Dan Benac
Material Failure Analysis, Incident Investigation
Dan Benac works at BakerRisk’s San Antonio office in the Materials Engineering Group. As a registered professional metallurgical engineer in the state of Texas, Mr. Benac is a specialist in structural integrity and material issues, failure analysis of plant equipment, materials evaluations, and materials selection for designs. He has over 35 years of experience investigating and solving structural integrity problems for plant equipment.
- A Guide for Mitigating Damage Mechanisms
- Achieving Equipment Reliability through Investigating Plant Precursor (Minor) Failures and Lessons Learned from Plant Failures to Achieve Equipment Reliability
- Assessment of Damage to Structures and Equipment Resulting from Explosion, Fire, and Heat Events
- Damage Mechanism Reviews and Mitigation Methodology for Ammonia Equipment
- Failure Analysis of Near-Misses to Avoid “Two-Peats” and “Three-Peats”
- Failure Prevention through Life Assessment of Structural Components and Equipment
- Gas Fired Oven Explosion
- Hydrogen Damage Mechanisms Affecting Assets and Equipment in the Ammonia and Fertilizer Industry
- Lessons Learned from Unique Failures Involving a Coal Gasifier, a Nitric Acid Condenser, and a Sulfur Storage Tank
- Potential Pipeline Failure Mechanisms & Mitigation Options
- Vertical Can Pump Failure
- American Petroleum Institute (API): API 941 - ASME/API 579 Fitness for Service
- American Society for Metals (ASM): Failure Analysis Society, Alamo Chapter
- National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE): NACE San Antonio Section