Chinta Sankar Rao

Designation:

Assistant Professor

Date of Joining at NITK:

Monday, May 30, 2016

Professional Experience:

6 years of Professional experience out of which 4 years at NITK
May 2016 – present : Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, NITK, Surathkal
July 2015 – May 2016 : Temporary Faculty, Department of Chemical Engineering, NITT, Tamilnadu
July 2008 – May 2009 : Ad-hoc Faculty, Department of Chemical Engineering, IGIT, Sarang, Odisha

Contact Details

E-mail:

csrao@nitk.edu.in

csankarrao@gmail.com

Telephone:

(+91) 824-2473639

Academic Background

Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai & 2015
M.Tech. - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal & 2011
B.Tech.- Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang & 2008

Areas of Interest

Process Dynamics and Control, Model Predictive Control, Process Modelling and Simulation, Subspace Identification, Machine Learning, Process optimization, Crystallization Systems Engineering

Supervision of Ph.D

Ongoing: 1

Significant Publications

1. Gourav Yadav, G. Uday Kiran and C. Sankar Rao, Robust optimal centralized PI controller for a uid catalytic cracking Unit, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cppm-2020-0019
2. Sanjith S. Anchan and C. Sankar Rao, Robust Decentralized PID controller design for an Activated Sludge Process, Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/apj.2531
3. Abhishek, Indraneel Pulidindi and C. Sankar Rao, Novel strategies for glucose production from biomass using heteropoly acid catalyst, Renewable energy, 159, 215-220, 2020.
4. M. Satya Narayana, G. Arthanareeswaran and C. Sankar Rao, Dynamic performance comparison of two configurations of middle vessel batch distillation column for the separation of ethanol/propanol/butanol mixture, Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/apj.2421
5. Prabhu Teja Y and C. Sankar Rao, Design of Robust PI Controller with Decoupler for a Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 58, 45, 20722-20733 (Oct, 2019), DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b04770
6. Purushottam Patil and C. Sankar Rao, Enhanced PID Controller for Non-Minimum Phase Second Order Plus Time Delay System, Chemical Product and Process Modeling, 14 (3) (March, 2019)
7. V. Dhanya Ram and C. Sankar Rao. Identification and Control of an Unstable SOPTD system with positive zero, Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 44, 757-762, 2019
8. A. Sahoo, T. K. Radhakrishnan and C. Sankar Rao. Modeling and control of a real time shell and tube heat exchanger, Resource-Efficient Technologies, 3, 124-132, 2017.
9. C. Sankar Rao and M. Chidambaram. Subspace Identification of Unstable Transfer Function Models, Indian Chemical Engineer, 57, 1-20, 2015.
10. C. Sankar Rao and M. Chidambaram. Experimental application of subspace identification of an unstable system, International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, 7, 70-76, 2015.
11. C. Sankar Rao and M. Chidambaram. Subspace identification of transfer function models for an unstable bioreactor. Chemical Engineering Communication, 202(10), 1296-1303, 2015
12. S. Mohanta, C. S. Rao, A. B. Daram, S. Chakraborty and B. C. Meicap, Air Dense Medium Fluidized Bed for Dry Beneficiation of Coal: Technological Challenges for Future, Particulate Science and Technology, 31: pp. 16-27, 2013
13. C. S. Rao and K. Barik, Modelling, Simulation and Control of Middle Vessel Batch Distillation Column, Procedia Engineering, vol. 38, pp. 2383-2397, 2012.
14. Sanjith S. Anchan and C. Sankar Rao, Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Plant: State of the art, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (Under review).

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