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Overview

Vijayanand S. Moholkar is affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in India. Their research spans multiple facets of engineering and biochemistry, with a primary focus on biofuel production, bioconversion processes, and advanced oxidation water treatment methodologies.

The main fields of study for Moholkar include Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Specific subfields emphasized in their work are Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Water Science and Technology, Biomaterials, and Materials Chemistry. Their research topics cover:

  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization

Moholkar has published extensively in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Bioresource Technology Reports
  • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology
  • Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  • Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The following are some of Moholkar's recent papers, detailing the title, year of publication, and venue:

  • Bioconversion of sugarcane tops to bioethanol and other value added products: An overview (2021, Materials Science for Energy Technologies)
  • A comparative study on synthesis and characterization of biochars derived from lignocellulosic biomass for their candidacy in agronomy and energy applications (2020, International Journal of Energy Research)
  • Co-pyrolysis of biomass blends: Characterization, kinetic and thermodynamic analysis (2020, Biomass and Bioenergy)
  • Mechanistic analysis of carbamazepine degradation in hybrid advanced oxidation process of hydrodynamic cavitation/UV/persulfate in the presence of ZnO/ZnFe2O4 (2021, Separation and Purification Technology)
  • Mechanistic study of sulfadiazine degradation by ultrasound-assisted Fenton-persulfate system using yolk-shell Fe3O4@hollow@mSiO2 nanoparticles (2020, Chemical Engineering Science)

Among frequent collaborators, Moholkar has worked extensively with Kuldeep Roy, Arun Goyal, Kaustubh Chandrakant Khaire, Bhaskar J. Choudhury, and Karan Kumar. These coauthors have contributed jointly to several publications that often intersect with themes of advanced oxidation processes, biomass conversion, and enzyme catalysis.

Best Publications

  • Biomass gasification for decentralized power generation: The Indian perspective

    Buljit Buragohain;Pinakeswar Mahanta;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Cavitation Reaction Engineering

    Yatish T. Shah;A. B. Pandit;V. S. Moholkar

  • Mechanistic Assessment of Microalgal Lipid Extraction

    Amrita Ranjan;Chetna Patil;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Discernment of synergism in pyrolysis of biomass blends using thermogravimetric analysis.

    Debarshi Mallick;Maneesh Kumar Poddar;Pinakeswar Mahanta;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Hydrodynamic cavitation for sonochemical effects

    V.S. Moholkar;P. Senthil Kumar;A.B. Pandit

  • Biobutanol: science, engineering, and economics

    Amrita Ranjan;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Co-gasification of coal and biomass blends: Chemistry and engineering

    Debarshi Mallick;Pinakeswar Mahanta;Vijayanand Suryakant Moholkar

  • Mapping the cavitation intensity in an ultrasonic bath using the acoustic emission

    Vijayanand S. Moholkar;Shishir P. Sable;Aniruddha B. Pandit

  • Physical Mechanism of Ultrasound-Assisted Synthesis of Biodiesel

    Abhishek Kalva;Thirugnanasambandam Sivasankar;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Bubble behavior in hydrodynamic cavitation: Effect of turbulence

    Vijayanand S. Moholkar;Aniruddha B. Pandit

  • Energy analysis in acoustic cavitation

    Nilesh P. Vichare;P. Senthilkumar;Vijay S. Moholkar;Parag R. Gogate

  • Mechanistic Approach to Enhancement of the Yield of a Sonochemical Reaction

    Thirugnanasambandam Sivasankar;Ashwin W. Paunikar;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Physical mechanism of sono‐Fenton process

    Sankar Chakma;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Physical insights into the sonochemical degradation of recalcitrant organic pollutants with cavitation bubble dynamics

    Thirugnanasambandam Sivasankar;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Production, ultrasonic extraction, and characterization of poly (3‐hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) using Bacillus megaterium and Cupriavidus necator

    Sushobhan Pradhan;Pritam Kumar Dikshit;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Numerical Investigation into the Chemistry Induced by Hydrodynamic Cavitation

    J. Sangeeth Krishnan;Prashant Dwivedi;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Feasibility of rice straw as alternate substrate for biobutanol production

    Amrita Ranjan;Swati Khanna;V.S. Moholkar

  • Investigations in the physical mechanism of sonocrystallization.

    Venkata Swamy Nalajala;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Mechanistic Features of Oxidative Desulfurization Using Sono-Fenton–Peracetic Acid (Ultrasound/Fe2+–CH3COOH–H2O2) System

    Jaykumar B. Bhasarkar;Sankar Chakma;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Investigation in mechanistic issues of sonocatalysis and sonophotocatalysis using pure and doped photocatalysts

    Sankar Chakma;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Comparative study of various pretreatment techniques for rice straw saccharification for the production of alcoholic biofuels

    Amrita Ranjan;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

  • Physical features of ultrasound-enhanced heterogeneous permanganate oxidation.

    Ramesh Kuppa;Vijayanand S. Moholkar

Frequent Co-Authors

Aniruddha B. Pandit
Aniruddha B. Pandit Institute of Chemical Technology
Pinakeswar Mahanta
Pinakeswar Mahanta Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Mohammad Arjmand
Mohammad Arjmand University of British Columbia
Parameswar Krishnan Iyer
Parameswar Krishnan Iyer Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Nigel P. Minton
Nigel P. Minton University of Nottingham
Parag R. Gogate
Parag R. Gogate Institute of Chemical Technology
Muthupandian Ashokkumar
Muthupandian Ashokkumar University of Melbourne
Andrea Prosperetti
Andrea Prosperetti University of Houston
Claus-Dieter Ohl
Claus-Dieter Ohl Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

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