Plant Engineering

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MOHAMMAD KHAN

M. Tech (Chemical Plant Design), NIT Karnataka, Surathkal.

External Research Student, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.

Email: *********@*****.*** Contact Number: +91-773******* / 812-***-****.

Objective

To work in a competitive and challenging environment that will offer a more beneficial scholarship

and will help me manifest my chemical engineering strengths towards the benefits of the system.

Educational Qualifications

July 2012- July 2014 M.Tech (Chemical Plant Design) 8.03/10

National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

June 2007- June 2011 B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) 71.18%

Jawaharlal Darda Institute of Engineering and Technology

Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University

Research Experience

May’13-July’14

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY

Project Details

Reactive Distillation System for Esterification Reaction

Experiments on a pilot-scale Reactive Distillation Column.

Study of the column internals and packing’s.

Kinetic study of a reaction in batch and carried away the reaction effectively with RD.

Study of Vapor-Liquid Equilibria for the compounds to be used in the reactive distillation

column using othmer still apparatus.

Product Analysis using Gas Chromatography.

Preparation of P & ID and PFD for process.

Process Improvements and Technology Dissemination in Jaggery Making

Experiments on a continuous evaporator developed in-house, along with flow and heat

transfer modelling.

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Experiments on flocculation of cane juice using techniques like UV spectrometry,

Turbidimetry, Differential Light Scattering and Optical Microscopy.

Design and experimental trials of other operations involved

o Crystallizer

o Controlled heaters

Design, commissioning and trials on a pilot plant for the continuous production of jaggery.

Feasibility analysis of a mobile Jaggery unit, to produce jaggery in sugarcane fields.

Experiments on a bagasse-based gasifier.

Scale-up of a pilot plant from lab-scale to a scale of production 1 tone of jaggery per day.

Preparation of detailed P & ID and PFD for all unit operations and Unit process in the task.

Revamping and modifications in coating of a paper with Biodegradable polymers

Biodegradable poly vinyl alcohol (PVA) coating to improve the different properties of paper.

Optimization of the glue preparation technique and applied for the coating process.

Experimental studies to determine the effect of different parameters of coating (coat

thickness, coating material, glue viscosity, and temperature)

Properties evaluation for the coated paper. Paper has shown improvement in strength,

smoothness, brightness over other known coated alternatives.

Publications and Patents

R. J. Memon, M. Talib, A. S. Khan, A New Approaches: Coating of a Paper with Biodegradable

Polymer, International Journal of Chemical and Analytical Science, 2(5), 2011, 27-28.

S. M. Mahajani, N. S. Shah, K. Shiralkar, S. Kancharla, M. Khan, K. Iyer, A new continuous

process to produce jaggery from a sucrose-containing precursor, mainly sugarcane, 2013,

(Patent in process)

Industrial Training

Feb 2010-RASHTRIYA CHEMICAL AND FERTILIZERS LTD, TROMBAY

Study of process operations in the Urea Preparation

Study on Ammonia Production Plant and Nitric Acid Plant

Additional Skills

Software Language / Operating Systems: C, Windows-XP/7/8 (including Microsoft Office).

Knowledge & experience of HYSIS, Aspen Plus, ANSYS FLUENT,COMSOL Multiphysics.

Extra-Curricular Activities

University Topper First, Amravati University - 8th Semester, B.Tech (Chem. Engg.)

Event Coordinator for TECHNO-XTREME, National Level Paper and Project Presentation

Event, at J.D.I.E.T., Yavatmal, 2009-2010.

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Date of Birth: 23rd July, 1989.

Address: At Post Mulawa, Tq- Umarkhed,

Dist: Yavatmal, Maharashtra-445211.

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