About PPC

PPC, engineering lives to a better tomorrow

Considered one among the leading players of Engineering Consultants, PPC’s forte is execution of Engineering Consultancy Services cost effectively and at a premium quality which matches International standards.

The Founder

Armed with an M Tech in Chemical Engineering, N. Gunasekaran, specializes in Plant Design. His skills were honed to perfection due to his many years of worthy experience with leading players in the industry in India as well as overseas in the areas Refineries, Gas Handling, Polymers, Pulp and Paper Mills and Captive Power Plants.

N.Gunasekaran has several years of experience in companies such as Universal Heat Exchangers Ltd, Coimbatore, GEA Energy System India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai and Esquire Engineers and Consultants Ltd, Chennai., Tamil Nadu.

PPC’s motto of success is using the right degree of simplicity and sophistication in a mechanical system, which is always in synchrony with client’s needs. The company understands that long-term maintainability and energy efficiency are often the principal determinants of design. Equal importance is given to knowledge of clients’s needs and knowledge of design.

Areas of Expertise
  • Management of design and Engineering activities related to project
  • Static equipment design to International codes
  • Preparation of PIDs, Heat and Mass Balance, equipment layouts, piping layouts, support layouts, project management discussions, Discussion with Technology suppliers from foreign countries and site erection clarifications
  • Design and detailed engineering of major expansion projects


An overview of past projects while in employment:

REFINERY PROJECTS:

INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED (IOCL) - GUJARAT REFINERY, BARODA.

  • Updation and generation of piping GADs for off-site piping , Piping for tank farm areas(sectors I to XXVI), Pump house, Gantry area piping in Gujarat Refinery.

COCHIN REFINERIES LIMITED, COCHIN.

  • Mechanical Design of Fixed roof storage tank (Capacity 5200 KL) of size Dia 24M x 12M height inclusive of Roof design for storing Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) and preparation of manufacturing drawings under the purview of Lloyds Register Industrial Services (LRIS)
  • Mechanical Design of Fixed roof storage tank (Capacity 4700 KL) of size Dia 20M x 15M height inclusive of Roof design for storing water and preparation of manufacturing drawings under the purview of Lloyds Register Industrial Services (LRIS)
  • Isometric drawings for DHDS (DeHydro DeSulfurisation) project of INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED (GUJARAT REFINERY, BARODA) as per EIL Specificatin.

KVEARNER PROJECTS INDIA LIMITED – BANGALORE

  • Generation of Isometric drawings for DHDS ( DeHydro DeSulfurisation) project of INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED (GUJARAT REFINERY, BARODA)

TECHNIP INDIA LIMITED, CHENNAI-INDIA (Project-MOTOROIL-SA & NEAD)

  • Design of Columns - HP Amine Absorber, LP Amine Absorber, Dryer, HDT Stripper, MHC Stripper, Naphtha Stabilizer
  • Design of Reactors – Hydrogenator, Desulfurizer, Pre-Reformer and High temoerature shift converter
  • Design of HP Vessels - Hot HP Separator Drum, HP Amine Absorber KO Drum, Recycle Compressor KO Drum
  • Design of LP Vessels - LP Separator Drum, MHC Stripper, Atm. Distillation Reflux Drum, Make-up Compressor KO Drum, HDT Stripper Reflux Drum for one of the Refinery expansion projects in South Africa
  • Design of Vessels - 1st and 2nd - Stage Separators, LP compressor Scrubbers, MP compressor Scrubbers, Gas De-hydration Scrubbers, Gas De-hydration Inlet Scrubbers.

    All above Mechanical designs were carried out using PC002/MICRPRTOL Software

TECHNIP INDIA LIMITED, CHENNAI-INDIA (Project-TOTAL FRANCE NORMANDY REFINERY)

  • Design of Drums - Fractionator Reflux Drum, Amine Regenerator Reflux Drum, LP Amine KO Drum, LPG Flash Drum, Sour Water Surge Drum, and Amine U/G Drum.
  • Design of Vessels - Heavy Slops Vessel

    All above Mechanical designs were carried out using PC002 Software

CHENNAI PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED-CHENNAI. (Bidder : TATA HONEYWELL LIMITED-PUNE)

  • Pre-bid Engineering for Off-site Automation Piping Engineering as per EIL material specification by preparing the Piping MTO, Valve MTO, Insulation MTO and Steam Tracing MTO.

CHENNAI PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED-CHENNAI. (OFF-SITE AUTOMATION PROJECT)

  • Process design: Design of Pipe sizes for MS, HSD and FO Blending streams
  • Design of FO and KERO Pump head calculation
  • Design and sizing of Blending headers
  • Preparation of PFDs for MS, FO and HSD Blending systems
  • Preparation of PIDs for MS, FO and HSD Blending systems
  • Preparation of Piping GADs for MS, FO and HSD systems under progress.
GAS HANDLING PROJECTS:

NIKO-GSPCL GAS HANDLING FACILITY - HAZIRA

  • Design and detailed Engineering based on ENGINEERS INDIA LIMITED (EIL) specification -- Phase #1 Upgradation project( Land Based Drilling Platform and Land wells ) for increasing the capacity of the Gas plant from 2,440,000NCMD to 4,880,000NCMD.

    The Engineering work completed are
  • The sizing and design of 3-phase Gas Separator as per API 12J
  • The sizing and deign of Test Separator as per API 12J
  • Plot plan Preparation
  • Equipment Layout Drawing for Flare KOD, Fuel Gas KOD and Sales Gas KOD
  • Technical Bid Evaluation
  • Piping GAD inclusive of Metering skid.
  • Stress analysis of Flare Pipe using CAEPIPE software.
  • Piping,Valve and Support MTO
  • Line List and Equipment List
  • Preparation of Isometric Drawings
  • Stress analysis of Gas handling Piping.

NIKO-GSPCL GAS HANDLING FACILITY - HAZIRA

  • Piping Layout of New Inlet Header to HP Separator and Stress Analysis using CEASAR II Software. MTO take-off of pipes and Valves and supports.
  • Stress analysis of Gas handling Piping.
POLYMER PROJECTS:

CHEMTEX ENGINEERING OF INDIA LIMITED, MUMBAI

  • Limited involvement in detailed engineering of Piping engineering for Polyester Filament Yarn plant of SASA ARTIFICIAL SYNTHETIC FIBRE INC–TURKEY.
  • Limited involvement in Reliance phase-III Polymer Expansion project in piping engineering

PT. POLYSINDO EKA PERKASA, INDONESIA

  • Polymer Expansion project of capacity 600TPD x 3 Lines for the manufacture of POY, PET, using P-Xylene and PTA as raw materials
  • Preparation of basic engineering documents – PID, Line list, Equipment list, Equipment sizing., Valve selection, Valve list, Project standards.
  • Preparation of Basic Engg documents for Pure Teriphthalic Acid (PTA) storage and dosing area, Slurry/Paste preparation area, Catalyst/Additive preparation area, TiO2 preparation area, Esterification area, Poly-condensation area, Chips production and storage area, Utility systems, Ethylene Glycol Tank farm, PTA conveying area.

PT. TEXMACO PERKASA ENGINEERING, INDONESIA.

  • Client is one of the ASME- U Stamp and S-Stamp holders.
  • Mechanical design of Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers according to TEMA-R, TEMA-B and TEMA-C
  • Mechanical design of Reactors, Pressure vessels, columns and Heat exchangers for Pure Teriphthalic Acid (PTA) Manufacturing plant Equipment which are inclusive of Titanium and Titanium lined equipment according to ASME Sec.VIII Div I using “COMPRESS” software

TECHNIP INDIA LIMITED, CHENNAI-INDIA ( Project: N-Paraffin of Tamilnadu Petro-Chemicals Limited)

  • Generation of Isometric drawings with MTO for Units-00, 11, 12, and 13 using UDHE standard.

TECHNIP INDIA LIMITED, CHENNAI-INDIA (Project-JAM PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY)

  • Vetting of Manufacturer’s drawing - Ethylene Product Super Heater, DeButaniser Reboiler, Ethylene Refrigerant Ist Desuperheater, Storage Methanol Heater, C3 cut Hydrogenation Effluent Cooler.
OTHER PROJECTS:

Mechanical Design of Fixed roof storage tank for Cochin Refineries Limited under LLYODS REGISTER INSPECTION AGENCY.


Design codes adopted

Mechanical Engg.
  • asme sec viii div i, DIV 2
  • tema
  • bs 5500
  • ad - merkblatt
  • is: 2825
Piping Engg.
  • ansi b31. 1
  • ansi b31. 3
  • ansi b31. 4
Software Exposure
  • pvelite
  • compress
  • CAEPIPE, caesar
Software in possession
  • AUTOCADD 2007, 2011
  • SOLIDWORKS, 2014/2015
  • ZWCAD-2012
  • ETANK/AMETANK FOR DESIGN OF STORAGE TANKS as
    PER API650, API620
Hardware
  • A0 - HP - Plotter
  • Computers and Laptops
  • A4 - HP - Printer
  • A4 - Scanner
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