March 2023
Environment and Safety
Design, operation and troubleshooting of sulfur-handling plants: Challenges and practices
The transportation of large quantities of liquid sulfur is costly and often impractical since it requires a continuous supply of heat energy to maintain its liquid form.
The Author
Chandragupthan Bahubali is a Chief Process Engineer at Wood India Engineering & Projects Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India (previously Amec Foster Wheeler India Pvt. Ltd.), and has 20 yr of post-graduate experience in oil and gas projects. He has also executed numerous technically challenging complex projects for global energy giants. Bahubali holds an MS degree in refining and petrochemical engineering from the University of Petroleum & Energy Studies and a BS degree in chemical engineering from Madras University, India. He has successfully completed many AIChE certificate courses in process safety, as well as many international certification courses and training from Harvard and the London Business School. Bahubali has authored numerous papers on flow assurance, gas hydrates, fixed-bed reactors, retrofit engineering and economics. The author can be reached at c.bahubali@woodplc.com and b.chandragupthan@gmail.com.
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