Ir. S. Harsha | People Pages: Find employees & contact details

I moved to the Netherlands in 2016 to do my master's in energy and process technology at TU Delft. During my thesis, I worked on amine-based carbon capture (CO2 capture) systems with TNO. My focus here was to understand the growth mechanism of aerosols, which are a major source of solvent (amine) emission.

In 2019, I joined Twence BV in the Netherlands. As a process research engineer, I worked on the development, scale-up, and process optimization of a medium-scale (high-pressure) electrochemical CO2 reduction system. I was responsible for successfully building a high-pressure demonstration unit for the conversion of CO2 to Formic Acid/Formate with more than 100 hours of continuous operation.

In February 2021, I started my PhD at the Photocatalytic Synthesis group (PCS) at the University of Twente. Under the supervision of Dr. M Altomate, I am currently researching the development of nanostructured electrodes for electrochemical purposes through the application of solid-state dewetting. I focus on the effect of catalyst structure, morphology, and composition on the electrocatalytic performance of dewetted Pt nanoparticles for electrochemical HER and ORR.

Expertise

Chemistry
- Carbon
- Aerosol
- Combustion
- Concentration
Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Carbon Capture
- Growth
- In Situ
- Particle

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I moved to the Netherlands in 2016 to do my master's in Energy and Process Technology at TU Delft. During my thesis, I worked on amine-based Carbon Capture (CO2 capture) systems with TNO. My focus here was to understand the growth mechanism of aerosols which is a major source of solvent (amine) emission.

In 2019, I joined Twence BV in the Netherlands. As a process engineer (research), I worked alongside Coval Energy in the development, scale-up and process optimization of a medium scale (high-pressure) electrochemical CO2 reduction system. A successful high-pressure demonstrative unit was created for converting CO2 to Formic Acid/Formate with 100+ hours of continuous operation.

In February 2021, I started my PhD at the Photocatalytic Synthesis group at the University of Twente where I am currently researching the development of nanostructured electrodes for electrochemical purposes.