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Rajender Gupta

ResearcherChemical and Materials EngineeringUniversity of Alberta

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Rajender Gupta

Researcher

Chemical and Materials Engineering

Engineering

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (11 NSERC), most recently in 2020.

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Research

Agricultural wastes Biomass Gasification Incineration Municipal solid wastes Pyrolysis

Latest papers

Prospects and challenges of thermal hydrolysis pretreatment of microalgae for enhancing bioenergy and resource recovery in anaerobic bioprocesses.
Chemosphere · 2025
Coupling hydrothermal liquefaction and anaerobic digestion for waste biomass valorization: A review in context of circular economy.
Chemosphere · 2024 · senior author
Mechanism of soot and particulate matter formation during high temperature pyrolysis and gasification of waste derived from MSW.
Waste management (New York, N.Y.) · 2024

All 11 publications

Latest funding

Developing a novel filter material for protective gears for health care (COVID-19) from modified BCTMP (Bleached Chemi-Thermo-Mechanical Pulp) _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$50,000
A TGA-FTIR instrument for research on energy and environment
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$132,933
Thermal conversion of biomass and municipal solid wastes: Understanding the effect of organic and inorganic components on process performance
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$195,000

All 18 grants and awards

11 publications.

Prospects and challenges of thermal hydrolysis pretreatment of microalgae for enhancing bioenergy and resource recovery in anaerobic bioprocesses.

Niknejad P, Mirsoleimani Azizi SM, Ismail S, Dastyar W, Al-Mamun A, Gupta R, Dhar BR

Chemosphere2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2025.144367 PMID: 40179705

Coupling hydrothermal liquefaction and anaerobic digestion for waste biomass valorization: A review in context of circular economy.

Tatla HK, Ismail S, Khan MA, Dhar BR, Gupta R

Chemosphere2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142419 PMID: 38789051

Mechanism of soot and particulate matter formation during high temperature pyrolysis and gasification of waste derived from MSW.

Yang W, Gupta R, Song Z, Wang B, Sun L

Waste management (New York, N.Y.)2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2024.04.025 PMID: 38631177

Effecting pattern study of SO2 on Hg0 removal over α-MnO2 in-situ supported magnetic composite.

Yao T, Long J, Duan Y, Gupta R, Xu Z

Journal of hazardous materials2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131088 PMID: 36857829

Production of H2 and CNM from biogas decomposition using biosolids-derived biochar and the application of the CNM-coated biochar for PFAS adsorption.

Patel S, Hedayati Marzbali M, Hakeem IG, Veluswamy G, Rathnayake N, Nahar K, Agnihotri S, Bergmann D, Surapaneni A, Gupta R, Sharma A, Shah K

Waste management (New York, N.Y.)2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.01.037 PMID: 36764239

Metal oxide nanoparticle-modified graphene oxide for removal of elemental mercury.

Liu Y, Chen G, Tian C, Gupta R, Wang X, Zeng H

Environmental technology2019

DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2018.1482372 PMID: 29806789

Inherent thermal regeneration performance of different MnO2 crystallographic structures for mercury removal.

Yao T, Duan Y, Bisson TM, Gupta R, Pudasainee D, Zhu C, Xu Z

Journal of hazardous materials2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.04.006 PMID: 31009891

Silica-Silver Nanocomposites as Regenerable Sorbents for Hg0 Removal from Flue Gases.

Cao T, Li Z, Xiong Y, Yang Y, Xu S, Bisson T, Gupta R, Xu Z

Environmental science & technology2017

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b01701 PMID: 28823171

Bromination of petroleum coke for elemental mercury capture.

Xiao Y, Pudasainee D, Gupta R, Xu Z, Diao Y

Journal of hazardous materials2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.04.040 PMID: 28494311

A first approximation kinetic model to predict methane generation from an oil sands tailings settling basin.

Siddique T, Gupta R, Fedorak PM, MacKinnon MD, Foght JM

Chemosphere2008

DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.04.036 PMID: 18547608

Developing a novel filter material for protective gears for health care (COVID-19) from modified BCTMP (Bleached Chemi-Thermo-Mechanical Pulp) _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Gupta, Rajender

$50,000

A TGA-FTIR instrument for research on energy and environment

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Hashisho, Zaher

$132,933

Thermal conversion of biomass and municipal solid wastes: Understanding the effect of organic and inorganic components on process performance

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gupta, Rajender

Keywords: Agricultural wastes; Biomass; Gasification; Incineration; Municipal solid wastes; Pyrolysis

$195,000

Study on Biochar Drying and Pyrolysis Kinetics in a Laboratory and Application of the Data in Modelling Large Scale Industrial Biochar Plant

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Gupta, Rajender

$25,000

Application of super-critical water and CO2 for in-situ bitumen upgrading and development of a zero emission and zero water requirement process

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Gupta, Rajender

$25,000

Optical Tweezers for probing intermolecular and interparticle interactions in complex fluids with extreme sensitivity

Co-investigatorNSERC2016Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Zeng, Hongbo

$150,000

TGA integration system with FTIR/GC-MS

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Xu, Zhenghe

$126,429

Probing intermolecular interactions and mapping topographic, nanomechanical, nanoelectrical properties of various materials and engineering systems by AFM

Co-investigatorNSERC2015Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Zeng, Hongbo

$150,000

Assessing performance of low grade and upgraded coals in different utilization technologies based on advanced characterization techniques

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gupta, Rajender

$145,000

Developing a mechanistic model for performance prediction of low grade and upgraded coals in various utilization technologies using advanced characreization techniques

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Gupta, Rajender

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Rajender Gupta

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Prospects and challenges of thermal hydrolysis pretreatment of microalgae for enhancing bioenergy and resource recovery in anaerobic bioprocesses.

Coupling hydrothermal liquefaction and anaerobic digestion for waste biomass valorization: A review in context of circular economy.

Mechanism of soot and particulate matter formation during high temperature pyrolysis and gasification of waste derived from MSW.

Effecting pattern study of SO2 on Hg0 removal over α-MnO2 in-situ supported magnetic composite.

Production of H2 and CNM from biogas decomposition using biosolids-derived biochar and the application of the CNM-coated biochar for PFAS adsorption.

Metal oxide nanoparticle-modified graphene oxide for removal of elemental mercury.

Inherent thermal regeneration performance of different MnO2 crystallographic structures for mercury removal.

Silica-Silver Nanocomposites as Regenerable Sorbents for Hg0 Removal from Flue Gases.

Bromination of petroleum coke for elemental mercury capture.

A first approximation kinetic model to predict methane generation from an oil sands tailings settling basin.

Developing a novel filter material for protective gears for health care (COVID-19) from modified BCTMP (Bleached Chemi-Thermo-Mechanical Pulp) _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

A TGA-FTIR instrument for research on energy and environment

Thermal conversion of biomass and municipal solid wastes: Understanding the effect of organic and inorganic components on process performance

Study on Biochar Drying and Pyrolysis Kinetics in a Laboratory and Application of the Data in Modelling Large Scale Industrial Biochar Plant

Application of super-critical water and CO2 for in-situ bitumen upgrading and development of a zero emission and zero water requirement process

Optical Tweezers for probing intermolecular and interparticle interactions in complex fluids with extreme sensitivity

TGA integration system with FTIR/GC-MS

Probing intermolecular interactions and mapping topographic, nanomechanical, nanoelectrical properties of various materials and engineering systems by AFM

Assessing performance of low grade and upgraded coals in different utilization technologies based on advanced characterization techniques

Developing a mechanistic model for performance prediction of low grade and upgraded coals in various utilization technologies using advanced characreization techniques

Frequent collaborators

Hongbo Zeng

Rajender Gupta

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Prospects and challenges of thermal hydrolysis pretreatment of microalgae for enhancing bioenergy and resource recovery in anaerobic bioprocesses.

Coupling hydrothermal liquefaction and anaerobic digestion for waste biomass valorization: A review in context of circular economy.

Mechanism of soot and particulate matter formation during high temperature pyrolysis and gasification of waste derived from MSW.

Effecting pattern study of SO2 on Hg0 removal over &#x3b1;-MnO2 in-situ supported magnetic composite.

Production of H2 and CNM from biogas decomposition using biosolids-derived biochar and the application of the CNM-coated biochar for PFAS adsorption.

Metal oxide nanoparticle-modified graphene oxide for removal of elemental mercury.

Inherent thermal regeneration performance of different MnO2 crystallographic structures for mercury removal.

Silica-Silver Nanocomposites as Regenerable Sorbents for Hg0 Removal from Flue Gases.

Bromination of petroleum coke for elemental mercury capture.

A first approximation kinetic model to predict methane generation from an oil sands tailings settling basin.

Developing a novel filter material for protective gears for health care (COVID-19) from modified BCTMP (Bleached Chemi-Thermo-Mechanical Pulp) _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_

A TGA-FTIR instrument for research on energy and environment

Thermal conversion of biomass and municipal solid wastes: Understanding the effect of organic and inorganic components on process performance

Study on Biochar Drying and Pyrolysis Kinetics in a Laboratory and Application of the Data in Modelling Large Scale Industrial Biochar Plant

Application of super-critical water and CO2 for in-situ bitumen upgrading and development of a zero emission and zero water requirement process

Optical Tweezers for probing intermolecular and interparticle interactions in complex fluids with extreme sensitivity

TGA integration system with FTIR/GC-MS

Probing intermolecular interactions and mapping topographic, nanomechanical, nanoelectrical properties of various materials and engineering systems by AFM

Assessing performance of low grade and upgraded coals in different utilization technologies based on advanced characterization techniques

Developing a mechanistic model for performance prediction of low grade and upgraded coals in various utilization technologies using advanced characreization techniques

Frequent collaborators

Hongbo Zeng

Effecting pattern study of SO2 on Hg0 removal over α-MnO2 in-situ supported magnetic composite.