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Area of Specialization:

Molecular thermodynamics of liquids and liquid mixtures, thermodynamic and transport properties of coal liquids and petroleum fractions, solar detoxification and photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants, environmental impact studies of organic pollutants.

B.S. Chemical Engineering Bombay University, India (1973)

M.S. Chemical Engineering SUNY at Buffalo (1976)

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering Penn State University (1982)

Vinayak Kabadi has been with the department since it was started in 1985. Prior to that, he served at Penn State University, as a Post-Doctoral researcher in the Chemistry Department (1982-94) and an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering (1984-95).

Principal Publications of Last Five Years:

L. Srinivasan, V.N. Kabadi, "Thermodynamics of Coal-Derived Fluids 2. Vapour-Liquid Equilibria of Coal Liquid Fractions", Fuel, 73, 715-722, 1994.

N.P. Vaidyanathan, V.N. Kabadi, R. Vaidyanathan, R.L. Sadler, "Surface Treatment of Carbon Fibers Using Low Temperature Plasma", J. Adhesion, 48, 1-24, 1995.

V.N. Kabadi, "Thermodynamics of Coal Derived Fluids 3. VLE and Heat Capacities of Coal Liquid Fractions", Fuel, 75, 363-372, 1996.

J.S. Wang, V.N. Kabadi, "Generalized Method for Prediction of Saturated Liquid Volumes Using Modified Rackett Equation and Van der Waals Volumes", AIChE J., 42, 595-598, 1996.

M Palakkal, V.N. Kabadi, "Viscosity of Coal Derived Liquids 1. A Group Contribution Method for Pure Model Compound Liquids", Energy & Fuels, 10, 333-340,1996.

V.N. Kabadi, M. Palakkal, "Viscosity of Coal Derived Liquids 2. Application of the Model to Coal Liquid Fractions", Energy & Fuels, 10, 341-347, 1996.

J.C. Chen, S. Musti, V.N. Kabadi, "Ignition Behavior of Pulverized Coals", ACS Div. Fuel Chemistry Preprints, 42(1), 359, 1997.

J.J. Luo, V.N. Kabadi, "Thermodynamic Model for Hydrogen Solubility in Petroleum Fractions", Second Annual HBCU/Private Sector Energy Research and Development Technology Transfer Symposium, Birmingham, Alabama, April 1994.

G. Sangal, J. Ragin, R. Sibert, V. N. Kabadi, "A Continuous Reactor for Photocatalytic Detoxification of Organic Pollutants", Emerging Technologies in Hazardous Waste Management VI, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1994.

V. N. Kabadi, "Improvement of Hydrogen Solubility and Entrainment in Hydrocracker Feedstocks", Contractors' Review Meeting, U.S. Department of Energy Bartlesville Project Office, Fountainhead Resort, Oklahoma, June 1995.

R. Sibert, V.N. Kabadi, "An Apparatus for Hydrogen Solubility Measurements", Fourth Annual HBCU/Private Sector Energy Research and Development Technology Transfer Symposium, Greensboro, North Carolina, April 1996.

V.N. Kabadi, "High Temperature High Pressure Thermodynamic Measurements for Coal Model Compounds", presented at the University Coal Research Contractors' Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1997.

V.N. Kabadi, "Air Force FAST Center for Environmental Remediation, Fate and Transport of Hazardous Chemicals - Second Year Review", presented at the FAST Center Review Meeting, Miami, Florida, September 30, 1997.

V.N. Kabadi, "Computation of Pressure Tensor in Molecular Dynamics Computer Simulations", presented at the AIChE Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, November 18, 1997.

V.N. Kabadi, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Flexible Chain Molecules on Graphite Surface", presented at 72nd Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, June 23, 1998.

S. Begum, D. Williams, V.N. Kabadi, "Supported TiO2 Catalyst for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants", presented at the National Conference on Environmental Remediation Science and Technology, Greensboro, North Carolina, September 8-10, 1998.

V.N. Kabadi, Q. Zhao, "Complete Excess Gibbs Free Energy Function for Equilibrium and Liquid Phase Properties", presented at the Annual AIChE Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, November 1998.