Kraig S. Shipley, P.E.: About the Author
Principal Engineer II, The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.
Mr. Shipley has worked as a refinery, corporate, and consulting engineer over his 34 years in the petrochemical industry and has provided on-site field engineering support for over 35 turnarounds. He has extended equipment run times through API-579 FFS evaluations typically applied to ASME VIII-1 and VIII-2 vessels, and B31.3 piping systems. He is the Piping SME at E2G responsible for the development of over 100 Engineering Specifications and the development of over 200 piping classes and 1000 valve data sheets. Mr. Shipley is an active member of the ASME B31.3 Process Piping Code and a prior chairman of the ASME B31.3 Design Task Group.
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Published Articles
The five design considerations of incorporating new Tstruct values for inclusion in API 574 with general insight into the results.