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Application of Leading and Lagging Indicators to Improve Situation Awareness

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
The study of situation awareness in the chemical industrial operation aims to investigate the perception of what is happening around the operation...

Production of Synthetic Fuels from Natural Gas and Bio-Based Feedstock

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Ceramatec has been developing a system for production of liquid hydrocarbons from natural gas, coal, biomass, and biogas from anaerobic digesters...

The Art, Science and Psychology of Improving Human Performance Using a New Collaborative Based Learning Model For Process Safety Management

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Human Factors is a broad subject aimed at improving Human Performance. While several organizations have developed ways of structuring this topic,...

Simplified Methods Of Using Probit Analysis In Consequence Modeling

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
The probit function provides a link between probability of expected response and the total exposure of a population to a specific event. In the case...

Advances in Automation: Wireless the Enabler

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Older refineries and petrochemical facilities were built with the minimum amount of instrumentation, only that which was necessary to safely operate...

Lambda Tuning Methodology for Level and Other Integrating Processes

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Tuning PID controllers for integrating processes, such as levels, can be frustrating and counterintuitive. For example, reducing the controller...

Moving Forward as On-Line Analyzers Improve

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Online analyzers and sensors offer significant improvements to processes. They greatly enhance process control helping to insure consistent product...

Effective Steam-Condensate Systems: Back to the Basics

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Best practices and common pitfalls around steam/condensate management at processing sites

Process Safety in the Classroom: The Current State of Chemical Engineering Programs at US Universities

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
Process safety is a critical component of preparing chemical engineers for their future careers. In 2011, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and...

Turbine Oil Varnish Development in Rotating Equipment

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
March 31, 2014
This document describes the potential problems, mitigation measures, maintenance, oil health, and the state-of-the-art technological aspects of...

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