Our team is renowned worldwide for their expertise and experience. They have the capabilities and industry knowledge to determine what’s needed to reduce risk, improve efficiency and maintain compliance. Their credentials include doctoral degrees, expert testimony experience, international experience, software development leadership and risk management proficiency for companies both in the U.S. and abroad.
Dr. Melhem is an internationally renowned expert in the areas of pressure relief and flare systems design, chemical reaction systems, process safety, and risk analysis. As the founder of ioMosaic, he has over 25 years of engineering and process safety experience, and has participated in numerous risk management, consequence analysis, and quantitative risk assessment studies for commercial and government clients.
Mr. Wilkes is experienced in pressure relief and flare system design and analysis for large chemical and petrochemical companies in Europe, the United States and the Middle East. His experience includes relief system mitigation, steady-state and dynamic simulations, atmospheric dispersion analysis, evaluating flare header systems, and performing steady state and dynamic deflagration studies. Mr. Wilkes also has practical experience with numerous software packages including Process Safety Office® SuperChems™, iPRSM, PHAST, MATLAB, Aspen Plus, Visio, AutoCAD, and GROMACS Molecular Simulation (LINUX).
Performs emergency relief system (ERS) design for petrochemical and public utilities companies. Experienced with the development of relief system mitigation options and provides advice for global clients. Performs steady-state and dynamic simulations on vessels, column systems, and reactors based on API and DIERS standards for single and multiphase flow, including detailed wall temperature dynamics. Performs atmospheric dispersion analysis for toxicity, flammability, thermal radiation, and noise. Performs steady state and dynamic deflagration studies to analyze overpressure, flame acceleration and reaction forces for blast vent sizing. Performs Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) studies, HAZard and OPerability (HAZOP) studies, and Layers of Protection Analysis (LOP) methodologies, and LNG hazard analysis. Performed research into the characterization of pharmaceutical molecules using molecular simulation techniques, presented at Thermodynamics 2019.
Speakers Showcase - Reducing Relief Requirements with Network Flow Models in SuperChems™ Lecturer at the University of Bath, presenting pressure relief engineering lectures to final year MEng students.
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