American Journal of Environmental Engineering

American Journal of Environmental Engineering presents broad interdisciplinary information on the practice and status of research in environmental engineering science, systems engineering, and sanitation. A balanced contribution from consultants, practicing engineers, and researchers is sought on engineering solutions, and professional obligations and responsibilities.

Vaibhav V. Goud

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Environmental Engineering

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

Research Areas

Renewable Energy, Supercritical Fluids, Biolubricants, Heterogeneous Reactions, Application Of Biotechnology in Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Utilisation Of Lignocellulosic Biomass For Fuel/Chemicals

Education

2007Ph.DChemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
2002M.Ch.E.Chemical Engineering, D.D.U., Gujarat
1999B.E.Chemical Engineering, Amravati University, Amravati

Experience

2009-presentAssistant Professor, I. I. T. Guwahati, Guwahati
2008-2009Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
2007-2008Faculty, B.I.T.S Pilani Goa Campus, Goa

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  S. Sasmal, V. V. Goud, K. Mohanty, Determination of salutary parameters to facilitate bio-energy production from three uncommon biomasses using thermo gravimetric analysis, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, (Accepted).
[2]  S. Dinda, V. V. Goud, N. C. Pradhan, A. V. Patwardhan, Selective epoxidation of natural triglycerides using acidic ion exchange resin as catalyst, Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, (Accepted).
[3]  R. Mungroo, V. V. Goud, N. C. Pradhan, A. K. Dalai, Modification of epoxidized canola oil, Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 6, 2011, 14–22.
[4]  R. Mungroo, V. V. Goud, S. N. Naik, A. K. Dalai, Utilization of green seed canola oil for In-situ epoxidation, European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, 113, 2011, 768–774.
[5]  S. R. Pilli, V. V. Goud, K. Mohanty, Biosorption of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution onto Hydrilla verticillata weed: equilibrium, kinetics and thermodynamics studies, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 9, 2010, 1715-1726.
[6]  S. Dinda, V. V. Goud, N. C. Pradhan, A. V. Patwardhan, Kinetics of reactive absorption of carbon dioxide with solutions of 1, 6-hexamethylenediamine in polar protic solvents, Separation and Purification Technology, 75, 2010, 1–7.
[7]  S. N. Naik, V. V. Goud, P. K. Rout and A. K. Dalai, Supercritical CO2 fractionation of bio-oil produced from wheat-hemlock biomass, Bioresource Technology, 101, 2010, 7605-7613.
[8]  S. N. Naik, V. V. Goud, P. K. Rout, A. K. Dalai, Production of first and second generation biofuels: A comprehensive review, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 14, 2010, 578-597.
[9]  V. V. Goud, Srikanta Dinda, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Epoxidation of Jatropha (Jatropha curcas) oil by peroxyacids, Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 5, 2010, 346-354.
[10]  S. N. Naik, V. V. Goud, P. K. Rout, A. K. Dalai, Characterization of canadian biomass for alternative renewable biofuel, Renewable Energy, 35, 2010, 1624-1631.
[11]  P. K. Rout, M. K. Naik, S. N. Naik, V. V. Goud, L. M. Das, A. K. Dalai, Supercritical carbon dioxide fractionation of bio-oil produced from mixed biomass (wheat and wood sawdust), Energy & Fuel, 23, 2009, 6181–6188.
[12]  Rubeena Mungroo, Narayan C. Pradhan, V. V. Goud, A. K. Dalai, Epoxidation of canola oil with hydrogen peroxide catalyzed by acidic ion exchange resin, Journal of American Oil Chemists' Society, 85, 2008, 887-896.
[13]  Srikanta Dinda, Anand V. Patwardhan, V. V. Goud, Narayan C. Pradhan, Epoxidation of cottonseed oil by aqueous hydrogen peroxide catalysed by liquid inorganic acids, Bioresource Technology 99, 2008, 3737-3744.
[14]  V. V. Goud, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Kinetic studies on degradation of the oxirane ring of epoxidised karanja oil, International Journal of Chemical Sciences, 5, 2007, 1533-1540.
[15]  V. V. Goud, Anand V. Patwardhan, Srikanta Dinda, Narayan C. Pradhan, Kinetics of in situ epoxidation of jatropha oil by peroxyacetic and peroxyformic acid catalysed by acidic ion exchange resin, Chemical Engineering Science, 62, 2007, 4065-4076.
[16]  V. V. Goud, Anand V. Patwardhan, Srikanta Dinda, Narayan C. Pradhan, Epoxidation of karanja oil (pongamia glabra) catalysed by acidic ion exchange resin, European Journal of Lipid Science & Technology, 109, 2007, 575-584.
[17]  V. V. Goud, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Kinetics of in-situ epoxidation of natural unsaturated triglycerides catalysed by acidic ion exchange resin, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 46, 2007, 3078-3085.
[18]  V. V. Goud, Kaustubha Mohanty, M. N. Biswas, Studies on removal of phenol from wastewater using commercial and tamarind nutshell activated carbon: a comparative study, Process & Plant Engineering, 24, 2006, 58-63.
[19]  V. V. Goud, Narayan C. Pradhan, Anand V. Patwardhan, Epoxidation of karanja oil (pongamia glabra) by aqueous hydrogen peroxide, Journal of American Oil Chemists' Society, 83, 2006, 635-640.
[20]  V. V. Goud, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Studies on the epoxidation of mahua oil (madhumica indica) by hydrogen peroxide, Bioresource Technology, 97, 2006, 1365-1371.
[21]  V. V. Goud, Kaustubha Mohanty, M. S. Rao, N. S. Jayakumar, Prediction of mass transfer coefficient in a packed bed using tamarind nut shell activated carbon to remove phenol, Chemical Engineering & Technology, 28, 2005, 991-997.
[22]  V. V. Goud, Kaustubha Mohanty, M. S. Rao, N. S. Jayakumar, Phenol removal from aqueous solutions using tamarind nut shell activated carbon: batch and column study, Chemical Engineering & Technology, 28, 2005, 1-8.
[23]  S. Sasmal, V. V. Goud, K. Mohanty, Optimization of dilute acid pretreatment of Ziziphus rugosus by Taguchi robust design method, ICORE 2011, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam, India.
[24]  C Balaji, T. Banerjee, V V Goud, COSMO-RS based predictions for the extraction of cellulose and hemicelluloses from lignocellulosic biomass using Ionic Liquids: Effect of cation and anion combination, AIChE Annual Meeting, 2011.
[25]  S. Sasmal, K. Mohanty, V. V. Goud, Enhancing the enzymatic digestibility of areca nut husk fiber by Optimization of the acid catalyzed pretreatment process, 60th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 24-27, 2010, TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
[26]  Swapnil Borah, K. Mohanty, V. V. Goud, Investigation of physico-chemical properties of biomass samples as prospective bioenergy source for north-east India, 60th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, October 24-27, 2010, TCU Place, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
[27]  Amrita Difusa, Swapnil J. Borah, K. Mohanty, V. V. Goud, Use of fossil and renewable energy and their impacts on environment, Climate conference 2011: International Conference on Climate Change and Water, January 3-5, 2011, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India.
[28]  Swapnil J Borah, Kaustubha Mohanty, V. V. Goud, Physico-chemical characterization of biomass samples as prospective bioenergy source for North-East India, International Conference on Renewable Energy, ICRE-2011, January 17-21, 2011 at Jaipur, India.
[29]  Soumya Sasmal, Kaustubha Mohanty, V. V. Goud, Determination of kinetic parameters of Areca nut husk fiber using thermo-gravimetric analysis, International Conference on Renewable Energy, ICRE-2011, January 17-21, 2011 at Jaipur, India.
[30]  P.K. Rout, Vaibhav V. Goud, M. Kadgaonkar, M. Naik, A.K. Dalai, S.N. Naik, Conversion of lignocellulosic biomass (maple wood) to monisaccharides by sub and supercritical water, II Iberoamerican Conference on Supercritical Fluids PROSCIBA 2010, April 5-9, 2010 at Natal, Brazil.
[31]  Soumya Sasmal, Kaustubha Mohanty, V. V. Goud, Pretreatment of Areca nut husk fiber using Taguchi method of optimization, 1st International Conference on New Frontiers in Biofuels, January 18-19, 2010 at New Delhi, India.
[32]  S. N. Naik, V. V. Goud, P. K. Rout, A. K. Dalai, Supercritical CO2 fractionation of bio-oil produced from wheat-hemlock biomass, 8th World Congress of Chemical Engineers, August 2009 at Ottawa, Canada.
[33]  S. N. Naik, P. K. Rout, Malaya K. Naik, V. V. Goud, A. K. Dalai, Supercritical CO2 fractionation of bio-oil produced from wheat-sawdust bio-mass, 9th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, Arcachon, May 2009 at France.
[34]  V. V. Goud, Ajay K. Dalai, Synthesis of chemically modified vegetable oils for lubricant applications, Green Science and Technology Conference, June 10-11, 2008 at Regina, Canada.
[35]  V. V. Goud, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Kinetics of epoxidation of a non edible oil catalysed by ion exchange resin as catalyst, 11th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (11th APCChE Congress), 27-30 August 2006 at Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
[36]  V. V. Goud, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Strongly acidic cation exchange resin of sulphonated polystyrene type used as catalyst for epoxidation of castor oil with peracetic acid and performic acid, XXII Regional Conference on Solid State Science and Technology (RCSST)-2005, 18-21 December, 2005 at Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia.
[37]  Soumya Sasmal, V. V. Goud, K. Mohanty, Dilute acid pretreatment of Albizzia lucida towards biofuel production: process optimization using Taguchi robust design method, National Seminar on Renewable Energy Technology: Issues and Prospects (RETIP-2010), 24-25 September 2010 at Itanagar, India.
[38]  V. V. Goud, S. N. Naik, P. K. Rout Pretreatment an important step for practical cellulose conversion processes, National Conference on Renewable Energy (NaCORE), 05-07 November 2009 at Jodhpur, India.
[39]  Sanjay K. Navhale, V. V. Goud, N. S. Jayakumar, Kinetics of α-Amylase biosynthesis from Bacillus Substilis in a batch fermenter, Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering, 27-28 February, 2008 at Thapar University, Patiala, India.
[40]  Srikanta Dinda, Ritesh Bindal, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, V. V. Goud, Some aspects of CO2 absorption in aliphatic diamines dissolved in aqueous and non-aqueous solvents, Conference of IIChE (CHEMCON)-2007, 27-30 December, 2007 at Kolkata, India.
[41]  Srikanta Dinda, V. V. Goud, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Laxman P. Bolake, Epoxidation of cottonseed oil by aqueous hydrogen peroxide, Conference of IIChE (CHEMCON)-2007, 27-30 December, 2007 at Kolkata, India.
[42]  Sanjay K. Navhale, V. V. Goud, N. S. Jayakumar, Kinetics of α-amylase biosynthesis using continuous fermenter, National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, (CNFCE-2007), 12-14 December, 2007 at I.I. T. Guwahati, India.
[43]  V. V. Goud, Srikanta Dinda, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Catalytic epoxidation of oleic acid by peroxo phosphotungstate in a two-phase system using aqueous hydrogen peroxide, CAMURE-6 & ISMR-5, 14-17 January 2007 at NCL, Pune, India.
[44]  Srikanta Dinda, V. V. Goud, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Some Aspects of CO2 absorption in aromatic monoamines dissolved in non-aqueous solvents, Conference of IIChE (CHEMCON)-2006, 27-30 December, 2006 at Ankleshwar, India.
[45]  V. V. Goud, Srikanta Dinda, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Kinetics of degradation of the oxirane ring of expoxidised vegitable oil, Conference of IIChE (CHEMCON)-2006, 27-30 December, 2006 at Ankleshwar, India.
[46]  V. V. Goud, Srikanta Dinda, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Epoxidation of natural triglycerides with aqueous hydrogen peroxide, Conference of IIChE (CHEMCON)-2005, 14-17 December, 2005 at Delhi, India.
[47]  V. V. Goud, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Studies on the epoxidation of non-drying oil: Karanja, Paper No: CC-4.3.5, Conference of IIChE (CHEMCON)-2004, 27-30 December, 2004 at Mumbai, India.
[48]  V. V. Goud, Anand V. Patwardhan, Narayan C. Pradhan, Epoxidation of mahua oil by hydrogen peroxide: kinetic study, CRSYS-2004, 25-27 September, 2004 at IIT, Kharagpur.