Rounded Rectangle: Anand B. Rao

Assistant Professor, CTARA

Education:

 Ph. D. (2003) Engineering & Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

 M.Tech. (1998) Environmental Science.& Engg., Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay, Mumbai, India

 B.Tech. (1995) Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay, Mumbai, India

 

Address for Communication:
CTARA, EE Annex Building, 2nd Floor,
IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076.
 
Areas of research interest:
  •  Energy and Environment
  • Climate Change
  • Carbon Capture and Sequestration
  • Clean Development Mechanism
  • Sanitation Technologies

Courses :

  • TD 613 – Ecology and Environment (CTARA Core)
  • TD 612 – Analysis of Technologies in Practice (CTARA elective)
  • TD 610 – Contemporary Critical Issues (CTARA elective, shared)
  • EN 646 – Energy and Climate (DESE elective)
  • EN 606 – Energy Resources, Economics and Environment (DESE Core, shared)

Professional Experience:

  • Assistant Professor (Since 07/ 2006)
    Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Bombay, Mumbai 400076, INDIA.
  • Post Doctoral Fellow (01/04 – 01/06)
    Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.

     
Ongoing projects:
  • “Demonstration and assessment of economic viability of new, energy efficient and less polluting brick-making technology (VSBK) in tribal block of Konkan region in western Maharashtra” a research project funded by the Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission, Government of Maharashtra, India, Rs. 34,78,000 (04/2008-04/2011), P.I.          
  • “Biomass-based decentralized clean energy - a potential solution to the energy problems in rural India: Study of starch-based biogas generation for rural energy needs” a research project funded by the Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre (IRCC), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, Rs. 5,25,000 (02/2007 – 02/2009), P.I.

 Publications:
  1. Banerjee, R. and A.B. Rao (2007). “The ethics of carbon trading”. Economic Times, December 11, 2007, India.
  2. Rubin, E.S., Chen, C. and A.B. Rao (2007). “Cost and Performance of Fossil Fuel Power Plants with CO2 Capture and Storage” Energy Policy, 35(9), 4444-4454.
  3. Rao, A.B. and E.S. Rubin (2006). “Identifying Cost-Effective CO2 Control Levels for Amine-based CO2 Capture Systems”. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research - Special Issue on Carbon Capture, 45(8), 2421-2429.
  4. Rao, A.B., Rubin, E.S., Keith, D.W. and G.M. Morgan (2006). “Evaluation of Potential Cost Reductions from Improved CO2 Capture Systems”. Energy Policy, 34(18), 3765-3772.
  5. Rubin, E.S. and A.B. Rao (2002). “Uncertainties in CO2 Capture and Sequestration Costs”, Proc. of Sixth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-6), Kyoto, Japan, October 1-4, 2002.
  6. Rubin, E.S., Rao, A.B. and C. Chen (2004). “Comparative Assessments of Fossil Fuel Power Plants With CO2 Capture and Storage” in E.S. Rubin, D.W. Keith and C.F. Gilboy (Eds.), Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Volume 1: Peer-Reviewed Papers and Plenary Presentations. 2004: IEA Greenhouse Gas Programme, Cheltenham, UK.
  7. Rao, A.B. and E.S. Rubin (2002). “A Technical, Economic and Environmental Assessment of Amine-based Carbon Capture Technology for Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Control”. Environmental Science & Technology, 36 (20), 4467-4475.
  8. Patwardhan, A. and A.B. Rao (1998). “Pollution Prevention: A New Approach to Environmental Quality”. Chemical Industry Digest, Oct/November 1998, India.
  9. Chapter 2 Technologies: Separation, Capture and Transportation of CO2, in the book “Carbon Capture and Geologic Sequestration: Integrating Technology, Monitoring, and Regulation” edited by Elizabeth J. Wilson and David Gerard, Blackwell Publishing, 2121 State Avenue, Ames, Iowa, USA, 2007. 
Conference papers:

  1. Anand B. Rao, Chao Chen and Edward S. Rubin (2005). “Identifying cost-effective CO2 control levels for coal-fired power plants”, presented at 4th Annual Conference of Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Alexandria, VA, May 2-5, 2005.

  2. Rubin, E.S., Rao, A.B. and C. Chen (2004). “Performance and Cost of PC, NGCC and IGCC Power Plants With and Without CO2 Capture and Storage” presented at 3rd Annual Conference of Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Alexandria, VA, May 4, 2004.

  3. Rubin, E.S., Rao, A.B. and C. Chen (2004). “Performance and Cost of PC, NGCC and IGCC Power Plants With and Without CO2 Capture and Storage” presented at 7th Electric Utilities Environmental Conference (EUEC-7), Tucson, AZ, January 21, 2004.

  4. Rao, A.B., Rubin, E.S. and M.G. Morgan (2003). "Evaluation of Potential Cost Reductions from Improved CO2 Capture Systems," Proceedings of the 5th Workshop of the International Test Network for CO2 Capture, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, June 2-3, 2003.

  5. Rao, A.B., Rubin, E.S. and M.G. Morgan (2003). "Evaluation of Potential Cost Reductions from Improved CO2 Capture Systems," Proceedings of the Second National Conference on Carbon Sequestration, Alexandria, VA, May 5-8, 2003.

  6. Chen, C., Rao, A.B. and E.S. Rubin (2003). "Comparative Assessment of CO2 capture Options for Existing Coal-fired Power Plants," Proceedings of the Second National Conference on Carbon Sequestration, Alexandria, VA, May 5-8, 2003.

  7. Rubin, E.S., Rao, A.B. and C. Chen (2003). “Performance and Cost of PC and IGCC Power Plants With and Without CO2 Capture and Storage” presented at 6th Electric Utilities Environmental Conference (EUEC-6), Tucson, AZ, January 21, 2003.

  8. Rubin, E.S. and A.B. Rao (2002). “Uncertainties in CO2 Capture and Sequestration Costs”, Proc. of Sixth International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-6), Kyoto, Japan, October 1-4, 2002.

  9. Rao, A.B. and E.S. Rubin (2002). “CO2 Control Options for Fossil Fuel Power Plants in a Multi-Pollutant Framework” presented at 5th Electric Utilities Environmental Conference (EUEC-5), Tucson, AZ, January 22-25, 2002.

  10. Rubin, E.S., Rao, A.B. and M.B. Berkenpas (2001). “A Multi-Pollutant Framework for Evaluating CO2 Control Options for Fossil Fuel Power Plants”, Proc. of First National Conference on Carbon Sequestration, Washington DC, May 14-17, 2001.

  11. Rao, A.B., Lodha A., Joshi, R.P. and S.R. Asolekar (1997). “Modeling the Transport of Colloidal Clay as Carriers of Pollutants in Groundwater”, presented at the International Conference on Industrial Pollution and Control Technologies (ICIPACT-97), Hyderabad, India, November 17-19, 1997.