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April 2018

Rare but Conceivable: Determining the Likelihood of Meteors and Other Infrequent Events

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 24, 2018
In the aftermath of a rare but devastating disaster, there is a tendency to overestimate how frequent such an event may be, hence a tendency to...

Applying Process Safety Time Concepts in Process Plant Applications

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 24, 2018
In order to be considered effective, a Safety Instrumented Function (SIF) must be able to sense when a failure has occurred, and respond quickly...

Troubleshooting Vacuum Operation of an Inter-after Condenser Unit in Ethylene Plant

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 24, 2018
An ethylene refrigeration compressor in ethane cracker unit is powered by surface condensing steam turbine that operates under vacuum. The vacuum is...

AIChE and ACS - Savanah River Section June Joint-Event: Tour of Starbucks Soluble Products Plant

Friday, June 8, 2018,
1:00pm to 3:00pm
EDT
This comprehensive tour will take about 90 minutes. This event requires an early reservation date, so please reserve as early as possible if you are interested in participating. It will be easier to cancel a reserved spot than add one. Please RSVP by May 18 by submitting your reservation to james...Read more

AIChE-ACS Joint May Event A Night at the Park: Greenjackets Baseball Game at the New SRP Park

Thursday, May 10, 2018,
7:00pm to 10:00pm
EDT
You are invited to near end of our program year to a fun and relaxing night at the new SRP park in North Augusta to watch some baseball and enjoy the fellowship of other engineers and chemists. Ticket price: $8. Optional food voucher available for $6 (includes hot dog, chips and a drink – $10 value...Read more

Decision Automation for Lubes and Asphalt Production Scheduling Using MILP with Sequence-Dependent Switchovers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 23, 2018
Hydrocarbon fractions for lubes and asphalts are produced in vacuum distillation units (VDU) by feeding reduced streams or atmospheric residue from...

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