Conference Presentations
Fuels & Petrochemicals Division Members can find specially curated videos & recorded content here!
This includes conference presentations recorded at past AIChE Spring Meetings.
Recent recordings of Fuels & Petrochemical Division-presented papers, select ChEnected videos, and more are listed below.
Advanced Process Control Optimum Maintenance
Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 21, 2020
Several articles report that after an 18-24 month period over half of the Advanced Process Control (APC) installations are performing at either pre-...
Acetylene Converter Operational Risk Mitigation in Front-End Reactors
Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 21, 2020
Ethylene production requires removal of all acetylene produced in the cracking process before its use in subsequent chemicals manufacturing. Most...
Determining the Frequency and Severity of Vessel Failure Due to Runaway Reactions in Acetylene Reactors
Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 21, 2020
Catastrophic temperature runaways in acetylene reactors that lead to a failure of the reactor are very rare. HAZOP/LOPA teams struggle to determine...
Carbon Disulfide and Thiophene: Formation and Mitigation Review
Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 21, 2020
Thiophene and carbon disulfide are two compounds that can cause difficulties in the steam cracking process. This presentation describes how these...
Pixel-Based Approach in Combination with GC × GC for Fouling Tendency Prediction in Steam Crackers
Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 21, 2020
Pixel-based approach in combination with GC × GC for fouling tendency prediction in steam crackers Marko R. Djokic 1,* , Victor Abrahamsson 2...
Acetylene Converter Runaway
Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 21, 2020
The designers, owners and operators of ethylene plants must consider the reality that acetylene converters can experience operating upsets that cause...
Ethylene Contaminants Database Update
Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 21, 2020
Ethylene Contaminants Database Update
Plastic Waste to Cracking Feedstock, Potential Contaminants
Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 21, 2020
Processing plastic waste into oil that can be use as feedstock to steam cracking is an alternative that is gaining attention. The prospect of this...
Overview of Acetylene Hydrogenation in Frontend and Backend Acetylene Converters
Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 21, 2020
This session will provide an overview on C2 selective hydrogenation operations in ethylene plants. The presentation will be on selective...
Norms (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials) in the Ethylene Plant, Revisited
Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
August 21, 2020
NORMS (Naturally occurring radioactive materials), revisted Naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORMs) are an occupational health concern in...