CRP Projects (Consortium Research Projects)

CRP.11 : Development and Evaluation of Pre-grooved chrome leather roller and automatic grooving for double roller gin

PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. Sheshrao Kautkar, Scientist

Objectives : 
• Development and evaluation of pre-grooved chrome leather roller for DR Gin.
• Development of an automatic deep-cut grooving machine for pre-grooving of chrome leather rollers.

Project period:

Date of Start : 2023
Likely date of Completion : 2026

CRP.12 : Optimization of spinning process parameters for Cotton/Hemp blends and develop value added products

PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. T. Senthilkumar, Sr. Scientist

Objectives:
• Surface modification of hemp fibre to improve spinning properties
• To develop cotton/hemp blended yarns by ring spinning and rotor spinning technology.
• To optimize the chemical processes for bleaching and dyeing of cotton/hemp blended.

Project period:

Date of Start : 2023
Likely date of Completion : 2026

CRP.13 : Development of Biorefinery Process for Conversion of Cotton stalks into bio-ethanol 

PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. K. Pandiyan, Sr. Scientist

Objectives : 
• To develop a suitable pre-treatment method for effective removal of lignin from cotton stalks.
• To optimize the process parameters for enzymatic hydrolysis for pre-treated cotton stalks.
• To produce bio-ethanol from fermentable sugars and its characterization.

Project period:

Date of Start : 2025
Likely date of Completion : 2027

CRP-TNAU-02 : Bioprocessing of natural fibres and agro residues for production of oligo-saccharides and lignin-derived aromatics

PI of the Project and Designation: 

Dr. U. Sivakumar, Professor and Head, Department of Agrl. Microbiology, TNAU, Coimbatore 
Dr. A. S. M. Raja, Principal Scientist, CCPI

Objectives : 
• To characterize the biomass (cotton stalk, GMW, SMW and banana fibre) and optimize the EnZolv process for lignin removal.
• To optimize and produce thermophilic enzymes.
• To accelerate saccharification of hydrolysate from obj. 1 and recover monomers.
• To produce lignin-derived aromatics, xylo-oligosaccharides, and cello-oligosaccharides from biomass.
• To produce starch/starch derived-products from regenerated amorphous cellulose.

Project period:

Date of Start : 2022
Likely date of Completion : 2026