Balodia, M.
Mahendra Balodia is a Project Development Manager at Honeywell UOP, specializing in hydrocracking, aromatics and bottom-of-the-barrel upgrading technologies. He has more than 20 yr of experience in the industry and has held various positions in engineering, technology licensing and catalyst businesses. He earned an MS degree in computer-aided process plant design from IIT Roorkee, India.
Advanced hydrocracking unit flow scheme optimization and integration approach to maximize refinery margins for a residue upgrading project
Environment & Safety
/ Process Optimization
/ Refining
/ Catalysts
/ Crude oil
/ Desulfurization
/ Diesel
/ Engineering & Design
/ Environment
/ Gasoline
/ Hydrotreating
/ Products
/ Reactors
/ Sulfur
/ Treating
/ Middle East
The integration of a solvent deasphalting and hydrocracking upgrading complex provides a favorable techno-economic return for residue upgradation at relatively lower capital expenditures vs. other alternatives for a brownfield project.
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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