Econometric modelling of Indian Energy System, Modelling, Simulation and Control, Vol. 3, No. 2, 1985, pp 29-44
Market penetration approach tp Indian Energy demand forecast, Jl. Of the institution of Engineers,(India), Vol.63, pt.IDGE,No.3, 1983, pp 104-107
Application of market penetration theory in energy demand forecast, Energy Management, Vol 8,No.3, 1982, pp 191-197
Application of mathematical methods in energy demand forecast, Research and industry, Vol.27,Dec.,1982, pp 345-353
Indian energy demand upto 2000Ad, Energy Digest Vol.1, No.8,1982, pp 1-3
Technological Foreasting:application in decision making, The Management Accountant sept. 1982, pp 448-450
Energy demand forecast by probabilistic methods Jl. Of Steam and Fuel User’s Assosiation of India, Vol. XXXII,No. 1, april-june pp 1-4
Economic progress and energy consumption, JSIR,Vol.41,march 1982,pp 180-184
Pollution abatement and Energy Conservation, Indian Journal of environmental Protection, Vol.1, No.3,1981, pp 121-130
Biomass – a free energy source, Energy Management, Vol.5, No.3, 1981, pp 213-221
Energy and Economic growth, Energy Management, Vol. 4, No.3, 1980, pp 227-232
Simulation of Multicompartment Systems, JSIR, Vol. 38,No.9, 1978, pp 478-482
Utilisation of agricultural waste, Chemical Industry Developments, Vol XII, No.12,1978, pp 21-26
Planning for profit by Computers,Jl. Of Indian Institute of Admn. Management, April-june 1978 pp 10-12
Utilisation of Solid waste, Indian Jl. Air Pollution Control, Vol. 1, No.2, 1976, pp 109-114
Recent work on the removal of Sulphurdioxide and other Sulphur compounds from flue and other gases., Chemical age of india, 28(12),1972, pp 1137-1140
Fault tolerant system using evolvable hardware, International Conf. On Instrumentation, MIT, dec. 2008
Science and Technology collaboration: A quantitative study., Fourth international Conf. On Webometrics, Berlin 2008 ( proceedings of WIS 2008)
Estimation of volumetric coefficients in multiphase reactors, CHEMCON 2007
Three phase reactor model for industrial trickle bed reactor,International Symp. On Gas-Fuel 05 Belgium Nov. 14-16, 2005
Modelling of hydrocracking of vacuum gas oil by various, Reaction schemes International Symp. On Gas-Fuel 05, Belgium Nov.14-16, 2005
Dynamic modeling and equilibrium investigation for dye adsorption using thermal power plant waste, Seventh World Chemical Engineering Congress, June 2005, Glascow, Scotland
Pressure drop and liquid holdup in trickle bed reactors: Validation of correlations and experimental observations CHEMCON 2003
Three phase reactor model for hydrotreating of diesel reactions In a trickle bed reactors
CHEMCON 2003
A review on Chemical Process Simulation, CHEMCON 2002
Providing Comprehensive Safety Management Support – Task Hazard information System (THIS)
CHEMCON 2002
Operating Deplation Shape Analysis – A powerful tool to Increase plant reliability ,CHEMCON 2002
Quantitatve Risk Management Aids Refinery Construction, CHEMCON 2002
Industry-Institute Collaboration, Seminar on recent trends in Petroleum Refining and Petrohemicals Anna University, March 2000
Modelling of Pharmaceutical Industries in Tamilnadu, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress, IIT Kharagpur, Dec. 14-17, 1994
Modelling of grinding characterstics in a ball mill, Indian Chemical engineering Congress, IIT Kharagpur, Dec 14-17,1994
Studies on heavy metal removal, Water Quality international 92, IAWPRC,, Sixteenth Biennial Conference, washington USA
Modelling of corrosion process, Course on Scaling corrosion in boilers, Anna University, sept. 16-19, 1992
Modelling of Pharmaceutical Industries in Tamilnadu, National Symp. On Optimisation Techniques and Applications, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, 2-8, july 1992
Modelling of ferrous hydroxide in slurry reactors, International Meeting on Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology,ACHEMA 1991, Frankfurt,9-15 June, 1991
RTD studies in staticmixers, International Meeting on Chemical Engineering and BioTechnology, ACHEMA, 1991,frankfurt, 9-15 June 1991
Modeling of slurry reactors, International Conf. On signals and systems, Tirupati, dec. 10-12, 1990
Kinetic parameter estimation, 34th National Congrss of Indian Society of Theoritical
and Applied Mechanics, Coimbatore, Dec. 27-30, 1989
Modelling and Optimisation of of the growth of Chemical, Industries in Tamilnadu National Symp. On Modelling and Simulation, IISc., Bangalore,July 6-8, 1989
Simulation Techniques in Modelling of Biological Systems Course on Microbial Engineering, IIT, Madras, May 23-June 4, 1988
Fundamentals of Microprocessor Course on Genecloning, Ana University, Jan. 19-31,1987
Studies on tubular flow reactor with motionless mixing elements, 35th Annual session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Waltair 1983
An economic analysis of a solar assisted dehumidification system For crop drying
All India conf. On Industrial Applications of New and Renewable Sources of Energy, IIT, Bombay, 1982
A review on Utilisation of agricultural waste Seminar on Role of Chemical Engineers in rural development C.I.T. Coimbatore, Aug. 1978
Salt effect in vapour-liquid equilibria Annual Session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers,
Waltair, Dec. 1976
Rheological studies of fermentation Annual Session of Indian institute of Chemical Engineers,
Waltair, dec. 1976
Studies on tubular reactor with mixing elements Annual session of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Waltair, Dec. 1976
Recent work on the removal of Sulphur dioxide and other sulphur Compounds from flue and other gases Seminar on Air Pollution Control,BHU, Varanasi, 1976
2. “Expert system for Downstreaming in Process Industries”, AICTE (R&D), Rs.10 Lakhs, (1990)
3. “Distributed Control System for Chemical Industries” AICTE (TAPTEC), Rs.10 Lakhs, (1992)
4. “Energy Optimisation and Industrial Modelling with Special Reference to Tamilnadu”, AICTE (R&D), Rs.5 Lakhs, (1997)
5. “Biodiesel Applications and Energy Optimisation”,Govt . of Tamilnadu (PARTII Scheme), Rs. 5 Lakhs, (1997)
6. “Establishment of counseling center UGC Xth PLAN, Rs. 5 Lakhs, (2003)
7. “Industry – Institute Partnership Cell”, AICTE – 2003 – 06, Rs.8 Lakhs.
2. Heat exchanger optimization in sulfuric acid plant, EID Parry, (1993)
3. Studies in Granulator, EID Parry, (1994)
4. Studies in Rotary Drier, EID Parry, (1995)
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