World Biofuel Day was celebreated at Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun

World Biofuel Day Celebration at

 Indian Institute of Petroleum, CSIR, Dehradun

On 10^th August, 2017, 2017-2019 batch students pursuing M. Tech Renewable Energy and Energy Systems and B Tech Chemical Engineering at UPES, Dehradun were invited to attend the yearly celebrations of ‘World Bio-fuel Day’ at the Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun. Students from various other colleges and schools around Dehradun participated in the event.

Eminent guest for the event was Professor K.P. Singh, Vice Chancellor, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. Professor Singh spoke about the need to develop techniques and ideas for a future without reliance on crude oil. He stressed on bio-fuels as the fuel for the future generation. Professor Singh’s inspirational talks also centered on the ability and capabilities of the youth of today, as the drivers for innovation.

Followed by Professor Singh, there were presentations made by distinguished scientist at the IIP presented on-going project on bio-fuels. Bio-jet, a commercial venture at IIP for supply of jet fuel extracted from Jatropha seeds was one of the presentations. The other presentation by Dr. Neeraj Pandey mentioned the conventional techniques and recent developments on extraction methods of oil from biomass majorly done at IIP.

Followed by the event, which culminated at 4pm, we were taken on a tour of the IIP campus with visits to their various laboratories and workshops. Few are mentioned below:

1)      Pilot plant for Hydro processing of bio mass.

2)      Lab for Lubricant separation and Algae research

3)      Lab for Bio-fuel analysis

4)      Genetic lab for gene Over expression