Browsing MKOPSC Process Safety Symposium by Title

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    • QRA Considering Multi-Vessel Failure Scenarios due to a Natural Disaster – Lessons from Fukushima 
      Kim, Heetae; Heo, Gyunyoung; Jung, Seungho (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      The Fukushima accident is the largest nuclear power plant accident caused by a natural disaster, which shut off the cooling system. In this accident, an initiating event from a single unit was propagated to other units at ...
    • Quantification of the Thermal Hazard from Metallic and Organic Dust Flash Fires 
      Stern, Michael C.; Rosen, J.; Ibarreta, A.; Ogle, R.; Myers, T. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      An in-house constructed nominally 20-L flash fire apparatus was used to evaluate and compare the flash fires fueled by an organic dust (non-dairy coffee creamer) a metal dust (aluminum) and a flammable gas (methane). ...
    • Quantitative assessment and Consequence modeling of deliberately induced Domino effects in Process facilities 
      George, Priscilla Grace; Renjith, V. R. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
      Process facilities handling hazardous chemicals at elevated temperature and pressure conditions are attractive targets to external attacks. The possibility of an external attack on a critical installation with an intention ...
    • Quantitative Assessment of Safety Barrier Performance in the Prevention of Cascading Events 
      Cozzani, Valerio; Landucci, Gabriele; Argenti, Francesca; Antonioni, Giacomo; Tugnoili, Alessandro (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      The prevention of high-impact low-probability (HILP) events in industrial clusters or complex industrial areas where critical infrastructures are present critically depends on the presence and the performance of safety ...
    • Quantitative Risk Analysis - A Realistic Approach to Relief Header and Flare System Design 
      Perez, John T. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      As process industry facilities increase production capacity and add processing units, existing relief headers and flare systems are frequently found to no longer meet the same conservative design criteria used for the ...
    • Quantitative Risk Analysis of a Complex Chemical Process and Utilizing the Results for Risk Reduction Decisions 
      Dharmavaram, Seshu.; Staton, Gary; Pinchot, Robert; Soczek, Charles (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2002)
      In the chemical, petrochemical, petroleum, and related industries, a broad range of qualitative and quantitative methodologies are employed to understand the impact of release of hazardous materials and the probability or ...
    • Quantitative Risk Assessment for Refinery Industry 
      Markowski, Adam (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      A quantitative risk assessment is widely accepted methods for safety assurance in process industry. The methods is continuosly improving by introduction of new approaches both to hazards identification and risk evaluation. ...
    • Quantitative Risk Calculations for a U.S. DOT Natural Gas Pipeline Using Population Classifications 
      Cornwell, John B.; Ishii, Benjamin R. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)
      Over the past several years, Quest Consultants Inc. has conducted quantitative risk analysis (QRA) and risk assessment studies for a range of pipelines in the United States and abroad. In most instances, the risk acceptance ...
    • Re-Energizing Industry Risk Management and Coordination and Communication 
      Arendt, Steve; Curtis, Rick (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
      EPA promulgated its risk management program (RMP) rule in the mid-90s when many companies invested a lot of effort in compliance with the rule, coordinating with local emergency planners and responders, and communicating ...
    • Reactive Chemical Incidents, What Does Existing Data Tell Us? 
      Joseph, Giby (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      On April 18, 1998, a runaway reaction initiated a sequence of events that led to an explosion and fire at the Morton International Plant in Patterson, New Jersey. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's ...
    • Reactive Chemical Screening - A Widespread Weak Link? 
      Singh, Jasbir; Simms, Cormac (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1999)
      It is an accepted practice in the fine chemical industry that feeds, products and intermediates for which thermal stability data is unavailable, are first “screened” and depending on the results, might then be subjected ...
    • The Reactivity of Ethylene Oxide In Contact With Iron Oxide Fines as Measured by Adiabatic Calorimetry 
      Levin, M. E.; Hill, A. D. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2002)
      Samples of various iron oxides suspended above ethylene oxide in an adiabatic calorimeter exhibit exothermic activity at temperatures as low as room temperature. A 7-Fe203 sample was found to show the highest reactivity ...
    • Reactivity of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons Via Adiabatic Calorimetry 
      Levin, M. E.; Hill, A. D. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2000)
      Selected olefins, diolefins, and alkynes have been examined via adiabatic calorimetry to understand the behavior of these species as a function of temperature. APTAC (Automatic Pressure Tracking Adiabatic Calorimeter) and ...
    • Recent Reactive Incidents and Fundamental Concepts That Can Help Prevent Them 
      Joseph, Giby (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2002)
    • Reducing Accident Causation in Complex Plants by Identifying Mutual Misconceptions Between Designers and Operators 
      Chung, Paul; Das, B.P.; Busby, J.S.; Hibberd, R.E. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      Catastrophic accidents in complex plants arise from an unforeseen combination of a number of factors. Although much effort has been invested in both improving the reliability of components, and the design of user interfaces, ...
    • Reducing Project Lifecycle Cost with an Integrated Safety Lifecycle Suite 
      Hildenbrandt, Kate (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
      The international functional safety standard IEC 61511 provides the safety lifecycle as a steadfast guideline to assess and mitigate risk for manufacturing processes including refineries, chemical, petrochemical, pulp and ...
    • A Refreshing Take: Analysing Accident Scenarios through Causal Network Topology Metrics 
      Seligmann, Benjamin J.; Pasman, Hans J.; Domanti, Sarah J; Boadle, Jesse T.; Staples, Adam C.; Bels, Ashley; Small, Michael; Boegheim, Mistrel Fetzer (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)
      Accident causation investigation and even more hazard scenario identification are troubled by the complexity of interactions between three elements in a process facility: People, Plant and Procedures. Interactions are of ...
    • Refrigerated tanks base plate-heating hazards – A case study of Ethylene tanks 
      Hassan, Mahmoud Mohamad; Murthy, Mahesh; Pal, Pulak; Van Zyl, Gys (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
      Cryogenic storage tanks are commonly used for the storage of refrigerated liquids at sub-zero temperatures. Such tanks are often of double-wall construction with thermal insulating material in the annular space between the ...
    • Regulations, Standards, and Safety Instrumented Systems 
      Summers, Angela (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1999)
    • Regulatory Compliance - A Burden or an Opportunity? 
      Weber, Robert; Siecke, Marty (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      All businesses must face the often, onerous task of complying with the many regulations. Should this compliance responsibility be considered a burden, or can it truly be turned into an opportunity for improving the functioning ...