Vinay Kumar

5+ decades of experience in Projects & Engineering including Techno-Economic Feasibility studies, FEED reports, process design, basic & detail engineering, evaluation of competitive technologies, scale-up of plant from Lab / Pilot Plant, commissioning & troubleshooting, optimisation of equipment & time cycle of operations, computer plant simulation, sizing & detailed design of chemical plant equipment such as rectors, HX, PRVs, Flares, pressure vessels etc., PLC based instrumentation & control [including safety for hazardous area], design of piping, utilities etc. Familiar with various applicable international codes, Energy management, TQM & ISO assurance, Contract management and Value engineering. B.Tech. elective was ‘Petroleum Refining’, summer training at Bharat Petroleum Corporation [Shell Refineries]. M. Tech. elective subjects were ‘Air and Water Pollution Control technology’, ‘Polymers’ and ‘Numerical Analysis-a mathematical tool for computer simulation’. M. Tech thesis based on computer simulation of an important refinery process ‘Naphtha Pt-Reforming’ to produce cyclic /aromatics [Reformer Furnace of BPCL., Mumbai].Major Projects Handled: Upstream O&G, Refinery, Petrochemical, Clean room & cGMP Pharma plants; VAM, ENA [Potable Liquor] Distillery; Bulk drug/API production; Water [Infrastructure ] ETP/ETP/STP; Oil-well Drilling-Chemicals plant; Liquid Oxygen plant; Refrigerant Gases (CFC), Leather Tannery complex; Food/ Pulp/Meat Processing; Ppt. Silica plant; Cigarette & tobacco processing, Sea Water Magnesia; Hydrogen peroxide, Titanium dioxide, Cement Plant, Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) power plant, WFI & IV-fluid plant, Mounded storage & LPG bottling plant, - NG based Sodium Cyanide plant - Instant Tea, O&G etc.Specialities: Concept to commissioning / Engineering of Chemical, Petrochemical [especially Hazardous chemicals], Bio-technology, API / Bulk drug, WFI / Pharmaceuticals, Food Processing and Power [Nuclear / Conventional / Bio-mass] plants./ Oil & Gas