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Ingenuity and Curiosity to Supercharge Your Pipeline Safety Management System | Frank Gareau, Arash Ilbagi, Brian Dew |
Nineteen Years of Successful Use of Austenitic Stainless-Steel Pipelines for Oilfield Water Services | Frank Gareau, Arash Ilbagi, Brian Dew, Craig Collins |
Integrity Validation of Small Diameter-Thin Wall Pipeline Susceptible to Cracking or Crack-Like Indications: A Case Study | Nima Parsibenehkohal, Arash Ilbagi, Alex Tatarov, Frank Gareau |
Integrity Planning Utilizing In-Line Inspection Data | Brian Dew, Evelyn Rawlick, Amin Eshraghi |
Solving Refinery Inspection Program Challenges with Drone Data | Joe Nichols, Daniel Landry |
Waveform Analysis for DCVG, ACVG, CIS, and CP Surveys | Eric Zhan, Jordan Kennedy |
Application of API 579 Level 3 FFS Assessments to Many Types of Pipeline Anomalies and Conditions | Alex Tatarov, Arash Ilbagi, Frank Gareau |
API 579 Level 3 FFS Assessment of Storage Tanks with Uneven Foundation Support | Alex Tatarov, Arash Ilbagi, Frank Gareau |
API 579 FFS Assessments of Storage Tanks with Uneven Support | Alex Tatarov, Arash Ilbagi |
PPIM 2020 – Pipeline Integrity Management of Unpiggable Pipelines – A Case Study | Arash Ilbagi, Ahmad Saab, Frank Gareau |
Dent Strain and Stress Analyses and Implications Concerning API RP 1183 – Part I: Background for Dent Geometry and Strain Analyses During Contact and Re-Rounding | Brian Leis, Amin Eshraghi, Brian Dew, Frank Cheng |
The Structure of Eutectics (Journal of the Institute of Metals) | B.E. Sundquist, R. Bruscato, L.F. Mondolfo |
Heat Treating Medium Length Thin Wall Tubing and Assemblies (Metal Treating Magazine) | Robert Bruscato |
Temper Embrittlement and Creep Embrittlement in 2-1/4 Cr-1 Mo Shielded Metal Arc Weld Deposits (Welding Journal) | Robert Bruscato |
High Temperature Embrittlement Phenomena of 2-1/4 Cr – 1 Mo Weldments (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) | Robert Bruscato |
Brittle Fracture in Welds & Weldments (Welding Design & Fabrication) | Robert Bruscato |
A New Look at Brittle Fracture (Presented at Steel Plate Fabricators Meeting) | Robert Bruscato |
Brittle Fracture Safe Design and Considerations Concerning Material Requirements for Pressure Vessel Steels (Company Publication) | Robert Bruscato |
Refrigerated Storage of Liquified Gas – A Success Story (Presented at Institute of Gas Technology Symposium on LNG Storage) | Robert Bruscato |
The measurement of Crack Arrest Fracture Toughness in Welded 9% Nickel Steels used in Cryogenic Storage Tanks (Welding Journal) | Robert Bruscato |
The measurement of Crack Arrest Fracture Toughness in Welded 9% Ni Steels used in Cryogenic Storage Tanks (Welding Journal) | Robert Bruscato |
A Philosophy for Conducting Metallurgical Failure Investigations (Welding Journal) | Robert Bruscato |
Incipient Failure Detection Techniques – Augment your Preventive Maintenance Program with Predictive Maintenance (Presented at American Power Conference) | D.A. Kostyk, R. Bruscato |
Liquid Metal Embrittlement of Austenitic Stainless Steel When Welded to Galvanized Steel (Welding Journal) | Robert Bruscato |
Failure of Zinc-Plated Self-Topping Screws and Belleville Washers Used to Install Spoiler Bars in Cast Iron Dryers (Presented at NACE Corrosion Conference) | Robert Bruscato |
Water Chemistry: An Important Factor to Consider for Cycling HRSGs (Power Magazine) | David Daniels |
Organics in the Boiler and Steam: Good or bad? (Power Magazine) | David Daniels |
Corrosion in Steam Turbines (International Water Conference) | David Daniels |
New Membrane Technologies Bring Any Water Up to Plant Purity (Power Magazine) | David Daniels |
HRSG Chemistry Guidelines (International Water Conference) | David Daniels |
Boiler and Feedwater Treatment: Do the right thing(s) (Power Magazine) | David Daniels |
Minimizing Pre-Commissioning Corrosion in HRSGs (Power Magazine) | David Daniels |
Cooling For a Hot and Thirsty Industry (Power Magazine)+ | David Daniels |
HRSG Waterside Failure Mechanisms (Journal of Power Plant Chemistry) | David Daniels |
The TOC Debate – Between a Rock and a Hard Spot (Power Magazine) | David Daniels |
Options Proliferate for Fixed Water-Treatment Systems (Power Magazine) | David Daniels |
Oxidation Reduction Potential (ORP) – A New Tool or Another Gadget? (Power Magazine) | David Daniels |
A Copper-Plated Thief—Copper Deposits on HP Turbines Steal MWs (Power Magazine) | David Daniels |
Follow Good Lay-Up Practice to Prevent Cycle Corrosion (Power Magazine) | David Daniels |
Evaluation, Redesign and Repair Welding of a Steam Turbine – Control Stage Suffering from Repeat Failures (Presented at EPRI Fourth International Conference) | Karen Fuentes, P.E., Ron E. Munson, James Beverly, Richard Recor |
Verification of Fitness-for-Service of Weld Repaired Steam Turbine Rotors (Presented at EPRI Second International EPRI Conference) | Karen Fuentes, P.E., Ron E. Munson |
Weld Repair of a Low Pressure Turbine Rotor Subject to Torsional Loading (Presented at the EPRI Welding and Repair Technology for Fossil Power Plants International Conference) | Karen Fuentes, P.E., Ron E. Munson |
Repair Techniques for Rotating Equipment (Presented at the NPRA Refinery and Petrochemical Plant Maintenance Conference) | Karen Fuentes, P.E., Ron E. Munson |
Laboratory Study of a Steam Turbine Rotor Weld Repair, ASME 87‑JPGC‑PWR‑15 (Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, ASME) | Karen Fuentes, P.E., K.S. Oberle |
SEE Inspector Training: Enforcement and Field Inspectors (Presented at EPA/SSCD Workshop) | Karen Fuentes, P.E., R.J. Davis |
Destructive Testing of Non‑Code Paper Machine Dryer Rolls (TAPPI Journal) | Karen Fuentes, P.E. |
Feasibility Study of Enhanced Combustion Via Improved Wood Stove Firebox Design (Presented at the Wood Heating Alliance/EPA Seminar) | Karen Fuentes, P.E., L.J. Hodas |
Metallurgical Causes for Circumferential Cracking of a Last Stage Steam Turbine Disk, ASME 83‑JPGC‑PWR‑32 (Presented at ASME Joint Power Generation Conference) | Karen Fuentes, P.E. |
Batch Digester Stainless Steel Overlay “New” Thickness Testing Technique | Ron Lansing, P.E. |
Chemistry of Corrosive Solutions in Large Fossil Fired Power Plants (Presented at the EPRI Second Fossil Plant Cycle Chemistry Conference) | Ken Layton |
Boiler Tube Corrosion Failures (Presented at the EPRI Conference on Boiler Tube Failures in Fossil Power Plants) | Ken Layton |
Evaluation and Engineering of Electro Deionization P rocesses for Installation (Presented at the International Water Conference) | Ken Layton |
Engineering, Mechanical Operation and Chemical Operation of the Hunter Plant Sulfur Dioxide Scrubber (Presented at the American Power Conference) | Ken Layton |
Wyodak Plant Air Cooled Condenser and its impact on Plant Chemistry (Presented to the ASME Committee on Power Plant and Environmental Chemistry) | Ken Layton |
A Simple but Accurate Method for Testing the Thermodynamic Performance of Power Plant Cooling Towers (Presented to the ASME Committee on Power Plant and Environmental Chemistry) | Ken Layton |
Some aspects of suction roll stress analysis, corrosion and metallurgy (TAPPI Engineering Conference) | Max Moskal |
Engineering laboratory tests will help predict paint serviceability (ASME Plant Engineering and Maintenance Conference) | Max Moskal |
Method of Joining Cemented Carbide to Steel (U.S. Patent 3,599,316) | Max Moskal |
Considerations in suction roll materials, fabrication and service environment (Tappi Journal) | Max Moskal |
Effect of tool materials on interlocking seaming chuck and roll life (Presented at the International Technical Committee Annual Conference) | Max Moskal |
The need for and how to provide in-house materials engineering services to the pulp and paper industry (Pulp & Paper Industry Corrosion Problems, Vol 1, NACE) | Max Moskal |
Effect of residual stress on fatigue of suction rolls (Pulp & Paper Industry Corrosion Problems, Vol 2, NACE) | Max Moskal |
Measurement of residual welding stresses in a continuous digester (Presented at the 4th International Symposium on Corrosion in the Pulp & Paper Industry) | Max Moskal |
A viewpoint on quality control in the pulp & paper industry equipment industry (Pulp & Paper Industry Corrosion Problems, Vol 3, NACE) | Max Moskal |
Nondestructive testing in the paper mill – equipment and techniques (Tappi Journal, Vol 65, No. 4) | Max Moskal |
Nondestructive testing in the paper mill – NDT for management (Tappi Journal, Vol 65, No. 5) | Max Moskal |
Suction roll metallurgy – a user’s viewpoint (Presented at the TAPPI Engineering Conference) | Max Moskal |
A brighter future for the suction roll (Tappi Journal, Vol 68, No. 1) | Max Moskal |
Residual stresses in digester weld overlays (Presented at the 5th International Symposium on Corrosion in the Pulp & Paper Industry) | Max Moskal |
Suction roll corrosion (Metals Handbook, 9th Ed., Vol 13, pg. 1202-1208) | Max Moskal |
Corrosion of high pressure kraft recovery boilers (Presented at the Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar) | Max Moskal |
Quality control in welding – the owner-user’s viewpoint (Presented at BLRBAC) | Max Moskal |
An overview of tube thickness testing in the recovery boiler (Presented at the 6th International Symposium on Corrosion in the Pulp & Paper Industry) | Max Moskal |
Tube thickness testing in the recovery boiler (Presented at the Kraft Recovery Operations Seminar) | Max Moskal |
Spout opening deterioration (Presented at the 4th International Colloquium on Black Liquor Combustion Research) | Max Moskal |
Paper machine and suction roll corrosion (Pulp & Paper Manufacture, Vol 7 pg. 594-614) | Max Moskal |
A critical review of tube selection for recovery boilers (Presented at the 7th International Symposium on Corrosion in the Pulp & Paper Industry) | Max Moskal |
Failure prediction of bronze suction rolls in paper machines (Presented at the 8th International Symposium on Corrosion in the Pulp & Paper Industry) | Max Moskal, H. Luming |
Corrosion of composite air port tubes at Hopewell (Presented at BLRBAC) | Max Moskal |
Hodge floor tube problems and solutions (Presented at BLRBAC) | Max Moskal |
Waterside Stress-Assisted Corrosion Cracking (Presented at Joint AF&PA-BLRBAC Corrosion Seminar) | Max Moskal |
Materials selection for kraft batch digesters (NACE, Paper No. 378) | Max Moskal |
Paper machine dryer inspection – metallurgy of cast iron and inspection of heads and journals (Presented at the TAPPI Engineering Conference) | Max Moskal |
Quality requirements for duplex stainless steel digester fabrication (Presented at the 9th International Symposium on Corrosion in the Pulp & Paper Industry) | Max Moskal, G. Cheetham, J. Paultre, W. Wilton |
Qualification of welding procedures for duplex stainless steel (Presented at the TAPPI Engineering Conference) | Max Moskal, R. M. Davison |
Duplex stainless steels in the pulp and paper industry (Presented at Duplex America) | Max Moskal, R. M. Davison |
Decision tree logic for pressure re-rating paper machine dryers (Presented at the TAPPI Engineering/Finishing & Converting Conference) | Max Moskal |
Boiler stress-assisted corrosion – The subject of new research (Reader’s Digester) | Max Moskal |
Stainless steels and specialty alloys for modern pulp and paper mills (Selected chapters: Tall Oil, pp 57-61, Sulphite Process, pp 67-72, Waste Paper Recycling, pp 78-79, Suction Rolls, pp 112-116, NiDI Reference Book Series No. 11025) | Max Moskal, A. Tuthill, Editor |
Duplex stainless steel digesters: A better choice? (Solutions!, Online Exclusives, TAPPI Product Code 03APR0E04) | Max Moskal |
Simple ways to reduce batch digester shell corrosion (TAPPI Frontline Focus, Vol. 1, Issue 10) | Max Moskal |
Suction roll corrosion (ASM Handbook, Vol 13C, pp. 779-780, ASM International) | Max Moskal |
Corrosion in the sulfite process (ASM Handbook, Vol 13C, pp. 768-770) | Max Moskal |
Corrosion in tall oil plants (ASM Handbook, Vol 13C, pp. 784-785) | Max Moskal |
Inspection and repair of batch digesters (Presented at the TAPPI Engineering, Pulping and Environmental Conference) | Max Moskal |
Paper machine dryer and felt roll corrosion (Presented at the TAPPI Pulping, Engineering, Environmental, Recycling and Sustainability Conference) | Max Moskal |
EPRI corrosion of wet flue gas desulfurization systems (The Conduit, Vol 11, No. 1) | Max Moskal |
Pulp & Paper Industry Corrosion Problems: Past Dilemmas – Future Challenges (Presented at the Corrosion in the Pulp and Paper Industry and Biorefineries, Georgia Tech Renewable Bioproducts Institute) | Max Moskal |
Recovery boiler tube failures by mechanisms of stress-assisted corrosion and phosphate hideout (Presented at the NACE International, Corrosion Conference) | Max Moskal |
40 Years of deaerator corrosion fatigue (The Conduit, Vol. 15, No. 2) | Max Moskal |
Flow Accelerated Corrosion Damage in Deaerators (The Conduit, Vol. 16, No. 1) | Max Moskal |
Stress Corrosion Cracking in Paper Mills: Unexpected Locations for an Expected Corrosion Mechanism (Corrosion Conference & Expo, Houston: NACE International) | Catherine Noble, P.E. |
Glossary of Boiler Tube Microstructures and Its Use to Verify Oxide Thickness Temperature Estimations (Corrosion Conference & Expo, Houston: NACE International) | Catherine Noble, P.E. |
Damage Mechanisms in Creep Strength Enhanced Ferritic (CSEF) Steels (T91 and T23) (Corrosion Conference & Expo, Houston: NACE International) | Catherine Noble, Ronald Munson |
Transformation Superplasticity of Titanium through Thermochemical Cycling (Presented at the International Symposium on Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming Technology) | Catherine Noble, David Dunand |
Transformation Mismatch Plasticity of Cobalt (Presented at the International Symposium on Superplasticity and Superplastic Forming Technology, Materials Park: ASM International in print) | Catherine Noble, David Dunand |
Failure Analysis vs. Root Cause Analysis (The Conduit, Vol. 16, No. 2) | Oscar Quintero |
Hydrogen Embrittlement in Wire Ropes (The Conduit, Vol. 15, No. 3) | Oscar Quintero |
Metallurgical Aspects of Welding Stellite 12 to Type 316L Stainless Steel (Combined Cycle Journal) | Oscar Quintero |
International Codes and Standards: How Macro Etching as a Nondestructive Test Can Help Identify Weld Repairs (The Conduit, Vol. 15, No. 2) | Oscar Quintero |
Metallurgical Aspects of Welding Stellit 12 and 316L Stainless Steel (The Conduit, Vol. 14, No. 4) | Oscar Quintero |
Assessing Component Condition Using Remote Metallography and Hardness Testing (Inspectioneering Journal) | Oscar Quintero |
Dew Point Corrosion: Case Study (The Conduit, Vol. 13, No. 2) | Oscar Quintero |
Risk – What Does It Mean To Me? (Spanish translation) (The Conduit, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Original Article in English by Mark Tanner)) | Oscar Quintero |
Microstructural Characterization of Overaged GTD-111 HP Turbine Buckets (Spanish translation) (ETD Collection for University of Texas, El Paso, AAI1473883) | Oscar Quintero |
How Risk Can Improve Maintenance Planning (International Turbomachinery) | Mark Tanner, P.E. |
Life Management for Turbine Rotors (International Turbomachinery) | Mark Tanner, John Molloy |
Probability & Consequence (Mechanical Engineering) | D. Mauney, D. Peters, D. Sharp, M. Tanner |
Optimizing Operation, Maintenance & Overhaul Inspections for Centrifugal Compressors (CompressorTech) | M. Drosjack, M. Tanner |
Rotating Equipment Risk-Based Assessment and Benchmarking (Hydrocarbon Processing) | M. Drosjack, M. Tanner |
Risk-Based Assessment of Mechanical Drive Steam Turbines (Presented at the Annual Refinery & Petrochemical Plant Maintenance Conference) | M. Drosjack, M. Tanner |
Steam Turbine Risk-Based Inspection Model (Presented at the AIChE 1999 Spring National Meeting) | T. Christ, M. Tanner, M. Drosjack |
Integrating Risk Management Principles Into Pipeline System Operations (Presented at the Pipeline Risk Management and Reliability Conference) | M. Tanner, G. Jones, K. Lewis |
Steam Turbine Risk Assessment Project: Inspection and Overhauls Optimization of Steam Turbines (Presented at the TAPPI Joint Engineering/Papermakers SuperConference) | M. Tanner, J. Latcovich, J. Biggs |
Steam Turbine Risk Assessment: A Tool to Assist in Optimizing Inspection and Overhauls of Industrial Steam Turbines (Presented at the 26th Turbomachinery Symposium) | M. Tanner, T. Christ, M. Drosjack |
Optimizing Dismantle Inspections For Industrial Steam Turbines (Presented at the Hydrocarbon Processing’s Process Plant Reliability Conference) | M. Tanner, M. Drosjack, D. Clattenburg |
Risk-Based Assessment of High Energy Piping Systems: A Practical Approach (PVP-Vol. 336, Structural Integrity, NDE, Risk and Materials Performance for Petroleum, Process and Power) | R. Munson, M. Tanner, A. Studer |
Metal Dusting (Catastrophic Carburization) of a Waste Heat Boiler Tube (Engineering Failure Analysis, Vol.1, No.4) | Mark Tanner, P.E. |
Contact Fatigue Failure of a Bull Gear (Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, Vol II) | M. Tanner, J.R. Harty |
Stress-Corrosion Cracking of a Brass Tube in a Generator Air Cooler Unit (Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, Vol. II) | G. Tanner, A Hearn, H. Rawlinson |
Caustic Gouging and Caustic-Induced Stress-Corrosion Cracking of Superheater Tube U-Bends (Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, Vol. II) | Mark Tanner, P.E. |
Corrosion Failure of Four Pump Impellers (Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, Vol. I) | Mark Tanner, P.E. |
Fatigue Failure of Six Cap Screws from a Hydraulic Coupling (Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, Vol. I) | Mark Tanner, P.E. |
Hydrogen Embrittlement Failure of Socket Head Cap Screws (Handbook of Case Histories in Failure Analysis, Vol. I) | Mark Tanner, P.E. |
The Glossary of Microstructures (TMS Materials Week ’92, Conference proceedings) | M. Tanner, W. Weiss |
The Failure Analysis and Repair of a 75 MW Gas Turbine Generator Used in Peaking Service (Presented at the ASM International Conference: Life Assessment and Repair Technology for Combustion Turbine Hot Section Components) | M. Tanner, R. Clark, D. Harding |
Evaluation of Fracture Toughness of Ductile Iron Using Fatigue Precracked Charpy, Dynamic Tear, and Compact Tension Specimens (Fracture Mechanics: 18th National Symposium, ASTM STP 945, American Society for Testing and Materials) | M. Bradley, M. Tanner |
Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing | Jonathan Lesage, PhD |
FMC/TFM Technique Design Using the FMC Beamset in BeamTool | Jonathan Lesage, PhD, Oliver Farla, Mohammad Marvasti, Edward Ginzel, Mike Matheson |
Vector coherence imaging for enhancement of small omni-directional scatterers and suppression of geometric reflections | Jonathan Lesage, PhD, Mohammad Marvasti, Oliver Farla |
Highlighting anomalies in ultrasonic scan data by Shannon Information processin | Jonathan Lesage, PhD, Mohammad Marvasti, Oliver Farla |