Department of Chemical Engineering
IIT Madras

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TOTAL : 109
National Journals : 10
International Journals : 42
International Conferences : 27
National Conferences : 30
Book Chapters : 3

Patents

1. Manufacture of fatty acids or their alkali metal salts with immobilized alkaline lipase : Kosugi,Y, Murali Manoj,K, Murthy, M.S.R.C, Swaminathan,T,Rakshit,S.K, Japanese patent JP 10215888 A2 Dated 18 August 1998

2. Manufacture of fatty acids from their esters with alcohol-resistant lipase immobilized on cation exchangers : Kosugi,Y, Murthy, M.S.R.C, Murali Manoj,K, Swaminathan,T, Rakshit,S.K, Japanese Patent 10225298 A2 dated 25 August 1998

Recent Publications

Papers in National Journals

1. Biological & photocatalytic oxidation techniques for elimination of volatile organic compounds – Eldon R. Rene, K. Jagannathan and T.Swaminathan, Chemical Engineering World, 39, 42 – 50, (2004)

2. Heterogenous photocatalytic oxidation – A versatile technique for removal of hazardous pollutants - K. Jagannathan, Rahul Ashok Damodar , T. Swaminathan, Chemical Engineering World, December 2004

3. Biological Treatment Systems for VOC removal – Eldon.R.Rene and T.Swaminathan, Chemical Weekly, January, 195-202 (2007)

Papers in International Journals

1. Biodegradation of mixture of VOC’s in a biofilter - D. Arulneyam and T. Swaminathan, J. of Environmental Science, 16, 30 - 33, 2004

2. Performance of BTX degraders under substrate versatility conditions –Shihabudeen M.Maliyekkal, Eldon R.Rene, Ligy Philip, T.Swaminathan, Journal of Hazardous Materials, B109, 201 – 211, 2004

3. Media optimization of Bacillus thuringiensis PBT-372 using Response Surface methodology S.R.Prabagaran, K.Pakshirajan, T.Swaminathan and S. Jayachandran, Chemical and Biochemical engineering quarterly, 18(2), 13 - 19, (2004)

4. Optimization of the Phase System Composition of Aqueous Two-Phase System for Extraction of 2,3-Butanediol by Theoretical Formulation and Using Response Surface Methodology - Sanjoy Ghosh and T. Swaminathan, Chemical and Biochemical engineering quarterly, 18(2),155-165 (2004)

5. Response surface modeling and optimization to elucidate and analyze the effects of inoculum age and size on surfactin production - Ramkrishna Sen and T. Swaminathan, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 21(2), 141-148 (2004)

6. Evaluation of an alternative source of dextran as a phase forming polymer for aqueous two-phase extractive system - Sanjoy Ghosh, R. Vijayalakshmi and T. Swaminathan, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 21,241-252 (2004)

7. Substrate versatility studies on the aerobic degradation of BTX compounds – Eldon R. Rene, Shihabudheen M. Maliyekkal, Ligy Philip and T. Swaminathan, Contaminated soils,Sediments and Water, Edward J. Calabrese.al. (Eds.), Springer, vol.9, 105 –121, (2004)

8. Performance evaluation of a compost biofilter treating toluene vapors – Eldon R.Rene, D.V.S.Murthy and T.Swaminathan, Process Biochemistry, 40 2771- 2779 (2005)

9. Optimization of batch process parameters using response surface methodology for dye removal by a novel adsorbent - K. Ravikumar, K. Pakshirajan, T. Swaminathan and K. Balu, Chemical Engineering Journal, 105, 131-138 (2005)

10.Recycled polyolefin-based plastic wastes for sound absorption - Murugan.D, Varughese Susy and Swaminathan, T. Polymer – Plastics Technology and Engineering, 45, 7, 885-888 (2006)

11.Continuous biosorption of Pb, Cu and Cd by Phanerochaete chrysosporium in a packed column reactor – K. Pakshirajan and T. Swaminathan, Soils & Sediments contamination, 15(2), 187 – 197 (2006)

12.Lactic acid fermentation in cell recycle membrane bioreactor – Bijan Chaudhury and T.Swaminathan, Appl. Biochem and Biotechnol., 128(2), 171 – 183 (2006)

13.Use of pesticides and its impact on health of farmers in South India – Grace A.Chitra, V.R.Muraleedharan, T.Swaminathan and D. Veeraraghavan, Intl. J. Occup. Environm.Health, 12(3), 228 – 233 (2006)

14.Biofilm structure and extracellular polymeric substances in low and high dissolved oxygen membrane bioreactor – H.Y.Kim,K.M.Yun, C.H.Lee, S.Lee and T.Swaminathan, Separation Sci & Tecnnol., 41(7), 1213 -1230 (2006)

15.Effect of DO concentration on biofilm structure and membrane filterability in Submerged membrane bioreactor – Y.L.Jin, W.N.Lee, C.H.Lee, I.S.Chang, Xia Huang and T.Swaminathan, Water Research, 40(15), 2829-2836 (2006)

16.Decolourization of reactive dyes by thin film immobilized surface photoreactor using solar irradiation -Rahul A. Damodar, K. Jagannathan and T. Swaminathan, Solar Energy, 81, 1-7 (2007)