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Educational Qualification
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- PhD (Chemical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology
Delhi, New Delhi, India (Ongoing from January, 2014)
- Master of Technology (Chemical Engineering), Institute of
Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai, India (July 2004 – June 2006)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) , Bharati
Vidyapeeth College of Engineering (BVCOEP), Pune, Maharashtra, India
(July 1998 – June 2002)
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Work Experience |
- Research & Development: Corporate Research
& Development Centre, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (August
2006 – Till date)
- Process Engineer: Hindustan Antibiotics
Limited, Pune, Maharashtra (April 2003 – March 2004)
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Research Interests
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- Hydrodynamics of Three Phase Fixed Bed Reactor
- Modeling, Simulation and Optimization for Refining Processes
- Hydroprocessing: Catalyst Evaluation, Process Development
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Publications |
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IInternational Journals |
- Rajeev Kumar, Prashant Parihar and Ravi K
Voolapalli, “New Crude Oil basket for Hydrogen Savings”, Petroleum
technology Quarterly, Q1, 2012.
- Prashant Parihar, Rajeev Kumar, Ravi Kumar
Voolapalli, Sandip Agarwal “Optimize Hydrogen Management for
Distillate Production”, Hydrocarbon processing, February 2012,61-65.
- Prashant Parihar, Ravi Kumar Voolapalli,
Rajeev Kumar, Srinivasulu Kaalva, Biswanath Saha, P. S. Viswanathan,
“Optimized Hydrocracking for Maximum Distillates Yields”, Petroleum
Technology Quarterly, Q2, 2012.
- Rajeev Kumar, Prashant Parihar and Ravi K
Voolapalli, “Improve Feedstock Selection for Your Refinery”,
Hydrocarbon Processing, June 2012, 65-71.
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International conferences |
- Prashant Parihar, Asad Hasan Sahir, Ravi Kumar Voolapalli, R.J.
Donadkar, V.R. Gupta, ” Identification of Opportunities to Improve
Crude Preheat Train Performance at Indian Refinery”, AspenTech India
User Conference, May 2008.
- Prashant Parihar, Srinivasulu Kaalva, Ravi Kumar Voolapalli,
Sanjiv Gangurde, “A Kinetic Model to Simulate the Performance of Two
Stage Commercial Hydrocracker Unit”, 15th Refinery Technology Meet
organized by Centre for High Technology (CHT) 2009 Mahabalipuram,
India.
- Prashant Parihar, Prince George, Ravi Kumar Voolapalli
“Simulation and Optimization of Industrial Hydrogen Generation
Unit”, 16th Refinery Technology Meet organized by Centre for High
Technology, India, Nov 2011.
- Prashant Parihar, Srinivasulu Kaalva, Ravi Kumar Voolapalli,
“Catalyst Average Temperature Management for Maximizing Middle
Distillate Yield in Two Stage Hydrocracker”, 8th International
Symposium on Fuels and Lubricants (ISFL), India, Mar 2012.
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Doctoral Dissertation Topic: Comparison Of Radial Flow And Down Flow
Reactor For Hydroprocessing: Experiments And CFD Simulations
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Three phase radial flow reactor configuration having complex
multiphase interactions of gas, liquid and solid catalyst have not been
explored so far. Understanding of key hydrodynamic parameters like
operating range, pressure drop and liquid holdup is critical for design
and performance evaluation of this novel configuration. In order to assess
effectiveness of unexplored radial flow configuration vis-à-vis
conventional trickle flow, understanding of hydrodynamics is a critical
task. Present research is focused on characterization of the
hydrodynamics of radial-flow reactor vis-à-vis trickle bed reactor.
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Awards:
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- BPCL IDEAS’ award, 2010: For idea titled “ Recovery of Carbon
Dioxide & Hydrogen from Mumbai Refinery Hydrogen Unit” ·
- ISFL best paper award, 2012: For paper titled “Catalyst average
temperature management for maximizing middle distillate yield in two
stage hydrocracker”. ·
- Innovator of the year award (Petroleum Federation of
India), 2014: For “Development of a new method and a system for
prediction of refining characteristics of crude oil”.
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Work Experience |
- Rajeev Kumar, Mohammad Muzaffar Ahsan, Prashant Udaysinh
Parihar, Ravi Kumar Voolapalli, “Prediction of refining
characteristics of oil”, U.S. Patent Application No 14/005,425.
- Prashant Parihar, Ravi Kumar Voolpalli, Srinivsulu Kaalva,
“Methods and apparatus for three phase contacting and reactions in a
cross flow reactor”, U.S. Patent Application No 14/421,277.
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