Ajay Sojitra

Investigation of the adsorption/desorption during CO hydrogenation via syngas to methanol conversion on industrial catalysts - Planning and execution of experiments - Optimisation of pilot setup from 75 % to 99 % - Thermodynamic equilibrium calculation with ASPEN Plus - Development of an automated evaluation routine for transient test data in MATLAB, reduction of data processing time from hours to minutes - Performing kinetic and thermodynamic calculations

-Carrying out validation tests -Analysing and interpreting test data with Excel, MATLAB and ASPEN Plus -Detection of leaks and handling of gaseous components such as CO2, CO and H2

- Development of a CSTR reactor system on a laboratory scale with FTIR and NMR analysis - Analysis of non-linear reactions during periodic CSTR operations -Training and testing of experimental data and model development -Automation of plant operation and data retrieval using Python and OPC UA servers

- Management of a team of 15 plant operator and coordination between the engineering, purchasing, production and maintenance - Monitoring of process flows and realisation of HAZOP, feasibility studies and techno-economic analyses - Creation and maintenance of documentation (SOPs) and P&ID flow diagrams Understanding - Commissioning of plants and support of the operation, handling of liquid-liquid extraction, distillation and batch reactor units - Carrying out research work for product development

Main subjects: Advanced heat and mass transfer, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Advanced Process Systems engineering, plant design and process safety Projects: - Aspen plus simulation and analysis of the methanol synthesis process - Simulation of particle collisions with Python - Investigation of heat transfer coefficients via infrared thermography - Estimation of kinetic parameters in a batch reactor - Modelling of the residence time in a CSTR

Main subjects: Process simulation, modelling and optimisation, thermodynamics and heat transfer, fluid mechanics, process control and calculation Projects: -Design of a Venturi scrubber for NOx absorption in a nitric acid plant -Design of a double-walled reactor, a separation column and a storage tank -Pyrolytic conversion of plastics into fuels -Production of paper pulp from peanut shells -Internship in the chlor-alkali process at MFL Ltd, India