Technical Program
| TIME | Title | Author(s) | Company | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONDAY, September 12, 2022 - 8:00 - 5:00 PM | ||||
| 8:00 AM | Welcome from Committee Chair | Taylor Archer | Clariant | |
| 8:10 AM | Keynote Address: Technical, social and safety aspects of ammonia as carbon free energy carrier | Tobias Birwe | thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG | |
| 9:00 AM | 1A | A comprehensive review of hazards identification and assessment in ammonia plants | Dan Cojocaru, Venkat Pattabathula | Fertilizer Industrial Services, SVP Chemical Plant Services |
| 9:30 AM | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 10:00 AM | 1B | Catastrophic failure of Primary Reformer due to Mixed Feed Crossover Piping Rupture | Zaheer Ramdath, Graig Davis | Proman |
| 10:30 AM | 1C | Fitness-For-Service Assessment Methodologies and Available Material Properties for Alloy 20Cr32Ni1Nb in Outlet Manifold Systems | Michiel Brongers et al. | Self employed |
| 11:00 AM | 1D | 101B Primary Reformer Air-Steam Coil Alloy 800HT Tube Failure | Samuel Okulaja, Justin Tomkins | Nutrien |
| 11:30 AM | LUNCH BREAK | |||
| 1:30 PM | 2A | Combatting Corrosion in the Fertilizer Industry | Ana Benz, Matthew Bell | IRISNDT |
| 2:00 PM | 2B | Reformer operation improvements based on inspection data | Tim Hill, Alice Young, Charles Thomas | Quest Integrity Group |
| 2:30 PM | 2C | Improvement in Process Safety Performance by Accelerated CUI Inspection Program | Arif R. Hakim, Baskara A. Nugraha, Ilham A. Febryantho | PT Kaltim Parna Industri |
| 3:00 PM | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 3:30 PM | 2D | How Stamicarbon successfully reduced the risk for loss of containment in urea plants | Alex Scheerder | Stamicarbon |
| 4:00 PM | 2E | Successful Implementation of a CSA-B149.3 Certified BMS on a Primary Reformer | Greg P. Dechaine | Nutrien |
| 4:30 PM | 2F | Going Beyond Good Enough with IPL Design to Achieve Operational Excellence | Peter Henning, Christopher Horstman, Matthew Davis | Nutrien Lima Nitrogen, The JDI Group, Inc. |
| TIME | Title | Author(s) | Company | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TUESDAY, September 13, 2022 - 8:00 - 11:30 AM | ||||
| 8:00 AM | 3A | Methanator Temperature Runaway Results in a Fire | Ken Wohlgeschaffen | Chevron Products Company |
| 8:30 AM | 3B | Improved Process Performance & Safety via Autonomous AI: Dyno Waggaman experience | Ashutosh Shukla et al. | Dyno Nobel Inc, Near-Miss Management |
| 9:00 AM | 3C | First industrial experience with iron chromium free HTS catalyst in ammonia plant | Chad Taylor et al. | Haldor Topsoe Inc. |
| 9:30 AM | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 10:00 AM | 3D | Unconventional Strategy for Revival & Sustained Operation of 50 years old Ammonia Plant | Abdul Ghaffar et al. | Pakarab Fertilizers Limited, Fatima Group |
| 10:30 AM | 3E | Decarbonize with blue ammonia | Ameet Kakoti, Per Juul Dahl | Topsoe |
| 11:00 AM | 3F | Optimization of the Ammonia Decomposition Process | Johannes Elischewski | thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG |
| 11:30 AM | FREE TIME |
| TIME | Title | Author(s) | Company | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, September 14, 2022 - 8:00 - 5:00 PM | ||||
| 8:00 AM | 4A | The Dakar Ammonia Accident: Analysis of the Worst Incident at an Ammonia User | S. Dharmavaram, V. Pattabathula | Air Products, SVP Chemical Plant Services |
| 8:30 AM | 4B | Ammonia Pipeline Integrity and Risk Management | Dorothy Shaffer, Joshua Bruce-Black, Sean Berg | Baker Engineering & Risk Consultants |
| 9:00 AM | 4C | Seeing inside the box: REFORM CMS innovation in reforming monitoring and optimisation | Matt J. Cousins et al. | Johnson Matthey, OnPoint Digital Solutions LLC, Yara France |
| 9:30 AM | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 10:00 AM | 4D | Ammonia Release During Ammonia Import Activity | Naresh Patel | CSBP Limited |
| 10:30 AM | 4E | Ammonia nitriding, knowledge and design considerations | Luca Redaelli, Gugliemo Deodato | Casale |
| 11:00 AM | 4F | Hydrogen Damage Mechanisms Affecting Assets and Equipment in the Ammonia Industry | Daniel J. Benac et al. | Baker Engineering & Risk Consultants |
| 11:30 AM | LUNCH BREAK | |||
| 1:30 PM | 5A | The First Commercial Reference of Award-Winning AmoMax-Casale Catalyst at Nutrien | Lawrence Sandy, Michelle Anderson, Marco Mazzamuto | Nutrien, Clariant, Casale |
| 2:00 PM | 5B | Challenges in Flange Excellence Management - Pitfalls during Re-Commissioning in GQ | Militza Lobaton et al. | Borealis Chimie SAS |
| 2:30 PM | 5C | Pre-Commissioning, Commissioning, Start-up and Operating Experience of a Mega Ammonia Plant in Saudi Arabia | Bernd Mielke, Omer Yousif, Metab Motlaq Alsolamy | thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG, Ma’aden Fertilizer Company |
| 3:00 PM | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 3:30 PM | 5D | Newly developed steel with high resistance to metal dusting | Masaki Ueyama et al. | Nippon Steel North America, Nippon Steel Corporation |
| 4:00 PM | 5E | Comparative Analysis of HAZOP and STPA - Catacarb CO2 Removal System | Faisal Jamal et al. | Fatima Fertilizer Co. Ltd., MIT |
ROUNDTABLE SESSION: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 * 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This year’s Roundtable Session will provide open exchange and discussion through brief presentations from panelists, followed by a question-and-answer session on topics of interest such as:
- Industry Incidents
- Catalysts
- Best Practices
- Operations Impacts on SCC in Ammonia Tanks