Ramachandrarao, B.
Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Center, Hindustan Petroleum, Bengaluru, India
B. Ramachandrarao is a General Manager at Hindustan Petroleum’s Green R&D Center in Bengaluru, India. He has 30 yr of experience in various areas of petroleum refining, such as operations, commissioning, process engineering and technology development. He is responsible for the development and commercialization of various products and processes. Mr. Ramachandrarao holds an MTech degree in chemical engineering and an MBA degree. He is pursuing a PhD from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies at Dehradun. He has more than 15 patents to his credit.
Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) is one of the most important conversion processes used in petroleum refineries and has been in use for more than 75 yr.