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Procedure Excellence: Changing Paradigms to Enable Human Reliability

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2022
A multi-year review of process safety event learning data revealed that procedure usability and human factors were leading trends of performance...

The Next Chapter in Global Compliance Auditing

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2022
The recent pandemic spurred evolutionary changes to how risk management programs are executed across the globe. Compliance verifications had to...

Advanced Performance Monitoring in Steam Surface Condensers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2022
Steam surface condensers are integral parts of power, cogeneration, and ethylene plants. Their performance directly impacts the plantâ€...

The Wild West: Quality Control Deficiencies in Certification Testing of Explosion Isolation Flap Valves

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2022
The Wild West: Quality Control Deficiencies in Certification Testing of Explosion Isolation Flap Valves Thomas M. Farrell 1,3 , Dimitrios Kakogiannis...

Building Proactive Organizational Resilience Against Risk of Major Process Safety Incidents

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2022
Major process safety incidents remain a key challenge to all industries involved in the handling, processing, manufacturing and transport of...

Auditing Under Pressure: Techniques for Compliance Auditing of Pressure Relief Systems

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2022
Pressure relief systems are commonly considered as part of compliance audits for processes covered by the OSHA PSM standard (OSHA 1910.119: Process...

pH Modeling and Control

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2022
Titration curves from labs can be misleading due to sample temperature and composition changes and contamination, poor mixing, split range...

Automate More Than Your Processes, Automate Your Procedures

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2022
By: Brian Bailey (and/or David Wicker) of ProLytX and Chris Reeves of Koch Ag & Energy Solutions Problem / Scope Safety Instrumented System (SIS...

How Could This Polymer Catch Fire? Uncovering the Hidden Runaway Oxidation Hazard of Solid-Phase Polyethylene

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2022
In 2020, at a Dow polyethylene manufacturing plant, a significant fire occurred inside a silencer on the discharge side of a polymer-conveying blower...

PSM Auditing Basics for Plant Engineers - Why and How

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 11, 2022
The essentials of PSM auditing for plant engineers will be presented. The role of auditing will be explained and its central role in safe plant...

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