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Changing Demographics: Preserving Safety and Increasing Performance

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
While process plants under development hold promise for innovative technology, movement from analogue to digital control rooms, and the latest in...

Effect of Body Bowl Choking on Pressure Relief Valve Stability

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
It is known that the velocity at the outlet flange of conventional PRV (Pressure Relief Valve) reaches the sonic velocity in case of larger size of...

Research of Process Safety Management Platform Architecture Based on Internet of Things

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
With the rapid development of chemical technology in China, the number and size of petrochemical corporations increasing quickly, and increasing...

Dynamics of Direct Spring Operated Prv's with Inlet Piping in Gas Service

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
This paper will discuss the development of a numerical solutions which can be used as a predictor of direct spring operated pressure relief valve...

Effectively Addressing New PSM/RMP Damage Mechanism Review Requirements with an Integrated PHA (iPHA)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Since August 2012, significant changes have been proposed by a number of agencies to Safety Management Systems Programs, e.g., Process Safety...

Modelling Liquid Fuel Cascades with Open Foam

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Modelling Liquid Fuel Cascades with OpenFoam M. Macchi1, J.X. Wen2*, K. Volkov1 and Y. Chung2 1Centre for Fire and Explosion Studies, Kingston...

How Does "Deviation" Become "Normal"?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
How does "deviation" become "normal"? How does deviation from established safe practices become institutionalized within an organization? Conducting...

Steam Control in Elevated Steam Assisted Flares

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Steam assisted flares are commonly used in the petrochemical industry. Over-steaming of these flares can be a cause of incomplete combustion. But,...

Unconfined Deflagration Testing for the Assessment of Combustible Dust Flash Fire Hazards

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
The presence of combustible dust can result in associated flash fire and dust explosion hazards at manufacturing facilities. The hazard and...

The Road Between Reality and Philosophy (aka HSE Success within an Engineering Organization)

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Compared to the days when the industrial revolution started, safety as a discipline has come a long way. The advancements in the civilization and...

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