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Vertical Thermosyphon Reboiler Operation Troubleshooting

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 21, 2021
Vertical thermosyphon reboiler stall can result in a loss of duty and/or a loss of unit capacity. The cryogenic demethanizer reboiler is susceptible...

Means to Achieve Backflow Prevention of Hazardous Chemicals from Process Vessels to Utility Pipelines and Its Importance during HAZOP Studies

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 21, 2021
Design of a chemical manufacturing facility is a challenging task because one has to ensure that every design feature has been carefully analyzed for...

Conducting Hazops That Are Good and Don’t Just Look Good

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 21, 2021
It is difficult to imagine a time when HAZOP was not so prevalent in the process industry. But there was such a time. When HAZOPs first came about,...

Characterization of Cooling Water Blowdown in District Cooling and Determination of Its Effect on Wastewater Treatment Plants

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 21, 2021
The District Cooling (DC) process requires high volumes of water to operate cooling towers (CTs). In the State of Qatar, the use of Treated Sewage...

Predictive Analytics - Tools to Predict Risk

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 21, 2021
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Importancia De Las Pruebas Periódicas Durante El Diseño Del SIS

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 21, 2021
Una Función Instrumentada de Seguridad SIF, esta compuesta por un elemento sensor que sirve para detectar una condición potencialmente...

Improving Hydrocarbon Contaminant Control in Ethylene Quench Water Units

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 21, 2021
A recent case study on the control of hydrocarbon contaminants in a quench water unit was conducted at a large ethylene producer in the southern...

Robotic Systems for Tank Floor Inspection

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 21, 2021
The storage tanks used to store crude oil, intermediates and fuels are subject to degradation because of the exposure to chemicals and the...

“I Didn’t Inhale, and Never Tried It Again.” Proper Handling of Toxic Inhalation Hazard (TIH) Chemicals in Plants and during Transportation.

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 21, 2021
The CCPS Risk Based Process Safety (RBPS) elements, in combination with engineering design considerations, are important for the proper handling of...

How Long between Cause and Consequence in a PHA?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 21, 2021
How much time should a Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) team consider between a discrete cause and a credible consequence? OSHA 1910.119(e) requires...

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