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Gunda Mohanakrishna

Gunda Mohanakrishna

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
47
Citations
6573
World Ranking
4988
National Ranking
79

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
6857
World Ranking
5364
National Ranking
56

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Carbon dioxide
  • Ecology
  • Redox

Sewage treatment, Microbial fuel cell, Wastewater, Waste management and Pulp and paper industry are his primary areas of study. Microbial fuel cell is a subfield of Anode that Gunda Mohanakrishna studies. His Anode research includes elements of Environmental engineering and Bioelectrochemistry.

His studies in Wastewater integrate themes in fields like Biohydrogen and Fermentation. As part of one scientific family, he deals mainly with the area of Waste management, narrowing it down to issues related to the Microbial electrosynthesis, and often Carbon fixation and Carbon. Within one scientific family, Gunda Mohanakrishna focuses on topics pertaining to Hydrogen production under Pulp and paper industry, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Acidogenesis and Bioreactor.

His most cited work include:

  • An overview on emerging bioelectrochemical systems (BESs): Technology for sustainable electricity, waste remediation, resource recovery, chemical production and beyond (168 citations)
  • Bio-electrochemical treatment of distillery wastewater in microbial fuel cell facilitating decolorization and desalination along with power generation. (166 citations)
  • BIOELECTRICITY PRODUCTION FROM WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN DUAL CHAMBERED MICROBIAL FUEL CELL (MFC) USING SELECTIVELY ENRICHED MIXED MICROFLORA: EFFECT OF CATHOLYTE (164 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of investigation include Wastewater, Microbial fuel cell, Anode, Sewage treatment and Pulp and paper industry. To a larger extent, Gunda Mohanakrishna studies Waste management with the aim of understanding Wastewater. His Microbial fuel cell research includes themes of Renewable energy, Chemical engineering, Microbial electrosynthesis and Chemical oxygen demand.

His work on Faraday efficiency as part of general Anode study is frequently linked to Degradation, bridging the gap between disciplines. His Sewage treatment research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Biodiesel and Ecology, Waste treatment. His Pulp and paper industry research also works with subjects such as

  • Biohydrogen that connect with fields like Acidogenesis and Fermentation,
  • Microbial electrolysis cell most often made with reference to Hydrogen production.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Wastewater (41.67%)
  • Microbial fuel cell (43.06%)
  • Anode (26.39%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Microbial fuel cell (43.06%)
  • Biochemical engineering (22.22%)
  • Anode (26.39%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His main research concerns Microbial fuel cell, Biochemical engineering, Anode, Wastewater and Microbial electrosynthesis. His study on Bioelectrogenesis is often connected to Energy source as part of broader study in Microbial fuel cell. He has researched Biochemical engineering in several fields, including Biorefinery and Microbial electrolysis cell.

His Anode research incorporates elements of Bacterial cell structure, Photochemistry, Electron transfer, Redox and Shewanella. The study incorporates disciplines such as Oil refinery, Total dissolved solids, Pollutant and Pulp and paper industry in addition to Wastewater. His biological study deals with issues like Biohydrogen, which deal with fields such as Bioproducts.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Surpassing the current limitations of high purity H2 production in microbial electrolysis cell (MECs): Strategies for inhibiting growth of methanogens. (44 citations)
  • Enhanced treatment of petroleum refinery wastewater by short-term applied voltage in single chamber microbial fuel cell. (41 citations)
  • Impact of dissolved carbon dioxide concentration on the process parameters during its conversion to acetate through microbial electrosynthesis (31 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Carbon dioxide
  • Redox
  • Ecology

Gunda Mohanakrishna spends much of his time researching Microbial fuel cell, Wastewater, Anode, Oil refinery and Bioelectrogenesis. His Microbial fuel cell study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Carbon fixation, Carbon dioxide, Microbial electrosynthesis, Carbon and Renewable energy. In his research, Cathodic protection, Redox, Electrochemical potential and Nuclear chemistry is intimately related to Diesel fuel, which falls under the overarching field of Anode.

His study brings together the fields of Pulp and paper industry and Bioelectrogenesis. His Pulp and paper industry research includes themes of Hydraulic retention time, Bioelectrochemical reactor and Produced water. His work blends Energy source and Waste management studies together.

Best Publications

  • An overview on emerging bioelectrochemical systems (BESs): Technology for sustainable electricity, waste remediation, resource recovery, chemical production and beyond

    Suman Bajracharya;Suman Bajracharya;Mohita Sharma;Mohita Sharma;Gunda Mohanakrishna;Xochitl Dominguez Benneton

  • BIOELECTRICITY PRODUCTION FROM WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN DUAL CHAMBERED MICROBIAL FUEL CELL (MFC) USING SELECTIVELY ENRICHED MIXED MICROFLORA: EFFECT OF CATHOLYTE

    S. Venkata Mohan;R. Saravanan;S. Veer Raghavulu;G. Mohanakrishna

  • Bio-electrochemical treatment of distillery wastewater in microbial fuel cell facilitating decolorization and desalination along with power generation.

    G. Mohanakrishna;S. Venkata Mohan;P.N. Sarma

  • Bioelectricity generation from chemical wastewater treatment in mediatorless (anode) microbial fuel cell (MFC) using selectively enriched hydrogen producing mixed culture under acidophilic microenvironment

    S. Venkata Mohan;G. Mohanakrishna;B. Purushotham Reddy;R. Saravanan

  • Biotransformation of carbon dioxide in bioelectrochemical systems: State of the art and future prospects

    Suman Bajracharya;Suman Bajracharya;Sandipam Srikanth;Gunda Mohanakrishna;Gunda Mohanakrishna;Renju Zacharia

  • Bio-catalyzed electrochemical treatment of real field dairy wastewater with simultaneous power generation

    S. Venkata Mohan;G. Mohanakrishna;G. Velvizhi;V. Lalit Babu

  • Technological advances in CO2 conversion electro-biorefinery: A step toward commercialization.

    Ahmed ElMekawy;Hanaa M. Hegab;Gunda Mohanakrishna;Ashraf F. Elbaz

  • Utilizing acid-rich effluents of fermentative hydrogen production process as substrate for harnessing bioelectricity: An integrative approach

    G. Mohanakrishna;S. Venkata Mohan;P.N. Sarma

  • Sustainable power generation from floating macrophytes based ecological microenvironment through embedded fuel cells along with simultaneous wastewater treatment.

    S. Venkata Mohan;G. Mohanakrishna;P. Chiranjeevi

  • Integration of acidogenic and methanogenic processes for simultaneous production of biohydrogen and methane from wastewater treatment

    S. Venkata Mohan;G. Mohanakrishna;P.N. Sarma

  • Surpassing the current limitations of high purity H2 production in microbial electrolysis cell (MECs): Strategies for inhibiting growth of methanogens.

    Abudukeremu Kadier;Mohd Sahaid Kalil;Kuppam Chandrasekhar;Gunda Mohanakrishna

  • Enhancing biohydrogen production from chemical wastewater treatment in anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactor (AnSBBR) by bioaugmenting with selectively enriched kanamycin resistant anaerobic mixed consortia

    S.Venkata Mohan;G. Mohanakrishna;S. Veer Raghavulu;P.N. Sarma

  • Composite vegetable waste as renewable resource for bioelectricity generation through non-catalyzed open-air cathode microbial fuel cell

    S. Venkata Mohan;G. Mohanakrishna;P.N. Sarma

  • An enriched electroactive homoacetogenic biocathode for the microbial electrosynthesis of acetate through carbon dioxide reduction

    Gunda Mohanakrishna;Jai Sankar Seelam;Karolien Vanbroekhoven;Deepak Pant

  • Imperative role of applied potential and inorganic carbon source on acetate production through microbial electrosynthesis

    Gunda Mohanakrishna;Karolien Vanbroekhoven;Deepak Pant

  • Emerging trends and advances in valorization of lignocellulosic biomass to biofuels.

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  • Rhizosphere mediated electrogenesis with the function of anode placement for harnessing bioenergy through CO2 sequestration

    P. Chiranjeevi;G. Mohanakrishna;S. Venkata Mohan

  • Simultaneous biohydrogen production and wastewater treatment in biofilm configured anaerobic periodic discontinuous batch reactor using distillery wastewater

    S. Venkata Mohan;G. Mohanakrishna;S.V. Ramanaiah;P.N. Sarma

  • Acidogenic fermentation of vegetable based market waste to harness biohydrogen with simultaneous stabilization.

    S. Venkata Mohan;G. Mohanakrishna;R. Kannaiah Goud;P.N. Sarma

  • Dark fermentative hydrogen production: Potential of food waste as future energy needs.

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  • Effect of anodic metabolic function on bioelectricity generation and substrate degradation in single chambered microbial fuel cell.

    S Venkata Mohan;G Mohanakrishna;P N Sarma

  • Harnessing of bioelectricity in microbial fuel cell (MFC) employing aerated cathode through anaerobic treatment of chemical wastewater using selectively enriched hydrogen producing mixed consortia

    S. Venkata Mohan;G. Mohanakrishna;S. Srikanth;P.N. Sarma

Frequent Co-Authors

S. Venkata Mohan
S. Venkata Mohan Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Deepak Pant
Deepak Pant Flemish Institute for Technological Research
P.N. Sarma
P.N. Sarma Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
David P.B.T.B. Strik
David P.B.T.B. Strik Wageningen University & Research
Zhen He
Zhen He Washington University in St. Louis
Vipin Chandra Kalia
Vipin Chandra Kalia Konkuk University
Jung-Kul Lee
Jung-Kul Lee Konkuk University
Gopalakrishnan Kumar
Gopalakrishnan Kumar Yonsei University
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi Cape Breton University
Huanting Wang
Huanting Wang Monash University

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