Dr Ravindra Kumar Email & Phone Number

Member of Steering Committee for setting up a world class new Technology Development and Deployement Centre (R&D Centre) of Indian Oil for Research in area of Alternative Energy, Nanotechnogy, Batteries and Refinery Procesess. Digitalization of analytical laboratories and set up new analytical facilities in oil and gas sector. Reviewer/Editor of prestigious journals. Published more than 70 Research Papers in International journals / conferences and 5 Patents. Wrote book chapter for ASTM International on Petroleum and Natural Gas transportation and CRC Press on Polymer characterization. 16 years experience in field of Research & Development in refining & petrochemical, fuels & Lubricants, polymer, catalysts, biomass characterization and products development. Developed more than 60 methods based on liquid, solid state NMR Spectroscopy, TGA/DSC, HRMS, IR , UV for fuels, lubricants, polymers and catalysts. Simulation and Modelling one- and two-dimensional solid-state NMR spectra. I am involve in Planning, furniture, equipment installation, Commissioning and Operation of a complete analytical laboratory. I am also familiar with following Products/Intermediates/Raw Materials Base oils Group I-V, pour point dispersants (PPD), viscosity improvers, antioxidatnts and other lube additives and their structure property correlations, polyolefins (PP, LLDPE, HDPE), Fuels (gasoline, diesel, ATF), bitumen, asphaltenes, needle coke, heavier ends, Zeolites (ZSM-5, SAPO) and biofuels.Oil shale, Algae, lignocellulosic biomass and industrial lubricants.

Listed skills include Nmr, Characterization, R&D, Spectroscopy, and 27 others.