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    Dr. Kawnish Kirtania

    Associate Professor
    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

    Department of Chemical Engineering
    Research area: H2 economy, Biofuels, CO2 Utilization
                              Life Cycle Analysis, Waste valorization, Techno-economics

    kkdwip@che.buet.ac.bd

   

Publications

Journal publications (total IF: 223.5)
  1. Kaniz Fatema Rahman, Md Farhatul Abrar, Sanjida Safa Tithi, Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "Life cycle assessment of hydrothermal carbonization of municipal solid waste for waste-to-energy generation", Journal of Environmental Management (2024) Volume 370, 122850. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122850
  2. Musfekur Rahman Dihan, Troyee Naha and Kawnish Kirtania, "Comparative assessment of waste-to-energy scenarios to mitigate GHG emission from MSW in a developing mega city", Energy for Sustainable Development (2024) Volume 82, 101540. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2024.101540
  3. Chayan Kumer Saha, Rajesh Nandi, Shammi Akter, Samira Hossain, Kazi Bayzid Kabir, Kawnish Kirtania, Md Tahmid Islam, Laura Guidugli, M. Toufiq Reza, Md Monjurul Alam, "Technical prospects and challenges of anaerobic co-digestion in Bangladesh: A review", Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2024) Volume 197, 114412. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114412
  4. Chayan Kumer Saha, Mst. Lucky Khatun, Jannatoon Nime, Kawnish Kirtania and Md. Monjurul Alam, "Co-Digestion-Based Circular Bio-Economy to Improve Biomethane Generation and Production of Nutrient-Enriched Digestate in Bangladesh", Sustainability (2024) 16(1), 104. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su16010104
  5. Ishmamul Hoque Sadab, Moahmmed Sakib Noor, Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "Development of a spatial optimization model for MSW management by hydrothermal carbonization: A case study on Dhaka", Energy for Sustainable Development (2023) 76, 101258. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2023.101258
  6. Suprio Kamal, Md. Shahriar Hossain, Ishmamul Hoque Sadab, Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "Application of distributed activation energy model to predict hydrothermal carbonization kinetics of lignocellulosic biomass", Fuel Communications (2023) 16, 100090. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfueco.2023.100090
  7. Al Ibtida Sultana, Samira Hossain, Swarna Saha, Kawnish Kirtania and Toufiq Reza, "Ultraporous superactivated hydrochars from food waste: comparing environmental impacts of char impregnation versus direct chemical activation method", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (2023). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-04959-3
  8. Samira Hossain, Chayan Kumer Saha, Mohammad Ismail, Toufiq Reza, Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "Prospects and challenges of renewable hydrogen generation in Bangladesh", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2023) 48 (54), 20588 - 20612. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.03.059
  9. Samira Hossain, Shammi Akter, Chayan Kumer Saha, Toufiq Reza, Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "A comparative life cycle assessment of anaerobic mono- and co-digestion of livestock manure in Bangladesh", Waste Management (2023) 157, 100-109, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.12.011
  10. M. Ismail, M. G. Mahmud, H. R. Ahmmed, M. S. Islam and Kawnish Kirtania, "Waste Tyre Pyrolysis Oil: Production, Sulfur Removal and Fractionation for Value Added Products", Journal of Science and Technology Research (2022) Voume 4, Issue 1, 59-70
  11. Ijaz Hossain, Kazi Bayzid Kabir, Md. Shahinoor Islam and Kawnish Kirtania, "Recycled Plastic Based Industries of Bangladesh: Current Scenario and Future Prospect", International Journal of SME Development (2022) Issue 5, 15-33
  12. Tahmid Islam, Al Ibtida Sultana, Cadianne Chambers, Swarna Saha, Nepu Saha, Kawnish Kirtania and M. Toufiq Reza, "Recent Progress on Emerging Applications of Hydrochar", Energies (2022) 15(24), 9340, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en15249340
  13. Suprio Kamal, Md. Shahriar Hossain, Ummay Salma, Md. Saiful Islam, Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "Pyrolysis kinetics of hydrochar using distributed activation energy model", Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (2022), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2426
  14. A. K. M. Kazi Aurnob, Assame Arnob, Kazi Bayzid Kabir, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Mominur Rahman and Kawnish Kirtania, "Hydrothermal carbonization of biogenic municipal waste for biofuel production", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 12 (2022), 163-171
  15. Sadia Siddika Dima, Assame Arnob, Ummay Salma, Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "Fate of nutrients during hydrothermal carbonization of biogenic municipal waste", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 12 (2022), 71-80
  16. Flabianus Hardi, Erik Furusjö, Kawnish Kirtania, Akihisa Imai, Kentaro Umeki, and Kunio Yoshikawa, "Catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass with K2CO3 for production of gasification feedstock", Biofuels 12(2) (2021),149-160.
  17. Md. Shahriar Hossain, Suprio Kamal, Mahbub Chowdhury, Md. Tariful Islam and Kawnish Kirtania, "Parametric Study on Co-Feeding of Municipal Solid Waste and Coal in An IGCC Power Plant with PreCombustion Carbon Capture", Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin 22 (2020), 37-42
  18. Nafisa Tarannum, Banhee Shikha Roy Bristi, Sadia Siddika Dima and Kawnish Kirtania, "Life-Cycle Impact Assessment of Fossil Power Plants with and Without CO2 Capture Evaluating the Possibility of CO2 Utilization", Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin 22 (2020), 88-93.
  19. K.M. Nazmus Sakib, S.M. Nafiz Ahmed, Abdullahil Mubdee and Kawnish Kirtania, "Biochar Production from Waste Biomass Using Modular Pyrolyzer for Soil Amendment", Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin 22 (2020), 14-19.
  20. Akihisa Imai, Flabianus Hardi, Petter Lundqvist, Erik Furusjö, Kawnish Kirtania, Selhan Karagöz, Kubilay Tekin and Kunio Yoshikawa, "Alkali-catalyzed hydrothermal treatment of sawdust for production of a potential feedstock for catalytic gasification", Applied Energy 231 (2018), 594-599.
  21. Flabianus Hardi, Akihisa Imai, Sarut Theppitak, Kawnish Kirtania, Erik Furusjö, Kentaro Umeki, and Kunio Yoshikawa, "Gasification of char derived from catalytic hydrothermal liquefaction of pine sawdust under CO2 atmosphere", Energy & Fuels 32 (2018), 5999-6007.
  22. Youjian Zhu, Philip J. van Eyk, Christoffer Boman, Markus Broström, Kawnish Kirtania, Patrycja Piotrowska, Dan Bostrom, Rocky de Nys, Sankar Bhattacharya, Francesco G. Gentili and Peter J. Ashman, "Preliminary understanding on the ash behavior of algae during co-gasification in an entrained flow reactor", Fuel Processing Technology 175 (2018), 26-34.
  23. Yawer Jafri, Erik Furusjö, Kawnish Kirtania and Rikard Gebart, "A study of black liquor and pyrolysis oil co-gasification in pilot scale", Biomass Conversion & Biorefinery 8(1) (2018), 113-124.
  24. Albert Bach-Oller, Kawnish Kirtania, Erik Furusjö and Kentaro Umeki, "Co-gasification of black liquor and pyrolysis oil at high temperature: Part 1. Fate of alkali elements", Fuel 202 (2017), 46-55.
  25. Albert Bach-Oller, Kawnish Kirtania, Erik Furusjö and Kentaro Umeki, "Co-gasification of black liquor and pyrolysis oil at high temperature: Part 2. Fuel conversion", Fuel 197 (2017), 240-247.
  26. Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "An Assessment of Gasification of Lipid-Extracted Algae by Thermodynamic Simulation", Journal of Chemical Engineering 31-1 (2017), 59-63.
  27. Kentaro Umeki, Gustav Häggström, Albert Bach-Oller, Kawnish Kirtania and Erik Furusjö "Reduction of Tar and Soot Formation from Entrained-Flow Gasification of Woody Biomass by Alkali Impregnation", Energy & Fuels 31 (5) (2017), 5104-5110.
  28. Lara Carvalho, Erik Furusjö, Kawnish Kirtania, Elisabeth Wetterlund, Joakim Lundgren, Marie Anheden and Jens Wolf, "Techno-economic assessment of catalytic gasification of biomass powders for methanol production", Bioresource Technology 237 (2017), 167-177.
  29. Jim Andersson, Kentaro Umeki, Erik Furusjö, Kawnish Kirtania and Fredrik Weiland, "Multiscale Reactor Network Simulation of an Entrained Flow Biomass Gasifier: Model Description and Validation", Energy Technology 5 (8) (2017), 1484-1494.
  30. Kawnish Kirtania, Joel Axelsson, Leonidas Matsakas, Paul Christakopoulos, Kentaro Umeki and Erik Furusjö, "Kinetic study of catalytic gasification of wood char impregnated with different alkali salts", Energy 118 (2017), 1055-1065.
  31. Kawnish Kirtania, Gustav Häggström, Markus Broström, Kentaro Umeki and Erik Furusjö, "Co-gasification of crude glycerol and black liquor blends - char morphology and gasification kinetics", Energy Technology 5 (8) (2017), 1272-1281.
  32. Yawer Hussain Jafri, Erik Furusjö, Kawnish Kirtania, and Rikard Gebart, "Performance of a pilot-scale entrained-flow black liquor gasifier", Energy & Fuels 30 (2016), 3175-3185.
  33. Kawnish Kirtania and Sankar Bhattacharya, "CO2 gasification behavior of biomass chars in an entrained flow reactor", Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 6-1 (2016), 49-59.
  34. Kawnish Kirtania and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Coupling of a distributed activation energy model with particle simulation for entrained flow pyrolysis of biomass", Fuel Processing Technology 137 (2015), 131-138.
  35. Kawnish Kirtania and Sankar Bhattacharya, "CO2 Gasification Kinetics of Algal and Woody Char Procured under Different Pyrolysis Conditions and Heating Rates". ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering 3-2 (2015), 365-373.
  36. Mohd Asyraf Kassim, Kawnish Kirtania, David de la Cruz, Nasser Cura, Srikanth Chakravartula Srivatsa and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Thermogravimetric analysis and kinetic characterization of lipid-extracted Tetraselmis suecica and Chlorella sp." Algal Research 6 (2014), 39-45.
  37. Kawnish Kirtania, Joanne Tanner, Kazi Bayzid Kabir, Sharmen Rajendran and Sankar Bhattacharya, "In situ synchrotron IR study relating temperature and heating rate to surface functional group changes in biomass". Bioresource Technology 151 (2014), 36-42.
  38. Kawnish Kirtania and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Pyrolysis kinetics and reactivity of algae-coal blends". Biomass and Bioenergy 55 (2013), 291-298.
  39. Kawnish Kirtania, Janik Joshua, Mohd Asyraf Kassim and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Comparison of CO2 and steam gasification reactivity of algal and woody biomass chars", Fuel Processing Technology 117 (2014), 44-52.
  40. Kawnish Kirtania and Sankar Bhattacharya "Application of the distributed activation energy model to the kinetic study of pyrolysis of the fresh water algae Chlorococcum humicola", Bioresource Technology 107 (2012), 476-481.
  41. Kentaro Umeki, Kawnish Kirtania, Luguang Chen and Sankar Bhattacharya "Fuel Particle Conversion of Pulverized Biomass during Pyrolysis in an Entrained Flow Reactor", Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 51 (2012), 13973-13979.
  42. Kawnish Kirtania and Md Ali Ahammad Shoukat Choudhury,"A novel dead time compensator for stable processes with long dead times", Journal of Process Control 22-3 (2012), 612-625.
  43. Bipro Ranjan Dhar and Kawnish Kirtania, "Excess Methanol Recovery in Biodiesel Production Process Using a Distillation Column: A Simulation Study", Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin 13 (2009), 55-60.
  44. Dil Afroz Begum, Anisur Rahman and Kawnish Kirtania, "Condensate Fractionation: A Design Variation Study by Simulation", Journal of Chemical Engineering 25-1 (2010), 66-70.
  45. Kawnish Kirtania and Devjyoti Nath, "Preparation of Rice Based ORS by Solution Method", Chemical Engineering Research Bulletin 13 (2009), 47-50.
Conference contributions
  1. Farhatul Abrar, Md. Sohel Rana, Sumaiya Fardouse Mimmi, Chayan Kumer Saha and Kawnish Kirtania, "Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of a Natural Convection mixed-mode Solar Dryer using OpenFOAM", 7th International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICChE 2023), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19-21, 2023.
  2. Mushfekur Rahman Dihan, Troyee Naha, S.M. Abu Nayeem and Kawnish Kirtania, "A Case Study on Amin Bazar Landfill, Dhaka: Green House Gas Emission, Energy Recovery Potential and Leachate Contamination Risk Assessment", 7th International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICChE 2023), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19-21, 2023.
  3. Rakesh Bhowmick, Ummay Salma and Kawnish Kirtania, "Bio-crude Oil Production Through Co-hydrothermal Liquefaction of Sawdust and Cow Manure", 1st International Energy Conference: National and Global issues (EnCon23), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 14-15, 2023.
  4. Musfekur Rahman Dihan, Troyee Naha and Kawnish Kirtania, "A Sustainable Waste-to-Energy and Nutrient Reclamation Strategy: A Case Study on Dhaka City", 1st International Energy Conference: National and Global issues (EnCon23), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 14-15, 2023.
  5. Ummay Salma, Kawnish Kirtania, and Kazi Bayzid Kabir, "Hydrothermal Carbonization of Municipal Solid Waste in Bangladesh: A Pilot Study", 1st International Energy Conference: National and Global issues (EnCon23), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 14-15, 2023.
  6. Nuruzzaman Rakib, Mosharof Hossain, Kawnish Kirtania, Chayan Kumer Saha, , Toufiq Reza and Mohammad Ismail, "Carbon Capture and Hydrogen Sulfide Removal from Biogas by Adsorption Process", 1st International Energy Conference: National and Global issues (EnCon23), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 14-15, 2023.
  7. Samira Hossain, Mst. Lucky Khatun, Chayan Kumer Saha, Md. Monjurul Alam, Mohammad Ismail, Toufiq Reza, Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrogen Generation from Biogenic Waste Via Anaerobic Co-Digestion Integrated with Reforming", AIChE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA, November 5-10, 2023.
  8. Swarna Saha, Samira Hossain, Kawnish Kirtania and Toufiq Reza, "LCA Comparison of Char Impregnation and Direct Chemical Activation for Synthesizing Ultraporous Superactivated Hydrochars from Food Waste", AIChE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA, November 5-10, 2023.
  9. Chayan Kumer Saha, Mst. Lucky Khatun, Janntun Nimme, Samira Hossain, Kawnish Kirtania, Toufiq Reza and Md. Monjurul Alam, "Anaerobic Co-digestion of Cow Dung with Maize Cob for Enhancing Biogas Production and Enriching Nutrient in Bio-Circular Economy", Circular Bioeconomy System (CBS) Mini Symposium at 2023 ASABE Annual International Meeting, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, July 9, 2023.
  10. Kaniz Fatema, Sanjida Safa Tithi, Samira Hossain and Kawnish Kirtania, "Lifecycle Assessment on the Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste using Hydrothermal Carbonization", International Conclave on Materials, Energy & Climate, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19-20, 2022.
  11. Kawnish Kirtania, Keynote Lecture on "Renewable Hydrogen Usage in Agriculture and Industries of Bangladesh - Prospects and Challenges", IEB Networking Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 6-8, 2022.
  12. M.G. Toufik Ahmed; Tareque Ahmed;Md. Sohel Rana;Rubaita Younus Aurthi and Kawnish Kirtania, "Development of a Modular Simulation Tool for Thermochemical Equilibrium Calculation," 2021 International Conference on Computer, Communication, Chemical, Materials and Electronic Engineering (IC4ME2), 2021, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/IC4ME253898.2021.9768449.
  13. M.G. Toufik Ahmed; Sk. Yasir Arafat Siddiki;Galib Hassan Khan;Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "Modeling Thermodynamic and Kinetic Simulation of Hydrogen Production from Dry Reforming of Natural Gas," 2021 International Conference on Computer, Communication, Chemical, Materials and Electronic Engineering (IC4ME2), 2021, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/IC4ME253898.2021.9768458.
  14. Rubaita Younus; Sanjida Safa Tithi;Kaniz Fatema Rahman and Kawnish Kirtania, "Rdf, an Alternate Energy Source for Cement Industries: Produced from Hazardous Wastes and Biomass Mixture", AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 7-11, 2021
  15. Samira Hossain; Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "Hydrogen Generation Potential from Biogenic Residues of Bangladesh", 4th Energy Future (EF4) Conference, New South Wales, Australia, 18-20 October, 2021.
  16. Shooha Tabil; Atique Ahmed Khan; Kawnish Kirtania; Shaumik Sharif; Md. Saiful Islam, "Assessment of Biochar from Chicken Litter and Sawdust for Soil Amendment", International Conference and Utility Exhibition on Energy, Environment and Climate Change (ICUE), Pattaya City, Thailand, October 20-22, 2020, available on IEEE Xplore from 11 January, 2021, DOI: 10.1109/ICUE49301.2020.9306959.
  17. Kawnish Kirtania, Keynote Lecture on "Role of alkali during catalytic gasification of biomass: a morphological approach", 6th International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICChE 2020), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19-22, 2020.
  18. M. G. Toufik Ahmed, Sk. Yasir Arafat Siddiki, Kawnish Kirtania and Kazi Bayzid Kabir, "Hydrogen Production from Dry Reforming of Natural Gas: A Thermodynamic and Kinetic Study", 6th International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICChE 2020), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19-22, 2020.
  19. Sk. Yasir Arafat Siddiki, M. G. Toufik Ahmed, Kawnish Kirtania and Kazi Bayzid Kabir, "Environmental Sustainability of Cooking Fuels in Bangladesh: A LifeCycle Assessment of Fuels in Use and Their Potential Alternatives", 6th International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICChE 2020), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 19-22, 2020.
  20. Kawnish Kirtania, Kazi Bayzid Kabir, AKM Kazi Aurnob, Assame Arnob, Ummay Salma, M. Saiful Islam and M. Mominur Rahman, "Integrated concept for municipal solid waste valorization: pre-pilot experience",International Conference on Polygeneration Strategies (ICPS 2019), Vienna, Austria, November 18-20, 2019.
  21. Md. Imran Hossain, Farzana Jebin and Kawnish Kirtania, "Thermodynamic assessment of biomass to SNG production considering variable process configurations", 5th International Conference on Chemical Engineering (ICChE 2017), Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 20-22, 2017.
  22. Ángel D. García, Kawnish Kirtania and Kentaro Umeki, "Evolution of soot size and yield from biomass under N2 and N2/CO2 flow", 10th mediterranean combustion symposium Naples, Italy, September 17-21, 2017.
  23. Kawnish Kirtania, Joel Axelsson, Leonidas Matsakas, Erik Furusjö, Kentaro Umeki, "Alkali catalyzed gasification of solid biomass - influence on fuel conversion and tar/soot reduction", European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 6-10, 2016.
  24. Yawer Jafri, Erik Furusjö, Kawnish Kirtania, Rikard Gebart, "Production of biofuels via entrained flow catalytic co-gasification of pyrolysis oil and black liquor in pilot-scale - influence on pyrolysis oil fraction in the fuel", European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 6-10, 2016.
  25. Erik Furusjö, Kawnish Kirtania, Yawer Jafri, Albert Bach Oller, Kentaro Umeki, Joakim Lundgren, Elisabeth Wetterlund, Ingvar Landläv, Rikard Gebart and Esbjörn Pettersson, "Co-gasification of pyrolysis oil and black liquor - a new track for production of chemicals and transportation fuels from biomass", International conference on thermochemical (TC) biomass conversion science, Chicago, Illinois, USA, November 2-5, 2015.
  26. Albert Bach Oller, Kawnish Kirtania, Erik Furusjö and Kentaro Umeki, "Characterization of tar and soot formation for an improved co-gasification of black liquor and pyrolysis oil", International conference on thermochemical (TC) biomass conversion science, Chicago, Illinois, USA, November 2-5, 2015.
  27. Yawer Jafri, Erik Furusjö, Kawnish Kirtania, Rikard Gebart, "Entrained flow co-gasification of black liquor and pyrolysis oil - concept verification and assessment of gasifier performance", International conference on thermochemical (TC) biomass conversion science, Chicago, Illinois, USA, November 2-5, 2015.
  28. Kawnish Kirtania, Joanne Tanner, Tao Xu, Sunaina Dayal and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Entrained Flow Pyrolysis and Gasification of Victorian Brown Coal and biomass", Australia-China workshop on oxy-fuel combustion, Melbourne, Australia, February 6-7, 2014.
  29. Kawnish Kirtania and Sankar Bhattacharya, "CO2 gasification of algal and woody char - a comparative study of their kinetics", International Conference & Exhibition on Clean Energy, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 09-11, 2013.
  30. Kawnish Kirtania, Shuai Zhang and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Entrained Flow Pyrolysis and Subsequent Gasification Kinetics of Sawdust Particles", Chemeca, Brisbane, Australia, September 29-October 2, 2013.
  31. Mohd Asyraf Kassim, David De La Cruz, Nasser Cura, Kawnish Kirtania, Srikant Chakravartula Srivatsa and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Thermal kinetic characterization of lipid-extracted algae biomass", International Conference & Exhibition on Clean Energy, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 09-11, 2013.
  32. Kawnish Kirtania and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Entrained flow pyrolysis and gasification of selected biomass - an experimental and modeling study", China-Australia Workshop on Clean Energy (Four Universities - Tsinghua University, South East University, University of Science and Technology, Monash University), multiple locations - Nanjing, Beijing and Anshan, China, June 29- July 9, 2013.
  33. Kawnish Kirtania and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Biomass Conversion in Entrained Flow Reactor for Cleaner Power Generation", All-Energy Exhibition and Conference, Melbourne, Australia, October 10-11, 2012.
  34. Kawnish Kirtania and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Pyrolysis kinetics of algae-coal blends", 2nd Annual Monash University Chemical Engineering Conference, Melbourne, Australia, September 28, 2012.
  35. Mohd Asyraf Kassim, Kawnish Kirtania, Ravichandra Potumarthi, Chiranjib Saha and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Pyrolysis and gasification characteristics of algal biomass", Chemeca, Wellington, New Zealand, September 23-26, 2012.
  36. Kawnish Kirtania, Janik Joshua, Mohd Asyraf Kassim and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Comparison of CO2 and steam gasification reactivity of algal and woody biomass chars", International Workshop on Clean Technologies of Coal and Biomass Utilization, Anshan, China, June 27-29, 2012.
  37. Bipro Ranjan Dhar and Kawnish Kirtania, "Simulating the Impact of Distillation Operating Parameters On Energy Requirement for Methanol Separation From Biodiesel", AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, October 16-21, 2011.
  38. Kawnish Kirtania and Md Ali Ahammad Shoukat Choudhury, "A two-degree-of-freedom Dead Time Compensator for Stable Processes with Long Dead Time", International Symposium on Advanced Control of Industrial Processes (ADCONIP 2011), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China, May 23-26, 2011.
  39. Anthony R Auxilio, Ashanie Perera, Kawnish Kirtania and Sankar Bhattacharya, S. "Production of diesel from high density polyethylene using mixed catalyst", Chemeca, Sydney, NSW, Australia, September 18-21, 2011.
  40. Anthony R Auxilio, Sunayna Dayal, Luguang Chen, Kawnish Kirtania and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Disposal of biosolids: A study using thermogravimetric analysis", Chemeca, Syndney, NSW, Australia, September 18-21, 2011.
  41. Kawnish Kirtania, Luguang Chen and Sankar Bhattacharya, "Pyrolysis and gasification reactivity of brown coal-algae blends", 28th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, September 12-15, 2011.
 Book chapters
  1. AKM Kazi Aurnob, Ahaduzzaman Nahid, Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, "Multiscale modeling approaches for waste biorefinery" in Waste Biorefinery: Integrating Biorefineries for Waste Valorisation. Imprint: Elsevier (2020) 425-453. ISBN: 978-0-12-818228-4.
  2. Kawnish Kirtania, "Thermochemical Conversion Processes for Waste Biorefinery" in Waste Biorefinery: Potential and Perspectives. Imprint: Elsevier (2018) 129-156. Paperback ISBN: 9780444639929. eBook ISBN: 9780444639936.
Patents
  1. Louise M Falevsky, Elam Anders Magnus Lind and Kawnish Kirtania, "Compositions and Methods for Production of Carbonized Pellets from Biomass", US Patent - US20210115348A1, 2021
Research reports
  1. Kawnish Kirtania, "Pre-study: Liquefaction and upgrading of industrial by-products, wastes and residues", submitted to Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten), 2017.