1. ANIL PACHPANDE
Mobile: +91-9910011352 E-Mail: anilpachpande@gmail.com
Exploring Opportunities in Leading Process Engineering Team &
Managing Projects in Esteemed Organization.
SUMMARY
A competent professional with 13 years of experience in Process Design (Basic Engineering), Project Design
Engineering
Presently working with UOP India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon as Senior Design Engineer in FCC Technology Center.
GOLD MEDALIST in B.Tech. Chemical Engineering from Laxminarayan Institute of Technology, Nagpur in 2003
Hands on experience of process design which involves process simulation, generation of heat & mass balance,
P&ID, equipment specifications.
Six Sigma Green Belt Certified.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Process Design Engineering for Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Units mainly Reactor and Regenerator system.
Basic Engineering Design – Generation of UOP Schedule-A book for the customers for FCC.
Carrying out Steady State Simulation using Proprietary tools, Unisim for Oil and Gas / Petrochemical Industries.
Generating Specifications by using “ASPEN BASIC ENGINEERING (ABE) TOOLS, Zyqad”.
Carrying out hydraulic calculations based on simulation.
Preparing technical proposals for Process Technology Units
Equipment sizing, P&ID development, Specifications for equipments etc.
Commissioning activities to meet process guarantees at field.
Managing direct reports and mentoring new engineers in FCC-Treating Department.
ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE
UOP India Private Limited, Gurgaon Senior Design Engineer Since Jul’14
Design Engineer III Jul’12 to Jun’14
Design Engineer II Jan’07 to Jun’12
Key Accountabilities – FCC Technology Center:
Basic Engineering for Fluid Catalytic Cracking Units, Gas Concentration Units for New Units or Revamp Units.
Sizing Reactor riser, Stripper, Raw Oil Distributors (Optimix).
Designing of Catalyst Separation Devices (Riser Termination device) and Cyclones for Reactor and Regenerator.
Performing Catalyst Hydraulics in FCC Reactor and Regenerator and sizing Slide valves.
Designing the Steam Distributors and Air Distributors for FCC Reactor and Regenerators.
Developing FCC Process design using simulation and generating PFDs.
Performing Hydraulics calculations for line sizing, vessel sizing etc
Generating P&IDs for FCC unit by getting inputs from other departments like Mechanical, Instrumentation etc
Conducting Project Review Meetings with Customer at UOP’s Chicago office in USA for each project.
Performing relief load calculations and sizing PRVs for the various equipments.
Generating UOP Schedule-A specifications for equipments like Main Air Blower, Direct Fired Air Heater, Feed
Distributors, Flue Gas Coolers, Columns, Receivers, Pumps, Exchangers, Relief Valves etc using ASPEN Zyqad.
Following Quality Plan with all Process – Project checklists completed.
Conducting Project close-out meeting and sharing learnings from the project to the Department.
Handling Post Engineering queries / Deviation proposals from Contractor or Customers
Handling Revamp Engineering projects for old FCC Units.
Managing direct reports and conducting Team Meetings.

2. Major FCC Project Highlights:
Refinery in Oman– RFCC (Revamp Sch.A): Worked as a Project manager cum Process Engineer for revamp project.
The major scope involved two stage regenerator modification for air grid and vent tubes to have uniform flue gas
distribution, New EIS for RFCC unit, Orifice chamber inlet modification, Reactor cyclones modification etc. Provided
Team Leading support for Merox and PRU revamp schedule-A projects and acted as focal point of contact from UOP.
Refinery in Norway (Study) – FCC Main Column and Gas Concentration Unit revamp for change in feed quality.
The scheme is different than UOP standard. Technical recommendations are provided to current problems e.g. salting
issue in main column, Coking issue in reactor. I handled all three sections Rx-Reg, Main Column and Gas con in
Customer Study Review Meeting. Also Project Manager Responsibilities are handled.
Refinery in India (Study) – FCC Reactor Regenerator Section: High severity feasibility study for increased capacity.
Regenerator is combustor style. The major scope involved revamp evaluation of Riser, VSS chamber, Cyclones, Air grid,
Combustor, Standpipes, Slide Valves and Third Stage Separator etc.
Refinery in South Africa (Revamp Sch.A) – FCC Reactor Regenerator Section: Worked as a Project manager cum
Process Engineer for revamp project. The major scope involved Reactor modification for new riser termination device
(VSS G-2), New Cyclones in reactor and regenerator, Orifice chamber revamp etc.
Refinery in Argentina (Revamp Sch.A) – Reactor Regenerator Section: Worked as a Design Engineer for revamp
project. The major scope involved unit capacity increase with new Reactor (hot wall), Converting pressure balanced unit
(Exxon Model IV) to Side by side unit (i.e. standpipe with slide valve design), revamp evaluation for Flue gas cooler and
Orifice chamber etc. Also, attended Hazop meeting for the FCC unit at customer site.
Refinery in Russia, FCC (Sch.A)– Reactor Regenerator Section: Worked as a Design Engineer for design of new
unit. The scope involved Reactor (cold wall), Regenerator (combustor style), Flue Gas Cooler, Catalyst system etc.
Refinery in Korea, FCC revamp (Sch.A)– Gas Concentration Process Unit: Worked as a Design Engineer. The
scope involved unit capacity increase and evaluation of all equipment i.e. Exchangers, Vessels, Pumps for revamp
project.
Various Assignments handled in FCC Center:
Title : Validation of Unisim Process Mega-modules for FCC Technology
Client : Internal (UOP)
Responsibilities:
Validation Unisim Process Simulation Model for FCC Technology.
Perform process simulation using UNISIM 390 for already executed project.
Converging the distillation column in UNISIM to meet design specs.
Retrieving result from Unisim simulation and comparing critical process parameters as per UOP process checklist
Following UOP flowsheeting guidelines for performing Unisim calculations.
Documenting the findings / observations and presenting to technology specialists & getting feedback from them
Incorporating required changes in flowsheet templates of Unisim per Technology Specialist’s comments.
Releasing Unisim Mega-module to UOP engineering department after validation.
Title : Hydraulics Coordinator (Checker) for FCC Technology
Client : Internal (UOP)
Responsibilities:
I review the hydraulics calculations for all FCC Reactor Regenerator Projects handled in UOP India office.
Role involves thorough checking of hydraulics using Checklist and recording the comments for the project engineer
actions.
I Prepared Standard Hydraulics Module for Reactor Regenerator Section for FCC Technology to save hydraulics
time for future FCC projects.
Title : FCC Feed Distributor Coordinator (Checker)
Client : Internal (UOP)
Responsibilities:
I review Raw Oil Distributor Calculations as per UOP design guidelines for all projects handled in UOP India office.
I approve the Specifications for Feed distributors.
The role also involves consultation with UOP Mechanical group for revamp projects for feed distributors.

3. Other Technology Projects handled in UOP are as follows:
CCR Platforming Unit: Initial process work done for various proposals – Year 2016
Oleflex (Isobutylene) Unit: Revamp project work, evaluation of equipment – Year 2016
Hydrocracking Process Unit (Fractionation)– Project work - Year 2010
H2 PSA Units – Process and Project Work - Year 2007-2009
Significant Achievements:
RFCC modification idea under development stage
Bravo award for FCC proposal efforts for new units.
Bravo award for Revamp study for Air Liquide, USA Project.
Bravo award for successful mentoring new PSA engineer.
Six Sigma Green Belt Certification for developing standard revamp procedure documentation
Thermax Limitied, Pune Senior Executive (Process Engineer) Apr’06-Jan’07
Executive (Process Engineer) Jul’03-Mar’06
Key Accountabilities:
Process design of Thermal Oxidiser / Chemical incinerator plants for destruction of wastes.
Carrying out interactions with clients to know their needs for waste management.
Perform simulations and thermal / combustion calculations.
Commissioning and start-up of incinerator process plant.
Working on technical proposal for customers
Burner design (low NOx), Refractory selection
Optimizing study with waste heat recovery boiler configuration.
Performing flue gas scrubbing calculations and selecting appropriate scheme. E.g. packed column, bag filter
Pump design
Interlock matrix, hazop study
Review of vendor specifications for bought out items
Revamping old units.
Various Projects handled:
Title : Rotary Kiln Incinerator
Client : BEIL, Bharuch, Gujarat
Configuration : Rotary Kiln – Gas contacting tower - bag filter - packed colum (caustic scubbing) – ID fan – stack
Title : Liquid Waste Incinerator
Client : Syngenta, Goa
Configuration : Downfired furnace – Quench column- packed colum (caustic scubbing) – ID fan – stack
Title : Paint Sludge Incinerator
Client : Maruti Suzuki Automobile India Limited, Gurgaon
Configuration : Primary furnace – secondary furnace – Venturi scrubber -packed colum (caustic) – ID fan – stack
Based on past 5 to 6 projects on paint sludge incinerators, I derived common configuration required for the plant. With
varying feed (waste) capacities, standard design models were prepared. This standardization was useful in reducing
proposal turn-around time thereby saving man-hours.
Title : Support to Commissioning Engineers
Client : Internal (THERMAX)
Description :
Provided support to commissioning department by involving in commissioning activities at field (Rotary Kiln at BEIL and
Liquid incinerator at Syngenta). Involved in start-up, operation, shut-down activities with vendor engineers, burner
installation, stack gas monitoring etc.

4. SCHOLASTICS
B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering): L.I.T., Nagpur in 2003.
GOLD MEDALIST Secured 81% in Final Yr.
Thesis on “Ozonization treatment for waste water” under the guidance of Prof. Baghade, LIT Nagpur. The work
included study of reduction of BOD / COD by ozonization treatment to waste water. M/S Reymond, Chhindwada
plant visit was studied.
Seminar Thesis on “Fuel Cells” under the guidance of Prof. Chandak, LIT Nagpur. The work included study and
working of hydrogen fuel cells.
1st Rank University topper (gold medallist) in Final year B.Tech Exam.
1st Rank University topper in Second year B. Tech Exam
TRAININGS
One Month Training in Standard Alkali, Navi Mumbai during graduation.
Six Sigma Green Belt Training.
UOP process design and project design training for 1 year at UOP Des Plaines Chicago.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Excellent technical and time management skills
Leadership quality, Team player for project execution in team.
Self-learner
Fluency in English - Interactions with Specialists in different parts of the world
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth : 12th
Dec’1981.
Address : P-523 Jalvayu Vihar, Sector-30, Gurgaon - 122001.
Languages : English, Hindi and Marathi.
Anil Pachpande
(M: 9910011352)