Fabrication of clad equipment and piping—Part 1

Anilkumar Panchal is a Mechanical Design Engineer with the Technical Services Group at Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC). When this article was written, he was employed with Reliance Industries Ltd. Mr. Panchal has worked on butyl rubber, gasification, ethane cracker, chlorinated PVC and refinery revamp projects. He is a certified chartered engineer and professional engineer in India, and has prior work experience at L&T Heavy Engineering, Bechtel India, Jacobs Engineering and Reliance Industries. Mr. Panchal holds a Bch degree in mechanical engineering from Lalbhai Dalpatbhai College of Engineering (LDCE) in Ahmedabad, India, and a master’s degree in industrial process equipment design from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) in Surat, India.

Ryan Katigbak Carmona is a Mechanical Engineer specializing in the area of static equipment engineering and design. His key interests are material selection and the design of static equipment like columns, reactors and vessels, as well as the structural design of equipment platforms. Mr. Carmona has a Bch degree in mechanical engineering from Batangas State University in the Philippines.

Kuntak Daru is a Technical Director in Mechanical Engineering at Fluor Corp. He has more than 30 yr of experience in the engineering, designing and specifying of static equipment in the refinery, oil and gas, petrochemical and chemical industries. Currently, he serves as a mechanical coach for Fluor in the Asia-Pacific region, where he oversees the regional work and the training of personnel in static equipment design. Mr. Daru has five publications in his field, and holds a Bch degree in mechanical engineering from SVNIT in Surat, India.

Jignesh Desai is a Senior Design Engineer for Materials and Welding in the Mechanical Engineering department at Fluor Daniel Pvt. Ltd. in New Delhi, India. He has more than 20 yr of experience in equipment and piping engineering (metallurgy, welding, fabrication, coating and testing) in the field of refinery, gas processing, petrochemical and power plant projects. He has five publications in his field, and earned a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from the Faculty of Technology and Engineering at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in India. Additionally, his professional qualifications include International Welding Engineer from the International Institute of Welding, NACE Protective Coating Specialist–2 Advanced, and Lead Auditor QMS ISO 9001-2008 from IRCA.

Muhammad Irfan is a Mechanical Engineer specializing in the area of static equipment engineering. He has participated in various green and brownfield upstream/downstream projects for the oil and gas/refinery/petrochemical sectors. His specialty is in the mechanical design of pressure vessels, columns and reactors, and in the thermal design of shell-and-tube heat exchangers. He has a thorough understanding of ASME, API, TEMA and NBIC design codes and standards. He is actively involved in giving technical trainings to junior members of his organization. Mr. Irfan has a Bch degree in mechanical engineering from NED University of Engineering and Technology in Karachi, Pakistan.

Cathleen Shargay is a Senior Fellow and Technical Director in the Materials and Welding Engineering group at Fluor Enterprises in Aliso Viejo, California. Over the span of her 35-year career, she has specialized in corrosion, metallurgical damage mechanisms, materials selection and fabrication for the refining, power and other process industries. She has more than 60 publications in her field. Ms. Shargay has a Bch degree in metallurgical engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.