Dr. Dhanapati Deka
Professor
Qualification: PhD
Area of Specialization/ Research:
- Biofuel and Bioenergy systems
- Development of Renewable catalyst
- Catalytic transformation of biomass into biofuel and chemicals
- Modern Biofuel and Bio-refinery
- Algal based biofuel system
Research Publications (Recent Publications):
- Sarmah S, Kakati B K, Kucernak A R J and Deka D. Fabrication of hierarchically structured supercapacitor using N and S co-doped activated carbons derived from Samanea saman biomass. Energy Storage, 6(2), page e616 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/est2.616.
- Mukherjee C, Suryawanshi P G, Kalita M C, Deka D, Aranda D A G and Goud VV. Polarity-wise successive solvent extraction of Scenedesmus obliquus biomass and characterization of the crude extracts for broad‑spectrum antibacterial activity. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 14 (2), 2467-2483 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02432-1 . ISSN 2190-6823.
- Shah S R, Mazumdar N J , Centeno-Pedrazo A , Deka D, Artioli N and Manyr H. Recent Advances in Catalyst Design for Carboxylation using CO2 as the C1 Feedstock. Catalysts, 13, 1489(2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13121489. ISSN 2073-4344.
- Daimary N, Eldiehy, K.S H, Bora N, Boruah P, Rather M A , Mandal M, Bora U and Deka D. Towards integrated sustainable biofuel and chemical production: An application of banana pseudostem ash in the production of biodiesel and recovery of lignin from bamboo leaves. Chemosphere, 314, 137625 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137625.
- Eldiehy K.S.H, Daimary N., Borah, D, Mandal M and Deka D. Biodiesel Production from Chlorella homosphaera by Two-Step Catalytic Conversion Using Waste Radish Leaves as a Source for Heterogeneous Catalyst. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 195, 4347–4367 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-023-04312-4.
Papers in Conference Proceedings:
- Borah D, Eldiehy KSH and Deka D. (2023). Optoelectronic sensitivity based investigation on LED inspired microalgae cultivation. In the proceedings of Advances in Algal research of the International Symposium held at IIT Guwahati during June 12-14, 2023 jointly hosted by IIT Guwahati, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, GBPUAT, Pantnagar and DTU Copenhagen.
- Chakraborty, B., Das, V. and Deka, D. (2023). Microalgal Growth in Low-Cost Media for Biodiesel Production. In: Deka, D., Majumder, S.K., Purkait, M.K. (eds) Sustainable Environment. NERC 2022. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8464-8_17. Print ISBN 978-981-19-8463-1. Paper presented in North-East Research Conclave : Sustainable Environment held on May 20-22,2022 at IIT Guwahati.
- Rasul, I., Chakraborty, B. and Deka, D. (2023). Investigation of Microalgae Growth in a Mixture of Kraft Paper Industry Effluent and Biogas Slurry: Wastewater Treatment and Biodiesel Production. In: Deka, D., Majumder, S.K., Purkait, M.K. (eds) Sustainable Environment. NERC 2022. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8464-8_2. Print ISBN 978-981-19-8463-1. Paper presented in North-East Research Conclave : Sustainable Environment held on May 20-22,2022 at IIT Guwahati.
- Sarmah, S., Gohain, M. and Deka, D. (2021). Study of the Effect of Biomass-Derived N-Self Doped Porous Carbon in Microbial Fuel Cell. In: Bose, M., Modi, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5955-6_110. Print ISBN: 978-981-15-5954-9
- Hasin, M., Gohain, M. and Deka, D. (2021). Bio-Ethanol Production from Carbohydrate-Rich Microalgal Biomass: Scenedesmus Obliquus. In: Bose, M., Modi, A. (eds) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research PP 1215-1224, October 2020. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5955-6_116. Print ISBN: 978-981-15-5954-9.
Other Publications (Books/ Book Chapters, etc.):
Books:
- Devi A, Das V K and Deka D. Zinjiberofficinale: A nature based antioxidant for biodiesel. Published by Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany. ISBN: 978-3-330-03736-6.
Book Chapters:
- Eldiehy K S H, Das V, Borah D, Mandal M and Deka D.Strategic approaches to enhance lipid accumulation in microalgae for bioprospecting. In: Algal Biorefinery Developments, Challenges and Opportunities, (eds.) Dalai A, Goud VV, Nanda S and Borugadda V B. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN 9780367570057 (2021).
- Bhuyan N, Borah M J, Bora N, Saikia D, Deka D and Kataki R. Heterogeneous Nanocatalytic Conversion of Waste to Biodiesel. In: Nano‐ and Biocatalysts for Biodiesel Production, 249–277. doi:10.1002/9781119729969.ch10 (2021). John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 978-1-119-73000-2.
- Baruah PP, Bora P and Deka D. Biogas quality upgradation using Musa bulbasiana: a study on domestic biogas plant. In: Biofuels and Bioenergy (BICE2016), pp 287-297(2017). Springer, Cham.
- Devi A, Barman R and Deka D. Designer Biodiesel: An Optimization of Fuel Quality by Blending Multiple Oils. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Recent Advances in Bioenergy Research, Springer Proceedings in Energy, pp 131-148, DOI 10.1007/978-81-322-2773-1_10, © Springer India 2016. ISBN: 978-81-322-2771-7 (Print), 978-81-322-2773-1 (Online), 2016.
- Das S, Thakur A J and Deka D. Influence of free fatty acids content in catalytic activities of [BSMIM] Cl ionic liquid for biodiesel production from non-edible acidic oils. In: Recent Advances in Bio-energy Research, Vol. III CHAPTER 33. Editors: Sachin Kumar, A. K. Sarma, S. K. Tyagi, Y. K. Yadav. ISBN 978-81-927097-2-7, Sardar Swaran Singh National Institute of Renewable Energy, Kapurthala-144601 (Punjab), Electronic version published by SSS-NIRE-2014, Kapurthala, India, PP 449-356.
Research Projects:
- International Joint Collaborative Research Project of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and Hungary Academy of Science, Budapest on “Applied Research and development for industrial realization of lignin recycling and conversion to value-added international market product”. Funding Agency: DST, INDIA, Sanctioned Amount: Rs. 48.38 lakh, for 3 years (2021-24). (PI)
- International Joint Collaborative Research Project of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India and Hungary Academy of Science, Budapest on Biochemical and Biofuel production using Green Catalytic Processes. Funding Agency: DST, INDIA, Sanctioned Amount: Rs.34.42 lakh, for 3 years (2016-19). (PI)
- International Joint Collaborative Research Project of the Department of Biotechnology and MCTI-CNPq, Brazil under Indo-Brazil Collaboration onIntegrated Biorefinery Approach towards production of sustainable fuel and chemicals from Algal biobased systems. . Funding Agency: DBT, INDIA, Sanctioned Amount: Rs.100.46 lakh, for 4 years (2016-19). (PI)
- International Joint Collaborative Research Project of the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India and Academy of Finland on Synthesis of platform bio-fuels from Renewable sources using acid modified supported ionic liquid catalysts. Funding Agency: DST, INDIA, Sanctioned Amount: Rs.34.61 lakh, for 3 years (2011-14). (PI)
- University Grants Commission of India (UGC) sponsored Major Research Project entitled Assessment and Analysis of the Plant oil feedstock available in North-East India for bio-diesel production. Funding Agency: UGC, INDIA Sanctioned Amount: Rs.9.25 lakh, for 3 years (2011-14). (PI)
Awards/ Honours, etc.:
- Visiting Scientists: Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary (January 28- February 6, 2024), Federal University of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil ( 6 June-8 July, 2018), Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Budapest (June 12-20, 2017), Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland (8-14 August, 2011).
- Honorary Member, Rotary Club of Tezpur (Club ID: 1198::RID:3240), Tezpur , Assam, 2020.
- Appointed as Students Councilor in Girijananda Choudhury Institute of Management and Technology, Tezpur w.e.f. 28.02.2020 for two years.
- INSA-Visiting Fellowship for collaborative research work in Institute of Wood Science & Technology, Bangalore (2-31 August, 2001).
- Member of the Expert Visiting Committee (EVC) of AICTE-CR, Bhopal and AICTE-NW for evaluating six Engineering College in Surat, Gujarat, Indore, MP and Rajasthan.