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Real-Time Risk Assessment and Decision Support

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 1, 2014
Managers and operators of major hazard facilities make complex decisions in hazardous situations as a part of their daily work activity. These...

How to Influence the Organization

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 1, 2014
Process Safety professionals are typically not in the line management organization. Instead, they serve as engineering team members, corporate staff...

Auditing IPLs -- Using Safety Critical Functions Manuals

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
The three criteria for an independent layer of protection (IPL) are effectiveness, independence, and auditability. The effectiveness and independence...

Venting Flammable Gas to a "Safe Area": An Objective Review of Best Practices and Guidelines

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Venting, purging, or blowing down flammable gas-containing piping systems and vessels may pose unintended fire and explosion hazards to personnel. In...

Inventory and Fate of Chemical Additives to Improve Plant Reliability

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Chemical additives provide strong benefits to plant operations including the reduction of process upsets resulting from foaming, fouling, emulsions,...

Popcorn Polymer Fouling in Light Ends Units

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Popcorn polymer fouling is thought to be exclusive to Butadiene plants, but in fact, there are dozens of isolated cases of popcorn polymer fouling...

Intrinsic Hazards Assessment: Chemical Reactivity Hazards Assessment for Nitration Processes and Nitrochemicals Handling

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Chemical Reactivity Hazards Assessment for Nitration and Decomposition of Nitrochemicals S. Dharmavaram 1 and R.W. Trebilcock 2 1 E.I. duPont de...

IPL/CMS- Integrity Management of Non-SIS Independent Protection Layers after the LOPA

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Process Safety Topic: IPL/CMS- Integrity Management of Non-SIS Independent Protection Layers after the LOPA The use of the Layers of Protection...

Syngas Utilization through High Pressure Solvent Assisted Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Currently, the high oil price combined with a low gas price presents a good opportunity for the development of new gas-related markets. This...

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