Institutional Projects
MP.106 : Refinement in heating and cottonseed conveying system of cottonseed dryer
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. Varsha satankar, Senior Scientist
Objectives:• Design modification in hot air generator to improve the heating efficiency.
• Design refinement of seed conveying system for trouble free operation.
• Performance evaluation of the modified cottonseed dryer at Industrial Level.
Project period: 2025-2026MP.108 : Evaluation of effectiveness of air jet cleaner for trash control in ginning industry to qualify Kasturi cotton trash standards
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. V. G. Arude, Principal Scientist
Objectives:
• To establish lint cleaning system comprising of air jet type and cylinder type lint cleaners.
• To evaluate effectiveness of air jet type lint cleaner and optimize established lint cleaning system to qualify Kasturi cotton trash standards.
Project period: 2025-2027MP.109 : Development and standardization of Contamination Measurement Techniques in Cotton
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. Shekh Mansuri, Scientist
Objectives :
• To develop an imaging system to detect and quantify visible contaminants in cotton.
• To design and standardize an image processing algorithm for identifying common contaminants.
• To validate the developed system accuracy against manual grading.Project period: 2025-2027
MP.110 : Development and Evaluation of seed cotton storage bag with antimicrobial finish
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. A. K. Bharimalla, Principal Scientist
Objectives :
• Antimicrobial finishing of greige cotton fabric using nano zinc oxide
• Preparation of ergonomically designed cotton bags to hold adequate amount of seed cotton
• Evaluation and field validation of the developed bags.Project period: 2025-2027
MP.111 : Development of Quality Norms for Rotor spinning of indigenous cotton and its value addition
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. N. Shanmugam, Principal Scientist
Objectives :
• To develop quality norms for rotor spinning of indigenous cottons
• To optimize blend ratio of virgin cotton and process waste for trouble free rotor spinning
• To develop value added woven and knitted fabrics from rotor spun yarns.Project period:
Date of Start: 2025
Likely date of Completion: 2027
QE.116 : Development Process protocol for ICAR-CIRCOT calibration cotton for standard reference material certification
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. Kirti Jalgaonkar, Sr. Scientist
Objectives :
• To develop suitable process protocol for ICAR-CIRCOT Calibration Cotton for getting Standard Reference Material Certification.
• To produce ICAR-CIRCOT Calibration Cotton in all categories as par with Internationally available calibration cotton.
• To study the effect of environmental condition during storage and multiple usage of calibration cotton during actual testing, on quality of calibration cotton.Project period:
Date of Start: 2024
Likely date of Completion: 2027QE.117 : Development of Image based trash measuring device using artificial intelligence
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. Himanshushekhar Chaurasia, Scientist
Objectives :
• To study the features of images and develop an algorithm for feature extraction
• To develop machine learning model for trash estimation
• To integrate the model with the device and test its performance.Project period:
Date of Start: 2024
Likely date of Completion: 2027
CH.104 : Effects of process parameters on cottonseed oil extraction.
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. Jyoti Dhakane Lad, Scientist
Objectives :
• To study the effect of moisture content and machine settings on cottonseed oil yield
• To analyse different physicochemical properties of cottonseed cake and oil.Project period:
Date of Start: 2023
Likely date of Completion: 2026CH.105 : Evaluation of Cotton based lignocellulosic biomass for production of furfural.
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. Manoj Kumar Puniya
Objectives :
• Optimization of pretreatment condition and evaluation of pentosans for production of furfural from cottonseed hulls
• Optimizing the production of furfural from cottonseed hulls using one pot or multiple stage experiments by chemical methods
• Standardization of quantification of furfural from cottonseed hulls.Project period:
Date of Start: 2023
Likely date of Completion: 2025CH.106 : Development of Microbial enzyme-mediated delinting process from cottonseeds
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. K. Pandiyan, Scientist
Objectives :
• To select the suitable enzyme combination(s) for high cellulase activity .
• To optimize and evaluate the delinting process for efficiency
• To scale up the delinting process of cottonseeds.Project period:
Date of Start: 2023
Likely date of Completion: 2026
TT. 12– Impact Assessment of CIRCOT technologies.
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. C. Sundaramoorthy, Principal Scientist
Objectives :
• To develop suitable methodological framework for the impact of the technologies of post-harvest processing and value addition of Cotton
• To ascertain the impact of institute technologies in the Cotton sectorProject period:
Date of Start: 2020
Likely date of Completion: 2026TT.14 - Development of project profile, data bank and entrepreneurship in cotton processing.
PI of the Project and Designation: Dr. D. M. Kadam, Principal Scientist
Objectives :
• To Develop Project Profile on post-harvest processing technologies of Cotton and its by-products
• To develop a database of cotton, cotton seed and biomass processing machineries, manufactures and suppliers
• To impart training, offer consultancy and conduct out-reach programs on CIRCOT technologies and promotion of Indian cotton for export market.Project period:
Date of Start: 2023
Likely date of Completion: 2027
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