Ravindranath K
Chief Scientist
Chemical Technology
CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
India
Biography
K. Ravindranath Chief Scientist & Head Of Instrumentation & Reaction Engineering pilot plant.Teamed with various Process groups, project management groups and systems engineering teams for developing optimal Instrumentation & Process Automation plan targeted for various chemical plants.Worked for Government & Public Sector sponsored projects. Worked with external Industrial clients in development and execution of collaborative projects. Presently Working with Industrial Client M/s GACL-Vadodara in process development for their projects.
Research Interest
Experienced Process Instrumentation Engineer with effective performance in many areas,these are: a).Design of Instrumentation & Automation systems. b).Preparation of Basic & Detailed Design Engineering packages. c).Sizing and design of Process Automation equipment & Instrumentation systems, etc. d).Development of PFD’s & P & ID’s. e).Preparation of Specification data sheets. f).Project Engineering. g).Testing ,commissioning, of Automation systems. h).HAZOP.
Publications
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Purushotham, Y., Ravindranath, K., Kumar, A., Govindaiah, R., Prakash, T.L. (2008) Quality improvements in tantalum powder by automation of sodium reduction system, International Journal of Refractory Metals & Hard Materials.
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R.N. Rao, M.V.N.K. Talluri, T.S.V.N.M. Krishna, K. Ravindranath (2007) Continuous counter current extraction, isolation and determination of solanesol in Nicotiana tobacum L. by non-aqueous reversed phase high performance liquid Chromatography. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis.
