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Refinery Power Outages-Caues, Costs & Solutions

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Unplanned refinery shutdowns hit company earnings two ways: lost production and potential liabilities for excess flaring and unsafe operations. In...

How to Size a Rupture Disk Vent Line for Two-Phase Gas/Liquid Flow Based on Current Engineering Practices

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
In the chemical and petrochemical industry, vessels and pipes are protected against overpressure with safety relief devices, typically a rupture disk...

Overcoming the Process Safety Challenges in Midstream Pipeline Operations

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
This paper will outline how Williams, overcomes the internal and external challenges associated with moving 6 billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d), of...

Assimilating Design Formulation and Design Review into a HAZOP - Lessons Learned and Additional Tips

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
There have been numerous guidebooks written for the application of Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Studies to mature designs, e.g., operating...

Quantification of Turbulence in Cryogenic Liquid Pool Using High Speed Flow Visualization

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
When a cryogenic liquid is released on water, turbulence is generated in the cryogenic liquid pool due to rapid vaporisation. This turbulence is...

Models for Multi-Phase & Single-Phase Flow in Pressure Relieving System Using Bernoulli Integration

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Introduction The primary fluid flow relationships are the Bernoulli (mechanical energy) equation, energy and continuity equations, along with an...

Blast Resistant Design and Retrofit of Buildings at Petrochemical Facilities

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Onshore buildings in refineries and petrochemical facilities, especially those housing personnel, need to be safe to withstand the effects of...

Mercury Removal in Ethylene Plants: An Update and a Case Study

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Ethylene producers have faced the challenge of feedstock contaminants for decades. Mercury is one of the contaminants often present in ethylene plant...

Cracking Furnace Line Flushing Pre-Commissioning

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
The abundance of low cost shale gas has led to numerous projects in North America to expand existing or construct new ethylene production units. Most...

Human Factors Considerations: Midstream Process Safety Integration

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Midstream oil and gas companies are coming into their own. For example, according to Deloitte (2014), “Midstream energy companies’ share of overall...

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