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Conference Presentations - 2012 Global Congress on Process Safety

Relief Design for Laboratories and Pilot Plants

Apr 3, 2012
Jennifer Mize
Relief evaluation and system design for laboratories and pilot plants presents unique challenges to the relief designer. Relief devices designed for commercial production-sized process vessels are often impractical for use in laboratory and pilot plant environments due to their size. However,...

Go out and lead on Process Safety Management

Apr 3, 2012
David Snowball
This paper will share the UK's experience of risk control for major hazards and will emphasise the key role corporate governance and leadership plays in the management of major hazard risks. The paper will outline the joint work undertaken between industry and the Health and Safety Executive in...

Taking a Risk for Safety

Apr 3, 2012
Ian Sutton
Taking a Risk for Safety Over the last twenty years companies in the process industries have invested heavily in their occupational safety programs. These investments of time and money have been made in many areas, including training, behavior-based safety and the use of PPE. The results have been...

Identification of Process Hazards in Laboratories and Pilot Plants

Apr 3, 2012
Christine Browning
The focus of most laboratory experiments and piloting operations is the development of a new, innovative chemical process or the improvement of an existing chemical process. These activities are designed to, and focus on, evaluation of the intended chemistry for the process being studied. The...

Selection of Appropriate Ignition Models for Fire and Explosion Assessments

Apr 3, 2012
Anna Qiao
A release of flammable substances can result in various fire or explosion events depending on whether there is an immediate or delayed ignition. Although developments have taken place in producing fit-for-purpose ignition models, there remain significant uncertainties, including how to identify the...

The Benefits of a Risk-Based Approach to Facility Siting

Apr 3, 2012
Neil Prophet
Facility Siting has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, and is an important aspect of process safety for plant personnel and their contractors. In December 2009, API issued the Third Edition of the facility siting Recommended Practice 752, “Management of Hazards Associated with Location...

Towards Inherently Safer Processes: Alkylation of Isobutane and n-Butene

Apr 3, 2012
Subramanya Nayak
The alkylation production first started in the late 1930s and early 1940s with collaborative efforts by several American companies. Currently, 13 – 15 % of the refined gasoline pool is made up of these C8 alkylates (Albright, 2003). In this study, we have evaluated if it is possible to develop...

Evaluation of Dust Explosion/Fire Hazards During a Process Hazards Analysis [PHA]

Apr 3, 2012
Mayur Patel
Evaluation of Dust Explosion/Fire Hazards during a Process Hazards Analysis [PHA] Mayur Patel DuPont Engineering mayur.patel@ind.dupont.com and S. Dharmavaram DuPont Engineering seshu.dharmavaram@usa.dupont.com Many of the recent dust fire and explosion incidents have shown that PHA teams have...

Process Safety Management Training for New Engineer

Apr 3, 2012
Alberto E. Vignale
Abstracts Project: PSM training for new Engineer Presenter: Name VIGNALE, Alberto Eduardo Telephone +54-3487-444372 e-mail alberto.e.vignale@monsanto.com Type of Project: Process Safety Management Mentoring for New Engineer Brief description: Monsanto is an American Company that has operations in...

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