Browsing MKOPSC Theses and Dissertations by Title
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(2013-05-30)To ensure safety regarding dust explosion hazards, it is important to study the dust lifting process experimentally and identify important parameters that will be valuable for development and validation of numerical ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2001)Heat transfer fluids are widely used in the chemical process industry and are available in a wide range of properties. These fluids are flammable above their flash points and can cause explosions. Though the possibility ...
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(2012-10-19)This study is aimed at exploring new process safety metrics for measuring the process safety performance in processing industries. Following a series of catastrophic incidents such as the Bhopal chemical tragedy (1984) and ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Incident databases provide an excellent opportunity to study the repeated situations of incidents in the process industry. The databases give an insight into the situation which led to an incident, and if studied properly ...
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(2018-04-30)Chemical industry and society always want to eliminate the damage to the environment and lower the casualty if an incident occurs. Finding a more efficient and effective way to achieve this goal is now more critical than ...
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(2018-10-24)The N-oxidation of alkylpyridines is used in the pharmaceutical industries to synthesize alkylpyridine N-oxides that are involved in the production of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs. The synthesis process involves ...
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(2018-08-03)Pipelines are the most efficient mode of transportation for various chemicals and are considered as safe, yet pipeline incidents remain occurring. Corrosion is one of the main reasons for incidents especially in subsea ...
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(2016-12-02)Successful risk management in an offshore oil and gas production platform requires accurate and up-to-date probability of occurrence of process safety events. Traditional hazard identification and risk assessment techniques ...
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(2016-06-01)The severity of several chemical incidents occurred in the recent past has been attributed to improper layout arrangement or proximity of a chemical facility to a densely populated area although this is not a new problem. ...
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(2019-11-08)Ketones are industrially produced in large quantities. They find application as solvents and polymer and pharmaceuticals precursors. Substantial efforts have been put towards a green oxidation of alcohols to ketones with ...
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(2018-11-27)Process plants are complex socio-technical systems that degrade gradually and change with advancing technology. This research deals with exploring and answering questions related to the uncertainties involved in the process ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Historical evidence has shown that incidents due to hazardous materials (HazMat) releases during transportation can lead to severe consequences. The public and some agencies such as the Department of Transportation (DOT) ...
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(2009-05-15)Cumene hydroperoxide (CHP), a type of organic peroxide, is widely used in the chemical industry for diverse applications. However, it decomposes and undergoes highly exothermic runaway reactions under high temperature ...
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(2009-05-15)Ethylene oxide (EO) is a very versatile compound with considerable energy in its ring structure. Its reactions proceed mainly via ring opening and are highly exothermic. Under some conditions, it is known to undergo a ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Protecting modern engineered systems has become increasingly difficult due to their complexity and the difficulty of predicting potential failures. With the added threat of terrorism, the desire to design systems resilient ...
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(2015-07-09)The lack of management of organizational change has been found to be a contributing factor in a number of accidents. Proper management of organizational change considering the possible process safety incidents is essential ...
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(2017-05-09)Tremendous amount of oil and gas products are transported in pipeline worldwide giving rise to a demand to identify the hazards and evaluate the associated risk. Third-party intrusion is usually one of the least factors ...
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(2015-08-04)A central aim of physical organic chemistry is the elucidation of reaction mechanisms. This knowledge is then usable in the rational control of reactions and the development of new synthetic methodology. A reaction mechanism ...
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(2012-02-14)The occurrence of catastrophic incidents in the process industry leave a marked legacy of resulting in staggering economic and societal losses incurred by the company, the government and the society. The work described ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Fault detection and diagnosis have gained central importance in the chemical process industries over the past decade. This is due to several reasons, one of them being that copious amount of data is available from a large ...