Vb Prakash

About Vb Prakash

Over 28 years of experience in process design, technology, engineering and operation of process plants (large scale air separation units, coal gasification plants, oil & gas installations). Focused on new technologies in the areas of coal gasification, gas processing, Hydrogen production / storage, Ion Transport membranes for Oxygen generationSpecialties: Process Engineering (Conceptual and basic design)Commissioning and plant operations Engineering & Technology ManagementLarge-scale Project development (> 2 BUSD) with focus on technology selection & risk management)Design Software Development for process industryRisk & Safety studies (FERA, QRA, EERA, ESSA, TRIA, MOPO, SIMOPS, HSE case, Fire & explosion studies, CFD modeling)- Offshore E&P, PetrochemicalsPSM (OSHA)Process & Energy Optimization of process plants (ASUs, Gas based power plants, Gasification units, LNG plants)Industrial sector survey, forecasting, Cost & Energy Benchmarking (Methanol, CO, Hydrogen generation & storage, Fuel Cells, ceramic membranes)Technology marketing (Future energy cycles & Energy Storage - Solar + H2 generation & storage + Fuel Cells for localized power and mobility) Technology development (CVI, Missile systems, AI/ML applications for industrial sector)Conceptual, Feasibility, FEED studies for Energy Transition projects that includes Solar, Wind farms, Solar + Wind, Electrolyzers for Green Hydrogen generation (PEM, AWE, AEM, SOEC), Hydrogen Compression, Storage & Distribution, CO2 capture from power plants, CO2 liquefaction, transportation, Green Ammonia, E-Methanol, E-SAF, Waste cold integration (with LNG regasification terminals) and Waste heat integration (with Ammonia Synthesis units), Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES), Fuel Cells (PEM, SOFC), Green Hydrogen injection to DRI & BFs.

Experience

1. Principal Consultant - Process Engineering

   Splitwaters

   Jun 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Engineering Leader covering all Engineering disciplines (Process, Mechanical, Electrical, Automation, Civil) for executing ET projects with particular focus on E-Methanol, Green Ammonia, E-SAF, Gasification projects in Europe and USA. Leading the BD support activities, overall project planning, design reviews & validations, resource utlization and meeting the project targets with respect to quality, schedule, Design-To-Cost approach.

Skills

• Procurement
• Commissioning
• Oil/Gas
• Pumps
• Onshore
• Process Safety
• Process Design
• Piping
• Energy Industry
• Energy
• P&Id
• Petrochemical
• Process Simulation
• Upstream
• Project Management
• Gas Turbines
• Process Optimization
• Plant Operations
• Project Engineering
• Technology Management
• Industrial Gases
• Risk Management
• Refinery
• Instrumentation
• Process Engineering
• Petroleum
• Engineering
• Heat Exchangers
• Pipelines
• Dcs
• Chemical Engineering
• Gas Processing
• Business Strategy
• Engineering Design
• Hazop
• Gas
• Iso
• Gasification
• Factory
• Product Development