Worked in a team responsible for developing a process to convert black liquor (by-product of pulp and paper mil) into bio-fuelsResponsible for demonstrating the process in a pilot scale: Day-to-day pilot plant operations, process optimization, process improvement, process design, HAZOP for new changes, product characterization, preparation of standard operating procedure, documentation on plant daily performanceTrained operators for pilot plant operationsProject managementWorked in close collaboration with R&D departmentCollaborating with external partners

Contributed in developing a cost-effective and sustainable production process for a new UV gelling inkFound sources of issues with product quality, and proposed solutions to mitigate them

Direct liquefaction of lignocellulose: Exploration, design and evaluation of conceptual processes.• Proposed and experimentally demonstrated a two-step liquefaction process with intermediate upgrading.• Developed a new bio-oil fractionation technique and provided a proof of concept and a techno-economic assessment of the whole liquefaction process with bio-oil fractionation. Process simulation was done in Aspen HYSYS.• Developed two other process concepts of biomass liquefaction and provided a proof of concept and a techno-economic assessment. Process simulation was done in Aspen HYSYS.

Process study of biomass liquefaction.• Developed a process concept for liquefaction of biomass, successfully modeled and simulated it in Aspen PLUS and determined energy demands.• Pinpointed critical points and the scope of major improvements that helped in directing further research.

• Audited a part of Flare network of Jamnagar Export Oriented petroleum refinery.• Performed feasibility study to improve performance of Crude distillation unit heater by evaluating different type of fins in convection section of the heater.• Checked adequacy of Post Treatment Unit fired heater under changed conditions.• Determined Max stretch capacity of Alkylation unit heat integration loop.• Process simulations required in all the above works were done in Aspen PLUS.

Designed pump, heat exchanger and studied distillation column under modified process conditions.• Successfully designed a pump and a heat exchanger to suit increased plant throughput.• Investigated effect of the changed plant conditions on the main distillation column.

• Assessed performance of three boilers of the refinery and suggested areas of improvements.