Debanjan Chandra
About
My collaborative research with SINTEF and Petronas is to understand the geomechanical processes associated with CO2 injection operations where pore pressure, stresses and temperature change within the storage reservoir and overlying shales. Before joining NTNU, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the SHARP project at TU Delft, exploring the link between reservoir stress change, ultrasonic wave velocities and acoustic emission through lab experiments to develop a monitoring solution able to forecast irreversible deformation in reservoir rocks. During my PhD in India, I combined petrophysical properties with pore attributes to optimize gas flow and storage potential in unconventional reservoirs like coal and shale. Apart from my technical research, I am also a review expert for Annex-I country contributions in UNFCCC and a co-author of the book "Unconventional Hydrocarbon Reservoirs: Coal and Shale".
2025-present: Guest researcher at TU Delft, NL
2022-2024: Postdoctoral researcher in ACT-funded SHARP project, TU Delft, NL.
2017-2022: Ph.D Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India
2014-2017: M.Sc Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, India
2011-2014: B.Sc Presidency University, Kolkata, India
Publications
2025
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Hazra, Bodhisatwa;
Wood, David A;
Panda, Mahima;
Sethi, Chinmay;
Vishal, Vikram;
Chandra, Debanjan.
(2025)
Pore Structural Complexities and Gas Storage Capacity of Indian Coals with Various Thermal Maturities.
Energy & Fuels
Academic article
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Kumar, Shubham;
Chandra, Debanjan;
Hazra, Bodhisatwa;
Vishal, Vikram;
Ranjith, Pathegama Gamage;
Das, Anwesa.
(2025)
Integration of fluid-invasive, scattering, and imaging methods in resolving pore structures in coal and shale.
Fuel
Academic article
Journal publications
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Hazra, Bodhisatwa;
Wood, David A;
Panda, Mahima;
Sethi, Chinmay;
Vishal, Vikram;
Chandra, Debanjan.
(2025)
Pore Structural Complexities and Gas Storage Capacity of Indian Coals with Various Thermal Maturities.
Energy & Fuels
Academic article
-
Kumar, Shubham;
Chandra, Debanjan;
Hazra, Bodhisatwa;
Vishal, Vikram;
Ranjith, Pathegama Gamage;
Das, Anwesa.
(2025)
Integration of fluid-invasive, scattering, and imaging methods in resolving pore structures in coal and shale.
Fuel
Academic article