MAHESH PATEL, P.E.
254 Holiday Dr.
Clarksville, TN 37040
Cell: (949) 351-6001
Email: Mahesh.Irvine[at]gmail.com
U.S. Citizen
OBJECTIVE: I am seeking a Senior Process Engineering position with a chemical manufacturing company that will utilize and challenge my thirty (30) years of highly diversified experience of chemical manufacturing processes, set up manufacturing plants and environmental monitoring.
I am looking for a company that will gainfully utilize my technical skill, project management skill and dedicated work ethics. Also, I wish to be a part of the company that has plans to expand and strive to be the leader in the field in which it is engaged. My ideal job would allow me to remain on floor at the plants and continually seek and develop possible ways of efficiently transforming raw materials into valuable products by chemical and physical processes, ideally anywhere in the USA.
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:
Chemical Engineer with global experience and a successful record of accomplishment of process development from laboratory to full-scale production units. Process experience includes process optimization of batch and continuous chemical processes.
Design engineering experience includes front end and detailed process design including data sheet development, P&ID, Specification for equipment purchase, PHA, HAZOP reviews, Plant startup and commissioning.
Fluor Corporation, Aliso Viejo California 05/1990 –02/2009
Senior Process Engineer
Responsible for all aspects of the process engineering during the conceptual, preliminary and detailed design phases of various projects. I worked with client for preparation of detail engineering documents such as Heat and Material balance, PFDs, P&IDs, Equipment Datasheets, Instrument Datasheets and Control Philosophy.
09/2007- 02/2009: I was responsible for Coke Handling and Coke Slurry Preparation & Storage for Petroleum Coke Gasification project. This includes design of a solid handling and slurry processing facility. I worked with client for preparation of front-end engineering documents to support cost estimate. Actively participated in providing cost saving ideas to reduce capital cost. List of the process equipment included Petcoke Storage Bins, Fluxant Storage Bins, Petcoke Weigh Feeders, Fluxant Weigh Feeders, Bag Filter, Vent Blower, Mill Feed Conveyor, Ball Mill (Wet Grinding), Slurry Feed Tanks, Slurry Pumping and Vibrating Screen.
09/2005-09/2007: I worked on detailed design of REC Solar Grade Silicon LLC, Silicon production facility using new production technology featuring polysilicon deposition on fluid bed reactors. I was responsible for conceptual and detailed design of a solid (beads) handling, processing and packaging facility and wet vacuum scrubber design. Equipment purchased included transfer totes, screeners, crusher, bulk packaging and conveying systems and eductor type gas-solids scrubbing system.
05/2000-07/2002: I worked on Bastrop Energy Center combined cycle 535 MW capacity power plant project. Tasks included detail design and startup of raw water treatment systems, demineralized water system, heat recovery steam generation (HRSG) system, boiler blow down system, chemical injection system and waste water system.
05/1990-07/1999: Waste Gasification to Ammonia Project (Rineco Industries): Lead a group of six process engineers to develop data sheets and P&ID for a front-end design of industrial waste gasification plant preliminary cost estimate.
Molten Metal Technology Industrial Waste (Fly ash) Processing Project: Worked as a client engineer for the development of an innovative Catalytic Extraction Process for processing hazardous waste. Participated in plant safety analysis and HAZOP review. Also performed process engineering work at the demonstration plant in the client's facility.
West Georgia Power Generation Project: Process engineer on front-end and detailed design of a simple cycle 668 MW capacity power plant. Responsibilities included demineralized water system, oily water separation system and cooling water system.
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System Project: Worked on design of a secondary low-level liquid waste processing facility.
Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant: Process Engineer involved in design of a low-level liquid waste processing facility. Worked on PFDs, P&IDs and hydraulic check calculations.
Yacupoa Electric Project: Worked on coal gasification and cogeneration feasibility study. Responsible for process simulations using Gas Process Calculator (GPC) simulation program for cost estimation.
Daggett Power Generation – TEXACO Corporation: I worked on a coal gasification and cogeneration feasibility study. Used Fluor Gas Process Calculator (GPC) for equipment sizing and cost estimation.
Chemical Recovery Project - TRW Inc.: Responsible for conceptual and detailed design of a full-scale plant, batch process, from the laboratory data for the recovery of sodium azide from air bag propellant waste using fractional crystallization, ultra filtration, ozonation and drying technologies. I took charge of this cradle-to-grave type project and handled startup activities from receiving solid waste drums to warehousing recovered product. I worked with client for preparation of manuals for Standard Operating Procedures; start up of the plant to reach targeted capacity with live material for safe and smooth transfer to TRW plant operation group.
Applied Utility Systems, Inc. 07/2005-09/2005
Senior Process Engineer
Worked on several company projects and proposals for NOx reduction systems.
Responsible for engineering support to improve efficiency and performance of soil vapor extraction unit. Worked on replacing 21,000 scfm carbon bed adsorption units with Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) at a refinery. Process modifications were completed within budget and time estimated.
Also assisted Phase I investigation, site investigation and soil testing of a plating facility. Planned, developed, coordinated and implemented project commissioning/start-up requirements for a 500 scfm recuperative thermal oxidizer and worked on bioreactor to treat ground water.
Senior Project Engineer for scale up, detail engineering, construction, and startup of various chemical and pesticide manufacturing plants involving batch and continuous processes. Projects include the following.
Oxalic Acid Project: Responsible for scale-up design, construction and start-up of a continuous Oxalic Acid plant based on operating data of small batch type plant. I worked on process improvement and debottlenecking after successful startup.
High Alumina Refractory Cement Project: Responsible for the design fabrication and start-up of a small experimental unit to produce rock phosphate pellets feed to an existing phosphorus furnace to produce high alumina refractory cement as by-product with simultaneous yellow phosphorus production. Unit was designed by modifying existing spare equipments with minimal expenditure.
Aluminum Phosphide Project: Traditionally Aluminum Phosphide was made from red phosphorus. We worked on plant scale experiments to prove economy of changing red phosphorus to yellow phosphorus. Later worked on plant modifications to replace red phosphorus by yellow phosphorus as a raw material. All the reactors were designed and fabricated internally.
Organic Residue Incineration Project: Responsible for engineering, installation and commissioning of a low cost incinerator for disposal of hazardous chlorinated organic waste using carbon monoxide as fuel. Carbon monoxide was tapped from existing yellow phosphorus plant. This was a fixed budget project and goal was to reuse waste and spare equipment available within company’s facilities.
Butene Diol Project: Group lead for in-house process development from bench scale experiment to a commercial plant. Worked in the laboratory for process validation and data collection for conceptual and detailed plant design. Participated in installation and start-up. Later improved hydrogenation and acetylation reaction efficiency by varying process conditions and adjusting cycle time.
Aluminum Chloride Project: Installed and commissioned a pilot plant to study process feasibility and economics. Plant used Phosgene gas made from reaction between carbon monoxide and chlorine gas and passing through bed of bauxite.
Endosulfan Project: The first-of its kind project in Asia, I worked in R & D facility and pilot plant to develop the process know how for Endosulfan plant. My work involved detailed engineering, equipment fabrication, testing, and commissioning of the main plant. Worked as a lead engineer on the expansion of the plant to double the production capacity, which included unit operations such as condensation and sulfonation reactions, solid-liquid separations, high vacuum distillation, scrubbers, utility/off-site such as boilers, demineralized water systems, cooling towers, plant air, brine water systems and refrigerated (chilled) water systems. I continuously worked, as a plant engineer, to improve productivity, and equipment utilization.
RELATED SKILLS:
Efficient in the use of process simulator “Gas Process Calculator (GPC)â€; Visio, Fathom & Arrow hydraulic program, PALS hydraulic program, windows operating system and MS Office.
EDUCATION:
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Gujarat University, India
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
Professional Engineer (Chemical), License # CH 6148, California, 2004.
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