B R Ravichandran

Executive Director at ARAVINTHRAAJAN ENERGY SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED
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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, IN
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Experience

    • India
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Director
      • Jul 2020 - Present

      Involved as high-end consultant & advisor for Global Clients in sustainable energy transition process with following objectives: o To provide climate change mitigation solutions for decarbonization and sustainability goals for net zero and ESG compliance. o To work as owners & lenders engineer for assisting banks and financial institutions for funding power, energy and infrastructure projects. o To support OEMs for engineering of Waste Heat Recovery Systems and Power Plants based on Steam Rankine (SRC) or Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) for global clients from Cement, Glass, Diesel/Gas Engines, Sponge Iron and Coke Oven Industry. o To provide plant diagnostics and troubleshooting services for power, utility, process, steel, cement industries and implementing retrofitting and modernization projects o To provide engineering support for Waste to Energy Plants (WtE) using Incinerator/Combustion and Anaerobic Digestion (Bio-methanisation) technologies to generate power, water, biogas (bioCNG) using MSW, Biomass (Napier Grass, Energy Crops) and Industrial Wastes. o To support Global Client in executing EPCM and O & M contracts of power and utility plants Major Projects - Study and thermal modelling for converting to 100% Hydrogen firing of 2 x 500 tph Oil/Refinery Fuel Gas fired boilers in a leading UK refinery - 40MWe (net) King Grass fired Independent Power Plant for VILLAGE CORPS, Ghana, West Africa - Organic Rankine Cycle Based Cement Waste Heat Recovery Power Plant for 11.45 MW Shree Cement, Guntur Project, 12.20MW for Riyadh Cement Company, KSA, 6.8MW for Irish Cement, 10MW for Titan Cement Company, Greece. - Cement Waste Heat Recovery Boiler for PH and AQC boilers for Shree Cement, Guntur - Waste Heat Recovery Power plants for Glass Furnace Industry for clients including Borosil, Gold Plus, PGP Glass - Pre bid services 50 MW Gas Engine Power Plant in Central Africa - Pre bid services 120 MW Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power Plant in West Africa Show less

    • France
    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Head Of Operations
      • Jul 2018 - Jul 2020

      Involved in the implementation and execution of Renewable Energy power and cogeneration plants for world market including Waste to Energy and other related to Plant Solutions for Industry. Responsible for complete proposal & detailed engineering of captive, cogeneration, waste heat, Waste to Energy (WtE), biomass and utility power plants comprising of mechanical, piping, electrical, C&I, material handling and civil disciplines to meet the project deliverables with in time, cost and quality. Show less

    • India
    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Senior Vice President (EPC Projects)
      • Feb 2011 - Jul 2018

      As administrative head, responsible for management and operation of Chennai Office. Implementation of over 56+ worldwide EPC Power Projects (Central America, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, African countries, Indonesia, Philippines, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka) totaling 1200+ MW. Responsible for proposal & detailed engineering of captive, cogeneration, waste heat, Waste to Energy (WtE), biomass power plants comprising of mechanical, piping, electrical, C&I, material handling and civil disciplines to meet the project deliverables with in time, cost and quality. Major Projects (incl Renewables / Waste to Energy) - 16.05 MW cogen plant for JGC Philpines, INC at Isabella, Philippines - 3 x 16.5 MW Oil/Natural Gas fired cogen plant for ARAB Paper Co, DHAMMAM Saudi Arabia - 32 MW cogen plant for ADDAX Bio Energy SL at Makeni, Sierra Leone - 11.9 MW cogen plant for Sugar and Allied Industries Limited, Kaliro, UGANDA - 14 MW AFBC based IPP firing coal for ENKA DE Colombia S.A at Medellin, Colombia, South America - 18 MW cogen plant for Kwale International Sugars Co. Ltd., at Kwale, Kenya - 62.3 MW IPP firing bagasse/coal for Roytex S.A.at Gautemala, Central America - 3 X 35 MW CFBC based CPP firing coal for Bijao Electric Company SA., Honduras, Central America - 15 MW coke oven waste gas based CPP for Gerdau Steel India at Tadipatri, Andhra Pradesh, India - 43 MW IPP firing Biomass (King / Napier Grass) for Honduran Green Power Corp., Honduras, Central America - 12.3 MW Waste to Energy (WtE) Power plant for Essel Infra Projects Limited at Jabalpur, India - 4.72 MW Cement WHRB based Power Plant for Siddhi Vinayak Cement, Rajasthan, India - 34.9 MW cogen plant firing Bagasse for Generadora Chinchontepec at El Salvador, Central America - 8 MW Biomass based CPP for Tokyo Eastern Cement Co., Srilanka - 12 MW Biomass based CPP for San Jose City I Power Co., San Jose City, Philippines - 30 MW CFBC based CPP firing coal for Modern Cement & Mining Company Ltd., Jordan Show less

    • Pakistan
    • Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Additional Vice President (Central Technical Service)
      • Apr 2004 - Feb 2011

      Major Projects (1) Ultra Mega Power Plants - 2006 onwards to 2011 4000 MW Supercritical Thermal Power Plant at Sasan & Krishnapattnam (2) Vidharba Industries Power Limited – 2008 to 2011 2 x 300 MW Coal fired Thermal Power Plant at Butibori, Nagpur, Maharashtra (3) Samalkot Combined Cycle Power Project - 2009 to 2011 2 x 2400 MW Advanced Class GT based NG fired Combined Cycle Power Plant at Samalkot, (A.P) (4) Maharastra Energy Generation Limited - 2005 to 2011 1200 - 1800 MW Coal fired Supercritical Thermal Power Plant at Shahapur, Maharashtra (5) Reliance Power – Rosa Thermal Power Plant, Uttar Pradesh 2007 to 2009 4x 300 MW Coal Fired Thermal Power Plant, Rosa, Uttar Pradesh (6) Hariyana Power Generation Corporation, Hariyana -2006 to 2007 2 x 600 MW Coal Fired Thermal Power Plant, Hissar, Hariyana (7) Damodar Valley Corporation Ltd, West Bengal -2006 to 2008 2 x 600 MW Coal Fired Thermal Power Plant, Ragunathpur, West Bengal (8) Hariyana Power Generation Corporation, Hariyana -2004 to 2006 2 x 300 MW Coal Fired Thermal Power Plant, Yamunanagar, Hariyana (9) Gujarat Industrial Power Generation Corporation. - 2005 & 2006 300 MW CFBC boiler based Lignite fired Thermal Power Plant at Surat, Gujarat (10) Gujarat Electric Power Generation Corporation - 2005 & 2006 360 MW Advanced Class GT based Combined Cycle Power Plant at Utran, Gujarat (11) Reliance Power Limited, Dadri ( UP) / Shahapur Sites – 2004 to 2010 5600 MW / 1400 MW Advanced Class GT based NG fired Combined Cycle Power Plants (12) National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. - 2004 1400 MW NG fired Combined Cycle Power Plant at Kawas & Gandhar, Gujarat Show less

    • India
    • Construction
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Engineering Project Manager
      • Jan 2002 - Apr 2004

      Major Projects (1) Hindustan Zinc Limited (Sterlite Group), Rajasthan. - 2003 & 2004 154 MW (2X77 MW) Coal Fired Captive Power Plant at Chanderia, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. (2) Sanjay Gandhi Thermal Power Station, Madhya Pradesh- A/C BHEL -2003 1 x 500 MW Coal Fired Thermal Plant at Birsinghpur, Umaria, M.P.State (3) Karnataka Power Corporation Limited, Karnataka - A/C BHEL -2003 1 x 500 MW Coal Fired Thermal Plant at Bellary, Karnataka State (4) NTPC Limited, New Delhi. -A/c DOOSAN, South Korea, - 2003 3 X 660 MW Coal Fired Super-Critical Thermal Power Plant at Sipat, Chattisgarh. (5) Sterlite Industries Limited – Alumina Refinery Plant - 2003 3 X 30 MW Coal Fired Cogeneration Plant at Lanjigarh, Orissa. (6) Tata Power Corporation Limited, Jojobera, Jameshedpur. - 2003 1 x 120 MW Coal Fired Captive Power Plant at Jojobera, near Jamshedpur. (7) Kanoria Chemicals & Industries Limited, New Delhi. - 2003 1 X 25 MW Coal Fired Independent Power Plant at Renukoot, Sonebhadra Dist., U.P. (8) Ispat Energy Limited, Mumbai. - 2003 2 x 55 MW Blast Furnace Gas based Captive Power Plant at Dolvi, Maharastra. (9) RR Bio-energies, Hyderabad. - 2002 & 2003 12 MW GT based Biomass Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Power Plant at Dubacherla, West Godavaeri, Andhra Pradesh . (10) DC Power Limited, Kasargod, Kerala. - 2002 107 MW LM 6000PC GT based Naphtha fired Combine Cycle Power Plant (11) Kalpa-taru Energy Venture Private Limited, Padampur, Rajasthan. - 2002 1 x 7.5 MW Biomass based Captive Power Plant (12) Usha Beltron Limited, Jameshedpur - A/C BHEL,HYDERABAD. - 2002 Show less

    • Deputy Chief Engineer
      • Dec 1999 - Dec 2001

      Major Projects (1) Tamilnadu Petroproducts Limited, Chennai. – 2002 2 MGD Seawater based Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant (2) TN LNG & Power Company, Chennai. - 2000 to 2002 1890 MW LNG fired Combined Cycle Power Plant at Ennur, Tamil Nadu (3) PPN Power Generating Company, Chennai. - 1999 to 2002 330 MW MHI 701F GT based Naphtha / Natural Gas fired Combined Cycle Power Plant (4) Aban Power Company Limited, Chennai. - 2001 115 MW GT based Natural Gas fired Combined Cycle Power Plant (5) Chennai Petroleum Corporation, Chennai. - 2001 490 MW Residue fired Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle Power Plant (6) Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Limited, Rajahmundry. - 2001 30 MW Natural Gas fired Gas Turbine based Co-generation Plant (7) Global Boards Limited, Mumbai. - 2001 6 MW Kerosene fired Gas Turbine based Captive Power Plant (8) Sesa Kembla Coke Company Limited, Goa. - 2001 1 x 30 MW COFG & BFG based Group Cogeneration Captive Power Plant (9) KMS Power Limited, Hyderabad. - 2001 1 x 6 MW Rice Husk based Power Plant (10) Kalyani Ferrous Alloys Limited, Hospet. – 2000 & 2001 1 x 10.5 MW BFG based Captive Power Plant (11) Sterlite Industries Limited, Tuticorin. - 2000 20 MW LSHS fired Diesel Engine based Captive Power Plant Show less

    • Member (Engineering)
      • Oct 1997 - Nov 1999

      As member of project development team with responsibility for EPC contract finalization for 525 MW IPP at Tuticorin including following activities; Preparation of Specification for Utility Boiler and Piping System and Bid evaluation of Utility Boiler package and selection of EPC contract. Preparation of design basis, heat balance diagram for heat rate negotiation for PPA finalization. Preparation of EPC specification and tender document, Evaluation of Bids. Finalization and signing of technical document of the EPC contract. Project documentation and vendor data bank development for operation and maintenance. Performance test protocol development by using various codes and standards. Coordination with financial institutions for resolving technical & commercial issues related to project appraisal Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Services for Renewable Energy
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Assistant Chief Engineer
      • Mar 1995 - Sep 1997

      Major Projects (1) Andhra Pradesh Gas Power Corporation Limited, Vijjeswaram. – 1996-97 170 MW GE-PG9171E GT based Naphtha / Natural Gas fired Combined Cycle Power Plant (2) American Schack Company, USA. - 1996 100 TPH Waste Heat Boiler for Rain Calcining Power Plant (3) Southern Iron & Steel Company Limited, Mettur. - 1996 1 x 7.5 MW BFG based Power Plant (4) ITC Bhadrachalam Paper Boards Limited, Hyderabad. -1995 to1997 1 x 21 MW Coal fired Cogeneration Power Plant Show less

    • India
    • Oil and Gas
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Project Engineer
      • Jan 1994 - Mar 1995

      Major Projects (1) BPL Power Limited, Ramagundam -1994 2 x 250 MW Coal Based Thermal Power Plant (2) Sterlite Industries Limited, Gujarat. -1994 400 TPD News Print Plant & 1 x 20 MW Cogeneration Plant. (3) Reliance Industries Limited, Hazira & Patalganga Plant -1994 Gas Turbine Based Captive Cogeneration Power Plant (4) Gas Authority of India Limited, Godavari basin. -1994 Gas Piping across River Gouthami Major Projects (1) BPL Power Limited, Ramagundam -1994 2 x 250 MW Coal Based Thermal Power Plant (2) Sterlite Industries Limited, Gujarat. -1994 400 TPD News Print Plant & 1 x 20 MW Cogeneration Plant. (3) Reliance Industries Limited, Hazira & Patalganga Plant -1994 Gas Turbine Based Captive Cogeneration Power Plant (4) Gas Authority of India Limited, Godavari basin. -1994 Gas Piping across River Gouthami

Education

  • College of Engineering, Guindy
    Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering
    1982 - 1986
  • School of Energy, Bharathidasan University
    Master of Technology (MTech), Energy Conservation & Management
    1990 - 1992
  • National Institute of Information Technology
    Post Graduate Diploma in System Design, System Design
    1989 - 1990

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