AJAY KUMAR

About

* Ph. D (Physics)1990, IIT Kanpur, India
* Present position: Staff Scientist , SABIC Research & Technology Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru, India
* Professional Experience: >29 years as industrial scientist
* Accomplishments: Patents:10, Research articles published in Journals /Conf. proceed: 47
* Area of research:
^ Industrial research
^ In house catalyst development, Pilot plant testing & scale-up studies for various catalytic processes used in petroleum/petrochemical industries
^ Material characterization/testing (property-performance study, COA, material qualification, RCA, RR, QC/QA, etc.),
^ Material studied: metals supported heterogeneous catalysts, carbon fibers, polymers, feedstocks & intermediates
^ Good experimental knowledge of various techniques/tools (XRD, XPS, FTIR, Raman, SEM-EDXA, TPD/TPR, TGA, etc.)
^ Photocatalytic degradation: Treatment of industrial waste water
^ Green chemistry, Environment sustainability,

Employment

• SABIC Reseaecrh and Technology Center Bangalore Staff Scientist
  2015 - Present
• Reliance Industries Ltd Senior General Manager
  2002 - 2015
• Indian petrochemical corporation Ltd (IPCL) Sr.Scientist
  1991 - 2002

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (20)

• Reforming catalyst and a method of preparation thereof
  2020
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• Modified heterogeneous catalyst
  2019
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• PROCESS FOR PREPARING A CATALYST
  2019
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• In situ spectroscopic studies on vapor phase catalytic decomposition of dimethyl oxalate
  Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2017 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp07769b
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• Structure and Properties ofβNucleated Polypropylene Film Prepared by Tubular Water Quench Process
  Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering 2016 DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2015.1098675
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• Spectroscopic Characterization of Stability and Interaction of Pd-Ag Complexes
  International Journal of Spectroscopy 2014 DOI: 10.1155/2014/314070
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• Comparative study on nano-crystalline titanium dioxide catalyzed photocatalytic degradation of aromatic carboxylic acids in aqueous medium
  Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 2011 DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2011.02.035
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• Paraffins Conversion to Aromatics : Effects of Secondary Promoters on Platinum – Tin CCR Catalyst
  “Oil and Gas and Exihibition” Petrotech - 2009, 2009
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• Quantitative applications of infrared imaging: methyl acrylate content in the two lobes of biocomponent acrylic fibers
  Polymer Testing 2002 DOI: 10.1016/s0142-9418(01)00049-6
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• Nondestructive evaluation of physico-mechanical properties of polypropylene copolymer by infra-red spectroscopy
  European Polymer Journal 38 (2002) 745–750 2002
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