Ing. Malini Dasgupta

Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering is an interdisciplinary masters course lasting for 2 years. I am currently Masters student working on my thesis. I am interested in wastewater treatment technologies, molecular biology and membrane technologies among various others.

Hiwi » Worked as a student research assistance to study various properties of polymer fibres » Carried out sample preparations, silver contacting, tested for electrical conductivity among many other tasks

Master thesis: Nitrification of NF permeate in Fixed Biofilm reactors » study the nitrification of NF permeate using fixed bed biofilm reactor for two types of setup. » To assess the performance of the setups based on packing/support material, efficiency of nitrification. To analyse performance in continuous mode. » Assess effect of phosphate limitation and chloride inhibition in continuous operation

» Main aim of the project was to investigate the biological process to treat synthetically prepared wastewater » Optimise process parameters including pH, temperature, Dissolved Oxygen (DO) and up-flow velocity of the reactor system, to observe long-term performance of the reactor system and assess the substrate conversion of wastewater at different up-flow velocities.

Bachelor thesis: Studies on rheological properties, biodegradability and fish toxicity of natural emuslifiers » Characterising the rhelogical properties of emulsions made from natural sources (FTIR) » Biodegradation tests on cutting oil samples with extracted emulsifiers and growth inhibition studies

Internship: Oily water separation using Ceramic membrane filtration Consistent literature research on water separation and analysis » Optimization of process parameters such as trans-membrane pressure (TMP), cross-flow speed, preparation conditions, etc » Overview of polymer flooding and its impact on separation