Publications and Presentations

Books / Book Chapters

  1. Kaisare N. S., G. D. Stefanidis and D.G. Vlachos (2009), "Transport Phenomena in Microscale Reacting Flow," In Handbook of Microprocess Engineering, Part A: Fundamentals, Operations and Catalysts, A. Renken and Y. Wang (Eds.), Wiley-VCH, Berlin

Peer reviewed journals

  1. Kaisare N. S., J. M. Lee and J. H. Lee (2003), "Simulation based strategy for nonlinear optimal control: Application to a microbial cell reactor," Int. J. Robust and Nonlinear Control, 13: 347-363.
  2. Kaisare N. S., J. H. Lee and A. G. Fedorov (2005), "Hydrogen generation in a reverse-flow microreactor: 1. Model formulation and scaling," A.I.Ch.E.Journal, 51: 2254-2264.
  3. Kaisare N. S., J. H. Lee and A. G. Fedorov (2005), "Hydrogen generation in a reverse-flow microreactor: 2. Simulation and Analysis," A.I.Ch.E.Journal, 51: 2265-2272.
  4. Peroni C. V., N. S. Kaisare and J. H. Lee (2005), "Optimal control of a fed batch bioreactor using simulation-based approximate Dynamic Programming," IEEE Trans. Control Sys. Tech., 13: 786-790.
  5. Kaisare N. S., J. H. Lee and A. G. Fedorov (2005), "Operability analysis and design of a reverse-flow microreactor for hydrogen generation," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44:8323-8333.
  6. Lee J. M., N. S. Kaisare and J. H. Lee (2006), "Choice of approximator and design of penalty function for an approximate dynamic programming based control approach," J. Process Control, 16: 135-156.
  7. Vlachos D. G., A. B. Mhadeshwar and N. S. Kaisare (2006), "Hierarchical multiscale model-based design of experiments, catalysts, and reactors for fuel processing," Comput. Chem. Eng., 30: 1712-1724.
  8. Kaisare N. S. and D. G. Vlachos (2007), "Optimal reactor dimensions for homogeneous combustion in small channels," Catal. Today, 120: 96-106.
  9. Kaisare N. S. and D. G. Vlachos (2007), "Extending the region of stable homogeneous micro-combustion through forced unsteady operation," Proc. Combust. Insti., 31: 3293-3300.
  10. Kaisare N. S., S. R. Deshmukh and D. G. Vlachos (2008), "Stability and Performance of Catalytic Microreactors: Simulations of Propane Catalytic Combustion on Pt," Chem. Eng. Sci., 63: 1098-1116.
  11. Stefanidis G. D., N. S. Kaisare and D. G. Vlachos (2008), "Modeling ignition in catalytic microreactors," Chem. Eng. Technol., 31: 1170-1175.
  12. Stefanidis G. D., D. G. Vlachos, N. S. Kaisare and M. Maestri (2009), "Methane steam reforming at microscale: Operation strategies for variable power output at millisecond contact times," AIChE Journal, 55:180-191.
  13. Kaisare N. S., G. D. Stefanidis and D. G. Vlachos (2009), "Comparison of Ignition Strategies for Catalytic Microdevices," Proc. Combust. Insti., 32: 3027-3034.
  14. Kaisare N. S., G. D. Stefanidis and D. G. Vlachos (2009), "Millisecond production of hydrogen from alternative, high hydrogen density fuels in a co-current multifunctional microreactor," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 48:1749-1760.
  15. Seshadri V. and N. S. Kaisare (2010), "Ignition strategies for fuel mixtures in catalytic microburners," Combust. Theory Model., 14:23-40.
  16. Seshadri V. and N. S. Kaisare (2010), "Hydrogen-assisted ignition of lean propane/air mixtures in catalytic microburnersquot; Combust. Flame, 157: 2051-2062.
  17. Kaisare N. S. and J. H. Lee (2010), "Optimal Design of Periodic Test Input Signals for Multivariable Impulse Response Models," Optim. Control Appl. Methods, 31: 451-469.
  18. Gopalakrishnan A., N. S. Kaisare and S. Narasimhan (2011), "Incorporating Delayed and Infrequent Measurements in Extended Kalman Filter Based Nonlinear State Estimation," J. Proc. Control, 21: 119-129.
  19. Reddy V. R. and N. S. Kaisare (2011), "Propane Combustion in Non-Adiabatic Microreactors: 1. Comparison of Channel and Posted Catalytic Inserts," Chem. Eng. Sci., 66: 1123-1131.
  20. Reddy V. R. and N. S. Kaisare (2011), "Propane Combustion in Non-Adiabatic Microreactors: 2. Flow Configuration in Posted Microreactors," Chem. Eng. Sci., in press, doi:10.1016/j.ces.2011.01.002.
  21. Joy M. and N. S. Kaisare (2011), "Approximate Dynamic Programming Based Control of Distributed Parameter Systems," Asia Pac. J. Chem. Engng., in press, doi:10.1002/apj.568.
  22. Reddy V. R. and N. S. Kaisare (2011), "Numerical Analysis of Fractal Catalyst Structuring in Microreactors," Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., accepted, doi:10.1021/ie2003957.

Proceedings and Presentations (Representative list)

  1. Agharkar P., P. Subramanian, N. S. Kaisare and R. I. Sujith, "Control of thermoacoustic instabilties in a ducted premixed flame," 18th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, July 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  2. Agharkar P., P. Subramanian, N. S. Kaisare and R. I. Sujith, "Thermoacoustic instabilities in a ducted premixed flame: Reduced order models and control," European Combustion Meeting, June 2011, London, England.
  3. T. Raghuram, P. Aghalayam and N. S. Kaisare, "Microkinetic model for NO-CO reaction: Model reduction," International Conference on Chemical Kinetics, July 2011, Cambridge, MA, USA.
  4. Kaisare N. S., "Effect of Catalyst Segmentation on Ignition in Catalytic Microburners," International Conference on Numerical Combustion, April 2011, Corfu, Greece.
  5. R. Tasgaonkar, V. R. Reddy and N. S. Kaisare, "Comparison of heat recuperation Spiral and 'Swiss-Roll' microburners for catalytic propane combustion," International Conference on Numerical Combustion, April 2011, Corfu, Greece.
  6. Reddy V. R., A. Mukherjee and N. S. Kaisare, "Numerical analysis of fractal catalyst structuring in microreactors," CHISA: 19th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, August 2010
  7. Kaisare N. S. and S. Narasimhan, "State Estimation in Presence of Infrequent and Delayed Primary Measurements," PSE-Asia 2010: 5th International Conference on Design, Operation and Control of Chemical Processes, July 2010, Singapore
  8. Joy M. and N. S. Kaisare, "Approximate Dynamic Programming based Control of Distributed Parameter Systems," PSE-Asia 2010: 5th International Conference on Design, Operation and Control of Chemical Processes, July 2010, Singapore
  9. Vikram S. and N. S. Kaisare "Simulation of Ignition Characteristics of Various Fuels in a Catalytic Microreactor," ECM-2009: European Combustion Meeting, April 2009, Vienna, Austria.
  10. Kaisare N. S., G. D. Stefanidis and D. G. Vlachos, "Ignition Strategies for Catalytic Microdevices," IMRET - 10: 10th International Conference on Microreactor Technologies, April 2008, New Orleans, LA.
  11. Stefanidis G. D., N. S. Kaisare, M. Maestri, E. Tronconi and D. G. Vlachos, "Design Principles of Multifunctional Microdevices for Hydrogen Production Via Short Contact Time Steam Reforming," IMRET - 10: 10th International Conference on Microreactor Technologies, April 2008, New Orleans, LA.
  12. Stefanidis G. D., N. S. Kaisare, M. Maestri, E. Tronconi and D. G. Vlachos, "Design Principles of Multifunctional Microdevices for Hydrogen Production Via Short Contact Time Steam Reforming," IMRET - 10: 10th International Conference on Microreactor Technologies, April 2008, New Orleans, LA.
  13. Prasad V., A. Karim, N. S. Kaisare, D. Hansgen and D. G. Vlachos, "A unified modeling framework for design of multi-site catalysts: Application to NH3 decomposition for H2 production," 20th North American Meeting of Catalysis Society, June 2007, Houston, TX.
  14. Kaisare N. S. and D. G. Vlachos, "Optimization of heat recuperating reactor strategies for autothermal hydrogen generation," 20th North American Meeting of Catalysis Society, June 2007, Houston, TX.
  15. Kaisare N. S., S. R. Deshmukh and D. G. Vlachos, "A numerical investigation of stability and performance of catalytic combustion in microreactors," AIChE annual meeting, Nov. 2006, San Francisco, CA.
  16. Federici J. A., N. S. Kaisare, E. Wetzel and D. G. Vlachos, "Enhancing microburner stability for portable power generation through heat recuperation," AIChE annual meeting, Nov. 2006, San Francisco, CA.
  17. Kaisare N. S. and D. G. Vlachos (2006), "Extending the region of stable homogeneous micro-combustion through forced unsteady operation," 31st International Symposium on Combustion, Heidelberg, Germany.
  18. Vlachos D. G., A. B. Mhadeshwar and N. S. Kaisare (2006), "Hierarchical multiscale model-based design of experiments, catalysts, and reactors for fuel processing," Chemical Process Control 7, Alberta, Canada.
  19. Kaisare N. S., S. R. Deshmukh and D. G. Vlachos (2005), "On the stability of micro-scale heat sources," AIChE annual meeting, Nov. 2005, Cincinnati, OH
  20. Deshmukh S. R., N. S. Kaisare and D. G. Vlachos (2005), "Hierarchical modeling of integrated microdevices for hydrogen production," AIChE annual meeting, Nov. 2005, Cincinnati, OH
  21. Kaisare N. S., J. M. Lee and J. H. Lee (2005), "Empirical results on convergence and exploration in simulation-based Approximate Dynamic Programming," In proceedings of IFAC World Congress, July 2005, Prague, Czech Republic.
  22. Kaisare N. S., A. G. Fedorov and J. H. Lee (2004), "Hydrogen generation in a microreactor with periodic flow reversal: Simulation and Analysis," AIChE. annual meeting, Nov. 2004.
  23. Peroni C. V., J. H. Lee and N. S. Kaisare (2003), "Optimization of a fed-batch bioreactor using simulation-based approach," In proceedings of ADCHEM 2003, Jan 2004, Hong Kong
  24. Lee J. H. and N. S. Kaisare (2003), "Control relevant L-optimal design of periodic test input signals for iterative open-loop identification of multivariable FIR systems," In proceedings of 13th symposium on System Identification, SYSID-2003, August 2003, Rotterdam
  25. Kaisare N. S., J. M. Lee and J. H. Lee (2002), "Simulation based optimization for nonlinear optimal control," In proceedings of IFAC World Congress, July 2002, Barcelona, Spain
  26. Kaisare N. S., R. Amirthalingam and J. H. Lee (2001), "Inferential control of a two-vessel kamyr digester," In proceedings of Pulp Digester Monitoring and Control Workshop, June 2001, Annapolis, MD
  27. Kaisare N. S., J. M. Lee and J. H. Lee (2002), "Comparison of value iteration, policy iteration and temporal difference in dynamic programming based optimal control," AIChE. annual meeting, Nov. 2002, Indianapolis
  28. Lee J. M., N. S. Kaisare, T. Thosukhowong and J. H. Lee (2002), "Detection of abnormalities at their onset," AIChE. annual meeting, Nov. 2002, Indianapolis
  29. Kaisare N. S., A. A. Namjoshi, J. H. Lee and D. Ramkrishna (2000), "Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of hybridoma cell reactor using cybernetic modeling," AIChE. annual meeting, Nov. 2000, Los Angeles
  30. Bedekar, A. S. and N. S. Kaisare (1998), "Reactive distillation for production of MTBE: A review," Cheminar-98, March 1998, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India. First prize in the review paper category

Invited Talks

  1. National Institute of Technology - Trichy, January 2008
  2. North Carolina State University, April 2007
  3. IIT-Bombay, May 2006
  4. IISc-Bangalore, May 2006
  5. National Chemical Laboratories (NCL), Pune, April 2006
  6. University Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT), Mumbai, December 2004