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Methodology for the Preliminary Design of High Performance Schools in Hot and Humid Climates
(2010-07-14)
A methodology to develop an easy-to-use toolkit for the preliminary design of
high performance schools in hot and humid climates was presented. The toolkit proposed
in this research will allow decision makers without ...
Comparative Analysis Between LNG Import and Export Terminals
(2016-05-09)
According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the natural gas consumption in the US was 1,726 billion cubic feet in January 2013, and the demand has been increasing rapidly around the world as natural gas ...
Risk Measures Constituting Risk Metrics for Decision Making in the Chemical Process Industry
(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 ...
An Analysis of Off-grid, Off-pipe Housing in Six U.S. Climates
(2010-07-14)
This dissertation addresses the issues of climate change and depletion of non-renewable resources of energy and water, and aims at eliminating the use of non-renewable resources of energy and water for the building operation ...
Methods to Improve Process Safety Performance through Flange Connection Leak Prediction and Control
(2014-08-08)
Process safety is a task of preventing leaks. Leak prevention is critical because pressure vessels and piping assets in chemical plants are fabricated from materials which have limited corrosion resistance. When corrosive ...
Identifying and Managing the Health and Safety Hazards of Nanomaterials in Laboratories
(2014-08-06)
In the last decade, nanomaterials have been increasingly researched as the result of the rapid development in nanotechnology due to novel properties and behavior of nanomaterials different from their bulk materials. However, ...
Development of an Experimental Facility for Flame Speed Measurements in Powdered Aerosols
(2012-10-19)
Research with heterogeneous mixtures involving solid particulate in closed, constant-volume bombs is typically limited by the powder dispersion technique. This work details the development of an experimental apparatus that ...
Facility Siting and Layout Optimization Based on Process Safety
(2012-02-14)
In this work, a new approach to optimize facility layout for toxic release, fire and explosion scenarios is presented. By integrating a risk analysis in the optimization
formulation, safer assignments for facility layout ...
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Vapor Dispersion Modeling with Computational Fluid Dynamics Codes
(2012-10-19)
Federal regulation 49 CFR 193 and standard NFPA 59A require the use of validated consequence models to determine the vapor cloud dispersion exclusion zones for accidental liquefied natural gas (LNG) releases. For modeling ...
Development of a Vapor Cloud Explosion Risk Analysis Tool Using Exceedance Methodology
(2012-10-19)
In development projects, designers should take into consideration the possibility of a vapor cloud explosion in the siting and design of a process plant from day one. The most important decisions pertinent to the location ...