Process Technologies
Managing for Safety
The oil and gas and chemical industries face process risks on a daily basis. While the desire for safety may be instinctive, finding the most effective method of promoting safe operations is not. Companies not only need to keep their employees safe, but must also take steps to minimize the danger their operations pose to the general public and natural environment in which they are located. While these risks cannot totally be eliminated, Equity Engineering can assist our clients in strengthening their process technology systems to protect and add value to their people, equipment, and organization.
Risk and safety management systems provide a disciplined means to identify, quantify, and manage various process safety risks. These systems provide a structure that supports informed decision-making, planning, and allocation of competent resources to protect and enhance client assets, image, and objectives through safer and improved operational efficiency. From single incident identification to a complete safety culture assessment, our Process Technology Group can help businesses take steps to keep their employees and the public safe, meet regulatory requirements and protect their reputations.
The Process Technology Group uses advanced technologies to help our clients evaluate the operational and man-made risks within their facility. This risk-based approach to process technology is based upon our engineers’ extensive knowledge and experience in the industry. We use engineering-based and field-proven methods to offer our clients practical process management systems and solutions.
Ms. Thomas is responsible for engineering consulting services in the areas of Pressure Relief, Process Safety Management and Process Technology. She is a specialist in the design, installation, sizing and selection of pressure relief devices and relieving systems and is currently an active member of the API Pressure Relieving System Subcommittee’s Task Force on RP 520 and RP 521, related to the design and installation of pressure relieving systems. She conducts audits of pressure relieving systems to ensure compliance with OSHA PSM legislation and ASME, API and DIERs Standards, Codes and Publications. She also evaluates pressure relieving systems including scenario development, relief device sizing, collection header design and evaluation, relief device equipment recommendations and documentation.
Mr. Sadowski is responsible for pressure relief device system studies in refinery, chemical plant and pipeline transportation operations. He provides quality assurance/quality control oversight for major refinery relief system documentation projects. He is also involved in heat exchanger vibration and pressure transient analyses as they relate to the tube rupture relieving scenario. In addition, Mr. Sadowski is an instructor for the API University Pressure Relieving Systems classroom course.
