Keith Braden

Background

About Keith Braden

Use of AutoCAD, Inventor, and ANSYS software to do layout and design of • Plant / lines against as sold specifications. • Civil design of foundations and buildings against needs of the customer and the equipment for the plant / line. • Structural design of buildings, equipment supports, platforms against needs of the customer and the equipment for the plant / line. • Mechanical equipment (tanks, cover lifters, exhaust hoods, coil transport, storage bins, fluidized bed reactors, etc.) from a technical specification, while considering the big picture for the design around its actual use, positioning, and the ancillary equipment needed for its operation, including a comprehensive BOM. • Process equipment (packed tower fume scrubbers, demister/chevron scrubbers, stacks, absorption columns, venturi, and cyclonic particulate separators’) from a technical specification, while considering the big picture for the design around its actual use, positioning, and the ancillary equipment needed for its operation. • Piping plans, sections, and piping isometrics from P & ID's, Pipe Line List, and equipment arrangement drawings. Correct placement of piping equipment in a layout. Piping requirements for the following equipment: pumps, tanks, and pressure vessels. Piping requirements for the following Medias: acid, mixed acid, caustic, steam, condensate, gas (natural and propane), and fume exhaust. Of steel pipe, plastic pipe, plastic lined steel pipe, and FRP pipe systems, including a comprehensive BOM. • Provide support to Project Management in the form of answering design, plant / line arrangement, and personnel questions. • Manage permanent and contract design team, and drafting personnel, on the specifics of the design as it related to the plant / line. Specialties: AutoCAD designer of mechanical, piping, process, civil, and structural components. Inventor modeling of mechanical, piping, process, civil, and structural components. ANSYS modeling and evaluation of mechanical, piping, process, civil, and structural components. Design capabilities with Carbon steel, Stainless steel, Titanium, Hastoloy, Polyproylene, PVDF, PTFE, ECTFE, PVC, CPVC, FRP or Fiber Reinforced Polymers, UHMW-PE, PE, Acid / Heat resistant linings.