Mukundkumar Chandulal Patel
Jamnagar
Summary
Dynamic electrical engineering professional with a proven track record at Reliance Syngas Limited, excelling in equipment reliability and health index creation. Adept at applying IEEE standards and fostering team collaboration, I successfully optimized transformer maintenance schedules, enhancing reliability and achieving significant cost savings. Recognized for innovative solutions and strong leadership skills.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Section Head Reliability Electrical-Transformer & Switchgear
Reliance Syngas Limited
Jamnagar
07.2011 - Current
- Preparing and implementing electrical equipment reliability improvement plan and ensuring maximum availability of electrical equipment by eliminating or minimizing break down by proactive monitoring & analysis.
- Improve reliability electrical equipment through continuous online condition monitoring techniques.
- Analyzing electrical equipment test records including transformer oil analysis and providing assessment of equipment health and improvement recommendations.
- Transformer oil dissolve gas analysis & any abnormal fault gases evaluating using the Duval triangle, Roger’s ratio methods to understand nature of fault.
- Creating of health index of power transformer according diagnostic test report.
- Answerable for 220KV/33KV 174MVA (OEM: ABB), 33/6.6KV 16/20/25/31.5MVA (OEM: SCHNEIDER), 33/11KV 25MVA (BBL), 6.6KV/0.415KV 2/2.5MVA & 6.6KV/690V 2.5MVA (OEM: CGL) transformers.
- Answerable for 11KV & 6.6KV (OEM: SCHNEIDER), 415V (OEM: L&T) Switchgears & up to 33KV cables.
- Participating in failure investigations, applicable recommendations share with other similar facilities to eliminate electrical equipment failures, evaluate their measures of effectiveness.
- Improving reliability through system studies, continuous improvement techniques/ upgradation/ modification.
- Ensuring scheduling of PM and PDM of Electrical assets in SAP as per IMS tire-3 document.
- Developing engineering scopes to contract cell which includes provision of specialist services, Cost estimation, technical bid evaluation.
- Coordinating with vendors and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM). Line up OEM services, monitor vendor performance and quality of purchased goods and services.
- Identifying Reliability improvement initiatives and ensure implementation in each plant.
- Imparting trainings to RIL employees for capability development on transformer, Switchgear & Cables.
- Review of group level Best Maintenance Practices (BMP) document.
- Electrical safety management, participating & conducting internal and inter site plant audit.
- Preparing optimized annual service and material budget without hampering equipment reliability and availability.
- DIN 51353 standard corrosive sulphur identified in five power transformers and replace the new oil.
- Create a Health Index of Power Transformer based on an IEEE paper to make prioritizing transformer overhauls easier. Three power transformers failure avoided.
- Three power transformers had internal failures that were discovered by routine dissolving gas analysis annual sampling and on-site corrective action carried out. Quarterly sampling introduces for early event detection.
- An online DGA critical power transformer is installed to monitor fault gasses in real time.
- By using Weibull analysis, PM optimizes power transformer PM frequency from once every four years to once every five years.
- Distribution transformer conservator tank low oil level alarm issues studied; capacity enhancement implemented.
- Presented the novel idea of Contact Resistance Measurement to raise the standard of MCC revalidation, which resulted in a notable improvement in the quality of the work. The Site President awarded me the 'A' Category Suggestion Award.
- Based on IEEE 400.2 standard, a cable health evaluation program was developed.
- A continuous online partial discharge monitoring system for 33 kV cables was put in place. Three cable failures were avoided.
- 33kV & 11kV cables N+1 cable requirement studied and 11KV Motor feeders 5 Nos. N+1 cable recommended to reduce downtime during cable failure.
Sr. Electrical Engineer
Ultratech Cement Ltd (Aditya Birla Group)
08.2005 - 07.2011
- 6.6KV Slip Power Recovery System Maintenance, troubleshooting & upgradation.
- 415V Variable frequency drives upgradation.
- Maintenance of motor & switchboard.
- Nomination for the Yong Professional Chairman Individual Award (Globally) for the 98.5% Slip Power Recovery System availability which resulted in savings of Rs. 7.05 crores in 2010.
- Nomination for the Yong Professional Chairman Individual Award (Globally) for the 98.5% Slip Power Recovery System availability which resulted in savings of Rs. 6.35 crores in 2009.
Education
B.E. - Electrical Engineering
Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya
06-2005
Skills
- Knowledge of electrical standards (IEEE, IEC, IS)
- Condition monitoring techniques
- Transformer oil analysis
- Health index creation
- Reliability
- Problem-solving aptitude
- Training management
- Electrical equipment reliability
Affiliations
IEI: The Institution of engineer (India), M-1800609
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Gujarati
Personal Information
- Passport Number: P3645439
- Passport Expiry Date: 08/15/26
- Date of Birth: 10/03/83
- Gender: Male
Certification
- Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP)
Timeline
Section Head Reliability Electrical-Transformer & Switchgear
Reliance Syngas Limited
07.2011 - Current
Sr. Electrical Engineer
Ultratech Cement Ltd (Aditya Birla Group)
08.2005 - 07.2011
B.E. - Electrical Engineering
Birla Vishwakarma Mahavidyalaya
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