K Asokan

Dr. K. Asokan is Deputy Director and Head, Chlor-Alkali Division, Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi. He has been teaching mass transfer, heat transfer, and chemical process calculations since 1988. He is involved in the development and commercial exploitation of titanium substrate insoluble anodes - a substitute for the conventional graphite anodes - which revolutionized the Indian chlor-alkali industry during the 1980s. Dr. Asokan has published several research...See more

Dr. K. Asokan is Deputy Director and Head, Chlor-Alkali Division, Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi. He has been teaching mass transfer, heat transfer, and chemical process calculations since 1988. He is involved in the development and commercial exploitation of titanium substrate insoluble anodes - a substitute for the conventional graphite anodes - which revolutionized the Indian chlor-alkali industry during the 1980s. Dr. Asokan has published several research papers in national and international journals of repute in the area of electrolytic production of organic and inorganic chemicals based on membrane cell technology. He has four Indian patents and one US patent to his credit. He has earlier authored a book, Chemical Process Calculations (Universities Press, 2007). See less