Resources
Articles/Presentations:
Samman Trahan- Comprehensive Approach to Life Extension of Coke Drums - Refcomm2021
Samman- Common Errors when Conducting Cracking and Bulging Inspections of Coke Drums- API Summit 2019
Samman Kaye - Non-bolted restraint for coke drums - PVP 2018
Samman Ajmera - Performance of bulges after weld overlay repairs- PVP 2018
DuPlessis Samman- Strategy for Managing Mechanical Integrity of Coke Drums- PVP 2017
Samman Doerksen- Significance of Coke Resistance in Coke Drum Failures- PVP 2017
DuPlessis Samman Successful Reversal of Coke drum Deterioration- Coking 2017
Samman- Bulging types in coke drums - PVP 2016
Samman- Anchor bolt failures in coke drums - PVP 2016
Samman- Coke Drum Design Inventions- Coking 2016
Samman et al.- Coke drum crack screening- IPEIA 2015
Samman et al. Structural repairs using automated weld overlay- IPEIA 2015
Samman et al.- Comparison of stress and strain methods for bulging assessment of coke drums- PVP 2014
Samman Samman- Bulging Stress Analysis of Cylindrical and Oval Pressure Vessels- PVP 2014
Samman Tinoco Marangone Silva- Bulging assessment of coke drums- 2013
SchmidtSamman- Coke drum skirt retrofit-Coking Galveston 2013
Jani-Samman- Weld Overlay Repairs of Coke Drum Bulges-Coking-India-2013
Samman – Wind Induced Vibrations of Balcony Railings- Construction Specifier- 2013
Williams Samman- Structural weld overlay repair of coke drums, API Summit- 2013
Samman- Failure modes and inspection needs of coke drums- API Summit 2013
Haraguchi Samman et al - Coke Drums Inspection and Evaluation 2012
Samman - Vibration testing of coke drums - Coking Rio 2009
Samman DuPlessis – Bulging assessment of coke drums 2009
Samman DuPlessis - Bulging assessment of coke drums using Bulging Intensity Factor (BIF) 2007
Allemang - MAC 20 years review -2003
Samman - Structural Damage Detection Using MCC-2001
Patents:
US 10,913,899- Coke drum deheading valve and inlet - HES
US 9884996- Bulge-resistant coke drum - HES
US 9,643,145 Skirt anchor blocks for coke drums -HES
US 8,905,260 Tongue-and-groove coke drum skirt-HES
US 8440057 linked skirt-CW
US 8317981- Integral attachment of coke drums - Sumitomo
US 8221591- Coke drum skirt - ExxonMobil
US 7871500- Gusseted skirt-CW
US 7,666,279 Wrapper skirt-CBI
US 6193848 Vertical plate coke drums- CBI
US 6926807 B2 Insulated transition spool apparatus - Chevron
US 9109706 Coke drum unheading and inlet device - Z&J
US 2006/004269 Coke drum double-disk unheading valve - Z&J
US 6565714 Coke drum unheading valve - CW
US 5822057- System and method for inspecting a cast structure
US 5,804,038- External cooling- COP
US 5795445 strain gage quenching of coke drums- Citgo
US 4634500 thermocouple quenching- FosterWheeler
WO 2011 045843 Japan patent ForgedRing- Sumitomo
LinkedIn:
LinkedIn – Coke Drums Mechanical Integrity Group
LinkedIn – Coking.com group
Recommended References:
The Science of Scientific Writing, George Gopen
A Heat Transfer Textbook, Lienhard and Lienhard
Applied Mechanics of Solids, Textbook by Allan F. Bower
Fracture and Fatigue MIT Lecture Notes
Introduction to Finite Element Methods, UC Boulder, Carlos Felippa Lecture Notes
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