Sneha Patel
Professional Summary
Chemical Engineer with 5 years in polymer manufacturing and specialty-chemical processes at Reliance Industries and Aarti Industries. Optimised a polypropylene reactor to lift yield from 87% to 93.4%, cutting raw-material cost by ₹1.1 crore annually. Led 3 HAZOP studies covering 12 process nodes and achieved 2 consecutive years of zero process-safety incidents.
Professional Experience
- Optimised catalyst loading and temperature profiles on a 45-tonne/day polypropylene reactor, raising yield from 87% to 93.4% and saving ₹1.1 crore per year in propylene feedstock.
- Led 3 HAZOP studies covering 12 process nodes on a new speciality-polymer unit; tracked 47 action items to closure within agreed timelines.
- Achieved 2 consecutive years without process-safety incidents by championing a management-of-change (MOC) checklist adopted across the site.
- Modelled a heat-integration scheme in Aspen Plus that recovered 8.6 GJ/day of waste heat, reducing steam consumption by ₹38 lakh per year.
- Developed and maintained P&IDs for a nitration plant expansion, coordinating with mechanical and instrumentation teams to eliminate 9 design clashes before detailed engineering sign-off.
- Reduced effluent COD from 4,800 mg/L to 2,200 mg/L through process adjustments and improved secondary-treatment dosing, achieving GPCB consent conditions 4 months early.
- Prepared mass-balance and energy-balance calculations for a debottlenecking study that increased batch throughput by 19% without additional capital expenditure.
Education
Skills & Tools
Aspen Plus / Aspen HYSYS
HAZOP & Process Safety Management
P&ID Development
Mass & Energy Balances
Reaction Engineering
Effluent Treatment & Environmental Compliance
Management of Change (MOC)
Six Sigma Green Belt tools
Certifications
- Certified HAZOP Leader — Safety Institute of India
- Process Safety Management (PSM) Foundation — Indian Chemical Council
- Aspen Plus Fundamentals — AspenTech University