Sujit Banerjee
Professor
Contact Information
Building: Paper Tricentennial (IPST)
Office:
532
Phone: 404.894.9709
Fax: 404.894.4778
email
Mailing Address
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering
311 Ferst Drive, N.W.
Atlanta, GA 30332-0100
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Sujit Banerjee
Education
B.Sc. 1969, Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur
Ph.D. 1974, Physical-Organic Chemistry, Concordia University at Montreal
Research Interests
Dr. Banerjee's research interests are in the areas of environmental engineering, paper recycling and pulping. His group works principally on current issues in the forest products industry with a strong focus on developing the fundamentals and taking them to commercial implementation.
Their work on paper recycling addresses the interaction of contaminants such as pitch and adhesives with fiber and water under various operating conditions. Atomic force microscopy is used to understand some of these interactions. Work is underway on developing new strategies for upgrading the properties of secondary fiber and in developing new sensors for contaminant control. His group is also working on the fundamentals of the movement of water through fiber so as to enhance the performance of chemical additives. They are also developing new pulping catalysts through the use of radiotracers and are studying diffusion through wood particles in order to increase the efficiency of pulping.
In the environmental area they are active in sludge dewatering and processing, water treatment, and in reducing and controlling air emissions. They have developed new methods for sludge dewatering and are presently refining and commercializing them. His group is also studying the possibility of sludge reduction through process changes. Their work in air emissions mainly concerns VOC releases from wood drying and pressing. They are also active in developing new control devices, in understanding the mechanisms that control releases, and in developing process changes to reduce emissions.