Technical Presentations

Laminar and turbulent premixed flame burning velocities are two parameters that are sometimes needed to evaluate explosion hazards. There is ample information in the literature regarding the burning velocities of most common ignitable gases and vapors in air. Little information, however, is...

ABSTRACT AIChE Spring 2012 Meeting Prediction of Corrosion in Pipes Sally Nicola, Victor Carreto, Ray A. Mentzer, M. Sam Mannan Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University sally.nicola@neo.tamu.edu Corrosion is one of the most important mechanical integrity issues the...

Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) is used in the Netherlands and the UK for site permitting and land-use planning around industries with dangerous substances. For example, individual risk contours resulting from a QRA determine where houses and other types of constructions may exist. Therefore,...

“Planning not to retire is simply not a viable retirement strategy.” — Catherine Collinson, Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies The Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) process is an important component of a facility's strategy to managing the risks associated with process...

Chemical and petrochemical manufacturing processes can be subject to high consequence, low frequency events. Process Safety Management programs are intended to identify and eliminate or manage the hazards associated with these events. In recent years, industry has increasingly turned to...

The Awareness and Preparedness for Emergency at Local Level Programme (APELL) was developed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with the aim of minimizing the occurrence and non-desired effects of technological accidents. APELL strategy is based on identifying and creating awareness...