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Rao, P. V. C.

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL), Bangalore, India

Peddy V. C. Rao is Chief General Manager at HPCL’s R&D center in Bangalore. He holds a PhD in chemical sciences from the IIT at Bombay, and has more than 26 yr of research experience in petrochemicals, petroleum/refining processes, catalysis, biofuels and resid upgrading. Dr. Rao holds more than 26 patents, both inside and outside of India, and has published approximately 80 research papers in international journals. He is also responsible for the developmentand commercialization of several products and processes.

Visbreaking technology: Is it obsolete, or is there potential for upgrade?

Hydrocarbon Processing / April 2016
Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Center, Hindustan Petroleum: Kumar, P.
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL): Rao, P. V. C.  |  Choudary, N. V.  |  Sriganesh, G.  |  Singh, P.  |  Kumar, K. M.
Refining / Asia/Pacific

Visbreaking technology is a well-known, simple thermal cracking process for residual oils.

Improve FCC margins by processing more vacuum residue in feed

Hydrocarbon Processing / December 2015
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL): Shidhaye, H.  |  S. Kukade  |  Rao, P. V. C.  |  Choudary, N. V.
Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Center, Hindustan Petroleum: Kumar, P.
Process Optimization / Refining / Asia/Pacific / Economics / Engineering & Design

With the greater processing of heavy crude oils in refineries, the importance of fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) has increased.

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