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Raghunath Halder - Research Associate

Mailing Address

Department of Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ 07030

Contact Information

Location: Buchard B-307B
Phone: 201.216.8578; Fax: 201.216.8306

Research Interest

Research interests include experimental studies on fast and highly exothermic reactions in microchannel reactors to prevent any reactor explosion, developments of kinetic rate expressions of the reaction systems by using the microchannel reactor data.

Education and Experience

Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering (1992)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, M. Tech. In Chemical Engineering (1986)
University of Calcutta, Calcutta, B. Tech. (1984)
University of Calcutta, Calcutta, B. Sc. (Honors in Chemistry) (1980)

Experience

Research Associate, Dept. of Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2003 to present
Process/R&D Engineer, Sterling Berkefeld Inc., Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 1995 – 2003
Senior Research Associate, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi (1993-1994)
Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi (1991-1993)

Publications

Halder, R., Phaneswara Rao, D., and Varadarajan, R., “Modelling and Simulation of the Dynamics of Chemical Reactors”, Chem. Eng. Technol., 20(4),pp240-246(1997).
Bhattacharya, P.K., De, S., Halder, R., and Thakur, R.,"Kinetic Studies on Soda-Anthraquinone Pulping of Indian Mixed Hardwoods", Tappi Journal, 75(8), pp123-128(1992).
Halder, R. and Phaneswara Rao, D., "Experimental Studies on Semibatch Reactor Parametric Sensitivity ",Chem. Eng. Technol., 15(1), pp39-43(1992).
Halder, R. and Phaneswara Rao, D., "Experimental Studies on Parametric Sensitivity of a Batch Reactor", Chem. Eng. Technol., 15(1), pp34-38(1992).
Halder, R. and Phaneswara Rao, D., "Experimental Studies on Limit Cycle Behaviour of Sulphuric Acid Catalysed Hydrolysis of Acetic Anhydride in a CSTR", Chem. Engng. Sci., 46(4), pp1197-1200(1991).
Halder, R. and Bhattacharya, P.K., "Studies on Kraft and Soda-Anthraquinone Pulping of Indian Mixed Hardwoods", Tappi Journal, 70(6), pp129-132(1987).
Bhattacharya, P.K., Ramakrishnan, A., and Halder, R.,"Comparative Studies on Soda- Anthraquinone Pulping of Rice Straw and Indian Mixed Hardwoods", Ippta Journald, 3(2), pp55-61 (1991).

Inventions, Patents & Professional Organizations

Halder, R. And Lister, J., 'Method and apparatus for removing trihalomethanes and dissolved oxygen from water', U.S. Patent, Number 6,277,175 (2001)

Registered Professional Engineers in Ontario, Canada

Lucie Bednarova | Ragunath Halder | Dongying Qian | Yi-Feng Su