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Is Larger-Scale Distillation Research Still Relevant?

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 19, 2021
In the era of quantum computing, nanotechnology, and artificial intelligence, is the large-scale distillation research still relevant? The liquid/...

A Framework to Identify Weak Signals of Process Incidents Using Fram and Machine Learning Algorithms

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 19, 2021
Incidents in process industries still occur globally even though professionals put many efforts into improving process safety over the decades...

Dust Explosions: A New Path to Estimate the Explosibility Characteristics of an Organic Powder

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 19, 2021
The need to characterize the explosibility characteristics of a powder has led to the need to understand the crucial aspects of a dust explosion...

"El Gran Desafío. Gestión De Seguridad De Procesos En Tiempos De Crisis"

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 19, 2021
La gestión de seguridad de procesos plantea un enorme desafío en tiempos de crisis. El trabajo aborda el desafío para resolver...

Safe Facility Depressurization By Blowdown Sequencing Logic Based on Pressure Measurement

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 19, 2021
An emergency depressuring is a safeguarding measure to protect pressure vessels from failure due to high thermal stresses resulting from a fire event...

The Case for Management Systems in Preventing Combustible Dust Explosions

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 19, 2021
Warning! This is not a sexy topic. Housekeeping, record retention, and procedures may not excite industry professionals in the same way that the...

Opportunities for Continual Risk Reduction By Applying Inherently Safer Design Strategies throughout the Process Lifecycle

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 19, 2021
Process safety management addresses the risk treatment of process hazards to tolerable levels using a variety of methodologies and technologies...

More Issues with LOPA - from the Originators

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 19, 2021
Layer of protection analysis (LOPA) has now been around for more 25 years (and in general use for 20 years), with the initial textbook being...

A “People-Focused” Approach for Manufacturing in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Environments Boosts Productivity

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 19, 2021
The industrial internet of things (IIoT) has brought increasing emphasis on interconnecting sensors and devices in manufacturing facilities. Now...

Management Systems and Culture Important for Sustained Operations

Conference Presentation
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
April 19, 2021
Currently, the Department of Energy (DOE) stores approximately 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous waste in 177 underground tanks at the...

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