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DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF PROCESS SAFETY INDICES IN EARLY DESIGN PHASE OF CHEMICAL SUPPLY CHAIN
(2018-08-06)
Supply chain network design and optimization are very important in decision making, which gives the ability to stakeholders to assess the massive supply chains to increase profit while minimizing risks. Risks in supply ...
Pipeline Risk Assessment Using Dynamic Bayesian Network (DBN) for Internal Corrosion
(2018-08-03)
Pipelines are the most efficient mode of transportation for various chemicals and are considered as safe, yet pipeline incidents remain occurring. Corrosion is one of the main reasons for incidents especially in subsea ...
Flammability Characteristics of Light Hydrocarbons and Their Mixtures at Elevated Conditions
(2018-11-01)
Accurate data of flammability limits for flammable gases and vapors are needed to prevent fires and explosions. The flammability limit is the maximum or minimum fuel concentration at which a gas mixture is flammable in a ...
Phase Equilibrium Studies on N-Oxidation Systems to Determine Homogeneous Mixture Conditions
(2018-10-24)
The N-oxidation of alkylpyridines is used in the pharmaceutical industries to synthesize alkylpyridine N-oxides that are involved in the production of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs. The synthesis process involves ...
Data driven process monitoring based on neural networks and classification trees
(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)
Process monitoring in the chemical and other process industries has been of great practical importance. Early detection of faults is critical in avoiding product quality deterioration, equipment damage, and personal injury. ...
Binary mixture flammability characteristics for hazard assessment
(Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)
Flammability is an important factor of safe practices for handling and storage of
liquid mixtures and for the evaluation of the precise level of risk. Flash point is a major
property used to determine the fire and explosion ...
Integration of Human Factors in Offshore Blowout Risk Assessment
(2015-11-30)
Human factors (HFs) are important factors to the Macondo well blowout, but traditional risk assessment has not addressed them. Some common methodologies for offshore drilling risk assessment are fault tree, event tree and ...
Data-Based Semi-Automatic Hazard Identification for More Comprehensive Identification of Hazardous Scenarios
(2017-05-30)
As chemical process plants have become more involved and complex, the likelihood of hazardous incidents has increased simultaneously. That is, the more complex a facility’s systems, the more factors engineers must consider. ...
Safety Problems Caused by Hydrate Formation in Deepwater Production Operation
(2017-07-27)
Although hydrate formation phenomenon has been identified for many years, this is still one of the most challenging problems in oil & gas industry as they are associated with flow assurance problems and safety issues. ...
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 ...