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The Connection of Peak Alarm Rates to Plant Incidents and What You Can Do to Minimize

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Even after several years of trying, many plants still struggle with controlling alarm floods. Static rationalization can reduce your average number...

Carbon Capture Ready Heavy Oil Extraction and Upgrading

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Carbon dioxide emissions from heavy oil production are typically higher than that of producing conventional crudes. Ultimately, carbon dioxide...

Hydrogen Membrane Technology for Ethylene Production

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
HYDROGEN TRANSPORT MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR ETHYLENE PRODUCTION U. (Balu) Balachandran, T. H. Lee, C. Y. Park, and S. E. Dorris Energy Systems...

Lab-HIRA: Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis for Chemical Research Laboratories

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
The combination of hazard identification and risk analysis is an organized effort to pinpoint weaknesses in the design and operation of processes...

Preserving Feed Composition Effects Downstream of An Open Level in a DMCplus Controller

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
The FS-1 Fractionator is a natural gas fractionation unit which separates natural gas liquids into ethane, propane, butane and C5P. The process...

Case Histories on Inherent Safety and Risk Reduction Amid Risk Aversion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
This paper explains several experiences in inherent safety where, despite substantial progress in the reduction of risk, the public or regulators...

Use PFFM Instead of Hazop

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
While accepted world-wide as being the standard for process hazard analysis for many years, the HazOp review technique is cumbersome. This drives the...

Process Safety Regulations - Blessing or Curse?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Are Process Safety / Risk Management regulations a blessing or a curse? The answer of course is “it depends.” There is little doubt that Process...

Practical Process Integration Retrofit Part 2. Remaining Problem Analysis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Practical Process Integration Retrofit Part 2. Remaining Problem Analysis & Driving Force Plot G.T.Polley The Cross-Pinch Method is not the only...

Panel Discussion on the Ethylene Plant Transformation of the Petrochemical Industry

Fife Ethylene Plant

Executives from Chevron-Phillips, Dow, ExxonMobil, Sibur and Braskem explore the impact of shale gas on the marketplace.

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