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1 List of publications Books 1. Viswanath, D.S., Ghosh, T.K., Prasad, D.H.L., Dutt, N.V.K. and Rani, K.Y., Viscosity of Liquids - Theory, Estimation, Experiment, and Data, Springer Dordrecht (2007). 2. Rani, K.Y., Optimization and Control of Semi-batch Reactors: Data-Driven Model Based Approaches, LAMBERT Academic Publishing GMBH & Co. KG, Saarbruecken (2011). Chapters contributed to books 3. Rani, K. Y., Artificial Neural Networks Based Control Approaches Contributed one book chapter to a monograph being published on Trends in Process Control edited by M. Chidambaram, Cambridge University Press (2014). 4. Rani, K. Y., Sumana, C., Chemical Process Intensification An Engineering Overview Contributed one chapter to a book being published on Industrial Catalysis and Separations: Innovations for Process Intensification, edited by B.M. Reddy and K.V. Raghavan, Apple Academic Press (2014). 5. Reddy, P.S., Rani, K. Y., Extended Kalman Filter Based Composition Estimation Using Simple Hybrid Model Approximation for a Reactive Batch Distillation Process, Contributed one chapter to a book being published on Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering Trends and Developments, edited by S. Sonawan, Y. P. Setty, S. N. Sapavatu, Apple Academic Press (2015). 6. Dutt, N. V. K., Hemalatha, K., Sivaji K., Rani, K. Y., Estimation of Solubility in Dilute Binary Solutions Using Molar Refraction, Dipole Moment and Charge Transfer Functions, Contributed one chapter to a book being published on Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering Trends and Developments, edited by S. Sonawan, Y. P. Setty, S. N. Sapavatu, Apple Academic Press (2015). 7. Dutt N V K, ChandraSekhar L, Kamesh R, RaviKumar Y V L, Rani K Y, Estimation of BOD to COD ratio of organic compounds using specific refraction, molecular number and electro negativity, Contributed one chapter to a book being published on Materials, Energy and Environment Engineering - Select Proceedings of ICACE 2015, edited by B R Mohan, G Srinikethan, B C Meikap, Springer Publications (2016). Original Research papers published / communicated to journals / presented at Symposia / Technical Sessions of Congresses / Conferences and Reports Submitted: 8. Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1988) Some Experiences in Two-Phase Approach to On-Line Optimizing Control, paper presented at Technical Session of Indian Chemical Engineering Congress 1988, Vadodara, Dec Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1989) Nonlinear Heat Exchanger Control by Dynamic Matrix", Proceedings of Indian Chemical Engineering Congress 1989, Trivendrum, Dec , pp Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1990) Analysis of Membrane Separation Aided Catalytic Membrane Reactors, Indian Chemical Engineering Congress 1990, Varanasi, Dec

2 11. Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1990) Two-Phase Approach to On-Line Optimizing Control: An Analysis, Indian Chemical Engineer, XXXII (4) Transactions Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1991) Adaptive Generic Model Control: Dual Composition Control of Distillation, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) (International) Journal, 37 (11) pp Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1991) Nonlinear Dynamic Matrix Control for an Open- Loop Unstable Process with Least Squares Minimization for Constraints, Chemical Engineering Science (International Journal), 46 (5/6) pp Panda, R.C., Rani, K. Y., Radhakrishnan, T.K. and Rao, V.S.R. (1991) Modelling of a Fluidized Bed Dryer for Digital Control, Indian Journal of Technology, 29 (2) pp Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1991) Comparison of Various Countercurrent Recycle Membrane Cascades with Continuous Membrane Column for Multicomponent Gas Separations, paper presented at Technical Session of Indian Chemical Engineering Congress 1991, Madras, Dec Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1992) Adaptive On-Line Optimizing Control of Bioreactors: A Two-Phase Approach, Indian Journal of Technology, 30 (1) pp Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1992) Simulation Studies of Nonlinear Heat Exchangers Control by Dynamic Matrix, Indian Chemical Engineer, 34 (2 & 3) pp Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1994) Evaluation of Various Countercurrent Recycle Cascades for Multicomponent Gas Separations, Indian Chemical Engineer Section A, 36 (3) pp Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1994) Two Membrane Countercurrent Recycle Cascades for Gas Separations, Hungarian Journal of Industrial Chemistry (International Journal), 22 (4) pp Radhakrishnan, T. K., Gangiah, K. and Rani, K. Y. (1994) Multirate Multivariable Self-Tuning Control of Distillation Columns using Kalman Predictor, Chemical Engineering Communications (International) Journal, 127, pp Venkateswarlu, Ch., Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1994) Adaptive Constrained Generalized Predictive Control, paper presented at the Symposium on Advances in Chemical Engineering organized by Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Aug Rani, K. Y. (1995) Tuning and Auto-Tuning in Predictive Control, Internal Report (ESR 9509) submitted at Control Engineering Laboratory, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. 23. Rani, K. Y. (1995) Report of Work done During DAAD Fellowship Period, a report submitted to IICT, Hyderabad after successful completion of 16 months of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowship Programme.

3 24. Rani, K. Y. and Unbehauen, H. (1996) Tuning and Auto-Tuning in Predictive Control, Proc. Thirteenth International Federation for Automatic Control (IFAC'96), SanFrancisco, California, U.S.A., June 30-July Rani, K. Y. and Gangiah, K. (1996) General Constrained Process Model Based Control, Proc. Fifth World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Paper No. 20B SanDiego, California, U.S.A., July Rani, K. Y. and Unbehauen, H. (1997) Study of Tuning Methods for Predictive Control, Automatica (International Journal), 33 (12), Sangeetha, V.S., Rani, K.Y. and Gangiah, K. (1999) Automatically Configured Radial Basis Function Neural Networks for Nonlinear Internal Model Control, Chemical Engineering Communications (International) Journal, 172, pp Rani, K.Y., and Rao, V.S.R. (1999), Control of Fermenters : A Review, Bioprocess Engineering (International Journal), 21 (1) pp Dutt, N.V.K., Rani, K.Y., and Sivaji, K. (2000) Estimation of Terminal Velocities of Liquid Drops Using Neural Nets, Chemical Engineering Communications (International) Journal, 183, pp Rani, K.Y. and Rao, V.S.R. (2000) CDTA for Neural Networks Using Adaptive Learning Rate for Biochemical Systems, Proceedings of Chemical and Process Engineering Conference CPEC 2000, Singapore. 31. Rani, K.Y., S.C. Patwardhan and V.S.R. Rao (2001), Input-Output Data based Modeling for Batch / Semi-batch Processes, technical paper presented at International Conference on Industrial Mathematics, I.I.T. Madras, Aug 12-14, Rani, K.Y., V.S.R. Rao And S.C. Patwardhan (2001), Data Driven Modeling For Operating Trajectory Optimization of a Fed-Batch Fermenter, technical Paper presented at Canadian Symposium on Chemical Engineering, October, Rani, K.Y., and Dutt, N.V.K. (2002) Estimation of Activity coefficients at infinite dilution of Halocarbons in water and organic compounds in Hydrfluoroparaffins Using Neural Networks, Chemical Engineering Communications (International) Journal, 189 (3) Rani, K.Y., and Patwardhan, S.C. Data Driven Model Based Control of Multi-Product Semi-Batch Polymerization Reactor Proceedings of 26 th National Systems Conference, Hyderabad, Nov , Anand, P., Rani, K.Y., and Venkateswarlu, Ch. An Extended Two Step Method for Computing Optimal Control Policy in a Batch Reactor technical paper presented at CHEMCON-2002, Hyderabad, Dec , Rani, K.Y., and Patwardhan, S.C. Data Driven Model Based Control for higher

4 relative degree MIMO Semi-Batch Reactor, technical paper accepted for presentation at International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering and Control (ISPSEC 03) Jan. 3-5, Dutt, N.V.K., and Rani, K.Y., Estimation of Viscosity of Liquids from Molecular Weight, technical paper, in the poster session of CHEMCON 2003, Bhubaneswar, Dec , Dutt, N.V.K., Ravikumar, Y.V.L., and Rani, K.Y., Relationships for Properties of Chlorofluoro Carbons and Alternatives, technical paper presented in CHEMCON 2003, Bhubaneswar, Dec , Rani, K.Y., Advanced Process Control An Industrial Perspective, technical paper in IICT Diamond Jubilee Chemical Engineering National Seminar on Global Challenges in Chemical Engineering, Jan. 10, Rani, K.Y. and Patwardhan, S.C. Data-driven Modeling and Optimization of Semibatch Reactors using Artificial Neural Networks, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (International Journal) 43 (23), pp (2004). 41. Swetha, M. and Rani, K.Y., Extended Kalman Filter Based Control Estimation of a Batch Reactor Using Neural Networks, technical paper in Process Control Session I, Paper No. 3, CHEMCON 2004, Mumbai, Dec 27-30, Moizuddin, Md., Rani, K.Y. and Venkateswarlu, Ch., Energy Balance Model Based Nonlinear Control of an Experimental Batch Reactor, technical paper in Process Control Session I, Paper No. 2, CHEMCON 2004, Mumbai, Dec 27-30, Rani, K.Y. and Swetha, M. Extended Kalman Filter Controller: First Principles Models to Neural Networks, Chemical Engineering Communications (International) Journal, 193, pp (2006). 44. Rani, K.Y. and Rao, V.S.R. Neural Modeling of Biochemical Systems using CDTA with Adaptive Learning Rate, Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, 13, pp (2006). 45. Madhav, S. and Rani, K.Y., Optimal Control Strategies for a Batch Crystallization Process, technical paper in CHEMCON 2006, Bharuch, Dec 27-30, Dutt, N.V.K., Rani, K.Y., Ravikumar, Y.V.L. and Singh, A.K., Estimation of Two- Photon Absorption Cross sections of Organic Non-linear Optical Materials, technical paper in CHEMCON 2006, Bharuch, Dec 27-30, Rani, K.Y. and Patwardhan, S.C. Data-Driven Model Based Control of a Multi- Product Semi-Batch Polymerization Reactor, Transactions IChemE, Part A, Chemical Engineering Research & Design (International) Journal, 85 (A10) , Varun Kumar, V. and Rani, K. Y., Batch Process Modeling using explicitly Timedependent Neural Networks, Proceedings of Indian Chemical Engineering Congress CHEMCON 2007, Kolkata, Dec 27-30, 2007, p.108.

5 49. Rani, K.Y., Optimal Control of a Fed-Batch Fermenter Using Parameterized Data- Driven Models, Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research, 67 (10) , Rani, K.Y., Process Intensification by Reactive Separations, Chemical Industry Digest, XXI (3) 78-87, Ganesh, B., Rani, K.Y., Optimal Operation of a Reactive Batch Distillation Process using Control Vector Parameterization, Technical paper in INAE-DAE International Conference on advances in manufacturing technology (ICAMT 2008) for Young Engineers, IIT Madras, Chennai, INDIA, Feb. 6-8, Teja, M.V., Ganesh, B., Rani, K.Y., Modeling of a Reactive Batch Distillation Process using Time-Varying Neural Networks, Technical paper in INAE-DAE International Conference on advances in manufacturing technology (ICAMT 2008) for Young Engineers, IIT Madras, Chennai, INDIA, Feb. 6-8, Ganesh, B., Satyavathi, B., Rani, K.Y., Dynamic Modeling of a Reactive Batch Distillation Process by Sequential Approach, accepted for oral presentation at CHEMCON 2008, Chandigarh, Dec 27-30, Reddy, P.S., Rani, K.Y., Optimal Control of Batch Distillation using Genetic Algorithm, Proc. CHEMCON 2009, Visakhapatnam, Dec 27-30, Rupender, D., Rani, K.Y., Generic Model Control of a Batch Distillation Column on LABVIEW Platform, Proc. CHEMCON 2009, Visakhapatnam, Dec 27-30, Ganesh, B., Satyavathi, B., Rani, K.Y., Experimental Analysis of an Esterification Reaction in Different Batch Operating Units for Process Intensification, Proc. CHEMCON 2009, Visakhapatnam, Dec 27-30, Pratyush, S., Rani, K.Y., Evaluation of Dual-Reflux Pressure Swing Adsorption for Optimal Operation, Proc. CHEMCON 2009, Visakhapatnam, Dec 27-30, Ganesh, B., Satyavathi, B., Rani, K.Y., Development of a new concentration based kinetic model for the esterification of acetic acid with methanol using sulfuric acid as catalyst, Proc. CHEMCON 2010, Chidambaram, Dec 27-30, Ganesh, B., Satyavathi, B., Rani, K.Y., Development of a new activity based kinetic model for the esterification of acetic acid with methanol using sulfuric acid as catalyst, Proc. CHEMCON 2010, Chidambaram, Dec 27-30, Ganesh, B., Rani, K.Y., Optimal Operation of a Reactive Batch Distillation Process using Control Vector Parameterization, Proc. CHEMCON 2010, Chidambaram, Dec 27-30, Reddy, P.S., Rani, K.Y., Multiobjective Optimal Control of a Reactive Batch Distillation Process, Proc. CHEMCON 2010, Chidambaram, Dec 27-30, Reddy, P.S., Rani, K.Y., A novel algorithm for vapour-liquid-liquid equilibrium

6 computation, Proc. CHEMCON 2010, Chidambaram, Dec 27-30, Harini, M., Dutt, N.V.K., Rani, K.Y., Modeling of Toxicity Related Parameters of Chloro-Fluoro Carbons and Their Alternatives, Proc. CHEMCON 2010, Chidambaram, Dec 27-30, Rupender, D., Ganesh, B., Rani, K.Y., Experimental Study on Model Predictive Control of a Reactive Batch Distillation Process, Proc. CHEMCON 2010, Chidambaram, Dec 27-30, Viswanath, P., Rani, K.Y., Solvent Design Techniques for Crystallization of Carboxylic Acids, Proc. CHEMCON 2010, Chidambaram, Dec 27-30, Rani, K.Y., DST final project report (GAP 0163) entitled Optimal Operation and Advanced Control of Reactive Batch Distillation Processes submitted to DST (2010). 67. Ganesh, B., Rani, K.Y., Satyavathi, B., Venkateswarlu, Ch., Development of kinetic models for acid catalyzed methyl acetate formation reaction: Effect of catalyst concentration & water inhibition, Int. J Chem. Kinetics, 43 (5) (2011). 68. Rani, K.Y., Sensitivity compensating control: data-driven model based adaptive approach, J Process Control, 21 (9) (2011). 69. Hussain E., Ganesh, B., Rani, K.Y., Composition estimation using temperature measurement based on UNIQUAC method, Proceedings of CHEMCON 2011, Bangalore, Dec 27-30, 2011, Vol I, Ganesh, B., Rani, K.Y., Experimental Study on Multivariable Control of a Reactive Batch Distillation Process, Proceedings of CHEMCON 2011, Bangalore, Dec 27-30, 2011, Vol I, Reddy, P.S., Rani, K.Y., Protein inspired RNA Genetic Algorithm for Multi-Objective Optimization, Proceedings of CHEMCON 2011, Bangalore, Dec 27-30, 2011, Vol II, Harini, M., Rani, K.Y., Adhikari, J., Development of Strategies for Solvent design, Modelling and Engineering for Pharmaceuticals, Proceedings of CHEMCON 2011, Bangalore, Dec 27-30, 2011, Vol I, Mrudula, A., Rani, K.Y., Comparative Study of Solution Methods for Simulation of an Exothermic Reaction in a Tubular Reactor, Proceedings of CHEMCON 2011, Bangalore, Dec 27-30, 2011, Vol II, Rani, K.Y., Sensitivity compensating nonlinear control: exact model based approach, J Process Control 22, (2012). 75. Reddy, P.S. and Rani, K.Y., A Simple Algorithm for Vapor Liquid Liquid Equilibrium Computation, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (International Journal), 51, (2012).

7 76. Praveena, M.S.K., Rani, K.Y., Evaluation of Multi-Factor Multi-Level Design of Experiments Methodologies: A Case Study, Paper No. P-217, Proc. CHEMCON 2012, Dec. 27 th 30 th, 2012, Jalandhar. 77. Siddhartha, G.A., Kumar, V.K.N., Rani, K.Y., Comparative study of catalytic esterification of ethylene glycol with acetic acid in different reactors, Paper No. P- 807, Proc. CHEMCON 2012, Dec. 27 th 30 th, 2012, Jalandhar. 78. Sekhar, G.R., Ganesh, B., Rani, K.Y., Fuzzy logic control of a batch cooling crystallization process, Paper No. P-808, Proc. CHEMCON 2012, Dec. 27 th 30 th, 2012, Jalandhar. 79. Sekhar, G.R., Ganesh, B., Rani, K.Y., Multivariable Generic Model Control of a semi-batch reactor using multi-linear regression models, Paper No. P-809, Proc. CHEMCON 2012, Dec. 27 th 30 th, 2012, Jalandhar. 80. Kumar, V.K.N., Rani, K.Y., Comparative study of catalytic esterification of ethylene glycol with acetic acid using different catalysts: simulation and experiments, Paper No. P-809, Proc. CHEMCON 2012, Dec. 27 th 30 th, 2012, Jalandhar. 81. Krishna, I.R., Reddy, P.S., Rani, K.Y., Comparison of two methods for Vapour-liquidliquid-equilibrium calculations a case sudy, Paper No. P-810, Proc. CHEMCON 2012, Dec. 27 th 30 th, 2012, Jalandhar. 82. Hemalatha, K., Rani, K.Y., Modeling & optimization studies for reactive crystallization processes a review, Paper No. P-790, Proc. CHEMCON 2012, Dec. 27 th 30 th, 2012, Jalandhar. 83. Reddi Kamesh, Vineet K. Aniya, P Swapna Reddy, Rani, K.Y., Comparison of Different PID Control Tuning Methods-A CSTR Case Study", Paper No. P-717, Proc. CHEMCON 2012, Dec. 27th 30th, 2012, Jalandhar. 84. Harini M., Adhikari, J., and Rani, K.Y., A review on property estimation methods and computational schemes for rational solvent design: A focus on pharmaceuticals Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (International Journal), 52, (2013). 85. K. Sunitha, Rani, K.Y., Siddhartha Moulik, S.V. Satyanarayana, S. Sridhar, Separation of NMP/Water Mixtures by Nanocomposite PEBA Membrane: Part I. Membrane Synthesis, Characterization and Pervaporation Performance, Desalination 330, 1-8 (2013). 86. Rani, K.Y., Adaptive Nonlinear Model Based Control Strategies A Comparative Review, Proc. A.P. Acad. Sci. (PAPAS), Spl. Issue (Women in Science), 15, 81-90, Jan.-March Dutt, N.V.K., Ravikumar, Y.V.L., Rani, K.Y, Representation of the Ionic Liquid Viscosity Temperature Data by Generalized Correlations and an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model, Chemical Engineering Communications (International) Journal, 200 (12), (2013). 88. Rani, K.Y., ph Control Approaches: An Overview, Chemical Industry Digest, 72-

8 76, Sept Harini, M., Adhikari, J., Noronha, S.B., and Rani K.Y., Computational Scheme for Rational Solvent Design in Extraction of Pharmaceutical Ingredient, Paper No. 23b, accepted for presentation at AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Nov 3-8, Harini, M., Adhikari, J., and Rani K.Y., Vapor Liquid Equilibrium of Phenyl acetyl carbinol, Paper No. 179f, accepted for presentation at AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, Nov 3-8, P Swapna Reddy, Sachin C. Patwardhan., Rani, K.Y., Data-driven model based adaptive predictive control of a semi-batch polymerization reactor Proc. International Conf. Mathematics and Chemical Kinetics in Engineering (MACKIE 2013), Feb 4 th - 6 th, 2013, IIT Madras, p B. Ganesh, P Swapna Reddy, Rani, K.Y., Dynamic Modeling of a Reactive Batch Distillation Process: An experimental case study Proc. International Conf. Mathematics and Chemical Kinetics in Engineering (MACKIE 2013), Feb 4 th -6 th, 2013, IIT Madras, p Dutt, NVK, P Swapna Reddy, Rani, K.Y., Estimation of Overall Mass Transfer Coefficients for Fast Chemical Reactions using a Neural Network Scheme Proc. International Conf. Mathematics and Chemical Kinetics in Engineering (MACKIE 2013), Feb 4 th -6 th, 2013, IIT Madras, p Reddy, P S, Rani, K Y, Extended Kalman Filter based composition estimation using simple hybrid model approximation for a Reactive Batch Distillation Process, Proc. International Conf. Chem Bioprocess Engg, ICCBPE-IN 2013, pp., Nov. 16th-17th, 2013, NIT Warangal, INDIA 95. Dutt, N V K, Hemalatha, K, Sivaji, K, Rani, K Y, Estimation of solubility in dilute binary solutions using molar refraction, dipole moment and charge transfer functions, Proc. International Conf. Chem Bioprocess Engg, ICCBPE-IN 2013, pp., Nov. 16th- 17th, 2013, NIT Warangal, INDIA 96. Swathi A, Kamesh R, Rani K Y, A new technique for solution of partial differential equations A fixed bed reactor simulation case study, Proc. International Conf. Chem Bioprocess Engg, ICCBPE-IN 2013, pp., Nov. 16th-17th, 2013, NIT Warangal, INDIA 97. Kamesh R, Rani K Y, Model Predictive Control of hydrogen concentration in an Anaerobic Digestion Process, Paper No. 30, Proc. Nat. Conf. Innov. Chem Engg, ICE- 2013, Nov. 15th - 16th 2013, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, INDIA. 98. Reddy, P S, Rani, K Y, Optimal control of a semi-batch process using different RNA based Genetic Algorithms, Paper No. 31, Proc. National Conf. Innovations in Chem Engg, ICE-2013, Nov. 15th - 16th 2013, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, INDIA. 99. Hemalatha, K, Rani, K Y, Multi-Objective Optimization Of A Batch Cooling Crystallization Process, Paper No. 67, Proc. National Conf. Innovations in Chem Engg, ICE-2013, Nov. 15th - 16th 2013, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, INDIA Khandelwal N, Kamesh R, Anand P, Rani K Y, Non Linear Model Based Control of

9 a Semi Batch Polymerization Reactor, Paper No. 68, Proc. National Conf. Innovations in Chem Engg, ICE-2013, Nov. 15th - 16th 2013, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, INDIA Dutt, N V K, Hemalatha, K, Rani, K Y, Application of electrical properties for the estimation of viscosity of ionic liquids using Arrhenius model, Paper No. 43, Proc. National Conf. Innovations in Chem Engg, ICE-2013, Nov. 15th - 16th 2013, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, INDIA Kamesh, R., Prasad, N B V, Purnachandra Rao, S., Anand, P., Rani, K. Y., Process intensification for hydrogen production using catalytic membrane reactors, poster presented at IndusCoP, December 13-14, 2013, CSIR-NCL, Pune Kamesh R, Rani K Y, Dynamic simulation and control of the Hydrogen Concentration in Anaerobic Digester, Paper No. PEC023, Proc. CHEMCON 2013, Dec. 27th 30th, 2013, Mumbai Varaprasad N B, Rani K Y, Analysis of a membrane reactor for hydrogen production through dynamic simulation, Paper No. NRS014, Proc. CHEMCON 2013, Dec. 27th 30th, 2013, Mumbai Ram, C V S, Kireeti, M V S, Rani K Y, Evaluation of Alternate Control Configurations for Reactive Distillation for Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether, Paper No. PEC022, Proc. CHEMCON 2013, Dec. 27th 30th, 2013, Mumbai Dutt, N V K, Ravikumar Y V L, Rani, K Y, A simple method of estimating the flash point of hydrocarbons, Paper No. PSH008, Proc. CHEMCON 2013, Dec. 27th 30th, 2013, Mumbai Dutt, N V K, Ravikumar Y V L, Rani, K Y, Relationship of the hardness of metallic oxides with density and refractive index, Paper No. BCE013, Proc. CHEMCON 2013, Dec. 27th 30th, 2013, Mumbai Dutt, N V K, Ravikumar Y V L, Rani, K Y, A simple method of estimating the triplettriplet absorption wave lengths using molar refraction, Paper No. BCE012, Proc. CHEMCON 2013, Dec. 27th 30th, 2013, Mumbai Varaprasad N B, Kamesh R, Rani K Y, EKF-based state estimation of Pd- and Pd/Aubased catalytic membrane reactors for hydrogen production using steady-state model, Paper No. PEC017, Proc. CHEMCON 2013, Dec. 27th 30th, 2013, Mumbai Reddy, P S, Rani, K Y, A simple approximate model for a higher order system: a reactive batch distillation process case study Paper No. PI016, Proc. CHEMCON 2013, Dec. 27th 30th, 2013, Mumbai Harini, M., Adhikari, J., and Rani K.Y., Prediction of vapour-liquid coexistence data of Phenylacetylcarbinol, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 364, 6-14 (2014) Ganesh, B., Kumar, V. V., Rani, K.Y., Modeling of Batch Processes using Explicitly Time-Dependent Artificial Neural Networks, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks & Learning Systems, DOI: /TNNLS , 25 (5) (2014).

10 113. Harini, M., Adhikari, J., and Rani K.Y., Prediction of Vapor-Liquid Coexistence Data for p-cymene using Equation of State Methods and Monte Carlo Simulations, Journal of Chemical Engineering Data, 59 (10), (2014) Ganesh, B., Rani, K.Y., Satyavathi, B., Patnaik, K.S.K.R., Experimental analysis in different batch operating units for process intensification: An esterification reaction case study, International Journal of Industrial Chemistry, 5, (2014) Harini, M., Jain, S., Adhikari, J., Noronha, S.B., and Rani K.Y., Computational Scheme for Design of Ionic Liquid in Extraction of Pharmaceutical Intermediate, Paper No. 396a, accepted for oral presentation at AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Nov 16-21, Harini, M., Adhikari, J., and Rani K.Y., Vapor-Liquid Coexistence Data for p- Cymene Using Equation of State Methods and Monte Carlo Simulations, Paper No. 63g, accepted for oral presentation at AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Nov 16-21, Harini, M., Adhikari, J., Noronha, S.B., and Rani K.Y., Computer Aided Solvent Design for Extraction of a Pharmaceutical Intermediate, Paper No. 151e, accepted for oral presentation at AIChE Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Nov 16-21, Kamesh, R., Reddy, P. S., and Rani, K. Y., Comparative study of different cascade control configurations for a multi product semi-batch polymerization reactor, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS Journal), 53 (38) (2014) Reddy P S, Rani K Y, Patwardhan S C, "Prediction of Phase Stability using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Model: Application to a Reactive Batch Distillation Process", Paper No. PM/0059, Proc. CHEMCON 2014, Dec. 27th 30th, 2014, Chandigarh Prasad N B V, Rani K Y, "Modeling and Analysis of a Novel Membrane Reactor to integrate Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Reactions", Paper No. NR/0017, Proc. CHEMCON 2014, Dec. 27th 30th, 2014, Chandigarh Hemalatha K, Rani K Y, "A Study on Solubility Enhancement of Salicylic Acid in water through hydrotropy", Paper No. CT/0023, Proc. CHEMCON 2014, Dec. 27th 30th, 2014, Chandigarh Shireesha M, Reddi K, Rani K Y, " Kinetic Study of Esterification of Acetic Acid with Ethylene Glycol using Para Toluene Sulfonic Acid (PTSA) Catalyst", Paper No. CR/0037, Proc. CHEMCON 2014, Dec. 27th 30th, 2014, Chandigarh Reddi K, Rani K Y, " Thermodynamic Modeling for Binary Mixtures of Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) + Methyl Ethyl Ketazine (MEKazine) and MEK + Hydrazine Hydrate (HH) using Unifac Group Contribution Method", Paper No. CT/0018, Proc. CHEMCON 2014, Dec. 27th 30th, 2014, Chandigarh Siddhartha M, Pavani V, Rani, K.Y., Sumana, C., S. Sridhar, Production of fructose sugar from aqueous solutions: Nanofiltration performance and hydrodynamic analysis, Journal of Cleaner Production, 92, (2015).

11 125. Reddi K, Rani K Y, Experimental vapour liquid equilibrium data for a binary mixture of dimethyl carbonate (1) + anisole (2) and thermodynamic modeling using modifiedunifac group contribution method, Paper No. 49, International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy And Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2015), March, Krishna A V, Rani K Y, Generalized Langmuir Isotherm Model With Temperature Dependency For Adsorption Of An Anionic Dye From Aqueous Medium By Organoclays, Paper No. 142, International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy And Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2015), March, Hemalatha K, Rani K Y, Multi-Objective Optimization Of An Unseeded Batch Cooling Crystallization Of A Pharmaceutical Compound, Paper No. 172, International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy And Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2015), March, Shireesha M, Reddi K, Rani K Y,, Kinetic Study For Formation Of Ethylene Glycol Diacetate Using Para Toluene Sulfonic Acid (Ptsa) Catalyst, Paper No. 173, International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy And Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2015), March, Prasad N B V, Rani K Y, Modeling and Analysis of a Novel Membrane Reactor to integrate Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Reactions, Paper No. 174, accepted for presentation at International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy And Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2015), March, Murali, R.S., Rani, K.Y., Sankarshana, T., Ismail, A.F., and Sridhar, S., Separation of Binary Mixtures of Propylene and Propane by Facilitated Transport through Silver Incorporated Poly(ether-block-amide) Membranes, Oil Gas Sci. Technol 70, 2, , DOI: /ogst/ (2015) Harini, M., Jain, S., Adhikari, J., Noronha, S.B., Rani, K. Y., " Design of an ionic liquid as a solvent for the extraction of a pharmaceutical intermediate", Separation & Purif. Technol., DOI: /j.seppur , 155, (26 November 2015) Hemalatha K, and Rani, K. Y., Simulation and analysis of semi-batch reactive crystallization of salicylic acid, Proc. National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Chemical Technology December 2015, Hyderabad Pratyusha, N. Anjum, F., Kamesh, R., Rani, K. Y., Optimization of an esterification reaction using response surface methodology, Proc. National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Chemical Technology December 2015, Hyderabad Siddharth, M. S. G.,Teja, V., Kamesh, R., and Rani, K. Y., Simulation Study on Separation of Phenol and O-Cresol by Azeotropic Distillation, Proceedings of CHEMCON-2015, Dec , 2015, Guwahati Dutt N V K, Chandrasekhar L, Kamesh R, Ravi Kumar YVL, and Rani K Y, "Estimation of BOD to COD ratio of organic compounds using specific refraction, molecular number and electro negativity", Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering (ICACE2015), Dec , 2015, Suratkal.

12 136. Rani, K. Y., Krithrim Neural Network, Spandan (CSIR-IICT Hindi magazine), 15, ( ) N. Shiva Prasad, Siddhartha Moulik, Subha Bohra, K. Y. Rani, S. Sridhar, "Solvent resistant chitosan/poly(ether-block-amide) composite membranes for pervaporation of n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone/water mixtures", Carbohydrate Polymers, 136, (2016) Kamesh, R., and Rani, K. Y., Adaptive ANN Model based Nonlinear Control of a Semi-batch Polymerization Reactor Challenge Problem, Proceedings of Indian Control Conference (ICC ), IEEE Explore, Jan 4-6th Anand P., Kamesh R., and Rani, K. Y., Evaluation of Control Strategies for a Semi Batch Copolymerization Reactor, Proceedings of Indian Control Conference (ICC ), IEEE Explore, Jan 4-6th Hemalatha K, and Rani, K. Y., Sensitivity analysis of a temperature approximation for multiobjective optimization of a batch cooling crystallization process, Proceedings of Indian Control Conference (ICC ), IEEE Explore, Jan 4-6th Kumar P N, Prathyusha N, Kamesh R, and Rani, K. Y., Intensified process for the separation of a multicomponent mixture using divided wall column, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Process Intensification in Process Industries-(PI) 2, March 25-26th 2016, Hyderabad Shireesha M, Krishna A V, Kumar M P, Kamesh R, and Rani, K. Y., Development of a kinetic model for a reaction with mass transfer: an esterification case study, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Process Intensification in Process Industries- (PI) 2, March 25-26th 2016, Hyderabad Swathi K, Rajitha P, Sumana C, Rani, K. Y., Review of Modeling Studies on Solid Flow based Tableting Unit Operations, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Process Intensification in Process Industries-(PI) 2, March 25-26th 2016, Hyderabad Alam S, Kiran V, Rani K Y, and Sumana C, Intensified Production Of H2 Using Sorption Enhanced Steam Methane Reformer Integrated with Chemical Looping Combustion, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Process Intensification in Process Industries-(PI) 2, March 25-26th 2016, Hyderabad Kumar J P, Alam S, Rani K Y, and Sumana C, Development of Aspen Plus Model for Chemical Looping Combustion of Natural Gas Coupled with Steam Reformer, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Process Intensification in Process Industries- (PI) 2, March 25-26th 2016, Hyderabad Hemalatha G, Alam S, Rani K Y, and Sumana C, Thermodynamic Analysis of Chemical Looping Combustion of Methane with Different Oxygen Carriers Using Ellingham Diagrams, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Process Intensification in Process Industries-(PI) 2, March 25-26th 2016, Hyderabad Hemalatha K, Sowmya P, Rani K Y, Simulation Studies for the Effect of Parameters on Reactive Crystallization of Salicylic Acid, Proceedings of the National

13 Seminar on Process Intensification in Process Industries-(PI) 2, March 25-26th 2016, Hyderabad Kumar S, Dharshini S D, Kamesh R, and Rani, K Y, Sensitivity analysis for reactive distillation of methyl-tert-butyl ether production, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Process Intensification in Process Industries-(PI) 2, March 25-26th 2016, Hyderabad Kamesh, R., and Rani, K. Y., Parameterized Data-Driven Fuzzy Model Based Optimal Control of Semi-Batch Reactor, ISA Transactions, 64, (2016) Prathyusha N, Kamesh R, Rani K Y, Sumana C, Sridhar S, Prakasham R S, Yashwanth V V N, Kumar M P, Modelling of pretreatment and saccharification with different feedstocks and kinetic modeling of sorghum saccharification, Bioresource Technology, 221, (2016) Kamesh, R. and Rani, K. Y., Novel Formulation of Adaptive MPC as EKF using ANN Model: Multi-product Semi-batch Polymerization Reactor Case Study, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks & Learning Systems (2016) (in press) Hemalatha K, Kamesh R., and Rani, K. Y., Optimal Control of Ibuprofen Crystallization Process, research paper in Hindi presented in Hindi Seminar at CSIR- IICT (2016) Shireesha M., Krishna A V, Kamesh R and Rani K Y, Synthesis and Characterization of Heterogeneous Strong Acid Catalyst from p-toluenesulfonic Acid (PTSA) for esterification reaction, poster at Workshop on Challenges in Catalysis Science and Technology, June 23-25, 2016, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad Reddi Kamesh, N.V.K. Dutt, Y.V.L. Ravi Kumar, and K. Yamuna Rani, "A Method of Estimating the Biological Oxygen Demand of Organic Compounds Using Nalewajskii Charge Transfer Function and Specific Refraction", Paper No. 1414, Proceedings of CHEMCON-2016, Chennai, Dec th Reddi Kamesh, N.V.K. Dutt, Y.V.L. Ravi Kumar, and K. Yamuna Rani, "Prediction Of Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) of Organic Compounds Using Specific Refraction and Molecular Number as Inputs", Paper No. 1415, Proceedings of CHEMCON-2016, Chennai, Dec th Reddi Kamesh, N.V.K. Dutt, Y.V.L. Ravi Kumar, and K. Yamuna Rani, "A Liquid Thermal Conductivity Estimation Method Using the ratio of Specific Refraction (Rsp) and Atomic Number (Z)", Paper No. 1416, Proceedings of CHEMCON-2016, Chennai, Dec th Reddi Kamesh, and K. Yamuna Rani, "External Reset Feedback Based Nonlinear Controller for Multivariable Processes: Semi-Batch Reactor Case Study", Paper No. 1411, Proceedings of CHEMCON-2016, Chennai, Dec th A. Vamsi Krishna, M. Shireesha, Reddi Kamesh, K.Yamuna Rani, "Parameter Estimation For Esterification Of Ethylene Glycol And Acetic Acid For Pseudo Homogeneous Kinetic Model", Paper No. 1454, Proceedings of CHEMCON-2016, Chennai, Dec th 2016.

14 159. P. Naveen Kumar, A. Vamsi Krishna, A. Surendra, Reddi Kamesh and K. Yamuna Rani, "Process Intensification In Butyl Acetate Production By Experimental Analysis In Reactive Batch Distillation With Single And Multiple Stages", Paper No. 1412, Proceedings of CHEMCON-2016, Chennai, Dec th P. Sowmya, K. Hemalatha, and K. Yamuna Rani, "Crystal Size Control in Batch cooling Crystallization of Citric Acid", Paper No. 1413, Proceedings of CHEMCON- 2016, Chennai, Dec th Kamesh, R., and Rani, K. Y., Nonlinear control strategies based on Adaptive ANN models: Multi-product semi-batch polymerization reactor case study, Chem Eng Res Design, 121, (2017) Kamesh, R., and Rani, K. Y., Adaptive Generic Model Control of Multivariable Processes: Application to Semi-Batch Reactors with different relative degrees, Chemical Engineering Communications, 204, (2017) Hemalatha K, and Rani, K. Y., Multiobjective Optimization of Unseeded and Seeded Batch Cooling Crystallization Processes Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (ACS Journal) (2017) (in press) Reddy P S, Rani, K. Y., Patwardhan S C, Multi-objective optimization of a reactive batch distillation process using reduced order model, Comput Chem Engg, 106, (2 Nov 2017).