Pradeep Ranjan Email & Phone Number

Jamnagar, Gujarat, India

Kochi, Kerala

Key Result Areas: • Skilled professional armed with ability handling the operation of the process units namely:o Naphtha Hydro-treating & Catalytic Reforming Unit (Continuous Regeneration Mode) (Production capacity of 0.85 MMT/year) licensed by M/s UOPo Mild Hydrocracker Unit (Production capacity of 1.7 MMT/year) licensed by M/s UOP o Sulphur Recovery Unit (Production Capacity of 80 MT/day) licensed by M/s Jacobs Canada Inc. with a team of officers and operators in Kochi refinery• Responsible for the Asset Maintenance & Integrity, Integrated Management System (Quality, Environment, Health & Safety and Energy) & Process Safety Management of both the plants• Leading the Reliability Monitoring Committee for monitoring the asset performance and maximizing the operational availability of the assets.• Carrying out HAZOP study for safe implementation of the schemes in the units• Conducting process simulations using Aspen Hysys & Plus for optimizing the performance of the process to minimize the energy consumption• Involved in implementing Digital Twin technology for Mild Hydrocracker process unit in Kochi refinery using Aspen Hysys to avoid product quality giveaway and thereby reducing operating cost of the company

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Growth Path: Oct 2014 - Mar 2019 Assistant Manager (Process Engineering Department) Jun 2008 - Sep 2014 Engineer (Manufacturing Department) Key Result Areas:• Responsible for the Energy Management of the whole refinery (both Process units and Power & Utilities) and suggesting energy-saving ideas to the Management & implementation of it.• Responsible for estimating the refinery specific energy consumption (MBN & EII) and communicating it to the Management• Responsible for coordinating with M/s EIL for conducting the Energy Efficiency Improvement Study carried out in 2017 as part of PAT cycle II in identifying the potential energy saving schemes for process units in the refinery for achieving the PAT target set by the Ministry.• Worked in close collaboration with the team (Finance, Maintenance, HR, Production Planning & Tech Service) for Fuels & Lubes Refinery Benchmarking Study conducted by M/s Solomon Associates in 2017 & 2019 and submitted the same to Management regarding the results of the study conducted.• Coordinated with M/s PCRA in Jan 2017 as part of PAT cycle II for conducting the Mandatory Energy Audit for Power & Utilities division in CPCL, Manali refinery.• Responsible for conducting furnace efficiency monitoring survey for all the furnaces & boilers, steam leak survey, and steam trap survey in the Manali refinery.• Managed the process engineering activities of Once Through Hydrocracker Unit (Production capacity of 2 MMTPA) licensed by M/s Chevron Lummus Global at Manali refinery in Chennai.• Optimized the operation of the plant through process improvement schemes developed in-house and implementing it.• Managed the operations of process units namely:o Naphtha Hydrotreating & Catalytic Reforming Unit (Continuous Regeneration mode) (Production capacity of 0.3 MMT/year) licensed by M/s Axens o Hydrogen Generation Unit (Production capacity of 56000 MT/year) licensed by M/s Technip through Distributed Control System designed by M/s Yokogawa

Master Of Science - Ms, Fluids Engineering For Industrial Processes, 70%

Subjects: Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Application of CFD Software, Turbulence, Two Phase Flow, Phase Change, Flow through Porous Media.

Bachelor Of Technology - B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, Cgpa 8.6 - First Class With Distinction

Subjects: Chemical Reaction Engineering, Thermodynamics, Heat & Mass transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Process Modeling & Simulation, Process.