Patil, R.
Reliance Industries Ltd., Jamnagar, Gujarat, India
Rahul Patil is the Lead Research Scientist in the refining R&D division of Reliance Industries Ltd. He has 14 yr of experience in debottlenecking, computational fluid dynamics and process modeling, as well as in the optimization of various petroleum refinery and petrochemical units. Mr. Patil earned a Bch degree in chemical engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology, in Mumbai, India, along with an MTech degree in chemical engineering from IIT–Kanpur.
Rewatkar, M.,
Patidar, P.,
Patil, R.,
Gupta, A.,
Garg, M., Reliance Industries Ltd.
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Uniform flow distribution inside process equipment is desirable for maximizing performance.
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