Browsing MKOPSC Process Safety Symposium by Title
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1998)
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)To protect and assist threatened populations and infrastructures in response to natural and man- made disasters, emergency responders from diverse backgrounds collectively work as ad hoc teams. However, responders’ coordinated ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)Safety alarms are among the most commonly identified instrumented safeguards implemented to reduce the risk of hazardous events. Unlike safety interlocks or permissives, alarm safeguards are entirely dependent on operator ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2000)Detailed knowledge about the explosion indices is essential for safe and efficient operation. For optimal operation, explosion indices should be known under realistic process conditions, in other words under the prevailing ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2000)The recent implementation of Risk Management Plans by many facilities has heightened public awareness of the need for protection from accidental chemical releases. Shelter- in-place is the protective measure of choice for ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)Evaluation of reactive chemical hazards is critical for the design and operation of safer chemical plant processes. Much effort is needed for experimental techniques to measure thermal reactivity of chemical systems. ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)Based on the complexity of the polystyrene polymerization mechanism initiated by benzoyl peroxide (BPO), the thermal risk of the reaction process was estimated using thermal analysis and characterization. The polymerization ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2015)This work examined the minimum explosion limit (MEL), minimum ignition energy (MIE), cohesion, dispersibility, decomposition temperature (Td) and burning rates of spent coffee ground (SCG), jatropha kernel (JK) and jatropha ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)O-nitrotoluene (2-NT) is an important chemical widely used in the chemical industry. However, in the past 25 years, severe incidents have killed 10 people and injured more than 200 due to its thermal decomposition. This ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)An external fire can often be the defining case when sizing a relief device for chemical reactive hazards. Batch reaction systems can have multiple reactions or have reactions with multiple steps. Analyzing every possibility ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)This paper presents background and basis for establishing acceptable and tolerable levels of fatalistic risk specific to the Hydrocarbon/Petrochemical/Chemical (HPC) industry, and suggests both a target level of tolerable ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1998)The chemical processing industry has been a leader in addressing the toxicological effects of their chemical products and by-products. The science of toxicology, however, is advancing rapidly, and new issues are being ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2018)Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of the U.S. Department of Defense, and Transport Canada, the Jack Rabbit II tests were designed to release liquid chlorine ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)Sponsored by the Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of the U.S. Department of Defense, and Transport Canada, the Jack Rabbit II ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)Sponsored by the Chemical Security Analysis Center (CSAC) of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) of the U.S. Department of Defense, Transport Canada, and Defence Research ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 1998)As refiners and petrochemical plant operators continue to reduce head count and the regulatory agencies focus on severe penalties for after-the-fact noncompliance, the empowered process operator stands out as the focal ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2017)Seismic sea wave, commonly called a Tsunami is caused due to large scale displacement of water column. The stored energy due to the wave impacting the plant equipment on the shoreline is enormous. In the recent past tsunamis, ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2001)Mist or aerosol explosions present a serious hazard to process industries. Heat transfer fluids are widely used in the chemical process industry, are flammable above their flash points, and can cause explosions. Though the ...
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(Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center; Texas &M University. Libraries, 2016)In 1999, the Risk-Based Explosives Safety Criteria Team (RBESCT) developed the Universal Risk Scales (URS) to assist in the job of selecting appropriate criteria for defining “How safe is safe enough?” To answer this ...