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Enhanced Thermal Stability and Flame-Retardant Properties of Cross-Linked Polymer Nanocomposites
(2016-08-22)
Polymeric materials have wide applications in the home and industry, providing inexpensive, lightweight, and high performance materials. However, due to the fuel-rich chemical composition of polymers, many flame-retardant ...
Deflagration-to-Detonation Transition (DDT) Studies: Effect of Non-Uniform Obstacle Distribution on DDT
(2016-04-06)
Most of the previous work has been guided towards the understanding of this phenomenon under a uniform obstacle distribution, i.e., same obstacle shape, blockage ratio, and gap between obstacles. However, industrial ...
Effectiveness of Residential Irrigation System Evaluations in Reducing Water Use in College Station, Texas
(2016-04-29)
Municipal water use is the fastest growing sector of water use in Texas, representing over three million acre-feet of water demand in 2060 according to the 2012 State Water Plan. Landscapes often receive more water than ...
Thermal Stability Studies of Ammonium Nitrate
(2016-04-07)
Ammonium nitrate (AN) is widely used in the fertilizer industry and is one of the most concentrated forms of nitrogen fertilizer. However, AN is associated with various hazards including fire and explosion, which have ...
Analysis of the Thermal Decomposition of Untempered Peroxide Systems
(2016-04-08)
Several of the most catastrophic process safety incidents, such as Bhopal and most recently Texas West Fertilizer explosion, were initiated by runaway reactions. Consequences of such incidents include, fatalities, environmental ...
Modeling of Uncontrolled Fluid Flow in Wellbore and its Prevention
(2016-04-07)
Uncontrolled fluid flow in the wellbore is one of the most critical safety concerns for the oil and gas industry. The major focus of this dissertation is on blowout events given the most severe consequences associated with ...
Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics for Liquefied Natural Gas Pool Spreading and Vaporization on Water
(2016-04-22)
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is a cryogenic liquid consisting predominantly of methane compressed to 1/600th of its gaseous volume for transportation. A release of LNG on water during marine operations can occur due to ...
Combustion and Explosion of Carbon Nanofibers
(2016-04-13)
Although there is a fast growth in the production and application of nanomaterials, very little research about the fire and explosion hazards associated with nanomaterials has been done. Dust explosion studies on micro-size ...
Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Offshore Production Platform by Bayesian Network Application to HAZOP and Bow-tie Studies
(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 ...