Rao, P. V. C.
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL), Bangalore, India
Peddy V. C. Rao is Chief General Manager at HPCL’s R&D center in Bangalore. He holds a PhD in chemical sciences from the IIT at Bombay, and has more than 26 yr of research experience in petrochemicals, petroleum/refining processes, catalysis, biofuels and resid upgrading. Dr. Rao holds more than 26 patents, both inside and outside of India, and has published approximately 80 research papers in international journals. He is also responsible for the developmentand commercialization of several products and processes.
Kumar Dhar, P.,
Meesala, L.,
Valavarasu, G.,
Rao, P. V. C.,
Sriganesh, G., Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL);
Kumar, P., Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Center, Hindustan Petroleum
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.
Rao, G. S.,
Kumar Dhar, P.,
Valavarasu, G.,
Rao, P. V. C.,
Choudary, N. V.,
Pawar, G.,
Dhamelia, R.,
Sriganesh, K., Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL)
Through research and development (R&D), the commercial application of a mixed-solvent (MS) approach using a mixture of different co-solvents resulted in higher lube raffinate yields without affecting the lube oil quality.
Kumar, P., Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Center, Hindustan Petroleum;
Rao, P. V. C.,
Choudary, N. V.,
Sriganesh, G.,
Singh, P.,
Kumar, K. M., Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL)
Visbreaking technology is a well-known, simple thermal cracking process for residual oils.
Shidhaye, H.,
Kukade, S.,
Rao, P. V. C.,
Choudary, N. V., Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL);
Kumar, P., Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Center, Hindustan Petroleum
With the greater processing of heavy crude oils in refineries, the importance of fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) has increased.