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Joel Andreani, P.E.

Mr. Andreani performs Fitness-For-Service evaluations, engineering specification and design support, engineering training, and project consulting on a wide variety of refinery and chemical plant equipment. A pressure-containment and structural specialist, Mr. Andreani has worked in various refinery technical service groups providing engineering support to refineries and chemical plants worldwide.

Mr. Andreani has developed advanced skills in Finite Element Analyses with emphasis on non-linear behavior. He performs advanced stress analysis in the design and assessment of tankage and spheres, piping, pressure vessels, steel and concrete structures, and foundations. He appraises the service suitability of existing equipment in accordance with API 579. He is also an expert in tank settlement, having been one of the primary developers of API 653 edge settlement procedures, and the leader of a current API project to re-write API 653 rules on differential shell and global bottom settlement. He analyzes vibration of equipment and structures, and performs fatigue assessments, structural reliability evaluations and risk assessments.

Mr. Andreani has managed company specification programs and has developed over 50 design, fabrication, inspection and testing specifications for tankage, piping and structures, and specifications for wind, seismic and blast load criteria for petrochemical equipment and structures for petrochemical facilities worldwide. He performs design reviews for tankage, piping, pressure vessels, structures and foundations as part of major refinery capital projects, including expansions, revamps and de-bottlenecking projects. In addition, Mr. Andreani serves on the API Aboveground Storage Tank Subcommittee on Design, and performs code compliance calculations and interpretations for tankage, piping, pressure vessels, structures and foundations.