A. K. Mungray
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology
India
Biography
Dr. Arvind Kumar Mungray Date of Birth: 08th July, 1978 Designation: Assistant Professor Highest Qualifications: Ph.D. Sponsored research projects: (6 Research Projects) (i) R & D Grant of the Institute (Rs. 4.14 Lacs) for “Evaluate the performance of tertiary treatment in a full scale up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) based sewage treatment plant (STP)”. (Principal Investigator: Dr. A.K. Mungray; Co-Investigator; Dr. S. R. Patel & Dr. Z. V. P. Murthy) Status: Completed; 2007- 2008). (ii) R & D Grant of the Institute (Rs. 2.25 Lacs) for “Sonocrystallization for the recovery of valuable products from dairy waste stream”. (Co-Investigator: Dr. A.K. Mungray; Principal Investigator: Dr. S.R. Patel), Status: Completed; 2007- 2008). (iii)Naval Research Board (NRB), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Bhavan, New Delhi, India (23.198 Lacs) for “Application of Benthic Microbial Fuel Cell (BMFC) for powering Naval Sensors”. (Principal Investigator: Dr. A.K. Mungray; Co-Investigator; Dr. Alka A. Mungray & Dr. K. Suresh Kumar) Status: Sanctioned for three years, Ongoing from 2014).
Research Interest
Wastewater treatment (biological), anaerobic treatment, sludge treatment, upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor, Bio gas, Microbial fuel cell (MFC), nanotechnology
Publications
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Mungray, A.K. and Kumar, P. Occurrence of anionic surfactants in treated sewage: Risk assessment to aquatic environments. Journal of hazardous materials. 160(2-3), 2008, 362-370.
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Mungray, A.K. and Kumar, P. Anionic surfactants in treated sewage and sludges: Risk assessment to aquatic and terrestrial environments. Bioresource Technology, 99(8), 2008, 2919-2929.
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Mungray, A.K. and Kumar, P. Degradation of anionic surfactants during drying of UASBR sludges on sand drying beds. Journal of Environmental Management, 88(4), 2008, 995-1002.
