Dr. Lara Carvalho visited SEER Group (ChE, BUET) for Research Exchange
SEER group was honored to host Dr. Lara Carvalho, an Associate Senior Lecturer from the School of Business, Society, and Engineering, Division of Sustainable Environment and Construction, Mälardalen University, Sweden, as part of a two-week research exchange program from February 26 to March 13, 2025. During her visit to the Department of Chemical Engineering, BUET, […]
Md. Farhatul Abrar Successfully Defended his MSc Thesis, Congratulations!
Md. Farhatul Abrar has successfully defended his MSc thesis under the supervision of Dr. Kawnish Kirtania on January 19, 2025. His thesis, titled “Life Cycle Assessment of Anaerobic Digestate Valorization through Hydrothermal Carbonization,” explores the environmental sustainability of hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) as a promising approach to valorizing anaerobic digestate. Abrar has been an integral part […]
New Article Published in Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier
Kaniz Fatema Rahman, Md Farhatul Abrar, Sanjida Safa Tithi, Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, Life cycle assessment of hydrothermal carbonization of municipal solid waste for waste-to-energy generation, Journal of Environmental Management (2024), Volume 370. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122850 Study Highlights Landfilling and HTC with electricity generation (HTC-EG) compared for 1st time HTC-EG can reduce 7.7 × 106 […]
New Article Published in Energy for Sustainable Development, Elsevier
Musfekur Rahman Dihan, Troyee Naha, and Kawnish Kirtania, Comparative assessment of waste-to-energy scenarios to mitigate GHG emission from MSW in a developing mega city, Energy for Sustainable Development (2024), Volume 82. doi:10.1016/j.esd.2024.101540
RISE Internal Research Grant Awarded
Dr. Kawnish Kirtania of SEER group has been awarded with Internal Research Grant from the Research and Innovation Centre for Science and Engineering (RISE), BUET. The proposed project “Valorization of bio-slurry from anaerobic digestion via hydrothermal carbonization (ID: 2022-01-007)” aims to explore the feasibility and optimum process conditions for valorizing bio-slurry, a byproduct of anaerobic […]
New Article Published in Energy for Sustainable Development, Elsevier
Ishmamul Hoque Sadab, Moahmmed Sakib Noor, Kazi Bayzid Kabir and Kawnish Kirtania, Development of a spatial optimization model for MSW management by hydrothermal carbonization: A case study on Dhaka, Energy for Sustainable Development (2023), Volume 76. doi:10.1016/j.esd.2023.101258