University of Petroleum & Energy StudiesEnergy Acres, PO Bidholi (via Premnagar)DehradunUttarakhand248007

903/4, Sobha Suman, M.M.Malaviya road,Opp. Tel. Exchange, Mulund (west)MumbaiMaharashtra 400080

201010092Smt. Sulochanadevi Singhania School201210086.67 Ratanbai Walbai Junior Science College

Btech. Chemical Engineering with specialization in Refining and PetrochemicalsUniversity of Petroleum and Energy StudiesDehradunR900212042

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Research Project:Working on seed assisted, organic structure directing agents (OSDA) free synthesis of industrially useful and environment-friendly zeolites (MTW and Beta). In any commercial process, cost is the major determinant parameter and hence the application of these novel zeolites is restricted owing to the usage of expensive organic structure directing agents (OSDA) in their synthesis. Thus, the cost reduction in the synthesis of these novel zeolites by using seed assisted OSDA free synthesis constitutes an important area of our research. Currently we are studying the various effects of gel composition, crystallization temperature and crystallization time on the synthesis of MTW-type zeolites by the hydrothermal treatment of sodium aluminosilicate gel with the help of calcined ZSM-12 seeds synthesized using tetraethyl ammonium hydroxide (TEAOH) as the organic-template. The product is characterized using the BET surface area analyzer, temperature programmed reduction, temperature programmed desorption and XRD analysis.Industrial Internship at Reliance Industry Ltd., Patalganga : Para Xylene Manufacturing Unit: During my internship I worked on designing a distillation column for the prefractionation unit of the Para Xylene plant. In the existing unit, the heart-cut naphtha (C7-C9) was obtained using two columns in series. The main idea behind the project was to combine the outputs of the two columns into one, such that the lighters (C1-C6) are the distillates, the heaviers (C10 onwards) are the bottoms and the heart-cut (C7-C9) is obtained from a side-stream. Using Aspen Plus, a column was designed and simulated with the desired output. Apart from that a complete overview of the plant operation was understood.

Ranked 1 in the Department of Chemical Engineering, UPES, in a batch of 40 students, after the completion of 4 semesters.

Was among the top 1% students in the Maharashtra State Board Examination.

Publication: Vaidish Sumaria, Dr. G. Gopalakrishnan, 2014, Comparison between template assisted and OSDA-free synthesis of ZSM-12 and Zeolite Beta, accepted for SCHEMCON (under the aegis of the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers), Haldia.Softwares: Aspen Plus (Basic), HTRI (Basic), AutoCAD, SolidWorks and TeXstudio