Research Assistant (Process Engineering)
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Total years of experience :5 years, 1 Months
Project:
Design, Optimization and Retrofit of Divided Wall Distillation Column by using Aspen HYSYS
1) Developed Steady State Simulation Model of Three & Four products Divided wall Distillation Column (new multicomponent distillation technique) using Aspen HYSYS and UniSim.
2) Developed Design structure of Three product Divided wall Distillation Column based on Rigorous Simulation studies.
3) Optimization of the Divided wall Distillation Column to obtain optimal design parameters based on minimum Reboiler Duty.
4) Performed Economic evaluation of the Divided wall Distillation Column based on minimum Energy consumption and compared it with conventional distillation column schemes.
5) Involved in designing the distillation column experiment, contacted vendors for purchasing equipment’s, mounting the columns in lab, run and test the lab scale distillation column.
This project is funded by King Abdul-Aziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) Saudi Arabia and it is completed in December 2015.
1) Technical monitoring of Plant to operate it safely and efficiently during shift by leading a team of field operators and Control Room (DCS) operators.
2) To optimize the plant operations and process parameters to increase plant production, to minimize waste and to improve product quality in Shift Operations.
3) To ensure the production planned rates and to provide alternatives to maximize plant productions.
4) Carried out energy conservation and thermal efficiency audits.
5) To make periodic rounds of plant observing operating conditions and unusual abnormalities.
6) Conducted PSSR (Pre Startup Safety Review), MSA (Management Safety Audit), Fire & Emergency drills, Permit to work (PTW) and Lock out/Tag out (LOTO) Audit as per routine.
7) Review of plant performance through material and energy balance, cost calculations and simulation studies.
8) Provided continuous support to Technical team in Future Projects and Developments.
9) Prepared Process Reports which includes unit consumption reports of raw materials and products, utilities, inventory and store management.
10) To prepare daily production report, shift report, log sheets, log book & lab results.
11) Preparation of Monthly Departmental production report.
12) Handled plant emergencies & operational problems by effective coordination, team work and prudent decisions.
13) Proposed modification and upgrading of equipment to improve production processes.
14) Worked under tight time frame /pressure during start up, shutdown and emergency; with ability to make critical decision.
15) To plan & execute the Annual Turnaround activities with services departments.
16) Performed economic evaluation studies and activities related to process safety and environment.
17) Prepared process descriptions, maintained data sheets, log sheets and keep SOPs up to date.
18) Studied process hazard analysis (HAZOP) of plant.
19) Delivered technical training sessions to plant operators & trainee engineers.
Project in KFUPM: Design, Optimization and Retrofit of Divided Wall Distillation Column by using Aspen HYSYS: This project is funded by King Abdul-Aziz City for Science & Technology (KACST) Saudi Arabia and it is completed in December 2015. In this project, I worked on development of rigorous steady state simulation of Divided Wall Distillation Column and then optimization of the operation of Divided Wall Column on the basis of minimum energy consumption by using Aspen HYSYS. In the last part, I worked on retrofitting of the conventional multicomponent distillation column to new Divided Wall Column without any major modification in the existing distillation column.
Production of Hydrogen Gas by Steam Reforming of Natural Gas