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The Use of Quantitative Risk Assessment to Site Temporary Trailers and Portable Buildings

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
The American Petroleum Institute (API) developed Recommended Practice (RP) 753 to provide guidance for siting portable buildings in petrochemical...

Combustible Dust: A Practical Approach to Identifying and Mitigating Hazards

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
Combustible dust hazards are prevalent in many facilities throughout industry, including the chemical process industries. Lack of awareness and...

A Full-Scale Experimental and Modeling Investigation of Dust Explosions in a Roller Mill

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
Combustion of biomass is becoming an increasingly important energy source. This is especially true for wood pellets, as several power companies have...

Materials as Inherent Ignition Sources for Dust Explosions During Spray Drying

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
During spray drying, a solution is dispersed through a nozzle in small droplets to evaporate the water by means of hot air. In a large number of...

Utilizing Integrated Risk Assessment to Maximize Asset Integrity Management

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
The advent of various safety standards like ANSI /ISA 84, IEC 61511, API 14C, API 580 / 581, SAE JA1011, IEC 60330 and PSM guidelines has been a good...

Practical Issues with Marginally Explosible Dusts - Evaluating the Real Hazard

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
A combustible dust can be non-explosible, marginally explosible or severely explosible. With the exception of a few standards with a quantitative...

Successful Process Safety Management Requires a Barrier Risk Assessment Tool

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
The expected outcome of Process Safety Management is to minimize the likelihood of a major accident hazard from occurring and ensure that the...

High Integrity Protective System Design Using a Risk Based Approach

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
With the update of the High Integrity Protective System (HIPS) methodology by API in 2007, Dow Chemical updated its internal work process to apply...

Journey towards PSM Excellence

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
This paper describes the experience, learning and major challenges in implementing Process Safety Management at Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)...

Adjusting Spring Operated Pressure Relief Valve Proof Test Intervals Using Statistical Modeling, and Comparing the Resulting Financial Risk

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 22, 2010
A method for adjusting spring operated pressure relief valve (SORV) inspection intervals is presented based on hazard identification, financial risk...

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