Refinery Equipment Stress, Finite Element Analysis and fitness-for-service Expert

Technical Consultant #2205

Equipment stress, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Fitness-For-Service Evaluations (FSE) for the petrochemical industry.
Refinery equipment technical educational text author.
Design, review, and failure analysis of process and power equipment, piping, and structures.
Extensive analytical experience includes linear and non-linear finite element analysis using ANSYS and ABAQUS, buckling analyses, steady state and transient heat transfer and thermal stress analysis of pressure vessels and piping.
Fitness-for-service evaluations, fatigue assessments, and flexibility.

Undisclosed Company, Senior Engineering Advisor, Present

Projects

Performed fitness-for-service evaluations for several coke drum cracks.
Performed a design study optimization for a slotted skirt on coke drums.
Performed an comparative study of a refractory brick internals structure.
Performed a fitness-for service evaluation of a locally-thinned vacuum column.
Performed a fitness-for-service assessment of a dented oil storage tank.
Investigated the cause of flange leakage due to rapid temperature and pressure changes.
Determined the cause of a crack in a heat exchanger tubesheet.
Performed a combined computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis to determine the suitability of several thermal mixing point designs.
Performed many finite element analyses on ASME Section VIII, Division 2 vessel parts including skirt-to-shell region, hydrotreater quench nozzle, and nozzle loads.
Co-developed and implemented the Omega Method for creep in ABAQUS.
Evaluating several failures using this method.
Evaluated pressure vessel internals for buckling failure.
Designed an on-stream repair for the replacement of a coke drum skirt.
Designed many different pressure vessels for severe fatigue service.
Acted as Registered Professional Engineer for numerous ASME Section VIII, Division 2 Vessels UDS/MDR

Professional Employment

Credentials

Academic and Professional Affiliations

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, (ASME), Pressure Vessels Piping Division - Current Design and Analysis Technical Committee
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, (ASME), Codes and Standards, Subgroup on Design Analysis

Publications