Restaging/rerating of centrifugal compressors: Fundamentals, practices and challenges

Muralitharan Ramalingam works as Group Manager, Process Engineering, at Wood Plc. India (previously Amec Foster Wheeler India Private Ltd.) and leads a team of more than 100 process engineers. He has more than 30 yr of post-graduate experience in oil and gas, FPSO, upstream and downstream projects execution, plant operation and commissioning. He has successfully handled numerous projects ranging from conceptual studies to commissioning, feasibility studies, optimization, troubleshooting and revamp/retrofitting engineering over the past two decades. He holds BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering from Anna University, India, has mentored numerous junior engineers and trainees, and has presented numerous design concepts and studies in in-house training. Mr. Ramalingam is an Associate of Chemical Engineers Association, India. He can be contacted at m.ramalingam@woodplc.com.

Chandragupthan Bahubali works as a Senior Principal Process Engineer at Wood Plc. India (previously Amec Foster Wheeler India Private Ltd.). He has more than 15 yr of post-graduate experience in oil and gas projects. He holds an MS degree in refining and petrochemical engineering from the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies and a BS degree in chemical engineering from Madras University, India. Mr. Bahubali has successfully completed many AIChE certificate courses in process safety as well as many international certification courses. He has also authored numerous papers on flow assurance, gas hydrates, fixed-bed reactors and economics. He can be contacted at c.bahubali@woodplc.com or b.chandragupthan@gmail.com.