Name: SANCHITA CHAUHAN

Designation: Professor

Qualifications: Ph.D. (Chemical Engg.) Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.) Delhi

M.E. (Chemical), with Distinction, Panjab University, Chandigarh
B.E. (Chemical), with Honours, Panjab University, Chandigarh

Official Address: Dr. S.S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering and
Technology, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Tel. No. 0172-2534914
Email: chasanchi@yahoo.co.in

Areas of Specilization:
Modeling and Simulation in the field of Environmental and Air Pollution
Abatement, Chemical Reaction Engineering and Industrial Pollution Control.

Awards/Houours:

 Mahatma Fule Talent Research Academy‘s ―Sir Vishveshwarayya Social

Engineering National Award‖ in 2011.
 Awarded first prize in ‗Modeling Simulation and Control Session‘ for Paper
titled ‗Monolithic Catalytic Converter Modeling‘ at IIChE Conference
CHEMCON-2001 (Chennai) 2001.
 Awarded Certificate of Merit and medal for standing First in
M.E.(Chemical), Department of Chemical Engg. & Technology (DCET),
Panjab University, Chandigarh (1994).
 Awarded Certificate for Excellence (1991) during B.E.(Chemical), DCET
Panjab University, Chandigarh.

10 Selected Publications:
1. Sanchita Chauhan and V.K. Srivastava (2008), ―Comparison of Unsteady State and
Quasi Steady State Modeling for Hydrocarbons in a Monolithic Catalytic Converter‖,
International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering, Vol. 6 Article A85, 1-24
2. Sanchita Chauhan and V.K. Srivastava (2008), ―Modeling exhaust gas pollution
abatement: Part I —single hydrocarbon propylene‖, Computers and Mathematics with
Applications, Vol. 55, 319–330
 3. Sanchita Chauhan and V.K. Srivastava (2008), ―Modeling the Effect of Temperature on
Propylene Conversion during Warm-Up in a Monolithic Converter‖, Chemical Product
and Process Modeling, Vol. 3, Issue 1 Article 43, 1-12.
4. S. Chauhan, S. Chauhan, R.D‘Cruz, S. Faruqi, K.K. Singh, S. Varma, M. Singh and V.
Karthik (2008), ―Chemical warfare agents‖, Environmental Toxicology and
Pharmacology, Vol. 26, 113–122.
5. Sanchita Chauhan and V.K. Srivastava (2008), ―Modeling Catalytic and Homogenous
Combustion of Hydrocarbons in Monolithic Converters‖, Chemical Product and Process
Modeling, Vol. 3 Issue 2, Article 10, 1-15.
6. Sanchita Chauhan and V.K. Srivastava (2008), ―Modelling for Propylene and Propane
present in the Exhaust Gases in a Monolithic Catalytic Converter‖ Indian Chemical
Engineer, Vol. 50 No. 4, 301-311.
7. Sanchita Chauhan, Deepak Kumar and V.K. Srivastava (2009), ―Modeling Catalytic
Combustion of Methane during the Warm-up period of the Converter‖, Chemical
Product and Process Modeling, Vol. 4, Issue 1 Article 44, 1-15.

8. S. Chauhan, L. Sharma and V. K. Srivastava (2010), ―A theoretical study for one-

dimensional modeling for VOC in a catalytic converter‖, Combustion Theory and
Modelling, Vol. 14, 367–379.
9. Sanchita Chauhan and V. K. Srivastava (2010), Modelling for the Oxidation of
Hydrocarbon Propylene in a Monolithic Converter, Indian Chemical Engineer, Vol 52,
Issue 2, 138 – 144
10. Sanchita Chauhan and Amandeep Kaur (2011), ―Converters Modeling for Slow
Oxidizing Hydrocarbon‖ International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 6
No.18, 2977-2980.

Brief summary of research work:

My present research involves modeling for Monolithic converters, used as after-treatment
devices for removing pollutants released from the vehicular exhaust. Before their release
to the atmosphere the major pollutants are made to undergo catalytic reactions in the
converter. In order to improve the design of monoliths the experimental optimization
based on engine bench and vehicle test is expensive and time consuming as compared to
modeling. Numerical simulations help reduce the number of experiments and allow for
interpreting in detail effect of some parameters otherwise neglected.