BIO-DATA

ACADEMIC PROFILE OF Dr.K.PALANIVELU

(a)           Details of publications/conference papers presented listing:-

(i) Journal

1. Kinetics and Mechanism of Cholorination of Toluene by 1- Chlorobenzotriazole - R. Gurumurthy, M. Uma and K. Palanivelu, J. Indian Council of Chemists, IV, pp.81-84 (1988).

2. Concentration and Determination of traces of Arsenic and Phosphorus in Natural Waters - T.V. Ramakrishna and K. Palanivelu, Indian J. Environ. Protection, 9, pp. 265-271 (1989).

3. Separation and Spectrophotometric Determination of trace amounts of Arsenic as the ternary complex with molybdate and rhodamine B – K.Palanivelu and T.V. Ramakrishna, Indian Journal of Technology, Vol. 28, pp.67-70 (1990)

4. A Chemical Enhancement method for the Spectrophotometric determination of trace amounts of Arsenic - K. Palanivelu, N. Balasubramanian and T.V. Ramakrishna, Talanta, Vol.39, No.5, pp.555-561 (1992)

5. Thermodynamic activities at 1256 K in the Nickel Oxide-Magnesium Oxide - Zinc Oxide using - Solid - State Galvanic Cell, S. Raghavan, K. Palanivelu, S. Esakku and S. K. Seshadri, Journal of Materials Science Letters, 12, pp.1927 – 1929 (1993).

6. Evaluation of adsorbent for phosphate removal - K. Palanivelu and
   N. Elangovan, Ind. J. Env. Protection, 14(a), pp.688-689 (1994)

7. Phosphate Removal Studies using Aluminium Impreganated coconut shell carbon - K. Palanivelu And N. Elangovan, Ind. J. Env. Protection, 16(3),  183-185 (1996).

8. Sequential Determination of Cr (III) and Cr(VI) in water - K. Palanivelu and  D. Rajkumar, Indian Journal of Env. Protection 18, 413-417 (1998).

9. Removal and recovery of chromium by Liquid membrane - K. Palanivelu,
   K.R. Ranganathan and D. Santhanala Lakshmi, Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 57, pp.903-906 (1998).

10. Solidification / Stabilization of Hazardous Arsenic waste from a fertilizer plant - T.S. Kumaravel and K. Palanivelu (Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, 59, pp.477-481 (2000).

11. Electrochemical oxidation of resorcinol for waste water treatment using Ti/TiO₂-RuO₂-IrO₂ electrode – D. Rajkumar, K. Palanivelu and N. Mohan, J.Environ.Sci.Health, A36 (10), pp.1997-2010 (2001).

12. Characterisation and leachability studies on textile effluent treatment plant sludge, K. Palanivelu and R. Rajakumar, Env. Poll. Control, Jr., 5(1), 38-40 (2001).

13. Electrochemical degradation of resorcinol using mixed oxide coated titanium

      electrode for wastewater treatment – A kinetic study, D Rajkumar, 

      K Palanivelu and N Mohan, Indian journal of chemical tech., Vol.10, July 2003,

      pp. 396-401.

      14. Destruction of cyanide in aqueous waste by electrochemical oxidation, N Priya

            and K Palanivelu, Annali di chimica, Volume 93, issue 9–10( Sep – oct, 2003), pp. 811-815

(ii)       Chapter in Books

1.                   Wastewater Treatment by Liquid Membrane Process - K. Palanivelu in Advances in Industrial Wastewater Treatment (Edi. P.K. Goel), Technoscience Publications, Jaipur, 1999.

2.                   Separation and Spectrophotometric Determination of Inorganic and Methylated arsenic species in environmental samples - K. Palanivelu, N. Balasubramanian and T.V. Ramakrishna (Advances in Environmental Science - Edi C.S.P. Iyer, Educational Publishers and Distributors, 1997, pp. 233-241).

3.                   Photocatalytic degradation of cyanide by red mud under solar light -
K. Palanivelu and D. Srinivas, 14th National Symposium on Catalysis, 16-18th December 1998, Chennai. (Recent Trends in Catalysis Edi. V. Murugesan et al, Narosa publishing House, 1999, pp. 708-711.

(iii)      Conferences / Seminars Proceedings

1.                   Removal  of  Arsenic  from  water  using  red  mud  for  rural  water  supply - K. Palanivelu and S. Mohan Babu, Proceedings of the Second Water Congress, March 1995, pp. 28-31.

2.                   Photocatalytic and other treatment methods of cyanide bearing industrial wastes - K. Palanivelu and G.B. Jaiprakash Narain in Workshop on Industrial Waste Water Treatment; Water Purification by Photosensitizes, March 1995, Madras.

3.                   Analyical methods for the speciation of Chromium in Environmental samples - D. Rajkumar and K. Palanivelu, Proceedings of Energy Crisis and Environment, Chennai, 1997, pp. 166-173.

4.                   Studies on defluoridation using alum impregnated polymeric adsorbent -
K. Palanivelu and T. Kulandaivelu, International Conference on Management of Drinking Water Resources, December 1997, Chennai, pp. 175-180.

5.                   Sources and classification of waste - K. Palanivelu symposium on the impact of waste on ground contamination and the role of Civil Engineers, October 21-22, 1999, Chennai. pp. 1-10.

6.                   Good Laboratory Practices - K. Palanivelu, UGC Sponsored Seminar on 'Quality Control' of Environmental Analysis, December 18, 1999,  Chennai.

7.                   Stabilization of Industrial Effluent Sludge - K. Palanivelu and  G.B. Jaiprakash Narain, International conference on Hazardous waste Management, January 27-29, 2000, Chennai.

8.                   Photocatalytic  Degradation of aqueous cyanide with red mud  - K. Palanivelu, F. Schindler, National Seminar on Industrial Pollution and its control, Feb 18-19, 2000, BHU, Varanasi.

9.                   Removal and recovery of Phenol from Industrial effluent using liquid membrane – K. Palanivelu and S. Raghupathi – Seminar on Membrane Technologies for water and waste water reclamation, February 15-16, 2001, Chennai, pp.49-54

(iv)       Conference / Seminar

1.                   Removal of Arsenic from water by Alum Coagulation - K. Palanivelu and S. Mohan Babu in South India Regional Symposium on Water Treatment for Domestic / Industrial Sector, March 1996, Kozhikode.

2.                   Determination  of hexavalent and total chromium in Environmental samples - K. Palanivelu and D. Rajkumar, Indian Council of Chemistry, 15th Conference, 1996, Aurangabad.

3.                   Studies on defluoridation of ground water using chemically impregnated paddy husk ash - K. Palanivelu and V. Karuna Sekhar Babu, National Seminar on Water Quality Surveillance and Sustainable Issues, December 10-13, 1997, Gandhigram, p. 22.

4.                   Colour removal studies from instant office industrial effluent - K. Palanivelu and R. Vijayabaskaran, International Conference on Chemistry, Industry and Environment, February 9-11, 1998, Aligarh, p. 43.

5.                   Stabilisation / Solidification of waste containing arsenic and its toxicity evaluation - K. Palanivelu and T.S. Kumaravel, Environment India'98 Conference, 1998, New Delhi, pp. 92.

6.                   Quality control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QS) for analysis of Hazardous Wastes – K.Palanivelu, National seminar on “Better World Environment through Engineering, Education and Management, November 18-20, 1998, Chennai

7.                   Removal of colour from instant coffee industrial effluent - K. Palanivelu and R. Vijayabaskaran, 86th Session of the Indian Science Congress, January 3-7, 1999, Chennai.

8.                   Chemical Methods of Wastewater, Treatment - K. Palanivelu UGC sponsored seminar on 'Modern  methods  of Treatment of Salinity in seawater and corrosion studies, March 31, 1999, Adirampattinam. 

9.                   Landfill Mining – Kurian Joseph, R.Nagendran, K.Palanivelu and S.Thayumanavan, presented at Seminar on Solid Waste Management, organized by University of Peradeniya, August 27, 2001, Colombo, SriLanka.

10.               Rehabilitation of Municipal Solid Waste Dumpsites – Kurian Joseph, R.Nagendran, K.Palanivelu and S.Thayumanavan – presented at 17^th National Convention of Environmental Engineers, November 23-25, 2001, Trivandrum, Kerala.

(b)        Awards, Patents, Prizes, etc.

Awarded CSIR and UGC Junior Research Fellowship during 1985

(c)                 Research Guidance (Ph.D./M.S./M.Tech., only those awarded) listing

Ph.D.

1)       Studies on the electrochemical degradation of phenolic compounds in wastewater, D.Rajkumar, January 2002

M.Phil.

1)       Removal of arsenic from water using red mud, S. Mohan Babu, August 1995

2)       Sequential determination of trivalent and hexavalent chromium in environmental samples, D. Rajkumar, August 1996

3)       Spectrophotometric determination of trace amounts of Arsenic, V.Kavitha, August 1998

4)       Removal and recovery of hexavalent chromium from electroplating effluent, K. Jayalakshmi, July 1999.

P.G. Diploma (Environmental Engineering)

1)       Electrochemical Technology for Environmental Protection, P. Parthipan, July 1995

2)       Assessment of carbon monoxide concentrations due to automobile emissions in Madras City, D.Srinivas, July 1996

3)       Leachate Studies on Mercury Sludge, R.Rajkumar, June 2000.

M.E. (Environmental Engineering)

1)       Studies on removal of colour from instant coffee industrial effluent, R. Vijaya Baskaran, January 1994

2)       Phosphate removal studies using coconut shell carbon, N.Elangovan, January 1994

3)       Studies on removal of chromium from electroplating waste, V. Magendran, January 1994.

4)       Studies on removal of chromium from aqueous solution by cashew nut shell carbon, Uma Maheswari, January 1995

5)       Removal of fluoride from water by alum impregnated rice husk ash, Sekar Babu, January 1995

6)       Studies on defluoridation using alum impregnated polymeric adsorbents, T.Kulandaivelu, January 1997

7)       Photocatalytic oxidation of cyanide in aqueous solutions with red mud, Dhanekula Srinivas, January 1997

8)       Stabilization and Solidification of waste containing Arsenic, T.S. Kumaravel, January 1998

9)       Removal and recovery of phenols by emulsion liquid membrane, V.Natina, January 1999.

10)   Removal and recovery of phenol from industrial effluent by liquid membrane process, S. Ragupathi, January 2000

11)   Thermoplastic stabilization/solidification of toxic substances in petroleum refinery sludge, A.Aruna, January 2000.

12)   Studies on Characterisation and leachability of Textile CETP and ETP sludges, R.Rajakumar, December 2000

13)   Studies on the removal of Arsenic from groundwater using rock material, N.Selvam, December 2001

14)   Providing neutralization unit for laboratories wastewater from Centre for Environmental Studies, Anna University, S.Madhurakavi, December 2001.

M.Sc. (Environmental Sciences)

1)       Leachate studies on Chromium bearing industrial wastes, K.Sangeetha, April 2001

2)       Treatment of municipal solid waste leachate  by solar photocatalysis using fixed Titanium dioxide, April 2002

3)       Degradation of cyanide in aqueous solution using electrochemical oxidation method, Nisha Priya, April 2002

4)       Waste minimization by eliminating mercuric sulphate in COD test, Raghav Rahatgi, April 2002.

(d)                Role in and details of, research/consultancy projects carried out, listing

(i) Research Projects Completed

1)       Removal and recovery of hexavalent chromium from plating wastewater using liquid membrane, (1995-96), Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi, Rs.1.0 lakh, Dr. K.R. Ranganathan (Co-investigator)

     On-going Research Projects

1)       Removal and recovery hexavalent chromium from plating wastewater using supported liquid membrane – One year (July 1996), MoEF, New Delhi – Rs.1.75 lakhs (As Principal Investigator)

2)       Solid waste landfill management in India – Three years (June 2001 – May 2004), Swedish International Development Agency - Rs.45.0 lakhs (As Co-investigator)

3)       Modelling of ground water pollution due to solid waste dumping at Perungudi – One year, Ground Water Board, Chennai – Rs.6.0 lakhs (As Co-investigator)

(ii) Consultancy Work (As Project Coordinator)

1)       Immobilization of heavy metals present in the ETP sludge and its leachate test (Asian Paints, Mumbai), Rs.2.75 lakhs, 1998

2)       Preparation of guidelines for identification, characterisation and testing  of hazardous wastes (Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, New Delhi), Rs.2.75 lakhs, 1999

3)       Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment for Hyundai Car project at Irungattukkottai (SIPCOT, Chennai), Rs.4.0 lakhs, 1997

4)       Documentation of research projects funded by Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission (Malibnet, Chennai), Rs.0.16 lakhs, 1996

5)       Common Effluent Treatment plant for Tanneries at Maligaithope (Ambur Tannery Effluent Treatment Co.,  Ambur), Rs.1.5 lakhs,

6)       Toxic metal Leachate  Studies of Industrial Sludge from TPL, MPL & SORL, Chennai, Rs.1.5 lakhs, 2000

7)       Evaluation of Hazardous nature of Industrial sludge, Kilburn Chemicals Ltd., Tuticorin, Rs.0.40 lakhs, 2000

8)       Evaluation  of  Hazardous  nature  of  Industrial sludge, IAL, Chennai, Rs.0.15 lakhs, 2001

9)       Preparation of Manual on Lab. Safety and Waste Management (CSE, New Delhi), 2001

10)   Analysis of wastewater sample for ICL, Chennai, Rs.0.85 lakhs, 2001

11)   Chlorine stability testing in sodium dichlorocyanurate (Lifetime Associates (p) Ltd., Chennai), Rs.0.07 lakhs, 2002

            Consultancy Work (As Team Member)

1.       Environmental Impact Assessment for hazardous waste incinerator at Manali (Haven Hazmat Pvt. (India) Ltd., Chennai).

2.       Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment for Tirupur integrated water supply project  (ILFS, Mumbai).

3.       Preliminary  studies on sludge disposal facility at Tirupur (ILFS, Mumbai).

4.       Modernisation of the Effluent Treatment Plant for M/s. Tamil Nadu Cooperative Textile Processing Mills Ltd., Erode (Tamil Nadu Cooperative Textile Processing Mills Ltd., Erode).

5.       Baseline data generation for Mahindra Industrial Park near Chennai (Mahindra Acres, Mumbai).

6.       Comprehensive EIA for TPL, Chennai.

7.       Pollution Load Assessment for M/s. TVS – Lakshmi Auto Components, Hosur

8.       Pollution Load Assessment for M/s. TVS – Brakes India Ltd., Chennai

      (on going)

9.       Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment of CETP Sludge disposal facility at Tirupur (on going)

10.   Rapid carrying capacity assessment for M.S.Ingots, Ferro Alloys, Chlorates, and Calcium carbide in Pondicherry, Karaikal and Yanam regions,  Directorate of Industries, Govt. of Pondicherry (on going)

(e) Other Activities

Seminar Co-ordination    : 1 ( UGC Sponsored Seminar on Quality

                 Assurance of Environmental Analysis)

                 December 18, 1999

Short Courses Co-ordination       : 3 ( 3 months short term course in Public Health

     Engineering, Sponsored by CPHEEO)

     1998-2000

    CPHEEO sponsored Refresher course on

    “Sewage Treatment  Plant Design”,

    January 4-11, 2001.

(f)      Any other relevant but brief information on your academic standing

Attended “Planning Implementing and auditing of laboratory quality system as per NABL/ISO 17025”, organized by National Accreditation Board, IIQM, Jaipur, May 28-31, 2001

Ph.D. in progress

1)       Degradation of phenolic compounds in wastewater by Fenton’s processes, V. Kavitha (Registration : December 1998)

2)       Removal and recovery of silk dyes from dyebath by liquid membrane process – Hajra Beevi (Registration : June 1999)

3)       Studies on landfill mining – S. Esakku (Registration : June 2001)

4)       Removal and recovery of cotton textile dyes from dyebath effluent by supported liquid membrane process, G.Muthuraman, July 2002

M.S. (by Research) in progress

1)       Removal of chromium by supported liquid membrane, J.Senthilnathan, (Registration : January 2001)

2)       ARecovery of used solvents by Pervaporation, N. Senthil Kumar, (Registration : July 2002)