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Muthukumar, contact no: 09600170742

Process Engineer at Citec Engineering India Pvt. Ltd.,
muthukumaraaa@gmail.com
Summary
This is Muthukumar, Chemical Engineer, practicing as a Process Engineer or Chemical Process Industry,
solvent recovery process simulation and modelling using !SPE" PL#S simulation tool $!spen plus %&.',
!spen (T)S %&.', !spen (*S*S %&.'+. Muthukumar is responsi,le or Process Engineering o e-isting .
ne/ process scale up and process optimi0ation o operations such asPump si0ing , 1rying, )iltration and
1istillation. Process cycle time reduction $1e2,ottleneck studies+, )ront End Engineering $)EE1+ studies or
ne/ process, Process Engineering calculations or process trou,leshooting, E3uipment speciication and
selection,Saety study and risk assessment, E"C4" studies and implementation, (!54P studies
implementation, developing P61, P)1 and #)1, P7I1 revie/ and updation, PSI and PSS8 audit.
E-perience
Process Engineer at Citec Grou
1ecem,er 9:'; 2 Present $< months+
Process Engineering activities or Pro=ects.
'. *an,u II 4il and gas Pipeline pro=ect
Checking and updating inal design documents or delivery
#pdating PI1 using Microstation
Perorming P8% si0ing calculation, Pump (ydraulic calculation.
Checking %endor documents.
9.Steam Mangement study or Takreer 8einery !,hudha,i.
Steam "et/ork P)1 creation or units #L>, (Sk, >1P and (C?
1eveloping P7I1 using P)1.
Preparing Steam trap selection criteria document
6uilding steam model or steam net/ork o (P, MP ,oilers in E-cel and (*S*S
C49 Stripper study 2 To de2,ottleneck high C49 content in /ater to de2aerater
#pdating cutomer comments and delivery the delivera,les.
Insulation thickness calculation using E-cel spreadsheet programe.
Process Engineer at !rchi" Chemica#s an" Pharmaceutica#s $t"
1ecem,er 9:'' 2 1ecem,er 9:'; $9 years ' month+
Process Engineer at 4rchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd rom 1ecem,er 9:''.
Process trou,le shooting
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Process ha0ard study $(!54P participation +
Energy saving $solvent+
Process optimi0ation study
(eat and material ,alance calculation
Preparation and updating P 7 I1, P)1
!SPE" plus , (T)S, !spen (ysys
%rainee Engineer & 'esign at A(M Consu#tanc) P*t $t"
@uly 9:'' 2 1ecem,er 9:'' $A months+
1esign Engineer Trainee at !um Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.,2 TSS >roup, (ydera,ad rom !ugust 9:'' to
1ecem,er 9:''.
B Preparation o (eat and Material ,alance or sodium metho-ide process
B Pump and Line si0ing calculation or cooling /ater supply to heat e-changers
B (eat E-changer Thermal design calculation
B 1istillation design calculations $capacity, Plate design, Pressure drop +
B 64M preparation
Pro"uction %rainee & +)#on 6 !eration at ,-. $imite"
May 9::& 2 May 9::< $' year ' month+
Si- month Internship in "ylon A production unit2 6atch Polymeri0ation plant."ylon chips used in making
mainly Engineering plastics, Tyre guard and ish net.
(andled 4perations such as,
!ddition polymeri0ation reaction !utoclaves,
#nder /ater >ranulation #nit
Shank E-traction Process
8otary 1rum dryer
Startup and shutdo/n activities $cleaning+ o shell and tu,e heat e-changers and Plate and rame heat
e-changer
(ot /ater pumping and monomer recovery
(yundai Motor India Ltd.,
8esponsi,le or #6S$under ,ody sealer + 8464T section. Inspection o sealer and deadner type paint
application ,y ?#?! ro,ots.

Pro=ects
%ransort roerties o/ 0inar) so#*ent mi1tures
@anuary 9:'' to March 9:''
Mem,ersC!. Muthukumar, !MIChemE, Mohan, 6ritto 8a=, loganathan
La,oratory estimation and theoretical co2relation o estimated values such as viscosity,density and velocity o
,inary solvent mi-tures at dierent temperatures. This ena,les us in kno/ing thermodynamic properties o
these mi-tures /hen they are stored in tanks.
2"enti/)ing acti*e ingre"ient /rom #ant cru"e e1tracts using chromatograh)ic techni3ues
1ecem,er 9::A to March 9::&
Mem,ersC!. Muthukumar, !MIChemE, prithvira=, nallaperumaal, ra=a
Puriication o plant crude e-tracts using Chromatography techni3ues $TLC, Column, >lass plate+ and
identiying the active compound using "M8
Pressure re#ie/ *a#*e si4ing & steam #ine
!pril 9:'; to !pril 9:';
Mem,ersC!. Muthukumar, !MIChemE
Pressure relie valve or steam line /ith ':D overpressure $l,.hr+ and calculation oriice area
Languages
5in"i
Eng#ish
%ami#
Skills 7 E-pertise
Asen P#us
'isti##ation
Process ,imu#ation
P 6 2'
Mass 6 Energ) 0a#ance
Process .#o7
P.'
$ine ,i4ing
Process !timi4ation
5%.,
Asen 58,8,
$Limited /orking proiciency+
$)ull proessional proiciency+
$"ative or ,ilingual proiciency+
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Education
Anna (ni*ersit)
6achelor o Technology, Chemical Engineering, 9::< 2 9:''
>radeC &ED
!ctivities and SocietiesC StudentFs secretary in 8eactions 9k': Chemical Engineering "ational level
symposium.
2nstitute o/ Chemica# %echno#og), Chennai
1iploma in Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, 9::G 2 9::&
>radeC <ED
!ctivities and SocietiesC 1e,ate, Pu,lic speaking
,ai Matricu#ation 5r. ,ec. ,choo#
(SE, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, 9::H 2 9::G
>radeC <ED
!ctivities and SocietiesC 1e,ate and pu,lic speaking in Tamil language
(onors and !/ards
)irst class /ith (onors in 1iploma in Chemical Engineering
)irst Class /ith distinction in 6achelor o Technology 2 Chemical Engineering
State level )irst pri0e in Tamil 4ratory competitions
Interests
Internet suring $///.ted.com+