Technical Presentations | AIChE

You are here

Technical Presentations

Use of Multiply Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) Methods in Life-Cycle Evaluation of Process Equipment and Systems

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
Equipment reliability is essential to the safe operation of process equipment. The health of process equipment must be analyzed by competent...

Optimizing Facility Siting and Layout through Mapping Risk Estimates on Plant Area and Monetizing

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
This research is focused on suggesting the methodology to find optimal placement for hazardous facilities and other process plant buildings using...

Consequence Modeling of Chlorine Release

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
This paper describes the Consequence Modeling of Chlorine release from a Chlor Alkali plant as a part of Process Hazard Analysis. The objective was...

Ensuring Consistency of Corporate Risk Criteria

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
The recently published CCPS text Guidelines for Developing Quantitative Safety Risk Criteria makes a strong case for corporations developing risk...

Stability Analysis of Safety Valve

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
The stability for a safety valve was investigated by experiments and analysis. It was found that the dynamic instability was caused by the...

Risk-Based Mechanical Integrity - Beyond Fixed Equipment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
This paper presents approaches to provide a safer operating plant by extending mechanical integrity to all process equipment using a risk-based...

Modeling Small Releases from Tanks

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
The methodologies in the chapter on “Dispersion Modeling” in the CCPS book Guidelines for Consequence Analysis of Chemical Releases, provide means...

The Use of Quantitative Risk Assessment to Site Temporary Trailers and Portable Buildings

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
The American Petroleum Institute (API) developed Recommended Practice (RP) 753 to provide guidance for siting portable buildings in petrochemical...

Combustible Dust: A Practical Approach to Identifying and Mitigating Hazards

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
Combustible dust hazards are prevalent in many facilities throughout industry, including the chemical process industries. Lack of awareness and...

A Full-Scale Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Dust Explosions in a Roller Mill

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
Combustion of biomass is becoming an increasingly important energy source. This is especially true for wood pellets, as several power companies have...

Pages