CCR heater convection section bottom tubesheet design improvements

Mahesh Kulkarni is Manager-Mechanical in Technical Expertise and Discipline Engineering at BASF. He earned a mechanical engineering degree from Pune University in 1999 and an ME degree in mechanical-heat power engineering in 2002 from Government College of Engineering, Karad, Shivaji University. He has more than 21 yr of experience and is a specialist in FEA in the processing industries. Mr. Kulkarni has experience in various types of static equipment in chemical and petrochemical projects. He has also worked as a FEA expert, project engineer and root cause analysis and troubleshooting expert in refining projects.

M. Subrahmanyam is Manager, Furnace Engineering at Technip Energies India. He earned a mechanical engineering degree from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati and an MS degree in applied mechanics from IIT, Madras. He has more than 26 yr of EPC experience and is a specialist in process fired heaters, including reformers and crackers, which are widely used in petroleum refineries and petrochemical and fertilizer plants Mr. Subrahmanyam has experience in the design and engineering of heaters and has also been involved in various failure analysis studies and troubleshooting services for furnaces and furnace components.