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Auditing the Quality of Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) Studies
(2017-07-20)
The petrochemical industry is subject to various federal and local regulations and requirements that are challenging to meet and resource-intensive. Time and human factors often lead to a “check box” mentality where ...
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 ...
Liquefied Natural Gas Hazards Mitigation with High Expansion Foam
(2015-09-28)
The gas industry boom driven by the advancement of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies provides a solution to a growing demand on energy, especially clean energy. The liquefaction process reduces the ...
Analysis of Innovative HVAC System Technologies and Their Application for Office Buildings in Hot and Humid Climates
(2012-02-14)
The commercial buildings sector in the United States used 18 percent (17.93 Quads) of the U.S. primary energy in 2006. Office buildings are the largest single energy consumption category in the commercial buildings sector ...
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 ...