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April 2015

Toxicity-Hazard Index and the "Infinite Point"

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
TOXICITY-HAZARD INDEX AND THE “INFINITE POINT” Richard W. Prugh, Principal Process Safety Engineer Chilworth Technology, Inc., a Dekra Company 113...

CFD Modeling of Fouling in Crude Oil Refinery Heat Exchangers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
The complex phenomenon of crude oil fouling is a byproduct of several chemical and physical mechanisms acting together. It is caused by deposition of...

Active Versus Passive Fire Protection - Getting the Balance Right

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
A key question often asked when trying to evaluate the effectiveness of a fire protection system is how to strike a balance between active and fire...

Research of Process Safety Management Platform Architecture Based on Internet of Things

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
With the rapid development of chemical technology in China, the number and size of petrochemical corporations increasing quickly, and increasing...

Value Cracking: A Method for Maximizing Revenues of Naphtha Crackers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015

1987 Celanese Pampa Butane Vapor Cloud Explosion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
On Saturday November 14, 1987, the presenter personally witnessed a catastrophic vapor cloud explosion at the Celanese Chemicals facility in Pampa,...

Porosity and Mineralogical Changes in Iron-Bearing Sandstone with CO2 Injection

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
One of the four trapping mechanisms for long term CO 2 geological storage is mineral trapping. Increased acidity from CO 2 solubility in brine...

Simulation of Gas-Solid Flow in a Modified Internally Circulating Fluidized Bed By Using a Multi-Scale CFD Approach

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Particle flow and mixing affect considerably the performance of a gas-solid fluidized bed. In particular, the regeneration of a fluid catalytic...

The Changing Tide of US Process Safety/Risk Management Regulations - How CCPS Risk Based Process Safety and Vision 20/20 Concepts Can Harmonize Future Requirements

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Over the past several years there have been numerous industrial accidents which have occurred that have brought the effectiveness of OSHA’s Process...

Effect of Body Bowl Choking on Pressure Relief Valve Stability

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
It is known that the velocity at the outlet flange of conventional PRV (Pressure Relief Valve) reaches the sonic velocity in case of larger size of...

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