Browsing Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center by Title

Now showing items 403-422 of 736

    • Key Lessons from the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery Isobutane Release and Fire 
      Wingard, Mark (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)
      United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigations Board
    • Laminar Flame Speeds of Nano-Aluminum/Methane Hybrid Mixtures 
      Sikes, Travis (2014-12-12)
      An existing flame speed bomb, which uses optical techniques to measure laminar flame speed, was employed to study the fundamental phenomena of flame propagation through a uniformly dispersed aerosol. In a previous thesis ...
    • Land-use Planning in Relation to Chemical Facilities and Associated Issues in the U.S. 
      Marek, Jake Allen (2017-01-05)
      Low probability, high consequence events within the oil, gas and chemical industries can have devastating effects on employees, facilities, companies, and the surrounding communities. Incidents such as the Bhopal gas leak ...
    • Large Scale Detonation Testing – RPSEA Project Award 
      Davis, Scott; Engel, Derek; Wingerden, Kees van (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      As the size of Ultra Deep Water (UDW) facilities increases in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), designs must consider the potential adverse effects associated with vapor cloud explosions in large congested areas and understand ...
    • Large Scale Detonation Testing: New Findings in the prediction of DDTs at large scales 
      Davis, Scott; Merilo, Erik; Engel, Derek; Wingerden, Kees van (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)
      A large vapor cloud explosion (VCE) followed by a fire is one of the most dangerous and high-consequence events that can occur at petrochemical facilities. As the size and complexity of facilities increase, designs must ...
    • Large-Scale VCE Consequence Modeling for Industrial Facility Siting, Risk Assessment, Hazard Mitigation Design, and Response Planning 
      Jing, Qiguo; Holland, Brian; Gardner, Tiffany; Moazzam, Yumna; Dai, Weiping (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      New, fully three dimensional, technologies are now making it possible to more quickly and accurately simulate and predict the consequences of accidental releases leading to vapor cloud explosions (VCE) at a wide variety ...
    • Large-Scale Vented Deflagration Tests 
      Diakow, Peter A.; Thomas, J. Kelly; Parsons, Philip J. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)
      This paper presents results from a test program carried out to determine the peak deflagration pressure achieved within a congested enclosure vented through one wall of the enclosure. The industry standard in the United ...
    • Layer of protection analysis applied to ammonia refrigeration systems 
      Zuniga, Gerald Alexander (2009-05-15)
      Ammonia refrigeration systems are widely used in industry. Demand of these systems is expected to increase due to the advantages of ammonia as refrigerant and because ammonia is considered a green refrigerant. Therefore, ...
    • Lead Process Safety Metrics 
      Kerin, Trish (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      Metrics have existed for many years across the occupational realm. In more recent times, there has been a focus on the use of metrics to monitor process safety. This has traditionally focused on lag metrics, as these are ...
    • Learnings from Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center (MKOPSC) Instrument Reliability Network’s Project on Pressure Transmitter Maintenance Data Collection 
      Ahammad, Monir; Hatanaka, Logan; Jin, Hui; Lapeyrouse, Keith; Roche, Eloise (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)
      This paper presents the results of the first phase of the pressure transmitter reliability data project executed by the Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center’s (MKOPSC) Instrument Reliability Network (IRN). The quality ...
    • Lesson Learned From Implementation Of Safety Management Systems in a Multinational Company 
      Brouillard, Steve J. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2002)
    • Lessons from Recent U.S. Onshore and Offshore Accident Investigations 
      Arendt, Steve (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)
      The U.S. oil and gas industry continues to experience major accidents, in spite of many regulatory, industry and company investigations, responses and improvement initiatives. These accidents have involved all segments of ...
    • Lessons from Risk Assessment of 6th Generation Drill-ships and Semi- Submersibles 
      Abouamin, Wael (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
      Building a deep-water drilling rig that incorporates the latest technology while meeting internal requirements, client specifications, and budget constraints, can be a daunting challenge. Doing so in a post-Macondo environment ...
    • Lessons in Process Safety Management Learned in an Explosion Accident in Taiwan 
      Liaw, Horng-Jang (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)
      A substantial explosion attributed to thermal decomposition of o,o-dimethyl phosphoramidothioate (DMPAT) resulted in 1 fatalities and 1 injury in Taichung, Taiwan, in 2016. An analysis of this explosion indicated that such ...
    • Lessons Learned from Industrial Chemical Accidents: A Case Study of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Terminal, Jaipur, India 
      Sharma, Ravi K.; Gurjar, Bhola R.; Ho, Henry Keen Peng; Ghuge, Santosh P.; Argawal, Rajat (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      Fire and explosion hazards in industrial storage units have gained a considerable attention in recent years. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) storage terminal accident in Jaipur, India, is a recent example of Vapor Cloud ...
    • Lessons Learned from Third Party Process Safety Management Audits 
      Pereira, Steven P. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      OSHA is contemplating revising the Process Safety Management (PSM) Standard, 29 CFR 1910.119, to require third party compliance audits. The author has facilitated over 50 third party PSM compliance audits and participated ...
    • Lessons Learned – How to Make Them Stick 
      Chosnek, Jack (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
      After an incident investigation we gather the facts, assign causes and compile a set of lessons that should, if learned well, prevent a similar incident from occurring. If the company has a good process safety management ...
    • Leveraging the Power of Industry 4.0: Orm Digital Twin for Process Industry 
      Menon, Abilash (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
    • Life After a Risk-Based Inspection Implementation 
      Daarud, Justin (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2019)
      Many chemical and oil and gas organizations have Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) programs in the form of the American Petroleum Institute (API) API Recommended Practice (RP) 580 Risk-Based Inspection program. Numerous organizations ...
    • Life-Safety Concerns in Chemical Plants 
      Prugh, Richard W. (Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)
      The safety and health standards of the Occupational Safety and Health Act [OSHA] do not specifically address life safety in chemical plants, other than requiring owners and operators to “provide a safe place to work” and ...