Curriculum-Vitae

 

 

 

Shiv Prasad Shukla

C-77/604, Arjun, Vasant Vihar,

Pokhran Road -2, Thane (West) - 400 601, INDIA

Phone              : 91- 22-537 6923

E-mail               : shukla@vsnl.com

Website           : http://Sulphuric.tripod.com/

Date of Birth   : February 17th, 1964

Education        : B. Tech. (Chemical Engg.) from I.T.-B.H.U.  in 1986

                          Pursuing post graduation study in Master of

                          Management at IIT-Bombay

Marital Status : Married,       Children: 2

 

Experience Profile

 

Have working experience of more than 16 years.  3 years in operations, 4 years in engineering design, 5 years in projects & have been in chemical & fertiliser plant marketing & sales since last 4 years.

Started my career with Bharat Petroleum (Refinery) and worked in refinery for 3 years. After that have been working in design, projects & plant sales for fertiliser plants in various capacities since last 13 years. Details of working experience follow in next pages. Have handled a number of process plant projects from concept to commissioning. Have developed software application programs using Pascal, AutoLISP, FORTRAN-IV, C and have extensively used Turbo-Pascal & AutoLISP during past 14 years. Most of application software developed by me is for engineering design applications involving good amount of mathematical modelling & operations research techniques for optimisation. I have even taught, Pascal programming during my engineering college days. Nowadays I am using Delphi 3.0 for application development on Windows95 / Windows NT platforms.

 

Papers Published / Presented Internationally

 

1.     “New Orientations for Indian Sulphuric Acid Industry”, published in British “Sulphur” journal July 1992 issue.

2.     “A Comprehensive CAD System for Sulphur Chemicals Industry”, presented at “Sulphur’93” during 4-7th April 1993 at Hamburg, Germany.

3.     “An Integrated Process for manufacturing Chlorosulphonic Acid and Liquid SO3” presented at “ACHEMA’94” during 4-11th June 1994, at Frankfurt, Germany.

4.     “Improved Product Mix design to Produce Liquid SO3” co-authored for presentation at “Sulphur’94” during October 1994 at Tampa, USA

5.     “A New Look Acid Plant - Sans Gas Heat Exchangers”, co-authored for presentation at “Sulphur’95” during 15-18th October 1995 at Abu Dhabi.

6.     “Lowest Emissions at Lowest Cost! A Complete Sulphuric Acid Plant Concept Using Gas Recycling” presented at “Sulphur’96” during 20-23rd October 1996 at Vancouver, Canada.

7.     “Revamping at Coromandel Acid Plant” presented at “Sulphur’2001” during 14-17th October 2001 at Marrakech, Morocco.

 

Software Packages  Developed

 

1.     “Sulphuric”: A software package developed for design and simulation of plants producing Sulphuric Acid, Oleum, Liquid SO3, Chlorosulphonic Acid etc. This package has capability of working out complete material & energy balances and Design & Simulation of various process equipment viz. Heat Exchangers, Absorption Towers, Reactors for these plants. This package was originally developed using object-oriented Turbo-Pascal 6.0 compiler of Borland. Now this has been modified for Windows95 / Windows NT platform using Delphi 3.0. This is engineering software used for design of chemical plants. Some of international companies, which had shown interest in this software, include Earth-tech, Indiana, USA; Rotem Amfert Negev Ltd., Arava, Israel; Minproc Engineers Pty Ltd., Sydney, Australia. Since this is engineering design software, it essentially has lot of mathematical modelling, optimisation techniques, and numerical analysis. The paper, which I presented in Sulphur93, was on these aspects.

2.     “Project": Software for project management based upon Critical Path Method. This software has the capability of establishing CPM network for a project, scheduling of various activities and resources, optimising resource utilisation and allocation, optimised crashing of activities for reducing project time.

3.     “Invent": Inventory Management Software package. This software has the capability of defining products consuming various components, maintaining component & product inventory; product delivery, component receipt, component processing registers; customer addresses, sales tracking to various customers during various periods; invoice printing.

4.     Software to analyse recirculation ratio of waste heat boiler system for M/s Coromandel Fertilisers Ltd., Visakhapatnam, India.

5.     AutoLISP programs for managing P & I Diagrams, Valve Counting, Pipe line pressure drop Analysis, Line counting. These software programs are used with AutoCAD for engineering work of chemical plant designs.

6.     Cost Estimation:  Developed software for estimation of total cost of a project. This cost estimation is done by a group of engineers from various disciplines working together on the same set of data. This needs simultaneous access to data over LAN. Back end database was on Paradox and front-end application was developed in Delphi.

7.     Timesheet:  Developed this software for keeping track of man-hours being spent on various projects and activities by various categories of persons. Back end database is on Paradox and front-end application developed in Delphi.

Work Experience Details

 

No.

Organisation & Duration

Job Description

1.

March 1998

Monsanto-DMCC Enviro-Tech  and Engg. Ltd.

110, LBS Road, Vikhroli (W),

Mumbai - 400 083.

 

Designation : Sr. Manager (Project Marketing & Technical Services)

 

 

Marketing & sales of plant projects and technologies viz. Sulphuric Acid & related Sulphur Chemicals Plants, DAP Plants, Urea Plants.

In addition to these overall responsibility for all IT related matters.

Significant achievements :

1.   Implementation of LAN, e-mail solutions, internal communications over LAN.

2.   Development/Implementation of man-hour control & project costing software application over LAN.

3.   Successful bidding of LSTK project for 300 TPD Sulphuric Acid Plant

2.

March 1992 to March 1997

 

Poseidon Engineering Consultants Pvt. Ltd.,

607, Gateway Plaza,

Hiranandani  Gardens, Powai,

Mumbai - 400 076.

 

Designation : Sr. Manager

 

 

Overall responsibility for various projects including

a.     Process Design, Detailed engineering design & drawing preparation viz. Process flow Diagrams, Material & Energy Balances, P & I Diagrams, Equipment Sizing & Specifications, Detailed Drawing Preparations of Equipment, Plant Layout, Piping drawings.

b.     Procurement of various equipment

c.     Project management & implementation

d.     Plant Commissioning & trouble shooting

Significant achievements :

1.     Analysis of waste heat boiler system for tube leakage for Coromandel Fertilisers Ltd., Visakhapatnam.

2.     Plant Operation analysis for Industries Du Chimiques, Darou, Senegal, West Africa.

3.

May 1989 to March 1992

 

The Dharamsi Morarji Chemical Co. Ltd.(External Projects),

 8th Floor,  Regent Chambers,

208 Nariman Point,

Mumbai - 400 021.

 

Designation : Project Engineer

 

 

a.     Process Design of Sulphuric Acid, Oleum Plants including basic process engineering, Equipment Specifications and Sizing, Preparation of Material Energy balances, Flow Diagrams, P & I Diagrams.

b.     Procurement of equipment & instruments

c.     Plant Commissioning & trouble shooting.

Significant achievements :

I was instrumental in installing a CAD system based upon Apollo workstations and PCs networked together on Token ring for design & drawing work. I developed a number of software packages for in-house use.

 

4.

 

Dec 1986 to May 1989

 

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., (Refinery),

Mahul, Mumbai - 400 074.

 

Designation : Operations Officer (Aromatics)

 

 

 

I started my career as a Graduate Engineer Trainee and worked in all the plants in refinery during training period of 1 year. After training I was placed in Aromatics Complex as Operations Officer responsible for overall plant operation working in shifts. Aromatics Complex had following units

1.     Feed Preparation Unit

2.     Catalytic Reforming Unit

3.     Aromatics Unit for Benzene & Toluene

4.     Nitrogen Plant

5.     Hexane and SBP Solvent Units.

The complex had a strength of about 60 operators working in 3 shifts under Operations Officer.

Major Process Equipment handled include Distillation Columns, Liquid-Liquid Extraction Columns, Catalytic Reforming Reactors, Various Heat-Exchangers and Condensors, High Speed Condensing Steam Turbines, High Speed Centrifugal Compressors, Positive Displacement Compressors, Fired Heaters & Furnaces etc. For process control purpose the complex had DCS system and supervisory computer control systems.

Significant achievements :

I received letter of appreciation from Director (Refinery) for fire fighting during a major fire in Aromatics Tank farm area in Nov 1988. I worked in the team for reconstruction and start up of Aromatics Unit after this major fire.

 

Major Process Plant Projects Handled

 

 

No.

Project  Details

My Role

1.

30 TPD Chlorosulphonic Acid Plant for Gharada Chemicals Ltd., Panoli, Gujrat.

Duration : May 1996 to March 1997

Overall responsibility for complete turnkey project including Process Design, Detailed Engineering Design, Drawings preparation, Project Management, Procurement.

2.

250 TPD Sulphuric Acid Plant for Andhra Sugars Ltd., Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh

Duration : Nov. 1995 to March 1997

Overall responsibility for complete project of detailed engineering including Process Design, Detailed Engineering Design, Drawings preparation, Project Management.

3.

250 TPD Sulphuric Acid Plant for Varinder Agrochemicals Ltd., Ludhiana

Duration : June 1996 to March 1997

Overall responsibility for complete project of detailed engineering including Process Design, Detailed Engineering Design, Drawings preparation, Project Management.

4.

3000 TPD Sulphuric Acid Plant Revamping for Industries Du Chimiques, Darou, Senegal, West Africa

Duration : Aug 1995 to March 1997

Plant Operation Analysis for debottle-necking to increase plant capacity

Basic Engineering & Detailed Equipment Process Design including Process Flow Diagram preparation, Material & Energy balances, P & I Diagram preparation, equipment sizing, specifications.

5.

140 TPD Sulphuric Acid Plant for PT Indo-Bharat Rayon, Indonesia

Duration : Oct 1996 to March 1997

Process Engineering Design including Process Flow Diagram preparation, Material & Energy balances, P & I Diagram preparation, equipment sizing, specifications for equipment/instruments.

Stress Analysis of high-pressure steam piping.

6.

120 TPD Chlorosulphonic Acid Plant for Atul Products Ltd., Atul, Gujrat

Value : Rs. 100 Million

Duration : Dec 1993 to March 1995

Basic Engineering Technology Development & Detailed Equipment Process Design including Process Flow Diagram preparation, Material & Energy balance, P & I Diagram preparation, equipment sizing, and specifications.

Procurement: Floating enquiries, obtaining quotations, vendor offers evaluations and order finalisation.

DCS System: System selection, design & implementation of control loops, sequence controls.

Project Management: planning & monitoring.

7.

120 TPD Liquid SO3 and Oleum Plant for Transpek Industry Ltd., Baroda

Value : Rs. 100 Million

Duration : March 1992 to Dec 1994

Basic Engineering Technology Development & Detailed Equipment Process Design including Process Flow Diagram preparation, Material & Energy balances, P & I Diagram preparation, equipment sizing, specifications.

Procurement: Floating enquiries, obtaining quotations, vendor offer evaluations and order finalisation.

8.

1350 TPD Sulphuric Acid Plant for Gujrat State Fertilisers Co. Ltd., Baroda

Value  : Rs. 400 Million

Duration : Aug 1989 to March 1992.

Basic Engineering & Detailed Equipment Process Design including Process Flow Diagram preparation, Material & Energy balances, P & I Diagram preparation, equipment sizing, specifications.

Procurement: Floating enquiries, obtaining quotations, vendors offer evaluations.

9.

400 TPD Sulphuric Acid Plant for Nirma Detergents

Value : Rs. 80 Million

Commissioning of complete plant during Dec 1989 – March 1990

 

Academics

 

1.     Educational Details

a.     Degree                  :           B. Tech. (Chemical Engg.)

b.     Institution               :           Institute of Technology ,

                                                Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

c.     DGPA                    :           7.62  (First Class)

d.     Graduation Year    :           1986

 

2.     Specialisation done during B. Tech. Course

a.     Computer Aided Design for Chemical Plants

b.     Polymer Technology

c.     Industrial & Organisational Psychology

 

3.     Projects done during B. Tech. Course

a.     Project - I (Process Equipment Design ) : Design of binary distillation column for Benzene-Butanol System done on computer by modified Billet method for taking, difference in molar latent heat of vaporisation, into account.

b.     Project - II (Plant Design) : Computer Aided Design of Sulphuric Acid Plant done on BBC Microcomputer using one dimensional model for plug flow reactor design.

 

4.     Non Academic Projects Done

I carried out a project study on pollution level monitoring in the river Ganga under “Clean Ganges campaign” for Sankat Mochan Foundation, Varanasi during 1984-85.

 

5.     Extra Curricular Activities

a.     I delivered lectures on programming language Pascal for a course run by Computer Club, I.T.-Gymkhana, I.T.-BHU, for fellow students and teachers during July 1985-April 1986.

b.     I Participated in organising poster cum demonstration on BBC-Microcomputers, for spreading computer awareness in people during Technex’86 at I.T.-BHU.

 

6.     Prize/Award/Membership

a.     Third prize in All India Technoquiz during All India Chemical Student’s Congress’86,  Feb 1986 at Roorkee.

b.     Student member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers during 1983-1986.

 

7.     Summer Practical Training during B. Tech. Course

a.  May 10th to June 19th 1984

     Hindustan Lever Ltd., Bombay

     Project : “Identifying areas of loss of nickel in refinery”

b. May 10th to June 28th 1985

    The Dharamsi Morarji Chemical Co. Ltd.,(External Projects), Bombay

    Project : “Preparing a software package in FORTRAN-IV for the design of  

    heat exchangers for Sulphuric Acid Plants”