Brian Kalfrin | AIChE

Brian Kalfrin

Citation name

Kalfrin, B.

Affiliation

JohnCrane

State

IL

Country

USA

Brian Kalfrin is a Senior Regional Engineering Manager with John Crane based in Pasadena Texas with over 21 years of experience with mechanical seals and related systems. He is responsible for engineering expertise within the Americas Region for John Crane. His duties include design engineering oversight, analysis, and recommendation formulation to address challenging problem applications, along with design evaluation of existing and proposed mechanical seals utilizing Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software. He is also responsible for training of both customers and John Crane personnel in both mechanical seal application and troubleshooting. Mr. Kalfrin is a member of the Texas A&M International Pump Users Symposium Advisory Committee, the API 682 Task Force currently working on the 5th Edition, and a degreed Mechanical Engineer with a BSME from Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA.

Sessions chaired or co-chaired

Sponsored Technology Workshop - Mechanical Seal Reliability & Troubleshooting - John Crane
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)

Authored

(36c) Ethylene Product Pump Mechanical Seal Upgrade – Lessons Learned
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)
(36b) Refrigeration Compressor Dry Gas Seal Panel Vent Header Design Consideration
2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1109-7)
(168a) Sponsored Technology Workshop - Mechanical Seal Reliability & Troubleshooting - John Crane
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety (ISBN: 978-0-8169-1115-8)

Associated proceedings 

2019 Spring Meeting and 15th Global Congress on Process Safety
2020 Virtual Spring Meeting and 16th GCPS
2021 AIChE Virtual Spring Meeting and 17th Global Congress on Process Safety
2023 Spring Meeting and 19th Global Congress on Process Safety