Refinery Operational Excellence: Iiot-Enabled Digital Twin
暫譯: 煉油廠運營卓越：IIoT 驅動的數位雙胞胎

本書探討化學工程原則與工業物聯網（IIoT）技術（如人工智慧和機器學習）的整合，以優化煉油廠的運作。全書分為四個部分：導言、設備雙胞胎、儀器儀表和煉油應用。

Ashwani Malhotra is the Project Director at the Centre of Excellence for Process Safety & Risk Management (CoE-PS&RM), IIT Delhi. The primary focus of the Centre is on developing expertise and knowledge in process safety, building awareness, and providing consultancy services to the industry. Prior to joining CoE-PS&RM at IIT Delhi, he served as Chief General Manager in the Process Department at Engineers India Limited (EIL), with additional charge as Executive Director of the Safety and Environment Departments. He brings over 38 years of experience in process design and engineering for refineries and onshore/offshore oil & gas facilities. His career at EIL also included roles in the Equipment and R&D divisions. He has led the process design of numerous Crude and Vacuum Distillation Units, along with other refinery units--covering both grassroots developments and revamp projects. He has also been involved in the development of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications for Crude and Vacuum Distillation Units to enhance efficiency and support decarbonization efforts. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, where he also completed his bachelor's degree in the same field.

Anil K. Saroha has been engaged in "Teaching & Research" in Chemical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, for the last 25 years. He has been actively working on "Wastewater Treatment" using novel approaches and has completed several transformational research projects on industry relevant problems. He has guided 13 Ph. D. students and 45 M. Tech. students. He is currently Coordinator (Professor in-charge) of Centre of Excellence on 'Process Safety and Risk Management' operating at IIT Delhi. He is reviewer to many leading scientific journals. He is Fellow of The Royal Society of Chemistry (UK), Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Indian Chemical Society and Institution of Engineers (India). He was the Honorary Editor of 'Indian Chemical Engineer', flagship journal (published by Taylor & Francis, UK) of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) for 07 years (01 Jan.2009 to 31 Dec.2015). He has been actively involved with professional societies and has held many responsibilities in IIChE which is a national body of professional chemical engineers with 32000 members across the country with 46 regional centres and 182 student chapters. He was the Honorary Treasurer, Joint Secretary, Secretary, Vice-Chairman and Chairman of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (Northern Regional Centre). He was President of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers for the year 2023.

Ashwani Malhotra 是德里印度理工學院（IIT Delhi）過程安全與風險管理卓越中心（CoE-PS&RM）的專案主任。該中心的主要重點是發展過程安全的專業知識和技能，提升意識，並為業界提供諮詢服務。在加入IIT Delhi的CoE-PS&RM之前，他曾擔任印度工程師有限公司（Engineers India Limited, EIL）過程部的首席總經理，並兼任安全與環境部的執行董事。他在煉油廠及陸上/海上石油和天然氣設施的過程設計和工程方面擁有超過38年的經驗。他在EIL的職業生涯中還包括設備和研發部門的角色。他主導了多個原油和真空蒸餾單元的過程設計，以及其他煉油單元的設計，涵蓋了草根開發和改造專案。他還參與了原油和真空蒸餾單元的工業物聯網（IIoT）應用的開發，以提高效率並支持減碳努力。他擁有德里印度理工學院的化學工程博士學位，並在同一領域獲得了學士學位。

Anil K. Saroha 在德里印度理工學院化學工程系從事「教學與研究」已有25年。他積極從事使用新穎方法的「廢水處理」研究，並完成了多個與行業相關的轉型研究專案。他指導了13位博士生和45位碩士生。他目前是德里印度理工學院「過程安全與風險管理」卓越中心的協調員（負責教授）。他是多本領先科學期刊的審稿人。他是英國皇家化學學會、印度化學工程師學會、印度化學學會及印度工程師學會的院士。他曾擔任印度化學工程師學會（IIChE）旗下的《印度化學工程師》期刊的名譽編輯，該期刊由泰勒與法朗斯（Taylor & Francis, UK）出版，任期為7年（2009年1月1日至2015年12月31日）。他積極參與專業社團，並在IIChE中擔任多項職務，IIChE是全國性專業化學工程師組織，擁有32000名會員，設有46個地區中心和182個學生分會。他曾擔任印度化學工程師學會（北區中心）的名譽財務、聯合秘書、秘書、副主席及主席。他在2023年擔任印度化學工程師學會的會長。