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“Getting More Out of Your PHAs with Data Analytics”

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 28, 2017
Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) studies are required to identify process and operations risks for process plants. PHAs enable management and...

Prevent the Next Catastrophe

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 28, 2017
With the increasing complex manufacturing processes and environmental regulations, and the challenges to retaining knowledge from retiring employees...

Enhancements in Depressuring/Blowdown Modeling and Why It Matters in Facility Design

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 28, 2017
Blowdown or depressuring modeling is a critical activity in the design of high pressure vessels. Under emergency conditions, as the vessel is emptied...

Model Predictive Control for Ethylene Oxide Explosion Limits Under Plant Upset Conditions

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 28, 2017
In this paper, a model predictive controller is designed to for an ethylene oxide plant using industry-standard distributed control system and...

Inherently Safer Piping – Best Practices

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 28, 2017
Abstract This paper presents lesser known items in the upstream and midstream industries important to piping stress and overpressure protection...

Functional Safety Assessments of Safety Controls, Alarms, and Interlocks: How Efficient Are Your Functional Safety Projects?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 28, 2017
A execução e retorno de investimento em projetos de Intertravamentos, Alarmes e Controles de Segurança (do termo em inglês safety controls, alarms,...

The Facility Siting Cycle (Revalidation)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 28, 2017
Facility siting is an assessment of occupied buildings given potential explosion, fire, and toxic hazards. As stated in 29 CFR Part 1910, it is...

Uncertain about Uncertainty

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 28, 2017
Key Words: Understand Hazard & Risk, Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis, Define probability; Subjective probability Abstract: It is well-...

Optimization for Flare Operation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 28, 2017
Abstract Flare operation is a challenging task since the flowrate, net heating value, composition of the vent gas and weather conditions vary...

Understanding Tolerable Risk Criteria – Considering the Growth of LNG Transportation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 28, 2017
Cheap natural gas and the aim to lower emissions from combustion systems such as stationary power generation and heavy haul vehicle engines has led...

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