Ashish Kadam

About Ashish Kadam

Skill sets: Thermal and Mechanical design of the heat exchanges (fin and tube coils, micro channel heat exchangers, flooded chillers, PHEs, DX evaporators, process exchangers) and vessels, design of refrigeration plants for any application, design of cold storage and food processing plants, simulation and design of unitary HVAC systems like freezers, air coolers, refrigerators, cabinets, air handling units, cooling towers and evaporative condensers etc.In depth knowledge of subjects thermal engineering, energy audit, fluid dynamics, refrigeration and HVAC apart from material science, mechanical design etc. Well versed with instrumentation and controls required for process plants. Good knowledge of design of electrical systems and plant illumination etc.Software known: PV Elite, HTRI, EES, EnergyPlus, Climate Consultant etc. Standards and Codes known: API, ASME, ASHRAE, IIAR etc. Key Experience: Design of Minus 70 deg C brine chilling plants, Refrigeration plants for fish processing plants and storage, LPG unloading and storage plants, Ammonia unloading and storage plants, Chlorine liquefaction plants, air chilling units, screw compressor packages with vertical and horizontal oil separators, Water chilling plants with ammonia for capacity TR, CO2 - Ammonia cascade refrigeration plants, Smoke extraction plants, Air conditioning of control rooms and commercial buildings, Retrofitting of water and brine chillers for alternative refrigerants

Experience

1. Manager - Industrial Refrigeration Engineering

   Johnson Controls

   Dec 2011 — Present

Education

• Shivaji University, Kolhapur

  M. E. Mechanical, Thermal Engineering

  2002 — 2003

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Ph. D. Mechanical Refrigeration, Refrigeration and Air conditioning

  2007 — 2014