Process Technology | November 14, 2016 Importance of Codes and Standards for Process Safe... Compliance with the Process Safety Management rule, OSHA 1910.119, is a requirement for plants processing certain highly hazardous materials exceeding… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | September 14, 2016 Equipment Nozzle Loads... by Greg Hollinger and George Antaki One of the qualification requirements for a piping system is to keep the loads imparted… Read More
Machinery | August 31, 2016 Resolution of Chronic Cooling Tower Fan Vibrations... Traditional rotating equipment mounted at grade use the mass of a foundation and grout to reduce vibration and provide support… Read More
Litigation Support | July 25, 2016 Expert Witness in Swiss Arbitration Court... Becht advisors have provided a wide array of experience and background to our clients including serving as technical experts in… Read More
Ammonia & Syngas | July 6, 2016 Becht Technology Review – Unusual Business Oppor... The process team at Becht Engineering brings decades of experience from serving in the R&D of major corporations and also… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | June 17, 2016 ASME B31.3 – Substantive Changes in the 2016... In addition to the many clarifications, updated references to codes and standards, updates to basic allowable stresses, and added listed… Read More
Machinery | June 15, 2016 “Speed Kills” – An Empirical Association of ... Machinery and reliability people have for a long time observed that when it comes to long life and high reliability,… Read More
Process Technology | June 4, 2016 Mentoring Young Process Engineers... Today’s young process engineers have tools available to them that we “old timers” only dreamed about. Although smaller and some… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | May 18, 2016 Reduced Toughness Properties of Some Modern Carbon... Changes in steelmaking practice are reported to be causing some carbon steel piping components that are assumed by ASME Codes… Read More
Process Technology | April 12, 2016 PSM Implementation is a Challenge – Maintain... The Process Safety Management rule (PSM), OSHA 1910.119, was implemented in the early 90’s, more than 20 years ago. Implementation… Read More
Litigation Support | March 25, 2016 Expert Witness – A Becht Engineering Service... Becht Engineering personnel have significant experience in serving as Expert Witnesses for a variety of legal matters. However, litigation can… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | January 16, 2016 Becht Advisors Exceed Client Expectations... Gulf Coast Refinery Turnaround Becht Engineering mobilized Advisors to Louisiana to supplement a Client’s operations organization during a 45-day, fourth… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | January 15, 2016 Mitigating Turnaround Discovery Risk... Recently, a Becht Inspection Planner was preparing the Inspection Turnaround Plan for a client’s HF Alkylation Unit. When reviewing the… Read More
Process Technology | January 7, 2016 Natural Gas Fuel – Is It Time To Convert?... Natural gas costs have decreased substantially relative to fuel oil over the past few years because of the major gas… Read More
Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | December 17, 2015 Risk-Based Work Selection – A Process Focusing o... Risk Based Work Selection (RBWS) is one of the Best Practices used by refiners in managing safety and reliability of… Read More
