April 2015 | AIChE

You are here

April 2015

Beyond Implications on a Golden Age of Natural Gas in Korea

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 29, 2015
South Korea is one of the top energy importers in the world where relies on fuel imports for about 97% of its primary energy demand because the...

Planning Early for Compressor Surge Avoidance

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 29, 2015
Compressor stations are installed at regular interval to drive the flow of gas in a pipeline. The principal component of the compressor station is...

Fire from the Cascading Failure of an Oxygen Supply System

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 29, 2015
This paper discusses the investigation, findings, and root cause analysis of a fire due to the loss of oxygen containment in an ethylene oxide...

Phaneendra Kondapi

Dr. Phaneendra Kondapi is a Senior Technical Advisor at Granherne-KBR, Houston and has around 20 years of industry experience with different engineering and consulting firms around the globe in various capacities as a Manager, Project Mananger, Project Lead and Simulation Engineer. His technical interests includes flow assurance, subsea procesing, process simulation, operator training simulators and multiphase flow simulators. Dr. Kondapi is also a KBR Adjunct Professor of Subsea Engineering at University of Houston. He has supported the development of first and only Subsea Engineering...Read more

Do We Really Need More Process Safety Leaders?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 29, 2015

Crude and Condensate Export - Distillation Requirements Defined and Explained

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 29, 2015
Refiners are calling foul when it comes to the definition of “distillation” as it appears it is being applied to exportation of condensate. It is a...

Engineering Safe Pressure Relief for Existing Flare Systems

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 29, 2015
Designing a safe and cost-effective pressure relief system is a constant concern for Engineers working to design safe facilities. Existing flare...

Lending Industrial Experience through Reactive Hazard Examples in University Safety Instruction

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 29, 2015
Past serious reactive chemical accidents have had a profound impact on the chemical industry and the approaches taken towards process safety. Much of...

Hybrid Models of Distillation Towers for Plant Optimization

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 29, 2015
Real time optimization of plant operations started in 1980s and expanded rapidly during 1990s and early 2000s. Such applications have brought...

Mitigating Variable TDS Levels in Wastewater Biotreatment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 29, 2015
Wastewaters characterized by elevated Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) levels and high organic content are produced by food, petroleum, and petrochemical...

Pages