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Hydrogen Membrane Technology for Ethylene Production

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
HYDROGEN TRANSPORT MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY FOR ETHYLENE PRODUCTION U. (Balu) Balachandran, T. H. Lee, C. Y. Park, and S. E. Dorris Energy Systems...

The Connection of Peak Alarm Rates to Plant Incidents and What You Can Do to Minimize

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Even after several years of trying, many plants still struggle with controlling alarm floods. Static rationalization can reduce your average number...

BLEVE Overpressure: Small Scale Experiments and Multi-Scale Comparison with Literature Survey of Blast Wave Modeling

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
The most dangerous accident that can occur in storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is the boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE). The...

Cracking Furnace Gasket Selection, A Key Factor in Furnace Life Extension

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Flanges on ethylene cracking furnaces are necessary for proper maintenance, and offer specific challenges in terms of leakage avoidance and safety...

Operator Training Simulators - Nova Chemicals' Experience for Training, Certification, and Other Applications

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
The Nova Chemicals Site located in Joffre, AB Canada has numerous gas-cracking olefins units as well as down-stream polyolefins processing plants...

Streamlining PHAs with Pre-Population, Pre-Work, and Creativity

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
This presentation and paper will focus on how PHAs can be conducted using a minimal amount of resources, while still maintaining high quality results...

Practical Process Integration Retrofit Part 3. Path Analysis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Practical Process Integration Retrofit Part 3. Path Analysis G.T.Polley The concept of transferring heat along paths was first suggested by Dhole [1...

Using Alarms As a Layer of Protection

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Alarms and operator response are one of the first layers of protection in preventing a plant upset from escalating into a hazardous event. This...

Applications of Cause-Consequence Diagrams in Operational Risk Assessment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Learning Outcomes: Understand the importance of hazard evaluation and risk assessment in the context of and safety and environmental management...

Rapid Water Testing for Volatile Organic Compounds

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Rapid water testing for volatile organic compounds

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