Pre-start-up Safety Review Live Webinar Live Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 2:00am-3:00am EST This live presentation explores the role and importance of PSSR, the many challenges industries face when performing PSSR and various mitigation paths.
How Damage Mechanism Reviews Impact Operations Live Webinar Live Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 2:00pm-3:00pm EDT Damage Mechanism Reviews (DMR) are becoming the first step for most companies looking to implement a risk-based inspection (RBI) program in response to the API acknowledging the validity of RBI...
Introduction to Python for Chemical Engineers Live Webinar Live Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 2:00pm-3:00pm EDT In recent years, the Python programming language has rapidly grown in popularity for technical and scientific computing. This 60-minute program will cover the basics of getting started with Python...
Impact of Fire Exposure on Gas Filled Vessels Archived Webinar Sep 10, 2019 This 60-minute program is designed for process safety professionals or managers who play a key role in managing process safety.
The Process Safety Case for Automation Cybersecurity Archived Webinar Sep 4, 2019 This 60-minute webinar will provide the necessary foundation for understanding and mitigating cybersecurity risk to improve safety and security.
Reactive Chemical Hazards Archived Webinar Aug 28, 2019 Incidents due to reactive chemical hazards continue to occur in the manufacturing industry, resulting in loss of life, property damage, and environmental impacts. There are many federal regulations...
Pressure Relief System Design of Reactive Systems Archived Webinar Oct 14, 2015 This webinar covers the basics of pressure relief system sizing for reactive systems; review of the operating procedure, adiabatic calorimeter test design, how to apply data generated to design the...
Modular Chemical Process Intensification Boot Camp Face-to-Face CourseThis 4-day course is for professional engineers interested in advancing MCPI in the chemical industry, specifically through the use of "number-up"...
Chemical Hazards Engineering Fundamentals (CHEF) Face-to-Face CourseCHEF includes an Excel Calculation Aid to help users understand and utilize the correlations used to model and evaluate estimated airborne quantities...
Design, Application & Economics of Process Intensification Live Webinar Live Wednesday, September 25, 2019, 11:00am-12:00pm EDT Process intensification offers a new and different paradigm in which to view applied chemical engineering. There has been much discussion on the principles of process intensification and use for more...
Recognizing the Power of Untapped Potential Archived Webinar Aug 28, 2019 This 60-minute webinar will provide industry and government data on the current engineering and technical workforce and discuss the need to find diverse talent.
Managing Human Reliability Archived Webinar Aug 14, 2019 This 60-minute program will give you an overview of the impact of human factors on operator performance.
Modeling and Simulation of Free Surfaces and Multiphase Flows Archived Webinar Jul 31, 2019 This 60-minute program will be packed with techniques used in the simulation of multiphase flow to understand, predict, and optimize chemical processes.
Fouling and Foaming in a Caustic Tower Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2019The Caustic Tower in an ethylene plant is subject to fouling and foaming. Both can cause significant operational issues for the operator. Fouling is...
Olefins Plant Cracked Gas Compressor Fouling Tutorial Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 4, 2019Olefins plant cracked gas compressors frequently foul, resulting in loss of efficiency that increases energy consumption, and may threaten...
Ethylene Decomposition Tutorial Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Ethylene decomposition is a rather subtle hazard that can occur when ethylene is exposed to elevated pressure and temperature. This paper will...
Current Deficiencies and Proposed Modifications to API 579 Part 3 Brittle Fracture Screening Procedures Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Significant inconsistencies and inadequacies exist in the current brittle fracture screening procedures in the 2016 edition of API 579-1/ASME FFS-1,...
Fatal Toxic Chemical Release at Dupont Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Fatal Toxic Chemical Release at DuPont Tamara Qureshi Attorney Advisor-Investigations United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigations Board 1...
Optimization of Alkaline Peroxide Pretreated Rice Husks Using Response Surface Methodology Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Cruse oil released into the ocean can lead to both environmental pollution of the water system and economics lost for the water purification. Rice...
Taming the Wild River Rapids ֠How Process Safety Can Apply Outside the Process Industries Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Abstract On the 25 th October 2016 the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld on Australiaâs Goldcoast suffered a pump failure,...
Investigation of Hydrocarbon Utilization By Debaryomyces Hansenii (LAF-3 10 u) in Desalter Effluent Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019The bio-remediation of desalter effluent in the crude oil refinery and its reuse in the petroleum refinery is a practical option. Desalter effluent...
Detection and Isolation of Abnormal Event in Nonlinear Industrial Processes By a Novel Data-Based Method Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Detection and Isolation of Abnormal Event in Nonlinear Industrial Processes by a Novel Data-Based Method Chiranjivi Botre a , Hazem N. Nounou b ,...
Major Explosion at a Chemical Company in China: The Causes and Lessons Learned Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Abstract ï¼ On July 12, 2018, a devastating explosion accident occurred in Yibin City Hengda Technology Co., Ltd. in Sichuan...
Impact of Nutrients on Water Environment: Control Technologies and Policy Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Effluent streams of domestic origin contain nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) that are essential nutrients for the growth and metabolism of microbial...
Specifying Control Valve Performance to Achieve Desired Process Performance Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019In the 1990âs, a study of over 5000 control loops revealed that 30% of the loops were INCREASING process variability due to poor...
When Emergency Response Goes Fatally Wrong: Lessons Learned from Investigating Two Major Incidents Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Emergency response plans are an essential, yet oftentimes overlooked, layer of protection for facilities where all other layers of protection failed...
Jetty Bog Recovery Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019JettyãBOGãRecovery Yoshitsugi Kikkawa, Kikkawa Giken, Yokohama Japan, yoshikikkawa@yahoo.co.jp David Hill...
Aligning Business Drivers to Create Win-Win Water Reuse Partnerships between Refineries and Municipalities Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Background Historically, water has been a low-cost utility for many refiners â one that required little consideration and...
Monitoring Process Degradation through Operating Regime Based Process Monitoring Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Process monitoring is an essential component of many industrial processes, and is required in order to maintain process safety, and minimize...
Implementing Process Safety Critical Roles (PSCR) to Reduce Risk Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019In late 2014, an Australian LNG company commenced the implementation of the Energy Institute Process Safety Management (PSM) Framework to transform...
Bringing It All Together: The Emergence of Operational Risk Management Systems - Two Case Studies Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Modern hazardous industries face the challenge of routinely connecting risk to the operational reality. While process safety methods and techniques...
Development, Implementation and Use of a Process Safety Incident Identification and Capture System within a Utility Context Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Contact Energy is a New Zealand based electricity and gas utility which owns and operates a range of generation and gas storage & distribution...
A Model-Centric Framework for the Smart Manufacturing of Polymers Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Plastic and polymeric materials have an enormous impact on a variety of industries and our daily lives. The synthesis of polymers occurs by reacting...
Effective PSM on Small Capital Projects Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Recognizing that Small Capital Projects are often quick turn-around, limited scope projects, it can be challenging to effectively incorporate PSM...
Finding Unknown Anomalies before They Risk Process Safety Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Four out of every five oil historical refinery accidents resulted from unexpected, unknown process and mechanical anomalies rather than known,...
High Performance in Process Safety ֠Balanced Approach Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019The core of high performance in process safety is managing risks to prevent incidents from happening. In a high-performance process safety culture,...
Improved Modeling of Continuous Gas Releases of Finite Duration Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019The consequence assessment of toxic or flammable gases released into the atmosphere is typically based on idealization of the gas source as a puff or...
Opportunities to Enhance Barrier Management through Incident Analysis Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Global Congress on Process Safety 2019â abstract â Fabian Zitman and Emma Verschoor Opportunities to enhance...
Compressor Surge Modeling and Control Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Axial and centrifugal compressor control is exceptionally challenging due to the extraordinary speed and severity of problems and the extreme...
Error Propagation and Uncertainty Analysis: Application to Fault Tree Analysis Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Fault tree analysis (FTA) is a widely used method in the evaluation of safety systems. FTA is based on modeling the behavior of a system by a...
New Direct Flame Monitoring Technology to Help Operators Comply with Increasingly Stringent Flaring Regulations Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Known shortcomings of current flare monitoring methods plus new EPA standards drove the need to develop a new direct flare combustion efficiency (CE...
Cost Estimating Benchmarks for Brownfield Automation Capital Projects. Determining What Your Project Really Costs Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Early in the financial feasibility stage some idea of total installed costs are needed to proceed. How project costs are affected by scope decisions...
Process Safety, the Journey Is Most Important! Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019This paper will discuss process safety management work and the desired effects of employee participation and culture at all levels within the company...
Conducting Quality Process Safety Management Audits - Globally Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Many countries around the globe has process safety regulations. Although these regulations focus on maintaining the safety of workers, the public,...
Forecasting of Major Incidents Based on Big Data of Near Misses and Minor Incidents: Heinrich's Vs. Deep Learning Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Forecasting of coming major incidents, though challenging, would be useful in preventing accidents in advance, allocating resources, and proactive...
The Cleanest Way to Treat Spent Caustic Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Spent caustic is arguably the worldâs most foul industrial wastewater. It is generated in the removal of acidic contaminants from...
Building Water Resiliency By Balancing Salt Levels at Petrochemical Facilities Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Building resiliency into a water supply enables industrial production to be maintained during droughts, floods, or other episodes that impact source...
Engineering Creative Thinking Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019What do you think of when you hear the word Creativity? If youâre like me, you often think of something artsy that you would see on...
Leveraging Advanced Data Analytics to Improve Process and Plant Safety Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Abstract: Digitalization is the next step in the industrial revolution to drive improvements in productivity within the Process Industries. This is...
Networking Strategies to Propel Your Career Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019This presentation discusses various early career strategies to build business relationships with coworkers, clients, and vendors. Develop a strong...
Implications of the International Building and Fire Codes on New and Existing Processes and Structures Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Across most of the United States, the International Building Code and international Fire Code have been adopted in some form as the law of the land...
Proposed Stationary Source Testing and Ambient Monitoring Requirements for Ethylene Production Facilities Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019In April 2016, EPA issued an Information Collection Request (ICR) for ethylene production facilities under the statutory authority of Section 114 of...
Process Optimization of Drm+Cosorb Process for Syngas Production Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Dry Reforming of Methane Process utilizes CO 2 and CH 4 to produce syngas (mixture of CO and H 2 ). This process has grabbed a lot of attention in...
A New Look at Industrial Incidents Driving Operating Discipline in the Control Environment Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019A New Look at Industrial Incidents Driving Operating Discipline in the Control Environment By Tom Nolan, Senior Process Control Consultant, Emerson...
Application of Plate Heat Exchangers into Crude Oil Preheat Trains Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Heat exchanger enhancement technologies have been widely used into heat exchanger networks (HENs) retrofit of crude oil preheat train. However, the...
The Impact of High Emissivity Coating Systems on Process Tube Coking and Heat Transfer Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019The Impact on Process Tube Coking and Heat Transfer by High Emissivity Coating Systems We examined the effects high emissivity coating systems (HECS...
Managing Reliability of Ethane Crackers Using Dmr, RBI, and Iows Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Ethane crackers are subject to severe operating conditions that pose reliability issues and require high maintenance which can have a significant...
Employee Training ֠Beyond Compliance Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019When it comes to employeeâs safety at a facility covered under the Occupational Safety and Health Administrationâ...
Don't Worry!! Laboratory Safety Is Fun Do, Let's Play a Mobile Game :) Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019This paper aims to establish relationship of chemical laboratory safety with Mobile Serious Games (MSG) using Kolbâs Experimental...
The 8 Rules for Successful Controls Implementations Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019A project team for an overseas grassroots LNG plant struggled for months attempting to develop a comprehensive series of control schemes for a vital...
A 15 Year FIELD Performance Review of New Coil Technologies for Steam Cracking Furnaces Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Radiant coils in steam-cracking furnaces operate under severe and alternating reducing and oxidizing conditions at temperatures even beyond 1100...
Process Safety Initiatives in Jxtg Nippon Oil & Energey Corporation Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation is a company that was established in April 2017, with the merger of JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation...
Trust As Currency Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019âLiberty not only means that the individual has both the opportunity and the burden of choice; it also means that he must bear the...
Minimizing CO2 production during Syngas Catalysis Mediated By Nano-Sized Iron Supported on Silica Spheres Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Minimizing CO 2 prodcution in chemical reactions is a desirable pathway to low-carbon processes. Our approach encompasses two aspects: 1) use nano-...
Safe and Optimised Operations through Smart Analytics & Big Data Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019
Estimation of Fouling Threshold Parameters for Crude Oil Heat Exchanger Networks Using Data Reconciliation and Gross Error Detection Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019In crude oil refineries, fouling in heat exchangers and heat exchanger networks (HENs) represents a challenging and complicated issue. Its occurrence...
Soft Skills for Young Professionals Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 3, 2019Going from being a student to working is a big transition for most of us. It requires us to learn how to navigate the real world, and we can use all...
A Practical Approach to Improving Human Factors in the Operation and Maintenance of Automation Systems Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Case studies included in Guidelines for Safe Automation of Chemical Processes (2016) provide examples of how errors by operators and maintenance...
Como Implementar Un Sistema De Gestion De Competencias De Seguridad Funcional En La Industria De Procesos? Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019La historia reciente ha demostrado que las normativas y regulaciones que rigen las actividades de la industria de los procesos no son suficientes...
Development of Thermodynamic Parameters for Amine-Containing H2S Scavengers Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Removal of H 2 S from oil and gas streams has been a priority, oftentimes a necessity, for upstream crude oil/gas facilities for decades. However,...
The Day I Got a Second Chance Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019This presentation recounts a major process safety accident that occurred in 1989. The accident released a large volume of hot flammable liquid...
Safeguard Meters within Chevron Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Chevron has developed a framework for implementing the concept of âsafeguard meterâ within our operating assets...
Combustible Dust - Hazards / Mitigations / Pitfalls Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Combustible dust is and has been a major issue in industry. This is not something new but is something that is more in the spotlight in recent years...
Induced Draft Fan Reliability Case Study Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Induced draft fans are normally installed on top of the furnace and are critical equipment in the operation of Ethylene furnaces as they are...
Everything You Need to Know about Human Reliability for Process Safety Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Weak control of human factors leads directly to error. An error can result in an initiating event of an accident sequence (directly by the mistake...
3D Printing- Unique Hazards When Metal Dust Is Created Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Over the past several years, manufacturers in the additive industries have employed 3D printing to increase efficiency on plant floors. Materials...
Crediting Check Valves As IPLs: a Testing Protocol to Better Understand Check Valve Reliability Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Conventional process safety wisdom assumes that check valves are not reliable safeguards. Experience indicates that check valves are prone to failure...
1995 NAPP Explosion and the Future of the Chemical Safety Board Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019The 1995 Napp Explosion and the Future of the Chemical Safety Board.
Linear Control in a Nonlinear World (A Practical Perspective) Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019Most process control applications assume that the processes they control are âlinearâ. In other words, they...
La Gestion Del Cambio Del Sistema Instrumentado De Seguridad y Su Impacto Con El Riesgo Conference PresentationAIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process SafetyApril 2, 2019LA GESTION DEL CAMBIO DEL SISTEMA INSTRUMENTADO DE SEGURIDAD Y SU IMPACTO CON EL RIESGO Los Sistemas Instrumentados de Seguridad (SIS), al sido dise...