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Associate Subject Matter Expert- Process Engineering at KPIT ( Green Hydrogen- Electrolysis). Carbon Capture-Oxygen Safety-Chemicals-Ethanol

About

I am a Senior Process Engineer and Subject Matter Expert (SME) with experience across chemical, biofuel, refinery, and oil & gas sectors, and a strong recent focus on energy transition technologies, including CO₂ capture using MEA-based systems and green hydrogen system engineering and product development. My core expertise lies in process design and advanced simulation, with hands-on experience in developing and validating Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS models for absorbers, regenerators, heat exchangers, compressors/blowers, and integrated process loops. I have worked extensively on packed column design (HETP/HTU), flooding and hydraulic analysis, solvent circulation optimization, temperature profile management (intercooling/pumparound), and energy integration. As an SME, I support design basis definition, technology selection, optimization studies, and troubleshooting, translating complex process behavior into clear, defensible engineering recommendations. I am actively involved in design reviews, debottlenecking studies, sensitivity analyses, and validation of models against literature and operational constraints. I also have strong client-facing experience, including requirement analysis, technical discussions, and delivery of structured findings and recommendations. I am particularly interested in senior or specialist roles that combine deep process engineering fundamentals, simulation-driven decision-making, and decarbonization, contributing to scalable CCUS and hydrogen value-chain solutions. --SKILL SET— Key skills include: a. Process Design & Engineering: Material & energy balances, PFD/P&ID development, equipment sizing, hydraulic analysis b. Gas Treating & CCUS: CO₂ absorption/regeneration (MEA), lean/rich loading analysis, solvent circulation optimization, degradation & corrosion considerations. c. Packed Column Design: HETP/HTU methods, flooding analysis, pressure drop, pump around and intercooling strategies. d. Process Simulation & Digital Tools: Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS, sensitivity studies, scenario analysis, model validation. e. Hydrogen Systems: Green hydrogen system engineering, process integration, operating envelope definition. f. Thermal Systems: Heat exchanger design, lean/rich heat integration, utility optimization. g. Troubleshooting & Optimization: performance monitoring, root-cause analysis. h. Client & Technical Leadership: Design basis development, technical reviews, stakeholder presentations, requirement analysis. To know more about me or my work, please drop me a line at : ashilit@gmail.com

Location

Pune Division

Work experience

Associate Subject Matter Expert/Senior Technical Lead- Process Engineering ( Green Hydrogen) at KPIT, Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 1. Working as Lead for process engineering of Hydrogen produced from Electrolysis using PEM electrolysers. Hydrogen generation and purification system Design of BOP of Electrolyzers and Hydrogen purification system (HPS). Preparation of Basic Engineering design package , Optimization of Design, Preparation of design guidelines, Process safety calculations and safety review. Assisting in HAZOP & LOPA studies and process safety time calculations. Well adverse with IEC61511 standards. 2. Working on development of Carbon capture system for a commercial vehicle exhaust system. Conducting simulations for Absorption and Adsorption technologies to check the feasibility and initial rough costing of the product.

Project Engineer II- APC at Honeywell Automation India Ltd, Oct 2019 - Jan 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Pune Area, India, As per my current role I have displayed excellence in technical execution and collaborating for APC projects for Petrochemical refineries and Metal & Mining domain and monitoring progress ensuring on-time completion Offered design engineering support, conducted site inspection, compliance audit and risk assessment and commissioning & project closure. Moreover, involved in planning, team selection and offering technical solutions for successful completion of projects.

Assistant Manager Process Engineering at Praj Industries Limited Pune, Aug 2014 - Oct 2019 · 5 yrs 3 mos, pune, As per my previous role, I worked in detailed engineering of Ethanol and Fuel Ethanol technologies; performed line sizing, valve sizing, equipment sizing (distillation columns, heat exchangers, evaporators and tanks), hydraulic calculations and PSV sizing. Posses strong technical exposure related to chemical engineering and applying it’s principal in the process. Led P&ID, PFD preparation, instrument PDS and electric load list preparation & energy integration. Liaised with vendors for various bought out items like pumps & PHE for technical discussion; provided support to the Commissioning Team. Carried out DCS FAT in order to demonstrate that the system and its components function properly, that manufacturing, assembly, configuration and software generation are done correctly.

Commissioning Engineer (Process) at UPCEM Engineering & Consultancy Pvt Ltd, Jul 2013 - Jul 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo, navi mumbai, As Process & Commissioning Engineer, I performed PFD, P&ID making and line size calculations and managed material balance quantities for recycle gas, hydrogen. Assisted in plant simulation using Aspen Hysys and prepared & analysed simulation report. Completed commissioning audit with third party vendor Bureau Veritas at GSPC (Kakinada)

M.E. chemical at BITS pilani, Jul 2011 - May 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos, Pilani, Explored core chemical engineering subjects like mass transfer, chemical reaction engineering in detail. Learnt computational softwares like Matlab, Aspen plus for academic projects. Some of the projects done are - 'Simulation and control of FCC unit', ' Simulation and control of solid state fermentation process (SSF)', ' LCIA and EIA of Cement industry'.

Education

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Chemical Engineering, Laxminarayan Innovation Technological University