VIKASH CHANDRA

B Tech in Chemical Engineering

(Senior Process Engineer)
Address:Mahamaya-7, Rishra, Kolkata-712248
Phone: +919840001789;
E-Mail: vik.ash488@gmail.com

PROFILE
Adroit & Dynamic Chemical Engineer with about 11.2 years of extensive experience in Process Engineering &
Process control; Process Simulation-OTS, P&ID & controls validation along with Process Operations &
Commissioning of Alumina Refinery predominantly in Red area, seeking a career in the field of Process
Engineering/Process Control where my technical, analytical, managerial skills and experience are fully utilized,
contributing towards the organizational and personal development.

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
April’2016- Present
Senior Process Engineer at ANDRITZ Technologies, Chennai/Kolkata
 Lead process Engineer, Methanol Purification: Principally accountable for H&MB for overall circuit; P&ID
revisions; preparing datasheets & sizing of critical equipment such as distillation & extraction columns
(Sulphur column, Oil stripping & extraction column, Acetone/Methanol/Ethanol Column e.t.c.); Major
pumps and pipe/nozzle sizing along with start-up, commissioning & controls strategy of the entire plant.
Apart from this, supporting sales cases for the detailed cost estimation of the plant (CAPEX & OPEX).
Project Handling: Sodra Cell, Monsteras at Sweden.
 R&D in Methanol Purification: Development of Methanol purification technology as process technologist;
seeking the feasibilities to remove sulphur and nitrogen from Raw Methanol, generated as consequence of
Evaporation/Digestion of Black liquor & improving of Methanol purity to IMPCA standard with
optimizing yield for commercial sale; Freezing the scheme for overall circuit with proper selection of unit
operation and unit process on the basic of lab/pilot plant analysis & optimization of the streams with
simulation tool such Aspen plus/ChemCAD along with finalizing the break-even between Capex & Opex.
 Guarantee Test Run, Evaporation plant: Participated in Guarantee run of Evaporation plant to analyse the
process data against the designed (guaranteed) values and troubleshooting the process parameters having
variance, vapour sample analysis to determine the segregation coefficient in lamella evaporators.
Project Handled: Sodra Cell, Morrum at Sweden.
 Process Engineer, Stripping and Methanol Liquefaction Plant: Guarantee prediction for Methanol with
other volatiles along with COD prediction for the different qualities of condensates produced from
evaporators; H&M balance for stripper & Methanol circuit in addition to preparation of datasheets for
stripping and Methanol column, sizing of columns & heat exchangers (preliminary), sizing & selection of
pumps & valve, pipe sizing; commissioning and start-up & Hazop of Methanol liquefaction plant.
Project Handled: Sodra Cell, Morrum at Sweden.
 H&MB & Methanol Balance for Evaporators: Carrying Heat & Mass Balance for evaporators with
performance prediction for condensate quality with rigorous methanol/other volatiles balance in vapour in
addition to Sulphur/Nitrogen estimation in the Non-condensable gases. In addition, improving condensate
quality with duct stripper and optimizing segregation in lamella.
Projects Handled: GP Foley, GA (USA); Mondi Steti (Czech); Ence Navia (Spain)

Computer proficiency: ChemCAD, Aspen Plus, IDEAS, SYSCAD, Advanced Excel

April’2013- March’ 2016

Senior Simulation Engineer at ANDRITZ Technologies, Bangalore
Working on different plant simulation projects using the I.D.E.A.S software (involving both steady-state &
dynamic simulation) which lets the customers validate innovative design concepts & detailed engineering, verify
control logic and train operators at low risk and cost before commissioning a plant. Working for both OTS
(Operator Training Simulator) and P&ID/controls validating projects.
Following are the OTS projects with successful delivery:
 OTS for Recovery Boiler @ Pols, Judenberg, Austria ( Sep’15 – March’ 16): Developed a high fidelity &
dynamic OTS model for Recovery Boiler on IDEAS including the complex SRS & BMS Logics. Carried out
the MAT (Model acceptance test) & FAT (Factory acceptance test) with DCS Logic validation & model
staging (IDEAS integrated to HMI/DCS with OPC) on site at Judenberg, Austria with participation in as-
built of DCS upgradation & Logic correction.
 OTS for Recovery Boiler (Boiler & Evaporator Plant) @ GP Brewton, Georgia, USA ( Oct’14 – Aug’
15):Delivery of OTS set up for Recovery Boiler including Turbine in addition to 7-effect pulp evaporator
consisting of rigorous P/F network modeled with IDEAS along with FAT of P&ID(H&MB) and Controls
validations (testing and validation of control loops) of the designed values on site at GA, USA.
 APC for Alumina Refinery: Remote testing of APC loops for Alumina refinery, improvising the logic with
implementation of regression equation for Evaporation and digestion circuit of alumina refinery, changing
the control parameters for better and steady R.P control of the test liquor with real time circuit.
 OTS & PID Validation, Power Plant @ Fortum, Sweden (Fortum: June’13 – July’14): Developed a high
fidelity model with complex P/F solver comprising of Furnace, Steam-Water-Gas Circuit, Burners, Solid
and Ash Handling with Turbine Section & design validation against the steady state balances with detailed
engineering. Accomplished MAT (Model Acceptance test) with Client; FAT (Factory Acceptance Test) @
Graz, Austria with all the Vendors of Power Plants (Fuel Handling, Boiler, Turbine, Balance of Plants)
delivering Controls Logics & Carried Out OTS with Operators from Client @ Varvet, Stockholm, Sweden.

June’2008 – March’ 2013

Assistant/Associate Manager at Vedanta Aluminum Ltd, Orissa
 Worked as Shift In charge of Red area (Ball Mill, de-Silication, Digestion, Evaporation, Thickening & Filtration)
of alumina refinery of 1.4MMTPA followed by Area In charge of Red area (Digestion, Evaporation, Thickening
& Filtration); Responsible for 24 hrs. Operation, production planning (Inventory management, manpower
management, monthly targets and yearly budgets etc.) with quality control of Process parameters.
 Worked as Control Room Engineer for the Red area of refinery.
 Leading de-bottleneck project & commissioning activities of ACT.
 Closely worked with the Technical Cell to upgrade the process & enhance the process capability and process
efficiency, capitalized SYSCAD for production/process parameters optimization.
 Proficiency in Start-up/shut down of Refineries especially Red area circuit, schedule changeover & schedule
outage followed by cleaning activities of critical equipment.
 Implementation of TPM & TQM for the area, Implementing ZAM (similar to Kaizen) and ‘5S’ for the unit.
 RCFA (Root cause failure analysis) facilitator for Red area of refinery.
 Maintaining records for ISO-9001, ISO-14001, ISO-50001 & OHSAS-18001; make sure that SOPs are followed in
the plant and responsible for same. Involved in MES system for sustainable production & profitability.
 Participated Actively in disaster management team for Bauxite Handling/Red Mud Pond in critical situation to
meet with production target
 Documentation & revision for Security Filters and Red Mud Filters.
 Isolation officer for the entire Red area.

Equipment Handled: Digesters♦ Evaporators♦ Centrifuge♦ Barometric Condenser ♦Plate heat Exchangers & Shell
and Tube Heaters♦ Hydro Cyclones♦ Cooling towers♦ Centrifugal Pumps♦ Vacuum pumps♦ Crystallizers

Computer proficiency: MS Office (Word, Excel, Power point), C, Fotran77

EDUCATION ADDITIONAL DETAILS

B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, 2008; BIT 79.72 Date of Birth: 09.07.1986

Sindri, Dhanbad ; (VBU) Marital status: Married
Gender: Male
Intermediate, Science (PCM), 2004; DPS 81.80 Languages : English, Hindi, Oriya, Maithili
Bokaro; (C.B.S.E.) Passport number: Z4366380
Hobbies: Playing Sudoku & Badminton
Matriculation, 2004; B.I.S.S.S 88.60
VIII/B; (C.B.S.E.)