May 2023
Digital Technologies
Real-time monitoring of creep damage for fired equipment tubes, employing advanced web platforms
Within the petrochemical industry, fired heater tubes and boilers experience high tube metal temperatures (TMTs) for extended periods of time.
The Authors
Matt Lindblade is currently a fired equipment engineer at ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering Company. He has 8+ years of industry experience, mostly in static equipment engineer roles at manufacturing sites all within ExxonMobil. He holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University.
Christopher Ray is a senior software developer with 18 years’ experience creating and supporting engineering applications for companies in the oil and gas industry. Christopher earned a BS degree in software engineering from the University of Phoenix. He can be reached at cray@yirgainc.com.
H. S. Lee is a fired equipment specialist who has worked on capital projects and troubleshooting of Fired Heaters, Boilers, Flares, and Incinerators. Before joining ExxonMobil, he worked on experimental and theoretical combustion and heat transfer research. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University with chemical kinetic and laser diagnostic studies of rocket propellants.
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