From Bhupen Goswami
GUWAHATI : Energy is an important factor in the economic development of any country and one of the basic standards that defines the quality of life. Currently, India’s energy requirements are met to a major extent by fossil fuels and to some extent hydropower, nuclear and renewable sources. In a major technological development, The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) said on Monday that its researchers/scientists have not been in the public office. Scientists have developed an efficient ‘pinsar’ catalytic system which is designed to be industrial/industrial. Biomass turns waste into valuable chemicals. According to the research team, the small amount of these ‘ peeler catalysts ‘ repeatedly converts large quantities of industrial wastes such as glycerol into lactic acid and hydrogen. The findings have recently appeared in the Royal Society of Chemistry Journal, Chemical Communications and Catalis science and technology.
The research team comprises of Dr. Akshay Kumar Alap Sitaram, Professor, IIT Guwahati, Department of Chemistry and Nano Technology Centre, Dr. Hemant Kumar Srivastava, research scholar Kanu Das of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Guwahati at present. Moumita Dutta, Sarira Jagannath Prathpa, Aileen Yasmin and Dr. Babulal Das. He has given a lot of interest worldwide to the conversion of valuable intermediates such as glycerol and ethanol produced during the processing of biomass into industrially useful chemicals. The conversion of glycerol and ethanol into such useful products hinges on the development of efficient catalysts that can bring about these changes. Dr. Akshay Kumar and Dr. Hemant Kumar Srivastava work towards the development of catalysts that can bring about such industrially significant changes. They have recently developed efficient ‘piener catalysts’ that convert selective glycerol from lactic acid and bio-ethanol to butanol.