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April 2016

What has happened to the Enthusiasm for Computer Control in the Chemical and Petroleum Industries?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 13, 2016
The enthusiasm for Computer Control and Optimization relative to 20 years ago has almost vanished. The evidence of this is all around us. The Real...

Translational Medicine and Bioengineering Conference

November 12, 2016 to November 13, 2016
Room: Yosemite A, at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Presented by the Society of Biological Engineering (SBE), this conference will bring together leaders and trainees from cutting edge fields of Translational Medicine and Bioengineering.

Alan McDonald Discusses Challenger Shuttle Explosion and Ethics

April 12, 2016
April 13, 2016

IEA Says Global CO2 Emissions Have Decoupled from Economic Growth

April 12, 2016
April 19, 2016

As we watch coal get kicked to the curb, particularly in developed countries, the International Energy Agency thinks it's time for a paradigm-check.

Dividing Wall Column - Design for a Retrofit

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
A market opportunity arose for a higher value market for an existing product line if key impurities could be reduced an order of magnitude below...

Safety Practice for Refinery and Petrochemical Plants - During the Major T&I (Turnaround & Inspection)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
Safety Practice for Refinery and Petrochemical in the Major T&I Rabigh Refinery and Petrochemical Company (Petro Rabigh), is an integrated...

Dust Explosions - the Nature of the Problem and Practical Measures for Its Control - Including the Requirements of the New NFPA 652 for Dust Hazard Assessment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
Many powders will burn slowly or with difficulty as a layer on a surface, but can explode if dispersed as a cloud. In fact, the vast majority of...

Successfully Managing a Changing Workforce - Application to Process Safety Management

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
Companies worldwide are faced with the difficult challenge of managing workforce change in a time when budgets are tight, pressures to decrease costs...

Inherently Safety Quenching of HCN Polymerization with Phosphoric Acid

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
Hydrogen Cyanide (HCN) product is stored in tanks at many production facilities. It is capable of self-reaction that could end in explosive...

Hydrates in Ethylene Plant Cold Section

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
Ethylene plants are at risk of hydrate formation due to the very nature of the process: wet hot section followed by high-pressure, cryogenic...

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