| Time |
Title |
Author(s) |
Company |
Broader Topic |
| Monday, August 21, 2023 8:00 - 11:30 AM |
| 8:00 AM |
Welcome from Committee Chair |
Eugene Britton |
CF Industries |
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| 8:10 AM |
Keynote Address: Zero Accident Vision - What would it take? |
Volker Andresen |
International Fertilizer Association (IFA) |
Sustainable Safety |
| 9:00 AM |
Secondary Reformer Outlet Transfer Line Rupture and Following Effects |
Bryant Woods & Taylor Archer |
Dyno Nobel Plant & Clariant Catalysts |
Reformer Incidents |
| 9:30 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:00 AM |
Failure of Secondary Reformer due to Top-Dish head Rupture, its Refurbishment and RCA |
Abid Hussain & Syed Faran Hussain |
Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited |
Reformer Incidents |
| 10:30 AM |
Ammonia Plant Shutdowns: Effect of Ammonia Synthesis Converter Trips, Poisoning Events, and Mechanical Failures |
Beau Schlageter & Ross Brunson |
Yara & Clariant Catalysts |
Plant Failures |
| 11:00 AM |
Unmasking & Eliminating Inadequate Safeguards: Sasol Sasolburg CO Shift Converter |
J. Marais & M. Faling |
Sasol |
Plant Failures |
| 11:30 AM |
Lunch Break (11:30AM - 1:30PM) |
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| Monday, August 21, 2023 1:30 - 5:00 PM |
| 1:30 PM |
Major Findings and Repairs Following Internal Inspection Of a 40,000MT Ammonia Storage Tank |
Kushal Ramlogan & Shakar Maharaj |
Proman Limited, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I |
Inspection |
| 2:00 PM |
RED SQUIRREL Tests - Air Products’ Ammonia Field Experiments |
Seshu Dharmavaram, Madeline Carroll, Elizabeth M. Lutostansky, Douglas McCormack, Alastair Chester & Daniel Allason |
Air Products, Hersham & DNV |
Inspection |
| 2:30 PM |
HTHA in Ammonia Plants. A Review of Inspection Methods and Gap With Nelson's Curve |
Stefano Cavalleri, Giulio Paci & Johan Thoelen |
Yara International & In2mat |
Inspection |
| 3:00 PM |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 PM |
Experiences from Ammonia Loading Incidents |
Vincent Duponchel & Mathieu Tagliaferri |
Yara International |
Ammonia Tanks |
| 4:00 PM |
Ammonia Storage Safety and Configurations |
Yogesh Meher & Alex Cooperman |
CB&I Storage Solutions |
Ammonia Tanks |
| 4:30 PM |
Ammonia Storage Tank - Thermal Overload but No Rollover |
Seshu Dharmavaram, Harrie Duisters & Tammy Daugherty |
Air Products & OCI |
Ammonia Tanks |
| Tuesday, August 22, 2023 8:00 - 11:30 AM |
| 8:00 AM |
B-901 Mixed Feed Re-Heater 304H Stainless Steel Outlet Manifold & Piping Failures |
Samuel Okulaja & Carissa Ramdin |
Nutrien |
Operational Incidents |
| 8:30 AM |
Unprecedented Catalyst Migration Problem of 2000 MTPD Ammonia Plant |
Muhammad Muhtadin & Sebastian Nababan |
PT Petrokimia Gresik |
Operational Incidents |
| 9:00 AM |
Damaging Effect Of Two Phase Flow On High Speed Centrifugal Air Compressor |
Saeed Mashaal & Hatem Abdel-Rahman |
Misr Fertilizer Production Company / MOPCO |
Operational Incidents |
| 9:30 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:00 AM |
Reducing the Carbon Footprint with Blue and Hybrid Ammonia Plants |
Dr. Bernd Mielke |
Thyssenkrupp Uhde |
Reduction of CO2 emissions |
| 10:30 AM |
Blue Hydrogen and Ammonia – Clariant's Catalytic Solutions to Reduce Carbon Intensity |
Dr.Stefan Gebert |
Clariant |
Reduction of CO2 emissions |
| 11:00 AM |
Successful Reformer Convection Revamp with Feed Gas Saturator and Condensate Stripper |
Benjamin Carryer & Anelya Akylbekova |
East Dubuque Nitrogen Fertilizers & BD Energy Systems |
Upgrade/Revamp |
| Wednesday, August 23, 2023 8:00 - 11:30 AM |
| 8:00 AM |
Green Ammonia - Safe Approach to Design and Operate a Dynamic Ammonia Plant |
Ameet Kakoti & Deepesh Shrivastava |
Topsoe A/S |
Green Ammonia |
| 8:30 AM |
Green Hydrogen and Ammonia; Safety Impacts in a Changing World |
Murtaza Gandhi, P.E |
Baker Risk |
Green Ammonia |
| 9:00 AM |
A Better Catalyst for Facilitation the Transition to Net Zero |
Roberto Lopez, Florin Filipas and Jose Ramon |
Johnson Matthey and Fertiberia |
Green Ammonia |
| 9:30 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 10:00 AM |
Corrosion Damage Mechanism Review and Mitigation Methodology for Urea Equipment |
Daniel J. Benac & Dorothy Shaffer |
Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. & In2mat |
Corrosion material of construction |
| 10:30 AM |
Advanced Analysis Techniques for Steam Reformer Tubes |
Dr. Pablo Cardin & Pedro Imizcoz |
Schmidt & Clemens Group |
Corrosion material of construction |
| 11:00 AM |
Development of Ammonia SCC Test Equipment for Low Temperature and Pressure |
Takuya Kawarasaki & Yohei Sakakibara |
Technology Platform Center, IHI Corporation |
Corrosion material of construction |
| 11:30 AM |
Lunch Break (11:30AM - 1:30PM) |
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| Wednesday, August 23, 2023 1:30 - 5:00 PM |
| 1:30 PM |
Hydrogen Plant Relief Line Failure Due to Acoustic Vibrations |
George Galloway & Ken Wohlgeschaffen |
Chevron Products Company |
Operational Incidents |
| 2:00 PM |
Fast-Track Replacement of a 105-D Ammonia Reactor with Amomax-Casale Catalyst |
Giuseppe Puleo, Joshua Baldassaro & Taylor Archer |
Casale, Mosaic & Clariant |
Operational Incidents |
| 2:30 PM |
API RP 586 Inspections for HTHA and API 941 Remaining Life Prediction Methodologies |
Daniel J. Benac, Michael Nugent & Sean Berg |
Baker Engineering and Risk Consultants, Inc. |
Operational Incidents |
| 3:00 PM |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:30 PM |
Dispersion, Fire, and Explosion Risks Quantification in an Ammonia Plant A Case Study |
Khairunnisa |
Gexcon Indonesia |
Reliability |
| 4:00 PM |
Optimization of Operations of a KBR Purifier Plant |
Chaitanya Babu Boddu & Mintu Pal |
Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Ltd |
Reliability |
| 4:30 PM |
Improvements in Safety and Reliability in Turnaround preparation through the development of Virtual Tours |
Venkat Pattabathula, Arunkumar Murugan, Mike Antony,Rajan Sinha & Ajoy Singh |
SVP Chemical Plant Services, Australia , FITIRI & Yara Pilbara |
Reliability |
| Thursday, August 24th, 2023 |
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This year’s Roundtable Session will provide open exchange and discussion through brief presentations from panelists, followed by a a question-and-answer session on topics of interest such as:
- Industry Incidents
- Best Practices
- Challenges posed by ammonia cracking as a source of clean energy
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