AIChE NorCal invites you to join us the staff of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab's Advanced Biofuels and Bioprocess Demonstration Unit for a guided pilot plant tour. // What Networking & Refreshments (5:30-6:30 pm) ABPDU Pilot plant tour (6:30-7:30 pm) // Where Lawrence Berkeley National...Read more
This is an expanded version of the Editorial that appears in the January 2019 issue of CEP . When I took on the role of senior director of publications last January and learned that my major goal for 2018 was to launch a new journal — the Journal of...
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The US Chemical Safety Board site has documented several incidents involving hot work activities. However, none of these appear to be from “hot tapping”. The incidents in the US CSB site are all related to hot work (welding and line opening) in or around tanks that contained flammable vapors. The hot work ignited the vapors causing a fire and/or explosion in these cases. While these incidents are not 100% analogous to “hot tapping”, they are included here as they clearly illustrate the inherent
