Design and troubleshoot the orifice chamber in an FCCU

G. Saidulu is Chief Research Manager at the Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL) R&D Centre in Faridabad, India. He is engaged in refinery technical services in the areas of FCCU with regard to process optimization, troubleshooting and revamp, as well as the development and commercialization of Indmax technology. Prior to joining IOCL, he was a production engineer for 3 yr for India’s Department of Atomic Energy. Mr. Saidulu has seven patents to his credit and has published numerous research papers in international conferences and journals. He earned his MTech degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras in Chennai.

Manoj Kumar Yadav is a Research Manager at the IOCL R&D Centre. He has more than 10 yr of experience in catalyst selection, process design, optimization, troubleshooting and revamps of FCC/RFCC/INDMAX units. He has been engaged in the commercialization of the INDMAX unit at the Paradip refinery, and worked as a process engineer with Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. for 2 yr. He has published several papers at various international conferences, and holds an MTech degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee.

V. K. Satheesh is Deputy General Manager at the IOCL R&D Centre. He has more than 17 yr of experience in the development, design, troubleshooting and modeling of refining processes. Mr. Satheesh leads a group engaged in technology licensing, technical services and process development in the area of catalytic cracking. He holds five patents and has published research papers in industry publications and at various national and international conferences. He earned his MTech degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur.

A. S. Sahney is General Manager at the IOCL Paradip refinery. He has more than 23 yr of functional experience in operations and technical services at various IOCL refineries. He has also commissioned and operated several refinery process units, including INDMAX, RFCC, hydrocracker, various hydrotreaters, hydrogen generation, isomerization and delayed coker units. Mr. Sahney earned a BTech degree in chemical engineering from Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTI) in Kanpur.

Debasis Bhattacharyya is Chief General Manager at the IOCL R&D Centre. With more than 25 yr of experience, Mr. Bhattacharyya is the head of the refining technology group and responsible for the development and commercialization of new technologies and value-added technical services. He has more than 30 patents and several technical papers in journals and conferences to his credit. He holds a BTech degree in chemical engineering from Calcutta University, and an MTech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kanpur.