Muthukumar Subramanian
Doctoral Student
Research subject: Process Metallurgy
Division: Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering
Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
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Luleå, T1346
About me
I am currently doing my doctoral research in the field of process metallurgy - specifically for metal recovery from industrial waste streams using pyro and hydrometallurgical techniques. This work includes literature review to Life cycle assessment and will be running till Autumn 2029. This work is funded by the European Union under Interreg-NPA project and co-funded by the Region Norrbotten (County Government).
Industrial Experience
After my bachelor studies, I began my professional journey as a Graduate Engineer Trainee at ESL Steels Limited (Vedanta Limited) in September 2018 and continued as Senior Engineer till October 2021. Wokred in different units of steel making shop, starting from primary steel making (LD Converter route) to secondary steel making & casting.
Moved to Cairn Oil & Gas (Vedanta Limited) as Lead Engineer-Production in October 2021 and stayed till July 2023. I was in-charge of production processes in 9 satellite crude oil & natural gas production sites and a medium sized processing terminal in Raag oil-1 field. Gained expertise and knowledge in various oil & gas processing units and also engineering activities such as FAT, SAT, SIL/HAZOP/HAZID studies, 3D Model reviews, MCC, PFD, P&ID reviews, plant operations and safety drills.
Education
I am from the southermost part of India, a town called Sankarankovil, Tamil Nadu. I did my Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering (2014-2018) at Home - Coimbatore Institute Of Technology (Affliated to Anna University, Chennai).
Came to Sweden in August, 2023 for Masters in Chemical Engineering for Energy and Environment at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Worked and gained knowledge in multiple chemical engineering realm and also engaged as a Research Assistant at Metallrugy labs, Department of Material Sciences under Dr. Andrey Karasev. Later, worked on a Vanadium redox flow battery project with Stockholms port under Dr. Amirreza Khatae, which is a preprint journal work now.
I have done my Master Thesis at Alleima AB, Sandviken on 'Electrochemical corrosion studies on high-nickel alloys, platinum and titanium wires' and also got the exposure of ESS, MAX IV laboratories in Lund, Sweden during this period.
Other pages
Publications
- 1. Subramanian, Muthukumar. "Electrochemical corrosion studies of high-nickel alloys, platinum and titanium wires." (2025).
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