CCUS

Interview with Prof. Kothandaraman, Annamalai & Santhi Rajendra Early Career Research Chair In the global pursuit of a net-zero future, the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy hinges on one critical bottleneck: energy storage. While laboratory breakthroughs are frequent, the path to commercial viability is often fraught with technical and supply-chain hurdles. Prof. Kothandaraman, […]

Prof. Himanshu Goyal is a faculty in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Madras and an affiliated faculty of The Energy Consortium. Recently he was recognized with the Radha and PK Narayanan Early Career Chair Professorship. His research group develops modeling and simulation tools to explore the interplay between transport processes (heat, mass and

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) in India has recently unveiled the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS) roadmap, a critical strategic document designed to guide the nation toward its ambitious carbon emission intensity reduction goals that are part of the nationally determined contributions. This high level task force, chaired by Dr. Ashish Lele,

Prof Guhan Jayaraman of the Department of Biotechnology is a recipient of the 2024 TRENDsetter program award under the High Risk High Reward track that is designed to encourage principal investigators to develop deeper collaboration with founding members of the consortium while delivering technologies that are at mid TRL. Prof Guhan’s research focuses on harnessing

Prof Richa Karmakar of the Department of Biotechnology is a recipient of the 2025 TRENDsetter program award under the early career track that is designed to encourage principal investigators to develop deeper collaboration with founding members of the consortium.  This award is a ‘seed grant’ to work on new bold, high-risk research ideas within the

Prof Sagar Sourav of the Department of Chemical Engineering is a recipient of the 2025 TRENDsetter program award under the early career track that is designed to encourage principal investigators to develop deeper collaboration with founding members of the consortium.  This award is a ‘seed grant’ to work on new bold, high-risk research ideas within

After his recent honour of being awarded the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Fellowship, I met with Dr Jitendra Sangwai, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT M. He holds several titles that pins him as either the first or the youngest! Excerpts from the interview Energy Consortium (EC): Congratulation on your INAE Fellowship. Could

  The best way to neutralise carbon dioxide emissions is to bury them underground, preferably in depleted oil and gas reservoirs. Since carbon dioxide also helps by flushing out the oil or gas, these reservoirs are ideal solutions for putting away the mischief-making gas. It is estimated that a barrel of oil when burnt emits

Societal reforming involves breaking and restructuring existing systems to create positive societal change. This reformation can happen through several routes, such as policy, education, economics and cultural understanding. Moreover, a practical societal reformation might demand a willingness to challenge the traditional/conventional ways of thinking. This reformation would eliminate the notorious and harmful societal elements and

Catalysts are inevitable in the modern-day chemical industry. They are known to speed up any chemical reaction, ultimately demanding reduced equipment size and faster production rates. Most chemical reactions produce multiple products, and we are not usually interested in all of them. Hence, the chemical processing conditions, such as temperature and pressure, must be maintained