Prioritizing Safety Culture for Ammonia as a Fuel in Energy Transition (Paper PDF)

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Murtaza Gandhi, PE
Dan Benac
Dorothy Shaffer

September 2024

Presented at the AIChE Safety in Ammonia Plants and Related Facilities Symposium

September 9-12, 2024

San Diego, CA

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murtaza gandhi, PE, CFSE

Murtaza Gandhi, PE, CFSE

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.

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NFPA 715
ISA TR84.00.07
ISA TR84.00.05
CGA Hydrogen Technology
RNG Coalition Development Leadership Advisory Board

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dan benac, PE, CFEI, ASM Fellow

Dan Benac, PE, CFEI, ASM Fellow

Mr. Benac is a member of BakerRisk’s Materials Engineering Group. His work focuses on structural integrity and material issues, failure analysis of plant equipment, materials evaluations, and materials selection for designs. Mr. Benac has conducted hundreds of in-depth investigations and analyses of service failures and mishaps for a variety of structures for the nuclear, refining, petrochemical, and fossil-power industries. He currently supports the investigation of equipment such as pipelines, rotor shafts, valves, pumps, diesel-engine components, heat exchangers, reactor vessels, piping, compressor, and turbine blades and disks.

Mr. Benac has co-authored fifty peer-reviewed technical papers related to equipment reliability. Mr. Benac also serves as program manager for the global Ammonia & Fertilizer Joint Industry Program and subject matter expert on damage mechanisms and mitigation options for ammonia and fertilizer equipment.

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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

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