ABDUL RASHEED K.K.P
Abudhabi
Summary
High-performing, strategic thinking research engineering specialist having professional experience in the field of Energy, water and environmental Engineering R&D department and also experience in various Chemical Engineering operations. Highly skilled at relationship building with clients and across organizations and teams; having good experience in catalysis, gas processing, material science, industrial waste water treatment and utility water treatment in petroleum refinery. Also ability to handle analytical instrument in material characterization, material synthesis procedure, gas processing setup, operation and optimization experience in pilot plant for both gas processing and refinery waste and utility water treatment setup and also currently experts in hydrogen storage research. Expert in equipment like Temperature programmed desorption, Temperature programmed reduction, Raman spectroscopy, X-RAY Diffraction, XRF, Scanning Electron microscope, Transmission electron microscope. Expertise in this field and develop material as novel coking resistant NiFeAl material for partial oxidation of methane for syn gas production US patent patent No 11890596. UAE Golden visa recipient (Brilliant talented category).
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Asst researcher
Center for catalysis and separation (Khalifa University)
07.2021 - Current
- Natural gas to H2 and high value carbon as an environmentally friendly and economically approach and Material synthesis for hydrogen storage project in CECAS, Khalifa university
- For Hydrogen storage work we developed Dendritic fibrous nanosilica (DFNS), also known as KCC-1 from sand, has a unique fibrous morphology and a high surface area with improved accessibility to the internal surface, tunable pore size and volume, controllable particle size, which made it useful in the fields of energy storage
- Collected data through reactors and process analysing areas for opportunities and product development
- Ensured systems worked efficiently, effectively and safely by testing and evaluating equipment.
Project research associate
UAEU gas research Laborotary
05.2020 - 07.2021
- Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane (CPOM): Development of new catalyst, Laborotary analysis, Characterization of catalyst, Setting of lab scale pilot design etc
- Handling higher analytical instruments like XRF, XRD, TEM,SEM etc
- Designed and made presentations summarising research findings at national and international conferences
- Monitored research activities to complete projects within stipulated timeframes and budget constraints.
Chemical engineer
Waste tire pyrolysis plant consultant firm
03.2017 - 04.2020
- Pyrolysis most economic and eco-friendly to handle black pollution scrap tires
- After pyrolysis we generally get tire oil, steel wire and carbon black
- Tire oil can be used as an industry oil or produce diesel after further distillation, while steel wire can be sold directly or send to steel industry and recovered carbon black also used in industrial raw material
- Performed process engineering calculations and developed technical reports to support business objectives
- Planned and implemented layout of manufacturing equipment to optimise production and decrease costs.
Research lab engineer
The Petroleum Institute (ADNOC)
11.2015 - 02.2017
- The above joint research project by TRC-PI was approved by the ADNOC and PI The Takreer Refinery has the seawater cooling loop and fresh water cooling loop systems Over the years, the bio-fouling became increasingly more serious and the bacteria became more resistant to the chemical/biocide additives
- In addition to the high cost of conventional treatment methods, governmental regulations also prevent the high dosage of such chemicals in the cooling water system
- Therefore, there is an urgent need to improve the cooling water quality while eliminating or reducing the use of chemicals to alleviate the environmental burdens and pollution
- Tested different theories, materials and machines to determine most effective and efficient solutions
- Used environmentally friendly materials to design and protect surfaces of workpieces.
Pilot plant engineer
UAEU-JCCP-Takreer (ADNOC)
07.2012 - 10.2015
- This project is a collaborative research effort between the UAE University, Japan cooperation center petroleum/JX-Nippon Research Institute and TAKREER to evaluate the current wastewater treatment process at ruwais refinery and to develop a more efficient and effective process for the treatment of the wastewater generated by the refinery
- Detailed design of a pilot plant consisting of the most efficient integrated treatment arrangement has been carried out based on the experimental results
- Trained staff, contractors and vendors on safety procedures and checked activities to verify adherence to training objectives
- Applied scientific rules and methods in solving complex problems, using expertise to generate and implement solutions.
Education
Master of Science - Petroleum and Gas Engineering
University of Salford
Manchester, UK12.2012
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
Anna University
Chennai, India05.2010
Skills
- Competitor analysis
- Exceptional communicator
- Research Lab development and management
- Process Engineering
- Material development for energy storage
- Material Characterization techniques
- Project Management
- Energy consumption analysis
- Hydrogen production and storage
Accomplishments
Conferences:
· Abbas Khaleel, Abdul Rasheed Pillantakath, AbdulmuizzAdamson, Significant enhancement of coking resistance in partial oxidation of methane over Fe-doped Ni/g-Al2O3 catalysts, The 15th European Congress on Catalysis, Prague, Czech Republic, August 27-September 1, 2023.
· Synthesis of mesoporoussilica with magnesium hydride confinement for enhance hydrogen energy storage conference conduct on June 10, 2022 POCER 2022, Lanhkawi, Malaysia.
· Coking resistant Ni/MgAl2O4 catalyst for partial oxidation of methane: The impact of physiochemical properties of support has been accepted for oral presentation in 27 North American catalysis society meeting in Newyork, USA Friday may 27, 2022.
· The 23rd Joint GCC-Japan Environment Symposium, December 15-17, 2014 Posterpresentationin" Novel Approach of treatment of refinery wastewater".
· Appreciation certificate for waste water treatment research in UAE University.
· Lab safety training completion certificate on course held at The Petroleum Institute.
· Participated Two Day National level seminars on "Control of Non -linear system" OrganizedbyIIE(Indian Institution Of Engineers2006).
· Participated in Two Day National level Workshop Organized by Federation of ChemicalEngineers2009.
· Short course on Excel for numerical Techniques held at Adhiyamaancollege of Engineering.
· Characterization and Treatment of the Cooling Water from an Oil Refinery.Kean Wang,JimohHaolat, Abdul Pillanikathand Abraham George, 8th Global Chinese Chemical Engineers Symposium (GCCES 2016) held in Singapore, 20th-22nd, July 2016. GCCES2016.
· UV254 Treatment of Cooling Water from an Oil Refinery Haolat Jimoh, Kean Wang and Abdul Rasheed Pillanikath(The Petroleum Institute, UAE) UAE Graduate Student Researchconference2016.
· The Poster Presentation in ADRIC, AbudhabiResearch and Innovation Centre, March 2017on Oil in water emulsion separation in PES (Poly ether sulfone)&Nitrocellulose micro filtration membranes.
Publications:
· Significant role of well-dispersed Fe2+ ions in the support of Ni catalysts in enhancing coking resistance during partial oxidation of methane.A Khaleel, AR Pillantakath, A Adamson - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023.
· Influence of the textural characteristics and the preparation conditions of the support on coking resistance and performance of Ni/MgAl2O4 catalysts A Khaleel, F El Alem, AR Pillantakath- Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022.
· Rice husk waste into various template-engineered mesoporoussilica materials for different applications: A comprehensive review on recent developments AG Gebretatios, ARKK Pillantakath, T Witoon, JW Lim… - Chemosphere, 2023.
· Catalytic Dehydrogenation of Methane to Hydrogen and Carbon Nanostructures with Fe-Mo Bimetallic Catalysts HM Chulliyil, IR Hamdani, A Ahmad, AR Pillantakath… - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2024.
· Synergetic effect of Ni-CeO2 bimetallic catalyst for an effective decomposition of methane to hydrogen and filamentous nanocarbons
MMH Adeel Ahmad, Iqra Reyaz Hamdani, Abdul Rasheed Pillantakath, Ahmed Al .
ChemCatChem.
· Impact of Promoters on the Catalytic Performance of Nanostructured Nickel/Carbon Matrix for the decomposition of Methane" by Ahmad, Adeel; Hamdani, Iqra Reyaz; Pillantakath, Abdul Rasheed; Shoaibi, Ahmed Al; Srinivasakannan, Chandrasekar; Hossain, Mohammad Mozahar.
· The impact of surface-impregnated versus support-dispersed Fe in Fe–Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalysts for partial oxidation of methane: Insights into the effect of Fe incorporation method …
A Khaleel, A Adamson, AR Pillantakath
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 81, 643-653
Patents (Inventions):
· Coking resistant NiFeAlcatalyst for partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas A Khaleel, AR Pillantakath- US Patent 11,890,596, 2024.
Roles And Responsibilities
- Conduct tests, document test results, and develop project presentation.
- Provide user training and technical support.
- Design testing procedures and coordinate testing to identify problems and solutions.
- Material synthesis and characterization.
- Build prototypes, products, and systems for testing.
- Participates with faculty members and students carrying out research work. Contributes technical knowledge to the design, upgrade, and revision of experiments.
- Operation and optimization of Refinery Waste water treatment pilot plant inTakreer (ADNOC) refinery.
- Analysis of samples by using UV spectrophotometer, Gas chromatography, TOCanalyzer, FTIR etc.
- Preparation of Annual progress report to Takreer (ADNOC) and JXX-NRI, Japan.
- Laboratory evaluation of three step water treatment process.
- Ground water treatment by using Electro-coagulation unit.
- Studies various analytical instrument applied in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.
- Supporting the graduate and PhD students for research experiments.
References
- Dr Cheng chin, Deputy chair, Chemical engg, Khalifa University, Cheng.kui@ku.ac.ae, +97123124657
- Dr Abbas Khalil, Chair, chemistry dept, UAE UNIVERSITY, abbask@uaeu.ac.ae, +971506937292
Timeline
Asst researcher
Center for catalysis and separation (Khalifa University)
07.2021 - Current
Project research associate
UAEU gas research Laborotary
05.2020 - 07.2021
Chemical engineer
Waste tire pyrolysis plant consultant firm
03.2017 - 04.2020
Research lab engineer
The Petroleum Institute (ADNOC)
11.2015 - 02.2017
Pilot plant engineer
UAEU-JCCP-Takreer (ADNOC)
07.2012 - 10.2015
Master of Science - Petroleum and Gas Engineering
University of Salford
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
Anna University
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