Deepak Kunzru

Deepak Kunzru obtained his B.Tech. degree in chemical engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1968 and Ph.D. degree in 1972 from the University of Pittsburgh. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Dalhousie University, Canada, he joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Kanpur in 1974 as an Assistant Professor and was appointed Professor in 1982 in the same department. Since June 2007, he is Chevron Corporation Chair Professor at IIT Kanpur. He has also served as Dean, Resource Planning & Generation, 2000-2001, and Dean, Research & Development, 2001-2004, at IIT Kanpur. He has served as an expert in several national committees. Presently, he is a member of the Programme Advisory Committee (Chemical Engineering) of the Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, DST Fast Track Committee for Engineering Sciences and Research Advisory Council of Indian Oil Corporation R&D. In 1992, he was honored by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers through its prestigious Herdillia award for excellence in basic research in Chemical Engineering and in 2002 was elected as Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He has published more than 80 papers in reputed international journals and has edited one book. His research interests include microstructured reactors, chemical reaction engineering, pyrolysis of hydrocarbons, and petroleum processing.

Biography Updated on 22 November 2007

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Articles in Scholarly Journals [Incomplete List]

  1. Steam reforming of ethanol on Ni–CeO2–ZrO2 catalysts: Effect of doping with copper, cobalt and calcium
    Catalysis Letters, vol. 118, no. 1-2, pp. 36–49, 2007
  2. Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over chromium and nickel oxide modified V2O5/ZrO2 catalysts
    Reaction Kinetics and Catalysis Letters, vol. 91, no. 2, pp. 263–271, 2007
  3. Steam reforming of ethanol for production of hydrogen over Ni/CeO22–ZrO22 catalyst: Effect of support and metal loading
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 32, no. 8, pp. 969–980, 2007
  4. Thermal cracking of JP-10: Kinetics and product distribution
    Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol. 76, no. 1-2, pp. 154–160, 2006
  5. Effect of calcium and potassium on V2O5/ZrO2 catalyst for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane: a comparative study
    Catalysis Letters, vol. 102, no. 3-4, pp. 237–246, 2005
  6. Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane on V2O5/ZrO2 Catalyst
    Catalysis Letters, vol. 96, no. 1/2, pp. 33–42, 2004
  7. Catalytic pyrolysis of n-heptane on unpromoted and potassium promoted calcium aluminates
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 87, no. 2, pp. 219–225, 2002
  8. Catalytic pyrolysis of methylcyclohexane: kinetics and modeling
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 47–54, 1998
  9. Pyrolysis of methylcyclohexane: Kinetics and modelling
    Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 123–129, 1997
  10. Potassium-containing calcium aluminate catalysts for pyrolysis of n-heptane
    Applied Catalysis A: General, vol. 162, no. 1-2, pp. 193–200, 1997
  11. Vapor grown carbon fibers from benzene pyrolysis: Filament length distributions
    Carbon, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 127–134, 1996
  12. Pyrolysis of n-heptane: kinetics and modeling
    Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 103–120, 1996
  13. Vapor-grown carbon fibers from benzene pyrolysis
    Carbon, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 253–258, 1995
  14. Vapor grown carbon fibers: Modeling of filament length distributions
    Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 255–270, 1994
  15. Vapor grown carbon fibers from pyrolysis of hydrocarbons: Modeling of filament growth and poisoning
    Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 131–144, 1993
  16. Modeling of a hydrocracking reactor
    Fuel Processing Technology, vol. 29, no. 1-2, pp. 1–17, 1991
  17. Hydrocracking: a review
    Fuel, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 1467–1473, 1990
  18. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 420–426, 1986
  19. Catalytic gasification of coke during the pyrolysis of n-hexane
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 794–799, 1986
  20. Modeling of naphtha pyrolysis
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 774–782, 1985
  21. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 1275–1281, 1985
  22. Catalyst deactivation in hollow cylindrical pellets
    The Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 125–131, 1985
  23. Catalyst deactivation in finite hollow cylindrical pellets
    The Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 39–43, 1985
  24. Diffusional influences on deactivation rates of bidispersed catalysts
    AIChE Journal, vol. 31, no. 8, pp. 1393–1396, 1985
  25. Optimal policy for a consecutive reaction in a CSTR with concentration-dependent catalyst deactivation
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 620–622, 1984
  26. Simulation of nylon 6 polymerization in tubular reactors with recycle
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1625–1640, 1983
  27. Partial oxidation of municipal solid waste
    Resources and Conservation, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 221–235, 1983
  28. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Process Design and Development, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 552–552, 1983
  29. SORPTION ON NON-UNIFORM ZEOLITE CRYSTALS FOR VARIOUS BULK CONCENTRATION PROFILES
    Chemical Engineering Communications, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 15–27, 1982
  30. Modelling of reversible poly(ethylene terephthalate) reactors
    Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol. 27, no. 11, pp. 4421–4438, 1982
  31. Pyrolysis of bovine waste
    Fuel, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 447–451, 1981
  32. Liquid-phase adsorption of binary and ternary systems of n-paraffins on LMS-5A
    Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Fundamentals, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 28–34, 1981
  33. Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 14–16, 1980
  34. Journal of Organic Chemistry, vol. 45, no. 11, pp. 2116–2119, 1980
  35. Effect of adsorbent particle size distribution on breakthrough curves for molecular sieve columns
    Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 1795–1801, 1980