Praveen Kolar
Associate Professor- Agricultural Waste Management

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Dr. Praveen Kolar has a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering (Sri Venkateswara University, India), masters’ degrees in Aquacultural Engineering and Biological and Agricultural Engineering (Indian Institute of Technology and Louisiana State University) and a Ph.D in Biological and Agricultural Engineering from the University of Georgia. He had also worked for seven years in aquaculture industry in India, during which, his responsibilities were aquaculture water quality management, processing of seafood, and feed distribution. His current research interests include conversion of agricultural wastes into energy and value added products including heterogeneous catalysts and adsorbents. Kolar teaches courses in Food Process Engineering and Heterogeneous Catalysis.
He has professional memberships in the Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE) and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).
Education
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
University of Georgia
Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Louisiana State University
Aquacultural Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology
Civil Engineering
Sri Venkateswara University, India
Research Description
Catalytic Conversion of Animal Manure into Biochar and Liquid Oils, Catalytic Oxidation of Lignin Into Value-Added Aromatics - CBERD Core Project, Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds from Swine Facilities via Adsorption: Technical and Economical Evaluation, Manure Belt Collection System and Energy Recovery System, Modeling Airflow in the Brooks Gasification Process, Spawning Activity of Mud Minnows (Fundulus heteroclitis) in Tank-based Systems for the Production of Baitfi,
Publications
- Changes in lignin chemistry of switchgrass due to delignification by sodium hydroxide pretreatment
- Jung, W., Savithri, D., Sharma-Shivappa, R., & Kolar, P. (2018), Energies, 11(2).
- Catalytic valorization of lignin using niobium oxide
- Das, L., Kolar, P., Sharma-Shivappa, R., Classen, J. J., & Osborne, J. A. (2017), Waste and Biomass Valorization, 8(8), 2673–2680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-016-9717-8
- Pre-treatment of biomasses using magnetised sulfonic acid catalysts
- Ansanay, Y., Kolar, P., Sharma-Shivappa, R., Cheng, J., Park, S., & Arellano, C. (2017), Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 48(2), 117–122.
- Thermochemical conversion: A prospective swine manure solution for North Carolina
- Lentz, Z., Classen, J., & Kolar, P. (2017), Transactions of the ASABE, 60(3), 591–600.
- Avocado seed-derived activated carbon for mitigation of aqueous ammonium
- Zhu, Y. Y., Kolar, P., Shah, S. B., Cheng, J. J., & Lim, P. K. (2016), Industrial Crops and Products, 92, 34–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2016.07.016
- Eggshell as an inexpensive adsorbent for removal of p-Cresol
- Wakchaure, G. C., Das, L., & Kolar, P. (2016), Transactions of the ASABE, 59(3), 965–974.
- Investigation of adsorption of p-cresol on coconut shell-derived activated carbon
- Zhu, Y. Y., & Kolar, P. (2016), Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 68, 138–146.
- Biofiltration of ammonia and GHGs from swine gestation barn pit exhaust
- Hood, M. C., Shah, S. B., Kolar, P., Li, L. W., & Stikeleather, L. (2015), Transactions of the ASABE, 58(3), 771–782. https://doi.org/10.13031/trans.58.10949
- Calcined eggshell as an inexpensive catalyst for partial oxidation of methane
- Karoshi, G., Kolar, P., Shah, S. B., Gilleskie, G., & Das, L. (2015), Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 57, 123–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtice.2015.05.025
- Swine manure char as an adsorbent for mitigation of p-Cresol
- Fitzgerald, S., Kolar, P., Classen, J., Boyette, M., & Das, L. (2015), Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, 34(1), 125–131.
Grants
- Ammonia Recovery from Swine Wastewater with Selective Membrane Technology
- Murphy-Brown, LLC (was Murphy Farms)(9/20/12 - 8/31/16)
- Ammonia Recovery from Swine Wastewater with Selective Membrane Technology
- NC Pork Council(9/20/12 - 8/31/16)
- Combined Heat Recovery and Ammonia Control System for Broiler Brooding
- United States Poultry & Egg Association(1/01/15 - 12/01/17)
- Engineered windbreak wall - Negetative Strip System to Reduce Pollutant and Odor Emissions from Mechanically-Ventilated Broiler and Swine Barns
- US Dept. of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS)(9/29/14 - 12/31/18)
- Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Lingnin to High-Value Aromatics
- US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)(7/01/14 - 7/01/15)
- Ammonia Recovery from Swine Wastewater with Selective Membrane Technology
- US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)(9/20/12 - 8/31/16)
- Catalytic Oxidation of Lignin Into Value-Added Aromatics - CBERD Core Project
- Center for Bioenergy Research and Development (CBERD) - NCSU Research Site(1/01/12 - 12/31/13)
- Modeling Airflow in the Brooks Gasification Process
- US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)(3/01/12 - 9/30/12)
- Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds from Swine Facilities via Adsorption: Technical and Economical Evaluation
- National Pork Board(5/01/12 - 4/30/13)
- Spawning Activity of Mud Minnows (Fundulus heteroclitis) in Tank-based Systems for the Production of Baitfish
- NCSU Sea Grant Program(5/01/11 - 6/01/13)