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April 2016

Cellulosic Ethanol Production through Chemical Detoxification

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
Cellulosic ethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass offers a sustainable solution for transition from fossil based fuels to renewable...

Managing Alarms to Support Operational Discipline

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
Process alarms are frequently cited as a safeguard in a Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) and an Independent Protection Layers (IPL) in a Layer of...

Practical Risk Based Approach to Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling System Design

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
Recent updates to pressure relief system design RAGAGEP include provision for risk based overpressure protection. Although risk based approaches are...

Is a Two-Inch Hole Adequate for a Siting Study?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
For several decades now, many consequence-based siting assessments (e.g., API RP 752) have relied upon a two-inch hole to represent what is termed a...

Preflash Options for Light Tight Oil Processing

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
As light tight oil continues to increase in availability, refiners are challenged with how best to process this unique type of crude oil. With a much...

Heat Transfer Enhancement in Heat Exchangers to Reduce Plant Energy Demand

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
Shell and tube heat exchanger are the workhorses in refineries and chemical plants. In order to improve plant efficiency they should be designed in...

Impacts of the New National Ozone Standard

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
Now that EPA has announced a new lower national ozone standard, there will be potential impacts to all sectors of the economy. This includes small...

Fault Propagation Analysis and Causal Fault Diagnosis for Petrochemical Plant Based on Granger Causality Test

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
Abstract: Petrochemical plants have becoming increasingly large and automatic. There exist strong interdependencies between various units. Once any...

Process Safety: The Culture of Management System Design, Implementation, and Sustainability

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
With promulgation of the PSM Standard 29 CFR 1910.119, OSHA mandated that a management system comprised of several well-defined elements be...

Save Energy without Investing Capital

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 12, 2016
It is hard to get excited about saving energy during periods when energy prices are low, because the return on investment for energy efficiency...

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