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2024
  • Shailesh Pathak, Preeti Bhumla, Shashank Bahri, Sreedevi Upadhyayula, Bhattacharya, Saswata, O-Vacancy Mediated Partially Inverted Ferrospinels for Enhanced Activity in the Sulfuric Acid Decomposition for Hydrogen Production, Phys. Chem. Lett., Vol 15(1) 2024, 97–104. (Impact factor 5.816).
  • R. S. Kadam, G. D. Yadav, Process integration of hydrolysis and hydrogen generation processes in the six-step Cu-Cl cycle for green hydrogen production, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 49, 862-876(2024).
  • R. S. Kadam, A. B. Nirukhe, G. D. Yadav, Heat utilized pressure swing distillation (PSD) process for the separation of the maximum boiling azeotrope HCl and Water in the Cu-Cl Cycle, Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification 196, 109616 (2024).
  • During the India Energy Week 2024 held on 07.02.2024 at IPSHEM Goa, a technical paper titled ‘Utilizing Geothermal energy of volcanic barren island: Leading towards sustainability in Andaman & Nicobar Islands’ was presented by Mr. Deepak Kumar, DGM (Electrical) - PM Geothermal. The presentation was based on the ‘Concept Note and Tentative Project Plan for utilizing geothermal energy of Volcanic Barren Island’ proposed to MNRE by OEC.
  • During the India Energy Week 2024 held on 07.02.2024 at IPSHEM, Goa technical paper titled ‘Role of Geothermal Energy resources in attaining Carbon Neutral Ladakh’ was presented by Mr. Meghasham Khandige, Jr. Project Associate.
  • During the India Energy Week 2024 held on 07.02.2024 at IPSHEM Goa, technical paper titled ‘Process optimization for methanogenesis using microbial communities of high temperature oil reservoir of Ankleshwar oil field, ONGC’ was presented by Dr. Harshita Negi Rawat, Jr. Project Associate.
  • During the India Energy Week 2024 held on 08.02.2024 at IPSHEM Goa, a technical paper titled ‘Initiatives of ONGC Energy Centre for Carbon Dioxide Valorization’ has been presented by Ms. Jyoti Verma, Jr. Project Associate.
  • During the India Energy Week 2024 held on 08.02.2024 at IPSHEM Goa, a technical paper titled ‘Development and demonstration of microbial process for enhancement of coalbed methane under subsurface condition’ was presented by Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar, Jr. Project Associate.
  • Ms. Jyoti Verma, Jr. Project Associate presented a technical paper on ‘Initiatives of ONGC Energy Centre for Biotechnology for Energy Projects’ during the 27th Energy Technology meet on ‘Green Energy Horizons: Advancing Sustainable Refining and Petrochemicals’ organized by MoP&NG on 13.11.2024 at Bengaluru, Karnataka.
  • Jyoti Verma, Yatish T. Shah, Suresh Sundaramurthy, and S. Arisutha (2024) Insights into Next-generation Biofuel Strategies and Policy Considerations in India, book chapter in Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2024 S. Kumar et al. (eds.), Clean Energy Transition-via-Biomass Resource Utilization, Green Energy and Technology, pp 251–310 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6321-4_11
2023
  • Sachin Tomar*, Sreedevi Upadhyayula* (2023) Highly active and stable copper ferrite supported on β–SiC foam for decomposition of SO3 in the Sulfur–Iodine cycle for H2 production. Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.12.062 (Impact factor 5.816)
  • Shivam Gupta*, Sumana Ghosh*, Parmod Vaishnav, Priti Sarkar, Deepak Kumar and Bharat Sitaram Mendhe (2023) Experimental Analysis of the Point Absorber Wave Energy Convertor (PA-WEC), ICMF 2023, Kobe, Japan.
  • Jyoti Verma, Komal Singh (2023) Advancements in Biotechnology Applications for Conversion of Unrecoverable Crude Oil to Methane. The Journal of Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI) April-June 2023: 22 (2) https://www.fipi.org.in/journal/FIPI_Journal_Apr_Jun_2023.pdf
  • Chawla M, Lavania M, Sahu N, Shekhar S, Singh N, More A, Iyer M, Kumar S, Singh K and Lal B (2023) Culture-independent assessment of the indigenous microbial diversity of Raniganj coal bed methane block, Durgapur. Front. Microbiol. 14:1233605. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1233605.
  • Gaikwad SL, Pore SD, Dhakephalkar PK, Dagar SS, Soni R, Kaur MP, Negi Rawat H, Pseudodesulfovibrio thermohalotolerans sp. nov., a novel obligately anaerobic, halotolerant, thermotolerant, and sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a western offshore hydrocarbon reservoir in India. Anaerobe 22:102780 (2023). doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2023.102780.
  • Shailesh Pathak, Sreedevi Upadhyayula, Insights into the stability of the silica-based core-shell catalysts in high-temperature reaction of the Iodine-Sulfur cycle for hydrogen production, Reaction Kinetics, Mechanisms & Catalysis, DOI: 10.1007/s11144-023-02488-8 (2023) (Impact factor 6.888).
  • S. V. Sutar, A. B. Nirukhe, G. D. Yadav, Hydrogen production using hybrid six-step copper-chlorine thermochemical cycle: Energy and Exergy analyses, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 49A, 1478-1489 (2023).
  • S. V. Sutar, G. D. Yadav, Advancements in spray drying system for heat recovery, methodology, and economics: A review, Drying Technology 41:16, 2537-2565 (2023).
  • P. Sutar, R. Kadam, G. D. Yadav, Process simulation-based life cycle assessment of the six-step Cu-Cl Cycle of green hydrogen generation and comparative analysis with other Cu-Cl cycles, The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 28 (6), 651-668 (2023).
  • R. S. Kadam, A. B. Nirukhe, G. D. Yadav, Energy saving in Cu-Cl thermochemical cycle for green hydrogen production: Use of heat integration approach and simulation tools, Energy Conversion and Management 293, 117431(2023).
  • A.Y. Hegde, S. Chaudhary, P. Damaraju, P. K. Sow, Decoupling the anodic and cathodic behavior in asymmetric electrochemical hydroiodic acid decomposition cell for hydrogen production in the iodine–sulfur thermochemical cycle. Environ Science and Pollution Research (2023). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-30154-y.
  • During the 7th International Hydrogen Technologies Congress (IHTEC-2023) held from 10-12 May 2023 in Elazığ, Türkiye, a technical paper titled ‘Enhanced SO3 decomposition over CuFe2O4/β-SiC foam in the I-S cycle for H2 production’ was presented virtually by Ms. Saroj Chaudhary, Project Manager-Hydrogen & Sreedevi Upadhyayula (PI-IIT Delhi, I-S Cycle project).
2022
  • S. Pathak, S. Upadhyayula, A Review on the Development of Supported Non-Noble Metal Catalysts for the Endothermic High Temperature Sulfuric Acid Decomposition Step in the Iodine-Sulfur Cycle for Hydrogen Production, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, HE34814, 2022.
  • Shailesh Pathak*, Sreedevi Upadhyayula* (2022) A Review on the Development of Supported Non-Noble Metal Catalysts for the Endothermic High Temperature Sulfuric Acid Decomposition Step in the Iodine-Sulfur Cycle for Hydrogen Production. Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy 47(31):14186-14210 (Impact factor 7.139).
  • Sachin Tomar*, Deepika Gill*, Kishore Kondamudi*, Sreedevi Upadhyayula*, Saswata Battacharya* (2022) SO3 decomposition over silica modified β–SiC supported CuFe2O4 catalyst: Characterization, performance, and atomistic insights. Nanoscale 14:6876-6887 (Impact factor 8.307)
  • Sachin Tomar*, Sreedevi Upadhyayula* (2022) Effect of the feed impurities on catalytic performance of CuFe2O4/β–SiC for SO3 decomposition in the sulfur–iodine cycle, Catalysis Science & Technology 12:4066 - 4073 (Impact factor 6.177)
  • Ashwini Nirukhe, Saroj Chaudhary, D. Parvatalu (2022) Indigenous Development of Green Hydrogen Technologies: Collaborative Efforts at ONGC Energy Centre. The Journal of Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry 21(3):25-29.
  • Ravi Prakash*, Ranjana Rathaur*, Shivam Gupta*, Deepak Kumar, Rajesh Agarwal, Sanjay Kumar Vatsa, Meghasham Khandige and Sumana Ghosh* (2022) A Numerical Study on float body design for Wave Energy Converter. Ocean Engineering 264(11240): 0029-8018.
  • Jyoti Verma, Ravi (2022) Viability Related Issues in Energy Industries. The Journal of Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI) October-December 2022: 21 (4) https://www.fipi.org.in/journal/FIPI_Journal_Oct_Dec_2022.pdf
  • Anjali Prasad*, Jyoti Verma, Sundaramurthy Suresh*, S. Arisutha* (2022) Recent advancements in the applicability of SnO2-based photo-catalysts for Hydrogen production: Challenges and Solutions. Springer: Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy https://doi.org/10.1007/s42768-022-00105-3
  • Durgadevi Arunagiri*, S Pushpavanam*, Nimmi Singh, Jyoti Verma, Maninder Pal Kaur, Somnath Chanda Roy* (2022) Enhanced methane yield by photoreduction of CO2 at moderate temperature and pressure using Pt coated, graphene oxide wrapped TiO2 nanotubes. ScienceDirect Elsevier: Results in Engineering 100441 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2022.100441 Impact Factor: 3.9
  • Shivam Gupta*, Sumana Ghosh*, Parmod Vaishnav, Priti Sarkar, Deepak Kumar and Bharat Sitaram Mendhe (2022) Experiment on Hydraulic Power Take Off Unit (PTO) for Point Absorber Wave Energy Converter (PA-WEC), FMFP2022–3135, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India.
  • OEC collaborators for respective projects.
2021
  • A paper titled ‘Clean & Green Energy’ authored by S Katti was published in millennium post media journal on 05.02.2021.
  • Technical review paper titled ‘Electricigens and microbial fuel cells for bioremediation and bioenergy production: a review’ was published by J Verma, D Kumar, N Singh, S Katti, YT Shah on 06.02.2021 in Springer Nature: Environmental Chemistry Letters https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-021-01199-7 IF:9
  • A paper titled ‘Insights into enhanced stability and activity of silica modified SiC supported iron oxide catalyst in sulfuric acid decomposition’ was published by S Pathak, S Saini, K Kondamudi, S Upadhyayula, S Bhattacharya, in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 284 (2021) 119613.
  • R Raghuwanshi, A Shukla, ‘Investigation of anodic oxidation of aqueous SO2 over carbon electrodes’ at International Virtual Conference on Recent Innovation in Cleaner Technologies (RICT 2021) held at MNIT Jaipur on 8-9.03.2021.
  • K. Agrawal, A.A. Naik, S. Chaudhary, D. Parvatalu and V. Santhanam, Prudent Practices in Ex-Situ Durability Analysis Using Cyclic Voltammetry for Platinum-based Electrocatalysts, Chem-Asian J, 16(21), 2021, 3311-3325.
  • K. Agrawal, S. Chaudhary, D. Parvatalu, and V. Santhanam, Durability of Platinum Overlayers formed By Self-Terminating Electrodeposition, ECS Transactions, 104(8), 2021, 379.
  • S. Pathak, S. Saini, K. Kondamudi, S. Upadhyayula, S. Bhattacharya, Insights into enhanced stability and activity of silica modified SiC supported iron oxide catalyst in sulfuric acid decomposition, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 284, 2021, 119613.
  • S. Pathak, S. Saini, K. Kondamudi, S. Upadhyayula, S. Bhattacharya, Tuning metal-support interaction of iron-oxide at nanoscale for enhanced performance in endothermic high temperature reactions, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental Vol 284, 2021, 119613.
  • S. Pathak, S. Upadhyayula, High temperature sulfuric acid decomposition in iodine-sulfur process - thermodynamics, concentrator and reactor, product separation, materials and energy analysis, Int. J. of Hydrogen Energy, Vol 46(69), 2021, 34148-34174.
  • N. Anoop, S. Sundaramurthy, J. M. Jha, S. Chandrabalan, N. Singh, J. Verma, D. Parvatalu, S. S. Katti, Plasma catalysis: a feasible solution for carbon dioxide valorization, Springer: Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 2021; 23:2789-811.
2020
  • DG-OEC delivered the inaugural address on the topic “Electrochemical Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities” during International Conference on ‘Electrochemistry in Industry, Health and Environment EIHE 2020,’ organized by Indian Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (ISEAC) at DAE Convention Centre, Mumbai during January 21 to 25, 2020.
  • DG-OEC delivered the inaugural address during the ‘5th International Conference on Managing Business Enterprises - Issues and Challenges with the key focus on - Adopt, Adapt, Innovate,’ organized by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Usha & Lakshmi Mittal Institute of Management (BULMIM), New Delhi on February 29, 2020.
  • An invited review paper titled ‘Photocatalytic assisted microwave-based plasma pyrolyser: A solution for COVID-19 related wastes?’ was published by S Suresh, A Suresh, S Katti and J Verma on 27.12.2020 in Convention Special Issue 2020: Journal of Indian Chemical Society, Vol. 97, No. 12a, December 2020, pp. 2623-2632.
  • S Pathak, S Upadhyayula, D Parvatalu, S Katti, ‘Experiment, Modelling and Simulation of Bayonet Integrated Decomposer reactor for sulfur trioxide decomposition in thermochemical hydrogen production processes’ at AIChE, USA 2020.
  • A paper titled ‘Acid stable bi-functional cation exchange membrane based on modified poly vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene for electrochemical Bunsen process’ was published by AK Das and VK Shahi, in Journal of Power Sources 450 (2020) 227622.
2019
  • ‘Evaluating indigenous diversity and potential for microbial methane generation from thermogenic coal bed methane reservoir,’ by Rohit Rathi, Meeta Lavania, Nimmi Singh, Priyangshu Manab Sarma, Puneet Kishore, Parthanarayan Hajra and Banwari Lal. Journal Fuel, Volume 250, 15 August 2019, Pages 362-372.
  • Sony, Divya Jyoti, Ashok N. Bhaskarwar, D. Parvatalu, B. Bhargava, “Decomposition of Hydrogen iodide over NiO/ZrO2 xerogel catalyst in sulfur-iodine cycle for the production of hydrogen” at UKCC, Holywell Park, Loughborough, during 9th – 11th January 2019.
  • Subham Paul, AB Bindwal, P Kumar, S Kumar, A Bordoloi, V Kumar, D Parvatalu, "Making Hydrogen Back from H2S: A Modified Thermochemical S-I Cycle” at ‘RPTM’ held at Mumbai during 12th – 14th January 2019.
  • Dr. Sanjeev S. Katti delivered invited lecture on “Green Energy, Clean Energy – Challenges and Opportunities” during ‘Foundation Day of IIChE (Northern Regional Centre)’ held at IIChE, Delhi, on 19th January 2019.
  • Dr. Sanjeev S. Katti delivered Plenary talk on “Bio CBM and UCG” during seminar on ‘Opportunities in Alternative Usage of Coal’ held at IIChE, Delhi, on 19th January 2019.
  • D. Parvatalu, Vinod Kumar, Peeyush Kumar, Bharat Bhargava. “Hydrogen Generation Programme: Recent status in India” during ‘PETROTECH 2019’ held at New Delhi from 10th – 12th February 2019.
  • Subham Paul, AB Bindwal, P Kumar, S Kumar, V Kumar, D Parvatalu, “Utilization of H2S from Sour Gas Stream for H2 Production through Thermochemical S-I Cycle”, during ‘PETROTECH 2019’ held at New Delhi from 10th – 12th February 2019.
  • Dr. Sanjeev S. Katti delivered Keynote address on “Bio CBM and UCG” during seminar on ‘9th World Petrocoal Congress 2019 held at IIChE, Delhi India International Centre, New Delhi, from 15th – 17th February 2019.
  • Dr. Sanjeev S. Katti delivered Plenary talk on “Electrochemical Technologies for Energy, Water and Environment: Challenges and Opportunities” during Indo-German Joint Scientific Workshop on “Membranes for water and Energy” held at CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar from 18th – 20th February 2019.
  • Dr. Sanjeev S. Katti delivered Keynote address on “Digital Solutions in the Process Industries – A Practitioner’s perspective” during seminar on ‘Digital Solutions in the Process Industries’ held at IIT Bombay on 16th March 2019.
  • DG-OEC delivered the keynote address during a one day workshop on renewable energy on the topic “Green Energy Future in India” organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Chandigarh Regional Centre, held at GNA University, Punjab on April 18, 2019.
  • DG-OEC delivered the inaugural address on the subject “Downstream 4.0: Smart Manufacturing & Digital Transformation” during ‘Global Refining & Petrochemicals Congress,’ held in New Delhi from July 17 to 18, 2019.
  • DG-OEC delivered the inaugural address on the subject “Electrochemical Technologies for Energy, Water and Environment: Challenges and Opportunities” during ‘NSEST 2019 - 30th Prof. T. L. Rama Char Memorial Lecture,’ held at IISc, Bengaluru on July 19, 2019.
  • DG-OEC gave a presentation during ‘7th ENERTIA Summit & Conclave 2019,’ held in Delhi on July 26, 2019.
  • DG-OEC delivered the keynote address on the subject “Green Energy, Clean Energy – Challenges and Opportunities” at IIT Roorkee on August 14, 2019.
  • DG-OEC delivered the inaugural keynote address on the subject “Hydrogen as the ultimate fuel: Challenges & Opportunities” during ‘10th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress & Expo-2019,’ held in New Delhi from August 21 to 23, 2019.
  • Bharat Mendhe, DGM (Prod.), delivered a presentation on the topic "Adopt Innovative Policies and Practices for Geothermal Energy” during ‘Conference on Sustainability Innovation Summit 2019,’ organized by Indian Chamber of Commerce, held at Hyderabad on September 18, 2019.
  • Rajesh Agarwal, GM (Civil), delivered an invited lecture on “Clean and Green Energy” at IIT Delhi during their ‘Industry Day 2019,’ held on September 21, 2019.
  • DG-OEC delivered a keynote address on the subject “Material Challenges in Energy and Chemical Industries” during ‘CORCON – 2019,’ held in Mumbai from September 23 to 26, 2019.
  • Dr. D. Parvatalu, Domain Expert, conducted a Technical interactive forum on “Regulations and Standards in Corrosion” during ‘CORCON – 2019,’ held in Mumbai from September 23 to 26, 2019.
  • OEC & ICT presented research paper titled “Development of materials in molten chloride salt media for solar thermal storage Applications” during ‘CORCON – 2019,’ held in Mumbai from September 23 to 26, 2019.
  • DG-OEC delivered the Chief Guest Lecture and the keynote address at the National workshop on ‘Renewable energy from Ocean energy: Potential along Indian sub-continent,’ supported by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, with participation from National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) and The University of Edinburgh, UK, held at IIT Bombay during September 30 to October 1, 2019.
  • Dr. D. Parvatalu delivered invited talk at the ‘8th International Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Conference (IHFC-2019),’ held in Mumbai during December 8 to 10, 2019.
  • Uday Shankar, GM (Mech.), delivered an invited talk on the topic “Solar - PSU perspective” during the conference on ‘Solar for PSUs,’ held in New Delhi on December 18, 2019.
  • Kishore K. Menon, Sr. Project Associate, gave presentation on the topic “Solar – case studies & project showcase” during the conference on ‘Solar for PSUs,’ held in New Delhi on December 18, 2019.
  • DG-OEC delivered the keynote address on the topic “Green Energy, Clean Energy – Challenges and Opportunities” during seminar organized by Shiv Nadar University (SNU), Greater Noida, on January 16, 2020.
2018
  • A Kumar, N Sendri, A Kumar, R Painuly, P Kumar, AB Bindwal, A Bordoloi, S Kumar, CS Sharma, D Parvatalu, S Paul , “H₂S to H₂ via partially open loop S-I cycle” at ‘SEFCO-2018’ held at CSIR-IIP, Dehradun during 11th – 12th May 2018.
  • Satyam Gangwar, Shailesh Pathak, Sachin Tomar, Dr. Kishore Kondamudi, Dr. D. Partvatalu, Dr. Sreedevi Upadhyayula, presented poster on “Experimental Design and Statistical Optimization of Process Parameters for Catalytic Decomposition of SO3 in Iodine-Sulphur (I-S) Cycle” at ‘International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC18),’ at Sydney, Australia, held from 22nd – 25th July, 2018.
  • Shailesh Pathak, Anshuman Goswami, Kishore Kondamudi, Firdaus Parveen, D. Parvatalu, Sreedevi Upadhyayula “Kinetic Modelling and 2-D Simulations of Catalyst Pellets for Sulfuric Acid Decomposition,” at ‘International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC18),’ at Sydney, Australia, held from 22nd – 25th July, 2018.
  • Divya Jyoti, “Asset Integrity Management & Corrosion Control (AIM 2018),” at the ‘2nd Concurrent International Conference & Exhibition,’ held at New Delhi from 10th – 11th August, 2018.
  • D Parvatalu delivered an invited talk on “Hydrogen/ Fuel Cell”, at R&D Conclave, Goa, from 22nd – 24th August, 2018.
  • Shailesh Pathak, Anshuman Goswami, Kishore Kondamudi, D. Parvatalu, Sreedevi Upadhyayula presented poster on “Kinetic Modelling and 2-D Simulations of Catalyst Pellets for Sulfuric Acid Decomposition” on Industrial Day, held at IIT Delhi on 22nd September, 2018.
  • Divya Jyoti, Guncha Munjal, Sony, Sreedevi Upadhyayula, Ashok N. Bhaskarwar, presented posteron “I-S Closed Loop Cycle: A Green Method of Hydrogen Production by Thermochemical Water Decomposition,” on Industrial Day, held at IIT Delhi on 22nd September, 2018.
  • Arindam Kumar Das, V. K Shahi, “Fluro carbon-functionalized graphene oxide based oxidative and acid resistant cation exchange for water splitting by iodine-sulphur Bunsen process for hydrogen production,” at ‘National symposium on electrochemistry in materials and devices (NSEMD-2018),’ held at CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar on September 28th – 29th, 2018.
  • A.B. Nirukhe, G.D. Yadav, P.S. Parhad, D. Parvatalu, U. Kamachi Mudali, presented on “Materials Degradation in High Temperature Molten CuCl Media,” during ‘CORCON’ held at Jaipur from 30th September to 3rd October 2018.
  • Dr. Sanjeev S. Katti delivered invited lecture on “Green Energy, Clean Energy – Challenges and Opportunities” during the ‘Asian Paints Padma Vibhushan Dr. R. A. Mashelkar Medal and CHEMCON Distinguished Speaker Award’ at ‘CHEMCON – 2018’ held at IIChE, Jalandhar, Punjab, from 27th to 30th December 2018.
2017
  • Amit Singhania & Ashok N. Bhaskarwar. Development of catalysts for hydrogen production from hydrogen iodide decomposition in Thermo-chemical water-splitting sulfur-iodine cycle: A review. J. Catalysis Reviews Science and Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01614940.2017.1366189 March 2017. Web publication online: 15 Sep 2017.
  • Amit Singhania, Venkatesan V .Krishnan Ashok N. Bhaskarwar, Bharat Bhargava, Damaraju Parvatalu, Satinath Banerjee. Hydrogen production from the decomposition of hydrogen iodide over nanosized nickel-oxide-zirconia catalysts prepared by solution-combustion techniques. Catalysis Communications  93, 5-9, 2017.
  • Amit Singhania, VenkatesanV. Krishnan, Ashok N. Bhaskarwar, Bharat Bhargava, Damaraju Parvatalu, Satinath Banerjee. Hydrogen-iodide decomposition over PdCeO2 nanocatalyst for hydrogen production in sulfur-iodine thermochemical cycle. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.07.088 July 2017.
  • Amit Singhania, Ashok N. Bhaskarwar, Satinath Banerjee, D. Parvatalu, Bharat Bhargav. Catalytic Decomposition of Hydrogen-Iodide Over Nanocrystalline Ceria Promoted by Transition Metal Oxides for Hydrogen Production in Sulfur–Iodine Thermo-Chemical Cycle. Catalyst Letters, November 2017. DOI 10.1007/s10562-018-2345-0
  • Amit Singhania. High Surface Area M (M = La, Pr, Nd, and Pm)-Doped Ceria Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Activity Comparison for CO Oxidation., Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 56(46) November 2017. DOI 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b03143
  • Amit Singhania and Ashok N. Bhaskarwar. Effect of Rare Earth (RE – La, Pr, Nd) metal-doped ceria nanoparticles on catalytic hydrogen iodide decomposition for hydrogen production Int. J. Hydrogen Energy 43(10) February 2018, DOI 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.01.096.
  • Arindam Kumar Das, Murli Manohar,  Vinod K. Shahi. Acid resistant sulphonated poly (vinylidene fluoride-co-hexafluoropropylene)/graphene oxide composite cation exchange for water splitting by iodine-sulfur Bunsen process for hydrogen production. J. Membrane Science, February 2018. DOI 10.1016/j.memsci.2018.02.037
  • A. Singhania, A.N. Bhaskarwar.  Performance of Activated-Carbon-Supported Ni, Co, and Ni-Co Catalysts for Hydrogen Iodide Decomposition in a Thermochemical Water-Splitting Sulfur-Iodine Cycle. Energy Technology, Mar 2018. DOI 10.1002/ente.201700752
  • Amit Singhania, Ashok N. Bhaskarwar. Hydrogen iodide decomposition over Pd-CeO2 nanocatalyst for hydrogen production in sulphur-iodine thermochemical cycle. Conference: International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environment - ICSEE'17, At Padur, Chennai. April 2017.
  • Prakash Parhad,   Ashwini Nirukhe,  G D Yadav, D Parvatalu, U Kamachi Mudali “Corrosion studies on coated and bare C-276 material in molten cuprous chloride salt environment” at CORCON -2017 Int Conf. Sep.17-20. 2017
  • Geetanjali Shukla, V K Shahi- Sulphonic Acid-Containing Polybenzozazine Based Crosslinked Membrane for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells”, Poster presentation at Conference: RTMST2017,CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar   during 22rd Nov-23rd Nov,2017
  • Arindam K Das, V K Shahi- “ High performance cation exchange  Membrane for water  splitting by Iodine-Sulphur Bunsen process for Hydrogen production “ Poster presentation at Conference :RTMST2017,CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar  during 22rd Nov-23rd Nov,2017.
  • D Parvatalu “Current status on development of thermochemical Hydrogen generation program at ONGC Energy Centre” at IHFC-2017 at Pune during 10th-12th December, 2017.
  • Amit Singhania, Ashok N. Bhaskarwar. Catalytic decomposition of hydrogen iodide over Ni nanoparticles supported on zirconia, ceria, γ-alumina, and activated carbon for hydrogen production in thermochemical water-splitting sulfur-iodine cycle, UK Catalysis Conference 2018, held at  Holywell Park, Loughborough, U.K. January 2018
  • Arindam K Das, V K Shahi. Advanced ion-exchange membranes for hydrogen source by water splitting at HEAM-2018 conference during 5th-6th March2018, Trivandrum.
  • A. B. Nirukhe, P. S. Parhad, G. D. Yadav, C. S. Sarma, D. Parvatalu “Hydrogen production using Copper-Chlorine Thermochemical Cycle” at HEAM-2018 during 5th-6th March2018, Trivandrum.
  • Arundhati Sarma, A. B. Nirukhe, P. S. Parhad, ,C. S. Sarma, D. Parvatalu  “Simulation study on alternative route involving metal sulfate route in H2SO4 section of Iodine-Sulfur Thermochemical hydrogen generation cycle” at HEAM-2018 conference during 5th-6th March 2018, Trivandrum.
2016
  • Subham Paul, Ankur B, Nnaoti SM, Garg M.O, S. Banerjee and D. Parvatalu. Partially Open-Loop S-I Cycle to Produce Hydrogen from H2S: A Joint Initiative of CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) and ONGC Energy Centre (OEC) to Establish the Proof of Concept. 20th Refinery Meet, 2016.
  • Amit Singhania, Venkatesan V. Krishnan, Ashok Niwritti Bhaskarwar, Bharat Bhargav, Damaraju Parvatalu, Satinath Banerjee.  “Stability and Kinetics of nickel catalyst supported on gamma-alumina for decomposition of hydrogen iodide in sulfur-iodine thermochemical cycle”. Web publication Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, January, 2016.
  • Amit Singhania, Venkatesan V. Krishnan, Ashok Niwritti Bhaskarwar, Bharat Bhargav, Damaraju Parvatalu, Satinath Banerjee.  “Catalytic performance of bimetallic Ni-Pt catalyst supported on activated carbon, gamma-alumina, zirconia and ceria for hydrogen production in sulphur-iodine thermochemical cycle”. – Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 4 (1), 1 0 5 3 8 - 1 0 5 4 6, 2 0 1 6.
  •  Amit Singhania, Venkatesan V. Krishnan, Ashok Niwritti Bhaskarwar, Bharat Bhargav, Damaraju Parvatalu, Satinath Banerjee. Highly active Pt-Ni and Ni catalyst for catalyzing the decomposition of Hydrogen Iodide, as part of the Sulfur Iodine cycle for hydrogen production presented at ACS symposium held in April 2016, USA
  • D. Parvatalu, “Research Opportunities in Thermochemical Hydrogen generation technologies” Invited talk at a International Short-term Training program on research opportunities and challenges in the field of Hydrogen energy hled at SIT, Lonawala, 18-22nd April, 2016
  • Sreedevi Upadhtayula, “Kinetic investigation on nickel, copper, iron, and zinc chromospinels supported over β-SiC for sulfuric acid decomposition: The high temperature oxygen  evolving step in the sulfur-iodine cycle for hydrogen production". Oral presentation Advanced Nano Materials conference 2016 ,University of Aveiro, Portugal ,23th -27th July 2016.
  • S. Paul, A. Bordoloi, S. Kumar, S. M. Nanoti, M. O. Garg, D. Parvatalu, S. Banerjee.” Partially Open-Loop S-I Cycle to Produce Hydrogen from H2S: A Joint Initiative of CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) and ONGC Energy Centre (OEC) to Establish the Proof of Concept.”  RTM 2016 (7-9 Sept 2016).
  • D. Parvatalu, S. Banerjee, Puneet Kishore, Bharat Bhargava “Recent Developments on Hydrogen Generation by Copper – Chlorine Thermochemical Process: Efforts of ONGC Energy Centre” PETROTECH-2016, Delhi, 5th-7th December, 2016
  • M. Bhat, B. Tyagi, P. Kumar, A. Bordoloi, S. Kumar, S. M. Nanoti, M. O. Garg, D. Parvatalu, S. Banerjee, S. Paul. “Experimental approach to establish the proof of concept of partially open-loop S-I cycle to produce hydrogen from H2S” . Petrotech-2016 ,5th -7th  December 2016
  • D. Parvatalu “Indigenous Efforts of ONGC Energy Centre to Develop Thermochemical Hydrogen Generation Technologies” ISMC-2016, BARC, Mumbai, 6th-10th December, 2016.
  • S. Paul, B. Tyagi, P. Kumar, A. Bordoloi, S. Kumar, S. M. Nanoti, M. O. Garg, D. Parvatalu, S. Banerjee,. “Partially Open-loop thermochemical S-I Cycle for Hydrogen Generation”. IHFC-2016,Hyderabad,11th-13th  December 2016
  •  D. Parvatalu. “Thermochemical hydrogen generation technologies using Iodine-Sulfur and Copper-Chlorine processes: ONGC Energy Centre perspective” THERMAWORK 2016: DAE-BRNS 1st workshop on Thermal Analysis, BARC December 20-21, 2016
2015
  • N. Sathaiyan, V. Nandakumar, G. Sozhan, J. Ghandhiba Packiaraj, E.T. Devakumar, D. Parvatalu, Anil Bhardwaj and B.N. Prabhu. “Hydrogen Generation through Cuprous Chloride-Hydrochloric acid Electrolysis”, International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 27 January 2015.
  • D. Parvatalu: Transition to Hydrogen Economy needs Translation of R&D to Technology, Invited Talk at 4th National Convention on Hydrogen Energy and Advanced Materials, MANIT-Bhopal, 28th-29th November, 2015.
  • Amit Singhania, Ashok N. Bhaskarwar, Bharat Bhargava, Damaraju Parvatalu, Satinath Banerjee: Catalytic performance of γ-alumina supported bimetallic Ni-Co catalysts for hydrogen production in sulfur-iodine thermochemical cycle. 4th National Convention on Hydrogen Energy and Advanced Materials, MANIT-Bhopal, 28th-29th November, 2015.
  •  D. Parvatalu: Recent Developments in Thermochemical Hydrogen Generation Technologies at ONGC Energy Centre. Presentation at 3rd International Conference on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell, 7-9 December 2015, Agra.
  • Kamini Sivakumar, S. Banerjee and D. Parvatalu.  Simulation studies on H2SO4 decomposition and integration of thermochemical Iodine-Sulfur cycle for hydrogen generation, CHEMCON-2015, IIT, Guwahati, 28th – 30th December, 2015.
  • Mohammed Fayazuddin, S. Banerjee and D. Parvatalu: Challenges Associated With Separation Of HCl-Water Azeotrope In Copper Chlorine Thermochemical Hydrogen Generation Cycle-"A Case Study" CHEMCON-2015, IIT, Guwahati, 28th– 30th December, 2015
2014
  • D. Parvatalu, S. Banerjee and B.N. Prabhu. Recent developments in hydrogen generation using Iodine- Sulfur thermochemical water splitting cycle: ONGC Energy Center efforts, PETROTECH-2014 held in Delhi, India during January 12-15, 2014.
  • D. Parvatalu. Development of thermochemical hydrogen generation technologies using water splitting processes: ONGC Energy Center perspective. Invited lecture at National workshop on “Fuel Cell Technology: Basic science to Application” held at MANIT, Bhopal during March 24-25, 2014
  • D. Parvatalu. Hydrogen is the Key to Success of Renewable Energy Campaign:  ONGC Energy Centre perspective. Invited talk at National seminar during 17-18th November 2014 at Univ. Kerala, Trivandrum organized by Indian Associationn for Hydrogen Energy and Advanced Materials.
  • Kamini Sivakumar, S. Banerjee and D. Parvatalu.  Simulation studies on HI decomposition in thermochemical Iodine-Sulfur cycle. Accepted for presentation at CHEMCON-2014, the 67th Annual Session of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers to be held at Punjab University, Chandigarh, from 27th – 30th December, 2014.
  • D. Parvatalu, An Overview of Material Requirements for Copper-Chlorine Thermochemical Cycle: ONGC Energy Centre Perspective. Paper under communication to Society for Materials Chemistry Quarterly Bulletin issued by BARC, 2014
  • D. Parvatalu. Development of Closed-loop Thermochemical Water splitting Processes for Hydrogen Generation: ONGC Energy Centre Initiatives. Presentation at 3rd International Conference on Hydrogen and Fuel Cell during 7-9 December 2014 at Udaipur.
2013
  • D. Parvatalu, S. Banerjee and B.N. Prabhu. Envisaged Technical Barriers in Converting Electrochemical Solutions to Hybrid-Thermochemical Technologies: ONGC Perspective. Paper presented at ISAEST-10 held in Chennai, India during January 28-30, 2013.
  • A.B. Nirukhe, P.S. Parhad, A. Bhardwaj, D. Parvatalu and G. D. Yadav. Hydrogen Production by Non-Catalytic Decomposition of Hydriodic acid. Paper presented at International Conference on Advances in Chemical engineering (ICACE-2013) to be held at NIT, Raipur, India during March, 8-9, 2013.
  • S. Kamini, S. Banerjee, D. Parvatalu and B.N. Prabhu. Hydrogen Production by Thermochemical Iodine-Sulfur Cycle: Process Simulation Studies of Bunsen Section. Paper presented at International Conference on Advances in Chemical engineering (ICACE-2013) held at NIT, Raipur, India during April 5-6, 2013.
  •  K. Kondamudi and S. Upadhyayula, “Decomposition of Sulphuric acid over mixed metallic oxides - A comparative study for oxygen evolving step in S-I cycle for Hydrogen production”, EUROPACAT XI Conference, LYON, France, September 1-6, 2013.
  • D. Parvatalu and B.N. Prabhu. Material Issues Dictate Hydrogen Generation by Thermochemical Water Splitting Technologies: ONGC Energy Center Perspective. Presented at CORCON-2013, New Delhi.
2012
  • K. Kondamudi and S. Upadhyayula. Kinetic studies of sulphuric acid decomposition over AL–Fe­2O3 catalyst in the sulfur-iodine cycle for hydrogen production. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2012, 37(4), 3586–3594.
  • P. K. Sow and A. Shukla. A chronopotentiometry based identification of time-varying different transport resistances of electro-electrodialysis cell used for concentration of HIx solution. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. In Press.
  • P.K. Sow, D. Parvatalu, A. Bhardwaj, B. N. Prabhu and A. N. Bhaskarwar. Impedance spectroscopic determination of effect of temperature on the transport resistances of an electro-electrodialysis cell used for concentration of hydriodic acid. J. Applied Electrochem, 2012, 43 (11) 31-41.
  • P. K. Sow and A. Shukla. Effect of asymmetric variation of operating parameters on EED cell for HI concentration in I-S cycle for hydrogen production. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2012, 37(19), 13958-13970.
  • V. Immanuel, D. Parvatalu, A. Bhardwaj, B. N. Prabhu,  A. N. Bhaskarwar and A. Shukla. Properties of Nafion 117 in highly acidic environment of Bunsen reaction of I-S cycle. J. Membr. Sci., 2012, 409-410, 137-144.
  • V. Immanuel and A. Shukla, “Effect of operating variables on performance of membrane electrolysis cell for carrying out Bunsen reaction of I-S cycle” Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2012, 37, 4829-4842.
  • P. K. Sow and A. Shukla. Electro-electrodialysis for concentration of hydriodic acid. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2012, 37, 3931-3937.
  • V. Immanuel, K. U. Gokul and A. Shukla. Membrane electrolysis of Bunsen reaction in the iodine-sulphur process for hydrogen production. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2012, 37, 3595-3601.
2011
  • P. K. Sow, S. Sant and A. Shukla. EIS studies on electro-electrodialysis cell for concentration of hydroiodic acid. Int J Hydrogen Energy, 2010; 35: 8868–8875.
  • D. Parvatalu, Anil Bhardwaj and B.N. Prabhu. Development of closed-loop thermochemcical cycles for hydrogen production: ONGC initiatives. Oral presentation at ICRE-11 held at CNRE, Univ. Rajasthan, Jaipur, India during January 17-21, 2011.
  •  D. Parvatalu, A. Bhardwaj and B.N. Prabhu. Gearing up for large scale thermochemical hydrogen generation technologies: ONGC initiatives. Oral presentation at ICSN 2011 held at Univ. Mumbai, Mumbai, India during February 14-16, 2011.
  • D. Parvatalu, A. Bhardwaj and B.N. Prabhu. Opportunities and challenges associated with thermochemical hydrogen generation technologies: A perspective in Indian context. Presented at ICAER 2011 held at IIT-Bombay, Mumbai, India during December 9-11, 2011.
  • D. Parvatalu, A. Bhardwaj and B.N. Prabhu. Application of Electrochemical Technologies in Establishing Closed-loop Thermochemical Hydrogen Generation Cyclic Processes:  ONGC Initiatives. Oral Presentation at NCE-16 (National Convention of Electrochemists) held at P.S.G.R.K. College, Coimbatore, India during December 15-16, 2011.
  •  K. Kondamudi, P. Kotari and S. Upadhyayula. Numerical study of sulphur trioxide decomposition over complex catalyst shapes and sizes in SI cycle for hydrogen production. Presented at Europacat X held at University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK during August 28 – September 2, 2011.
  • K. Kondamudi, A.N. Bhaskarwar, S. Upadhyayula, B.N. Prabhu, Anil Bhardwaj and D. Parvatalu. Kinetic Studies of Sulphuric acid decomposition over Alumina supported Iron (III) oxide catalyst in the SI cycle for Hydrogen production. Presented at ICRE-2011, held in Jaipur, India during January 17-21, 2011.
  • K. U. Gokul, V. Immanuel, S. Sant and A. Shukla. Membrane electrolysis for bunsen reaction of SI cycle.  J. Membr. Sci., 2011, 380, 13-20.
  • V. Immanuel, K. U. Gokul and A. Shukla. Membrane electrolysis of Bunsen reaction in the Iodine – Sulphur process for hydrogen production. Presented at ICRE-2011 held in Jaipur, India during January 17-21, 2011
  • P. K. Sow and A. Shukla. Electro-Electrodialysis for concentration of hydriodic acid. Presented at ICRE-2011 held in Jaipur, India during January 17-21, 2011.
2010
  • D. Parvatalu, A. Bhardwaj and B. N. Prabhu.  Electrochemical routes need better understanding in managing closed- loop hybrid thermo chemical hydrogen generation cycles. Paper presented at 15th National convention of Electrochemists held at VIT-University, Vellore, India during February18-19, 2010.
  • A. Bhardwaj, D. Parvatalu, and B.N. Prabhu.  Study of the alternate route in closed loop thermo-chemical cycles for hydrogen production: fuel for tomorrow. Poster presentation at PETROTECH-2010 held in Delhi, India during October 31-November 4, 2010.
  • A. Bhardwaj, D. Parvatalu, B.N. Prabhu and N.J. Thomas. Future Energy and Hydrogen. Oral presentation at 17th IORS, held in Mumbai, India during September 9-10, 2010.
  • D. Parvatalu, Anil Bhardwaj and B.N. Prabhu. Impact of electrochemical routes on thermochemical hydrogen generation technologies. Poster presentation at ISAEST-9, held in Chennai, India during December 2-4, 2010.
  • V. Immanuel, K. U. Gokul and A. Shukla. Membrane electrolysis of Bunsen reaction for the iodine-sulfur process for water splitting. Presented at ISAEST-9, held in Chennai, India during December 2-4, 2010.
  • P. K. Sow and A. Shukla. Investigations on electro-electrodialysis cell for concentration of HIx. Presented at ISAEST-9, held in Chennai, India during December 2-4, 2010.
  • G. D. Yadav, A. B. Nirukhe and P.S. Parhad. Kinetic study of hydrolysis of cupric chloride in Cu-Cl thermochemical hydrogen production. Presented at CHEMCON-2010, IIChE annual congress held at Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India during December 27-29, 2010.
  • G. D. Yadav, P.S. Parhad and A. B. Nirukhe. Study of electrolysis of cuprous chloride. Presented at CHEMCON-2010, IIChE annual congress held at Annamalai University, Chidambaram during December 27-29, 2010.
2008-2009
  • G. D. Yadav, P.S. Parhad, A. B. Nirukhe and S. B. Kamble. Study of hydrogen generation using copper and hydrochloric acid. Presented at Chemcon-2008, IIChE Annual congress held in Chandigarh, India during December 27-30, 2008.
  • D. Parvatalu, A. Bhardwaj and B.N. Prabhu. Technical challenges in generation of hydrogen through thermo-chemical processes: ONGC perspective. Poster paper presented at PETROTECH-2009 held in Delhi, India during January 11-15, 2009.
  • A. Bhardwaj, D. Parvatalu, and B.N. Prabhu. Closed loop thermo-chemical cycles for hydrogen production: fuel for tomorrow. Poster paper presented PETROTECH-2009 held in Delhi, India during January 11-15, 2009.
  • Nimmi Singh. Biotechnology applications in novel energy sources. Paper presented PETROTECH-2009 held in Delhi, India during January 11-15, 2009.
  • A. Bhardwaj, D. Parvatalu, and B.N. Prabhu. Hydrogen production by closed loop thermo-chemical cycles: A review of S-I process. Paper presented at the National Conference on Energy held at Punjab University, Chandigarh, India during March, 2009.
  • V. Immanuel, K. U. Gokul, S. Sant and A. Shukla. Membrane electrolysis of Bunsen reaction. Presented at CHEMCON-2009, IIChE annual congress held in Visakhapatnam, India during December 27-30, 2009,