Start
Apr 14, 2009 - 16:00
End
Apr 14, 2009 - 17:00
Venue
Creativity Hall Room No 118
Event Type
Speaker
Dr. Prakash Karpe ConocoPhilips USA
Title
Green House Gas Emissions: Challenges to the Process Industry
Abstract : The increase of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) predominantly CO2 levels in the atmosphere has caused worldwide concerns of potential global climate change among international organizations industry leaders governments educational institutes and scientists. The scientific evidence is unequivocal that climate change is occurring and human activity including the increasing energy demand and dependence on fossil fuels is a contributing factor. Business as usual GHG emissions will lead to greater warming and climate impacts. If not arrested in time this will cause irreversible changes in the climate and damage to the ecosystem. In his presentation Dr. Karpe will do a high level review of GHG emissions and their contributing factors efforts being undertaken to reduce the emissions and the challenges faced by the process industry to make positive contributions to these efforts. CO2 mitigation technologies current and future that are germane to the process industry will be briefly reviewed.Biography: Dr. Karpe has over thirty years of experience in the chemical dyes and dyes intermediate and refining industries. He specializes in distillation advanced control simulation and optimization. His experience in India consists of starting up a grass roots chemical plant starting from experimenting in garage to designing and commissioning it. Dr. Karpe has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and master's degree in control engineering from IIT Bombay and a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from SUNY at Buffalo (NY) USA. He has published several papers in various fields such as advanced control heterogeneous and enzymatic catalysis distillation modeling and reverse micellar solutions. He has contributed to Henry Kister’s book “Distillation Troubleshooting”. Dr. Prakash Karpe is currently working as Principal Engineer in CO2 Capture & Avoidance group in ConocoPhillips’ Technology Center and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. In his twelve year career at ConocoPhillips he has worked as Superintendent Process Engineering & Controls Group at the San Francisco Refinery CA; Principal Engineer in Gas to Liquids (GTL) Technology; founder and leader of the Modeling Center of Excellence (MCOE) and Distillation Consultant for Conoco's downstream organization. Dr. Karpe was responsible for distillation column design start-up and shutdown support inspection troubleshooting and optimization and training of engineers and operators. His training program based on practical examples and hands-on experience won wide recognition by operators. Dr. Karpe established and successfully led Fractionation Best Practices Network for four years. He also developed and implemented a comprehensive Technical Training Program for downstream engineers. Dr. Karpe was nominated for Conoco's Technology Excellence Award for 2001. Recently he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Fractionation Network for coaching and mentoring. In his spare time Dr. Karpe enjoys being outdoors. His hobbies include soccer refereeing backpacking rock climbing and photography. He was one of the founders of IIT Bombay’s Mountaineering Club in 1971.