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Materials as Inherent Ignition Sources for Dust Explosions During Spray Drying

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
During spray drying, a solution is dispersed through a nozzle in small droplets to evaporate the water by means of hot air. In a large number of...

Utilizing Integrated Risk Assessment to Maximize Asset Integrity Management

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
The advent of various safety standards like ANSI /ISA 84, IEC 61511, API 14C, API 580 / 581, SAE JA1011, IEC 60330 and PSM guidelines has been a good...

Practical Issues with Marginally Explosible Dusts - Evaluating the Real Hazard

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
A combustible dust can be non-explosible, marginally explosible or severely explosible. With the exception of a few standards with a quantitative...

Successful Process Safety Management Requires a Barrier Risk Assessment Tool

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
The expected outcome of Process Safety Management is to minimize the likelihood of a major accident hazard from occurring and ensure that the...

High Integrity Protective System Design Using a Risk Based Approach

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
With the update of the High Integrity Protective System (HIPS) methodology by API in 2007, Dow Chemical updated its internal work process to apply...

Journey towards PSM Excellence

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
This paper describes the experience, learning and major challenges in implementing Process Safety Management at Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)...

Adjusting Spring Operated Pressure Relief Valve Proof Test Intervals Using Statistical Modeling, and Comparing the Resulting Financial Risk

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
A method for adjusting spring operated pressure relief valve (SORV) inspection intervals is presented based on hazard identification, financial risk...

Property Insurance Company Evaluation of Combustible Dust Hazards

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
This paper will discuss some of the key factors that FM Global insurance engineering representatives use in evaluating combustible dust hazards at...

Analyzing Historic Process Data to Identify Near Misses and Warning Signs: Examples from the Buncefield Incident

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
Process data is often analyzed during the investigation of industrial fires and explosions. Our analyses often reveal near misses or warning signs...

How to Evaluate Process Safety Culture

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
At first glance it may seem that organizational culture is subjective and therefore difficult to measure. Indeed, even the definition of culture...

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