Conference Papers
Mr. Sarrack is a member of BakerRisk’s Process Safety Group. His expertise is focused on process safety and risk analysis, where he has participated in hazard analysis teams, both as a contributor and as a team leader. His expertise also extends to the development of Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Event Tree Analysis (ETA), equipment reliability studies and failure data, and has executed source term and consequence analysis.
Mr. Sarrack has developed cost vs. benefit analyses for proposed facility modifications and provided technical risk analysis expertise to numerous plant decision processes. He has also produced risk management guidelines, as well as implemented procedures for performance of Facility Siting Studies (FSS) and Quantitative Risk Assessments (QRAs) for multiple companies.
Mr. Gandhi is a member of BakerRisk’s Process Safety Group. He is a Process Safety Engineer with over 19 years of experience in controls and safety systems and over 12 years of experience in qualitative hazard and risk analysis. Mr. Gandhi manages Fire and Gas Systems (FGS) and Hazardous Area Classification (HAC) services at BakerRisk, where he has reviewed boilers and heater Burner Management Systems (BMS) to NFPA85 and NFPA86 standards.
Since 2020, he has led the Low Carbon Energy Risk Management group at BakerRisk which comprises of hydrogen and hydrogen carriers, biofuels, and Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) sub-groups. He has been a continuous member and leader of ISA at the student, local, and national levels since 2001 and the Hydrogen Technology Committee at CGA. He is the primary committee member for NFPA 715 Gas Detection Standard and is a contributing author on ISA TR84.00.07 Fire and Gas Detection and TR84.00.05 Burner Management System.
As the biofuels industry continues to expand in support of global decarbonization mandates and objectives, facility owners and developers are being challenged to balance production efficiency, operational reliability, and personnel safety.
As high hazard facilities, biofuels sites should focus on developing a fire protections strategy informed by performance-based analysis so strategies implemented meet the unique challenges found at each facility.