Ravikiran Anapagaddi

Ravikiran Anapagaddi (rkiranmat@gmail.com) Page 1
RAVIKIRAN ANAPAGADDI
Flat G1, House number 6, 7th Main Road,
Vinayagapuram, 7th Street, AGS Colony,
Velachery, Chennai - 600042.
Email-id : rkiranmat@gmail.com
Mobile no: +91 98884462760/9860099861
Career Objective
To work hard in pursuit of knowledge and to nurture my dream of carrying research.
Education
Master of Technology - Chemical Engineering (2011)
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
CGPA: 9.31/10
Top student in class
Institute Silver Medalist
Bachelor of Technology- Chemical Engineering (2009)
Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering (affiliated to JNTU, Hyderabad)
Marks: 79.91%
Top student in class
College Merit Student Award
Areas of Interest
 Thermodynamic analysis
 Multiphase modeling and simulation
 Mathematical modeling, simulation and optimization
 Renewable energy technologies
 Secondary Steelmaking
Professional Experience
Process Engineer October 2014 - Present
Grace Davison Chemical India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai
Projects
 Air Classifier Mill(ACM)
o Developed mathematical models for analyzing the detailed phenomena of classification and
grinding.
o Developed detailed ODE and response surface model for the out PSD w.r.t. model parameters.
o Predicted the optimal model parameter values for the predicting the plant PSD values.
o Studied the effect of the various processing conditions on the output PSD’s.
o Developed and predicted the optimal processing conditions (air flowrates, milling and classifying
speeds) for higher feed rates.
 Flash dryer
o Developed the detailed mathematical modeling of burner, heat exchanger and drying phenomena
in flash drying system.
o Predicted the amount of natural gas, fresh air and hot air required w.r.t. the feed rate for different
natural gas to fresh air ratio to maintain the low moisture content.
o Suggested the actual amount of natural gas, fresh air and hot air required for higher feed rate.
o Suggested the change of metallurgy when the operating temperature increases.
 Crystallization
o Developed the linear optimization algorithm for prediction of the standard enthalpy of the various
zeolites based on the elements presents in the zeolites.
 Silica Gel washing
o Developed detailed mass balance modeling for the prediction of the composition and flow rates of
each streams.

o Developed the mathematical models for analyzing the fluid flow of gel and solvent in the column.
Systems Engineer (Researcher) Aug 2011 - October 2014
Tata Research Development and Design Center (TRDDC), Pune.
Projects
 Gasifier Modeling
o Developed a generalized thermodynamic model for gasification model to reduce the 6 number of
input parameters (fuel composition, air/oxygen, steam, CO2 and gasification temperature) into 3
no. of parameters (ROC, T, H/C of fuel) using Aspen Plus and Matlab.
 CFD based Multiphase modeling of ladle
o Developed 3D two and three phase mathematucal model to study how the desulfurization and
inclusion removal happens at the interface.
o Studied the effect of different processing conditions on De-S, Nitrogen Pickup and inclusion
removal.
 Multiphase modeling of ladle
o Developed a mathematical model to study thermal stratification in ladle using Matlab.
o Developed a model that predicts the steel temperature, composition and inclusion number density
using simple materials and energy balance equations, and auxiliary equations using Matlab and
Fortran.
o Developed inclusion population balance model during ladle treatment using Fortran.
o Developed a robust reduced order equations for temperature, composition and inclusion number
for ladle operations.
o Developed compromise Decision Support Problem (cDSP) template to explore the ladle
processing space like purging, arcing, processing time, holding time and teeming time to meet the
conflicting requirements and determine a robust solution.
 Thermodynamic Modeling of Slag/Steel interaction
Inclusions are foreign materials trapped at steel-slag interface that affect the properties of steel.
o Developed thermodynamic model for desulfurization, deoxidation reactions between steel/slag
interface.
o Developed Response Surface Model (RSM) equations to study the effect of oxygen and
aluminium composition of steel, different slag composition and temperature on inclusion
formation and efficiency of oxygen removal using Thermo-Calc using Taguchi Design of
Experiments for tools steels.
o Developed a model which predicts the type and its composition of inclusion during steel making
process based on kinetics.
 Inclusion Removal at Slag/Steel interface
o Developing C++ code for nucleation of inclusions.
o Developed Matlab code for removal of inclusions at Steel/Slag interface using force balance.
o Developed C++ code for inclusion growth and removal by accounting for collision, floatation
mechanisms.
 Prediction of steel properties
o Developed a model for the prediction of steel properties using thermodynamics during casting
process (solidification process) using Thermo-Calc and TQ interface (fortran).
o Developed a model for prediction of liquidus, solidus temperature of multi component steel using
thermodynamic modelling and developed a correlations for predicting the liquidus, solidus
temperature with respect to composition of steels.
 Mathematical Modeling Tundish
In order to produce clean and high quality of steel, the flow modifiers and their influence on inclusion
separation and floatation are important aspects in design of tundish.
o Developed CFD based model for tundish and carried out Residence Time Distribution (RTD)
studies with various configurations and various process parameters using Ansys-CFX.

o Developed CFD based model for tundish and carried out particle tracking method to trace the
inclusion flow inside the tundish with various configurations and various process parameters
using Ansys-CFX.
o Developed robust reduced order physics based model for tundish.
o Developed a compromise Decision Support Problem (cDSP) template to explore the design space
for tundish to meet the conflicting requirements and determine a robust solution.
 Determination robust design set points for production of steel slab
o Developed Reduced ordered equations for Ladle furnace process, tundish and Continuous casting
process.
o Developed integrated Ladle, tundish and caster cDSP based model to predict the robust solution
to achieve the required grade of steel slab.
o Developed IDEM based optimization techniques to predict the robust solutions.
 Prediction of Machine Health of Caster
o Developed FFT calculations for mold level fluctuations in caster using Matlab.
o Developed 2-point statistics and PCA analysis on mold level fluctuations, stopper position to get
machine health condition of caster.
 Information related to platform developed
o Prepared and presented various information required for user interface prospective to team for
developing the platform.
o Developed the automation codes for the simulations through the UI.
o Participated various times in testing the platform for various diversity problems.
Research Projects
M. Tech Project (2010-2011):
Thermodynamic Modeling and Simulation of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)
Sponsored by: Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea.
 Developed equilibrium based model for gasifier and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC)
using MATLAB and Aspen Plus.
 Studied the effect of oxygen factor, moisture content, steam amount and air preheating temperature on
the performance of gasifier and IGCC power plant and suggested best optimal input conditions for
obtaining maximum power based on thermodynamic model.
 Developed generalized analysis of gasifier performance for any fuel or combination of fuels.
 Developed thermodynamic modeling of Plasma enhanced gasifier, Gas Engine and IPEGCC.
B. Tech Project (Dec. 2008 – May 2009):
Application of residue curve maps in distillation column using ASPEN Plus.
 Studied the separation of Acetone-Chloroform mixture by choosing different entrainers.
 Developed Residue Curve Maps and separation techniques for Acetone-Chloroform system.
Internship (Summer 2008)
Company : Visakhapatnam Steel plant, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Coke preparation and coal chemical recovery and treatment.
Technical Skills
 OS Platforms : Windows, Linux
 Programming : Fortran, Matlab, C, VC++
 Simulation software : ASPEN Plus, Thermo-Calc, Ansys-CFX, FactSage, Pro-II, HYSIS,
Chemsep
Patents/Publications/Presentations/Training
Patents
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Rishabh Shukla, Mangal Saurabh, Sharad Goyal, Amarendra K. Singh, K.
Anantha Padmanabhan, “Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling a secondary
steelmaking process”.

Book Chapter
 Rishabh Shukla, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Amarendra K. Singh, Janet K. Allen, Jitesh Panchal,
Farrokh Mistree, Managing the Uncertainty and ConflictsInvolved in Steel Product Manufacturing,
Computational Approaches to Materials Design: Theoretical and Practical Aspects Publisher: IGI
Global. (Submitted)
Journals
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Renganathan T., Pushpavanam S., Ravi Kumar V., Cho. Y. S., Generalized
analysis of gasifier performance using equilibrium modeling, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry
Research, 51(4), 1601-1611, 2012.
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Rishabh Shukla, Mangal Sourabh, Amarendra K. Singh, SELECTION OF
SUITABLE DESIGN OF A CONTINUOUS CASTING TUNDISH FOR ACTUAL STEEL PLANT
OPERATION, ISIJ International. (Submitted)
Conferences
 Rishabh Shukla, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Janet K. Allen, Jitesh Panchal, Farrokh Mistree, Amarendra
K. Singh, A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SET POINTS OF THE LADLE, TUNDISH
AND CASTER FOR MANUFACTURING AN ADVANCED HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SLAB, 3rd
World Congress on Integrated Computational Materials Engineering, Colorado Springs, CO, USA,
31st May - 4th June 2015. (Submitted)
 Amarendra K. Singh, Rishabh Shukla, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Janet K. Allen, Jitesh Panchal,
Farrokh Mistree, Steel Slab Production: A Set-Based Approach for theIntegrated Exploration of
Solution Space of Ladle, Tundish and Caster, 3rd
World Congress on Integrated Computational
Materials Engineering, Colorado Springs, CO, USA, 31st May - 4th June 2015. (Submitted)
 Rishabh Shukla, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Amarendra K. Singh, Jitesh Panchal, Janet K. Allen,
Farrokh Mistree, Exploring the design set points of refining operation in ladle for cost effective
desulfurization and inclusion removal, Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Design
Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conferences,
IDETC/CIE 2015, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 2nd - 5th, 2015.
 Rishabh Shukla, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Sharad Goyal, Amarendra K. Singh, Janet K. Allen, Jitesh
Panchal, Farrokh Mistree, Integrated modelling of Production of Steel slab, 1st
International
Workshop on Software Solutions for Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICMEg)
Aachen/Rolduc June, 24.-27. 2014.
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Rishabh Shukla, Sharad Goyal, Amarendra K. Singh, Janet K. Allen, Jitesh
Panchal, Farrokh Mistree, Exploration of the design space in continuous casting tundish, Proceedings
of the ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and
Information in Engineering Conferences, IDETC/CIE 2014, Buffalo, New York, USA, August 17th -
20th, 2014.
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Rishabh Shukla, Mangal Sourabh, Amarendra K. Singh, Study of inclusion
behaviour in continuous casting tundish using acoupled CFD model, International Conference on
Science and Technology of Ironmaking and Steelmaking, STIS, Jamshedpur, India, 16-18 December,
2013.
 Akash G., Prabhash Kumar, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Sharad G., Singh A. K., Padmanabhan K. A.,
Integrated framework of minimization inclusion count during steel sheet production, Numiform,
Shenyang, China, 6 – 10th
July, pp: 588-594 2013.
 Akash G., Niranjan Reddy, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Sharad G., Singh A. K., Padmanabhan K. A.,
Inclusion in steel sheet: Effects on properties and strategies for minimization, International workshop
on High Performance Steel, BESUS, Howrah, West Bengal, India, 19-20th November, 2012.
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Pushpavanam S., Renganathan T., Simulation of Integrated Gasification
Combined cycle (IGCC), CHEMCON, 63rd
Annual meeting of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers
(IIChE), Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, 2010.
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Ram Govindu P., Application of Powell’s least square minimization method
for parameter estimation in binary VLE, CHEMCON, 61st
Annual meeting of Indian Institute of
Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Punjab University, Chandigarh, 2008.

 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Computer approach for solving McCabe-Thiele method, CHEMCON, 61st
Annual meeting of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), Punjab University, Chandigarh,
2008.
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Use of Ozone for preservation of fruits and vegetables, CHEMCON, 60th
Annual meeting of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE), HIT, Kolkata, 2007.
Presentations
 Rishabh Shukla, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Janet K Allen, Jitesh Panchal, Farrokh Mistree, Amarendra
K Singh, An Inductive Method for the Exploration of the Solution Space of Ladle, Tundish and
Caster, National Metallurgists Day (NMD) - IIM Pune Chapter and the Department of Metallurgical
Engineering, College of Engineering - Pune, India, 12-15th November, 2014. (Submitted)
 Juhi Chaplot, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Amarendra K. Singh, Sivakumar Subramanian, Operability
Analysis of Steel Manufacturing Processes- Continuous Casting Slab Process, National Metallurgists
Day (NMD) - IIM Pune Chapter and the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, College of
Engineering - Pune, India, 12-15th November, 2014. (Submitted)
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Gerald Tennyson, Amarendra K. Singh, Evolution of Non-Metallic
Inclusions during Ladle Treatment, National Metallurgists Day (NMD) - IIM Pune Chapter and the
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, College of Engineering - Pune, India, 12-15th November,
2014. (Submitted)
 Umesh Singh, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Saurabh Mangal, Amarendra Kumar Singh, Multiphase
Modelling of Bottom Stirred Ladle for Prediction ofSlag-Steel Interface, Desulphurization and
Nitrogen Pickup Behaviour, National Metallurgists Day (NMD) - IIM Pune Chapter and the
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, College of Engineering - Pune, India, 12-15th November,
2014. (Submitted)
 Rishabh Shukla, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Aditya Bhardwaj, Amarendra K. Singh, Composition and
temperature control augmentation strategy during ladle refining using simplified Physics and
ThermoCalc, National Metallurgists Day (NMD) - IIM Pune Chapter and the Department of
Metallurgical Engineering, College of Engineering - Pune, India, 12-15th November, 2014.
(Submitted)
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Rishabh Shukla, Singh A. K., ICME Framework : Development of Reduced
order Model, National Metallurgists Day (NMD) - IIM Varanasi Chapter and the Department of
Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,
Uttar Pradesh, India, 12-15th November, 2013.
 Rishabh Shukla, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Singh A. K., Exploration of Design Space for Ladle
Refining, National Metallurgists Day (NMD) - IIM Varanasi Chapter and the Department of
Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi,
Uttar Pradesh, India, 12-15th November, 2013.
 Mangal Saurabh, Madhusudan Sharma, Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Singh A. K., Mathematical model
for inclusion removal in ladle for different design specifications, National Metallurgists Day (NMD) -
IIM Varanasi Chapter and the Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, 12-15th November, 2013.
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Rishabh Shukla, Prabhash Kumar, Sharad Goyal, Amarendra K. Singh,
ICME framework: Exploring the Design Space for Tundish Operation in Steel Making through
comprehensive model, Process Engineering Symposium, TRDDC, 28th Feb - 1st March 2013.
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Rishabh Shukla, Prabhash Kumar, Sharad Goyal, Amarendra K. Singh,
ICME framework: Exploring the Design Space for for Secondary steelmaking operation, Process
Engineering Symposium, TRDDC, 28th Feb - 1st March 2013.
 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Akash G., Sharad G., Singh A. K., Padmanabhan K. A., Inclusion in steel
sheet: Effects on properties and strategies for minimization, Indo-German Workshop on Integrated
Computational Materials Engineering (IGSTC – ICME), TRDDC, Pune, India, 26-30th November,
2012.

 Ravikiran Anapagaddi, Sharad G., Singh A. K., ICME Framework : Prediction of non metallic
inclusions during the ladle treatment using Thermo-Calc, National Metallurgists Day (NMD) - IIM
Jamshadpur Chapter and Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, 16-19th November, 2012.
Training
 Attended 5-day workshop on "Optimization: For Science and Engineering using MATLAB”,
GVPCOE, Visakhapatnam, May 2008.
 Attended 4-day workshop on "Computational Materials on Thermodynamics: Hands on training with
Thermo-Calc”, IIT-Madras, December 2011.
 Attended half day workshop on "Integrated Computational Material Engineering (ICME) : Challenges
and opportunities", College of Engineering - Pune, October 2012.
 Attended 2-day workshop on "IPR course on Patent", TRDDC, Pune, 16-17th Jan, 2014.
 Attended 3-day workshop on "Advanced Technology in Corrosion Engineering", College of
Engineering, Pune, 6-8th Jan, 2014.
 Attended 1-day workshop on "Transmission Gear: Materials, Manufacturing and Quality Control",
College of Engineering, Pune, 12 March, 2014.
 Attended 4 days workshop on "Steelmaking slags", Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay,
Mumbai, 8th - 11th September 2014.
Key Skills
 Expertise in modeling and simulation of physico-chemical systems.
 Sound knowledge of fluid flow, heat transfer, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, numerical methods.
 Proficient in developing computer codes and analysis of simulation results.
 Demonstrated leadership and team playing capabilities.
Course work
 Transport Phenomena
 Advanced Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamics
 Chemical and Catalytic Reaction
Engineering
 Mathematical Methods in Chemical
Engineering
 Process Modeling and Simulation
 Modern Control Theory
 Computational Fluid Dynamics
 Steady State and Dynamic Analysis of
Physico-Chemical System
 Advanced Fluidized bed Chemical Process
Awards and Recognition
 Certificate of Honour for being the winner of Outstanding Paper Award 2013, TCS
 On The Spot Award for outstanding contribution to the organization, Tata Research Development
and Design Center, TCS-Innovations Labs, Pune, 27th January 2014.
 On The Spot Award for outstanding contribution to the organization, Tata Research Development
and Design Center, TCS-Innovations Labs, Pune, 15th January 2013.
 Smt. DL Saraswathi Memorial Award with Silver Medal for the best project in the area of
Environmental Engineering, IIT Madras, 2011.
 Mico-Bosch Prize with Silver Medal for the best project in the area of Environmental Pollution
Control and Energy Conservation, IIT Madras, 2011.
 Dr. K Subba Raju Memorial Prize with Silver Medal for the best academic record in Chemical
Engineering (M. Tech), IIT Madras, 2011.
 Merit Student Award by GVPCOE, 2008.
 Second prize in district level educational science fair, Visakhapatnam 2003.
 News article on M. Tech project work in a leading Telugu daily newspaper, Eenadu.
Extra / Co-Curricular Activities
 Member, Organizing Committee, Indo - German workshop on Integrated Computational Materials
Engineering (IGSTC – ICME), TRDDC, Pune, India, 26-30th November, 2012
 Class Representative, M. Tech, IIT Madras, 2009-2011.

 Member, Organizing Committee, a National Symposium, CHEMCLAVE, IIT Madras, 2011.
 Member, Organizing Committee, Chemical Engineering: Future Prospective, IIT Madras, 2011.
 Organizing member, Science Club of Chennai, 2010.
 Teaching Assistant, Computational Techniques Laboratory, IIT Madras, 2010-2011.
 Member, Organizing Committee, an International Symposium on Recent and Emerging Advances in
Chemical Engineering (REACH), IIT-Madras, 2010.
 Member, Central Coordinating Committee for Annual day at G.V. P College of Engineering., 2008.
 Member, Organizing Committee, a National Symposium, CHEMISPHERE, G.V.P College of
Engineering., 2007.
References
Reference 1: Professor S. Pushpavanam
Department of Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology - Madras
Chennai - 600036
Tamil Nadu, India
EMail : spush@iitm.ac.in
Ph. No: +91 (44) 2257 4161
Reference 2: Dr. T. Renganathan
Assistant Professor
Chennai - 600036
Tamil Nadu, India
EMail : renga@iitm.ac.in
Ph No: +91 (44) 2257 4186
Reference 3: Prof. K Krishnaiah K
Professor
Chennai - 600036
Tamil Nadu, India
EMail : krishnak@iitm.ac.in
Ph No: +91 (44) 2257 8040
Reference 4: Dr. B Srinivas Rao
Head of the Department
Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering,
Madurawada, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
EMail : bsrini_123@gvpce.ac.in
Ph No: +91 (891) 2739507
Extn. No: 321
I hereby declare that the above details provided are true to the best of my knowledge.
(A. Ravikiran)

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