Titanium and Zirconium Corrosion Benefits and Reactivity Concerns in Ammonium and Nitric Acid Process Equipment (Paper PDF)

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.

Dr. Milo Kral, PH.D., PE

Dr. Kral is a member of BakerRisk’s Materials Engineering & Forensics Group. He has over 30 years of experience investigating and solving problems in a wide variety of industries including light and heavy manufacturing, aircraft structures and powerplant, aluminum and bronze foundries, food production, oil & gas, mining, pulp & paper, HVAC, energy production (hydro, wind and land-based gas turbines) and many others. He has testified as an expert witness, both civil and criminal cases.