Sidhpuria, K. B.
Kalpesh Sidhpuria is Lead Research Scientist in the department of Chemical Synthesis and Catalysis Research and Development at Reliance Industries Ltd. He received his PhD in chemistry from VNSGU/CSMCRI and was a FCT Post-Doctoral Fellow at CICECO, University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has 19 yr of extensive research experience in adsorption, heterogeneous catalyst, metal oxides and zeolite catalysis, and new product development. Dr. Sidhpuria also has experience in design, development, scale-up and commercialization of adsorbents, catalysts and processes. He has developed/scaled-up and commercialized different adsorbents (molecular sieves, alumina, silica gel-based) and adsorptive processes in various plants. Dr. Kalpesh has published 19 research articles in peer-reviewed journals, two book chapters, and has been granted 15 patents.
Development and commercialization of an olefins removal catalytic technology
Aromatics—specifically, benzene, toluene and xylenes (BTX)—are the basic building blocks for most petrochemical derivatives and commodities chemicals.
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