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    • ISA S84--Use and What's Next 
      Gruhn, Paul (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1998)
      The ANSI/ISA S84 standard (Application of Safety Instrumented Systems for the Process Industry) was approved in 1996. It was written for those involved in the design, manufacture, selection, application, installation, ...
    • ISA84/IEC61511 SIS Functional Safety Compliance: It’s a Journey Worth Taking 
      Miller, Curt; Poston, Dan; Chastain-Knight, Denise (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      Achieving full functional safety compliance at a plant will not just happen; it takes a focused effort from dedicated personnel and a supporting management staff. It’s a lot of work, but the potential safety and reliability ...
    • ISO 13709 2nd Edition/ API 610 Eleventh Edition Highlights 
      Korkowski, Frank J.; Jones, Roger L.; Sanders, Jack D. (Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, 2011)
      International standard ISO 13709:2009 (Identical), ANSI/API Standard 610: September 2010 “Centrifugal Pumps for Petroleum, Petrochemical and Natural Gas Industries” also referred to as ISO 13709 Second Edition / API Eleventh ...
    • ISO 50001 Energy Management Standard as a Vehicle to Sustainable Energy Management at 3M Company 
      Hejnar, A. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2015)
    • ISO 50001 versus Superior Energy Performance: Making Sense of Each for your Situation 
      Gilless, D.; Goldstein, D.; Skees-Gregory, D.; Brown, K.; Holmes, L. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2012)
      For years, utilities and governmental agencies industrial facility energy efficiency programs have been challenged by facility staff working around optimized equipment as well as completed measures not performing as planned, ...
    • ISO 50001- Case Studies and Lessons Learned so Far 
      Tutterow, V. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2014)
      ISO 50001:2011 - Energy Management Systems - Requirements with Guidance for Use was published as a voluntary international standard in June 2011. Companies are slowly beginning to consider use of the standard, and a few ...
    • ISO 50001: A Global Energy Management System Standard 
      Chowdhury, N. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2013)
      ISO 50001:2011 provides benefits for any organization to establish a framework to manage and improve energy consumption. The framework of ISO 50001:2011 enables organizations to establish the systems and processes necessary ...
    • ISO 5i99 Standard Addresses Today's Reliability Requirements For Chemical Process Pumps 
      Fabeck, Pierre; Erickson, R. Barry (Turbomachinery Laboratories, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1990)
      The standards used so far by European manufacturers of chemical process pumps were only dimensional: ISO 2858, BS 24256, DIN 24256, NF E 44121. The pump manufacturer had total freedom of design provided outline dimensions ...
    • Isolation Procedures for Farrowing Operations 
      Lawhorn, D. Bruce (2002-01-31)
      When receiving breeding stock replacements, swine producers should take precautions against introducing diseases into the herd. This publication discusses isolating, blood testing and vaccinating swine as well as other ...
    • Isoperibolic study of hydroxylamine in aqueous solutions in the presence of selected inorganic salts 
      Pitsadioti, Irene; Lapouridis, K.; Georgeopoulos, S.|Antonopoulou, M.; Papadaki, M. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)
      The thermal decomposition of hydroxylamine aqueous solutions in two different concentrations and two temperatures was studied in the presence of KCl, NaCl and Na2SO4 using isoperibolic calorimetry. It was found that Na2SO4 ...
    • Issues and Challenges in Energy Benchmarking 
      Birchfield, G. S. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu), 2000-04)
      Benchmarking helps people understand where they stand and where they need to be to stay competitive. It provides guidance on how to get to where you want to go. Benchmarking has been conducted in the hydrocarbon processing ...
    • Issues and Factors of Train Air-conditioning System Design and Operation 
      Liu, P.; Li, D. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2006)
      Like a moving building, a train's outer meteorologic parameter will change a lot with the local meteorologic parameter on the way. In this paper, we put forward the design method of the typical design period and some dynamic ...
    • Issues in Fault Diagnosis and Isolation 
      Srinivasan, Rajaraman; Rogers, W.; Mannan, M.S. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)
      In the chemical and other related industries, there has been an impetus to produce higher quality products, to reduce rejection rates, limit down time, and to satisfy increasingly stringent safety and environment regulations. ...
    • ISSUES RELATED TO RATCHETING IN PIPING COMPONENTS 
      Hassam, Tasnim (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1999)
      Material and piping component test data involving ratcheting are discussed in regards to the phenomenon of shakedown. The data set studied indicates that the general belief about the occurrence of shakedown after a few ...
    • It Pays to Modify Existing Crude Preheat Trains to Conserve More Energy! 
      Feintuch, H. M.; Peer, V.; Wong, W. H. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 1982)
      With the cost of fuel now being so high, maximum recovery of available waste heat to preheat crude oil is an essential step in reducing the fuel consumption in a refinery. Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation has developed a ...
    • It's Fun to be a Leader! 
      Moore, Lucille H. (Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, 1958)
    • It's Good Food--Keep It Safe. 
      Spindler, Evelyn (Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1974)
    • It's Pear Time. 
      Anonymous, (Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 19XX)
    • It's worth the work: Proposed water quality standards move Texas closer to cleaner waters 
      Wythe, Kathy (Texas Water Resources Institute, 2010)
    • IZ-CON: an intelligent zone controller for building systems operation 
      Mahdavi, A.; Schub, M. (Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu); Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu), 2012)
      This paper describes the concept of an intelligent zone controller (IZ-CON) for integrated operation of building systems. IZ-CON is intended to deploy a predictive control methodology with embedded simulation capability. ...