Meesala, L.
Lavanya Meesala is an Assistant Manager at HPCL’s R&D center in Bangalore. She graduated in chemical engineering from the IIT at Roorkee. She has more than 10 yr of experience in renewable fuels hydroprocessing, biomass pyrolysis and gas treating. She has worked in world-class R&D centers and refineries around the world, and holds a patent in the area of green fuels.
Production of renewable fuels in existing refinery assets: A cost-effective coprocessing strategy
Vegetable oils are a renewable biomass resource used in the production of biofuels. Biodiesel production from transesterification of vegetable oils (fatty acid methyl ester, or FAME) is the primary route for producing biofuels from vegetable oils.
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Construction Boxscore: Project Spotlight
Project:
Long Son Petrochemicals Complex
Location:
Long Son, Vietnam
Operator:
Siam Cement Group
Cost:
$5.4 B
Capacity:
1.65 MMtpy
Completion date:
2023
Status:
Under Construction
