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Retrofitting Burner Management Systems At Existing Furnaces

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
May 1, 2013
Retrofitting Burner Management Systems at Existing Furnaces This paper presents a pragmatic approach for how to retrofit and safely operate the...

Effective and Optimized Asset Strategies Through Combining Condition Data and Diagnostics

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
May 1, 2013
There are many systems, processes and people in place to support gathering asset condition data and predictive diagnostics all in the context of...

Effectiveness of Improvised Gas Absorption Techniques for Emergency Responders At Releases of Toxic Gases

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
May 1, 2013
In September 2011 a spill of nitric acid at a galvanic company in Trieben/Austria caused the release of large amounts of nitrous fumes. An IBC tank...

The Mitigation Conundrum: When Reducing One Hazard May Increase Another

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
May 1, 2013
Siting regulations for onshore LNG facilities in the United States require the consequences of credible accidental scenarios to be confined within...

Reliability & Availability Modeling As a Design Tool

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
May 1, 2013

Furnace Burner Management Practices within Nova Canada

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
May 1, 2013
Furnace Burner Management Practices within Nova Canada The focus of this paper will be on the cracking heaters at the NOVA Chemicals Corunna site,...

Calcium Stearate Deflagrations A Series of Unfortunate Events

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
May 1, 2013
A series of deflagrations occurred in a plant unloading Calcium Stearate from bulk bags. Each one had a different root cause and illustrates the...

Furnace Burner Management Practices within U.S. Ethylene Producers

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
May 1, 2013
Furnace Burner Management Practices within U.S. Ethylene Producers A summary of the current working practices and approaches to hazardous event...

A View of the Evolving LNG Regulations and Associated Exclusion Zones from an Industry Perspective

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
May 1, 2013
Recent growth in availability of domestic natural gas has led to a shift in the U.S. gas industry from being a net LNG importer to the prospect of...

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