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An Analysis of Maximum Residential Energy-Efficiency in Hot and Humid Climates
(Texas A&M University, 2006-04-12)
Energy-efficient building design involves minimizing the energy use and optimizing the
performance of individual systems and components of the building. The benefits of energyefficient
design, in the residential sector, ...
Experiments for the Measurement of LNG Mass Burning Rates
(2012-07-16)
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is a commonly used flammable fuel that has safety concerns associated with vapor dispersion and radiation emitted from pool fires. The main objective of this effort is to advance the knowledge ...
Analysis of the HSEES Chemical Incident Database Using Data and Text Mining Methodologies
(2012-07-16)
Chemical incidents can be prevented or mitigated by improving safety performance and implementing the lessons learned from past incidents. Despite some limitations in the range of information they provide, chemical incident ...
Infrared Optical Imaging Techniques for Gas Visualization and Measurement
(2012-07-16)
Advancement in infrared imaging technology has allowed the thermal imaging to
detect and visualize several gases, mostly hydrocarbon gases. In addition, infrared
cameras could potentially be used as a non-contact temperature ...
Theoretical and Experimental Evaluation of Chemical Reactivity
(2011-10-21)
Reactive chemicals are presented widely in the chemical and petrochemical
process industry. Their chemical reactivity hazards have posed a significant challenge to
the industries of manufacturing, storage and transportation. ...
Flammability and Combustion Behaviors in Aerosols Formed by Industrial Heat Transfer Fluids Produced by the Electrospray Method
(2012-10-19)
The existence of flammable aerosols presents a high potential for fire hazards in the process industry. Various industrial fluids, most of which operate at elevated temperatures and pressures, can be atomized when released ...
Mathematical Programming Formulations for the Optimal Placement of Imperfect Detectors with Applications to Flammable Gas Detection and Mitigation Systems
(2014-11-13)
The placement of detectors in mitigation systems is a difficult problem usually addressed in the industry via qualitative and semiquantative approaches. Simplifications are used to circumvent difficulties regarding problem ...
Study of Dust - Gas Hybrid Mixture Explosions
(2015-08-25)
Hybrid mixtures are widely encountered in industries such as coal mines, paint factories, pharmaceutical industries, or grain elevators. Hybrid mixtures explosions involving dust and gas can cause great loss of lives and ...
The Development of Dynamic Operational Risk Assessment in Oil/Gas and Chemical Industries
(2011-08-08)
In oil/gas and chemical industries, dynamics is one of the most essential characteristics
of any process. Time-dependent response is involved in most steps of both
the physical/engineering processes and the equipment ...
Active and Knowledge-based Process Safety Incident Retrieval System
(2011-10-21)
The sustainability and continued development of the chemical industry is to a large extent dependent on learning from past incidents. The failure to learn from past mistakes is rather not deliberate but due to unawareness ...