Lubricating Base Oil Production by Mr G Sriganesh | Department of Energy Science and Engineering

Location and Date:

23 Oct 2024 (Wednesday), 4 PM, DESE seminar Room, 2nd Floor

Abstract: The gradual shift of automotive industry towards high quality fuels has also imposed a gradual shift in the lubricating oil quality from Group I base oils towards Group II & III standards. An introduction to Lubricating Base Oil manufacturing technologies will explain all the differentiating quality parameters from Group I to Group III base oils along with the manufacturing processes, chemistry and equipment involved. In addition, the synthetic Lubricants and their process chemistry for producing Group IV and V will be explained.

Speaker Bio: Mr. Gandham Sriganesh is currently a visiting chair professor through the Center of Excellence in Oil, Gas and Energy at IIT Bombay. He has more than 35 years of experience working in the Indian refinery sector. He is working as a Senior Consultant, HPCL Green R&D Centre, providing guidance and expert technical advice on innovative projects that include higher propylene production from Cat cracker units, development of FCC and hydrotreating catalysts & additives, Hydrogen PSA technology, and ebulliated bed process for residue cracking among others. Before his appointment as a consultant, he worked with HPCL from 1982 to 2019, including holding the positions of Executive Director (Visakha Refinery) and Executive Director (R&D Center). He spearheaded many expansion projects at Mumbai and Visakha refineries, as well as played a key role in implementation of many new technologies.