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Sunando Das Gupta

	S DasGupta Ph.D.(RPI, USA) Professor, Chemical Engineering Associate Dean, Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy
	S DasGupta joined the Institute in 1994

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Residence	B-199, IIT Campus, Kharagpur 721302
Phone (office)	+91 - 3222 - 283922
Phone (residence)	+91 - 3222 - 283923 (IIT Phone) +91 - 3222 - 277780 (Private Phone)
email	sunando @ che.iitkgp.ernet.in
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Awards & Honours

Herdillia Award for Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (2008)
S. K. Mitra Memorial Award (2003)

Fellow

Fellow : Indian National Academy of Engineering
Senior Associate : The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy

Patents

Electric field assisted membrane separation of pectin : Filed (Ref : 697/KOL/2007 )
Membrane based water-extraction of polyphenols from green tea leaves : Filed (Ref : 1046/KOL/2007 )

Publications: 2009 - 2010

Flux enhancement by argon - oxygen plasma treatment of polyethersulfone membranes by N. Saxena, C. Prabhavathy, S. De, S. DasGupta Separation and Purification Technology, 70, 160â€“165 (2009)
Flux decline during electric field assisted cross flow ultrafiltration of mosambi (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) juice by B. Sarkar, S. DasGupta and S. De Journal of Membrane Science,, 331 (1-2), 75-83 (2009)
Quantification of transient flux decline during membrane separation of tanning effluent from tannery by C. Das, S. DasGupta, Y. T. Hung and S. De, International Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2 (1/2/3), 31 - 42 (2010)
Performance prediction of membrane modules incorporating the effects of suction in the mass transfer coefficient under laminar and turbulent flow conditions for non-Newtonian fluids by A. Aggarwal, S. Agarwal, S. DasGupta and S. De Journal of Food Process Engineering, 32 (5), 752 â€“ 774 (2009)
Quantification of flux decline and design of ultrafiltration system for clarification of tender coconut water by V. K. Jayanti, P.Rai, S. DasGupta and S. De Journal of Food Process Engineering, 33 (1), 128-143 (2009)

Publications: 2008 - 2009

Precipitation of cetyl (hexadecyl) pyridineum chloride using mono and divalent oxyanions by M. K. Purkait, S. DasGupta and S. De Journal of Hazardous Materials, 160, , 502-507 (2008)
Clarification of watermelon (citrullus lanatus) juice by microfiltration by Chhaya, P. Rai, G. C. Majumdar, S. DasGupta and S. De Journal of Food Process Engineering, 31, 768-782 (2008)
Removal of dyes and their mixtures from aqueous solution using liquid emulsion membrane by C. Das, M. Rungta, G. Arya, S. DasGupta and S. De Journal of Hazardous Materials, 159, 365-372 (2008)
Storage study of ultrafiltered mosambi (Citrus sinensis [L.] Osbeck) juice by P. Rai, C. Rai, G. C. Majumdar, S. DasGupta and S. De Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 32, 923-934 (2008)
Steady state modeling for membrane separation of pretreated soaking effluent under cross flow mode by C. Das, S. DasGupta and S. De Environmental Progress, 27, 346-352 (2008)
An experimental and theoretical analysis of turbulence promoter assisted ultrafiltration of synthetic fruit juice by S. Pal, R. Bharihoke, S. Chakraborty, S. Ghatak, S. De and S. DasGupta Separation Science and Technology, 62 (3), 659-66 (2008)
Optical evaluation of deposition thickness and measurement of permeate flux enhancement of simulated fruit juice in presence of turbulence promoters by S. Pal, Swati, T. B. Ghosh, S. De, S. DasGupta Journal of Membrane Science, 315, (1-2), 58-66 (2008)
Determination of thermodynamic parameters for the cloud point extraction of different dyes using TX-100 and TX-114 by M. K. Purkait, S. DasGupta and S. De Desalination, 244, 130-138 (2009)
Characterization of CO2 Plasma Treated Polymeric Membranes and Quantification of Flux Enhancement by S. Pal, S. Ghatak, S. De and S. DasGupta Journal of Membrane Science, 323 (1), 1-10 (2008)
Pulsed-electric field enhanced ultrafiltration of synthetic and fruit juiceâ€, , by B. Sarkar, S. De and S. DasGupta Separation and Purification Technology, 63 (3), 582-59 (2008)
Prediction of permeate flux during electric field enhanced cross-flow ultrafiltrationâ€”A neural network approach by B. Sarkar, A. Sengupta, S. De and S. DasGupta Separation and Purification Technology, 65, 260-268 (2009)
Evaluation of surface roughness of a plasma treated polymeric membrane by wavelet analysis and quantification of its enhanced performance by S. Pal, S. Ghatak, S. De and S. DasGupta Applied Surface Science, 255, 2504-2511 (2008)
Application of external electric field to enhance the permeate flux during micellar enhanced ultrafiltration by B. Sarkar, S. DasGupta and S. De Separation and Purification Technology, 66 (2), 263-27 (2009)

Publications: 2007 - 2008

Treatment of deliming-bating effluent from tannery using membrane separation processes by C. Das, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Environment Protection Sciences, 2, 11-24 (2008)
Optimization of composition of foam controlling agent for process industries by C. Das, P. Maity, R. Deb, S. DasGupta and S. De, International Journal of Chemical Science, 5(4), 1947-1957 (2007)
Treatment of Soaking Effluent from Tannery using Membrane Separation Processes by C. Das, S. De and S. DasGupta, Desalination, 216, 160-173 (2007)
Selection of membrane separation processes for treatment of tannery effluent by C. Das, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Environmental Protection Science, 1, 75-82 (2007)
Simultaneous separation of mixture of metal ions and aromatic alcohol using cross flow micellar enhanced ultrafiltration and recovery of surfactant by C. Das, S. DasGupta and S. De, Separation Science and Technology, 43, 71-92. (2008)
Effect of electric field during gel-layer controlled ultrafiltration of synthetic and fruit juice by B. Sarkar, S. De and S. DasGupta, Journal of Membrane Science, 307, 268-276 (2008)
Prediction of permeate flux during osmotic pressure controlled electric field enhanced cross flow ultrafiltration by B. Sarkar, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 319, 236-246 (2008)
A study of electric field enhanced ultrafiltration of synthetic fruit juice and optical quantification of gel deposition by B. Sarkar, S. Pal, T. B. Ghosh, S. De and S. DasGupta, Journal of Membrane Science, 311, 112-120 (2008)
Batch and column study: Adsorption of Arsenate using untreated laterite as adsorbent by A. Maity, S. DasGupta, J. K. Basu and S. De, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 47, 1620-1629 (2008)
Prediction of permeate flux and counterion binding during cross flow micellar enhanced ultrafiltration by C. Das, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Colloids & Surfaces A: Physicochemical Aspects, 318, 125-133. (2008)

Publications: 2006 - 2007

Experimental investigation of evaporation and condensation in the contact line region of a thin liquid film Experiencing Small Thermal perturbations by R. Argade, S. Ghosh, S. De, S. DasGupta, Langmuir, 23, (3) 1234-1241 (2007)
Modeling of permeate flux decline of synthetic fruit juice and mosambi juice (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) in stirred continuous ultrafiltration by P. Rai, G. C. Majumdar, S. DasGupta and S. De, LWT Food Science and Technology, 40, 1765-1773 (2007)
Adsorption of arsenite using natural laterite as adsorbent by 3) A. Maiti, S. DasGupta, J. K. Basu and S. De, Separation and Purification Technology, 55, 350-359 (2007)
Removal of congo red using activated carbon and its regeneration by M. K. Purkait, A. Maiti, S. DasGupta, S. De, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 145, 287-295 (2007)
Performance prediction of membrane modules incorporating the effects of suction in the mass transfer coefficient under turbulent flow conditions by S. Bhatia, S. DasGupta and S. De, Separation and Purification Technology, 55, 182-190 (2007)
Treatment of liming effluent from tannery using membrane separation processe by C. Das, S. De, S. DasGupta, Separation Science and Technology, 41, 3329-3348 (2006)
Removal of dye from aqueous solution using a combination of advanced oxidation process and nanofiltration by P. Banerjee, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 140, 95-103 (2007)
Resistance in series model for ultrafiltration of mosambi (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) juice in a stirred continuous mode by P. Rai, C. Rai, G. C. Majumdar, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Membrane Science, 283, 116-122 (2006)
Optical Quantification of Fouling during Nanofiltration of Dyes by S. Pal, A. Ghosh, T. B. Ghosh, S. De and S. DasGupta, Separation and Purification Technology, 52, 372-379 (2006)
Effect of various Cutoff membranes on permeate flux and quality during filtration of mosambi (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) juice by P. Rai, G. C. Majumdar, G. Sharma, S. DasGupta and S. De, Food and Byproduct Processing, 84, 213-219 (2006)
Performance of TX-100 and TX-114 for the separation of chrysoidine dye using cloud point extraction by M. K. Purkait, S. DasGupta, S. De, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 137, 827-835 (2006)
Micellar enhanced ultrafiltration of eosin dye using hexadecyl pyridinium chloride by M. K. Purkait, S. DasGupta, S. De, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 136, 972-977 (2006)
Effect of various pretreatment methods on permeate flux and quality during ultrafiltration of mosambi juice by P. Rai, G. C. Majumdar, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Food Engineering,, 78, 561-568 (2007)
Determination of design parameters for the cloud point extraction of congo red and eosin dyes using TX-100 by M. K. Purkait, S. DasGupta, S. De, Separation & Purification Technology, 51, 137-142 (2006)
Treatment of Tanning Effluent using Nanofiltration followed by Reverse Osmosis by C. Das, P. Patel, S. De and S. DasGupta, Separation & Purification Technology, 50, 291-299 (2006)

Publications: 2005 - 2006

Removal of reactive dyes from a textile effluent using adsorption by S. Chakraborty, S. De, J. K. Basu and S. DasGupta, Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 45, pp4732-4741 (2006)
Modeling of Sucrose Permeation through a Pectin Gel during Ultrafiltration of Depectinized Mosambi (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) Juice by P. Rai, G. C. Majumdar, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Food Science, E87-94, 71(2) (2006)
Cloud point extraction of toxic eosin dye using Triton X-100 as nonionic surfactant by M. K. Purkait, S. Banerjee, S. Mewara, S. DasGupta, S. De, Water Research, Vol. 39, pp3885-3890 (2005)
Quantification of flux decline of depectinized mosambi (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) juice using unstirred batch ultrafiltration by P. Rai, G. C. Majumdar, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Food Process Engineering, Vol. 28, pp. 359-37 (2005)
Modeling the performance of batch ultrafiltration of synthetic fruit juice and mosambi juice using artificial neural network by P. Rai, G. C. Majumdar, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Food Engineering, Vol. 71, pp. 273-281 (2005)
Performance prediction of membrane modules incorporating the effects of suction in the mass transfer coefficient under laminar flow conditions by R. Ranjan, S. DasGupta and S. De, Separation and Purification Technology, Vol. 45, pp. 109-118 (2005)

Publications: 2004 - 2005

Transient modeling of microgrooved heat pipe by B.Suman, S. De and S. DasGupta, Intl. J. Heat & Mass Transfer, 48 (2005) 1633-1646
Modeling of the Capillary Limit of a Micro Heat Pipe and the Prediction of the Dry-out Length by B. Suman, S. DasGupta, and S. De, International J. Heat and Fluid Flow, 26 (2005) 495-505
Reflectivity Based Evaluation of the Coalescence of two Condensing Drops and Shape Evolution of the Coalesced Drop by S. J. Gokhale, S. DasGupta, J. L. Plawsky, P. C. Wayner Jr., Physical Review E, 70 (2004) 51610
Experimental determination of effect of disjoining pressure on shear in the contact line region of a moving evaporating thin film by S. Panchamgam, S. J. Gokhale, S. DasGupta, J. L. Plawsky, and P. C. Wayner, Jr., ASME Journal of Heat Transfer, 127 (2005) 231-24
Micellar enhanced ultrafiltration of phenolic derivatives from their mixture by M. K. Purkait, S. DasGupta, S. De, J. Colloid & Interf. Sci., 285 (2005) 395-402
Separation of aromatic alcohols using micellar enhanced ultrafiltration and recovery of surfactant by M. K. Purkait, S. DasGupta and S. De, J. Membrane Sci., 250 (2005) 47-59
Adsorption behavior of chrysoidine dye on activated charcoal and its regeneration characteristics using different surfactants by M. K. Purkait, D. S. Gusain, S. DasGupta and S. De, Separation Sci & Technol., 39 (2004) 2419-24
Simultaneous separation of two oxyanions from their mixture using micellar enhanced ultrafiltration by M.K.Purkait, S DasGupta and S. De, Separation Science & Technology, 40(7) (2005) 1439-1460
Ultrafiltration of Synthetic Fruit juice and mosambi juice in an unstirred batch cell by P. Rai, G. C. Majumdar, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Food Process Engineering, 28 (2005) 160-180
Performance Prediction of Turbulent Promoter Enhanced Nanofiltration of a Dye Solution by K. Auddy, S. De and S. DasGupta, Separation & Purification Technology, 43 (1) (2005) 85-94
Adsorption study for the removal of a basic dye: Experimental and modeling by S. Chakraborty, S. De, S. DasGupta and J. K. Basu, Chemosphere, 58(8) (2005) 1079-1086
Treatment of a Textile Effluent: Application of a Combination Method involving Adsorption and Nanofiltration by S. Chakraborty, S. De., J. K. Basu and S. DasGupta, Desalination, 174 (2005) 73-85
Prediction of the viscosity of clarified fruit juice using artificial neural network: a combined effect of concentration and temperature by P. Rai, G. C. Majumdar, S. DasGupta and S. De, Journal of Food Engineering, 68 (2005) 527-533
Adsorption of Eosin Dye on Activated Charcoal and its Surfactant based Desorption by M. K. Purkait, S. DasGupta and S. De, J. Environ. Management, 76 (2005) 135-142
Flux enhancement in nanofiltration of dye solution using turbulent promoters by K. Auddy, S. De and S. DasGupta, Separation Science & Technology, 40 (2004) 31-39
Mass transfer coefficient with suction for turbulent non-Newtonian flow in application to membrane separations by R. Ranjan, S. DasGupta and S. De, J. Food Engineering, 65 (2005) 533-541
Modeling of gas solid reactions with ellipsoidal particles by S. Saha, S. Basu, S. DasGupta and S. De, Ind. J. Engineering & Materials Sci., 12 (2005) 37-41
Nanofiltration: An advanced separation technique by S. De and S. DasGupta, Special issue on Nanotechnology, Nehru Museum Science & Technology, IIT Kharagpur, (2005) 65-76

Some Earlier Publications

Prediction of permeate flux and permeate concentration in nanofiltration of dye solution by S Chakraborty, B C Bag, S Dasgupta, J K Basu, S De, Separation & Purification Technology, (2003) In press
Integral analysis of hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a radial cross flow membrane filtration system under laminar flow by P Ragesh, K Sreenivas, S Dasgupta, S De, International J. of Transport Phenomena, 5 (2003) 129-41
Prediction of permeate flux and concentration of two component dye mixture in a batch nanofiltration by K Pastagia, S Chakraborty, S Dasgupta, J K Basu, S De, J. of Membrane Science, 218 (2003) 195-210
Separation and fractionation of dye solution by nanofiltration by S Chakraborty, B C Nag, S Dasgupta, S De, J K Basu, Separation Science & Technology, 38 (2003) 219-35
Prediction of mass transfer coefficient with suction for turbulent flow in cross flow ultra filtration by V S Minnikanti, S Dasgupta, S De, Indian Chemical Engineer, 44 (2002) 151-57
Modeling of cross flow osmotic pressure controlled membrane separation processes under turbulent flow conditions by K Sreenivas, P Ragesh, S Dasgupta, S. De, J. of Membrane Science, 201 (2002) 203-12
Modeling of cross flow osmotic pressure controlled membrane sepration processes under turbulent flow conditions by K. Sreenivas, P. Ragesh, S. DasGupta and S. De, J. Membrane Sci., 201 (2002) 203-212
Modeling and simulation of osmotic pressure controlled electro-ultrafiltration in a cross flow system by V. Karthik, S. DasGupta and S. De, J. Membrane Sci., 199 (2002) 29-40
Experimental and theoretical study of axial dry out point for evaporation from V-shaped microgrooves by S. Anand, S. De and S. Dasgupta, Intl. J. Heat & Mass Transfer, 45 (2002) 1535-1543
Modeling and simulation of osmotic pressure controlled electro-ultra filtration in a cross-flow system by V Karthik, S Dasgupta, S De, J. of Membrane Science, 199 (2002) 29-40
Effect of solution property variations in cross flow ultrafiltration: A generalized integral approach by S. Bhattacharya, S. DasGupta and S. De, Separation and Purification Technology, 24 (2001) 559-571
Analytical solution of transient heat transfer with variable source for applications in nuclear reactors by S. Bhattacharya, S. Nandi, S. DasGupta and S. De, Intl. Commun. Heat Mass Transfer, 28 (7), (2001) 1005-1013

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