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Industry 4.0 and Control Valve Analytics

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
A process plant may have hundreds or even thousands of control valves, and 30% or more may be facing physical or mechanical performance issues. This...

Introduction to Distillation Column Control

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
The understanding of the basic control schemes on a distillation column is key for effective operation and troubleshooting. This paper introduces...

Gestión De Malos Actores De Seguridad De Procesos

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
El presente trabajo muestra la implementación de un proceso de gestión de “Malos Actores en Seguridad de...

The Shift to Dynamic and Simulated Process Safety Risk Management

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
or every incident that takes place, some estimate that more than 10,000 errors or failures do as well. Complex facilities constantly migrate toward...

Development of an Integrated Process Plant for the Conversion of Shale Gas to 1,3 Butadiene

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
1,3 butadiene is an important feedstock in the production of rubbers and plastics, such as styrene butadiene rubber, polybutadiene rubber, and...

Integrated Scheduling for Petroleum Refinery Supply-Chain Management

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
The petroleum refinery supply-chain is a leading segment over the oil industry-wide supply-chain, covering the plant-wide petroleum refinery...

Quantifying the Risk of NOx Accumulation in the Ethylene Cold Box from the Use of Polymerization Inhibitors

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
In the 2018 EPC meeting, Dow Chemical presented a paper, “Cold Box Fouling in a Cracker”, where Dow reported that...

Technical Women’s Leadership Forum – What are we waiting for?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
The Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF) is one of the largest and oldest employee resource networks (ERN) at 3M. Yet until only recently...

Techno-Economic Analysis of Direct Methane Aromatization for Natural Gas Upgrading at Isolated Sites

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Inexpensive sources of natural gas have led to a boom in development of technologies taking advantage of C1 chemistry; however, a significant number...

Vapor cloud explosion basics

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 20, 2021
Vapor cloud explosion basics

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