Dr. P Shanmugam
Principal Scientist
Department of  Environmental Technology
Central Leather Research Institute
Adyar, Chennai – 600 020
Tele : 091- 044-24911386
Fax  : 091-044-24916351
email : pashanmugam@yahoo.com

• Bio-hydrogenation and bio-methanation for Industrial and municipal organic solid wastes.
•  Engineering design concepts for fabrication of single and two stage lab scale anaerobic CSTR digesters, recovering hydrogen and methane from organic solid waste.
• Molecular microbial Ecology for Environmental Engineering and Bioremediation
  Tracer residence time distribution , rheology for optimum reactor configurations of  anaerobic CSTR
• Optimization of gas mixing using CFD multiphase modeling.
• Bio-kinetic constant estimation for solid waste anaerobic digesters
• Atmospheric air pollution dispersion modeling using CFD
• Photochemical smog, Climate change modeling and CDM through biogas plants
• Anaerobic Membraine Bioreactor (AnMBR)

I have been  employed as Senior Scientist (EII) in the Environmental Engineering Department of Central Leather Research Institute (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), Adyar Chennai.20 India, carrying out research in the field of biomethanisation and bio-hydrogenation (anaerobic digestion) for renewable energy and power generation using solid and liquid waste from leather industries includes conventional and advanced tannery effluent treatment facilities such as UASB, and anaerobic MBR, SBR, ASP

I have been responsible to deliver lectures in Wastewater Engineering and treatment and solid waste management for Leather industries to B.Tech and M. Tech.  Environmental Engineering and Leather Technology students for Anna University, Chennai.

• Peter Wilson award offered by British National Fuels Ltd.
• Member Charted Institution of Waste Management (CIWM), UK
• Awarded Commonwealth Fellowship for Ph.D by British Council UK - 2005.
• Awarded UNDP/GEF fellowship for Anaerobic Digestion training in European Countries during  2000
• Royal Academy of Engineering, UK. International conference grand awarded for WHEC, Australia.

• Bio-methanisation and Bio-hydrogenation- Research perspectives and reality for large scale plants, University of Southompton, UK
• Fermentative Hydrogen and fuel cell from leather and municipal solid wastes, World Hydrogen Energy Congress, Brisbane, Australia, UK.

• Scientist EII, Environmental Engineering Department , Central Leather Research Institute (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Adyar, Chennai, India
• Visiting Faculty, Anna University, Chennai taught 2 regular courses for undergraduate and Postgraduate Engineering students on Waste water Engineering

• 1992 -1999  Senior Scientist, Environmental Engineering Department, Central Road Research Institute, (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Mathura Road, New Delhi. 20
• 1990- 1992 - Junior Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Bharadhidasan University. Trichy

5th National Master Plan for Bioenergy in India
Renewable Energy research focus group UK
Tamil Nadu Leather Tanners Association  - Common Effluent Treatment Plant

• Eight M. Engg. Dissertation for students on Anaerobic Digestion
• Two thesis for M.Engg. students on Effluent treatment
• Four thesis for  M.Sc students on Air Pollution

Training on Anaerobic digestion to municipal and industrial solid wastes to corporate engineers and scientist, Hyderabad, India

UNDP/GEF sponsored training on Anaerobic Digestion in European Countries

• Carried out research on hydrogen and methane recovery from the co-digested leather and municipal solid wastes using BMP30 BHP10 single and two stage anaerobic CSTR digesters, ammonia control strategies in AD.

• Design of 14000 tonnes per annum capacity Anaerobic Digester Plant for Cambridge Recycling Services Ltd., (CRS) Cambridge, Ely.UK
  
  
• Design, commission, execution and process performance evaluation of 104 L pilot Anaerobic Digestion plant for Cambridge Recycling Services Private Ltd, UK being operated now.
  
  
• Design, commission, execution and process performance evaluation of  60 Metric Tonne per day capacity High –Rate Biomethanisation plant for power generation from slaughter house solid wastes, for  Alkabeer Exports Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, India (Cost of the project: 6 million Indian Rupees)

• Commission, execution and process performance evaluation of  5 Metric Tonne per day capacity High –Rate Biomethanisation plant for power generation from Leather solid wastes for  Visharam Tanner’s Environmental Control System (VISHTEC), Melvisharam, Tamil Nadu India.( Cost of the project: 2 Million Indian Rupees)
  
  
• Design, commission, execution and process performance evaluation of  2 Metric Tonne per day capacity High –Rate Biomethanisation plant for power generation from Chromed Leather Shavings Waste, for  TATA Exports Private Ltd. Dewas, Indoor (near Mumbai) India (Cost of the project: 2 Million Indian Rupees)

• In plant Process control and performance evaluation of Common Effluent Treatment Plant for tanneries in India includes  Rotating disc screen, primary clariflocculator, secondary biological treatment (activated sludge process), Up flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket reactors, reverse osmosis and reed beds including Energy Audit (Cost of the project: 1 million Indian Rupees)

• UNDP project on Urban Air Pollution Monitoring and modelling for the city of New Delhi with special emphasis on Transport pollution contribution on global climatic changes and photo-chemical smog formation potential. (Cost of the project:1.2 Million Indian Rupees)

• Prefeasibility and Design of 30 tonnes per day capacity High Rate Biomethanisation plant for Poultry litter waste at Namakkal, for Subhashree Bioenergies Ltd., Tamil Nadu. India

•  CDM project on High Rate Biomethanisation and power generation from Leather solid wastes.

• Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment Consultancy study for Madras Refineries Ltd., Chennai at  Nagappatnam Refinaries Unit (Cost of the project: 1 Million Indian Rupees)