Engineer Plant

PAVAN KUMAR KORADA

*** ******** ***** **, ****, NC, 27519

407-***-**** / ************@*****.***

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Seeking a position as a process engineer, who can contribute to the process

development in designing equipment and perform process analysis.

SKILLS

. M.S. in Chemical Engineering with 3 years of experience as a process

engineer.

. Proficient in the use of PROII, ASPEN PLUS, COMSOL, HTRI, HYSYS and MS

Office.

. Performed start-up, and shut down of several lab operations and

regulating process utilities.

. Experience in preparing plant Process Flow Diagrams (PFD's) and

reviewing P&ID's.

. Performed sizing of process equipment such as Drums, Heat Exchangers,

Pumps and Line Sizing.

. Simulated binary crude combinations as volume fractions using PROII.

. Chemical Process Design

. Chemical Plant Operations

. Distillation Process

. Material Balances

. Heat Transfer Calculations

. Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs)

. Project Management

. Reaction kinetics

. Troubleshoot equipment

. Cooling Towers

. Heat Exchangers

. Pumps

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (January 2013- Oct 2014)

GPA: 3.6/4.0

Sullivan University- Louisville, Kentucky

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering (May 2010)

GPA: 3.6/4.0

Texas A & M University-Kingsville

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering (May 2007)

GPA: 3.5/4.0

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Analyst

(Jan 11- Present)

Kronsys, Inc. North Carolina / California

. Solved client queries through immediate reactivity

. Staffing employees across the Projects and involved in strategic

planning of the process.

. Involved in the analysis, design, and development and testing phases

of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) using agile development

methodology.

. Conducting training programs for the employees and executing them.

. Used Oracle, RAD and Tomcat integration for developing the web

application.

. Looking to find permanent employment in chemical industry.

CHEMICAL SIMULATION AND DESIGN PROJECTS

(Aug 2008 - May 2010)

"Simulation of Crude Distillation using PROII and ASPEN PLUS softwares"

. Performed distillation of Bombay, Araby and Nigeria crudes to obtain

various components using PROII

. Simulated Binary crude by combining single crudes as volume fractions

using PROII

. Compared the results with ASPEN PLUS

. Verified the feasibility of the Crude Distillation process

"Design and Economic Study of Turbo-Expander Plant in HYSYS"

. Designed and simulated a turbo-expander plant

. Performed cost estimation using CAPCOST

. Conducted feasibility study and determined optimum efficiency of plant

design

"Design of a Natural Gas Processing Unit Using HYSYS and ASPEN PLUS"

. Simulated the Separator, Treating, Sweetening Unit, and Dehydration

Unit using HYSYS in order to design a Natural Gas Processing Unit

. Compared the results with ASPEN PLUS

. Estimated the cost of the plant using CAPCOST

. Verified the feasibility of the process

"Intensive study of Micro reactors and Their Behavior in COMSOL"

. Designed Batch Reactor, Plug Flow Reactor and Continuous Stirred Tank

Reactor.

. Performed comparative study of the results from COMSOL with MATLAB.

"Design of Pipeline from Seattle to Wyoming"

. Studied production and distribution of Natural Gas extensively

. Simulated pipe line design using HYSYS and Excel

. Performed cost estimation using CAPCOST

"Advanced Chemical Engineering Simulation Methods"

. Compared the results of various numerical methods with MATHCAD results

. Conducted simulation of a multicomponent multi-feed distillation

column using PRO II

Research Assistant

(July 2010- August 2010)

Texas A & M University-Kingsville, TX

. Developed a computer code that performs hydraulic calculations for non

Newtonian fluids

. Performed material balances for different Reactors and Digesters

. Study on different types of slug catcher

Process Engineer

(August 2006- August 2008)

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Visakhapatnam, India

. Prepared equipment datasheets for pumps, heat exchangers and

distillation columns.

. Performed Hydraulic calculations for pump sizing and process lines.

. Experienced in troubleshooting the hydrate formation and corrosion

effects in the equipment.

. Plant start-up and shutdown activities.

. Left to go to the US for Masters program

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Visakhapatnam, India

(April 2006-July 2006)

Internship

. Prepared a comprehensive report on distillation process in the plant.

. Studied the differences between Iranian, Bombay and Nigerian Crudes

using True Boiling Point curves.

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam, India

(April 2005-July 2005)

Internship

. Studied importance of separation of Nitrogen and Oxygen from air by

Cryogenic Distillation Oxygen yield, and various Air Separation

technologies used for separating and Nitrogen and Oxygen.

. Designed liquid nitrogen storage tank and calculated insulation

thickness and performed material and energy balance calculations.

AWARDS/HONORS & ACTIVITIES

. Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Society of

Petroleum Engineers (SPE).

. American Petroleum Institute scholarship received for completing

Master's degree

. Member of soccer team in both undergraduate and graduate level

. Participated and recognized at various paper presentations and

seminars

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