Fire from the Cascading Failure of an Oxygen Supply System Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015This paper discusses the investigation, findings, and root cause analysis of a fire due to the loss of oxygen containment in an ethylene oxide...
Planning Early for Compressor Surge Avoidance Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015Compressor stations are installed at regular interval to drive the flow of gas in a pipeline. The principal component of the compressor station is...
Chemical Incompatibility Matrices Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015Chemical Incompatibility Matrices Michelle R. Murphy and Surendra K. Singh ioKinetic, LLC 95 Stiles Road, Salem, New Hampshire 03079, USA murphy@...
Risk Doesn't Equal Frequency Times Severity Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015
Speaker 3: Deborah Grubbe Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 29, 2015
Hazardous Material Transportation Perceived Risks & Risk Management Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Overview of presentation: •Transportation Supply Chain & Network •Expansion of the System •Perceived Risks •Accident Rates •Transportation Risk...
Refinery Power Outages-Caues, Costs & Solutions Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Unplanned refinery shutdowns hit company earnings two ways: lost production and potential liabilities for excess flaring and unsafe operations. In...
Blast Resistant Design and Retrofit of Buildings at Petrochemical Facilities Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Onshore buildings in refineries and petrochemical facilities, especially those housing personnel, need to be safe to withstand the effects of...
Cracking Furnace Line Flushing Pre-Commissioning Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015The abundance of low cost shale gas has led to numerous projects in North America to expand existing or construct new ethylene production units. Most...
Mercury Removal in Ethylene Plants: An Update and a Case Study Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Ethylene producers have faced the challenge of feedstock contaminants for decades. Mercury is one of the contaminants often present in ethylene plant...
An Optimization Formulation for Risk Reduction of the Layout of Offshore Platforms Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015An Optimization Formulation for Risk Reduction of the Layout of Offshore Platforms Joshua Richardson and M. Sam Mannan Mary Kay O'Connor Process...
Human Factors Considerations: Midstream Process Safety Integration Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Midstream oil and gas companies are coming into their own. For example, according to Deloitte (2014), “Midstream energy companies’ share of overall...
Robotic Convection Bank Cleaning Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Ethylene cracking heaters like other box fired heaters in the refining and petrochemical industry represent a significant investment in a plant...
Developing Credible Scenarios for a PHA Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015OSHA’s Compliance Guidelines and Recommendations for the PSM Standard states “A PHA is an organized and systematic effort to identify and analyze the...
Huaa...When Local Learning and Casual Sharing Is Not Enough Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015As a consequence of the Deepwater Horizon blowout and explosion, Bhopal and Piper Alpha, we have the PSM standard and SEMS rule. This helps ensure...
Toxicity-Hazard Index and the "Infinite Point" Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015TOXICITY-HAZARD INDEX AND THE “INFINITE POINT” Richard W. Prugh, Principal Process Safety Engineer Chilworth Technology, Inc., a Dekra Company 113...
Modelling Liquid Fuel Cascades with Open Foam Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Modelling Liquid Fuel Cascades with OpenFoam M. Macchi1, J.X. Wen2*, K. Volkov1 and Y. Chung2 1Centre for Fire and Explosion Studies, Kingston...
The Road Between Reality and Philosophy (aka HSE Success within an Engineering Organization) Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Compared to the days when the industrial revolution started, safety as a discipline has come a long way. The advancements in the civilization and...
AIChE/CCPS White Paper: Recommendations for Establishing Process Safety Investigation Boards Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015Global population growth and the associated growth in the production of goods and services provided by high-hazard process industries require...
Advanced Procedure Research Study - Applying Human Factor Principles to Procedure Presentation and Design Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015ABSTRACT Advanced Procedure Research Study: Applying Human Factor Principles to Procedure Presentation and Design Elliott P. Lander, Chief Operating...
A Theoretical-Based and Generalized Method for Dust and Gaseous Deflagration Vent Sizing Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 28, 2015A common method for equipment or building explosion protection is to provide deflagration venting. Vent sizing methods offered in current technical...
Non-Conventional Methods of Obtaining Combustible Liquid Fuels Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015Introduction Limited world reserves of liquid fuel as well as the general trend to reduce atmospheric contamination pose many challenges for...
The Four Pillars of Industrial Energy Efficiency Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015Opportunities to improve plant performance and thus enhance energy efficiency across the CPI fall into four main categories: operational improvements...
CFD Modeling of LNG Spreading and Atmospheric Dispersion Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015LNG release, spreading and vaporization lead to the formation of a flammable vapor cloud with high VCE risk. NFPA 59A Standard for the Production,...
Hydrogen Jet Vapor Cloud Explosion: Test Data and Comparison with Predictions Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015Releases of hydrogen at elevated pressures form turbulent jets which may pose vapor cloud explosion (VCE) as well as jet fire hazards. The turbulence...
CFD Modeling of Large Scale LNG Pool Fires Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015The computational fluid dynamics modeling tool FLACS has been widely used for detailed consequence modeling of flamable vapor dispersion and vapor...
An Optimal Cost-Effective Approach to Sensor Siting for Industrial Facilities Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015Perimeter or fenceline monitoring for emissions of hazardous gases is very important for hazardous waste sites, landfills, and industrial facilities...
Understanding Gas Blowby Scenario Calculations Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015Gas blowby overpressure scenarios are routinely identified when analyzing vessels with liquid-level inlet control valves. Blowby can occur when this...
Deflagration Load Generator: Repeatability and Application to Test Article Blast Loading Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015The Deflagration Load Generator (DLG) is a test rig intended to produce blast waves representative of vapor cloud explosions (VCEs) suitable for...
Autonomous Remote Gas Detection Using Optical Imaging Technology Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015ExxonMobil Research Qatar has partnered with a U.S. based firm, Providence Photonics, to develop a Remote Gas Detection (IntelliRed TM ) technology...
Reliability: The Next Revolution in Process Manufacturing Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015David Rosenthal, PE, CMRP is a Reliability Consultant representing his Reliability Strategy and Implementation Consultancy LLC firm. He previously...
NOx, NOx, Who's There - Steam Cracker or Smr? a Tutorial and Wrap-up Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 27, 2015Now that the remaining pieces of the puzzle have fallen into place, it is instructive to revisit NOx abatement measures for steam cracking and steam-...
The optimum design of LNG tank farm layout Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012The optimum design of LNG tank farm layout
Guidelines for Evaluating Plant Buildings for Fire, Explosion, and Toxic Releases - 2nd Edition Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012ABSTRACT: “Guidelines for Evaluating Plant Buildings for Fire, Explosion, and Toxic Releases—2 nd Edition” (New Requirements of API RP 752, 3 rd...
Fatal Exposure: Tragedy At DuPont Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012This investigation by the United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) provides unique lessons in process safety. Three...
More LOPA Misapplied: Common Errors and How to Avoid Them Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) continues to be more and more widely utilized in the Petrochemical and other industries. LOPA is a “simplified”...
Applying Inherently Safer Technology and Safer Design Strategies to Reduce Societal Risk in the Chemical Supply Chain Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012Increasing the safety and security within the chemical supply chain has been a concern of the US government for several years. Both the Environmental...
International Comparison on the Application of Societal Risk Criteria Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012Quantitative risk assessment is now a common tool used for planning and approval of high risk process facilities globally. The initial focus was...
Beware of the Black Swan Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012In 16 th century London, a statement that describes impossibility was referred to as a “black swan” because all historical records of swans up to...
Modeling of Ground Flare Pits Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012New LNG liquefaction facilities have been configured to include large ground flares to allow for the safe combustion of large volumes of combustible...
Societal Risk Criteria and Pipelines Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012The discussion of societal risk criteria for the process industry began in the 1970's, led primarily by the Dutch and British governments. Most of...
Dust Explosions: Case Study of Dryer Explosions and Poor Explosion Vent Design Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012Four recent explosions occurred in a single burner, recirculating solids ring dryer. The dryer was equipped with a recirculating fan, a burner...
Enhancing Fire Risk Evaluations of Offshore Platforms Using Finite Element Analysis Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012The advanced software (FAHTS) and (USFOS) enhances the capabilities of risk evaluations and fire simulations regarding survivability of offshore...
Using the Integrated Hazard and Operability Study (HAZOP) Study / Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA) Methodology As a Value Engineering Tool Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012While Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) can be an essential element of process facility design to minimize the potential for process incidents, in...
Flash Fire From a Hot Combustible Liquid Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012A truck driver loading a tanker was fatally injured in a flash fire. The accident occurred at the loading rack of a petroleum refinery. The truck...
HAZID and risk assessment on ultra-large crude oil tank Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012HAZID and risk assessment on ultra-large crude oil tank
Methodology for Evaluation of Management of Safety Barries for Major Hazard Accidents Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2012Evaluation of Management of Safety Barries for Major Hazard Accidents The last accidents in the process industries have demonstrated and intensified...
Process Safety Regulations - Blessing or Curse? Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Are Process Safety / Risk Management regulations a blessing or a curse? The answer of course is “it depends.” There is little doubt that Process...
Identification of Process Hazards in Laboratories and Pilot Plants Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012The focus of most laboratory experiments and piloting operations is the development of a new, innovative chemical process or the improvement of an...
Comparing PHA Review Techniques - A Case History on Review Meeting Dynamics and Missed Hazards Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Complete, thorough, and correct process safety management depends to a large extent on complete, thorough, and correct process hazard identification...
The Application of Finite Element Analysis to the Remaining Life Assessment of Ageing Cold Boxes Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Cold boxes, or more precisely, the brazed aluminum heat exchangers (BAHX) that comprise them operate unseen and do not lend themselves to the...
Effect of Electrostatic Charging of Dry Combustible Particulates on Fires and Explosions Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Solids Processing of dry particulates of various forms and shapes within unit operations ranging from milling to mixing, crystallization to drying...
PSM ? Process Safety Leadership: Practical Actions That Set PS Leadership Apart Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012PSM ≠ Process Safety Leadership : Practical actions that set PS Leadership apart It is well known in business improvement circles that good...
Use PFFM Instead of Hazop Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012While accepted world-wide as being the standard for process hazard analysis for many years, the HazOp review technique is cumbersome. This drives the...
Correlating Process Safety Leading Indicators with Performance Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Correlating Process Safety Indicators with Performance Jerry Forest Global Process Safety Manager Celanese 1601 West LBJ Freeway Dallas, TX 75234 (...
Continuing Our Process Safety Management (PSM) Journey: How Time and Technology Have Helped Change the Public's View (A Case Study for Where We Are Today and Where We Can Go Tomorrow) Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012This paper briefly explores the history of basic PSM principles, first describing a historical view of how PSM developed into today's PSM Elements...
Streamlining PHAs with Pre-Population, Pre-Work, and Creativity Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012This presentation and paper will focus on how PHAs can be conducted using a minimal amount of resources, while still maintaining high quality results...
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM): Detection & Protection in the Petrochemical Industry Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012This paper discusses sources of Radon commonly encountered in the petrochemical industry. Several topics are discussed including: instrumentation...
Case Histories on Inherent Safety and Risk Reduction Amid Risk Aversion Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012This paper explains several experiences in inherent safety where, despite substantial progress in the reduction of risk, the public or regulators...
Auto Refrigeration and Metal Embrittlement Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Abstract AIChE Housten Conference April 1-4 2012 Loss Of Containment Protection Auto Refrigeration and Metal Embrittlement Tys Koerts Sr. Process...
The Benefits of a Risk-Based Approach to Facility Siting Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Facility Siting has come under increasing scrutiny in recent years, and is an important aspect of process safety for plant personnel and their...
Selection of Appropriate Ignition Models for Fire and Explosion Assessments Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012A release of flammable substances can result in various fire or explosion events depending on whether there is an immediate or delayed ignition...
Using Alarms As a Layer of Protection Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Alarms and operator response are one of the first layers of protection in preventing a plant upset from escalating into a hazardous event. This...
Lab-HIRA: Hazard Identification and Risk Analysis for Chemical Research Laboratories Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012The combination of hazard identification and risk analysis is an organized effort to pinpoint weaknesses in the design and operation of processes...
Management System Relevance in Achieving Desired Process Safety Performance Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Management System Relevance in Achieving Desired Process Safety Performance John T. Remy Consulting Process Safety Engineer LyondellBasell Industries...
Practical Approach to Vendor Package HAZOP Studies and Preparing the Package Vendor for the Ordeal Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012During the design phase of a project, vendor packages (e.g., compressors, water desalination) are typically treated as a "black box" with a very...
Go out and lead on Process Safety Management Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012This paper will share the UK's experience of risk control for major hazards and will emphasise the key role corporate governance and leadership plays...
Controlling Mechanisms of Dust Layer Ignition and Flame Propagation in Dust Clouds Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Initiation and propagation of dust deflagrations are extremely complex phenomena due to the interaction between solid particles and the gaseous flame...
Tutorial on Combustible Dust Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012Recent catastrophic dust explosions, the combustible dust National Emphasis Program (NEP), and OSHA proposed rulemaking, have increased awareness of...
Critical Alarm Management : Connecting the Dots Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012In the aftermath of some high profile national security incidents, investigations starting with the catastrophe or near miss and working backwards...
The Structured What If/Checklist A New Twist On An Old Approach Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2012The purpose of Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) is to identify and understand the hazards associated with the process being reviewed, to understand the...
Human Factors and Their Optimization Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2012Weak control of human factors leads directly to error. An error can result in an initiating event of an accident sequence (directly by the mistake...
Safety System Impairments and the Need to Manage Peak Risk Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2012The catastrophic incident which occurred at Bhopal is often referenced with respect to inherent safety issues. Did intermediate chemicals need to be...
Improving Conduct of Operations Using Best Practice Tools From Operating, Engineering, and Management Discipline Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2012Improving Conduct of Operations Using Best Practice Tools from Operating, Engineering, and Management Discipline Jerry Forest Global Process Safety...
Improving the Performance of Established PSM Programs Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2012Many facilities have now implemented and maintained PSM programs for 20 years or more, but these facilities continue to have sometimes serious...
Assimilating Design Formulation and Design Review Into a HAZOP (For certain types of capital projects, it will happen anyhow, so structure the HAZOP and plan for it) Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2012There have been numerous guidebooks written for the application of Hazard and Operability (HAZOP) Studies [1] to operating facilities and capital...
Are Your Credits Worthy? Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2012Chemical and petrochemical manufacturing processes can be subject to high consequence, low frequency events. Process Safety Management programs are...
Prediction of Corrosion in Pipes Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2012ABSTRACT AIChE Spring 2012 Meeting Prediction of Corrosion in Pipes Sally Nicola, Victor Carreto, Ray A. Mentzer, M. Sam Mannan Mary Kay O'Connor...
Avoiding Common PHA Mistakes Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2012OSHA's National Emphasis Program (NEP) on refineries has concluded. The two most cited elements of the Process Safety Management standard (PSM - 1910...
Retired and Dangerous Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2012“Planning not to retire is simply not a viable retirement strategy.” — Catherine Collinson, Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies The Hazard...