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A Guide to Developing and Implementing Safety Checklists: Plant Steam Utilities

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
Steam generation is an integral part of most chemical process plants; however, the steam plant often is or can be overlooked in the area of hazard...

Chronic Pain Resulting from Your Relief Device Management Systems

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
With the increasing use of Layer of Protection Analysis as a semi-quantitative method of assessing process risk, LOPA practitioners are asked to...

A Fuel Ratio Method for Estimating the MESG of Nitrogen-Diluted and Oxygen-Enriched Fuels, Including the Brandes-Redecker Method to Estimate the MESG of Mixed Fuels

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
Properly specifying electrical equipment for hazardous (classified) areas requires information about certain properties of the materials anticipated...

Assessing the Burning Rate of Solid Oxidizers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
A method for assigning solid oxidizers and products containing oxidizers to an NFPA Class was developed. The method consists of two reaction-to-fire...

Dust or Gas Explosion: Case Study of Dryer Explosion and Design Venting

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
A recent explosion occurred in a single burner, recirculating solids ring dryer. No one was reported injured as a result of the explosion, however...

Training Management of Change Approvers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
Many companies have made great strides in change management systems since OSHA's Process Safety Management Standard 29 CFR 1910.119 was first...

LOPA and Human Reliability – Human Errors and Human IPLs

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) is a simplified risk assessment method that provides an order of magnitude estimate of the risk of a potential...

Fire Study of Melting Fiberglass Using FLUENT CFD Software

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
Thermal insulation is used in chemical plants primarily as a tool to prevent energy loss. However, if installed properly, an added benefit is that of...

LOPA – Going Down the Wrong Path

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) has quickly gained acceptance in the Chemical Processing Industries (CPI), and has risen to be one of the leading...

Consistent Consequence Severity Estimation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 21, 2010
LOPA, as a semi-quantitative analysis, often provides inconsistent results. This can be due to physical differences between units but often it is due...

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