Reshma Lakra
@loyolaacademy.edu.in
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Technology
Loyola Academy Old-Alwal Secunderabad, Telangana-500010
RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS
Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Filtration and Separation, Surfaces, Coatings and Films
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Scopus Publications
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Scholar Citations
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Scholar h-index
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Scopus Publications
- Development of high-performance CuBTC MOF-based forward osmosis (FO) membranes and their cleaning strategies
Reshma Lakra, Muhammad Roil Bilad, Malini Balakrishnan, and Subhankar Basu
Chemical Engineering Research and Design Elsevier BV - Incorporation of porous materials in forward osmosis membrane for increased water recovery from waste streams
Reshma Lakra and Subhankar Basu
Elsevier BV - Sustainable Metal-Organic Framework Technologies for CO2 Capture
Hira Naveed, Haleefa Shaheen, Ranjana Kumari, Reshma Lakra, Asim Laeeq Khan, and Subhankar Basu
CRC Press - Separation of Congo Red Dye from Water Using AgNPs Based Hybrid UF Membrane
Subhankar Basu, Reshma Lakra, Ranjana Kumari, Wasim A. Shaikh, and Sukalyan Chakraborty
Springer International Publishing - Activated carbon incorporation on forward osmosis membrane surface for enhanced performance
Reshma Lakra, Malini Balakrishnan, and Subhankar Basu
IWA Publishing
Abstract Cellulose triacetate (CTA) is the first-generation forward osmosis (FO) membrane used for desalination. There have been a few chemical modifications of the CTA membrane surface. This has improved membrane hydrophilicity, water flux, and salt rejection compared with unmodified CTA membranes. Chitosan-containing porous materials as composites have resulted in increased pore characteristics. It has motivated the modification of the surface of the commercial CTA forward osmosis (FO) membrane by surface coating with chitosan (CS)–powdered activated carbon (AC) mix. The membrane morphology was characterized by SEM, FTIR-ATR, contact angle measurement and AFM. Operational conditions for FO such as the orientation of the membrane active layer, feed and draw solution flow rates, and type and concentration of draw salt were optimized with the original CTA membrane. The modified membrane exhibited around a two-fold increase in the water flux and reduced reverse salt flux compared with the original CTA membrane. The improved water flux was attributed to the CS-AC coating enhancing water wettability of the membrane surface and the porous AC generating additional water flow channels. Overall, the water flux of the CTA-CS-AC membrane developed in this work was superior to that of CTA and cellulose acetate (CA) membranes reported in the literature. - Development of cellulose acetate-chitosan-metal organic framework forward osmosis membrane for recovery of water and nutrients from wastewater
Reshma Lakra, Malini Balakrishnan, and Subhankar Basu
Elsevier BV - Recovery of protein and carbohydrate from dairy wastewater using ultrafiltration and forward osmosis processes
Reshma Lakra, Sonali Choudhury, and Subhankar Basu
Elsevier BV - Separation of acetic acid and reducing sugars from biomass derived hydrosylate using biopolymer blend polyethersulfone membrane
Reshma Lakra, R. Saranya, Y. Lukka Thuyavan, S. Sugashini, K.M.Meera.S. Begum, and G. Arthanareeswaran
Elsevier BV
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- Development of high-performance CuBTC MOF-based forward osmosis (FO) membranes and their cleaning strategies
R Lakra, MR Bilad, M Balakrishnan, S Basu
Chemical Engineering Research and Design 190, 566-579 2023 - Incorporation of porous materials in forward osmosis membrane for increased water recovery from waste streams
R Lakra, S Basu
Materials Today: Proceedings 90, 1-6 2023 - Sustainable metal-organic framework technologies for CO2 capture
H Naveed, H Shaheen, R Kumari, R Lakra, AL Khan, S Basu
Sustainable carbon capture, 161-183 2022 - Activated carbon incorporation on forward osmosis membrane surface for enhanced performance
R Lakra, M Balakrishnan, S Basu
Water Supply 22 (1), 409-423 2022 - Development of cellulose acetate-chitosan-metal organic framework forward osmosis membrane for recovery of water and nutrients from wastewater
R Lakra, M Balakrishnan, S Basu
Journal of environmental chemical engineering 9 (5), 105882 2021 - Recovery of protein and carbohydrate from whey water using integrated membrane processes
R Lakra, S Basu
zenodo 1 (6), 7 2021 - Separation of congo red dye from water using AgNPs based hybrid UF membrane
S Basu, R Lakra, R Kumari, WA Shaikh, S Chakraborty
International Conference on Chemical, Bio and Environmental Engineering 2021 - Recovery of protein and carbohydrate from dairy wastewater using ultrafiltration and forward osmosis processes
R Lakra, S Choudhury, S Basu
Materials Today: Proceedings 47, 1400-1403 2021 - Separation of acetic acid and reducing sugars from biomass derived hydrosylate using biopolymer blend polyethersulfone membrane
R Lakra, R Saranya, YL Thuyavan, S Sugashini, KMMS Begum, ...
Separation and Purification Technology 118, 853-861 2013
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
- Separation of acetic acid and reducing sugars from biomass derived hydrosylate using biopolymer blend polyethersulfone membrane
R Lakra, R Saranya, YL Thuyavan, S Sugashini, KMMS Begum, ...
Separation and Purification Technology 118, 853-861 2013
Citations: 36 - Development of cellulose acetate-chitosan-metal organic framework forward osmosis membrane for recovery of water and nutrients from wastewater
R Lakra, M Balakrishnan, S Basu
Journal of environmental chemical engineering 9 (5), 105882 2021
Citations: 35 - Recovery of protein and carbohydrate from dairy wastewater using ultrafiltration and forward osmosis processes
R Lakra, S Choudhury, S Basu
Materials Today: Proceedings 47, 1400-1403 2021
Citations: 12 - Development of high-performance CuBTC MOF-based forward osmosis (FO) membranes and their cleaning strategies
R Lakra, MR Bilad, M Balakrishnan, S Basu
Chemical Engineering Research and Design 190, 566-579 2023
Citations: 10 - Activated carbon incorporation on forward osmosis membrane surface for enhanced performance
R Lakra, M Balakrishnan, S Basu
Water Supply 22 (1), 409-423 2022
Citations: 4 - Incorporation of porous materials in forward osmosis membrane for increased water recovery from waste streams
R Lakra, S Basu
Materials Today: Proceedings 90, 1-6 2023
Citations: 2 - Sustainable metal-organic framework technologies for CO2 capture
H Naveed, H Shaheen, R Kumari, R Lakra, AL Khan, S Basu
Sustainable carbon capture, 161-183 2022
Citations: 2 - Recovery of protein and carbohydrate from whey water using integrated membrane processes
R Lakra, S Basu
zenodo 1 (6), 7 2021
Citations: 1 - Separation of congo red dye from water using AgNPs based hybrid UF membrane
S Basu, R Lakra, R Kumari, WA Shaikh, S Chakraborty
International Conference on Chemical, Bio and Environmental Engineering 2021
Citations: 1