Case study: Forced-circulation evaporator piping design

Venkat Rao Nelluri, based in Gurgaon, India, serves as a piping engineering professional at KBR. With a robust 15-yr background, he specializes in designing and engineering piping systems and pipe supports across a spectrum of industries, including the refining, fertilizer, metals and mining, power and petrochemical sectors. Before joining KBR, his previous affiliations include roles at M.N. Dastur and Fluor Corp.

Sukhjinder Singh Dargan is an engineering professional with 18 yr of experience in piping stress analysis for process plants, refineries and fertilizers, among others. He works at KBR in Gurgaon, India. Previously, Dargan worked for L&T Chiyoda and Fluor Daniel.

Mrinmoy Ghosh Choudhury is an engineering professional with extensive experience in process plant engineering, with special emphasis on concept layout, stress and support of materials. He has been involved in numerous problem-solving activities related to plant startups—vibration, rotary equipment alignment, piping/equipment system failures, etc. Choudhury has contributed numerous papers to respected engineering journals like Hydrocarbon Processing. In his professional life, he has been involved with Reliance Engineering, Toyo Engineering India, Chemtex Engineering India, Engineers India Ltd. DCPL and KBR Technology India.