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Process Consideration Related to Compression Equipment in Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) Plants

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 27, 2015
Ethylene compression in Low Density Polyethylene Plants (LDPE) occurs at very high pressures and adverse operating conditions, necessitating special...

The Four Pillars of Industrial Energy Efficiency

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 27, 2015
Opportunities to improve plant performance and thus enhance energy efficiency across the CPI fall into four main categories: operational improvements...

Engineered Floating Beads: New Method for Vapor Suppression and Fire Prevention for Flammable Liquids

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 27, 2015
Current fire systems in flammable liquid storage tasks are designed to respond when a fire is detected ….. and since it is an active system, there...

Overfilling Protection for Weak Tanks

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 27, 2015
Low pressure tanks, designed to API-650 & API-620 code of construction may be subject to the overfilling scenario. Existing codes such as API-...

Mitigation Effect of High Expansion Foam on LNG Vapor Hazard

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 27, 2015
The growing production and consumption of natural gas due to the advancement of technology, e.g. , hydraulic fracturing, has accelerated the inter-...

Gas Monetization and Risk Monetization

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 27, 2015
Gas Monetization and Risk Monetization Dennis Butts, Partner, Environmental Resources Management Stephen Shaw, Managing Partner, Environmental...

Cracking the Code of Process Safety Culture with Organizational Network Analysis

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 27, 2015
Organizations in the chemical process industry invest considerable amounts of time and resources managing change and implementing best practices to...

Prevention or Mitigation of Major Accident Hazards through Early Identification of Safety Critical Elements

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 27, 2015
The Safety Critical Elements (SCEs) concept is widely used in Europe, Australia and the Middle East with limited use in the US; however, the concept...

A Comprehensive Guide to Accurately Size Pressure and Vacuum Relief Devices for Atmospheric and Low Pressure Storage Tanks

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 27, 2015
Recently, increased environmental concerns and regulation have made proper storage tank venting a priority. One of the components of a tank venting...

Pre-Developing an Asset Integrity Program during the Capital Project

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 27, 2015
Pre-Developing an Asset Integrity Program during the Capital Project Russ Davis, CSP National AIMS MI COE Manager Mistras Group Abstract: Asset...

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