Browsing by Author "Wang, Qingsheng"
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Wang, Jingyao (2020-04-01)Many batch-wise pharmaceutical intermediate synthesis reactions, for example, alkylpyridine N-oxide synthesis reaction, are highly exothermic with significant risk of thermal runaway leading to multiple incidents in the ...
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Zhang, Zhuoran (2023-03-09)This research first investigated small-scale flammability and thermal stability for novel nanofillers in polymeric nanocomposites. The fire tests were then scaled up to the bench scale and addressed the flame retardancy ...
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Yuan, Shuai (2020-02-24)The flammable and explosive hazards of aerosol, also referred as mist or spray, are usually ignored compared with the flammable and explosive hazards related to gas and dust. Numerous incidents in various industries have ...
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Lee, Hyup (2022-12-12)Gas explosive hazardous areas are classified according to the standards and recommendations of each country such as the API and IEC using direct example approach (DEA) or point source approach (PSA). However, it is difficult ...
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Parker, Trent Forrest (2022-05-18)Within the process industries, a large number of incidents occur each year, leading to injuries, deaths, environmental damage, and economic losses. To address these incidents, various hazard analysis techniques are utilized ...
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Yu, Yeonju (2023-05-04)Carbon fibers are widely used in various industries due to their unique properties, including low mass density, high thermal and electrical conductivity, and excellent mechanical properties. Carbon fibers are mainly made ...
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Ahumada, Cassio; Krishnan, Pratik; Papadakis-Wood, Frank-Ioannis; Quddus, Noor; Wang, Qingsheng; Yuan, Shuai (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)Existing methods for flame propagation and deflagration to detonation transition (DDT) prediction can be divided into three main categories: empirical models, phenomenological and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) based. ...
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Kumari, Pallavi A (2022-03-31)In chemical process industries (CPIs), rare events are low-frequency high-consequence events caused by process disturbances (i.e., root causes). To alleviate the impact of rare events, it is crucial to understand their ...
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Huang, Dali (2021-04-23)This dissertation research investigates two-dimensional (2D) nanoparticles, their synthesis, characteristics, function and performance. The 2D nanoparticles, as a novel class of materials, have attracted significant interest ...
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Yu, Mengxi (2021-05-20)Most incidents in complex systems such as process plants follow incubation periods where weak signals exist for a long time. It is necessary to identify and resolve weak signals to prevent incidents proactively. Since “weak ...
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Wang, Qingsheng; Yu, Mengxi; Yuan, Shuai; Zhang, Zhuoran (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)With the rapid development of chemical process plants, the safe storage of hazardous chemicals become an essential topic. Several chemical warehouse incidents related to fire and explosion have been reported recently. ...
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Zhang, Zhuoran (2019-11-04)With the rapid development of chemical process plants, the safe storage of hazardous chemicals become an essential topic. Several chemical warehouse incidents related to fire and explosion have been reported recently. ...
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Development and Application of Metal-Based Flame Retardants to Improve the Fire Safety of Materials Shen, Ruiqing (2022-04-18)Polymeric materials find ubiquitous applications in modern daily life. However, as a kind of hydrocarbon-based energy-dense material, most polymeric materials are highly flammable, which is a big threat to life and property ...
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Ma, Rong (2022-06-09)Graphene quantum dots (GQDs), as one of derivatives of graphene, are essentially zero- dimensional for graphene. Their extremely small size endows them with more intriguing properties. Additionally, plenty of oxygen-containing ...
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Nazneen, Nabila (2020-12-01)Particles from nano to micro ranges, being a comparatively new discovery in the field of science and engineering, poses many risks to the industry. Apart from their health effect, scientists and engineers are concerned ...
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Jiao, Zeren (2021-06-29)Safety-related properties like lower flammable limit (LFL), upper flammable limit (UFL), auto-ignition temperature (AIT) and flash point (FP) are crucial hazardous properties for fire and explosion hazards assessment and ...
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Brunoro Ahumada, Cassio (2020-10-19)Although the risks of industrial denotations in semi-open and congested geometries are often neglected by many safety practitioners, recent studies have shown that detonation onset in industrial installations might be more ...
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Wang, Zhen; Wang, Qingsheng (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)With the development of petrochemical industry, confined space evacuation has been a major safety issue due to the potential fatalities and injuries caused by inadequate emergency responses. In this work, two existing ...
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Joseph, Elizabeth; Shen, Ruiqing; Wang, Qingsheng; Zhou, Hongcai (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) is a kind of widely used thermoplastic in the family of poly (acrylic ester)s due to its good mechanical properties, like good moldability, high resistance to UV light and weathering, high ...
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Exploration of relationships between safety performance and unsafe behavior in coal mining processes Parker, Trent; Tong, Ruipeng; Wang, Qingsheng; Yang, Xiaoyi; Zhang, Boling (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)It is well known that safety performance is differentiated to two components, namely, safety compliance and safety participation. However, relationships between safety performance and unsafe behavior were barely explored. ...