Dr Kumar Patchigolla
Research Fellow
Location: Building 40, Cranfield campus
E: k.patchigolla@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 754124
Environmental Science and Technology
Current activities
Dr Kumar Patchigolla is the Course Director for the Energy Supply for Low Carbon Futures MSc course.
He is currently working on the following:
- C02 capture by solid looping
- C02 storage and transport
- Energy from waste
- Combustion and gasification technologies
- Material corrosion
- Alternative fuels
Clients
- EPSRC
- ETI
- Caterpillar
- CPI
- E. ON UK
- RWE npower
- BCURA
- Astrazeneca
- Sympatec
Background
Dr Kumar Patchigolla joined Cranfield University as a Research Fellow in 2009 and is involved in the demonstration of combustion (fluidised, pulverised), gasification (fixed, fluidised) and capture and transport of CO2 (Chemical/Calcium looping) facilities within the Centre for Energy and Resource Technology, evaluating the effects on component durability and gas cleaning requirements of systems using a wide range of solid fuels, including biomasses, waste and sewage sludge as well as coal either alone or in different co-fired combinations and supervision of research activities using the pilot scale facilities.
Dr Patchigolla gained a Chemical Engineering Degree in Andhra University in 1998 following his Masters in Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kanpur).
After a few years work experience in industry and higher education institutions, he studied particle process measurements applied to the crystallisation operation for his PhD and graduated in 2007 at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.
Prior to this post at Cranfield University, Kumar was a Research Associate at Loughborough University, where he worked on multi dimensional population balance modelling sponsored by EPSRC.
Dr Patchigolla has published one book based on his PhD studies and several journal articles.
