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DOB: 15/9/1972
FIELDS OF INTEREST
ć Petroleum Processing Technologies
ć Alternative fuel development
ć Catalysis
ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE:
(1) Title: Assistant Professor
Institute: School of Display and Chemical Engineering
Yeungnam University, Republic of Korea
Job Profile: Presently I am taking classes of BTech/MTech(Chemical Technology).
Research work has been started under my supervision.
Duration: March 2008 to present
(2) Title: Lecturer
Institute: University School of Chemical Technology
Indraprastha Unversity,Delhi, India
Job Profile: Presently I am taking classes of BTech/MTech(Chemical Technology).
MTech and BTech students are doing research project under my supervision.
Duration: Aug 2005 to present
(2) Title: Part Time Lecturer
University: Industrial Chemistry under Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, (INDIA).
Job Profile: I have taken classes B.Sc. and M.Sc. Industrial Chemistry classes including lab work and seminar.
Duration: March 2001 to 23rd July 2001.
(3) Title: Senior Project Associate
Institute: Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology,
Kanpur (U.P) INDIA.
Job Profile: I have worked on a research project "Oxidative Dehydrogenation of
Propane" sponsored by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Nature of work:
(1) Catalyst Preparation
(2) Catalyst Characterization
(3) Catalyst Activity
Duration: August 1999 to February 2001(15 months)
EDUCATION
ć Ph.D (Chemical Engineering), from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.
ƒá M. Tech (Petroleum Processing), 1998¡V1999, A.M.U, Aligarh, India.
ƒá B.Sc (Chemical Engineering), 1992¡V1996, A.M.U, Aligarh, India.
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS
2005 Ist prize was awarded to research paper entitled "Deactivation studies on catalytic conversion of methanol to Hydrocarbons" presented during Chemcon 2004 held in Bombay, India.
2001-2005 Institute Fellowship sponsored by MHRD at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi,
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
CATALYSIS AND REACTION ENGINEERING
1. H. A. Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Catalytic conversion of Methanol to Gasoline Range Hydrocarbons, Catalysis Today. 96 (2004) 155-160.
2. H.A.Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Transformation of Methanol to Gasoline Range Hydrocarbons using copper oxide impregnated HZSM-5 Catalysts. Korean J. Chem. Engg. 22 (3) (2005) 353-357.
3. H.A.Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Catalytic Activity of Copper Oxide impregnated HZSM-5 in Methanol Conversion of Liquid Hydrocarbons, Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 83(2005) 970-977.
4. H.A.Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Activity of Oxalic acid Treated ZnO/CuO/HZSM-5 Catalyst for the Transformation of Methanol to Gasoline Range Hydrocarbons, Industrial Engineering and Chemistry Research American Chemical Society Journal(Accepted)
CONFERENCE PAPERS
1. H.A.Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Conversion of Methanol to Aromatics Hydrocarbons over CuO-ZSM-5 catalyst, 53rd Canadian Chemical Engineering conference, Ontario Canada 26-29 October 2003.
2. H.A.Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Catalytic conversion of Methanol to Gasoline Range Hydrocarbons, Proceedings for International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies Singapore, Dec 7-12, 2003.
3. H.A.Zaidi, Meenakshi and K.K.Pant, Catalytic Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons, Proceedings of Chemcon 2003.Bhunashwer,India.
4. H.A.Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Deactivation Studies on Catalytic Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons, Chemcon 2004.Bombay, India.
5. H.A.Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Catalytic Applications of CuO/HZSM-5 in Methanol Conversion to Gasoline Range Hydrocarbons, Proceedings of 4th international symposium on fuel and lube 2004. New Delhi, India.
6. H.A.Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Catalytic Kinetics and deactivation studies on conversion of Methanol to hydrocarbons, Petrotech 2005. New Delhi, India.
7. H.A.Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Catalytic Kinetics of Methanol Conversion on ZnO/CuO/HZSM-5 in a Fixed Bed Reactor, Proceedings for International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 3-8 July 2005.
8. H. A. Zaidi, M. Kamil and S.S. Alam, Dynamics of a Single Tube Vertical
Thermosiphon Reboiler, Proceedings of 4th ISHMT/ASME and 15th National Heat and Mass Transfer Conference, Pune, India, Jan. 12-14,2000.
8. H. A. Zaidi, M. Kamil & S.S. Alam, Dynamics of Heat Transfer in a Vertical Tube of Natural Circulation Loop, Proceeding of third International conference on Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (ICFHMT-99) held at Dhaka, Bangladesh during 15-16 December 1999.
9. H.A.Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Catalytic Kinetics of Methanol Conversion to Hydrocarbons on ZnO/CuO/HZSM-5 in a Fixed Bed Reactor, Proceedings of Chemcon conference, Delhi,India, December 2005.
10. H.A.Zaidi & K.K.Pant, Methanol Conversion to Hydrocarbons over Modified HZSM-5 Catalyst, 5th international symposium on fuel and lube 2006. New Delhi, India.
11. H.A.Zaidi and K.K.Pant "ZnO/CuO/HZSM-5 Catalyst for Methanol Conversion to Gasoline Range Hydrocarbons: Influence of Process Variables" Petrotech 2007 Conference at Delhi, India.
12. H.A.Zaidi "Effect of Metal Impregnation on the Activity and Deactivation of a HZSM-5 Catalyst when Converting Methanol to Hydrocarbons" TechSUNR 2007,Feb 2007,Orissa,India.
13. H.A.Zaidi "The Characteristics of ZnO/CuO/HZSM-5 catalyst which influence the Conversion of Methanol to Hydrocarbons of Gasoline Range Hydrocarbons" 18th National Symposium on Catalysts, catalysts for Future Fuel at IIP Dehradun on 16-18 April,2007.
14. H.A.Zaidi and K.K.Pant " Production of Gasoline Range Hydrocarbons from Catalytic Reaction of Methanol over Oxalic Acid Treated ZnO/CuO/HZSM-5 Catalyst" International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2001- Till date, I.I.T. Delhi India
ć Developed and characterized new catalyst suitable for the conversion of methanol to gasoline range hydrocarbons. Study the effect of deactivation with time on stream.
ć 1996- 1999, Z. H. College A.M.U., India
ć Study the dynamics of vertical thermosiphon reboiler.
1992- 1996, Z. H. College A.M.U., India
* Seminar Presentation: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
* Project Report: Production of Olefins from Heavy Oil
* Experimental Project Report: Study on three phase fluidized Bed
INSTRUMENT HANDLED
Gas /Liquid Chromatography (GC), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Ion Chromatograph (IC), Flame Photometer, UV-visible spectrophotometer, Specific ion electrode systems, Auto Titrator, BET Surface Area Analyzer, Trace Metal Analyzer (Anodic /Catholic Strip Voltametry) etc.
ASTM METHOD (PETROLEUM TESTING)
Flash point and Fire point Testing Method, Copper Corrosion Test, Oxidation Stability Test method, Aniline Point, Gum Testing method, API Gravity Analysis, Reid Vapor Pressure Test,vacuum distillation etc
COMPUTER SKILLS
ć Application Software: MS Office, OS worked on: Windows 95/98/2000, DOS.
ć Handling software for BET surface area analysis, pore volume and pore diameter using ASAP 2010.
ć Handling Software for Gas Chromatography and HPLC
ć Programming experience of Matlab, Berkley Medona etc.
SUMMER SCHOOL ATTENDED:
Attended summer school organized by Petrotech Society entitled "Advances in petroleum Refining Industry". It was conducted at Indian oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon from 3rd July 2006 to 8th July 2006.
IN-PLANT TRAINING
Undergone summer training in production division at Indian oil corporation Mathura. Worked in Atmospheric Distillation Unit, Vacuum Distillation Unit, Sulphur Recovery Unit, Bitumen Blowing Unit, OMS1 and OMS2 (Oil movement and storage)
Area of Research Work
Methanol could be one of the main sources of hydrocarbon fuels used in future transportation. Methanol can be produced from synthesis gas (mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen). It can also be obtained from steam reforming of natural gas, gasification of coal or from biomass.
Methanol conversion to hydrocarbons is done in two steps. In the first step, methanol is dehydrated to dimethyl ether (DME). As a result, the equilibrium mixture is formed consisting of methanol, dimethyl ether and water which can then be converted to light olefins. In the second step, the light olefins may be reacted to form paraffins, aromatics and higher molecular weight olefins by hydrogen transfer, alkylation and poly condensation. Catalytic dehydration of methanol over acidic sites offers a potential process for DME synthesis. There are several catalysts having specific activity and selectivity for catalytic conversion of methanol to DME, olefins and hydrocarbons. The nature and extent of reaction of olefins on a microporous HZSM-5 catalyst are governed by acid strength, acid site density, catalyst topology, crystalline size, temperature, space velocity and other process conditions. Any modification in the catalyst support affects the specific acidity thereby, leading to the change in the selectivity of the involved catalyst towards conversion of methanol to gasoline range hydrocarbons.
Extensive research has been made to develop an appropriate catalyst having high selectivity for the gasoline range hydrocarbons. The potential of MTG process itself is explained by a lot of studies aiming at basic aspects covering certain gaps regarding mechanism of methanol conversion to hydrocarbons over catalyst, interaction and formation of first C-C bond and the relation of Si/Al ratio to its kinetic behavior. Limited literature is available related to the kinetic modeling of MTG process. The kinetic models proposed in the literature can be grouped into simplified models with lumps, which are useful in the designing of industrial reactors.
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