Kevin Haley is a Consulting Engineer and Group Head for the Mechanical & Structural Engineering Team at Equity. As a member of this team, his primary duties are to perform ASME Code compliance calculations and fitness-for-service (FFS) evaluations for in-service equipment using the Level 2 and Level 3 methodologies of API 579.
Kevin has supported several clients on site and remotely during turnarounds to determine FFS and help make run/repair/replace decisions. His focus in this work is to provide practical and effective solutions to optimize inspection efforts and engineering analysis time/cost relative to the cost of a repair or replacement. This work also includes providing necessary repair plans to optimize downtime and allow extended safe service of damaged equipment.
Kevin is a member of the ASME B31.4 Code committee and is responsible for maintaining Equity’s Engineering Practice collection for pipeline design (Section 20) and pipeline operation and maintenance (Section 21).
Prior to joining Equity, Kevin worked for an engineering consultant in the Fossil Power industry. His analytical duties in that role included performing ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code calculations, ASME B31.1 piping flexibility stress analyses, and various FFS and remaining life evaluations for high-temperature components operating in the creep regime. In addition, Kevin managed numerous advanced non-destructive examination projects for critical boiler components, high-energy power piping systems, and pressure vessels.
Publications:
- Peters, D.T., Haley, K.M., “Fitness for Service in the High Pressure Industry,” Proceedings of the 2012 ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping Division Conference PVP2012-78825, Toronto, ON, Canada, July 15-19, 2012.
- Peters, D.T., Haley, K.M., “Case Study of the Effect of Generator Retaining Ring Shrink Fit on Rotor Tooth Top Cracking,” Proceedings of the 2011 ASME POWER Conference POWER2011-55302, Denver, CO, July 12-14, 2011.
Industry Activities:
- Member of the ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquids and Slurries Code Committee
