ChemE On Demand

AIChE's ChemE on Demand is a multi-media digital library containing hundreds on-demand webinars and recorded conference presentations. This convenient resource is designed to meet your needs as a chemical engineer. AIChE professional members are entitled to 6 FREE 'credits', good for content in ChemE on Demand each year. Undergraduate student members get free unlimited access to ALL ChemE On Demand content.

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Fatal Exposure: Tragedy At DuPont

Apr 4, 2012
Marc G. Sáenz
This investigation by the United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) provides unique lessons in process safety. Three incidents occurred over a 33-hour period at the DuPont plant in Belle, WV. The most serious incident occurred on January 23, 2010, when a release of highly...

Release Scenario Assumptions for Modeling Risk From Underground Gaseous Pipelines

May 1, 2013
Elizabeth Lutostansky, Joan Schork, Keith Ludwig, Leonard Creitz, Seungho Jung
Underground pipelines transport toxic and/or flammable pressurized gases in close proximity to residential and commercial areas and highways. The quantified risk assessment of these pipelines is dependent on release scenarios, assumed frequencies, weather probabilities, neighboring populations, etc...

Ethylene Plant Maintenance and Reliability Session

Apr 28, 2009
Matthew Webb, Paul van Helmond, Todd A. Peltier
Fluctuating product demand, along with feedstock and energy prices, has resulted in a challenging environment for operators of Olefin producing plants. The impact of maintenance and reliability efforts to operate these plants safely, environmentally responsibly and profitably has never been greater...

Developing Energy Strategies Plenary

Apr 27, 2009
Charles 'Chuck' Black, Dr. Ajoy Banerjee, Reyad Fezzani
This special plenary session will feature invited speakers to discuss the most significant energy issues currently confronting industry today in the context of a new Presidential Administration, a new Congress, evolving state and regional programs and ever changing international climate. Moderated...

Tools to Identify Hazards

Apr 27, 2009
Delmar Morrison, Fred Henselwood
Personnel involved with day-to-day plant operations maintain an important role in the hazard identification and risk assessment (HIRA) process. These individuals are often the first to identify hazardous process conditions in an operating environment. Papers in to this session focus on tools and...

Simulation, Engineering and Design

Apr 27, 2009
Alejandro Cano, Hiren Shethna, Simon Rogers
Simulation and computer aided calculations are widely utilized and increasingly relied on in development, design, and engineering for chemical and related process industries. Examples include chemical process simulation, unit operation modeling, equipment modeling, sizing, costing, fluid dynamics...

Sustainable Energy II

Apr 27, 2009
Claude Rerat, Jong-Min Lee, Steven R. Sherman
This session celebrates the expanded scope of Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. It features speakers selected for the inaugural issue released in April 2009 along with selected papers from among those submitted. All papers related to sustainable energy, including issues of CO2...

Nuclear Process Chemistry Tutorial - Session 2

Apr 27, 2009
C. K. Liu
Part II of a two day tutorial on nuclear process chemistry is presented in four instruction sessions and two review/problem sessions. Purpose of the tutorial is presentation of chemical and radiological properties of nuclear materials and fission products and application of these properties in the...

LNG Regasification

Apr 27, 2009
E. S. Park, Eginhard Berger
This session presents papers on the advances in LNG receiving terminals and regasfication facilities in vaporiztion technology etc. Please Note : LNG Regasification -- Spring Meeting 2009 includes the following recorded presentations: · EN 1473 and Others - the European Norms and Standards for the...

Recent Advances in Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies

Apr 27, 2009
Manolis Tomadakis, Michael Pien, Virendra Mathur
Papers on dealing with recent advances in basic and applied research work on fuel cell (including feed stocks) and battery technology. Please Note : Recent Advances in Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies -- Spring Meeting 2009 includes the following recorded presentations: · Gas Diffusion Layer...

Consequence Modeling

Apr 27, 2009
David Herrmann, Mike Moosemiller, Prankul Middha
Consequence modeling has evolved as a result of accident investigations, government regulations, and the maturation of process hazards analysis and quantitative risk assessment. This session provides examples of where the state-of-the-art currently is. Please Note : Consequence Modeling -- Spring...

Safety Culture and Operational Discipline

Apr 27, 2009
Mark Paradies, Stephanie Payne, Tulanda Brown
This session focuses on the cultural aspects of a successful Process Safety program. Papers that are presented cover new and innovative ideas on corporate-wide and site-specific safety culture improvements, developing or improving operational discipline, and other approaches addressing the “human...

Implementing PSM Globally

Apr 27, 2009
Christie Arseneau, David Cummings
In the last several years there have been numerous changes in technical and analytical methods, process safety management systems, regulations, globalization and consolidation, new and increased accountability to public and regulatory entities, and changing market conditions. Papers in this session...

Applications of Lopa (Layer Of Protection Analysis)

Apr 27, 2009
Bill Bridges, Dick Baum, Richard Gowland
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) continues to be a powerful and popular tool for assessing risk. This session presents papers focusing on applied principles of Layer of Protection Analysis. Special consideration was given to papers that focus on actual plant experiences with LOPA implementations...

Fires, Explosions and Reactive Chemicals

Apr 27, 2009
James VanOmmeren, Lina R. Saenz
The analysis, prevention, protection and mitigation of fire, explosion, and reactivity hazards continue to be important to the loss prevention community. This session contains papers that identify, characterize, or offer design and operational guidance on fire, explosion and reactivity hazards...

Auditing Process Safety

Apr 27, 2009
Adrian Sepeda, Mark S. Dreux, Michael Green
The 2nd Edition of the CCPS Guidelines for Auditing Process Safety Management Systems is currently being prepared. This session will include papers that address management systems for ensuring effective audit processes. Topics in this session may also include developing internal audit program;...

Nuclear Process Chemistry Tutorial - Session 1

Apr 27, 2009
C. K. Liu
Part I of a two day tutorial on nuclear process chemistry is presented in four instruction sessions and two review/problem sessions. Purpose of the tutorial is presentation of chemical and radiological properties of nuclear materials and fission products and application of these properties in the...

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