Bhanu Kuncharam
Post Doctoral Fellow
Chemical Engineering
B.Tech. (Ch.E.); 2008 - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (Anantapur) (India)
Ph.D. (Ch.E.); 2013 - Texas A&M University, College Station (USA)
Bhanu obtained Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in May 2008 in Chemical Engineering at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Anantapur in India.
Bhanu Kuncharam got his Ph.D in December 2013 in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station. At Texas A&M University, Bhanu worked with Dr. Benjamin Wilhite in membrane reactor research group. His doctoral thesis focused on modeling and experimental research of catalytic membrane reactor for cost-effective hydrogen separation.
After his Ph.D, Bhanu joined in July 2014 as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Dixon’s Heat and Mass Transfer laboratory. His research, sponsored by ArcelorMittal, was to develop a validated 3D CFD model of a Midrex reformer. He also worked on CFD modeling of packed bed reactors for methane reforming.
In July 2017 Bhanu started a new position in the Department of Chemical Engineering, at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS-Pilani), India.
PUBLICATIONS:
(1) B. V. R Kuncharam, and B. A. Wilhite, “Theoretical Investigation of a Water-Gas-Shift Catalytic Membrane for Diesel Reformate Purification”, AIChE Journal, 2013, 59, pp: 4334–4345.
(2) S. Damodharan, B. V. R. Kuncharam, and B. A. Wilhite, “Design of Cartridge-Based Ceramic Heat-Exchanger Microchannel Reformers for Process Intensification: Experiments and Simulations”, Energy Fuels, 2013, 27 (8).
(3) D. Kim, D. Donohue, B. Kuncharam, C. Duval and B. A. Wilhite, “Towards an Integrated Ceramic Micro-Membrane Network: Effect of Ethanol Reformate on Palladium Membranes”, I&EC Research, 2010, 49 (21).
PRESENTATIONS:
(1) B. V. R Kuncharam and B. A. Wilhite, “Theoretical Investigation of Composite non-permselective Catalytic Membrane Reactor for Extraction of Hydrogen from Bio-Ethanol Steam reforming”, NASCRE-3 (2013).
(2) B. V. R Kuncharam and B. A. Wilhite, “Non-isothermal Model for Theoretical Investigation of Hydrogen Purification by Water Gas Shift Reaction From Reforming Mixtures Using Catalytic Membrane Reactor”, AIChE Annual Meeting (2012).
(3) B. V. R Kuncharam, S. Damodharan and B.A. Wilhite, “Cartridge-Based Ceramic Microreactor Networks for Process Intensification in Fuels Reforming: Demonstration and Modeling of Complex 2-D Thermal Integration”, AIChE Annual Meeting (2012).
(4) B. V. R Kuncharam and B. A. Wilhite, “Theoretical Investigation of a Water-Gas-Shift Catalytic Membrane for Diesel Reformate Purification”, ISCRE-22 (2012).
(5) B. V. R Kuncharam and B. A. Wilhite, “Cost-Effective Catalytic Membranes for Hydrogen Purification”, AIChE Spring Meeting (2012).
(6) B. V. R Kuncharam and B. A. Wilhite, “Design of Composite Catalytic Membranes using non Permselective Materials for Hydrogen Purifications”, AIChE Annual Meeting (2011).
(7) B. V. R Kuncharam and B. A. Wilhite, “Composite Catalytic Membranes for High-Purity Hydrogen Extraction from Ethanol Steam Reforming”, International Conference on Separations Technology (2010).
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