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Consequence Modeling of Dynamic Source Terms

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
While several dispersion modeling tools provide modeling tools for static situations, it is challenging to model conditions when there are several...

The Changing Tide of US Process Safety/Risk Management Regulations - How CCPS Risk Based Process Safety and Vision 20/20 Concepts Can Harmonize Future Requirements

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Over the past several years there have been numerous industrial accidents which have occurred that have brought the effectiveness of OSHA’s Process...

1987 Celanese Pampa Butane Vapor Cloud Explosion

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
On Saturday November 14, 1987, the presenter personally witnessed a catastrophic vapor cloud explosion at the Celanese Chemicals facility in Pampa,...

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...

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