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Wood Fiber Filled Polyolefin Composites
(2009-05-19)
The objective of the study is to improve the interfacial adhesion between the wood fibers and thermoplastic matrix. Efforts were also directed towards improving manufacturing processes so as to realize the full potential ...
Oxygen Transfer In Pichia Pastoris Fermentation
(2009-03-17)
Recombinant Pichia pastoris is one of the important methylotropic yeast due to its robustness and ability to produce hormones like human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), luteinizing hormone (LH) extracellularly. High growth ...
Structural Characteristics Of Randomly Packed Beds Of Spheres
(Indian Institute of Science, 2005-07-20)
Packed beds find extensive application in a wide variety of industries to cany out a large number of diverse processes. The main objective of the present work is to develop models to predict the arrangement of particles ...
Synthesis Of Biodiesel In Supercritical Fluids
(2008-01-25)
Alternative fuels are becoming important due to diminishing fossil fuel reserves and the
environmental hazards associated with exhaust gases. Biodiesel is an attractive alternative fuel because it is environmentally ...
Rate Enhancement Of The Catalytic Hydrogenation Of An Unsaturated Ketone By Ultrasonic Irradiation
(Indian Institute of Science, 2005-08-25)
The aim of the work was to develop an understanding of the phenomenon of rate enhancement observed when a heterogeneous catalytic reaction system is irradiated by ultrasound. The system under investigation was the catalytic ...
HIV Dynamics With Multiple Infections Of Cells And Recombination
(2009-07-14)
The ability to accelerate the accumulation of favorable combinations of mutations renders recombination a potent force underlying the emergence of forms of HIV that escape multi-drug therapy and specific host-immune ...
Studies On The Application Of Liquid Membranes For The Removal Of Dissolved Metals From Effluents
(Indian Institute of Science, 2005-07-21)
Separation of dissolved metals from aqueous solutions using liquid membrane technology is highly advantageous owing to the degree of separation achieved, efficiency and application potential. In the present investigation ...
Modelling Of Precipitation In Reverse Micelles
(Indian Institute of Science, 2005-09-20)
Nanoparticles have important applications in ceramics, metal catalysts, semiconductors etc. They are normally required to be of small size (~ nm) and monodisperse. The aim of the present work is to model the formation of ...
Characterisation and Analysis of a Vibro-fluidised Granular Material
(Indian Institute of Science, 2006-12-12)
The present work is concerned with the mathematical modelling of a bed of granular material in a gravitational field vertically fluidised by a vibrating surface. The particles are in rapid motion, and lose energy by inelastic ...
Studies On Phase Inversion
(Indian Institute of Science, 2007-06-04)
Agitated dispersions of one liquid in another immiscible liquid are widely used in chemical industry in operations such as liquid-liquid extraction, suspension polymerisation, and blending of polymers. When holdup of the ...