Start
May 21, 2015 - 11:00
End
May 21, 2015 - 12:00
Venue
Room 240 Computer Lab Chemical Engineering
Event Type
Speaker
Mr Mahesh Marve Chief Technology Officer (CTO) & Senior Vice President Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE) Limited.
Title
The Wonderland of Refinery Processes
Abstract: Even with today's depressed crude oil prices the refineries across the world process about 2 Trillion USD worth of crude annually i.e. economic size close to India's GDP ! In an endeavor to maximize useful products from a very complex and widely boiling mixtures of hydrocarbons that are called crude oils hundreds of processes have been developed over last 150+ years of refining history. The main objective of the talk is to provide a quick overview of the prominent refinery processes. As the underlying economics is the most critical and obvious driver for refinery industry the talk starts by setting the context in terms of industry size geopolitics of crude crude quality and variations product applications overlaps (flexibility) and usage etc. It subsequently introduces the crude oil fractions typical processing options and then provides details of one of the representative options for that fraction The details include the processing objective flow schematic feeds products key performance parameters as well as typical challenges faced by the industry The process overview also includes supplemental processes like hydrogen manufacturing as well as processes that ensure environmental compliance like Sulfur Recovery Waste Water Treatment etc. Overall the talk is designed to provide a "bird's eye view" of refining processes for a quick appreciation of chemical engineers.Bio: Mr Mahesh Marve is working as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Senior Vice President in Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE) Limited. TCE offers engineering consultancy in areas of Chemical Refinery & Petrochemicals Power Infrastructure Steel Metal Mining Nuclear Power and Project Management Services. Mahesh has a Chemical engineering degree from UDCT (Mumbai). He has 25 years of extensive experience in Refinery Petrochemicals and Technology management. He has hands-on experience in Operations Technical services Process & Design Engineering Project Support Technology evaluations conceptual studies and facility planning. Prior to TCE he worked for Reliance Industries for 23 years. His last role in Reliance was as Chief of Advanced Technical Services for Reliance refinery at Jamnagar – which is the largest and one of the most complex refinery and petrochemical hubs in the world. He was instrumental in significant debottlenecking of the original refinery and played a key role in “concept to commissioning” of the second refinery at Jamnagar.