Ritika Samanta

• Master's Student at Jadavpur University

For the first time, an energy-efficient and eco-friendly technology for the conversion of abundantly available kitchen waste, specifically waste cooked rice water (WCRW) to drop-in- biofuels, namely, butyl levulinate (BL), has been explored. The synthesis of BL was accomplished employing butyl alcohol (BA) and WCRW in an energy-efficient UV (5W eac...

Applications of E-waste recovered silica (support) and copper citrate (precursor) for the synthesis of nano CuO–CdSO4 doped photocatalyst (NCCP) for subsequent employment in sustainable conversion of rice husk (RH) to drop-in biofuels viz. methyl levulinate (ML) have been explored. The prepared NCCP (low Eg = 2.0 eV) was employed for alcoholytic de...

BACKGROUND Granny Smith (GS) apple has low protein content and poor antimicrobial properties; hence it has been blended with Aloe vera (AV; high ascorbic acid, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties) and soybean flour (SF; rich in phenols, flavonoids, ascorbic acid, total antioxidant and protein) in different proportions to obtain fortified GS, i...

A novel dehydration protocol for Kiwi fruit (KF) involving simultaneous osmotic dehydration (OD) and vacuum drying (VD) viz. ODVD under far‐infrared (FIR) radiation has been developed. This is the first report for OD of KF using fructose as osmotic solution. The ODVD process had been optimized using Taguchi orthogonal design to obtain KF with minim...

Nutritional values of Alphonso mango (AM) were improved through enrichment with aloe vera (AV). Shelf life of AMAV was improved through maximum dehydration using sequential hybridized-drying protocol (HDP). In the first step, osmotic dehydration (OD) was optimized by Taguchi design rendering 58.59% moisture content through 60 min OD, at 45C, 45°Bri...