Ahmad RK Rana: About the Author
Director of Technical Services, Integrity Products and Supplies, Inc.
Ahmad has 13 years of experience in the areas of field inspections, asset integrity, and R&D. Along with a master's degree in Materials Engineering, Ahmad has certifications, namely API 571, API 580, and PMP. Ahmad has 36 publications as peer-reviewed journal papers, magazine articles, and conference papers. Ahmad's research focus has been on corrosion, coatings, and risk-based inspection (RBI), and has invited numerous research grants worth CAD $549,000 to date. Ahmad is serving as chair of the Technical Symposium for the AMPP CORROSION show for the 2nd year in a row. Ahmad is a recipient of the NACE Graduate Student Book award for the year 2019 and runner-up for two Materials Performance Innovations Awards for the year 2021. Ahmad is also a member of API standards refining committees for CUI and RBI standards. Currently, Ahmad is working as Technical Director with Integrity Products & Supplies Inc.
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Published Articles
Inadequate consideration of corrosion and material degradation of many older facilities has complicated the implementation of modern-day RBI programs. This article presents a case study of a heat exchanger with such a design.
This article addresses two failure events where inadequate attention to thermal fatigue led to premature equipment failure while specifying guidelines to help prevent such failures that can be a part of a plant's inspection and maintenance programs.
