Process implications with oxy-combustion in an FCC regenerator

Saidulu Gadari is the General Manager in Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.’s Research and Development Centre. His area of work includes the concept-to-commercialization of high-severity FCC process technology and its optimization and troubleshooting. Before joining Indian Oil, he worked in the Department of Atomic Energy as production engineer. He holds an MS degree in chemical engineering from the IIT, Madras. He is a fellow of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.

Jayesh Yelmewar works as an Assistant Manager, Research in Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.’s Research and Development Centre. His area of work includes operation of micro reactor and pilot plants, process optimization and troubleshooting of FCCUs. Prior to joining IOCL, he worked as Manufacturing Execution System Developer at Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. He holds dual degrees (BTech and MTech) in chemical engineering from IIT Bombay. He is a member of the Indian Society of Analytical Scientists.

Sarvesh Kumar is working as Chief General Manager in Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.’s Research and Development Centre. His area of work includes the concept to commercialization of various technologies in the refining segment and has received various awards for commercialization of technologies. He holds an MTech degree in chemical engineering from the IIT, Kanpur. He is a member of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers.

S Mukthiyar works as Senior Research Manager in Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.’s Research and Development Centre. His area of work includes process development, design of pilot plants, and the optimization and troubleshooting of FCCUs. Prior to joining IOCL, he worked as an environmental engineer for a leather tanning industry. He holds an MTech degree in chemical engineering from IIT Kharagpur.

T H V D Prasad works as a Chief Research Manager in Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.’s Research and Development Centre. His area of work includes process optimization, troubleshooting, re-vamp, development and commercialization in the FCC process and thermal cracking process. He holds an MTech degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.