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Best Paper Award

The paper entitled Esterification of ethanol with sulfuric acid: A kinetic study authored by Shammi Theodore and P.S.T. Sai was awarded as the best paper published in the 12-month period in The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering in 2001

Publications in Referred International Journals

  • A model for residence time distribution of solids in a rotary kiln, Loni Dinesh V. and P.S.T. Sai, Can. J. Chem. Eng. (in press)

  • Liquid holdup in turbulent bed contactor, A.E.R. Bruce, P.S.T. Sai and K. Krishnaiah, Chem. Eng. J. 99, 203-212, 2004.

  • A model for pressure drop and liquid saturation in gas-liquid cocurrent upflow through packed beds, H. Sindhu and P.S.T. Sai, Chem. Eng. J. 93, 135-142, 2003.

  • Liquid phase mixing of turbulent bed contactor, A.E.R. Bruce, P.S.T. Sai and K. Krishnaiah, Chem. Eng. Sci., 58, 3453-3463, 2003.

  • Flow regimes in a turbulent bed contactor, A.E.R. Bruce, P.S.T. Sai and K. Krishnaiah, Can. J. Chem. Engg., 80, 337-345, 2002.

  • Esterification of ethanol with sulfuric acid: A kinetic study, Shammi Theodore and P.S.T. Sai, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 79, 54-64, 2001.

  • Radial liquid distribution in gas-liquid concurrent downflow through packed beds, B. Kunjummen, T. Shyam Prasad and P.S.T. Sai, Bioprocess Engineering, 22, 471-475, 2000

  • Optimization of air distribution in direct reduction process in rotary kilns, V. Ramakrishnan and P.S.T. Sai, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 77, 775-783, 1999.

  • Mathematical modeling of pneumatic char injection in a direct reduction rotary kiln, V. Ramakrishnan and P.S.T. Sai, Met. Mat. Trans. B, 30B, 1999.

  • Transient response of granular bed motion in rotary kiln, V. Sriram and P.S.T. Sai, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 77, 597-601, 1999.

  • Studies on effect of air distribution on the performance of a direct reduction rotary kiln, V. Niyamathullah and P.S.T. Sai, J. Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer, 21, 77-84, 1999.

  • Enrichment of titanium dioxide in red mud: A Kinetic study, Pankaj Kasliwal and P.S.T. Sai, Hydrometallurgy, 53, 73-87,1999.
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