Maximize FCC product yields with a specialty catalyst formulation

Somanath Kukade is a Senior Manager at Hindustan Petroleum Green R&D Center in Bengaluru, India. His areas of management include catalyst evaluation, process development, technical services for FCC units and scale-up of catalysts and additives. He has 15 yr of research experience. Mr. Kukade holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from the National Institute of Technology at Surathkal and an MTech degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur. He also holds 10 patents in the area of FCC process and catalysts/additives.

Pramod Kumar is a Deputy General Manager in the Corporate R&D Center of Hindustan Petroleum in Bengaluru, India. He has more than 18 yr of experience in process design, research, engineering and technical services in the areas of FCC, visbreaking and delayed coking. He is responsible for commercialization of FCC feed nozzles and catalytic visbreaking processes. Mr. Kumar holds an MTech degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur. He also holds more than 10 patents in the area of FCC process and catalyst.

B. Ramachandrarao is a General Manager at Hindustan Petroleum’s Green R&D Center in Bengaluru, India. He has 30 yr of experience in various areas of petroleum refining, such as operations, commissioning, process engineering and technology development. He is responsible for the development and commercialization of various products and processes. Mr. Ramachandrarao holds an MTech degree in chemical engineering and an MBA degree. He is pursuing a PhD from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies at Dehradun. He has more than 15 patents to his credit.