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Work History
Education
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Dr. Rohit Singla

Dr. Rohit Singla

Pune

Summary

  • Develop Thermodynamics and Chemical process plants knowledge with emphasis on Cryogenics.
  • Dynamic modeling and operation expert with extensive experience in process plants.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior R&D Engineer, H2 Liquefier & Transfer, CTO

Plugpower Inc.
04.2022 - Current
  • Developed dynamic liquefier Unisim model for OTS project from P&IDs of a 15 TPD LH2 plant
  • Created easy-to-use LH2 mass delivery calculator of LH2 trailers incorporating density changes
  • Created dynamic models to gauge boil-off hydrogen losses during tank-to-truck-to-tank transfers
  • Improved hydrogen liquefiers refrigerated by working fluids: N2, H2, He, and mixed MR.

Doctoral Research Fellow

IIT Kharagpur
Kharagpur
06.2015 - 05.2021
  • Cryogenic air separation units for changing purity, pressure, and flow rate of oxygen streams.
  • Integrated LNG regasification with LOX ASU
  • Intricacies of Liquid Argon separation in an ASU
  • Process design of Helium liquefier for Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Kolkata, India

G.E.T

Jindal South West (JSW)
Bellary
10.2010 - 10.2011
  • Project monitoring and finance allocation of upcoming steel plants

Education

Ph.D. - Cryogenics Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
West Bengal, India
12-2021

M.Tech. - Cryogenics Engineering

IIT Kharagpur
West Bengal, India
05-2015

B.Tech. - Mechanical Engineering

National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar
Punjab, India
05-2010

Skills

  • Process design
  • Process dynamics
  • Exergy analysis
  • Aspen HYSYS
  • Aspen EDR
  • Unisim Design and Dynamics
  • GREET Model
  • Origin Graphing tool
  • Solidworks
  • Autodesk Inventor

Languages

Hindi, English & Punjabi

Hobbies and Interests

Badminton, Table tennis, Roller skating, Cycling

Publications

  • 1. Singla R, Chowdhury K. Comparisons of thermodynamic and economic performances of cryogenic air separation plants designed for external and internal compression of oxygen. Applied Thermal Engineering 2019; 160:114025.
  • 2. Singla R, Chowdhury K. Saving power by modifying a double column air separation plant to produce high and low purity pressurized gaseous oxygen simultaneously. Energy 2020; 210:118487.
  • 3. Singla R, Chowdhury K. Enhanced oxygen recovery and energy efficiency in a reconfigured single column air separation unit producing pure and impure oxygen simultaneously. Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification 2021; 162:108354.
  • 4. Singla R, Chowdhury K. Determining design criteria to reduce power and cost in filling high-pressure oxygen cylinders directly from cryogenic air separation plants. Cryogenics 2021; 162:103299.
  • 5. Singla R, Chowdhury K. Reducing power consumption in a cryogenic air separation plant for filling oxygen cylinders in-situ by utilizing thermal energy of pumped liquid oxygen. Applied Thermal Engineering 2021; 200: 117623.
  • 6. Singla R, Chowdhury K. Strategising practical implementation of additional condenser- reboilers (CR) to reduce power consumption of a dual purity cryogenic single column gaseous oxygen plant. Cryogenics 2022.
  • 7. Joy J, Singla R, Chowdhury K. Safe design of liquid oxygen plant that absorbs LNG cold energy and offsets supply disruption by injecting liquid nitrogen. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 2022.

Timeline

Senior R&D Engineer, H2 Liquefier & Transfer, CTO

Plugpower Inc.
04.2022 - Current

Doctoral Research Fellow

IIT Kharagpur
06.2015 - 05.2021

G.E.T

Jindal South West (JSW)
10.2010 - 10.2011

Ph.D. - Cryogenics Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur

M.Tech. - Cryogenics Engineering

IIT Kharagpur

B.Tech. - Mechanical Engineering

National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar
Dr. Rohit Singla