Application of systems engineering principles in a reliability assessment of air-cooled heat exchangers

Dheerajkumar R. Narang is a corrosion and reliability engineering specialist, process safety activist and digital innovation researcher. His professional and research interests are focused on critical infrastructure reliability, smart asset management, e-governance, and Industry 4.0 solutions in the process plant industries such as oil and gas, petrochemical, fertilizer, power generation and green energy. His professional career has been filled with rich experiences developing, managing and implementing asset integrity (reliability) engineering programs for many global energy companies across the U.S., India and the Middle East. Narang has published and presented numerous novel methodologies at prominent international conferences, and has served on AiCHE, Oil and Gas IQ, and MKOPSC conference committees as a session chair and moderator. Narang is a visionary energy professional on a mission to enhance the human rights of fellow industry workers (on a global scale) by replicating advanced technologies, industry best practices, process safety regulations and fitness for service standards to regions where these are due for development, incorporation and implementation. He is keen on bringing this change to the energy industry through digital initiatives, which eventually will translate into operational excellence for operator companies, as well. The author can be reached at dnarang1@my.harrisburgu.edu.