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Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM): Detection & Protection in the Petrochemical Industry

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
This paper discusses sources of Radon commonly encountered in the petrochemical industry. Several topics are discussed including: instrumentation...

Why Smaller Companies Struggle with Process Safety

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Proposed title: Why smaller companies struggle with Process Safety Author: John Herber, Principal Consultant, Process Hazard Management Services, LLC...

Propagation of a Vapor Cloud Detonation from a Congested Into An Uncongested Area Demonstration Test and Impact on Blast Load Prediction

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
The potential for a deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) to occur in an unconfined vapor cloud explosion (VCE) with high reactivity flammable...

In Situ Sensors Based on Perfluorinated Sensing Membranes

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
In Situ Sensors based on Perfluorinated Sensing Membranes

Practical Process Integration Retrofit Part 3. Path Analysis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Practical Process Integration Retrofit Part 3. Path Analysis G.T.Polley The concept of transferring heat along paths was first suggested by Dhole [1...

Application of the Anti-Sloshing Blanket to LNG Carriers and FLNG

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Sloshing is long problematic issue on achieving safety and reliability of LNG carriers and FLNG if the liquid level is below at a certain point in...

Correlating Process Safety Leading Indicators with Performance

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Correlating Process Safety Indicators with Performance Jerry Forest Global Process Safety Manager Celanese 1601 West LBJ Freeway Dallas, TX 75234 (...

Case Histories and Technology Innovations for StorageTank Loss Prevention

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Storage tanks are most common material containing units in process industries. There have been many accidents associated within storage tank (...

Using Alarms As a Layer of Protection

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Alarms and operator response are one of the first layers of protection in preventing a plant upset from escalating into a hazardous event. This...

Fire From Iron

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 3, 2012
Although the potential consequences of combustible dust explosions are becoming more widely known, the potential consequences of combustible dust...

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