Bandaru V Ramarao

Expertise: chemical engineering, separation processes, adsorption, chromatography, filtration, membrane, depth filtration, columns, cellulosic materials, lignocellulosics separations, hydrolysis, papermaking, paper physics.

Research Interests

• Separations -
  • Membrane separations,
  • Fluid Particle separations -
    • Microfiltration, Ultra and Nanofiltration,
    • Cake filtration,
    • Depth Filters,
    • Aerosol Filtration & Filters
    • Centrifugal and gravity sedimentation
    • Consolidation
  • Adsorption separations
    • Thermodynamics and kinetics of adsorptive processes
    • Hysteresis and transport processes in adsorption
• Bioseparations
  • Cake, gel, depth and other filtration based separations & adsorption processes and phenomena
• Transport Processes in Fibrous Media
  • ​Structure property relations in fibrous media
  • X Ray Micro and Nanotomography, 3D structure and Topochemical processes in Random Fibrous Media
• Physics of Paper and Fibrous Media
  • ​Mechanics and failure of packaging materials
  • Moisture and thermal transport and equilibrium, impact on packaging
  • Barriers
• Biodegradable and renewable Materials - Plastics
  • ​Polyhydroxy Alkanoates (PHAs) and other biodegradable polymers
    • Production, bioconversions, application