Department of Chemical Engineering | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai
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Dr. Kannan A

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CHL205A

  • Mathematical modeling
  • Simulation and optimization of chemical processes

  1. Optimal Adsorption of a Binary Dye Mixture of Basic Yellow 2 and Rhodamine B using Mixture-Process Variable Design, Ridge Analysis and Multi-Objective Optimization

    Author: Mehdi, Saif Ul and Balamirtham, Hariharan and Aravamudan, Kannan

    Journal: Environmental Advances

    Volume: 15

    Year: 2024

  2. Density Functional Theory Investigation of Cu, Ni, and Ag Inclusion in ZSM-5 to Study Dihydrogen Binding for Cryogenic Molecular Sieve Bed Adsorber in Nuclear Fusion Systems

    Author: Devi, V. Gayathri and Aravamudan, Kannan and Sircar, Amit

    Journal: Fusion Science and Technology

    Year: 2024

  3. From wild thornbush to high-performance activated carbon using a novel integrated furnace–microwave activation

    Author: Choudhary, Rajesh and Aravamudan, Kannan and Renganathan, T.

    Journal: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery

    Volume: 14

    Page: 12167 – 12186

    Year: 2024

  4. Sequentially optimized process towards sustainable synthesis of activated carbon from wild thornbush for 4-nitrophenol and industrial effluent treatment

    Author: Choudhary, Rajesh and Aravamudan, Kannan and Renganathan, Thiruvengadam

    Journal: Environmental Science and Pollution Research

    Volume: 31

    Page: 24986 – 25013

    Year: 2024

  5. Metal organic framework adsorbents for the removal of emerging pollutants and their adsorption mechanisms

    Author: Mehdi, Saif Ul and Aravamudan, Kannan

    Journal: Sustainable Remediation Technologies for Emerging Pollutants in Aqueous Environment

    Page: 111 – 135

    Year: 2023

  1. Complete Indian patent application (No. 202341055300) titled PROCESS FOR PREPARING ACTIVATED CARBON FROM PROSOPIS JULIFLORA THORNBUSH PLANT AND APPLICATION OF THE ACTIVATED CARBON THEREOF filed at the IPO on August 17, 2023. Inventors: Rajesh Chaudhary, T. Renganathan and Kannan A.
  2. Dr. Kannan A, R. Bharathi Ganesan,(2022) ACID MODIFIED AND MICROWAVE IRRADIATED ENHANCED ADSORBENT OPTIMIZED FOR REMOVAL OF MULTICOMPONENT ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FROM AQUEOUS STREAMS USING MIXTURE DESIGN.(India, Patent No.:412625, patent granted)

  1. Saif, U M., and Kannan, A., Chapter 6 Metal Organic Framework Adsorbents for the Removal of Emerging Pollutants and their Adsorption Mechanisms, Editors: Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Rama Rao Kharri, Inderjeet Tyagi, Sustainable Remediation Technologies for Emerging Pollutants in Aqueous Environment. Elsevier 2024, Pages 111-136, Massachusetts. ISBN: 9780443186189
  2. Kannan Aravamudan, Chapter 8 Soft Computing Optimization Algorithms and Their Application in Parameter Estimation of a Rigorous Adsorption Kinetics Model, Editor(s): Rama Rao Karri, Gobinath Ravindran, Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Soft Computing Techniques in Solid Waste and Wastewater Management, Elsevier, 2021, Pages 145-169, ISBN 9780128244630, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-824463-0.00003-3.
  3. Hari, D., Kannan, A.. Synthesis of Pillared Clay Adsorbents and Their Applications in Treatment of Dye Containing Wastewater. In: Khadir, A., Muthu, S.S. (eds) Polymer Technology in Dye-containing Wastewater. Sustainable Textiles: Production, Processing, Manufacturing & Chemistry. Springer 2022, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1516-1_6