Mr. Baker is a licensed professional engineer with over 10 years of experience performing quantitative risk assessments, facility siting studies, and providing process safety and relief system design support to oil refineries and chemical plants around the world. Mr. Baker oversees and executes pressure relief and effluent handling projects in the United States and overseas. Additionally, he has optimized procedures for completing and documenting the technical aspects of projects and deliverables.
Experienced in performing PRFS evaluations and developing relief system mitigations for clients in the chemical and petrochemical industry.
Performs both steady state and dynamic analysis of overpressure events.
Conducted identification of Loss of Containment (LOC) scenarios as a first step of a Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) study for petroleum and chemical companies.
Experienced in process safety management (PSM), hazard identification techniques, quantitative risk assessment (QRA), and facility siting.
Performed design and verification of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) in compliance with IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 standards: e.g., High Integrity Pressure Protection Systems (HIPPS), fluid curtain system, etc.
Training instructor for performing QRAs with Process Safety Office® SuperChems™.
Assisted in the design of a complex fluid curtain system to mitigate toxic dispersions from several process units in an oil and gas facility. The design included defining the system parameters such as spray nozzle characteristics, fluid type, flow requirements, and solubility as well as ensuring operation as an Independent Protection Layer (IPL).
Professional Engineering (PE), Minnesota University of Minnesota B.S. Chemical Engineering