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Houston, Tx, Us

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

Allentown, Pennsylvania, Us

Pullach Im Isartal, De

• Provide process engineering and technical expertise in the areas of hydrogen production, syngas generation, syngas cleanup technology, CO separation, and downstream derivative production such as ammonia, methanol, etc. - Hydrogen Plants - HYCO Plants - Ammonia Plants - CO2 Removal Plants - Methanol Plants - NGL & LNG Plants• Perform process simulations and develop Process Flow Diagrams (PFD’s) and Heat and Material Balances.• Develop sizing information for Process Equipment (compressors, pumps, heat exchangers, Distillation columns, separators, reactors, etc.) and provide information in the form of equipment data sheets.• Support budgetary and firm priced proposals with engineering works including but not limited to budgets, conceptual and basic designs, heat and material balances, equipment specifications, utilities, and schedules.• Develop innovative ideas and alternatives to be cost competitive with Proposals.• Calculate plant recoveries and utility requirements. Determine guarantee levels.• Provide technical expertise to the project execution team.• Assist in Plant start-up and performance testing.Improve simulation tool capability and accuracies to reduce design margins• Lead the assigned design team (personnel development, training and tools)• Lead the effort of technology transfer in Process Engineering relevant areas• Train Process Engineers in new practices and methods• Assist in developing plant control philosophy• Perform an Exergy analysis of the process design

Saint-Ouen, Fr

Key responsibilities:  Manage and perform R&D activities and other actions to meet roadmap expectations, Product Development Quality (PDQ)-assessment needs and Alstom’s general competitiveness in assigned technology Responsible for the successful completion of R&D projects, including project budget and timeline commitments Design, development, commissioning, optimization of Alstom’s Chilled Ammonia CO2 capture (CAP) pilot, validation and demonstration projects. Perform technical and economic evaluations of equipment/process alternatives Develop test programs for measurement campaigns, Ensure data quality, Mass and Energey Balance, Data analysis, Process validation Process Model development, Improvement and Model validation using experimental data.Validated model used for process optimization, process improvement and FEED Studies.  Interface with other Global disciplines to support the design and construction of pilots and full commercial scale plants Reviewing technical work performed by global team members Leadership in addressing process design issues  Complete Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) Identify possible patentable ideas in the R&D or other projects Lead Mapping Studies (Solvent Concentration, CO2 Regenerator and NH3 Stripper Operating pressure) H&MB, PFD Reviews Develop control concepts for CO2 Regenerator and NH3 stripper Mentoring and coaching newly joined engineers from Technology and R&D Execution

Manchester, Gb

A new approach to reactor model building for two-phase absorption processes is developed by considering simultaneously mass and heat transfer phenomena, and chemical reaction mechanism and kinetics. In particular, the interaction of mass and heat transfer with chemical reaction over the reactor design is considered to improve the accuracy of the simulation results. A novel methodology is applied to identify suitable reaction mechanisms and kinetics based on limited experimental data. This methodology allows the engineer to develop feasible reaction mechanisms in a systematic approach. Importantly, the required scope for any further lab experiments is identified, especially when the modeling needs further clarification for the reaction kinetics or mechanisms. In this way, a more robust reactor design can be achieved by making full use of experimental information, saving unnecessary laboratory and pilot plant experiments. This involves simultaneous chemical reaction and mass transfer between two phases. In particular, all feasible chemical reaction mechanisms and kinetics are considered for the modeling to improve the accuracy of the simulation results. Detailed mathematical modeling is developed to identify physical properties of the key components. For a reactor design, a packed bed reactor has been developed with two different types of modeling approaches. The results of two separate models are compared with the laboratory experimental data. This research work suggests a new approach for the design of a multi-phase reactor and its optimization, focusing on close interaction among the laboratory experiments, rigorous modeling of reaction system, and design of reactors. A new methodology of “discrimination of rival kinetics” was developed to obtain a set of accurate kinetics for the identified reaction mechanisms, and this approach allowed us to develop more robust reactor design by making full use of the experimental data, avoiding unnecessary laboratory expts.

Stuttgart, De

Key responsibilities: Evaluate and modify complex rate based model based on ASPEN Custom Modeler (ACM) platform, which includes interaction of several sub models for the synthesis of esters by reactive distillation.  Validation of Rate based simulation by comparing simulation results with experimental measurements  Knowledge transfer by presenting the work to ITT membersKey Accomplishments: Rigours rate based model developed and validated using wide range of experimental measurements for esterification reaction of hexanol and acetic acid to hexyl acetate and water by pilot scale reactive distillation unit (Experimental work was completed in BASF and ITT-Germany) in short period of time. The results achieved fully meet director's expectations and are excellent basis for continuing research on this topic.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Key responsibilities: Investigate the feasibility of reactive –separation processes for the production of certain important chemicals Design and commissioning of a laboratory-cum-pilot scale continuous reactive distillation columnKey Accomplishments:• Successfully designed and commissioned a laboratory –cum- pilot scale reactive distillation unit and batch reactive units for different reactive distillation processes. (e.g. Synthesis of Butyl acetate by Batch Reactive Distillation and Continuous Reactive Distillation, Recovery of Lactic acid from fermentation broth etc.)• Almost 99% pure butyl acetate was obtained using continuous reactive distillation. It was first-of-kind facility in India at that time. Many other researchers have used the results obtained by this facility later in their respective works. • Subsequently, this facility became a part of undergraduate laboratory• Recovery of lactic acid using continuous reactive distillation column resulted in considerable energy saving

Key responsibilities: Supervise production process for the phosphoric acid (technical grade) from phosphorous to ensure implementations of company standards. Prepares monthly production plans and obtain approval of vice president. Co-ordinates with sales Managers to (a) Plan production capacities according to monthly sales projections (b) Monitor production vs. sales to review production schedule accordingly.  Final treatments for phosphoric acid to match the specifications of Pepsi, Coke, Wockhardt and other pharmaceutical firms: Glaxo, IPCA Laboratories Ltd. Manpower management for four large-scale manufacturing plants.Key Accomplishments:• Increased production of pharmaceutical, Pepsi, Coke and Wockhardt grade phosphoric acid from 50 t to 150t/day• Conducted R&D activities to improve quality of food grade Phosphoric acid• Supervisory and management experience

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