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Three Decades after Bhopal: What We Have Learned about Effectively Managing Process Safety Risks

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
While no industrial chemical incident has had the magnitude for loss of life that occurred in 1984 at Bhopal, process safety incidents continue to...

Dow Learnings & Actions from the Deepwater Horizon Accident

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Dow Learnings & Actions from the Deepwater Horizon Accident The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion on April 20, 2010, killed 11 workers,...

Discharge and Dispersion for Large-Diameter CO2 Releases: Experimental Data and Data Review

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
The second phase of the CO2PIPETRANS Joint Industry Project (JIP) aims to fill knowledge gaps associated with the safe and reliable pipeline...

Toxicity-Hazard Index and the "Infinite Point"

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
TOXICITY-HAZARD INDEX AND THE “INFINITE POINT” Richard W. Prugh, Principal Process Safety Engineer Chilworth Technology, Inc., a Dekra Company 113...

Modeling and Computation of Reaction Forces on Relief Piping during Depressurization

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
The sudden opening of a relief device, during an overpressure event, will cause the relief piping to experience dynamic loads. A pressure wave may be...

Human and Organizational Factors Assessment and Their Use As Potential Safety Barriers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
This paper presents a statistical analysis of past accidents occurred between 1983 - 2013 reported to European Major Accidental Reporting System (...

LNG Refrigerant Compressor Startup Torque Evaluation Using Dynamic Simulation

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
Compressor startup plays an important role during a plant’s startup. It’s even more crucial in an LNG facility, due to the fact that compression and...

"Let Me Tell You............." The impact of Eastman's Aniline Plant Explosion on Process Safety Awareness

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
On October 4, 1960, Eastman Chemical Company suffered the worst accident in its 83-year history, when an aniline manufacturing facility exploded. 16...

Active Versus Passive Fire Protection - Getting the Balance Right

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 28, 2015
A key question often asked when trying to evaluate the effectiveness of a fire protection system is how to strike a balance between active and fire...

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...

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