PAHs from Waste Incineration main Achievements Dr. Vinit Prakash Department of Chemistry Maharishi Markandeshwar University Mullana, Ambala (Hry)

PAHs from Waste Incineration Basic Qualification Sr. No.QualificationBoard/University/Institute 110 th HPSEB- Dharmshashala (1993) 212 th HPSEB- Dharmshashala (1996) 3B.Sc. (Med.)HPU - Shimla (1999) 4M.Sc. (Chem.)Kurukshetra University, K.U.K (2001) 5Ph.D.Thapar University, Patiala (2009) 6SLETHP (2001) 7UGC/NETCSIR (2001) 8GATE2002

PAHs from Waste Incineration Objectives during Ph.D. 1.To analyses the formation of 16 PAHs from incineration of waste from Acrylic industry/ local hospital. 2.To analyses waste management practices followed by Acrylic industry/local Hospitals and the problems faced by them in complying with the environmental regulations.

PAHs from Waste Incineration 16 PAHs as Priority Pollutants (EPA, 1997) 1.Naphthalene(Nap) 2.Acenaphthylene(AcPy) 3.Acenaphthene(Acp) 4.Fluorene(Flu) 5.Phenanthrene(PA) 6.Anthracene(Ant) 7.Fluoranthene(FL) 8.Pyrene(Pyr) 9. Chrysene(CHR) 10. Benzo[a]anthracene(BaA) 11. Benzo[b]fluoranthene(BbF) 12 Benzo[k]fluoranthene(BkF) 13. Benzo[a]pyrene(BaP) 14. Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene(IND) 15 Benzo(g,h,i)perylene(BghiP) 16. Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene(DBA) 2A Carcinogenic 2B Carcinogenic It is expected that air quality would be improved if the emission of these PAHs is controlled

PAHs from Waste Incineration Fabricated Laboratory Scale Incinerator & 2’ Schematic diagram of quartz tube of air preheater and vertical combustion chamber along with sampling system 1 Air compressor 2 Airflow meter 3 Primary air heating zone 4 Inlet for hot air 5 Secondary air heating zone 6 Second inlet for hot air 7 Sample boat 8 Incineration chamber 9 Thermocouple pocket 10 Exit tube 11 Bend tube A 12 Bend tube B 13 Glass filter cartridge 14 Trap containing Dichloromethane

PAHs from Waste Incineration ’ Schematic diagram of quartz tube of vertical combustion chamber along with heating system 15. Groove of 9mm dia 16. Groove of 320mm dia 17. Ceramic insulation 18. Still portion 19. Foldable Portion 20. Ceramic plate bed for heating coils 21. Heating coils

PAHs from Waste Incineration Front View ’ Front view of quart vertical tubular laboratory scale incinerator

PAHs from Waste Incineration Research Publications INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PAPERS 1. Satnam Singh and Vinit Prakash, “The effect of temperature on PAH emission from incineration of acrylic waste” Environ Monit Assess, 127 (2007) Satnam Singh and Vinit Prakash, “Toxic Environmental Releases from Medical Waste Incineration: A Review” Environ Monit Assess, 132 (2007) Vinit Prakash and Satnam Singh, “Effect of combustion parameters on PAH’s Emissions from Incineration of Cellulose waste filters” Environ Monit and Assess, (DOI: /s ), RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED 1.Satnam Singh and Vinit Prakash, “PAHs emissions from incineration of Wheat Straw” presented in national symposium on Green chemistry application in Science and Engineering, organized by Department of Chemistry, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Longowal (Punjab) held from March, 29-30, 2007, p Vinit Prakash and Satnam Singh, “PAHs emissions from incineration of acrylic Waste” in national symposium in chemistry, organized by Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Powai, Mumbai held from Feburary, 3-5, 2006, p Satnam Singh and Vinit Prakash, “PAH’s from incineration of samples of blood bags from hospital waste” presented in national seminar on chemistry at interfaces-trends & perspectives, organized by Department of Chemistry, Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, Longowal (Punjab) held from Dec.19-20, 2003, p. 40.

PAHs from Waste Incineration Experience Sr. No.InstitutePostTime Period 1.Thapar University, PatialaJRFDec – Dec Thapar University, PatialaSRFJan – Dec Thapar University, PatialaTeaching Assistant July 2006 – June Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab LecturerAug Dec CAPARO PTU School of Manufacturing & Materials Tecnology, Kapurthala, Punjab LecturerJan Jan Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, Haryana LecturerFeb Conti.

PAHs from Waste Incineration Current Research Activities 1.Guiding Two M.Sc. Students for their projects. 2.Guiding One Ph.D. student w.e.f. Feb Projects submitted to a) AICTE on topic “Oral Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons” b) CSIR on topic “Toxic Environmental Releases From Medical Waste Incinerators”

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