April 2015

Guidelines for Dynamic Modeling of Column Startup

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 28, 2015

Advances in computing speed continue to enable dynamic modeling of ever increasing complexity. This includes simulation of non-routine conditions...

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Evaluation of Technology Development for Direct Replacement Biofuels Using Thermochemical Processes

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 28, 2015

Biofuels technology development continues even as ethanol production matured. New “biorefineries” are being commissioned and the U.S. government...

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Case Study on SMALL-Scale LNG Facility Expansion

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 28, 2015

With the influx of natural gas production throughout the United States, the small-scale LNG market is growing at a rapid pace. One option to take...

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Methanol Distribution in Amine Systems and Its Impact on Plant Performance

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 28, 2015

Methanol injection into natural gas streams is commonly used to prevent hydrate formation and icing. Later, when the gas is scrubbed, the residual...

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PHA Facilitation and Teamwork Dynamics: Or Why Not All Hazops Are Created Equal

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 28, 2015

Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) is a fundamental element of every process safety management program. The various techniques (what if, HAZOP, HAZID,...

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Choked and Near-Choked Real Gas and Two-Phase Flow Analysis of Discharge Piping

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 28, 2015

The methods of analysis of real gas and two phase gas-liquid flow in discharge piping of pressure relieve systems with possible multiple choking are...

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An Optimization Formulation for Risk Reduction of the Layout of Offshore Platforms

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 28, 2015

An Optimization Formulation for Risk Reduction of the Layout of Offshore Platforms Joshua Richardson and M. Sam Mannan Mary Kay O'Connor Process...

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Design, Installation, Operation and Maintenance of Transfer Line Exchanger Feedwater Systems

Conference Presentation

AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety

April 28, 2015

Ethylene transfer line exchangers, TLE’s, play an essential role in the process of producing ethylene. It quenches the effluent gas coming from the...