Autobiography of Rao Konduru





 

 



Rao M. Konduru
BTech,MEng,MS,PhD,DSc,PEng



 

 

 

 
INDEX
 

Lecture Notes

a.  Lecture Notes (Brazilian Universities)
 

Theses

a.  Doctoral Thesis  (Free University of Brussels, Brussels)
b.  Master’s Thesis  (University of Ottawa, Ottawa)
c.  MEng Thesis  (University of Roorkee, Roorkee)

d.

 PhD Thesis  (Pacific Western University, Los Angeles)

Journal Publications
1.  Publication1 (Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering)
2.  Publication2 (Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan)
3.  Publication3 (Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan)
4.  Publication4 (Indian Chemical Engineer, A Journal of India)
5.  Publication5 (South African Journal of Hydrometallurgy)
         

 

Lecture Notes

 

Taught Chemical Engineering in Brazilian Universities

Rao M. Konduru, PhD Worked As A Professor of Chemical Engineering in Brazil!
Students Used to Talk and Praise His Excellent Teaching Skills Every Day!
It Was The Major Accomplishment of His Entire Life!

Rao M Konduru, PhD was a full-time professor of chemical engineering and taught a variety of engineering courses to both chemical engineering and mechanical engineering students in Portuguese language in two Brazilian universities (the University of Maringa, Maringa, Brazil, and the University of Caxias Do Sul, Caxias, Brazil). He learned Portuguese language in a matter of weeks before commencing classes. His students in Brazil used to think and regard that he was the best professor of the engineering faculty, based on his excellent teaching skills. Throughout the university, students used to talk about his excellent teaching skills every day.

This was the most important accomplishment of his entire life.

 


 

 

Only some important lecture notes were preserved.
There were many other lecture notes, other courses, problem-solving examples, 
and many lists of exercises were missing (lost or left in Brazil),
which he prepared diligently while teaching disciplines to
both chemical engineering and mechanical engineering students:

 

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1.  Unit Operations  Lecture Notes
2.  Process Control  Lecture Notes
3.  Momentum Transfer  Lecture Notes
4.  Heat Transfer  Lecture Notes
5.  Mass Transfer  Lecture Notes
6.  Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics Lecture Notes
   
7.  List of Chemical Engineering Textbooks

 

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Theses


I, Rao Konduru, Have Developed the Following Theses Related to
Chemical Engineering Topics
 
INDEX
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a.  Doctoral Thesis  (Free University of Brussels, Brussels)
b.  Master’s Thesis  (University of Ottawa, Ottawa)
c.  MEng Thesis  (University of Roorkee, Roorkee)
d.  PhD Thesis  (Pacific Western University, Los Angeles)

 

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Publications

 

List of Publications of Rao Konduru, PhD
 

 

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Journal Publications

 

1

 

J. M. Shaw and R. KONDURU, The Behaviour of Large Gas Bubbles at a Liquid-Liquid Interface. Part 2: Liquid Entrainment, The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Pages 381-384, Volume 70, April, 1992.
 

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R. KONDURU, Operating a Foam Fractionating Column in Simple Mode, The Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Pages 548-552, Volume 25, No 5, 1992.
 

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R. KONDURU, Adsorptive Studies of Aqueous Zinc Ions by Foam Fractionation in
Simple Mode, The Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, Pages 555-560, Volume 25, No 5, 1992.
 

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K. M. Rao (Konduru M. Rao) and N. J. Rao, Solids’ Downflow Characteristics in a
Multi-Stage Sieve Plate Fluidizer, Indian Chemical Engineer, Pages 40-45, Volume XX, No 4, October-December 1978.
 

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Dimitrious Filippou, Rao Konduru and George P. Demopoulos, A Kinetic Study on the Acid Pressure Leaching of Pyrrhotite, Hydrometallurgy (A Journal of South Africa),Pages 1-18, Volume 47, Issue 1, November 1997.

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Conference Papers Published

 

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Rao Konduru, J. M. Shaw, The Behaviour of Large Gas Bubbles at a Liquid-Liquid
Interface. Part 1: The Entrainment of Liquid Drops, Proceedings of International 
Symposium on Materials Handling in Pyrometallurgy, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
August 26-30, 1990.
 

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R. KONDURU, Optimum Cycle Time of the Pressure Swing Parametric Pumping
Air Separation Process, 42nd Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Hilton Hotel, Toronto, Canada, October 18-21, 1992.
 

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G. Baron, H. Verelst, R. Konduru, Modeling and Optimal Control of Pressure Swing
Parametric Pumping Air Separation, European Simulation Conference, ESC86, Antwerp, Belgium, September 1986
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G. Baron, H. Verelst, R. Konduru, Modeling and Optimal Control of Pressure Swing
Parametric Pumping, 6th International Conference on Mathematical Modeling, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, August 1987.
 

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G. Baron, H. Verelst, R. Konduru, Optimalisation du Systeme RPSA (Rapid Pressure Swing Adsorption) pour la separation de l’air, 4eme Reunion du Groupe Francais Des Zeolithes, Lyon, France, Mars 1988.
 

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G. Baron, R. Konduru, H. Verelst and M. Vandervoorde, Air Separation by Pressure Swing Adsorption, 8th RUG, Technion Chemical Engineering Conference,
Haifa, Israel, 1987.
 

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Computer Programs Published

 

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R. Konduru, PETRO-DISTILLATION, Chemical Engineering Progress Software Directory, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), New York, USA, page: 31, 1994.
 

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R. Konduru, DYNAMIC BATCH DISTILLATION, Chemical Engineering Progress Software Directory, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), New York, USA, page: 53, 1994.
 

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R. Konduru, DESIGN OF A MIXED CHLORO-BENZENE PLANT,  Chemical Engineering Progress Software Directory, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), New York, USA, page: 53, 1994.
 

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R. Konduru, DESIGN OF A FIXED BED ADSORBER, Chemical Engineering Progress Software Directory, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), New York, USA, page: 53, 1994.

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Computer Programs Published

 
                     The Following Computer Programs Were Published in
                 Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) Software Directory:

 

1. R. Konduru, PETRO-DISTILLATION, Chemical Engineering Progress (American Journal)
     Software Directory, page: 31, 1994.

ABSTRACT: Flash Vaporization Process of crude petroleum was modelled and programmed in FORTRAN. The program reads physical properties of a multicomponent mixture and computes vapour pressure of Gasoline, Naphtha, Kerosene, Gas-Oil and Topped Crude. The program also computes bubble point, dew point and flash-vaporization curve for a given petroleum fraction - which is the primary step of designing a petroleum refinery tower. A practical example was used to test the program. It was verified by the peers in the Mexican Petroleum Institute. The program was executed in CYBER(CDC) mainframe computer.
 

2. R. Konduru, DYNAMIC BATCH DISTILLATION, Chemical Engineering Progress (American Journal)
    Software Directory, page: 53, 1994.
ABSTRACT:
A FORTRAN program computes the following parameters of a multicomponent mixture: fugacity coefficients, activity coefficients, bubble point, dew point, Vaporization Plate Efficiency, Haugen Plate Efficiency, Temperature and Composition Profiles of vapour and liquid phases during the batch distillation process. The program was executed in CYBER(CDC) mainframe computer.
 

3. R. Konduru, DESIGN OF A MIXED CHLORO-BENZENE PLANT, Chemical Engineering Progress
     American Journal, Software Directory, page: 53, 1994.

ABSTRACT: A FORTRAN program computes the following parameters of a multicomponent mixture: fugacity coefficients, activity coefficients, bubble point, dew point, Vaporization Plate Efficiency, Haugen Plate Efficiency, Temperature and Composition Profiles of vapour and liquid phases during the batch distillation process. The program was executed in CYBER(CDC) mainframe computer.

 

4. R. Konduru, DESIGN OF A FIXED BED ADSORBER, Chemical Engineering Progress (American Journal)
     Software Directory, page: 53, 1994.
ABSTRACT:
A cyclically operating fixed bed adsorber was modelled and programmed in FORTRAN to separate methane-hydrogen mixtures. The program reads the cycle time, fluid properties and adsorbent properties, and computes fixed bed adsorber’s dimensions and pressure drop. The program was executed in CYBER(CDC) mainframe computer.
 

 

 
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Computer Programs Unpublished


Computer Programs
Developed by M. Rao Konduru, PhD
Department of Chemical Engineering
 Faculty of Applied Sciences
 Free University of Brussels
(Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Pleinlaan 2
1050 Brussels, Belgium
1985-1988


   The Following Computer Programs Were Unpublished.
 

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Program1

 Simulation of Batch Distillation with Hold-Up

Program2

 Murphee, Hausen & Vaporization Plate Efficiencies in Multicomponent Distillation

Program3

 Computation of Temperature & Composition Profiles in Multicomponent Batch Distillation

Program4

 Computation of Activity Coefficient for Multicomponent Mixtures

Program5

 PSPP Air Separation Process: Mass Balance
 PSPP = Pressure Swing Parametric Pumping

Program6

 PSPP Air Separation: Fundamental Investigations

Program7

 PSPP Air Separation: Optimum Cycle Time (Feed Time)

Program8

 PSPP Air Separation: Optimum Cycle Time (Delay Time)

Program9

 PSPP Air Separation: Optimum Cycle Time (Purge Time)

Program10

 PSPP Air Separation: Optimum Feed Pressure

Program11

 PSPP Air Separation: Optimum Temperature

Program12

 PSPP Air Separation: Optimum Particle Size

Program13

 PSPP Air Separation: Optimum Column Length

Program14

 PSPP Air Separation: Data Input Sheets

Program15

 Flow Meter Automation in Autoclave Pressure Leaching

Program16

 Computation of Conversion in  Autoclave Pressure Leaching

Program17

 RUNGE-KUTTA METHOD

   
Program18  Computer Programs Missing
   

 

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Research Reports

 

Research Reports Prepared by Rao M Konduru, PhD
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Developed at the Mexican Petroleum Institute (IMP), Mexico City, Mexico

Report1

 Petro-Distillation: Modeling and Simulation With Suitable Computer Program

   
 

Developed at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Report2

 Stagewise Operations (Multicomponent Distillation)

   
 

Developed at the Free University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

Report3

 NUMERICAL ANALYSIS by Anthony Ralston (A Very Tough Mathematics Course)

Report4

 Batch Distillation With Holdup

Report5

 Batch Distillation at Total Reflux

Report6

 Batch Distillation Notes

Report7

 Adsorption Phenomena

Report8

 Fixed Bed Adsorber

Report9

 Air Separation-Seminar-Slides

Report10

 Air Separation Seminar-Speech

Report11

 Air Separation Seminar Conclusions

Report12

 Air Separation Process: How to Operate the Valves With TIMERS

Report13

 Vapor Liquid Equilibrium (VLE) Using ASPEN Simulation Program

   
 

Developed at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Report14

Bubble Formation Lecture

Report15

Kumar and Kuloor Publication on Bubble Formation

Report16

Kumar and Kuloor Publication Seminar Slides

Report17

Slag-Matte Systems Seminar Slides

Report18

Surface Tension Measurement

Report19

PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS EXAMINATION NOTES
   
 

Developed at the McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Report20

Hydrometallurgy Report

Report21

Hydrometallurgy Notes

Report22

Autoclave Automation Using uMAC-6000 Data Acquisition Unit

Report23

Autoclave Instrumentation

 

 

 

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