April 2012

Challenges in Applying PSM to Production Pilot Plants & Laboratories

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 3, 2012

The CordenPharma Colorado, Inc. (CPC) site in Boulder includes at least eight production facilities. The majority (six) are production laboratories...

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Microwave Enhanced Direct Cracking of Ethane for Production of Ethylene

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 3, 2012

Microwave Enhanced Direct Cracking of Ethane for Production of Ethylene Morgana Fall, Ricardo Bowlin, Holly Shulman Ceralink Inc. 105 Jordan Rd Troy...

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Gains From Getting near Misses Reported

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 3, 2012

[An earlier edition of this paper was first presented at the “International Conference and Workshop – Process Safety Incidents,” 2000, organized by...

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MPC Revamp of Two Naphtha Crackers, Lessons Learned and Relearned

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 3, 2012

Braskem is the 8th largest petrochemical company in the world and the biggest producer of polymers in the Americas. The Braskem Triunfo site includes...

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On-Line Energy Management System - Round 2

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 3, 2012

In 2008-9 Equistar implemented an on-line, open-loop utility optimizer at one of our world scale olefin sites. We call this our energy management...

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Survival Techniques and Technologies of a Startup Specialty Polymer Company

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 3, 2012

Survival Techniques and Technologies of a Startup Specialty Polymer Company

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Taking a Risk for Safety

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 3, 2012

Taking a Risk for Safety Over the last twenty years companies in the process industries have invested heavily in their occupational safety programs...